New Goodies and A Speed Workout!

 


In My New Oiselle Trials Hoodie and Thanksgiving Bic Band

              I have been eyeing the Oiselle Trials Hoodie.....Perfect reward for completing a marathon???  I thinks so!  I ordered the hoodie on Thursday and received it in the mail yesterday!  I wore it to work today....not normal teacher clothes but oh so comfy!  I am in love with this sweatshirt already and will probably wear it all of the time!  I also ordered a pair of the Lesley tights and tried those out on my morning track workout!  They are great and I will definitely be ordering a pair of the Lesley knickers!


Great Coming Home to This on My Porch!

Goodies Inside!

               I also entered the lottery for the Nike Women's 1/2 Marathon in Washington D.C.  I entered under group with my mom!  Have my fingers crossed that we get in!

 

 

      This morning, I headed to the track for a workout.  It has been awhile since I have been to the track so I wasn't sure what to expect. I am only 9 days out from the marathon so I wasn't sure how my legs would feel. I am 26 weeks out from the Cleveland Marathon. Not definite that it will be my spring marathon but it's heading more and more that way! I have decided to focus on some speed work until 18 weeks out.  I ran 1.1 mile warm-up to the track, 8x400m, and 1.1 mile cool down.  Would of liked to run a little more so may head out for a double. 

              I had hoped that I could hit around 1:40 for each 400m

1. 1:39

2. 1:41

3. 1:40

4. 1:40

5. 1:42

6. 1:40

7. 1:42

   8. 1:38   

 

 

Overall, it was a good first speed work out back.  I definitely still have some lingering aches from the marathon!   On Thursday, I am running the Pie and Glove 5k!  I ran the inaugural race of this and pretty much every year since, except for a couple pregnancies.  This year it is at a new location because it has grown so much over the years! I am so excited to see so many runners from my past!

 

 

Are you running a Turkey Trot?  Which one?  How far?

 

How long before you start training hard again after a marathon?

Some Runs are Good and Some are Not.....and a New Running Skirt

can't figure out why this picture keeps rotating it self....

I always said I would never run in a skirt.....but I saw this one and had to have it!!!! I love it....it's a little short but Small was the only size available. It is the Nike Challenge skirt and has built in shorts also....It will be making it's racing debut at the Skunk Cabbage Classic 10k. I am also obsessed with Bic Bands!!! I have recently bought 5 and really want about 20 more :) They are awesome at keeping hair out of my face....I have one in my hair in this pic with my handsome little man who is making his pictorial debut on my blog.

me and my lovely Garrison

Now onto workouts.....Wednesday, I did a tempo run on my lunch and it was awesome!!! It was a 1 mile warm up (8:33) 3 miles tempo (7:26) (8:01) (7:26) and a mile cool down (8:27). I finished five in 39:56(over all 7:59 pace). Can you tell the hilly mile??? It was an awesome run and I was very pleased with it....

Now for the not so good workout which took place on the track at 5:00am this morning.....the work out called for 6x300 (62-71sec), 1200 (5:07-5:20), 800x2 (3:20-3:29). I hate to even admit this but after the 6 300's I was done....physically tired, soaking wet and I just didn't have it. Here are the 300's though.... I did so a 1.5 before and after and recovery jogs ....with a total of 4.4 miles (weak, I know)....

300- 69

300-68

300-67

300-67

300-69

300-70

I guess some days you have it and some days you don't.....