Hola peeps! I hope ya'll had great weekends and enjoyed some excellent runs! I'm feeling great after rounding out the week with decent stats despite rebounding from the plague!
Friday I headed over to B.o.B's as promised and arrived promptly for pasta dinner, Project Runway Reruns and early bedtime. Yay! I love us, we effing rockstar a Friday night! Not to mention just enjoying some catch up and QT time with my B is always a stellar way to spend an evening...
Bright and early Saturday morning we headed over to meet up with the rest of the BRA peeps to hash out our first 20 miler of the Gasparilla training cycle. The squad was: P-Funk, Hollster, B.o.B and I. Upon start B.o.B immediately pushed me up with Hollster because she wanted to run reserved and although I had originally planned to run with her no matter the pace, I think she made a good call. Hollster and I ran well and rocked it! Our pace was more relaxed than the 18 miler Spike & I ran last weekend but I was good with that because I was secretly stressing about how the run would turn out despite my best game face. The thing is, I had only run one 4 miler last week. One.Day.Four.Miles. The bubonic plague hit me like a ton of bricks Sunday night and lingered around putting a steady beat down on me until Wednesday. I missed 3 other runs. So yeah, just a little worried I might totally hit the wall during this run...
We did 4.5 mile repeats. First 4.5 were great and went by quick. At the turn around R jumped in with us and although she pulled us on a little faster I was none the worse for wear, I actually felt pretty good. 9 M done! Heading back out it was decided that we'd tack on the extra 2 miles needed to round out the 20 before the turn around so we could straight shoot back. When we got to the entrance to the neighborhood we stalled to wait for B.o.B to catch up and then we headed in. B.o.B & I were thirsty so we split up from R & Hollster to get a drink and wouldn't you know the drinking fountain was broke! FOL!!! Then we go into panic mode and start considering drinking out of a hose (another FAIL.. wasn't attached to a faucet) then we start contemplating taking our chances with a fountain at the entrance of the neighborhood that may or may not draw from the retention pond. What? Desperate times call for desperate measure... but luckily B knew there was a little coffee shop nearby we could hit up. So we ran across the street and thru some bushes and fended off our thirst! How quickly one forgets to drink more water when the temps suddenly rise back up to 60+ degrees with ungodly high humidity! Wasn't I just freezing my @ss off last week?
Anyway, back to the recap. As we brought it in to the turn around we ran into Captain Nuts, running with a friggin' McD's soda in hand and paced with him for a few minutes to chat. Classic. At the turn around R calls it a run and the rest of us head out to finish it up. Hollster & I fall into a steady pace and brought it in strong with a negative split. No wall, no walk breaks and feeling great! I'm so happy the run ended well and besides the usual soreness that most certainly comes after a good 20 miler, I'm feeling great. It's like I knocked the dust off my long distance legs and reminded them that this is what they do!
This morning I headed out for a nice & easy 5 M recovery run. It was gorgeous outside and my legs felt surprisingly fresh. I spent the entire time with a smile on my face, lost in my thoughts. I love mornings like that, where everything just feels right with the world.
After the run I got cleaned up and waited on Irish Cream to arrive. We headed over to Thornton Park and hit up brunch to catch up and chit chat. I got the inside scoop on her GOOFY Challenge experience! I can't wait for her to post her recap for everyone, she had some major issues along the way and still managed to PR both distances! Amazing!
Quick shout out to Julia for the package she sent me this weekend! Totally made my day girl! You are so sweet! :)
Well that's it for me, I hope ya'll had a great weekend as well! Thanks again for all the great feedback on Friday's post, it was great reading what everyone had to say about their training. I know I for one am ready to hit the ground running this week!
5 MORE WEEKS TIL DONNA HALF WITH JILL!
6 MORE WEEKS TIL GASPARILLA!!!
Friday I headed over to B.o.B's as promised and arrived promptly for pasta dinner, Project Runway Reruns and early bedtime. Yay! I love us, we effing rockstar a Friday night! Not to mention just enjoying some catch up and QT time with my B is always a stellar way to spend an evening...
