*** Runners' Team * 50+ and 100+ Miles in May *

5/22- 4 miles

Tuesday- 5.2 miles
Wednesday- Rest in anticipation of Thursday's race
Thursday- 3.35 miles- Won my first race ever tonight! I was hoping to get out and stay up front and when we got to the race, it was 50 degrees, spitting rain and windy. I knew right then I wasn't going to PR and got kinda bummed out about it. Anyways the gun went off and I took off and sat in third, caught second before the mile (7:09) and kept charging forward. I was surprised how well I felt after going 7:09 the first mile and continued to catch the leader before we looped the course. I had a 10 meter lead at the halfway point and made a HORRIBLE mistake and ran around the track again instead of veering left out of the gate.. I ran about 60-70 meters before someone told me to turn around. By this time I was devastated and knew my shot of winning and PR'in were slim to none. Went through 2 miles in 14:21 (7:12) and actually picked off runners that had passed me after my error, I moved into second and my friend who I passed and was in third told me to "get that *kitten*" haha.. I felt like I was fading and not catching him and was just holding on, by the time we got into a backstretch outside of the football field a huge gust of wind was directly against us. I made my move in that 50 meter stretch and pulled even with the leader.. by then I was so tired.. I just tried to hold on.. He was dying too.. got into the gate, held with him til about 150 to go and took off. Still can't believe I won.. feels.. unreal. Final time 21:45.29. HUGE 57 second PR and gives me some mad confidence going into the summer. I believe my final mile was like 6:48 so I closed a lot better than it felt. So proud and so glad I could share my first ever win with you guys.

Tuesday- 5.2 miles
Wednesday- Rest in anticipation of Thursday's race
Thursday- 3.35 miles- Won my first race ever tonight! I was hoping to get out and stay up front and when we got to the race, it was 50 degrees, spitting rain and windy. I knew right then I wasn't going to PR and got kinda bummed out about it. Anyways the gun went off and I took off and sat in third, caught second before the mile (7:09) and kept charging forward. I was surprised how well I felt after going 7:09 the first mile and continued to catch the leader before we looped the course. I had a 10 meter lead at the halfway point and made a HORRIBLE mistake and ran around the track again instead of veering left out of the gate.. I ran about 60-70 meters before someone told me to turn around. By this time I was devastated and knew my shot of winning and PR'in were slim to none. Went through 2 miles in 14:21 (7:12) and actually picked off runners that had passed me after my error, I moved into second and my friend who I passed and was in third told me to "get that *kitten*" haha.. I felt like I was fading and not catching him and was just holding on, by the time we got into a backstretch outside of the football field a huge gust of wind was directly against us. I made my move in that 50 meter stretch and pulled even with the leader.. by then I was so tired.. I just tried to hold on.. He was dying too.. got into the gate, held with him til about 150 to go and took off. Still can't believe I won.. feels.. unreal. Final time 21:45.29. HUGE 57 second PR and gives me some mad confidence going into the summer. I believe my final mile was like 6:48 so I closed a lot better than it felt. So proud and so glad I could share my first ever win with you guys.

Strong run! Good job, can't wait to hear how well you're going to do under better conditions.

warriordude- :happy: :happy: :happy: THAT IS FANTASTIC! I'm so happy for you! To win a race is awesome, but to win it after running further than everyone else is incredible! WAY TO GO! You've worked so hard for this. Congratulations! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

5/25- 16.5 miles

@ warrior - congrats!! That is so awesome.

2013/05/21 - 1 mile (sprint repeats - crossfit)
2013/05/23 - 1 mile with my learn to run group.
2013/05/25 - 9 miles. I ran this leg of a relay (it's a photo of the photo they give to the finishers of this leg, it's considered the hardest). I'm pretty freaking proud. Especially considering I found out a few days ago I was running it.




WTD - 11 miles
MTD - 36

WTD 26.5 miles
MTD 106.5 miles

MAY WEEK 1: 29.72
MAY WEEK 2: 36.85
MAY WEEK 3: 37.51

MAY WEEK 4: (my mileage was a bit low this week because I was tapering for my trail race on the 27th!)
5/21 - 3.22
5/23 - 6.85
5/25 - 5.12
WTD - 15.19

MAY WEEK 5 (so far):
5/27 - 16.84 - Sage Burner 25K Trail Race (according to my Garmin it ended up being quite a bit longer than 25K)

May MTD - 136.11

May Goal - 150, Miles Left to Goal - 13.89

Ran 4 yesterday and 7.5 today