7/13/14

So, last Tuedsay, 7/8/14, I felt like my knee was a little "off". I decided it would be a good idea to factor, just in case. I certainly don't want to have any major knee issues right before RAGBRAI. I did a second cautionary dose on Thursday, before I went to the gym to jog a little and lift weights.

Yesterday, Saturday morning, I towed Alex behind me for an 8 mile bike ride in 45 minutes. 

Today, Alex and I went 12 miles in 1 hour, with a small break in the middle for breakfast at MiMi's with Jeff, who is doing a long ride today.

Gears for Good New Hampshire

7/6/14

30 miles in 2:07 testing out our RAGBRAI jerseys. Also did some hill training on the causeway. 13 days away... Need more hills to train on!

July 4, 2014

Family bike ride today on Rockledge Drive next to the river. Jeff pulled Alex today. 

We went 14 miles in 1:12.

Happy 4th everyone!!!

July 2, 2014

Today I ran to Publix and back to pick up a couple things. I did a total of 5.85 miles pushing Alex, but not sure how long it took me because I can't remember to shut off the tracking app when I am done. It sprinkled on me for about 5 minutes on the way out, but on the way back Tropical Storm Arthur decided to dump on me the last mile and a half. Lucky for Alex, he has a rain cover and stayed dry. I feel like a drowned rat right now. On a positive note, my legs seemed to have recovered from this past weekend's Gears for Good Bike Ride for HFA.

Active Hemophiliac awareness shirt

I am working on designing an Active Hemophiliac shirt for awareness. Would anyone be interested? It will be made if wicking material, so, great for activities. There would be several shirt styles to choose from (i.e. running, cycling, tank, etc.) Please let me know if you are interested. You can visit my Facebook page and leave a comment.

June 1, 2014 San Diego Rock'n'Roll Half Marathon

I have now completed 7 half marathons! This time we traveled a long distance to run. Friends of ours from Boston, Doug & Carrie, also came out to compete. We had an amazing time together! The post race party was at PetCo Stadium... Very cool!

I had not trained as much as planned this time, so I really took it easy on my knee. I also didn't realize how many hills there would be and my calves really struggled on the downhill slopes. I now know what I need to work on. 😉 I couldn't even sprint through the finish line like I always do, because a knot was traveling down both of my calves, causing me to nearly crumble with pain. 

My time: 2:46:48

I placed 928 out of 1370 in my age group.

I placed 12,829 out of 16,850 total runners. 

Doug, Jeff, Carrie, & I before the race started.

Carrie and I were in the same corral to start. However, my bladder caused me to fall behind very early on. This is the down side of drinking so much water before factoring up for a race. 😉

This was nearly half way.

This was about 5K left.

At the post race party in PetCo Stadium.

Don't worry... I may be down, but I CAN get up! LOL

My amazing supportive husband!