Running milestone: I ran my first ever 10 miler yesterday! I need to find a north-south route for these long runs as running into the sun for the last half really zapped my energy. But I just kept moving forward and I had such a sense of accomplishment at the end.
Knitting milestone: I finished my 18th pair of socks, and this pair is for me.
Yarn: Wollmeise 80/20
Pattern: Twin Rib
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Well, really it was 6 on the 9th and 2 on the 10th, but Nancy is cool like that and still let me run the race. ;)
This week is a recovery week in my training, so the schedule called for 6 miles as the long run. This worked out perfectly because I wanted to run a 5K race today.
So I did 6 miles yesterday, and added 2 miles from today's 5K, for my 8 on the 8th Olympic Race. We're in the middle of monsoon season here, so on top of the heat, I had to deal with the humidity. But, I GOT IT DONE!
I chose a flat course for the 6 miles, knowing that the 5K today was a much tougher course with hills. Boy were there some hills. The 5K was an out and back with the first half all uphill. Since I volunteered to pass out timing chips, I was one of the last to start and at the back of the pack. Just as I was getting to the first mile marker, the "elite" were already passing me in the other direction on their way to the finish. "Just keep moving" I told myself. I knew I wasn't going to set a new PR, so I tried to just go at my own pace, and enjoy the run.
8 miles
1:51:09
Big thank you to Nancy for organizing another great race!
The weekend went by too quickly for me. I did an 8 miler on Saturday (my first 8 miler ever!) and decided to run it on some hills. Boy were my hamstrings feeling it. Like POM, I think I'm officially in the "hungry all the time" phase of training. I think I ate everything in sight this weekend: pizza, a cheeseburger, fries, and cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. When you are in training, how do you manage to eat enough and not gain weight? I haven't stepped on the scale in a few weeks. Maybe I should put the scale away all together until after my half marathon. :)
The rest of the weekend was filled with knitting (I'm almost done with my Wollmeise socks and I started the clapotis) and a Battlestar Gallactica marathon. I'm only on season 3 so no spoilers please! I never thought I'd like a sci-fi series, but the character development and plot on this one hooked me.
Have a great week!
Kai tagged me for 6 things, so here are mine.
I'm tagging anyone else who wants to play along.
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We went to see "The Dark Knight" and I agree with Viv and Jess. This was probably the best movie I've seen in a long time, and Heath Ledger's best performance.
Yesterday was my 5 miler. I started later than I planned, but still got out there and SLOWLY got it done. I have to admit that I didn't think about having to train in the desert during the summer months when I signed up for this half. But once I get through August, these early morning runs will get much easier.
I finished knitting one sock of my next pair. It's been awhile since I've knit a pair of socks for myself, and I need to replace the pair that Xenia took from me while on her way to see the Wizards of Blogland. So these are for me. I can't begin to tell you how vibrant the colors are in this yarn. It's so gorgeous that even Mr. Running Knitter said the yarn was beautiful (in all my years of knitting, he's never said anything about how the yarn looks). I am using Wollmeise yarn and the color is called Pfauengague.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Today was 5K number 4 of the ARR (Arizona Road Racers) Summer Series. It was still dark when I left for the race, but already 89 degrees and very humid.
I got to the race fairly early, picked up my number and chip, and set off for a warm up mile. I'm still building back up my mileage after the PF, and I knew with the heat that I shouldn't exert myself. So I decided to just do the best that I could, and the goal for today was to finish.
I was already sweating like mad when I met up with Karen and Lisa after my warm up. Soon after that, we lined up for the start.
We lost sight of Lisa shortly after the start (she went on to get a new PR today so congrats to Lisa!). We started pretty fast, and even though I told Karen she could go on without me, she stuck by my side, let me set the pace, and pushed me along when I needed it. Thank you Karen! :)
The heat caused us to walk a little bit more often, and though it wasn't a PR day, I'm still pretty happy with my time. The best part: no foot pain!
5K
38:54
12:33/mile
Karen, Lisa and me sweating glistening after the race.
Notice that I made sure my white under armour top matched my black under armour shorts. I knew Viv would be proud of me.
MizFit had the great idea of freezing a protein shake and then taking it with you on the go. So last night, I froze a protein shake and left it in the car during the race. By the time I was driving home, it was perfect. Not so much frozen anymore, still cold enough to quench my thirst, and it gave me the important nutrients after an intense workout.
Have a great rest of the weekend!
I know I said I wouldn't post about what I'm knitting, but I couldn't wait to blog about these socks. I think they came out gorgeous and are probably the prettiest socks I have knit yet. They are not for me, and the lucky recipient has no idea they are for her, so I think it's OK to post them here. The pattern is Socks of Kindness and the yarn is Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in color way Red Rover. The yarn is great to knit up and I'm really happy with how these socks turned out. I'm definitely knitting up a pair of these for myself.
Here's a close up so you can see the pattern. Isn't it beautiful?
I'm repeating week 3 of the 100 push up challenge again. Yes, this is my third time doing week 3. Hopefully I'll be more satisfied with it this go around.
I went for another run on Monday. We had another monsoon storm on Sunday night, so Monday morning was a cool 75 degrees but very humid. I did 3 miles - slow and steady, and no foot pain. Yay! :)
Hope everyone is having a good week!
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