7 miles??

I finished my first ever 10k two weekends ago. I'm clearly a little behind on the blogging along with other things. Anyhoo, I finished in 1 hr / 15 minutes. Ran most of the way too! That was 6.2 miles. Only 20 more to go! I freak out a little when I think about the fact that I'll be running T W E N T Y S I X MIIIIIIIIILES in a little more than three months. But when I think back, I would never have thought that I would have run 3.1 with obstacles in October, but I did. I never thought I would run more than an hour in a row, but I did. 6 miles! It felt amazing. I credit all the training. Here's my schedule.

Monday - run
Tuesday - track group run usually with lots of sit ups or push ups or just loooong runs pushing ourselves. The people are totally awesome.
Wednesday - strength training (should be a run, but we do some running) - this one I love a lot. The first class I did, it took me 3 days to walk normal. We did goofy exercises, the people were super cool, and we laughed. Not to mention that I couldn't walk for 3 days. Must be good because clearly I am not working the muscles right. So now, every Wednesday, I go in for torture ... I mean a workout
Thursday - run
Friday - REST!!
Saturday - early loooong runs - we're currently up to an hour and a half this Saturday. Runs start around 7am throughout San Diego so I'm up earlier on Saturdays than I am for work during the week!
Sunday - active recovery which is pretty much do something besides run. Chances are I skip this ... but feel bad about it at least. But, I get in my 5 days of running and that's really all that matters

Last Saturday our group run was to run a total of 1 hr 15 minutes. I skipped the actual group run because it was so stinkin early. I wanted to sleep in for one saturday which I haven't done since January. I didn't feel like running in the rain .... again. Plus we were supposed to go to trapeze school in Escondido at noon. I figured I'd sleep til 10, trapeze and then go to the gym. What a not happily scheduled Saturday. I woke up at 8am on Saturday. It was sunny and happy that early in the morning. Got my butt up, dressed, and of course ... THEN it starts raining. With hail. Trapeze dude in Escondido said it wasn't raining there. What a crock!! Needless to say, that was cancelled and by the time we finished brunch ... which was a whole nother fiasco ... I was ready to just head home. I napped, opened netflixes and decided I was clearly not going to go for run.

Long story long ... I went on Sunday and it was awesome. I did 6.75 miles in my 1 hr 15 minutes. Felt great too! I'm getting better! Yesterday's track run was pretty much 3.5 miles with either push ups, sit ups, or jumping jacks in between laps. That was nice and easy. (whaaaaa?? that just came out of my keyboard???). I'm sure this Saturday I'll get in at least 7 miles. Only 19 more to go!!! holy crap....19 miles?? twenty. six. miles?? twentysixpointtwo????

This is why I only look at one month at a time on my schedule. I start to freak out.

Tonight's workout was another good one. I can barely move my arms. My abs are freaking killing me. My legs are jello. Blue jello to be precise. And I love it. We do all kinds of stuff with the medicine balls, bands, and just plain gravity. Tonight we did crazy push ups, pull ups, ab stuff, running. I'm going to sleep like a rock. And waddle around like an old man tomorrow. : )