Catch up Confusion!

You know you haven't posted in a while when...
You review the dailymile.com and it says Tuesday. You confuse this with this week's Tuesday and tihnk "I'm not that far behind!"

Hah - so May 21st was awhile ago!

5/22 - Ran 3, went to GT Presidents dinner and survived the night in a dressy dress
5/23 - Ran 12 - avoided the scheduled 24 miles...
5/25 - 5 miles
5/26 - 6 miles
5/30 - RODE 9 miles, RAN 10 miles (whew finally getting the mileage up)
5/31 - RODE 12.8 miles (got MB to come w/ :-D )
6/02 - 2 miles relaxing before the marathon
6/06 - 26.2 (really longer b/c I didn't run the exact lines of the course)

San Diego Marathon
Cool location - really enjoyed surfing, beach time, etc the Friday before. Saturday was the zoo :-) The course was okay - down hill the frst 6-7, uphill 8-11 then coast the rest of the way.
2:05 first half - decent timing. I was trying to go slow to keep my pace up better at the end.
mile 16 - walked the ENTIRE MILE
mile 20 - walked 1/2 mile
miles 23-end Met up with the lady named Kelly from Minnesota. She was running in memory of her mother who just passed away this spring. The last few miles (as anyone who has done a marathon) are just brutal. It demoralizes the runner beyond training would have prepared. She was debating her ability to finish and that was just not acceptable.
I was 20 minutes away from the 4:30 goal with only 1.4 miles left...but it was more than worth it to walk it in (and we both jogged the last 0.3!) and ensure she had a great last memory of that marathon. :-) Made my 4:36 seem even better than a sub 4:30.

I was an idiot about my blisters...I did not even pay attention to them. I ran the following Tuesday in hopes of relaxing my legs a bit (THEY HURT A LOT!!!) My right heel got infected (joy) and I didn't notice until attempting to walk around the airport Thursday. When I did not even debate the wait for the train from Terminal A to baggage claim...I knew I shouldn't ignore this any longer (typically it's worth the peace of mind to just walk!).

Goals:
- get the calendar to reflect the proper workouts in prep for 10/31 marathon
- post pace of each workout on calendar, with the goal of a 4:15 time
- organize a weight lifting schedule, need to!
- reienforce the stretching and abs time into every day at the gym :-p

06/14 - I ran 3 miles in 26-27 minutes and did arm weights. I am sore from the pathetic amount of arms I did complete. WOW is that a wake up to get a move on! :-)

Tip of the Day: (might have posted this before)
To stretch your calves - put something (I use the edge of a flip flop) under the ball of the big toe. This elevation of just this part of the foot makes it a deeper stretch - yay :-)