Only 3 weeks left, actually only 19 days!

Hello all!
Good news, Joel was able to transfer his 1/2 marathon registration into the 5K, so he will be able to do a race with us.
I am still a bit stiff from the 15K but I am so glad that we did it! I am taking the first part of this week easy to let my body recover. Hopefully I will be able to run again by the weekend.

Last week
wed: 3.5 mile run
thur: 3 mile walk pushing baby in stroller
Sat: 15K!!
Sun: 1 mile walk and lots of stretching

Love you all
OJ

Almost there!

Hey all!! I am glad that we did that race this last weekend to get an idea of what it will be like. This week I start school so I will have to get a new running routine done which is going to be tough. We are almost there!!!

Tuesday- 2 miles
Thursday- 3 miles
Saturday- 9.3 mile race with OJ and Lacey!!!

Lacey's entry for week of 8/18

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a good week. Here are my runs for the week:

Tuesday: 4 miles
Thursday: 5 miles
Saturday: 9.3 miles (15K run with Tahnee and OJ)

Tahnee and OJ, thanks for doing the 15K with me. It was a lot of fun!

Lacey

status

Sorry to hear Joel cannot do the run. I am in the healing stages with my right foot-pulled muscle and still sore but getting better-am having hard time adjusting to using my orthodics but the new shoes seem to be good-Mizuno wave rider 10's -plus the magnesium oxide my dr. recommended seems to help the muscles.
I am still hopeful I can finish the race-I will run again tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

Congrats to everyone else on their hard work! Lacey, you should be running a full 26.2!!

Dad

4 weeks left!

Hello all!
I am definitely still having painful shin splints. I spent the last week and a half cross training trying to give my legs a break.
Mon: Rest
Tues: Bike
Wed: 1 hour personal training session- lifting weights and stretching, plus 20 minutes in the pool
Thursday: rest
Friday: 1.5 mile walk/run to test my legs
Saturday: 3.5 mile run with a few walking breaks

I am definitely a bit nervous about the 15k this weekend. I am really glad we are doing it thought, I think it will be a good test run for my legs. Hopefully it goes well! When I am running everything feels good, except my shins and feet, so I should be able to finish the run...but just be in pain.

I am so proud of everyone for working so hard for this! Keep training hard we only have 4 more weeks to go!

Oh and sad news, Joel has officially decided to not run the 1/2 marathon with us. He did the run with me this saturday and his knee is hurting really bad. We don't think it is a good idea for him. Hopefully we will get him in to the doctor in the next couple weeks to find out what is wrong.
Love you all!
OJ

Tahnee's log

Hey all!

I had a good week.  I even kept up with Erik and Brita during a run this week.  It is getting close and I am feeling a little more prepared.  I am glad we are doing this 15K  next week to get a feel of how things will go.  Don't forget to factor in this race during your runs this week. 

Wed- 2 miles

Thurs- 4 miles

Sun- 7 miles with Erik and Brita

Love you guys!!

Lacey's training entry for week of 8/11

Hello everyone!

My week got off to kind of a slow start, but I ended up having some great runs towards the end of the week. Here they are:

Thursday: ran 5 miles
Friday: ran 3.5 miles pushing Melody
Sunday: ran 10 miles!

My 10 mile run this morning went really well despite the fact that there were a ton of hills. I was really pround of myself. I'm feeling prepared to take on the 13.1 miles in just a few weeks.

I want to see how everyone else is doing, so please get out there and post.

Love ya!

Lacey

I got a job!

Hey I know this isn't related to running, but I wanted to let you all know that I got a job today. I will be an educational assistant in a kindergarten classroom at a school 10 minutes from our house. I am very excited! I think it will allow me to do everything I like to do, working with students but I don't have to do all the other teacher things that make life so stressful!
Love you
OJ

Busy week...

Hey all! Hope everyone is well. I was super busy this week at work with the Brainerd International Raceway Nationals all week, but I got a couple good runs in. Hopefully next week I can get a few more runs in.

Monday- Erik and I ran 8 miles!!! Woohoo

Thursday- Erik, Chelie, and I ran 3 miles (very hilly run)


I wish I would have ran at least once more but oh well. Hope your shin splints get better OJ. We are getting close to the big day!! OJ- I did register for the 15 K online so we are all set for that. Love you and miss you!!

Tahnee

My Vacation Week!

Hello everyone!

We are back in MN after a week in Chicago and Missouri. We had a fabulous time! I actually got quite a bit of running in while I was gone, so I was pretty happy about that. I also got to run with Daddy once! Here are my runs for the week:

Monday: 5 miles
Thursday: 3 miles running, 1 mile running (with Daddy and pushing Melody)
Friday: 6 miles
Sunday: 4 miles (while pushing Melody)

I didn't get my really long run in. I was supposed to do 10 miles, but I found a good 10 mile route in Woodbury that I plan to do this week sometime. Hopefully it goes well.

I hope that everyone is doing well. OJ, I'm sorry to hear about your shin splints! You are using shoe inserts right?

Love you all!

Lacey

SHIN SPLINTS!!

So this week was kind of a downer, as I have developed extremely painful shin splints in both legs... So I am not quite sure what to do as I am limping around all day and I don't want to develop stress fractures.
Anyway training this week included:
Monday: 4 mile run, 1 mile walk with Joel later
Tuesday: 1 hour rollerblading
Wednesday: 30 minute bike ride
Thursday: off
Friday: off
Saturday: 1 mile walk on the treadmill...hurt too much so I moved to the bike for a while and then did 1 mile on the stair mill
sunday: worked all day

The good news is that I did a body age assessment at Lifetime where they do a cardio, flexibility, strength, and body fat percentage test and tell you what your body's age is as opposed to your chronological age. I was expecting them to say like 76 years old but they said 18!

Well I am going to go eat dinner and watch women's gymnastics.
Love you all, please pray for my shins!
OJ

Only 6 weeks left!!

Sorry I forgot to post yesterday, I was so tired after the busy weekend. I had a lovely time with you ladies. I am so glad we got to go running together, I wish we could do that more often!

Monday: 4.2 miles
Tuesday: 1.5 mile walk with Myles in Stroller, 40 minutes rollerblading
Wednesday: 4 mile run
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Walk with Mommy, Lacey and Mel, probably about a mile
Saturday: 5 mile run with Tahnee
Sunday: Rest

Lacey's Entry for last week

Hello!

Sorry I'm posting a little late, but here are my runs for last week:

Wednesday: 5 miles
Friday: 3 miles
Saturday: 7.5 miles (ran first mile with OJ and Tahnee. that was fun!)

I am heading to Chicago this week, so hope to be able to find some good places to run and also hope to be able to run with Daddy!

Have a good week of training everyone!

Lacey

Entry for the week

Hello all! Running is going well. Oj and I had a great run together which is very motivating!

Tues 29th- ran 2 miles
Thurs 31st- ran 3.1 miles
Sat. 2nd- Ran 5 miles with Oj :)

Tips

I saw a post that asked about tips for running when it is hot out. When it is hot out an you go running there can be a lot of problems that may occur. The hotter it is the more you will sweat and lose water. It is important to stay hydrated at this time. One thing that you can do is plan a route of running where it loopes back to your house so you can stop for a second and drink some water. Also try to plan your runs if you can early morning or later in the evening. It is cooler at these times and the sun isn't as intense as it is during the middle of the day.

Still Running

Hey everyone,
I have been working a lot lately, and am getting excited to a normal schedule. I hope the injuries are getting better and it is good to see that alternatives are being used other than running.

Here is my workout states for this last week.

Monday: 2 miles
Sunday: 6 miles.

Have a great day.