I have been a very sporadic blogger, but I am aiming to change that with a new commitment to blogging...starting today!
We continue to take each day at a time and we are mindful of all our blessings. The Boston Marathon bombing and the terrible explosion in West, Texas was so upsetting. As a running junkie, I loved watching the marathon online and then to see it marred just broke my heart for all of the victims and their families. We continue to pray for them and for peace in our world.
Speaking of prayer, our little guy Michael has started to say "Amen" (his version is "Ah-ma") when we bless our food and it is the cutest thing. I'm going to try to capture it on video.
My running group has been awesome and incredibly challenging. I can't wait for the Coeur d'Alene Half Marathon. I'm running Bloomsday in Spokane this weekend, which should also be fun. Hopefully we'll have good weather!
We're looking forward to spending a lot of time with family this summer, but there will be more on that later! Happy Monday!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Half Marathon Training!
I decided to train for the Coeur d'Alene Half Marathon this year by joining the training group at our local Fleet Feet shop. So far, it's turning out to be a great training program with a lot of great people. Here's a brief recap of my workouts so far:
Week 1:
Monday 4 miles on the indoor track, Intro to Tempo Runs; Pilates, Intro to Hills and a Saturday 6 Miler. These were great intro workouts and not too stressful. The tempo workout included just 6 minute O/B runs with a nice long break in between, and the hill workout was kind of short, so it wasn't too hard. The 6 miler was nice and easy and I was glad to see that I could cover 6 without walking, considering I hadn't run more than 4 in who knows how long.
Week 2:
I missed both of the group workouts during the week - whoops! Didn't even get my own workouts in on those days so I was worried that the Sat. 6 would feel too tough since I only ran 4 miles again on Monday and went to Pilates on Wednesday. It didn't, and we ran it almost 2 minutes faster than last weekend, so I was starting to feel like my general fitness was picking up.
Stay tuned for Week 3!
Week 1:
Monday 4 miles on the indoor track, Intro to Tempo Runs; Pilates, Intro to Hills and a Saturday 6 Miler. These were great intro workouts and not too stressful. The tempo workout included just 6 minute O/B runs with a nice long break in between, and the hill workout was kind of short, so it wasn't too hard. The 6 miler was nice and easy and I was glad to see that I could cover 6 without walking, considering I hadn't run more than 4 in who knows how long.
Week 2:
I missed both of the group workouts during the week - whoops! Didn't even get my own workouts in on those days so I was worried that the Sat. 6 would feel too tough since I only ran 4 miles again on Monday and went to Pilates on Wednesday. It didn't, and we ran it almost 2 minutes faster than last weekend, so I was starting to feel like my general fitness was picking up.
Stay tuned for Week 3!
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