I love burpees

I really wanted to run today, but decided to give glute a break.

Today was Evan's bday, so of course I overdid it the night before getting stuff ready.  I always see stuff on pinterest that looks easy - 2 hours later I figure out that I still have a while and it takes forever.  Needless to say, i was up til 3 getting the star wars themed party ready.  It was so worth it though:)

I did try to go running when i woke up at 10, but i walked outside and it was 90 deg already!

So I was happy when I actually followed through and went on my run that evening.  I started it at 8 pm, and was really going to try and do 11 miles.  Actually, my back and glute were hurting, so I was telling myself to try for 8.

I did the watertower loop for the first 7.5, and my glute hurt the whole time - not unbearably though.  It was ok enough to circle around and get the last 4 miles.  The whole run took 1:40 - I had miscalculated and actually done 12.  I could feel it cause I was way tired and sore and hungry.  I'm so happy to have completed it though!  I'm still looking forward to the time when this feels easy again!

My feet get sore, but I'm happy to report - No HEEL PAIN!   I do have to give my feet an ice bath every few days, but that seems to keep everything at bay:)

Zumba killed me today!!! I think I was tired from saturday, but I looked at the clock and couldn't believe I still had 1/2 hour left to teach.  My glute injury started to just kill me with 20 min left.  grrr!!

ran 3.5 miles on the tread later.

Wow!  I didn't even come close to waking up in time to run outside before Jim left. Alarm set for 5:30 - woke up at 9am lol.  Ok so another dang treadmill run.   switched between uphills and downhills every half mile.  I averaged a 7.5, so that made me happy!  I know it's not smokin yet, but it felt challenging.  I still have 10 lbs to lose, and i can feel the extra weight.  I'll be that much faster when I start to lose it!  I'm sure 5 of it is just in my boobs. um tmi???

I am getting to where I'm not eating enough again cause I get busy taking care of my kids and I wake up famished.  So trying to make a goal to eat!  Why is it so hard for me?  It's hard when I can't eat dairy cause something with cheese is usually my go-to meal if I'm rushed.

My back/hip/ glute thing felt a little better today, but both hips ( i think it bands) were sore from saturday's run.  time to roll and roll and roll.  I could still feel the back the whole time but it was better.  I think my it bands are causing all the tightness in this area so i'm going to focus on them.  I am so glad that my feet are doing better!!!

1 hr turbokick

My little troopers stayed with me and did all that in the stroller.  I had a steady supply of snacks for isaac, so he did just fine.  I started out with yoga, which i am beginning to fall in love with again.  My body really needs it.

i attempted to swim today, but isaac didn't want to do his swim lesson.  so i got about 20 min in.

I now know I can at least finish my half marathon next month:)  Hopefully a little faster than today too.  8:19 average.  I ran from toquerville to hurricane where my hubby was supposed to pick me up.  Well my friend Amie located me instead, and said my hubby was trying to get a hold of me cause Isaac lost the keys (here we go again).  I'm glad she found me as I would've been waiting for a long time. 

The run felt pretty decent.  I did experience the weirdest thing though.  I was short on sleep time, and for the first 5 miles, I actually felt like I could lay down right there and go to sleep.  It wasn't so much physical/muscle tiredness, just exhaustion.  Oh man the joys of having babies.  Jk.  i adore my little girl, and she has been so good most the time. 

I taught zumba today, and then ran 4 afterwards pushing Isaac and Ivy with the stroller.  It was a little rough, but i finished it!  I once ready a study that claimed that pushing a baby stroller didn't burn that many more calories!  Um I will have to respectfully disagree.  How can you not be burning more calories pushing 70 lbs of kid/stroller weight up a hill? 

8 miles up to the highway and back - it was pretty hot as i was running in the evening.   The 4 miles down felt pretty good and it felt great to speed my legs up.  It flattened out the last mile and still ran a 6:49.  Other miles were 7:05 and 6:53.   

I also got to swim today for a mile, and it flew by!  I swam a mile in 30 min, and It felt so easy not dragging a 10 lb baby along:)  I was even easily breathing every 4 strokes.  I need to hurry and do a triathlon while I have my post baby endurance. 

