A good day training yesterday. I ran 5k at lunchtime at a steady pace. I then ran another 5k in the evening at Jack Quinns at a pretty fast pace. I ran with 'I like Your Boobs' who is a much faster runner then I am usually but he is recovering from a knee operation. We were both motivation for each other and agreed we would have run much slower if we had run alone.

It was great to see everyone again after my months break from JQs and concurrent banishment from the Hash.

I need to start increasing my distance again and doing some speed work. I read Tiffany's blog about doing 400m splits and thought I might try that. I have a friend who does this with a group of runners down at the CC track on Thursdays at noon, so I may join them tomorrow. When I was at school I could run 100 yards in 14 seconds, which would equate to a 61 second 400m split. However that was nearly 30 years ago!! Today I will take a break from running and do a muscles class at the gym.

DH went to the hosptial last night to get his injury checked out. Apart from the insane bruising nothing serious, other then a bit of amenia (all his blood is in the bruise!!).

Help needed

How do I put a photo into my profile so that it shows when post. It asks for a url but I don't know how to do that!!

Back on Track

Yesterday I ran at lunchtime and went to the gym for an intervals class in the evening. So my first day back on track went pretty well. I didn't time my run but I know it wasn't particulary fast. The forecast for the weekend is another snow storm so that may affect whether or not I do the 10k on Saturday. I know, I'm a wimp!

I hope to run at lunch today, although I have to be at City Council at 1pm. Then Jack Quinns tonight. The first time I will have been there in a while. I hope the trail dries up a bit today, it was very slushy and wet yesterday.

I've been trying to plan my running/cycling schedule for the next 6 months while still in Colorado. If any of you know of any races that aren't on the Pikes Peak Road Runners web site, please let me know. I also would be interested in a duathalon. Triatholons are out for me as my swimming sucks!

Goals for 2007

1. Run a road 10k in under 50 mins (PR 52:16 Classic 10K).

2. Run a road 5k in under 25 mins (PR 25:48 St Pats Day 5k).

3. Run my first half marathon.

4. Run my first full marathon.

5. Lose 20lbs (to include the 5lbs I put on in the last 2 weeks!!).

I will provide updates on my training every Friday, or thereabouts. I plan to do the first of the Winter series this weekend which is a 10k. I can't sign up for the whole series as I won't be able to make the next run as we are skiing (Snowfest).

Can anyone recommend a device for tracking how far and how fast I am running. In particular I want something that tells me my pace while I am running. I think Garmin do something like that and I've also heard of something like Oni?

Skiing Adventure

We had a pretty good time in Breckenridge last week. I didn't get out to ski as much as usual as I was entertaining my sister who doesn't ski, hence lots of shopping!!! I still managed to get a few hours skiing in during which I had a pretty spectacular fall. I was skiing horseshoe bowl, which is a double-black, and lost my footing on a turn near the top and proceeded to hurtle about 200 feet down the side of the mountain. I could see there were no rocks or trees to impeded my passage so I just lay back and enjoyed the ride. My attempts to try to stop my fall were pretty futile. It was actually a bit scary and when I eventually came to a stop I felt like lying there for a while but thought I had better get up to let my husband and brother-in-law, who were at the top of the run, know I was still alive. I then hiked up to retrieve one of my poles while hubby and BIL collected my other pole and skis, which were scattered along the hillside. This incident did not enhance my love of skiing. Fortunately my only injury is neck and shoulder muscle strain. The next day hubby also had a bad fall and landed very hard on a sharp rock. Fortunately he landed on his butt as anywhere else could have been really nasty. He now has an enormous black-red bruise which goes from his lower back, covering the whole of his left butt cheek, to the top of his leg - about 18" long by 12" wide. Ouch!! I also took my sister snow shoeing which was great fun and much safer!

New Years Eve Photo

Better late then never. Here's a pic of me and my sister before we went out to party on New Year's Eve. We brush up pretty good, eh!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

And may it be a healthy and prosperous one to all those who read my blog!! We had a fun time at the Famous on New Years Eve with my sister, her hubby and a couple of friends. Also there was Chucky Cheeks and Allnighter with some of their friends. When I work out how to download the pictures from the new camera I got for Christmas I will post some photos!! Didn't make it to the Rescus Run 10k but did go for a good long run in Monument Valley.