Showing posts with label treadmill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treadmill. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Yessssssssssssssss!!!

NO MORE HAMSTRING PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am ready for Sunday.

Weather Forecast: 53-63 degrees, 50% chance of rain.

Tonight, I ran my last workout before the marathon with my Lady Hounds.  We are ready to kill it Sunday!  We did 4x1200 at about 6:43 pace.  It really didn't feel so bad.  Tapering is driving me nuts, though.  I really want to be running more and feel very lazy and sluggish.  However, I think this is the point of tapering.

Some of my friends wanted to know how to track me during the race.  Go Here:
Pittsburgh Marathon Tracking
all you have to do it put my name in. 

If you are coming to the race, let me know where you are watching!!!  I will be wearing navy blue shorts and a hot pink Nike sports bra.

My husband ran two miles on the treadmill before I agreed to feed him dinner.

Husband Abuse

And the mandatory cute Corgi picture.

Hiding under our bed

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

I Love Being Five Years Old

I think I am a preschool teacher because I love being five years old.

A brief list of examples (there are many more)
1) I was very excited to bring my screaming rubber chicken (see below) to school for Show and Tell Friday. I let all my friends squeeze him so they could hear the funny noise he makes. Penny is terrified of the chicken and hides when he appears.

Small 12" Rubber Squawking Chicken Kids Adult Novelty Gag Joke Toy

2) I have over 200 children's books on shelves in our office. I claim they are for the kids at work but I really like to read them.

3) I wore a barbie shirt to work for casual Friday.

4) I have a ten o'clock snack time every morning.

5) I LOVE peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Especially with chocolate milk.

6) SNOW DAYS! TODAY IS A SNOW DAY!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY WITH PENNY IN THE SNOW! Anyone want to sled ride???

What is exciting is that I did NOT find out about the snow day until 7:45. At this point, I was about 2/3 done with my hard (treadmill) workout, running my ladder repeats to Desperate Housewives Season Three. So I was almost done with my hard workout, and I had the day off. AND my awesome husband shoveled the driveway :).

The workout:
Had to use the treadmill, since the roads were very covered. It was a fun treadmill workout, you should try it.

8 miles total
1.5 mile warm-up at about 8:27 pace - I think speed 7.1
Intervals: 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy, 3 minutes hard, 2 easy, 4 hard, 3 easy, 5 hard, 4 easy, 4 hard, 3 easy, 3 hard, 2 easy, 2 hard
Hard done at 7:03 pace, which was speed 8.5
Easy done at 8:34 pace, speed 7.0
1.5 mile cool down

I was a little afraid of going any faster because I felt like I might fall off the back.

Did some abs, and now I am done with my workouts for today! Cross your fingers my work training tonight will be canceled and that I can spend the day cleaning, writing lessons, doing laundry, and playing with Penny in the snow!

Come over if you want to sled ride!

Cute Penny baby picture for your enjoyment.