Little Liz’s Training Blog

I picked Tommy up from the airport this morning. He has been gone all week on work travel. I was wearing jeans and a little jacket and tennis shoes. He got in the car and said hello, then he put on his seat belt and settled in for the ride. And then he looked at [...]

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Sarah agreed to join me at the Bedford Christmas Classic 5k run this Saturday! Click here to see a map of the course. I believe it starts off with a hill… but I am not intimidated!
I’m going to see if I can run the whole thing this time. I did 2.4 mi’s today… it’ll just [...]

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Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/29/2007
Time: 06:15:00
Total Time: 00:30:00.00
Distance: 2.4 miles
Average Pace: 12:30/mile

I so love having that title for a post. And the fact that I can honestly use the title over and over again! Love it.
I’m ridiculous.
This morning I ran with my newlywed friend, Megan. She is not a big-time athlete but she does like to run [...]

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Workout:

Type: Strength Training
Date: 11/28/2007
Time: 18:30:00
Total Time: 00:25:00.00

This was hard! I read up a little about strength training yesterday and went to the gym with three things on my mind:
12-20 reps per set
2-3 sets per exercise
8-12 exercises
I had to lower the weight a few times on a few different machines. I wanted to ask for help [...]

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Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/28/2007
Time: 18:15:00
Total Time: 00:12:02.00
Distance: 0.91 miles
Average Pace: 13:12.95/mile

Twice now, I have gone into the Y and hopped on the treadmill. I start with a 2 min warm up at about 3.8. then I up it to 5.0 to jog a little. I get about 1/4 mi into the jog and the speed is [...]

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Yay for SNOW! How fun for all you Seattle folks. I’d like some snow around here… it would make up for all the boring, sad, empty trees.
Well, my swimming pal canceled twice so far this week… and my running buddy pulled a “no-show” yesterday. And did I trek on and exercise anyway? Ummm… No.
I [...]

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I didn’t end up making that 2.5 mi run because my Saturday afternoon consisted of 3 Thin Mint Martini’s and one of the best football games of the season.
I did, however, register for the Jingle Bell Race. Yeah I know it’s not the same thing. Oh well.
I’m running with my running buddy tomorrow! [...]

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Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/23/2007
Time: 05:45:00
Total Time: 00:25:00.00
Distance: 2 miles
Average Pace: 12:30/mile

I have no idea how long this took me (the 25 is a guess) — but I can tell you that it helped remind me that running is not so bad. And! I ran for two miles straight…. by myself! Without stopping!
That is a first. [...]

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Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/22/2007
Time: 09:00:00
Total Time: 00:39:57.00
Distance: 3.1 miles
Average Pace: 12:52.53/mile

Pardon my negativity, but… it sucked. It hurt. I walked so much. It was an all-hill course…. up down, up down… Tommy’s sister suggested (before the race) if I needed I should “walk the hills.” By the end of the race (or even by mile [...]

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Okay… I know a 5k is no big deal to most (all) of you… but I am really, really excited about my race tomorrow!
I’ll be honest — I do not expect to run the entire way. I plan on “walking the hills” if I have to. I pretty freakin sure I will NOT be coming [...]

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