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December 31, 2006
Waiting for the rain to stop...
Thursday I ran 6.5 miles in route to the Y to lift with my husband, who drove over with the little guy to meet me. Friday I took as an off day to running and did not even cross train (my body was feeling pretty beat up after my increased running over Christmas break and the last thing I want is to get injured at this point), just went for an hour long hike with my husband and Ryan in his carrier. Yesterday I ran another 10 mile long run, which felt much easier than the one I ran last week. It was very foggy when I set out and than the sun started to burn though the fog around mile 7 and it turned into a beautiful morning. I actually felt pretty good and although I am still enjoying leaving my watch at home, I know I could not have been too slow from what time I got back. After my run we headed over to my parents to celebrate a late Christmas with them, my brother and his wife and my grandparents. We got lots of nice things and Ryan made out like a little bandit with tons of toys and cute clothes. I have not run yet today, but am going to get out for an easy 5 miles. Right now I am sitting in my living room glaring at the cold rain and hoping it might clear up if I wait a little longer. Once I complete this run I will have run 42.5 miles this week and done a 10 mile long run. This is my first week of running over 40 miles since I got pregnant with Ryan. I think I am going to try and hold around 40+ miles for a little while and let myself adjust. I usually have run about 50-55 miles and do some cross training in a normal week, since I am training for 5k-10ks, so I can add in the rest of the miles as I get into running with the track girls more this spring. I don't know if I have mentioned on here that I was thinking about running a race this winter and I have finally decided which one I am going to do. I am running a local 5k on Super Bowl Sunday, which is the first sunday in February. Time to improve that 5k time from 10 weeks post partum.
Posted by Ann at December 31, 2006 12:31 PM