Week 16 of 19 in training...

I have been a bad blogger again!  I was just swamped this week with no extra time but to sleep!  Last week we celebrated Easter out in Wisconsin Rapids after I finished my 7.6 mile run on Saturday morning (4/14).  It was an out and back route on the Fox River trail... I paced 10:42, which is pretty decent for me!

Monday night I visited the Sports Medicine workout center for the first time (Aurora BayCare Sports Medicine) - I get a $10 membership per month for being an employee of BayCare.  It's a nice facility... Ryan joined me for a treadmill run at 7:30pm - so we knew it wouldn't be busy.  They have AWESOME locker rooms and I really like their brand of treadmills, FreeMotion!  They don't bounce AT ALL, which makes it nice to watch TV on them b/c you don't get crappy picture quality then.  They also have the motors in the back, instead of the front which is better for the life span of the treadmill - and it gives your legs more freedom in the front of the machine to move.  (Pssst... I know so much about these machines b/c I researched and purchased 2 FM treadmills when I was working at PAi for their fitness center).  Monday's run was 5.25 miles on the treadmill for a pace of 10:47 - total time 56:39.  The first 3 miles were dreadful because I had no fan blowing on me - when Ryan hopped off to go shower - I stole the fan :)

Here's the beauty:

 

I wasn't able to fit in my 2nd weekday run... I had dinner plans Wednesday & I taught a 3 hour class on Thursday night for the PHR study group through SHRM.  Running the 7 miles (or at all) was just not happening at 9pm :(

Last night Ryan and I enjoyed dinner out at the Ten-O-One club, I had a chicken breast salad with their AMAZING breadsticks (I ordered an extra ;)).  Ryan had perch.  Their services was exceptionally good and so fast... we were in and out in less than an hour!  That basically never happens at any restaurant.

This morning I was dragging butt to get out of bed... so I pushed getting up to 6am.  I have found that I just can't eat before I fun.  The last few weeks I've avoided getting sick by not eating before running.  I told myself I had to get up and run - otherwise I knew I would find a way to skip out on my run.  I did AMAZING this morning!!!  9.75 miles in 1:44... or a 10:40 pace!! :)  I walked through the water stations at miles 3, 5, & 7 (plus at mile 5 I had to shed a layer - which meant removing my armband and putting it back on).  Bring on 4, 7, and 11 mile runs next week!!!

Have a great rest of the weekend... I get to spend some time with two very special boys today! :)