OK, now I really have to update. Have basically kept with the training schedule. Last week did 2 on treadmill Tuesday, 7 on treadmill Thursday, and 10 on the greenway (10.8 per mile). Long runs before that 9 @ 10.6 and 8 @ 10.25. So basically I'm looking at probably 10.5 per mile. Not what I'd hoped for but that is what I'm going with. Hoping the new shoes I got might help with the hamstring problem. The salesman said I might have had a shoe that had too much restriction on the arch. I'm hoping he's right. Running without hamstring pain would be a blessing. :)

Let me know how you are doing, Jen.

I have not been faithful at updating the blog :(. Last week I did 2 on the treadmill Tuesday, 7 on the treadmill on Thursday and ran the chicken run 10K on Saturday. Finished 15th in my age group with 1:03:27. Better than I did at the Redbud 10k a few years ago. My hamstrings hampered me but I didn't quit! Looking forward to San Fran. This week I've done another 2 on treadmill Tuesday and 7 today. Very slow. Haven't got used to pacing myself when watching the movie :) On the other hand, I'm getting faster at starting the movie! Went to lunch with a friend today that said the hill in downtown San Fran is straight up. Ugh.

On last Thursday, the 3rd, ran 6 on the treadmill. Took forever because I couldn't figure out how to get the movie to play in the Playstation 3. I had to have something to do! Anyway, it was a total of 80 min. which seems really slow but I felt like I had a good run. Need to run this p.m. 7 miles. Hoping the rain stays away. If not I will get up and run in the a.m. (what I should have done today) and ride the bike on Tuesday for 8 (2 running miles). We'll see. Tons of homework to do. GO POKES!

Ran about 2.5 today in 31 min. Coco and I did another .5 after that. Felt pretty good. Did do 10 and 1 interval. Hamstrings are still tight. Tight when I start off and then just get worse. Stretching not doing too much good. Ended strong.

Sunday ran between 7 and 8 in 80 minutes. Probably not a good time but felt pretty good when I was done. Did about 10 min. intervals with a few breaks in between. It was cool which helped a lot :)

Well had to resort to the dreadmill today due to rain. 5.3 miles. I ended up doing intervals but not at the pace I was shooting for. Had to watch the hamstring though. 66 min for 5.0 miles. Walked the first 4 minutes. It was supposed to be 1 mile warmup, 3 miles at 10:04, and another mile cool down. I ended up doing .5 mile intervals with .25 between.

Tuesday ran 2.3 miles but it felt like 22.3. Legs were tired and couldn't catch my breath. Might have been 1/2 c. coffee I had earlier in the a.m. Was really fatigued. Maybe because that time of the month is coming :(. 12.6 per mile? yuck.

Sunday ran 6.0 miles and it went good for the first 15 min. then 10, then sporadic, 5:1 after that. Ran and felt pretty good. apparently not too fast. 13.3 per mile. yuck.

Looked up my official time for last Saturday's race and turns out I didn't do so bad. Averaged 9:54 per mile and finished in 30:41. Hoping to break under 30, but not too bad. Ah, something to work towards :)

Quinton looked up the standings and said I came in 9th for my age group for Fenton Payne. What does that say about the turnout :)

Ran 2.5 today in 31.5 minutes. Not too shabby. Hip was really bothering me. Many miles between me and San Fran.

Quinton and I ran the Fenton Payne 5k today. Went pretty well (w/o my ipod). Quinton took off at the start and that was the last I saw of him until the finish :) Ran about 31 minutes. Q ran about 27. Not too bad considering all my ailments :) Stopped a few times. I really enjoyed our first race together/Q's first race. Went for coffee and muffins after :)

Biking today. Rode 18 miles in 1:16. My legs were still sore from long run on Tuesday. Definitely needed a change of pace :). Looking forward to the 5k on Saturday.

Today was a pretty good training day. I did 5.5 miles by myself and one more mile with my trusty companion Coco :) Started out 10:1, 10:1 then switched to 5:1 . . . . Really high humidity! time was about 69 minutes for 5.5. Did some hills too . . . and lived to tell about it.

Well, instead of long run on Sunday, I did long bike ride with lots of hills :) 20 miles in about 1:25 hrs. Went pretty well but I was sure glad to be home. Legs actually felt pretty good and hip was hardly sore at all. It's back to the pavement tomorrow :)

Oh yea, feed the fish by clicking on a space in the square. It will drop fish food. Kind of fun :)

OK Jen. First posting to our blog. Hope you like it. The about me is from my blog I made for school. You can edit anything you want. The background, anything! I think this will be a great way for us to stay in touch. I'm usually on my email runnertn66@gmail.com daily. I can access it downstairs.

How's the training going? Mine is slow but sure. Running between 4 -5 miles with stops. I've signed up for a 5k next weekend with Q. I figure I need to get out and get back into the race mode. There's a 10k in September I'm going to run too. Ran this past Tuesday about 4 but nearly died! I got a late start and when I got home and checked weather channel the heat index was 96 percent. Did another 4 (3.9) on Thursday. Today was bike day but will rotate that to tomorrow since I didn't get up early enough plus have to go school clothes shopping. Tax free weekend and school starts on Monday.

Post what you can when you can. I hope you find this helpful. I figure we can use it like a log.

Let me know what you think. Love ya girl!

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