Monday, July 27, 2015

Week 30 of 2015 training

Monday:  Sculpt, walked .5
Tuesday:  Sculpt Biked 12.23 miles, walked .5
Wednesday: Ran 4.05 miles, walked .5
Thursday:  Sculpt, walked .5
Friday: Swam 1000 yards, Les Mills Body Flow class, Ran 3.10 miles, Biked 10.25 miles, walked .5
Saturday: Ran 5.05 miles (.60 warm up, 3.13 (5K race), remaining as cool down), walked .5
Sunday:Biked 12.50 miles


Ran 12.20 miles
Biked 34.98 miles
Swam 1000 yards
1 Les Mills Body Flow class
4 Sculpt classes
Walked 3 miles

Recovery week from the marathon last Saturday.  Biked more than anything.  Next race 5K in Walker, IA

Totals for Year 2015
Swimming:  84,978 Yards=   48 miles 498 yards
Elliptical :    14.45 miles
Biking inside: 274 minutes 
Biking Outside:  267.21 miles
Zumba class:        5.5 classes
Sculpt classes:        132 classes
Les Mills Body Pump:  1 class
Les Mills Body Flow class:    22 classes
Walking:   67.80 miles
Running:      780.29 miles
Vinyasa Yoga:  1 class


Friday, July 24, 2015

Week 29 of training for 2015

Monday:  Les Mills Body Flow,  Swam 1000 yards, ran 3.05 miles, Sculpt, walked .5
Tuesday:Ran 5 miles, Sculpt, walked .5
Wednesday:Ran 3.5 miles, Swam 3600 yards, Sculpt, walked .5
Thursday:Biked 7.10 miles, Sculpt, walked .5
Friday:Rest, walked .5
Saturday: 26.27 miles running
Sunday: Rest, Stretching,  foam rolling

Ran a marathon at Midnight Friday night into Saturday morning.   It was super difficult and took everything in me to complete because it was sooooo hot outside and I was extremely tired.


Totals for week 29
Ran 37.82 miles
Biked 7.10 miles
Swam: 4600 yards
Les Mills Body Flow class: 1
Walked:2.5 miles
Sculpt class:4 classes


Totals for Year 2015
Swimming:  84,978 Yards=   48 miles 498 yards
Elliptical :    14.45 miles
Biking inside: 274 minutes 
Biking Outside:  254.71 miles
Zumba class:        5.5 classes
Sculpt classes:        132 classes
Les Mills Body Pump:  1 class
Les Mills Body Flow class:    22 classes
Walking:   64.80 miles
Running:      780.29 miles
Vinyasa Yoga:  1 class

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Run4troops marathon - Dyersville to Dubuque Iowa - Saturday, June 27, 2015

I thought that doing another marathon would go great since the last one 3 weeks earlier went amazing. Since I found this awesome one in Iowa, only 1.5 hours from my house I scheduled it.   This was my 4th marathon in my 4th state.  Someday I would like to complete a marathon in each state!  What a great way to tour the United States.  I want to stay healthy until I'm 100 and run races all the way until I'm dead.  So that being said expect to see a lot more race posts.

 It ended up being a great day for weather. No rain and considering that it had rained almost every stinking day in the last 2 weeks, this no rain thing was quite nice. The morning was cooler for June and that made the first 16 miles great.  However, within 3 hours of the marathon it heated up kinda bad and since I'm a slower runner, I got a little warm and didn't finish under 5 hours, but it was close and the best thing is I felt great at the finish line, ready to run more.  I know that in the future when I finally get a marathon day that has cold weather I'm going to get a really great finishing time.  My goal is 4 hours 30 minutes.

Here are pictures that tell about the marathon.
I walked downstairs in my hotel and saw the man pictured to the right.  I saw his shirt said 50 States marathon club and I was curious about that.  He started talking to me all about the Club and how many marathons he has done.  His name is George and he is from Southgate, Georgia.  He is 68 years young and has done 246 marathons!!  Then he said, "Well that's nothing compared to Frank.  Frank then shows up and we all took a picture together. He is from Rochester, MN.  He is 67 years young and has done 673 marathons.  Now that is impressive.  I had the motivation that if they could do that many marathons at their age, sometimes 2 marathons a week or more, that I could do my 4th marathon 3 weeks after my 3rd marathon.  I was going to be just fine.

