Fuel SMART,Train HARD, Run FAST.

4:25AM- I sat in bed thinking of ways to stay awake. I had just woken up from a nightmare about a baby trying to kill me with a knife. Think Chucky. Then I fall back asleep for just minutes, to see my very pregnant friend ( who is in real life due any day)  no longer looking pregnant. When I ask her where her baby is, she shrugs it off and says she doesn't know. Then she puts her hand to the side of her mouth as if to tell me a secret and says, " but I hear there's a baby in a dumpster in Ogden if your looking for one." Somehow I don't make a connection that it's likely her baby, but instead start thinking about how I can find the baby and keep it for my own, instead of going through a pregnancy. I needed to run.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the temperature was at 57°!! I didn't really believe it so I overdressed, but wore one less later than usual. I totally warmed up by after 3 minutes, but there was a head wind so it helped me stay cooler.

I took it easy as I ran down Davis, around 8:45 pace. It felt nice to go slower, but unfortunately it made the miles drag by. So I decided to play a game on the way back by counting all the steps I took on grass. Apparently, I ran 3,322 steps on grass on the way back (4.5 miles) I'm not sure how useful that information is, but it made the miles tick by. I guess I could compare it to my overall steps found on my Garmin (50% of the total, since I only counted one way), then decipher the percentage of time spent on grass for the last half....but again, how would that information be useful and what purpose would it give to document? I'll probably still figure it out anyway. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day! The only green I've worn today is bird poop on my wrist. The benefits of running on grass are many, one of them being the prime bathroom stall for every bird under every tree.  It made my kids laugh so hard when I got home. I should have kept the green on, I've already been pinched by three-redheaded-miniature-leprechauns today. 

6:00AM- Apparently when I silence my phone, it also silences my alarm. That seems like an override feature you would want on your phone. Needless to say, I woke up at 5:51, the time I normally leave. I got ready in 8 minutes and was able to meet Andy at LPT. 

It was pretty cold out, but no wind. There was even some light snow on the bridges. It seemed darker than usual, too. I felt sluggish. 8ish miles total.

My husband about met his maker last night when he decided to forgo the dinner I saved for him and eat hotdogs around mid- night when he got home. If he had ran it by me, I would have told him that those hotdogs were opened over a month ago. Needless to say, he spent the night terribly sick and I layed awake feeling bad for him. Somehow, I still magaed to get close to 7 hrs of sleep, which is really good for me actually, but maybe it was the interrupted sleep throughout the night that left me feeling incredibly groggy getting out of bed. 

6:30AM-  Very slow miles up to Davis and to the half way point. On the way back I ran a 30 min Fartlek with 30 seconds fast/ 60 seconds easy. The last 10 mins I moved it to 60hard/60easy. None of my splits recorded because my watch kept sending a message saying all my laps were full. Whatever that means. Regardless, the effort was decent-ish.

5:30 AM- 13+ miles on LPT with Andy. 

All runs have felt tiring this week. I think I'm going to stay around 50 mpw for a while until a race catches my attention. 

Okay, I have been nutty for the past 24 hours watching the Buffalo 100 mile results. I kept waking up in the night and reaching for my phone to see the updates. I've stalked Facebook all day and finally made myself put my phone away for a few hours:). I only know a few of the competitors, through Scott W, as he has been kind to invite me to some of their early morning trail runs. I am always in awe of how much they train and endure! It has brought a new and different perspective to the sport of endurance running, for me. A big congrats to Matt VH  (16:47) for taking the men's title and to Jennelyn (20:18) for taking the women's title and breaking the course record!! I've tried to stalk the results for Scott all day, but have come up dry as well as for Craig. Good luck to Zac and Matt W in the 50 miler!  o inspired by these athletes. It makes me want to lace up my trail shoes for an ultra!

Well the excitement must have rubbed off on my workout today. I am super stoked with my current fitness level. I felt surprisingly good during the first few minutes of my run, so I decided to push the effort and see how fast I could the last 5k my progression run. I felt rested and semi relaxed(?) for the given effort. It never felt too strenuous. I know I would struggle to run this outside right now, but I'm going to run with it!

2.5 mi wu

5.2mi @ 6:50, 6:40, 6:10, 6:04, 5:49, 1:00 (.20) =32:34 (6:20AP)

5k was timed for 3.1 miles, even though I ran an extra .10 at the end for 5.2 mi total

Last 5k@18:33 (5:54ap)

Happy to be here at this point:)