Saturday, July 26

11 miles on the canal towpath from the store. I ran about 4 with Kelly, she had run 3 earlier to beat the heat. Did about 4.5 with Natalie. On the way back, I ran with Karen for a mile or so, so I wasn't totally alone. Saw Bob's friend Thom out for a run. Groin didn't hurt when running, but does hurt at 10:30 at night while I'm typing this. Tomorrow is a day off, which should do it some good.


11 miles, Brooks Switch

Weekly mileage - 30.5

Friday, July 25

4 river trail miles. Still worried about groin pain. Played soccer last night - didn't go all out running and turning. anyway, the 5 miles weren't bad - I didn't do the strides as a precaution.


4 Brooks Switch

Wednesday, July 23rd

5 slow miles on the river trail. Groin pain, so I was testing it. It didn't bother my run, but still hurts. :(


5 miles, Brooks Switch

Tuesday, July 22nd

Speedwork! Whoo. I actually don't mind speedwork, at least when it's shorter distances. Once it gets longer, I may change my tune.

Today was 5 x 800 with 4 min recovery in between, and 1 mile warmup and 1 mile cooldown. I found the gates to the high school track are opened, so I got there bright and early and did them. I was shooting for 8:06 pace = 4:03 800's. Splits were: 4:02, 3:54, 3:55, 3:54 & 3:53. Not exactly on target, but next week are 1200 repeats, so that should get me in that range. It's frustrating because it was hard, but I did think I was running a little easier. Oh well. It's nice to have the run done with for the day.

Pushup challenge will be tonight as well.

Monday, July 21st (Week 2)

Ate way too much all day. This resulted in a craptacular 5 miler. Easy pace - whatever, I got it done. It was all buggy and gross again. Eww.

Brooks Switch - 5 miles

Their Empire is Crumbling!

Whoot. Longest running race, badass figure 8's. Blah blah blah. Who are some of the big names? Ronnie Rose, Mike Riddle, Shawn Cullen, Nick Warner, Ranny Hinton, Robbie Allman, Johnny Magee...I could go on. (andersonspeedway.com for more info.) It's a smallish field for the National Crown, but it's a talented bunch. 75 laps of figure eight off the high banks. We are in for a show, ya'll!

Johnny Magee (driving the trusty Swinford car) has had a score to settle with Ronnie Rose (yes, that Rose family) since the beginning of the season, when he was put out of the race at the last turn of a 200 lap race by Mr. Rose. Of course, he's gotten him back numerous times, but Ronnie deserves that and more for this repeated dirty driving (if you don't like it, make your own blog about how awesome Ronnie Rose is and how the Roses cashed in when they sued the track for falling on a hill.) And some of you might be bored with me bringing the last turn wreck up everytime I talk about Rose, but to me, it bears repeating. Anywho, we have that battle to look forward to. The Riddle is kinda enemies with anyone who gets in his way. Somedays you love him, somedays you hate him. Though I'd like to know why they call him the hedgehog. He's a COBRA, dammit! Remember? UGH. Shawn Cullen, Ranny Hinton, Joe Hart, and Mike Peters are all teammates or Friends of Rose (FOR). None of them are as bad as Ronnie, but Shawn Cullen is next on the list, with Ranny (of Uncle Ranny fame) still being well liked, so we can usually overlook his association with them. Nick Warner is known as a cheater and a pothead, which is a great mix with a 3000 lb machine that he has control of. I think most people are not for him, but I could be wrong.

Anyways, 20 or so laps in, Johnny Magee is out. Flat tire maybe? I don't know, but there goes a big chance of Ronnie Rose getting put out, and he'll probably win. Suck. But Mike Riddle's still in it- he won't think twice about taking Rose out. Well, damn. His car broke and he had to pull off. No wrecks for him now. Wait, what's this? Right in front of us (and Ronnie's most obnoxious fans)? Bam! Into the wall goes Ronnie! Bam again, into the barriers at the pit wall! OUCH, smashed again (and again, and again!) by Ranny! Uh oh, you're getting kicked out of the club! Don't worry Ranny. You've got vudu on your side. Oh wait, he's going off too. So is Joe Hart. So what, one Rose wrecks and they all gotta leave? Oh wait, back come Ranny and Joe. Green flag racing again.

