we are not finnished with week 12. But I am ALMOST there. so I thought I would send you a message in a bottle that lets you know how I am doing.

I ran my longest so far last saturday.w hich sent my knees into a fit of pain… my heals thought they were going to revolt and NEVER let me walk again than I got a nights sleep and a monday in the pool. 2,700 yards latter. I was feeling like a million bucks. untill… YUP YOU GUESSED IT… I got out of the pool and gravity put me on my heals again. OH BOY. so on Tuesday I ran through it… and it started to get better…. than I swam for 2400 after my 4 miles. than on Wednsday 8 miles and 1000 yards. than comes Thursday… Today… 4 m ore mile on the ol feet. and 2400 in the pool. I tell you without the pool for my feet after a run I think I would cry the rest of the day. a nap and even though my feet are sore…. I AM ALMOST THERE!!!!

Womens run on sat… 2X’s through for me… but it will be a great 12 mile run. I am looking forward to it. people on the trail. WAHOO!!!!

Marathon momma out!

Posted: August 12th, 2010 under Marathon training, Swimming, biking.
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so another week bites the dust and I am a happy camper…. I got to spend time with two of my besties…. So my running buddy that is like WAY faster than me when running… took off from Gaswell road…I left on the rout that I shared with you just a while ago… I got to the bottom of the FIRST BIG hill and wouldn’t you know it I see her smilen face a comin my way….. “Hey speed demon…” I said…. and she ran with me back with me till we got close to the rodeo grounds… than she sais I am gonna…. Yes hun go ahead I know I am slow. go for it!

she did tell me how good I was doing and that she was proud and all that wonderful stuff. it is great to have someone with you for a while. But I understand that she is so much faster…. I was ALMOST There… and I got the coolest text from my swim coach. she is out of town visiting her son and she sais… ” I know this will sound silly but I miss you!!!! and you know what it isnt cause I miss her lots too. I am eager for her to come home.

so let me see… what did my week look like.
Monday swim with coach for 2900yards
tuesday 4 mile run and than Dr. visit
wednesday 8 mile run and than work. : )
thrusday 4 mile run than float in the water for 700 yards and talking
Friday 2700 yards nice hard kicking workout… coach would be proud!
Saturday 16 miles…. it was a nice morning… no rain in sight lots of sun. almost to the over heating stage.t han at the end a drizzle of rain. it was wonderful. so I am looking forward to this next week at work. it will be wonderful….

and even beter is the thought that I am

miles 210 +3 out of 435 in 11 weeks only another 225 more to go in 7 weeks!

Posted: August 7th, 2010 under Marathon training, Running.
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is finnished. I did NOT RUN my miles on Saturday. it was so windy and cold and I knew that i was going to be in the hot pool everyday. so I decided that I would just coach….t hat would be my cross train for the day. : ) and this morning I was out the door before 6am… ran 13.7 miles. : ) in 2:28.52! Rather slow if you ask me. but that is only because I know that if I am chasing someone I can go faster. : ) I proved that last weekend. : )

So it was a great training run for me … I stayed in my normal time range… and I came back in one piece. that is all that matters. so this week my m iles ended up being a little different.

miles 178 +3 out of 435 in 9 weeks

I am pleased to tell you that my KIDS ROCKED THE SWIM MEET!!!!!!!!

they both SMASHED thier times. I mean SMASHED them. D~fly took off anywere form 5-12 seconds per race. and that is BIG FOR HIM!!!! He got out on his 100 free. “COACH… they messed up… THERE IS NO WAY I swam that in 1:24. I laughed so so so hard and said… yeah you DID! and we are both so proud of you!

My T~ fly tried a lot of NEW things… 100 back 200 IM 200 FREE..s o those were all NT. But the 50 free he broke his time in by a little over a second. and that is amazing! just so you know. He is now about 1 second away from beating his mother in her FASTEST 50 free sprint EVER!…..

well ont his happy most wonderful note… I need to get into the pool. these kids are catching me fast. Than again. NAP FIRST …t han pool!

Night all
Marathon training momma Fly out

Posted: July 25th, 2010 under Family, Kids, Marathon training, Running, Swimming.
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Is coming to a close… and I am wondering why am I doing this again. LOL. I know why though. the kids have a BIG swim meet tomorrow… and that means that because I am helping coach I need to be there at 0830 in the morning. so what do you think that means for me and my 0830 time to be on deck… yup you guessed it those 13 miles that I swaped out with last saturday to only do 10… now I HAVE TO DO THEM THIS SATURDAY…. and that means i have to get up early… on the one day I get to sleep in. if 0800 is a sleep in. LOL… I will handle it. it will mean that Sunday I get to sleep in.

so I will write again tomorrow about how wonderful the kids did. but for now it is still my marathon training blog. Not the kid blog…. So here is the training this week and how it went

After that long nice race on Saturday the 17th. my legs were… well needing to be rested. so on Monday all I did was swim. Untill my friend called that night and invited me on a walk so we went out and it ended up being 5.22 miles. I know it was a walk. But I am COUNTING IT! Than on Tuesday it was 3 miles and swimming 2200 yards. than Wednesday 7 mile run and a 2300 swim. than Thursday it was 4miles and a nice easy 2100 and Friday NO RUN and a 1700 yard swim… than I coached the littles than I taught a swim class than I worked. : ) I love my job.

Some days are a little more stressfull than others. But all in all… I am so happy I changed my profession. It was the best decision I have ever made.

so I will run my 13 miles tomorrow morning. I allready have everything ready so ALL I have to do is get out of bed. LOL… that will be the big hard thing to do. LOL… we shall see how it works. : )

marathon traning momma fly… OUT!
miles 177 +2 out of 435 in 9 weeks

Posted: July 23rd, 2010 under Marathon training, Running.
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