Running Year for 2011

Well, first it's been a good year for my running so far. I ran my first half marathon and got within my goal time, and the last few weeks I have been getting about 40+ miles a week and feeling great! As of today I have 61 miles to reach my goal of 1,000 miles this year!! I think I will reach it by the end of this month!! Maybe 1,200 miles will be the goal by the end of the year!!
But!! Next year will be my biggest year of running yet! I plan to run 2 marathons, 1 half marathon and hopefully get on a team to run the Cascade Lake Relay. And of course do the Jingle Bell 5K run in December, 2010 and 2011.
And I'm still working on details to run from Burns, Or to Bend, Or. 130 miles in 3 days!! Hopefully in fall of 2011!!
I guess I won't have much time to hike next year!! And I might need to get some new shoes!! :)

Awesome month

It's been a awesome month of running!! I got in 150 miles of running in this month and now I'm only about 140 miles away from my goal of 1,000 miles this year!! And I got 3 months to go!!! SWEET!!!

Picking up the miles!

Well, after weeks of taking it easy, because of my ankle injury, I have picked up the miles in the last couple weeks. The last 2 weeks I have ran 40+ miles per week and I'm feeling great!! Also, I have about 157 miles to reach my goal of 1,000 miles for the year and I have 3 month left to go!! SWEET!!!

Finally!!

Finally after a month of recovery and ice, my ankle is back to normal. Well, almost, I'll say it 95%. Just ran 10 miles and felt great! Time to start picking up the miles to get my 1,000 miles in for the year!!!!

Pine Cone Got Me

On 7/28, I went running at 4:30am in the dark with a headlamp. It was a great morning to running, but just over a mile into my run, I rolled my ankle on a pine cone and was forced to stop running and walk home. =( This has the first time in 3 years of running that I haven't ran for over a week. 8/6-Ankle is healing fine, in fact if I wasn't hiking on Saturday, I would be running. I have been doing ice baths everyday and taping it for support.
Saturday, I'm climbing Middle Sisters, so it will be a good test to see how my ankle is doing!! I sure hope I don't mess it up!!

Cool Runner

I'm finding out that I run better in cooler weather. I ran yesterday in 80 degree heat and felt tired and slow. I think most people do run better in cooler weather.
I ran this morning, it was about 45 degrees and ran much better. Felt good! Felt like I could run for hours!! The only hard thing is getting up at 4:30am to run before I go to work!! :)

Pacific Crest Half Marathon 6-26-2010

Well, First, I had a good overall run. Left knee ached a little about mile 8, but no ankle pain. I never stopped running. I was hoping for a time between 1:45 to 2 hours, and I ran 1:53:42. It was the biggest race I have been in, about 1400 runners!! It was hard in the beginning to not run over someone or get run over! After mile 2, things got better!
I'm realizing, I'm not much of a distance runner. I can't push myself for the whole distance. I didn't start pushing it till mile 10, then at mile 12, I really pushed. I think I could have pushed harder sooner for a better time, but I was worried about pushing too soon. But this was my first half marathon and if I do more, I will learn how and when to push!
I liked them way more than the marathons!! So, I will be doing more of them, for sure!!