Last night I did the run I love to hate. Its the type of run that you dread all day.....that you can't wait to finish.....that makes you feel like you could accomplish anything!


Let me back up...due to my lazy arse sleeping in 'til 6am yesterday morning, I shifted my run to the evening. So last night ended up being what I term the triple play run. It's a little different each week, but always involves a mix of 3 different things. I actually like doing these runs on the treadmill because it allows me to have more control over my pace rather than constantly looking at my Garmin and stressing about hitting the appropriate paces.

Here's how last night's run played out:

15 minute warm up
3 miles at goal marathon pace
3 x 800m at 5k pace with 3 minute recoveries
3 miles at tempo pace
10 minute cool down

Overall it added up to 11 miles for the day. Now looking at this combo of paces you can see why I hate this run....marathon pace + 5k pace + tempo pace.....yikes!! That last tempo mile was rough and I went to my new "go-to" song on my ipod to keep my legs turning over. But once I was finished, I felt great. It gave me such a confidence boost and reminded me that I am stronger than my brain often tells myself that I am!


Can you feel the love yet? :)

On an unrelated note, I want to send out a special shout-out and heartfelt THANK YOU to the following generous donations that came in this week: Diana Campagna, Andrinna Leask, Franklin Gould, and Heather Soni! I am so touched at the generosity of my friends and family ... thank you sooooo much for coming through for me and donating to such an extremely worthy cause. I am honored to be running in memory and honor of so many of your loved ones.