Puppy Run 12/24/2007

• Distance: 2 mi.
• Time: 19:53 (9:52 pace)

2 mile run with the puppy -- he lost a big tooth halfway through the run!

Track Workout 12/27/2007

• Distance: 6 mi.
• Time: 44:34 (7:26 min/mi.)
• Workout: Mile warmup, 3 x 1600m, 2 x 800m, mile cooldown
• Splits: 6:51, 6:52, 6:49, 3:12, 3:13
• Avg. Heart Rate: 168 (82%)
  
• Weather: 53 F Chilly and windy

Great run! Did a track workout with Julie. Not only did we do the entire workout we were supposed to do (ok, we split the 2 mile split into 2 1 mile splits), but I did my intervals faster than I needed to! 1600s needed to be a 7:00, 800s needed to be at 3:19 and I was always faster. Yesss!!! Very encouraging to have such a good run. Got to wear my new longsleeve shirt too for the warmup and cooldown! :)

Long Run 12/22/2007

• Distance: 11 mi
• Time: 1:41:55 (9:16 min/mile)
• Weather: 45-55 F Windy

Pretty good run. Got to run a long run with Julie so that was fun! Probably should have ran more but oh well. It's an off week -- another 20 miler next weekend.

Recovery Run 12/20/2007

• Distance: 4 mi
• Time: 41:05 (10:16 min/mile)

Still having a little cold so we did a recovery run instead of a track workout.

Puppy Run 12/17/2007

• Distance: 2.74 mi.
• Time: 27:29 (10:02 min/mi.)
  
• Weather: 62 F Dark Out

Ran with the puppy. Farthest run so far for him! Time included a couple of stops for the puppy so the min/mile pace was a little faster than that. Slower on the way out, more stops, on the way back Sherlock wanted to go faster so we did.

Long Run 12/15/2007

• Distance: 20.02 mi.
• Time: 3:07:51 (9:23 min/mile)
• Avg. Heart Rate: 156 (76%)
• Weather: 55 F (41 F at the start) Sunny

Pretty good run. Almost didn't do a 20 miler because Julie wasn't able to do hers because she wasn't feeling well but I finally convinced myself to do it. Ran first part with Roger, and the rest by myself. The last mile was fastest mile (feeling ok so picked it up). Definitely tired legs but I did it! And I LOVE the new mint chocolate gu!!!

Track Workout 12/13/2007

• Distance: 5 mi.
• Time: 38:43 (7:45 min/mile)
• Workout: 1 mile warmup, 6 x 800m at 3:19, 1 mile cooldown
• 800m splits: 3:23, 3:25?, 3:25?, 3:25?, 3:25?, 3:25?

Watch ran out of batteries after the first lap so I'm not 100% sure what the lap times were, so those are guesstimates. Ran with Julie at Carver Track, it always feels good to get a track workout in even though the 800s are painful. :)

Tempo Run 12/11/2007

• Distance: 4.75 mi.
• Time: 38:00 (8:00 min/mile)

Ran 4 miles on the treadmill at the gym at an 8 min/mile pace, then came home and ran .75 with the puppy at about that same pace (didn't bring a watch with). Kept it shorter since it was a fast run for the puppy but he did fine.

Puppy Run 12/10/2007

• Distance: 1.27 mi.

Another short run with the puppy. He wanted to run faster on the way back so we did. :) 1 mile doesn't seem to get him too tired anymore so we'll have to make it farther.

Rainy Run 11/09/2007

• Distance: 3.63 mi.
  
• Time: 31:33 (8:41 min/mile)
  
• Avg. Heart Rate: 146 (71%)
  
• Weather: 55 F Rainy

It's not supposed to rain in Yuma! Ran with Julie. We're both slackers and skipped our long runs (at least Julie got up to 10 miles during the week). Cold and rainy out so we didn't go too far.

Run with Pupppy 12/07/2007

• Distance: 1.27 mi.

Just a short run with the puppy tonight.

Training Run 12/06/2007

• Distance: 5:02 mi.
• Time: 45:56 (9:09 min/mile)
• Avg. Heart Rate: 147 (72%)
• Weather: 63 F

Ok run. Ran with Roger along the canal. Ran faster on the way out, then I started feeling my quads a bit more so we walked a bit on the way back.

Puppy's First Run! 12/06/2007

• Distance: 2.26 mi.
• Time: 23:45 (10:30 min/mile)
• Avg. Heart Rate: 142 (69%)
• Weather: 68 F Dark

Pretty good run! First run since the half marathon, still sore but just wanted to get out and do a little bit to loosen my legs up. Took the puppy with for his first run! Only intended to go for about a mile but he was doing great and we ended up doing 2 miles. He did better than I thought he would, only occasional stops when there were people or other dogs. Otherwise he kept a nice steady pace with me.

Tucson Half Marathon 12/02/2007

• Distance: 13.1 mi.
• Time: 1:41:17 (7:44 min/mile)
  

Great race! Perfect weather -- cool, upper 40s to 50s ish. Wasn't very prepared - plane was cancelled so didn't have some items (Garmin, headband....) so just ran how I felt. Could see about what pace I was running the first 7 miles or so just looking at my watch. First mile around 7:10, others up to 7 around 7:30ish. After that couldn't count anymore so must have slowed down towards the end. Walked through a water stop at mile 9 because I wasn't getting enough to drink. Love my new race number belt!!!! So handy not to have to deal with safety pins. Don't feel as sore as I did last year after the race so that's great! Was ready to be done with about 4 miles left, last 2 miles were definitely hard.

New PR!!! Almost 30 seconds faster than last year! :)

Training Run 11/29/2007

• Distance: 4 mi.
• Time: 38:18 (8:50 min/mile)

Good run, ran on the treadmill at the hotel. Legs still feeling a little sore from the week.