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Mon, May 10, 2010
Total Distance
4.10

I really don't even know if I slept at all last night, but I did lay in bed and stare at the clock for about 4 hours.  I had a lot on my mind and simply could not get my brain to shut down.

Had training group again tonight.  I ran 1 mile prior to our group run.  I wanted to see how fast I could go.  1 mile - 7:53 pace.  I was pretty excited that I went sub-8.  Now, I just need to hold that pace for 26.2 miles.  Yea right!  Keep dreaming, KP.  I felt exhausted after that.

Ran 3.1 with training group at a 10:30 pace on the dot.  Run felt easy.  Carried on a conversation the whole time and thoroughly enjoyed the unseasonably cool temps we had today; highs in the 50's!!!!  I am soooooo proud of these ladies that are training for their first 5k.  I feel like a Mama to them (except for the fact that half of them are older than my Mama!).  I guess it is kinda what a teacher feels like; very rewarding to see them succeed.  I love watching and helping them reach their goals and beyond.

Then, played a VERY intense round of hide-n-seek with my 2 favorite kiddos.  At ages 5 and 6, they are quite the little cheaters and they got their dad involved too!  Ugh... I don't like to lose.  Anyways, I was definitely breathing harder from that 10-15 minutes of play time then I did during my entire 3 mile run tonight.  Sheesh. 

Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00
Comments
From Kathie on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:57:55 from 63.248.105.188

The game sounds so fun! I need to run more just for fun...no watch, no goal just run!

From Nevels on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:23:44 from 131.204.15.93

don't think we don't all know what you're doing... getting a fartlek workout in without telling anyone under the guise of "hide and seek."

sneaky training...

From Burt on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:25:09 from 206.19.214.144

Nice sub 8!

Did I just pay KP a nice compliment? Wow!

From KP on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:38:42 from 65.208.22.26

wanna know a secret?

that words makes me giggle...

(no, i'm not immature. why do you ask?)

From Burt on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:43:06 from 206.19.214.144

KP fartlekked!

From RAD on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 15:05:55 from 67.172.229.125

LOVE the hide and seek game :) That's why I'm such a bad mom lately - I have energy to run or play, not both! Video games are starting to take over my kids lives.

Nice work on that sub 8 - you'd better give me at least 3 months to try and beat you at the .2 race, I don't think I could hit that!!

Good work with the running group, it's fun to see people that you run with grow into their miles and succeed! Unless they get cocky, rude and competitive with you...then you just grow to resent them and must constantly prove to them that they'll never beat you. (No, I've never had experience with this...why do you ask?)

From Kim on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 15:26:35 from 67.199.180.90

Sorry about the no sleeping thing! I hate that! But the rest of the day sounds great!

I love that you are helping people with their first 5K! I've helped a few but usually people just say they want to do one but won't put forth the effort when I offer to help them!

From seeaprilrun on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 15:27:16 from 72.205.226.44

Nice sub-8! More to come--especially with your child-induced speedwork.

From Smooth on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 16:31:14 from 174.23.172.155

Sleep is over-rated! See, you ran a sub-8 right off the bat. So nice of you to play mama to those older than your mama and have fun along the way. The *hide-n-seek-fartlekking* is sooooo fun!

From RivertonPaul on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 17:29:48 from 67.42.27.114

Keep up the good progress.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 21:54:17 from 24.8.167.243

You had quite a busy day. I hope you're able to get some sleep.

From Bec on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 22:29:35 from 76.23.55.210

Nice run and game playin' today. It's fun when I take the time to read your blog. Very entertaining.

From Michelle on Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:23:46 from 71.215.114.57

Bummer about no sleep, but great job on a 7:53! Your running group sounds like such a great thing. I like to run with people just starting and watch their improvement. The problem is that most people don't stick with it long enough to see improvement.

From flatlander on Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:02:32 from 75.228.219.188

Good day for you. My motto is that if you can run one of them you can eventually run 26 of them. I think you will be faster than you expected.

From auntieem on Wed, May 12, 2010 at 14:16:21 from 24.18.77.246

Good workout! That's great that you did a sub 8! And, you are probably right, you got some benefit out of the hide and seek. Freeze tag with my third graders always TRASHES me.

From runningafterbabies on Wed, May 12, 2010 at 14:52:12 from 67.177.9.74

Great mile tempo, KP! I think you should have added the hide-n-seek sprints as part of your workout. Let's see 15X30sec @ 7min pace...

From fly on the Wall on Wed, May 12, 2010 at 18:19:11 from 204.113.19.47

"1 mile - 7:53 pace. I was pretty excited that I went sub-8. Now, I just need to hold that pace for 26.2 miles. Yea right! Keep dreaming, KP."

I don't see why not! Six years ago I ran my first 5k at 7:51 pace. Last fall I ran a marathon at 6:56 pace. I bet you can slowly build up to a sub-8 paced marathon!

From Derunzo on Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:22:14 from 64.56.60.130

7:53! Great job.... you can do it!

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