Happy 4th! Happy Monday Off!

Update for Last Week:

My goal was 16.5  miles and I  ran  for a total of  16.5 miles. (Heel still not 100% so ran/walked most of my miles)
No Races  
I played tennis 2x (lost my USTA singles match) and did yoga once.

This week’s schedule:

Mon & Tues – boating on Lake George
Wed- yoga
Thurs – mall w/bf
Fri – mah jongg
Sat & Sun – boating on Lake George or mah jongg on Schroon River

This week’s running:

Mon –  4  mi  – DAY OFF
Tues – 2  mi  – DAY OFF
Wed-Sat – REST my heel
Sun – 6 mi 
 
Week Running Goal =  12 miles 
July Monthly Running Goal = 70 miles, a race or 2

Yearly Running Goal = 1011 miles

 Happy Running!

Half Marathon #3

My 3rd Half Marathon (Adirondack Half Marathon) will be on September 25, 2011 and it goes half way around Schroon Lake. (The Half Marathon will begin at the 13.1 mile marker and will end at the Full Marathon Finish Line. The runners will run on the easier section of the marathon course.  The first five to six miles are flat; then there are long, gentle hills on Route 9. Time to complete this race will be 5 hours.)

Good Things about this Race 🙂 :

  • The course is supposed to be beautiful.
  • It’s local – I can either sleep on my boat in Bolton Landing or at my friend’s house in Chestertown
  • It has an Expo (my first Expo.)
  • I won’t be running it alone (Bloggers Felice, Amanda & AJH, running friends Mary, Janis & Bridget are running it too.)
  • No pressure – 5 hour time limit
  • Lots of water stops
  • There’s a Pasta Party the night before.
  • You get a Finisher Medal!

Not So Good Things 😦 :

  • Training in the summer heat (never have run more than a 5k in the summer)!!
  • Finding time for long runs in the summer with weekend 5ks and boating on Lake George!!!!!
  • It’s my 3rd Half – Shouldn’t I aim for a faster time?
  • Are there hills? (I hate hills!)
  • My heel still “hurts” : OUCH!

LET THE TRAINING BEGIN!!

Happy Running!

Off to the Lake Again

We’re off to spend the next FOUR days on Lake George.
 
 
Four days to be filled by:
 
 

Hanging with friends

 
 

eating

 
 

drinking

 
 

fireworks

floating on the lake

running, of course

Happy Running! Enjoy your weekend!

July is Here!

June Recap:

Goals :

  • 70 miles – FAIL – I ran only 59 miles but I was away and injured!
  • running 3-4 times per week – YES, the first half of the month but things slowed down when I was away and injured!
  • adding some longer runs – Again not as much as I would haved liked – I did run 6 miles once & 5 miles twice
  • a 5k race or 2 (finishing under 29 min) – YES – two 5K races – one under 29 min and the other under 28!! (but that was before the foot injury 😦  )

I continued to play tennis at least once a week and do yoga as well.  My 2 non-race weekends were  spent on beautiful Lake George.

Goals for July:

  • 70 miles
  • running 3-4 times per week
  • adding longer runs to train for my 3rd half marathon
  • a 5k race  (finishing under 29 min)
  • Get rid of my heel pain!!!

Happy Running!