Happy Cinco De Mayo!

27 more days until race day! A long post as promised!

Excitement and nerves are setting in! This week I will concur 2 first timers... #1 My first time running a 20-miler and #2 My first time running 40 miles total for a week! This is very exciting for me!

This weekend was very nice. It is amazing how cool SUNDAY was compared to SATURDAY. Of course the days I run we seem to have 80-90 degree weather and then Sunday's come around and it drops 10 degrees...

Saturday's run was very much a success... I ran with Kim as I have for the last few weeks and we really concentrated on breathing techniques while we ran and it helped us to go quicker... I don't know if it was the breathing or lack of talking, LOL! I am just teasing... we did talk alot after the run though and even if conversations are minimum I still enjoy having her company and not running by myself!

So back to our run... we did 14 miles and our concentration was focused on PACE. Lately we (Kim and I) have been running around an 11 minute pace! Saturday we were much faster... can you guess it???? Alright well I will tell you then, we ran a 10:15 pace per mile! NOT BAD seeing how we did 14 miles with that average pace... so how long does one have to run to get that pace for 14 miles... the answer is 2:23! Yep... we ran for 2 hours and 23 minutes with minimal resting stops!

After that run I went to get my oil changed and found out I was due for a minor service to go with it! The dealership gave me an estimated time of 1 1/2 hrs! I was so tired by the time my car was done (3hrs later) and then I took a quick shower and headed off to a party. NO nap or icing my knees! I only lasted that evening until about 10pm and I was out! My hubby woke me up and I went home and to sleep in my own bed!

Sunday was pretty relaxing... I just did things around the house and then went to my in-laws to see my hubby (he is house sitting from Sat - Tue) and everyone is taking turns feeding the dogs between my sister-in-law, brother-in-law, hubby, and I! Today after my tap class I am on duty for dog/house sitting until Jeremy gets off work!

I can't forget to mention that we KICKED BUTT in my bowling league on Sunday! We one ALL seven points for the second week in a row. My avg was 125 for the night and my league avg is 113 so I am happy with my performance. All the other members of our team did very well too. We slaughtered them with winning the first game by 163 pins, second game 180 pins, and the last game by 20 pins! I guess you could say we were running out of fuel by the last game but yet still won!

Today I am running (with or without) Kim at Mile Square Park for 6 miles and then I will be at my tap class until 7ish! When that is done... I will be dog/house sitting for awhile and of course relaxing!

Tomorrow is the back bay run and we are scheduled for 6 miles and then on Wednesday we are doing 8 miles in the same location. My goal is to be done with the running by Wednesday evening to give my legs a BIG break for Saturday's 20 miler! Oh yeah... and they changed the time to 6:30am... HELP ME! I am so not a morning person! I may have a latte before this run, LOL! Usually we run at 7 and that is pushing it...

Our Race on the big day JUNE 1st starts at 6am so this should gear me for the actual event!

Last week I am proud to tell you that I did accomplish my full 33 miles! I ended up doing a 5 mile walk around my office location and it took forever... but yet I finished! I have a 17min/mile pace when I walk so my attention span was over the edge while walking. I kept thinking how much easier it is to run rather than walk so ALL you walkers out their... :::HIGH FIVE::: I give you props!

Until tomorrow... Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!!!!