Tuesday I was able to run 8 miles. Tuesday night the achilles was a little sore, so Wednesday over lunch I hit up the elliptical machine (for 90 minutes, yikes). Tonight I’ll get in an easy bike as well, just trying to keep the training hours up. Walking around today it feels better, but I’d rather error on the side of allowing it to heal more vs. stressing it.
Also, 3rd steroid patch put on today.
Tomorrow I’ll get to try running again, crossing my fingers that it goes well!!
Today was my last “hard” workout (and not even that hard, or long! Eek!): 4x1000m at tempo pace Before Grandma’s I did this exact same workout in 6:07 pace (not sure what happened with that one), then 5:58-5:59 pace. Today I was significantly faster. 5:45-7 into the wind, 5:32-5:37 with the wind. Yikes! Best part?…
I knew I needed to nail it. The last two weeks have been peppered with rough tempo workouts, stopping-midway, etc. I also knew that I was unlikely to be able to do this myself. So, I called up the GAC assistant coach, Brenden, and asked if he’d be up for it. No hesitation. He was….
Happenings lately: Indoor 5k: I was so excited to race! St. Olaf held an indoor invitational at the end of January. I was pumped to be able to see my progress since my 19:05 at the Jingle Bell Run in December. I was the slowest seed time in the race, (wow!) which meant great competition….
My first “hard” day back. I didn’t have much time to run on Saturday, so decided to make the most out of the time I had. I tried to put in a 2 mile all-out effort. It started out slower & gradually picked it up — first mile was 6:45 (I think I started out…
There will be a long post in the next couple of days… but until then…a few pictures and results 🙂 Team Nichole showed up in full force, including my parents! My brother and husband also did the marathon (their first!). I finished in 2:50 something. Good enough to win the race, but I really would…
You’ll never guess who was the first person to show up to Greta’s baby shower this past weekend. An estranged cousin? Nope. A long lost rich uncle who we’ve never heard of coming to take care of all of Greta’s expenses for the rest of her life? Nope. (Darn) Wallace Shawn because she’s really his…