boston qualifying...

I ran my 3.4 miles on the treadmill so I started off pretty slow and then increased my pace every ten minutes. I wasn't really trying to run fast I just wanted to run for time. Then when I was done with running I lifted a bit. When my husband got off of work we decided to go running on the river trail. It was pretty nice outside, but the wind started picking up. My husband is trying to get in the groove of running and he has been having some off days. So tonight wasn't one of his feel great running days. But, both of us have been getting over colds and our allergies are starting so our bodies are just wacked. I felt good. But, I love runnning on the trail although there were so many mountain bikers and walkers it kind of annoyed me.

I went running with my friend ashley but she runs quite a bit slower than me, so at certain points in our run I would run back to where she was and run with her a bit. It is hard though because although my stride isn't long at all, it is really quick so everytime we were going to turn I would go back to her. Usually this run takes me about 36 minutes so although my pace didn't really get that much altered, I probably ran at least a mile and half more than her since I kept going back for her. It was a beautiful day, but pretty cold. When we finished my hands were icicles.

Well, I took two days off since I did something to my neck and back yesterday. I had to work at 7 this morning so after I did some prep stuff I took off for a run. It was a hard start, it was really cold outside and it felt like I never really warmed up, but I felt better for the rest of the day. At the end of work my husband called and met me at work to run the river trail. I already had my running clothes so I put them back on and went for a river trail run. It felt better than my morning run; and it is helping me split up my runs so I have more miles for the week. It was still pretty cold though but the wind wasn't as bad.