Week 8 Training

Sorry that I slacked off with my reporting last week. I have a new calling at church and so the only blogging I did was on my writing blog--CharityWrites. In fact, I am pushing myself hard to finish revisions on my book. I want to be able to say "It is FINISHED" before the kids get out of school in June. Things are going well, but I keep finding things I can make better. Until it is done, I doubt I will post many  new recipes. I can't seem to divide my mind that many times. :) We are having a lot of standard meals that I can cook without paying any attention to what I'm tossing in the pan.

Running was hard, but I think last week was my best week in spite of being so tired. I am now teaching early morning seminary, which makes it interesting trying to find the time to get my run in. I refuse to get up and run at 4am. Anyway, I love the opportunity to be with the youth in the morning and I know my body wil eventually adjust to the new schedule. Until then, I just need to teach myself to go to bed earlier and keep moving forward.

I now have week 8 goals in the sidebar and will report on the last two weeks of running.

Week 6--
Monday--Easy Run (45 minutes) Only ran 3 miles
Tuesday--Pilates and Speed workout Did my pilates
Wednesday--Rest Day--hardly :)
Thursday--Easy Run (50 minutes) Missed
Friday--Pilates and Bike ride Did my pilates
Saturday--Long Run (6 miles) I chickened out and only ran 4
Sunday--Rest Day

Week 7--
Monday--Easy Run (50 minutes) Ran just under 5 miles. Later in the day I walked 2 miles with my family.
Tuesday--Pilates and Speed workout Did my pilates
Wednesday--Rest Day--hardly :)
Thursday--Easy Run (50 minutes) Early mornings caught up with me today, but I made myself run 2 miles without walking anyway. Figure it was better than nothing.
Friday--Pilates and Bike ride Did my pilates
Saturday--Long Run (7 miles) I ran 7 miles in 1:17:33 Only 11 minutes of that total was spent walking, so I am pretty happy with that...for now.
Sunday--Rest Day

I think it hit me yesterday that the race is only 5 weeks away! I have to buckle down and get serious. Here are some of the tunes that popped up this week. LA is Lady Antebellum.