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!

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!

This is todays route. it is 05:55 and I am about on my way out… see you all soon…..

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

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

I was able to do a bit of a tapper this week as I knew that I had a race Saturday. I still got my miles in I just did them differently. and did you realy think I wouldnt be in the pool. LOL so here is the week in a nut shell than I will tell you more.
Monday swim/kick 2000yrds
Tuesday run 3 miles swim/kick 2400yrds
wednesday run 6 miles swim/kick 2200yrds
Thursday run 2.22 miles swim/kick 1750yrds walk 3 miles
Friday swim/kick 2500yrds
SATURDAY RACE DAY!!!!!!!!!! 10 miles official time 1:34:44 WAHOO!

so my week was going well. we are tappering in the pool so I havent been as tired from that as well. and the wonderful fact that my arm hurts still so We are doing ALOT OF KICKING it is nice to not be up in the 6,000yrd range : ) so this week was easier on my legs for that fact. I didnt bike at all because of the race. and than on Thursday. tell you the trueth I thought I had only done 1 mile by the time Igot that bloody nose… : )

It was funny I was a beating on the door and a beating ont he door… as blood was running all down my face. stupid nose and lack of vitamin! K. Von willibrands has a funny way of showing up in my life. So no one came to the door. ( more than likely dad was trying to get some clothing on) I decided. welp we are going to use the water outside to start washing it off…. (Mind you this is my perception of it all) the door did not make anyone move it was the water running outside that got attention…. HEE HEE… so make sure you wash all that off before you come in. I had to have looked like a bloody deer in the headlights when momma opened the door and I looked up and said…. “I have a bwoody nose momma” LOL…

So in I went and kinda got babied…. I mean I got a ride back into work. : ) and I got to steal a towel… which I am still trying to get the stupid blood out of. shesh blood is a rough thing! and momma and I got to chitter. we dont get to do that too often. and best. I GOT HER CLORIEN TAKER OUTER SHAMPOO!!!!!! now that is worth the bloody nose. hee hee…. I laughed all day told everyone it was the look of make sure ALL that is off you before you come in the house. lol… and than a friend said… no she was just trying to make sure there were no suitcases behind you. she is just scared youa re trying to move back in. we had a realy good laugh about all the fun. and coach DID let me swim after my nose had stopped for 20 min. YEAH!

so latter that day I went out for my weekly walk with my friend. and it was wonderful. two dogs pullin….. my girlfriend with her stroller and a baby a jabberen…. who took my water bottle and kept it. *G* realy I’d give my left foot to the baby if it would make her happy…. but i think her feet are cuter and she should stick with her own. : )

anyway…. I was supposed to run 13 miles on Saturday…and I didnt. I know you are giving me the LOOK… here is why. the race silly. I know me. and I had all the planes to head right back out find my friend and run her back in. But I smelled that wonderful bar B Q and there was NO WAY I WAS going back out there without eating. : ) sad isnt it. but I needed to eat. everyone on the trail knew that I have troubles with my sugars all were on allert. they even had oranges at all the aid stations along the way. BUT HERE IS THE COOL THING!

I have been learning how to use nutrition on the trail. on all my training runs there hasn’t been an aide station. so I had to learn how to bring it with me…. and it is working. I came accross NOT SHAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!!! and it felt absolutly wonderful. I even had enough in me to sprint accross the line. so at everystation I was able to pass it up and depend on no one but myself. Thanks to my momms running pack she bought me! *BEAMING A SPOLED SMILE HERE*
I believe that my best 10 mile run was a 1:46 and some change. I was out with Mrs. M on this trail as I am in most runs… and I have to say she is fast. faster than me but not by much. so My goal became to just keep her in my sights. IF I could do that…. than I would be able to get a reasonable time that would beat anything I have ever done before…. it wasnt until Lankashire road that I watched her go down the hill to never see her again (Untill the end) I was upset that my legs were slowing. but they weren’t everytime I crossed a mile marker I would split the time. and I was going faster in every mile by a good 5 seconds. so I wasnt slowing. she was just going faster than I could. and that was all I could do. pace myself and try my hardest. Mile 8-9 was done in 9.21 and mile 9-10 was done in 9.06 after looking at my watch for the past 8 weeks and always seeing just over a 10 min. mile or an 11 min mile. to see a 9 min mile seemed out of this world.

I am so PLEASED WITH MY TIME!!!!!!!!!!! 1 hour 34 minutes and 44 seconds was the official time. do you read that as wonderfully as I do….? because that means that it would be possable for me to run a 4 hour marathon…… that all this training is going to be AMAZING!!!!! and I am going to cross with a smile. thank HEAVENS! I had begun to think other wise….

so this week Saturday was supposed to be 13 but next week was supposed to be 10. so I swapped them and took my amazing win ( in my world) to bed with me as I smiled in my sleep…..

