Believe to Achieve

6 miles easy  finishing with two at Marathon pace (7:13,7:08ish a little faster the last half mile so probs 7:03).  Walked a mile 2 percent grade. 3.5-3.8 mph. While the others ran two more miles.  I did a lot last week.  Want to go real easy.  Avg for the 8 running 7:58. Started at 7 mph.   Increased by 0.1 mph every mile til 5.5. Then increased every tenth a mile by 0.1 mph ending at 8 mph right into mp miles.  7:13 perfect pace.  

Four really easy.  9:10/9:01/8:34/8:43.  From highland glen park to past lone peak hs to eternal fountain.  Past it 0.4 miles. Then 5x2 min at LT with one min jog in between. First one 6:21 pace.  Rest not timed well. Felt good.  Every fast two min I would gain on Kim but on jog min Kim still ran fast so would lose her again.  When done, I ran easy again while they all ran faster. Lol.  Mel Kim Jane summer Chandi. Avg for two miles pace work 7:01. Includes the four min of jogging in between (1 min after eAch). Last four miles avg was 7:49 so I really slowly jogged the last two miles to take my avg from 7:01 to 7:49.  Wasn't tired just felt like jogging.

easy miles with Kim although we differ on what is easy.  It was humid from the storm last night (thunder and lots of rain) . We ran to Art Dye via AF HS on to trail and down on lone peak hs road after getting off trail to temple and to top of hill on 1300 west and we walked down it.  I walked home.  I think Kim ran.  Otherwise this run would have been 7.5 miles.  I walked a litte over a mile.  It was relaxing.  6.33 miles was at 8:avg pace.  

worked all day.  then went to brookes last half of soccer game.  lightning approached so 21 minutes left and it was called complete. won 4-1.  ate at wendys with brooke and hannah.  

lollipop 2 miler. cool wet ground morning.  refreshing but self doubting run because 9 pace felt how I want to run tmr.  18:30 for 2.11 miles.  

3:23:45.   Pretty happy I finished.  I got significant symphisis pubis bone pain and right hamstring pain from mile 9 on.  Was going to quit. Lots of talking to myself about it.  No fueling issues. But I did have to use the bathroom twice before veyo. Mile 5 and 7 aid stations. 45 seconds to  one minute each. Imodium next time my friends told me. I never felt an adrenaline rush until maybe last seven miles.  I was at 7:51 avg and was able to avg 7:30 the last 7 miles.  And get my avg to 7:46 (7:44 my watch as I got 26.33 miles).  Hamstring only part of me hurting now.  Went to general women’s conference to watch Brooke sing    Lots of gas pain in lower stomach.  Barely ate after Marathon.  Took gu non caffeine as usual ( none entire race as usual) at miles 2/7/12/17/22   It was perfect  and alternated Powerade and water at stations  some times both   Passed a lot of runners last 7 miles. Half 1:42:57. Slowed even more to 30 k.  But picked it up as much as my right hamstring would let me til finish.  No heart rate issues   Not tired at all the entire run  just pain. 3:23:45  !  Sg #14   Going to get my core strengthened and my weight to 130 from 139.   Second half 1:40:48

Splits: 7:36 felt fine, 7:51 (not sure why slow felt the same, yikes),7:27, 7:29, 7:26, (potty), 7:38 -so probs a 7 min mile or faster, 7:22, potty, VEYO- 8:46 (with the stop so probs, 8:00 pace), 8:04, 7:53, 8:05, 7:59, 7:47, 7:50, 7:51, 7:51, 7:52, 7:56, 8:04, 7:29, 7:32, 7:36, 7:32, 7:26, 7:29, 7:26,  7:30 for 0.33 miles.