Bright and early Saturday morning we headed over to meet up with the rest of the BRA peeps to hash out our first 20 miler of the Gasparilla training cycle. The squad was: P-Funk, Hollster, B.o.B and I. Upon start B.o.B immediately pushed me up with Hollster because she wanted to run reserved and although I had originally planned to run with her no matter the pace, I think she made a good call. Hollster and I ran well and rocked it! Our pace was more relaxed than the 18 miler Spike & I ran last weekend but I was good with that because I was secretly stressing about how the run would turn out despite my best game face. The thing is, I had only run one 4 miler last week. One.Day.Four.Miles. The bubonic plague hit me like a ton of bricks Sunday night and lingered around putting a steady beat down on me until Wednesday. I missed 3 other runs. So yeah, just a little worried I might totally hit the wall during this run...
We did 4.5 mile repeats. First 4.5 were great and went by quick. At the turn around R jumped in with us and although she pulled us on a little faster I was none the worse for wear, I actually felt pretty good. 9 M done! Heading back out it was decided that we'd tack on the extra 2 miles needed to round out the 20 before the turn around so we could straight shoot back. When we got to the entrance to the neighborhood we stalled to wait for B.o.B to catch up and then we headed in. B.o.B & I were thirsty so we split up from R & Hollster to get a drink and wouldn't you know the drinking fountain was broke! FOL!!! Then we go into panic mode and start considering drinking out of a hose (another FAIL.. wasn't attached to a faucet) then we start contemplating taking our chances with a fountain at the entrance of the neighborhood that may or may not draw from the retention pond. What? Desperate times call for desperate measure... but luckily B knew there was a little coffee shop nearby we could hit up. So we ran across the street and thru some bushes and fended off our thirst! How quickly one forgets to drink more water when the temps suddenly rise back up to 60+ degrees with ungodly high humidity! Wasn't I just freezing my @ss off last week?
Anyway, back to the recap. As we brought it in to the turn around we ran into Captain Nuts, running with a friggin' McD's soda in hand and paced with him for a few minutes to chat. Classic. At the turn around R calls it a run and the rest of us head out to finish it up. Hollster & I fall into a steady pace and brought it in strong with a negative split. No wall, no walk breaks and feeling great! I'm so happy the run ended well and besides the usual soreness that most certainly comes after a good 20 miler, I'm feeling great. It's like I knocked the dust off my long distance legs and reminded them that this is what they do!
This morning I headed out for a nice & easy 5 M recovery run. It was gorgeous outside and my legs felt surprisingly fresh. I spent the entire time with a smile on my face, lost in my thoughts. I love mornings like that, where everything just feels right with the world.
After the run I got cleaned up and waited on Irish Cream to arrive. We headed over to Thornton Park and hit up brunch to catch up and chit chat. I got the inside scoop on her GOOFY Challenge experience! I can't wait for her to post her recap for everyone, she had some major issues along the way and still managed to PR both distances! Amazing!
Quick shout out to Julia for the package she sent me this weekend! Totally made my day girl! You are so sweet! :)
Well that's it for me, I hope ya'll had a great weekend as well! Thanks again for all the great feedback on Friday's post, it was great reading what everyone had to say about their training. I know I for one am ready to hit the ground running this week!
5 MORE WEEKS TIL DONNA HALF WITH JILL!
6 MORE WEEKS TIL GASPARILLA!!!
36 comments:
So happy I got to see you. And we had pretty good 20 miler's considering the freakin' drought we faced! LOL!
OMG. I had the same water panic attack during one of my 20 milers this past spring. We stopped at SO MANY places...finally we ran past a farm (this was in Vermont) and just snuck onto their property and stole water from the hose. Desperate times...Way to ROCK the 20 miler!
Way to rock out the 20 miler!
Woohoo sounds great!! Except I HATE doing repeats (I'm a loop kinda girl) haha! And I totally almost died a few months ago when the water fountain on one of my usual routes was broken. Now why didn't I think to run into a nearby cafe?! Jeesh!!
