Back on the wagon....

FIRST OFFICIAL RUN - OUTSIDE- IN 5 WEEKS - THIS MORNING! It was 25* with windchill of 17* and sunny. I only ran 4.6 miles (per mapmyroute.com). Mentally felt great, but I felt very slow. I ran it in 50 minutes which = 10:50 / mile.

NOT TOO SHABBY!

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Where to by my book..."On My Run with Mommy Today..."

The following running stores are selling my book:
Hanson's Running Shop - Michigan
Bauman's Running and Walking Shop - Michigan
Runnin' Gear - Michigan
Running Fit - MichiganTotal Runner - Michigan
Playmakers - Michigan
Shu's Idaho Running Company - Idaho
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Have a great day!

Lisa

My children's running book - selling @ Brooksie Expo..

Place - Brooksie Way 1/2 Marathon Expo..

Stop by the Complete Runner expo booth. I will be there selling AUTOGRAPHED copies of my children's running book, "On My Run with Mommy Today..."

Or just stop by to say Hello!

Lisa

This week's training schedule...

Training this week consist of a 5.5 miler, a treadmill 10K, another treadmill 5 miler...and hopefully tomorrow a 10 miler.

The Brooksie Way 1/2 marathon is only 1 week away.

Detroit marathon is 1 month away!

A GREAT day for an 18.5 miler.....

Not sure how it happened, but I posted an AWSOME time! I couldn't be happier, 18.5 miles in 3:10....That's a 10:27 minute mile.....GREAT time for me!

Could it have been the Little Ceasers pizza for dinner the night before?
Could it have been the piece of chocolate cake I had for dessert?
Could it have been the cortisone shot in my foot?
Could it have been the 50* temp with 0 humidity?

I am ready for Brooksie 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks and Detroit Marathon in 4 weeks!

No Toe pain.

Ran 7.5 miles today. No toe pain!

"On My Run with Mommy Today..."

It is my very 1st children's book about a little girl's adventure while in a jogger running with her mommy. If you have a child, know someone with a child, or know someone who is pregnan...t you need to pick one up.

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Shot of Cortisone.....

Foot doctor DID give me a cortisone shot in my left foot for a Morton's neuroma....I was right!

Believe it or not....I DID NOT HURT! Let's see how long it take for my longer runs to be pain free!

Pinched nerve in foot....

Going to the foot doctor tomorrow....to confirm my self-diagnosis of a right Morton's neuroma!

This has been going on about 1 1/2 years!

Perhaps a cortisone shot will help??!!

Crim.....

Here I come.....

Today's Race Update!

Today's 4 mile race...It was ONLY 4 miles, but with the heat and humidity...felt longer.

I ran a 43:20, which is around a 10:48-ish/mile. I guess with the girls at least 10#'s heavier then last year, I will use that excuse for my slow down! (Pushing the double jogger = about 100#'s)

Feedback from my book!

While at my race today, a lady walked up to me and asked me if I was the author of "On My Run with Mommy Today...". I told her, "Yes!"

She bought one of my books at Christmas time for her 2 sons. She want to let me know how much they LOVED the book!

That TOTALLY made my day!

Following my own advice...

Running with a jogging stroller rule #7: Always carry a tire pump!

Silly me.

My right tire looked a bit low. I do have a tire pump in the car. I thought to myself, "I should pump it up before I start".
Did I listen? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

So, I passed about 20 bikers, not a one had a tire pump. So I went only 5 miles today with a low tire. It felt like I was pushing 500 pounds!

So, take my advice and follow Rule # 7!

Keep running!

Watch us run a race....

This clip is from the "Run like a Mother" race in May 2009. You will see me @ approx 17 sec timeframe pushing the girls in a BOB yellow double jogger!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NgjQl0Jfw

Letting the girls pick my route!

So, there was a fork in the road....I asked the girls, "should Mommy go straight up the hill (a 5.5 mile run) or the the left (a 8 mile or 11.5 mile run - pending where I turn around)?" Danielle and Allison say, "go left Mommy".
I go left. At the 8 mile turn-around spot, the girls state they want to go to the beach! OK, now this makes it an 11.5 miler trek. Anything for the girls!
Good thing it was only 60 degrees with 90% humidity. Might as well take advantage of the good weather while I can!

The bird can TALK!

The girls and I did 7.5 miles today. Nothing exciting to see on the run...but on the drive home...a man @ a used car lot had a huge parrot on his arm. I drove in, opened up the back window, and the girls got to see the beautiful big talking bird!

Danielle kept asking, "How do birds know how to talk?"
Too funny!

