I love burpees

zumba, turbo, zumba - i'm seriously considering giving up my evening classes so that i can run more (and not get injured so easily). 

I taught my core class today and did everything - i killed my abs and had no unusual pain there.  I can't figure out why only certain things hurt them.

I went to a free PT session today, and wasn't exactly worth my time.  the part on my abs wasn't hurting where he inspected - he barely touched on it and said that it wasn't my abs that were the problem, that it was my ribs.  um i'm positive my abs are hurting.  he told me to not run any downhill since that's what aggrivates it (how does one avoid all downhill?)

So in my usual fashion, i wanted to prove to him that it was my abs, and i went and ran some serious hills.  I ran in hurricane down 600 n, and then back up.  I sped up on the 3 serious downhills, and then uphills on the way back.  That was a tough workout today!  average 7:30.

Taught core fushion - only did some

abs were ok until about mile 7. then i had to stop and massage. 

Easy 8 miles in the gusting wind - watertower loop.  the dirt was a lot easier on my sore muscles.

10 mile club run tonight.  and my first "faster" run since the marathon - oh yes i felt it.  my breathing was a little too strong at the beginning.  ran with steve and trevor who always make it look easy:)  Aside from from bathroom stop, i kept up with them.  averaged 6:40 for the whole run...last 3 miles were 6:15, 6:15, 6:25.  Hopefully that run will kick my body into gear.

Steve suggested following hal higdon's marathon plan....i think i will.  It looks like a solid training program. 

Finished with an hour of zumba - abs were surprisingly ok through all workouts today!

5 super easy miles on the treadmill, and i still dragged. eek!

alright, i've got my running schedule planned and my sights set on Utah Valley Marathon.  If i even want a chance of doing well, i'm going to have to get my quads conditioned cause i seem to be affected more than most on downhill.  The club run was going to be 20 miles down the marathon course with 10 tempo miles, and i'm posititve my quads are not ready for that.  Instead i ran up Kolob 8 miiles (steep, continuous, uphill) and then back down for 16 total.  Ouch.  It was an easy pace, but that was some intense uphill.  I plan on doing this a few more times before the race.  thankfully my quads lasted through down the hill - i think my Saucony Kinvaras really helped them last longer.  The only sore spot was my ribs in the last mile.  I ran tempo on last 4 miles - average 6:40 (my body was not wanting to go faster).  I'm pretty happy with this run. average 7:40.