Running of the Greens

A little late for this race report but better late than never?  This was our first road trip with the lil' man so we or I was nervous about spending that much time in a car with him.  But it turned out great!  He got a little cranky when he was tired and really wanted out of his car seat but he took 3 naps both ways and it took us 7-8 hours instead of the usual 6 but I'm calling it a success!  The main purpose of our road trip to Colorado was to get to meet my best friend's son (hopefully his future best friend!)  They were born 2 days apart and no it wasn't planned! 

So why not throw a race into the mix we always have fun running together.  So they also got to do their first race together because we pushed them in the strollers.  Added bonus it was celebrating St. Patrick's day and I got to dress him in a ridiculously cute green outfit.  Green is my favorite color what is yours?  Also St. Patrick's Day has always been my favorite holiday to celebrate.  This year it involved a lot more running and a lot less drinking! :-)  It was a 7k race and I think they did it so they could make the claim that they are the "Largest 7k race in the nation!"  That being said it was soooooo crowded.  It was in the streets of downtown Denver which meant you only had so much space to put people.  On top of that we were in coral 3 to begin which is where strollers, dogs and walkers were supposed to be relegated.  Then before we knew it they had moved coral 3 to another street and we saw them as we were crossing the start line with coral 2 peeps!!! Sorry but we didn't see them move it!!!  Also about half of the people didn't notice this because there were tons of strollers and walkers in this coral.  It was very difficult to weave in and out of people trying to pass.  Which meant that when ever there was an uphill I would try to take advantage of the openings and would sprint past as many people as possible.  People were looking at us like we were crazy but it was the only way we were going to make some forward movement.  It was really hard trying to get around walkers with a stroller.  That being said I'm glad I entered this race just to have fun with my BFF because that's what happened!  I ran it in 10:30 mi splits but I was ok with that considering the crowd and the hills.  "A" was happy he sang through part of the race :-)  It turned out to be a beautiful day for the race too the wind had stopped and it had warmed up!  The festivities were fun and I ran into some unexpected friends there!  The day before we had ran 6 very hilly miles in strong and cold winds but luckily that day wasn't my day with stroller poor hubs had to take him that day.  We needed some extra miles for our half marathon training. 

We also visited the Denver Aquarium while we were there and that place was very crowded as well. "A" seemed more intrigued by the water than by the actual fish but he seemed to enjoy it.  He wasn't feeling claustraphobic from the crowds like his mom was! 

Had an awesome weekend spent with some awesome friends and "A" had a successful road trip.  My perfect vacation, family, friends, running and happy to get home as usual.

Double Digits!

I was pretty excited about this weeks workouts for a couple of reasons:

Mon. - 4 mile run with sprints
Tues. - Taught boot camp class at lunch and commuted 10 miles home on my bike
Wed. - 4 mile easy run
Thurs. - 1.5 mile run and weight & abs workout
Fri. - Rest Day
Sat. 10 mile run
Sun. - Unplanned rest day

So a couple of things happened that hadn't happened in a REALLY long time.  I got on a bike other than a spin bike for the first time since pre pregnancy!  I caught a ride to work with hubs and rode my commuter bike home which was about 10 miles uphill and it felt way better than I expected.  Maybe because the heat hasn't hit yet so riding in cooler temps didn't feel as deadly but I swear the hills didn't feel so bad.  That bike is kind of heavy but I was happy that I was able to stay upright and my legs still worked when I got off.  Next I will try riding a little bit longer and on my race bike.  Oh how I've missed that bike!  I'm not going to lie I've had this fear that somehow the bike isn't going to have the same fit but I hope I'm just being ridiculous.  Like as if pregnancy morphed my body so much that I won't be in love with my race bike anymore!! Ahhhh the horror!  We'll find out next weekend!

Then I did my first double digit run post pregnancy!  My head thought 10 miles no prob!  I've done this a million times before and it was hubs turn with the stroller and we are running it on the bosque which is flat this will be a breeze.  Well, there was a strong breeze but that's about the only thing I got right!  My body was like whoa wait you haven't done this in over a year and half what are you thinking!?!!  I felt awesome on the first 5 miles out but then on the way back I could tell I should have had more than a sip of water when I passed hubs because I started getting some serious cotton mouth.  At mile 7 I stopped for a minute and man my legs were so tight.  Then I told myself just run until you hear the next mile buzz and then you can walk for a minute.  By mile 8 my legs were actually in spasms and my miles were at 11 min.  But I finished!! And as hurt, tired, and hungry as I was I was so happy to say I'm back in the double digits!  The rain just barely missed us and hubs said pushing the stroller with the wind was hard.  We stopped at Chipotle and devoured a burrito so fast the lil' man didn't have a chance to get cranky! :-) 

Yes our house cleaning requires a water bottle!  No really I just was putting it away.

The lil' man didn't mind being strapped to my back while I was cleaning he liked the view from higher up!

The only bad thing was that I took an extra day off this week so Sunday I decided to do another rest day due to still recovering and to finding my husband awake and preparing to help me clean the house and making me breakfast.  Yes, I have to brag I actually got to sleep in for once because he took "A" when he woke up and started getting stuff done!  Now he got me use to this and I will hope for this treatment every Sunday! :-)  No?  I shouldn't get my hopes up?  Come on I have faith!  Maybe next week I won't be on strike anymore for cooking! 

Life is good can't complain when my weekend ends with this!

We had a great weekend and feel good to be back to some serious training.  Can't wait to keep building on this base!