My race bib!   I was so happy about the #.  WHY?  Because I have this thing about the #13 and this race bib added up to that.  Plus the #6 could be for my 6 children.  #4 could be for this being my 4th marathon.  #43 because I'm turning 43 this year.  Overall a great bib #

This was Lori Lucas.  I met her the night before.  She was on her 10th marathon.  We shared a hotel room. I met her on the Marathon Maniacs facebook page.  What a great way to meet other runners.
The bagpipe player at the beginning of the race.  He looked awesome and played well too.
The trail.  This is what it looks like most of the time.  There are small portions that are paved, but most of it is just like this.   Completely beautiful.


This is the jeep that led the race.
One of the great views from the trail.


Another amazing view.





Starting out.  I think we were at at half mile by this point.

At the end with my finishing medal.

Me, Lou  and Lori.  I met Lou while running around mile 2.  We ran together about 10 or so miles and he was on his 17th marathon.  And Lori is the girl I met on Facebook, this was her 10th marathon.

My Garmin results!
A close up of the race shirt and the medal.
Great things about this race:
Chip timed and accurate
flat course all the way except two little baby hills that are really tiny and short, nothing bad.
70% shaded course
LOTS of volunteers and course support
Bib for your scrapbook
Finishing medal that is nice
Raises money for the Troops!
Race Director communicates with you the same day you ask a question about the race.
Shirt that is really awesome and fit true to size.
4 wheelers drive up and down the course throughout the marathon to bring you more water, medical supplies if needed and Gatorade.
Food at the end.
Point to point course, so you can say you ran to another city.
Shuttles back to the start where your car is.
Printed out results for your scrapbook

Things that could be improved for this race:
Cooler weather.  Ha, like that can be controlled.  WELL DONE marathon by all who organized it.


Week 28 of training for 2015

Monday:  Ran 5 miles, bike 6 miles, Sculpt class, walked .5 mile
Tuesday: Ran 1.20 miles, biked 8.80 miles, Sculpt class, Les Mills Body Flow, walked .5 mile
Wednesday:Ran 6.29 miles, Sculpt, walked .5 mile
Thursday: Ran 7.05 miles, Sculpt, walked .5 mile
Friday:Ran 2 miles, Vinyasa Yoga, walked .5 mile
Saturday:Ran 14 miles, walked .5 mile (7 miles ran in the early morning in dry weather, 7 miles in later morning in rain)
Sunday:15.10 mile bike ride

Ran 35.54
Biked 29.90
4 Sculpt classes
1 Les Mills Body Flow
1 Vinyasa Yoga
Walked 3 miles

This week I didn't swim at all, not sure why I didn't fit it in.  I do make up for that in the next week.  I did do two different types of Yoga classes!


Totals for Year 2015
Swimming:  80,378 Yards=   45 miles 1178 yards
Elliptical :    14.45 miles
Biking inside: 274 minutes 
Biking Outside:  247.61 miles
Zumba class:        5.5 classes
Sculpt classes:        128 classes
Les Mills Body Pump:  1 class
Les Mills Body Flow class:    21 classes
Walking:   62.30 miles
Running:      742.47 miles
Vinyasa Yoga:  1 class

Week 27 of training for 2015

Monday:  Biked 11 miles, Ran 1 mile, Sculpt, walked .5 mile
Tuesday:Sculpt, walked .5 mile
Wednesday: Biked 16.80 miles, Sculpt,walked .5 mile
Thursday:  Ran 2.05 miles, walked .5 mile
Friday:  Ran 3.05 miles, Swam 2000 yards, walked .5 mile
Saturday:  Ran 5.05 miles, Swam 800 yards
Sunday: Biked 12.21 miles

Ran 11.15
Biked 40.01 miles
Sculpt classes 3
Swam 2800 yards
Walked 2.5 miles

Total Running miles 706.93

Totals for Year 2015
Swimming:  80,378 Yards=   45 miles 1178 yards
Elliptical :    14.45 miles
Biking inside: 274 minutes 
Biking Outside:  217.71 miles
Zumba class:        5.5 classes
Sculpt classes:        124 classes
Les Mills Body Pump:  1 class
Les Mills Body Flow class:    20 classes
Walking:   59.30 miles
Running:      706.93 miles

Didn't do a whole lot this week since I just ran a marathon last Saturday.  I rested a lot.