So, had hoped to do the san diego rock and roll marathon on june1 but it hain’t gonna happen . . .

Oh well, so is the life of a runner, right?

Life just got in the way. Got two kids under 4, we’re buying a house (holy shite!), we’re taking a family vacation and my husband has about umpteen trips out of town for business this and next month.

In the interim, I got sick, really sick, with the flu two weeks ago. Zstill recovering. Cough, sore throat, two weeks later. And, today when I ran, only 3.86 miles (i know, because i was aiming for 6!), I was short of breath STILL.

This sucks! Feel like I will never get better. Where are my long runs?

Already gaining weight . . . that is what happens when you stop running 35 miles per week and drop back to 12.

I hate it, but right now I can’t do anything about it.

So I’ve been doing tons of sit ups. Not helping, but still, feel as though i’m doing SOMETHING.

And I rode my bike 13 miles the other morning. that was nice.

So tomorrow my neighbor is taking the kids for a while so I can run. Should go to bed now. That’s early in the morning.

Anyway, that is it from here, just checking in. Bummed about the R&R race, but I’m planning to do long beach in october. That’s good. maybe I just need a rest . . .

I started speed training a month or so ago, along with increasing my mileage for the upcoming san diego rock and roll marathon on june 1.

This week the work showed. I had improved my 5K pace from 10:30 (yes, I know, slow as molasses) to 9:18! That’s shaving almost a minute off of my mile-for three miles!

Needless to say, for me this is a huge accomplishment. I’m hoping to ge to the point where I can run a marathon in less than 4 hours. Okay, so some people do this in almost half the time, but I”m not one of them, nor will I ever be. But at least I could do it a bit more quickly!

For speed training I’ve been doing different types of training. one day a week is full out 3 miles, as fast as I can go. If I feel myself slowing down I speed up. If I can’t breathe, I suck it up.

The other day, when I do my 6 miles (one of my 6ers), I focus on points along the run when I really kick it into high gear.

On my long day run I dont do a lot of speed training, but on the way home I try to kcik it up a notch or two along the way. i do’nt do it early on. I mean, I’m running a half marathon or so and don’t want to burn out early, get cramps, and have to call a taxi to get me home!

I have noticed a great time improvement even on my long day, though, when I’m not running full out for a while. It happens to have shaved about half a minute off of my long distance time. Not so bad!

Anyway, tomorrow is 14 miles. I’m hoping for a great run. I had a few glasses of wine with dinner tonight-hubby took us all out for dinner at a cuban restaurant, and the plantains were soooo good!- so going to bed soon to sleep i toff. Also drinking tons of water.

Since hubbyt has some out of town trips planned in the upcoming month or so before the big race, the second big race I guess i should say, I have had to adjust my schedule accordingly. But looks like I will get all of my olong runs in right before we go to hawaii for vacation, and I will be in tapering mode while there. that will leave one odd week out so that instead of three weeks prior to marathon I will have four. probably will run a good 15-17 miler when we get back from vacation, res t for a couple of weeks, and then head to san diego.

I can’t wait!

Off to bed now that the kids are asleep!

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