Race for the Cure RR

I am in pink with the hubby next to me....I am having a blast! :)

On Sunday, the hubby and I ran the Race for the Cure. His mother is a survivor so he runs this race every year in her honor. It is one of two races that he will run in a year. Last year he ran a 25:59. His goal this year was to beat that. I decided that it would be fun to run with him since I do not have the opportunity to do so very often. My goal was to pace him to a new PR. We started off quickly finishing the first mile 7:43....this is going out quite fast for him.....mile 2 around 8:10 and the third mile was 8:38. We finished together in 25:31. A new PR for him. I now will have to wait until February to run the Sweetheart race with him...... So proud of him!I

had a little trouble running side by side....you can see my hubby's foot

May Day 5k and Kids Fun Run

This weekend was the May Day 5k. I have not really been doing a lot of speed training and thought the 5k would be a good speed day! It was a Sunday race at 1:oopm. I have run the course before.....I ran it in October for the Chris Bond Run. In October I completed the course in 22:00. Sunday was over a minute slowe 23:08. I was disappointed with the time but happy because I was the overall female. I guess running 9 miles on Saturday was not the ideal way to improve a 5k time on Sunday. But oh well! It was fun! My mom ran also and won her age group!!! GO MOM!!!! They had the results all mixed up with me....They had me listed as a male and in the 15-19 year old age group. Not sure how that happened since I registered through Active. I was 12th over all out of 168 runners. They quickly "changed" me back to female. But I did have to forfeit my 15-19 age group award because of the over all win (nice thing for a 33 year old to have to do:) ).

My favorite part of the day was the 1/2 mile kids run!!! My 4 year old really wanted to run it. So I ran it with her and she was so cute running!!! When she crossed the finish line she looked up at me and said, " boy mom, that is hard work!" I love her!

Here are some pics of Ally's race........

At the start with mommy!

Checking out the crowd!

Finished!

Like any runner she hit up the post race food!

The awards

I'M IN!!!!

Well, Wednesday was the big lottery for the NYC Marathon. It was my second year in the lottery. Last year, my friend, MC and I wanted to run the marathon together...She got in and I didn't.....Well this year I entered and I totally thought there was no way I would get in!!! I thought it so much that I registered for the Marine Corps Marathon the week before. Well, I guess I should of known that it would of been the guarentee of me getting in :) So my fall racing schedule just got 26.2 miles longer....

9/11/11- Lehigh Valley Marathon

10/2/11- Wineglass 1/2 Marathon

10/30/11- Marine Corps Marathon

11/6/11- New York City Marathon

1/15/12- P.F. Chang's Rock-n-Roll Marathon Arizona

Last night I did a track work out...It was about 8:15pm once I got out the door (had to put the kiddos to bed!) I did 15 minute warm-up 6x400 and a 15 min. cool down. Goal time for the 400's was 1:35 (1:30 rest after each)

400- 1:34

400- 1:34

400- 1:32

400- 1:33

400- 1:36

400- 1:30

Overall it was a great work-out.....One week and Marathon training begins :)

Skunk Cabbage Classic 10k

On Sunday, I ran the Skunk Cabbage Classic. It takes place on the hills of Ithaca, NY. There is a 1/2 marathon and a 10k. I orginally registered for the 1/2 marathon but since the hubby and my 3 monsters came to root on mommy I dropped down to the 10k! This ended up being a very good thing as I felt really crappy throughout the whole race!
The 10k started at 10am. I had pre-registered so we got there at 9:15. I got my number and headed to the bathroom....there was quite a line. I did a mile warm-up at 9:40. I missed the drills that I normally do before a race. I lined up, without headphones, as this race did not allow them. The gun went off and we took off.....

here is how it went......
Mile 1 7:23- I knew within the first quater of mile that it was going to be a tough run. My legs were so tight. Especially my quads!
Mile 2 7:48
Mile 3 8:06
Mile 4 8:16
Mile 5 8:17
Mile 6 7:55 .24 1:44 (7:24 pace)
Total 6.24 49:31 (7:59 pace)

This was my 4th time running this race 2001 (45:24), 2003 (51:44), 2009 (57:07). I was very disappointed in my time as my mommy pr is 45:20. But when I saw that it was the second fastest I have run this course and I actually beat a time from before having my 3 monsters I felt a little better about it.
Stats
94/409 total runners
22/245 women
3/40 age group

Prize for my age group..

An Awesome Long Run and New Running Stuff!!!

14 miles 1:54:43 8:12/mile pace

Well, I have been horrible at training this winter....not horrible at running but training most specifically hitting the long runs.... I have been such a cold weather wimp! I am running the Shamrock 1/2 in 13 datys!!! I have done a 12 miler and 14 miler....I decided that this past weekend I had to get in one more 14 miler.....I have modified my goal for this race to a sub 1:50. Well, after my long run this weekend I can lower it. I met up with Kelli, Michele, and Megan (Lady Warriors.) The 4 of us ran together on Saturday...They are all marathon training and had 20+ runs to do so I ran with them for the first 12 and then headed back to my car to finish with 14 miles....I would say it was A GREAT run!!! I feel much more ready for Shamrock 1/2 and think I am going to shoot for a sub 1:45.

I also upgraded to the Garmin 405 and I am in LOVE with it!!!

I bought it on heartratemonitors.com for 184 and free 2 day shipping! I have been splurging in the running department lately...I bought the Garmin, the book Advanced Marathoning, Asics Speedstars 5 (hotpink) , 3 new running shirts, and a pair of capri running pants. I have also registered for the lehigh valley and marine corps marathons, the Boilermaker and a 1/2 marathon on May I5. I think I have to cut it back but new running stuff is so much fun! I can't to wait to race a 4 mile race in the new Speedstars this weekend!!!