Fuel SMART,Train HARD, Run FAST.

AM:  Easy run on TM with goal MP for the last two miles. 10k (47:10) AP at 7:27 total. Easy 4 miles then last two miles at 6:55 and 6:40. I Felt fine today. I need to start really building up my mileage. Races are the best way to motivate, otherwise I feel like I am running blindly without a purpose each day. Huh, what to do next.

PM: 2 mile hike with kids then 1+ hour of tennis in the evening with kids and several single games with Steve. He's never played and beat me for 60% of the games. Geeze, my skills need help!! I still feel like it's all in the skirt. I need one by my next match on Thursday.

AM: 8 easy miles on Davis. I set my alarm to wake up at 5:20 this morning for a run at 5:45 with a friend. I woke up at 5:53, it never went off. UGH! I literally left a trail of clothes on my way out as I undressed and dressed all the way up the stairs and out the door with my shoes in hand. Apparently I found time to turn on nearly every light- waking everyone in the house. It was an emergency!:) I left the house less than 2 mins from when I woke up. I drove up to our meeting spot and she was gone, but found her later down the route. I felt like I was dreaming the entire run. Maybe I had an eye closed, I hope so. Ever since Allie's post about running with an eye closed I have wanted that experience for myself! 

5 easy down Main. I felt like I was wearing a prosthesis. My right leg kept dragging behind and has been sore all day. No tennis tonight. What?

I went up this morning to watch and support all of the TOU runners. The tail wind seemed great coming out of the canyon. The FRB members were doing great. I was able run run a little with Allie, Janae R.and Stefenie T. for a couple minutes around mile 14. They were sticking nicely together around a 6:2x pace. Cynthia F. was ahead in first by 2-3 minutes. By mile 16, the three girls separated by about a minute each with Cynthia leading with a 3:30-4 min gap in front of Janae R. looking strong in second, Allie determined in third (45 sec back), and Stefenie a minute later in 4th. Then low and behold our own Rachelle Wardle! in fifth a couple mins later, looking great!! cheered on till mile 21 then turned around the cheer on another friend on an hour so back. Not quite sure about the results overall yet, but everyone looked to be strong. Great raceing today! Did I forget to mention Jake was looking strong around mile 14 running with some other guy?! excited to see the results! 5 miles total of running and cheering:)