Check this out! Mike Peters is slowing Nick Warner down, and now Robbie has a chance! Ranny is moving back up through the pack. Ohhh! Here comes Ranny's family; they are going to throw the smackdown on the Rose fans. Don't mess with them, bitches. They'll cut you! Robbie Allman never did catch Warner, so potty mcpothead added another win to his stats. No worries here, at least it wasn't Ronnie!! ;)




Oh yeah, this morning I ran 10 with Kelly along the Monon. It was so hot, but we got it in.

Brooks Switch - 10 miles

Weekly mileage 29

Friday, July 18th

Happy birthday, Aunt Beth! :):)

5 miles easy with 6 x 30 second strides

I got up early to do this workout. Unfortunately, I had some interior groin pain that went down through my quad to the top of my knee. I decided to wait until I got off work so I could let it warmup throughout the day and do some stretching. I ended up waiting until about 3:00 (thank goodness for early Fridays) - right after I'd eaten lunch. Normally doesn't bother me to eat right before running, but it was so hot, it did this time. Ugh. I got through it though, no real knee pain or anything. Fingers crossed it stays that way. :)

Now - dinner is blueberry pancakes. With whipped cream. Love it.



Brooks Switch - 5 miles

Wednesday, July 16

4 miles, easy. Not much else to report.

Thursday was a rest day, but I did have soccer, so there was plenty of running. We won, yay!


4 miles, Brooks switch.

Tuesday's run

Last night was 1 mile warmup, 4 x 800 @ 8:06 pace with 5 minute recovery in between and a 2 mile cooldown. 1st 800 was way too fast - 3:47. The second was a little better at 4:00, then 4:01 then 4:04. I was pretty happy with that - I know I got slower, but it was honestly a planned slowdown to get my form right and my pace where it needed to be. I felt tired, but still able to get there.

The bugs were disgusting, though. In my eyes, down my throat, probably 100 of them on my face, arms, and chest. Gross gross gross.



Brooks Switch - 5 miles

It's been awhile...

since I could stand on my own two feet again. Fred Durst sang with them once, back when Fred Durst was cool. Ok, maybe he was never cool. But he wasn't always quite the tool he is now.

But, I've started marathon training again, and it's time to keep track of my mileage. I'm headed out for an easy 5 miler. And when I say easy, I'm serious. 10:40 pace. I'm pretty slow, but that is waaaaay slow, even for me. And it's difficult to run that slow. But I'll do it, as I want to PR.

Anderson Speedway news - John bought Willie DeHart's old car. Pretty speedy. John qualified a PR this week, but the actual races got rained out. Very exciting though. Dad got a new figure 8 car, but he hasn't raced it yet. Remember, any time I post about the races, whatever I write in no way reflects the views of my husband or dad.

What else is new? My sister in law is getting married in September at the gardens at the zoo to a super cool guy. I'm very excited. It will be beautiful, fo sho. Also, I met some of John's brothers that I hadn't met at his dad's funeral. Family reunion next month, which will be fun. And for all of you thinking I've forgotten about the canoe trip, I haven't. It'll probably be in August cuz I'm a slacker, but you know it's fun and totally worth the wait. A dead body has already been found this year (which is a horrible tragedy), but much better than last year when there was one found THE DAY AFTER our trip. Yeah. So stay tuned!

Later homeys.
SB

Oh yeah. Thanks to my buddy Jenn, I'm going to try to build up to 100 push ups (at once) in 6 weeks. Time to get buff.

5 miles. Brooks Switch