If I could pick the best part of yesterday… it wouldnt be my great time. it would be the fact that my husband and children were int eh car… surprising all of us, 7 of the girls that ran I have been training with….. cheering fromt he car. they all said how special the kids were and that it helped them along. as it did me! they were in one spot… than they rushed up the road to the next spot. but you never knew how many miles you were going to have to do to see them again…. but it kept you looking and hopefull… and want you to look like you were in your best form when you went by them. : ) didnt want to look tired even when you were. : )

well this is my week. and next week will not be so exciting I am sure. BUT for this week ……. I am blessed. : )

M.T. miles 153 -3 out of 435 in 8 weeks….. now I was short 5 and I added in the 3 miles for my walk even though I only ran 2 in the morning. so that gains me up 2 miles in my 5 mile shortage. I will be getting int he 13 this saturday instead of 10 just a swap. so I will be right on track again….

Marathon Traning momma OUT!!!!

So I thought about what are all the good things that are coming out of all this running. I came up with a list as I was running today.

1. I can pee any where any time. And not be seen.
2. I can scope out the said pee spot LONG before I get there and make sure that I will not be seen
3. I found socks that keep my feet from getting blisters.
4. I have learned the importance of making sure I have good shoes and know how to use them
5. I can run along side a moose and not get weirded out. (that would have been a million dollar video on You tube!)
6. I know why people wear a bear bell…. and I have seen it work now. : )
7. a fanny pack were not fashionable in the normal world is a necessity in distance running and there are some really cool ones. : ) My mommie bought me one that went out on trial this morning. MAN IT WAS THE COOLEST!
8. Spandex is HIGHLY OVER RATED!!!!!!!
9. I am a true Alaskan girl… it is 64 out right now and I am panting like a dog…. sad, very very sad…Running in this would be the death of me.
10. I am happy that I cannot hear all the things around me. I am sure that the moose and bears would scare me more than they do If I knew they were coming.
11. I love having time with just my mind….
12. MOST OF ALL…….. I LVOE THAT I CAN EAT ANYTHING AND STAY THE SAME WEIGHT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOOO for burning calories!

I think that is the most of my list right now… I will let you know as I add things to it. : )

so 49 days in the 49th state…. running for a purpose…and that purpose is…. ME! Lets here it for 128 miles!!! who would have thought I would do that many in my LIFE… let alone 7 weeks. : )

Marathon momma…. OUT!!!!

Least us not forget that this also has the hills in it too. OWCHEEEE!!!! My legs are gonna feel that for the whole day. : )

on a good note. I got all 24 miles this week finnished… that takes me to a whoping 128 miles -5 out of 435 week 7 done!

I will write more latter. Now it is time for church and I am late… so OFF I GO!

Momma Fly OUT!

here is the training rout for today. I had it in my head that I was supposed to run 15. I think that is because I was doing 11 last week and figured oh we go up in miles. but Alas we didn’t. so today is a 7 mile. I did a little over but oh well.

I am happy to say that the last time I did this run it took me 1:22.20 and this time it only took 1:20.52. and that is an amazing thing for me. I shaved off almost a full 2 minutes. athough it took me 4 weeks to get that. : )

Not sure that i have shown you all which marathon it is. I might have and I am not going to take the time to go back and look. I will just share it again.

I have to say this so you know. I AM LOCKED IN! It is PAYED FOR! you know what that means. I cannot get out of it no matter how hard I try. LOL….

With this week at a close, I have to figure out what training looked like… so you know and so I can be accountable.
mon swim 3400 yards
Tuesday swim 4000 yards
Wednesday run 3 miles. swim 3200 yards
Thursday run 5 miles swim 3200 yards and My arm gave out… so coach J. kicked me out for the weekend untill I see the Dr on Monday for the stupid rotator cuff AGAIN! ARG! She informed me that women of “OUR AGE” should not be doing this much. WHAT? ARE you kidding me. How else do you train for an iron man… you all know that this is were this is going… right? I have to finnish the marathon so I can go for the ironman… which I AM GOING TO DO!
Friday 3 mile run 17 mile bike. MAN I MISS VIOLA!
Saturday 7+ mile run.

running that takes me up to 99 miles in 3 weeks. I missed 5 week 5 ( should be 104) and I still have 331 miles of training to go before I can embark on the 26.2… OH WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?

I am off to take a shower and cool off all my horrably painfull muscles. and tomorrow I will eb biking a beautiful 26+ miles. I cannot wait. I miss Viola so much. it will be fun to go fast again…

Untill latter
M.T. Momma Fly OUT!
104 miles -5 out of 435 week 6 done!

this was my run this morning… and it was good. 1:57:05 Nice time… and I had a whole lot of fun to tell. like alwaysI have forgoten it all. LOL.. it has been a long run. and the only thing that was funny that happened that I can remember was I was in the zone… my head was int eh run… nothing was around me. no noises that were bothering me. no movement that was around… nothing but me the pavement and the light sprinkle of water fromt he heavens. and I was t hinking of what I was going to write to you… my faithfull 5 readers…. and than something moved. yes there it was ..s omething… than ALOT of movement… THAN MY HEART WENT INTO MY THROAT. I thought that something was at a dead run at me through the water to my left. so when I took the time to look… I screamed…. “DUCKS!! are you KIDDING ME?” yes a momma and all her spring babies 16 of them… were int he water making a racket. and were in my mind they were running at me…t hey were doing thier best to get away.. LOL!!

Running excitment for the day.
Enjoy

21 miles this week… skipped 5 that takes me downt o 16… 81 total so far… only 354 more miles to go…

see on the flip side of next week
Marathon Momma Fly out!