Shoot for the Stars

Hemlock Rd. 5:15 a.m. Rainning this morning but not very super heavy. Ran from my home to Hemlock Rd, turned R on 21st street then went all the way through and back to usual route. Past casino and then back home. Felt tired this morning; it was very hard to get up!

TT: 24:19    Avg: 8:49      Max: 6:10

Splits: 8:38, 8:55, 8:57

Game Farm Park. 5:30 a.m. What a beautiful morning today was!!! Not a cloud in the sky and decent temp out for early a.m. I felt pretty good running just due to the nice weather. I saw a group of 3 ladies running together. I don't normally see other people running that early. It looked like they game from Roegner area. They did 2 laps and left. I saw the old guy in the rock again with his blood hound walking. I did 3 laps, starting from the parking lot next to the park. Then I finished going back the same area I entered the park.

Game Farm Park. Early a.m. Ran my usual 3 loops. This time I was able to park inside the park; the gate was open. My goal today was to start working on some speed. I ran the 3 laps as fast as I could without killing myself and I still felt so out of breath! I was trying to get under 8 min for each mile but didn't quite happen, maybe next time.... It was a tough 3 miles where I gave it my all. I see i have gotten out of shape....felt pretty good about times for first time working on speed though. Nice warm morning. sweating a lot this morning.

Lakeland Hills. 5:30 a.m. Finally met up with the ladies at Lakeland. I got in touch with Mishel and we carpooled together up to Lakeland. I had just gotten out of the loop with running with them and am just getting back into it now. Janet was the only one we met up with. Seemed like everyone else has some type of pain or issue going on and hasn't been meeting as regularly. We had a great work out though; I really sweated out, red face and all. The hills were tough after not doing them for awhile. It was a great run though and the clouds were dark but held out until we were done with the run! We ran the usual route but the longest distance where we turn right.

ARSHS. Early a.m. Speed work out. I hadn't worked out on the track for awhile so I got myself to do the painful speed work outs. I first ran 2 laps slow (1/2 mile) to warm up my muscles before I ran fast. Then I ran one lap (1/4 mile) very fast, was out of breath, but then walked a mile. I did that routine 4 times. What a work out that was! I am going to be sore! I didn't time each time I did the sprint but it looked like it was an average of 1:45 per lap. I know the last lap I did the fastest someone; amazes me I still had anything left in me. Weather was nice; getting warmer. I saw one guy working out near road then drive up in his vehicle-he was younger. I saw 3 cats while driving out.

Hemlock Rd. 8:45 a.m. No work today so ran a bit later. It was nice there was a break in the rain when I ran. It was warm due to the cloud coverage. I wore tight capris and short sleeved shirt with new bra but I felt overlly hot on this run. I really was sweating most of the way. I ran from home to Hemlock, R on 20th St, to end then back to main Hemlock Rd, then my usual route past the casino back along the neighborhoods. Tired to run faster today. Hard run, tired. Breathing hard.

IRC (Interurban Runners Club). Auburn. WA. 6:30 p.m. This was a small race put on by this club that runs on the Interurban trail. I heard about it through the Cedar River runners. Lisa and Denali came out to meet me and run the race as well! Denali did so well in the Bob as Lisa pushed! Go mom!!! It was a nice sunnny evening after work. It actually got a little hot. Wore black capris and sleeveless shirt. Felt pretty good today. I only ate a nutragrain bar after work and some water. The route was just out and back, paved, all flat. This is a certified course. There were only 36 runners but it made it nice and low key. Lisa had a lot of fun too! I met up with the Cedar River Runners some and we got a picture together. I talked to Tony and Dean mainly. It was great to see them there because it had been awhile since I had seen them! They all did well of course. There was a young girl I couldn't catch up to but was in front of me the whole day; I could always see her. Then Mary from Cedar Runners came in first out of the ladies; I think only 2 ladies were in front of me. Felt pretty happy with how I did for not trainning but a couple fast runs before hand. However, I did start ouf fast again and couldn't hold that pace. My L knee hurt a little bit, not IT but more below the knee cap. I am guessing just because of the fast constant pounding on pavement. Good course though. There is a series of 3 runs including this one so I am going to try and run the next one in July! Fun! That was my brother's bday so I will try to run it in honor of him and get a good time!

Game Farm Park. Early a.m. Hard to run with the ladies on a Friday because they run a little later than I want. I have to be at work by 7:30 a.m. so I have to get up regular early early time. This was just a maintenance run after the race. I could feel my legs so tight so it made this run hard to do. Sore on hams. Did fine though. Saw older guy with cocker spanial again, a mid age guy walking, maintenance guy cleaning, and 3 ladies running at end of my work out. The maintenace guy just opened the gate a min after I got there. Did my usual 3 laps around the park. Slight annoyance on R side of leg this time.

Our New home off of 33rd St. SE. 6:00 a.m. No work this morning until p.m. so I got together with Michelle to go running since she lives right across the road from me now! We are all moved into our new home! I have everything boxed up right now so I wasn't even able to find my garmin running watch. I got the mileage from Michelle. Niki, Angela, and Allister came out as well to go for a run! It was a surprise to me to see others there. I thought it was just going to be Michelle and I but others joined as well. The more the merrier! We ran from Michelle's house up the back road to BV, then down past the red barn, left on Lemontree Rd. Then we made a right onto Orchard. We got to run up past some country roads. We got to a sign near some farmlands then turned around at about 2 miles. We then ran the same way back except we did the entire loop on main Rd. instead of taking shortcut past our new home. I talked a lot with Allister and Angela on this run. There was a period of time where we walked for a couple of min. This time I didn't mind the walk because I was very tired this morning and also sore from the race on Wed. Excellent run though! I am so happy to be in this new neighborhood!

Mishel's home, across from our new home. 5:45 a.m. Mishel and I met up to run. Niki, Jan, and Cheri joined us. We ran from Mishel's house, across path to BV, past, L on lemontree, then up to the country roads. This time we ran all the way to the school, past Jan's farm house. Then turned around and ran back. Great run! Jan was the one that met us at Mishel's house running from her own house. She is trainning for a 1/2 marathon so she ran back with us again. Great run! I ran with Cheri and Jan in the beginning then ran with Mishel and Niki. I love having this ladies group that meets early a.m.! How convienent as well!

 Mishel's home. 5:30 a.m. I didn't get hardly any sleep last night because I was so busy getting the place ready for my family and packing for Paradise.  Ran usual route from her home to country roads, at turn around sign we ran back. Good run but we ran a slower pace I could tell. It was just Mishel and I running because Niki didn't get enough sleep.

 TT: 41:23    Avg: 9:11   Max: 7:54

 Splits: 9:17, 9:34, 9:05, 8:57, 8:58 

Paradise, CA. PHS. We ran about 3 miles however my gps didn't start to calculate until later. Dad and I did a run from our home to PHS, 2 miles on track and then back home. Dad and I were both very tired; his ankle was bothering him and I didn't get enough sleep. There was just too much on my mind with everything coming up.It was nice to get out and run though before our long drive. It is always nice running on a rubberized track and also familiar area!

Auburn, WA. Our home. Dad and I ran about 6:00 a.m. from our home, across pathway to BV, L on Lemon tree and up that neighborhood. Dad was acutally having some ankle pain again so he started out walking but then caught up to me when I got to Lemon tree neighborhood. We ran together on Orchard and up toward the horses then we turned around. I just wanted to show him the barn and also pathway that I go running with the ladies. He felt okay later when running back. He feels he just needs to get warmed up first then he is good to go. Nice weather.