Nicoles running blog

Ran with Ali, Mia, and Liz this morning. Felt pretty good, but I didn't quite get my time for our tempo. 10 minutes at about a 6:23 pace. i tried going faster, but my race pace is usually around 6:30, so it's pretty hard to get much faster than that, but i'll get it eventually.

Four thousands with 1.5 warm and cool. Hit 3:57, 4:04, 3:53, and 4:01. Didn't get them where I wanted, but i'm just glad I stuck in it. For a while I thought I wasn't going to be able to finish the work out cuz of some pains i'm having in my lower back and hips..but it's over and i did it.

Did about a 8 min tempo at a 6:45 pace with the youngsters. But then I was completely out of energy so I stopped. Ran the course backwards to get back to them, and then finished it out

Old Man hills today. one 800, two 400's, and four 200's.

1.5 warm and cool with two 1000's

2 mile warm with 1 mile race. Really crappy race, didn't even hurt at all. I'm just super tired and didn't seem to have the energy for it.

18 minutes of tempo today. Got a 6:51 average pace. I finally got my energy back and was about to get a deacent push in, but for sure not my best time. We had a super good pack and finished it off with a cool down around DI.

Harts warm and cool with 10 two hundreds in between. We were supposed to hit 41 seconds for them, but the first two we got around a 45. Then we picked it up and hit either 41 or 40 for about 5 of them, then picked it up and started getting 39, 38..then the last one we killed and got a 35. Ended up being a way good work out, and then did weights after to finish it all up.

Root Beer mile, and 4 mile trail run on Dino Tracks

2 Mile warm, about a mile of tempo before I quit cuz I wasn't feeling very good, and then a mile back around to the school. After I got home I ran a mile with my bro to make up some of it. Weights after.

Dog Town Half Marathon today with Lizl! Felt pretty great, and we kept a constant pace the whole time. Ended with a 1:45.40, around where I hoped to be. Not too much pain in my body, mainly just stiff. Took an easy mile-ish cool down after. Over all super glad I did it! A lot more fun than I thought it would be!

Easy 3 today. There was a little bit of pain going through my hips, but i think it's not too bad. Just had to take it easy, and hopefully it'll go away soon.

Easy 3 with four fartlicks. Ran around Sanbergs with some of the youngsters, and we just had a fun time with it. Jumped in a few different places, and found the place we liked most! Felt pretty good, my hip isn't giving me any pain from the half marathon, mainly it's just stiff so i'm taking this week easy so I don't jack anything up.

1.5 by myself, and then helped Marissa out with the Kosmin test. Got a little bit of tempo in, but mainly it was just an easy run to loosen up the tight muscles in my hips. Finished with a mile to the pizza place with my girls.

1.5 warm and cool with five 400's in-between. supposed to get around a 1:22 for all of them. started with a 1:21, 1:23, 1:23, 1:22, and then a 1:18. I was able to hit a little faster times just because I was only allowed to do half the work out. Today was my last day taking it easy, start of next week i'm allowed to go back into all our workouts.