Nicely done! So glad ya'll found a water source - that would have been terrible! You are going to rock this marathon :)
Great job!! I can't believe you did that with all the feeling of sickness last week! I am sooo envious :-) I hope you have a great week!
You are so awesome! And I am thrilled hear the plague is good and gone!!!
WTG on the 20! Way to bounce back from the plague!
Nice job getting back into it!
I don't know how anyone can do that GOofy challenge, she is obviously amazing!
Rock on, tough girl!!
Great 20 milers. (I am jealous as mine was rained out!)
I just broke down and bought a fuel belt...now if I can just make myself use it! The trail marathon doesn't have much support and we are advise to carry fuel.
Nice recovery run. It seems like you are really ready for your races!
What! It's hot again? No fair!!! ;)
Way to bounce back from being sick to rock that 20 miler. Well done!
Awesome job on cranking out such good runs after your midweek setback.
The plague ain't got nothing on you.
Great to see you out there. I agree with some of the other posts regarding the out and back. There are some routes that take you in to Fishhawk but why be a rebel, right.
Great job on the 20-miler, girl! Looking forward to lunch with you and onelittletrigirl! :-) Oh, and thanks for Tiger Balm rec. Will check it out. Heading out for a ?? (walk? run?) today and see how the back does....
Hugs
VM
HANDHELD!! You need one my friend. Way to rock the 20!!
Ummm running with a soda?? Really?
Yes I agree with Tall mom - you need a handheld so you can avoid anymore droughts! Great job on he 20 miler! Looks like you had an awesome weekend!
And thanks for the advice on my post today. just posting and getting the comments has made my day 110% better!
You gals are awesome!! Way to rock that 20 miler!
Good job!
All I want to do is stay motivated enough to force myself to run in the rain today.
Gortex raingear here I come!
20 miler and your legs feel fresh? Regardless of the runs you missed last week, it sounds like your training is going very well. Keep up the good work!
Sounds like a success! (But to be honest I had a hard time focusing after "he temps suddenly rise back up to 60+ degrees with ungodly high humidity!" It hit 38 today and I was tempted to take the dog out in my shorts and hoodie.
Why do I live in Ohio?
I'm not a fan of repeats. My hate for them is tied with cul-de-sacs. I guess it's not so bad with friends, though. :)
Great job on the 20! Looks like you are going to be ready and strong for the marathon.
Woo, congrats on the run...even with the water issues:)
Sounds like a great weekend. Sorry to see that the weather in FL is as crazy as our Texas weather. Seriously, we go from the 20s to the 60s in a few hours. I can't keep up!
Loved the recap! Hope you are hydrated now.
The guy with the soda in his hand made me laugh! What the?!
my friday nights are mellow now too, now that I joined a saturday morning running group! There's always saturday night.....: )
Way to rock it girly! I am sooo jealous - I really need a running partner. Even though the hubbs is usually on the bike next to me for my long runs, it's just not the same - misery loves company :)
5 weeks til race day one! So excited for you!!!
Uh oh the official countdowns are on!
Guess your body needed that rest so you could bang out a serious long run!
Great job, 20 miles after being so sick. I'm super impressed.
Kickin-A and takin' names over here!!! 20-miles, done and doooone :) good stuff!! You clearly keep it smart with your training if you can run that distance after a week of being sick and *still* feel good (plus knock out 5 more two days later!)!
on another note- really? he ran WITH McD's soda?? drinking out of the straw?! thats pretty impressive....
Amazing how you can get to a point where a 20 mile run ain't no thing.
Very nice!
Amazing 20 miles! These long runs seem like cake to you :)
20 miles after the bubonic plague?? no problem! :p Great job on the 20 lady.
That's awesome! This year has great things for you in store, I can see that. Thank you for keeping me inspired through my non-running days :)
i'm sort of a germaphobe, so I am ALWAY nervous of drinking out of fountains. Good thing you dodged THAT bullet.
Running w/ a McD cup!? Awesome. Where are the pics??
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