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Did not run today! However, I couldn't just sit around and not do anything, so I swam 1 mile and did a 45 minute spinning class. Gotta love the taper!!!!!!!!

Taper Week

It's time to taper for the Fools 50k next Sunday. I'm tired both physically and mentally so this will be a good week to regroup and rest. I took my husband, Mark out with me to Mohican this morning for a recovery run. We ran a nice, easy pace on the purple loop to the lodge and back, plus a little down by the river to get in 10 miles. It was once again, a wonderful morning!! Lifted weights when we got home. I will probably take a day off of running tomorrow but will spin and swim. Hopefully, I will be smart and not do too much this week!!

94 Miles!!

My plan for the week certainly did not include a real high mile week, but I logged in 94 for the week! I haven't done that since I was in college when we would put in 100+ miles in, the old school way!! It was fairly easy, maybe my old legs are starting to get use to all the pounding. I did however, have a calf issue near the end of the week but it has worked itself out. Today, I met up with Jay Smithberger, Steve Zeidner, David Huss and Kim Boner at MO for a 15 mile run. It was a pretty quick pace on my tired legs but I felt encouraged for the Fools 50K next weekend. Not sure how I'm going to race it yet. There will be some very fast runners and coming off of a high mile week I probably don't have prayer! It might just turn into a training run! I'll have to taper well this week, if that is possible :)
My milege looked like this:
Sunday - 20 miles
Monday - 7.5 miles
Tuesday - 10 miles
Wednesday - 5 miles
Thrusday - 16.5 miles
Friday - 20 miles
Saturday - 15 miles
Total - 94 miles

One Bad, One Good!

Ran with some friends from the Mansfield Y Run Club at Mohican today. Kay, Wayne, Rick, Duane and myself started at 8:00 this morning at the PR start. It was a little chilly at the start but soon warmed up and turned into a beautiful morning and day!! Kay and Rick turned around at 5 miles and Wayne, Duane and myself kept going down the trail to the covered bridge. We headed out on the purple and Duane and myself stayed on the purple loop while Wayne headed to the lodge. Duane and I got in 20 miles and Wayne was looking to do 26 miles. The trails were in great shape!! I felt good even after yesterday's 15 miler :) My calf, which was sore last night, loosened up today on the run and did not give me any trouble! It seems like I have one good day and then one bad day! I will have to make sure I taper next week for the Fools 50k. The other thing that has surprised me, after counting up my miles, I will have 94 miles for the week after tomorrow's run which I hope to be around 15 miles! Maybe, that's why I'm tired and have these little aches and pain! Imagine that! LOL

Running The Fools 50k Course

Today, I drove up to CVNP to Pine Hollow so I could run on the Fools 50k course. Met with Dan Bellinger and Tom Patton and ran the entire loop once to get in 16.5 miles. It was a beautiful day to be out on the trails with good company! The trails were in great shape, only alittle mud! Thanks Dan for being such a good guide and stashing water for us!! I did have a slight problem with my left calf muscle. About 2 mile into the run, I noticed a cramp like feeling but thought it would work itself out. Of course, it did not, but only seemed to feel tight and uncomfortable. I tried to stretch it out but it didn't help much and as I sit here this evening , the calf muscle is sore :( What next!!! Hopefully it will be better tomorrow, I would like to run 15 miles at MO with some of the runners from the Mansfield Y run club. We'll see? After the run, I went to Vertical Runner in Hudson(love the store) to get my free trails shoes from the Bobcat Marathon, 2nd place finish, plus some smartwool socks. That's all for tonight! It's getting late and I need some beauty rest! LOL

One Day At A Time

The weather has been great the last couple of days! Even though the mornings have been alittle chilly, it's been wonderful to be out running in the sunshine. Yesterday, I headed out to Mohican and ran 10 miles on the orange loop. Unfortunately, for some reason, maybe the long miles this past weekend, my back and leg hurt! it bothered me the rest of the day but I did get my lift in and swam 1 mile.

Today, only ran 5 miles and there was no pain :) I lifted weights, 45 minute spinning class and swam 1 mile. All seems to be good, this evening :)

I wanted to share this poem, my youngest son had to write for 10th grade English class. It's about running and I thought he did a good job thinking this one up!

The world passes me by,
As I look at things change.
Nothing I can do but watch,
As my life passes by
So I run, run, as fast as I can.
To make sure I don't get passed by,
I'm not afraid of the past,
Only what I missed.
I can't take back what I've missed.
I put my running shoes on.
Begin my stretch to keep my legs fresh.
I stand ready to keep my feet on the ground.
I run because of the joy it brings.
The sweat makes me feel good, making my clothes wet.
But the feeling of running and running as fast as I can makes me feel good.
I feel free as a bird, nothing holding me back.
I almost fly as I run with both feet being of the ground at the same time.
Nothing to hold me down but my own dismay.
No help from anyone, but myself to watch my back.
Now I am free, free at last and now moving and the world standing to watch me.

Back On The Trails!!

After a month of not running on the trails because of all the snow, I finally got two days in at Mohican! It was wonderful!! It was exactly what I needed!! The trails were wet and muddy but I'll take that over running on the roads anyday!! Both Saturday and Sunday were training runs for the PR race.

Saturday - We started at the Covered Bridge in a light drizzle that turned into a down pour and back to a drizzle. It was that way most of the day! Star Blackford, Mark Carroll and myself did the orange loop at a pretty good pace until Mark took a spill and twisted his ankle. From there, we slowed things down for Mark to recover. Mitch Meyers and Rob Powell caught up to us and we went on the trail by the river, which at times was completely under water due to the high river. We made it back to the CB in one piece but totally drenched by the rain!! Mark and I waited for Rob and Michelle and then the four of us headed out on the purple loop, to the lodge and back. We ended up with 24 miles but Mark and I, as anal as we are, needed to get in two more for a marathon distance. We headed back out and got in our 2+ miles in to end up with 26 miles!

Sunday - It wasn't raining but everything was still wet and muddy. We started at the CB, to the Firetower and back to the CB on the bike trail. Michael Patton lead the way at a good pace, followed by a couple of guys I didn't know and then Star and myself weren't far behind. After we got to the CB, we headed out on the purple loop again, to the lodge and back for a total of 15.7 miles. I wanted to get in 20, so Star, Darris and myself headed out along the river to get in 4 more miles. I was tired but felt good. It was so nice running with old and new friends and being able to catch up with all the latest in running!

Today - I planned on doing a 6 mile recovery run but ended up running a hilly 7.75 miles. I was surprised at how well I felt after two days of long runs! Lifted weights and rode my bike on the windtrainer for 10 miles.

In the mean time, Kyle made it back to OWU after a week at home on spring break. Corey got back from South Padre, TX safely and Keith did well at this track meet at Oberlin, running a 57.7 in the open 400.

Until tomorrow....................