1 hr teaching turbokick

1 attempted hour of yoga ended up being 45 min cause ivy was crying in day care.  didn't get a run in today.

8 miles on the treadmill - I kept trying to find a time to run all day, and it kept on being pushed back till i finally ran at 5 pm.  I had barely eaten all day so it was a pretty weak run.  I ran the second half faster, last 3 miles at 7:00, 6:55, 6:50. 

This 12 felt harder than my 13 last week.  It was 90 deg for half of it and I was pushing a little harder today and averaged an 8 min mile with all the hills (my first 2 were really slow).  Sooo I'm getting better. My "slow" is getting better anyways.  My "fast"  has yet to be seen.  I need to get my endurance up before I attempt that though.  I ran from Toquerville to Hurricane where Jim picked me up.  I went from feeling "I love to run so much"  to "Oh man, 3 more miles!!!!".  I need to get a good solid longer run to get my confidence up a little bit. 

I ran in the mizuno waverunners today and really liked them - a bit heavy but my feet felt a lot better.

Man could i be building up any slower.  I keep trying to add on more miles, but it always ends up the same at the end of the week.  i guess it's good that I scaled back this week.  hoping to hit a 14-15 miler at the end of the week, and maybe a 9 in the middle.

i really need to find people to run with!  I'm at the point where I need people to push me a bit.  My husband works such awful hours that it's hard to find people to run super early.  And I can't go too far away to run with people cause Ivy won't take a bottle yet.  ugh...

1 hr of zumba - 4 miles of "tempo run" - 7:20 average.

8 miles on treadmill

1 hr of turbokick plus 40 laps in the pool 2000m

1 hr of oh so good for me yoga!

I didnt get my run in til the evening but i did it!

8:16 average - I ran the watertower loop backward (with lots of uphill), so I'm happy with that.  I'm still waiting for this distance to start feeling better.

5 miles on the treadmill.  I ran the last mile at a 9.0 - it felt so good to speed my body up a bit.  My knee and the hamstring insertion started bugging pretty good.

Wow, I didn't realize how many miles i was going to hit this week.  That may have been a little much..

k so i really wanted to get 15 in today and wasn't going to do anything less.  I got out the door by 6:45, so i should've been fine.  I noticed I was already a little tired from the get go, and running up the hill to the highway felt decently challenging.  I turned and ran towards Leeds.  I was feeling pretty good, but stomach was starting to hurt - I thought this was just the gel i was taking.  I hadn't eaten anything beforehand, and I really should've. 

After turning around I had 4-5 miles of gradual to moderate uphill to climb, and I was feeling it.  Around 10 miles, I even felt the need to walk a couple times.   My stomach was hurting pretty good, but I had to just get home.  That was my only option.  I'm so thankful that my last 3 were downhill cause I wouldn't have made it without.  My water didn't seem to be refreshing me, and the gel wasn't giving any energy

The run was a bit slower than planned - though I still averaged 8:17. I had pushed my 2 previous runs a bit, so I was ok with it overall.  I got home and my hubby went on his run.  My stomach was really hurting, so I just tried to chug a couple bottles of water. 

bad idea

And then it gets worse.  I just laid down by my baby on the floor and tried to drink stuff, but just started feeling sicker.  It took everything I could just to pick her up and get to my bed.   I was not in a good place.  everything i was drinking was not going down.  And then i lost it.  Everything I had tried to drink came back up. My body was in pain. 

this had happened before.

I called my neighbor to get me to the instacare.  My father in law showed up and took me.  How embarrassing.  Well I got there shaking, freezing, and in pain and just gritted my teeth til the i.v. took effect.  I threw up again.

An hour later I was finally out of pain.  It was dehydration again, and just took me by surprise.  it wasn't that hot outside, and I hadn't been running fast.  I ran 12 miles, and then 13 miles in previous weeks - I should've been fine. I will be vigilant in taking my salt pills from now on!  It's that simple.

I had one intense hour of zumba today!  - took the kids out with the stroller and ran 4 more. I'm glad i'm feeling better after saturday.