Day 70 of 84

in my adjusted schedule this is a cross train day but out of guilt I ran 8 km in the morning. Should have done the long run because it isnt looking good for Monday with all the commitments we have :) May readjust that to Tuesday. But no later.

So for day 70 there was an 8 km run to Old Barns in 54:18 which was slower due to small children on their bikes coming with me. Holly struggled on some hills. It was a pleasant run.

Ball Hockey game in the evening which was intense and we won :)

Day 69 of 84

Saturday; didn't manage a whole lot of anything. Shame on me. Feeling a lot of guilt over that.

Day 68 of 84

I was bad bad bad and took a day off. Didnt really have a choice, there was no one here to watch the kids for the time I needed and by the time there was a someone here, I was very tired and having some sort of weird eye thing. They would not stay open. And are crusting and weeping. Weird. Better vanish fast. LOL so no workout unless you include running a little girl learning to ride her bike around the driveway for 45 minutes! So cute!

Day 67 of 84

What was supposed to be a short, quick run became a long long day lol
After dropping 3 awesome kids off at school, I drove to the gym, parked, and went for my run.
While doing my 1 km warm up before 3 km of 400m speedy 100m rest, I ran into Tonya who said she might try to run with me this morning ;) I was SO glad because to be honest, ive been a little lonely lately. Running is a lonely sport. Im not complaining about my time to think and reflect (ya whatever) but some days I am just lonely.
So we ran a great loop just kinda wandering the streets, then we ran UP Young Street; that hill is awesome! hehehe and long! and perfectly situated in my run. Poor Tonya, it was the end of her run. But she did well and climbed the whole thing beside me! HILLS ARE YOUR FRIEND.
From there I left her and ran down and back to the gym where I did half hour of arms and back weights, then showered and headed to the kids school for Holly`s class trip; at the park we walked for like an hour through the trails.
Now Im rather sleepy. That is a lot of sun and fun for one person!

6.4 km in 44 minutes including one big ass hill.

Day 66 of 84

National Running Day - did you know there was such a thing...me neither.
Forum I am on had a challenge for at least 200 people to average about 5 miles a piece and track 1000 miles; I do believe they are still short at the moment. Same site is having a men vs women miles contest for June. Women...behind SIGH. Im doing my best to add those miles! ( www.runnersworld.com )

5 Miles on the schedule for the day; started from home and added a little jig through Springwater Place to bring the distance to 8.8 km in 59:18 minutes. It was a nice sunny but humid day. Good for a run :)

Day 65 of 84

A Strengthen and Stretch day - went to the gym for some weights (short) and some yoga (also short). covers the assignment lol

Day 64 of 84

20 days to Half Marathon. 20!!!!!

Long slow run today in less than perfect weather.
It was extremely windy and raining this morning with some pretty chilly temperatures and a wind chill! I waited (no get up and go) until the sun came out and the temperature came up a little, then headed out.
Lots of hills at the start, up Greenfield Road and onto Greg Road. Turning onto Old Greenfield Road gave some much needed downhill. But where it joined Valleydale Road, the wind kicked in.from there, all the way up Valley Road, and onto Pictou Rd. This was actually the absolute worst part. Straight, lot of long up hill, and wind straight in my face. I thought at some points, I was running backwards. It was the hardest 3.5 km ever.
After that it was hard to recover but running must go on so I made it back home for a nice 14 km finished. I actually Might have been able to go further.



1:36.51 time - pretty good considering!
4159 kJ burned. (1098 calories)
Avg 6:55 min/km Max 5:13 min/km
5km - 33:55
10 km - 1:08.22
13 km - 1:29.26