Week in Review: 5/3-5/9

Happy Mother's Day to everyone. I am thrilled that I got two new CLE shirts (Cleveland's a Plum is such a cool one) so I can "represent" while knocking out the remaining states. Yeah! Good week of running and nice mix of workouts as well as two of the best partners ever - B and Meg!

Monday-rest. 

Tuesday - 5 miles. 1 mile warmup & cool down. 5x800m at 6.5 or 9:13 pace w/400 recovery at 5.2mph or 11:32 pace.  

Wednesday - 600m swim during lunch of 200m free, 200m breast and 200m back. Loved being in the water again. 

Thursday - 4 mile run with B in the jogging stroller and Meg alongside me on the bike. Meg has mastered the perfect "mom is running" speed on her bike!

Friday- the elevens, 100 crunches, side planks w/weights, squats and fire hydrants 

Saturday - Farmer's market, gallucci's, eye doctor appt for Meg and other time consuming errands. In other words, no workouts. 

Sunday-18 miles. Good run with great company (Meg), but cold and windy staying in the high 40s.  I actually got my hydration and fuel issues figured out. I will test it again in 2 weeks when I have a 20 miler on the agenda.  

Getting excited for the Cleveland Half next week and hoping to PR in my own backyard!

Good luck to Karen on her 100 Miles to Nowhere!
 

Brick Sunday

What a way to begin a Sunday morning! If I'm going to do the sprint triathlon in Portland, then I have to respect the sport of triathlon...bricks and all. This morning husband and I biked a nice 11-mile loop from our house down into the metroparks with one wicked bad hill to climb (lots of little ones, too). We actually managed to shave about 10 minutes off the last time we tackled the same loop! I also did a little better with this very fast downhill stretch that normally scares me. As Gavin Rossdale says, speed kills (or so I worry). Got off our bikes at the house for husband to change out of his clip shoes and into running shoes, leashed up the dog, and off we went for a run from our house to the trails. Wow, I had forgotten that "dead leg" feeling that you have between the bike/run transition. I think I enjoyed the trail run as much as puppy! It's funny how much you can love the way your body feels even when you're exhausted and sweaty. Overall, it was a pretty good week. Got some good runs in (including a couple 5 & 6 milers), had some great evenings with my girls, snagged date night tickets for the husband and me to see a very talented Dan Auerbach (touring solo at the moment from the Black Keys), and got to see Hincapie's amazing performance yesterday. Can't wait to see Lance tear up the Alps today!