A week in review....

Apparently my stubbornness won out in the battle against germs--not sick! Realistically, I was probably just feeling the consequences of allergies and lack of sleep (not that that combo isn't any worse!). I've been nice to myself since last week, but haven't slowed the training!

I ran my first 10-mile race on Sunday, the Cherry Pit 10-Miler in Edgewater, MD. The weather was GORGEOUS, mid-60's, sunny and breezy. The course was all hills, which made it significantly more challenging than a flat 10 miles, obviously. I knocked out the first two miles at 9:00/mi. pace, then slowed to 9:50/10:00 for 3-7. At mile 7 I ran into some hydration issues, which slowed me down and made for rough running the last leg of the race. My official race time is 1:45:24, which is actually only about 7 minutes slower than I would have liked. All in all, a great race.

I also swam my first mile this week! I went to the pool Weds. afternoon and cranked out 76 lengths like nothing. It was faaantastic! I'm going to start working in some speed work to make my swimming more challenging and hopefully build more speed and stamina.

I took Monday off, theoretically because it was after Sunday's race, but really because I was just exhausted! Tuesday I ran 4.5 at a 9:30/mi. pace and then did kickboxing after work. Wednesday I swam and made it to the gym in time for pilates. only for my instructor to be stuck in traffic...it was tres triste! Yesterday I ran 6.4 mi. with Crystal at an 8:50/mi. pace (that's crazy fast for me!!!), and it felt great. I've been having some nerve pain and sciatica issues the last couple days, but I'm going to chalk it up to having missed two pilates sessions in a row before I start to get any kind of concerned. I slept in this morning, but am planning on the gym for upper body weights and some elliptical/arc-trainer time.

I still need your help fundraising!

Cheers!

Brianna