Alone at last....

Power has been out for the past 3.5 days. Finally back on! But on Saturday I was able to get in an 8 miler. It was 63 degrees with low humidity at the beginning! What a great run!

Summer running!

Plans for tomorrow....Run 4 miles into the beach (pushing the double jogger)...Letting the girls play @ the water park....then running 4 miles back to the car...A WIN-WIN situation...I get my run in..and they get to play at the water park! Will let you know how it actually went!

Can you say FROG!

On today's run, Danielle spotted a FROG! Mommy picked him up and the girls touched his back....Felt bumpy! Then the frog jumped into Danielle's lap and she laughed! Then into Allison's lap and she started to cry. I guess she's not into frogs yet!

A great day for a 10K race..

Woke up @ 6 am. Not sure if I was going alone or with 1 or 2 girls.

Planned for solo. Then I heard the cries! Both girls up @ 6:30.

Got to the race and poured the gold fish snacks. We were ready to roll!

The 1st mile was a 9:59 (I am shocked! Pushing a double jogger!) I have not ran a sub 10 mm in about 4 years! Then 10:28, 10:29, 11:06 (stopped to fill water bottle), 10:02, and last 1.2 mile was 13:00. Total time was 1:05:06.

I was VERY pleased with that time!

Let the Learning begin!

Friday we went for a short 5.5 mile run. And what did we see?

We stopped for a Caterpillar. The girls touched the soft, fuzzy fir. Then came a snail and they touched the hard shell. Over the bridge, and to our surprise was three turtles sunning on a log!
We have ran that route for the past 4 years and this is the 1st time we saw turtles!

What a great learning experience the run was!

Watch out...here comes the Mommy....

Up at 5 am on my day off. What was I thinking??!!

The race went very well. About 60 degrees, sunny with a 10-15 mph wind...(not again!) Usually this race is 80-85 degrees and humid...so I was happy it was cooler.

The gun went off and there we went! I posted a 10:10 for the first mile! Holy cow, pushing a double jogger...for me that is EXCELLENT!

The next miles were 10:55, 10:29,10:54, then the last 0.8 mile was 10:10. My oldest fell asleep, but awoke for the finish line pictures. My final time was 52:40 for the 8k which is about a 10:37 mm.

I am very please with that!

Next up, a 10K race on Saturday!

Tomorrow's the race!

Thursday, the girls and I did 11.5. Had to stop @ the 1/2 way mark to let the girls play on the playground. (This wasn't an issue when they were younger and didn't know what a playground was!).

A slow 5 miler yesterday, and the 8K tomorrow.

Pictures of my 10K race last weekend!

Click on the link below...scroll down about 1/2 way... I am the one running with the 2 girls in the double jogger.


http://www.digiproofs.com/ecom/page_view.pl?p=21Xe9H5

Sick of being sick...

Well, today I did get in a 5 mile run. Passed a park @ 2.5 mile mark and stop so the girls could play a bit.

Still don't feel 100%...but I did get that run in!

Who needs sleep???

Well, I can already tell you that after the night of getting up with Allison x 2 and Danielle x 1, I will not be working out today.

My night is already planned: after work, come home, feed family, bath night for girls, watch Dora and Diego after bath, put the girls to bed, Dancing with the Stars flicking back and forth with Antiques Roadshow!

What a crazy life I lead!

Done Cleaning....Time of a workout???

Now that the umpth is gone...not sure I have energy now to run or a Turbo Jam video....Maybe after Lunch!

Happy Mother's Day to all!

Well, from running into the wind during yesterday's race (a good leg workout!)...and ignoring the housework...I think I am going to spend the morning CLEANING!

Girls are watching a Barney video...Husband....Not sure where he is...I think picking up in the kitchen....

Catch up later!

My Windy 10K race...

Well, it started out not too shabby. My 1st mile was a 10.24, then 10.43, 11.13,1.45, 12.14, 13.46. Let me remind you that this is pushing 90 #'s of baby jogger with 2 girls in it!

You can tell by my time where I hit the head-wind. I swear it was about 90 mph winds. Seriously it was probably 60-65 mph. (Weather channel reported high wind advisory!)

At least I can say my legs got a good work out today!

5 miles yesterday....rest today...10K race tomorrow...

Did a relaxing 5 miles yesterday. Just going to rest up today...doing Turbo Jam video. Have a 10K Mother's Day race tomorrow. I am going to sell my book there as well as giving away one for a door prize.

Visit http://www.runningmommy.com/ to view samples of my book "On My Run with Mommy Today..." and to pick one up for your little one!

Have a good day!