Saucony Hurricane 11

New shoes for me...finally. I have been running in Saucony Guide for 3 pairs and almost one year. As my last pair is on it's last legs I decided I can spend more money on some shoes and see how that goes...so double the price of my last pair later and upgrading to way more stability I am the proud owner of Hurricane 11's. The white, black and teal green pair. I am very excited about what I can do with them. Also today was my first of weekly speed training. Speed training is new for me and it wasn't pretty. It was tough. 6x400m with 400m recoveries in between plus a 2 km warm up and a 2km cool down. Much needed though but it's not the same as distance training that is for sure!

Hot Race

Drum roll please...well it was extremely humid today for the entire 10km race but that's ok because I beat my one and only other 10km last September 2009 by...3 minutes and 6 seconds so I am happy :) I am happy because God also super naturally made my mp3 work when I forgot to charge it last night, He super naturally made my friend have a watch I could borrow because I have lost mine apparently and God helped me through the 10km by not having any sun until it was over because I broke my sunglasses and didn't have any if it was sunny (prescription) oh and God is AMAZING because He also had Eload on the course which is my favourite drink in humid weather :) What can I say other then this one was for Him - the one who made me and saved me. I would recommend the Forest City race to anyone. My running friend ran the 1/2 and came 2nd in her age category :) She was a few minutes behind her anticipated time too because of humidity but still happy with her race. I am ready to start training Thursday with her for our 10km series this summer. Wanting to drop another 4 minutes this summer off my 10km.

Biking

I am thinking of biking...but that means $ to buy a bike. I think I would be good at it...I am thinking about trying a dual or tri someday. I think I might have a boke to borrow but I have learned recently from asking around to other tri people in my running group that buying a bike is worse then buying running shoes...so many kinds and so much $. I had no idea...and custom shoes??? And different clothes??? Oh well I think I should start by borrowing a friends to go for a ride. I love running but what a bad year for me and injuries although I am back up to running 40 plus km a week which is nice :) Looking forward to this Sundays 10km - rain or shine.

Race this Weekend

I decided to support my running friend while she is doing a half marathon this Sunday I signed up for the 10km. I am hoping for a PB this weekend - don't think it'll be too hard since I have only done one other one last September...

In other news my work has a rubberized track one block away and I plan on using it once a week after work :)

lulu love

I did it and it felt so good...I bought my first pair of lululemon capris. I should say my first lulu purchase ever in fact! I went out searching for new capris after my husband commented on the sagging butt in my old ones. I went to Nike, Addidas and Lululemon. Price wise all similar but the fit was incredible. So nice that I bought them on my lunch break and went to a staff party with free drinks - had one glass of wine and decided to go for a 7km run to break them in. Even left the party early to try them out! I.Love.Them!

Miles or Kms?

My friend I run with talks everything running in miles because she's from the US...naturally she says it is miles...well sometime I forget and she tricks me in to running a lot longer then I think because of it. Silly me! Today was a nice 8 miles. I thought it was kms...until we started out on the route. That's ok but in the winter she said we were doing a 18 miler and I thought kms and boy was I off...It's funny how I like to mentally prepare myself for every run and how off I get when the distance changes. I need to work on that. I think it's because I pace myself in my own mind...

Bliss

Monday I had the most peaceful run I have had since November. I felt the peace that passes all understanding the 11kms that I ran. I feel in such a good place with work and running and my life finally. Reflection is difficult as I come up to my birthday. Last year I was headed for Vegas with 3 single friends and myself engaged and now I am married and ALL my friends are not only engaged but one is getting married in April. My best God friend. Talk about God answering prayer! Wow. It always amazes me how much God loves us. Tomorrow it's a 10plus day for me then a long one on the weekend. Saturday I am hoping. I am looking forward to basking in the bliss...