American River Parkway Half Marathon

I finally gave in and ran another race this past weekend.  Gavin and I ran the Parkway Half Marathon and it was a great race along the river. The weather was nice, not too crowded of a run and I got the time that I was shooting for, 1 hour and 45 minutes! It felt good to race again!

February Goal

Well I completed my first goal for the month of January.  I did not eat any candy for 31 days, but that just means I had more dessert, ha!  Of course, on February 1 I hit up the grocery store for some cinnamon bears and Starburst jelly beans.  Mmmmm....they were good.  And I had a Nerds Rope waiting for me from my birthday.  Candy really is good and so are completing goals. 

So for the month of February my goal is to run at least 20 miles every week.  This shouldn't be too hard, but it will motivate me to make time to go running and get my butt in gear for the half marathon training.  I only have a couple more months. 

{my running shoes - asics}

So I will keep my running shoes in good use this month and get some good mileage logged on my training.  I can't wait!  Wish me luck with my goal for the month of February.

My Training Schedule

The half marathon training is going pretty well so far.  Some days are harder than others to find (or make) the time to run.  I have been going to the gym after work to hit the treadmill, run my neighborhood streets on the cold weekends and I have even been running before work at 6 am.  I know, I'm crazy.  I even saw 3 other runners out that early, it was dark and they were wearing head lamps and reflectors on their shirts.  They are smart.  I was wearing an over sized Arizona Cardinals sweatshirt that I got for free, ha! 

I have been doing pretty good with getting in the right mileage each week, so that's good.  Scott and i are going to go on a longer run one of these days and see how our paces are, etc.... We just need to get our schedules to match up one day, hopefully a warmer day.  I would love to go run up City Creek again, they have awesome trails up there.  Hopefully some of you have signed up for the Half Marathon, it's a good race with an excellent course.

Deseret News Marathon Training

Remember a couple years ago when all of the Shields Family ran the 'Grant Shields Memorial Run?'  Well this year I am doing the full marathon.  I will run my heart out for you Granty Boy!  We finish at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, so come out and cheer us on! 

I have been training with my buddy Logan since May for this race and it is almost here.  Logan and I did our last long run (18.5 miles) this week and I think we are ready.  I am going to just relax this last week (and play at Lake Powell instead). 

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Here are the results of the last of the training though. 

• June 28 - 8.4 miles, 1044 calories burned.
• June 30 - 7.51 miles, 928 calories burned.
• July 2 - 4.22 miles, 522 calories burned.
• July 4 - 8.25 miles, 995 calories burned.
• July 5 - 8.1 miles, 983 calories burned.
• July 6 - 6.82 miles, 843 calories burned.
• July 7 - 13.33 miles, 1650 calories burned.
• July 11 - 8.08 miles, 1009 calories burned.
• July 12 - 18.55 miles, 2301 calories burned.
• July 13 - 3.5 miles, 439 calories burned.
• July 14 - 5.59 miles, 735 calories burned.

And if you want to run the 5K, 10K or the full marathon then go HERE to sign up.  See you there! 

More Training

The marathon training continues.  Although, I struggle to get really motivated and to run more.  We had a rough couple of weeks between the move and Turner in the hospital.  Things are slowing down a bit, but now that it's officially summer, I just have to make time to get out and go.  Luckily, Logan is there pressuring me to on the long runs with him, so we should be fine. 

Our new neighborhood has lots of trails, and there will be even more once all of the constructions is done and they will all be connected, can't wait for that!  There are a lot of hills in our neighborhood too, so they are kickin' my butt!  In a good way though. 

Here are some on the latest stats on the runs:

• June 23 - 4.46 miles, 427 calories burned
• June 22 - 3.15 miles, 384 calories burned
• June 21 - 5.91 miles, 729 calories burned
• June 20 - 4.65 miles, 551 calories burned
• June 14 - 15.55 miles, 1920 calories burned
• June 13 - 4.45 miles, 530 calories burned
• June 11, - 4.20 miles, 512 calories burned
• June 8 - 14.16 miles, 1740 calories burned
• June 6 - 4.24 miles, 522 calories burned
• June 1 - 13.19 miles, 1632 calories burned
• May 31 - 5.10 miles, 637 calories burned
• May 30 - 5.25 miles, 648 calories burned
• May 25 - 13.30 miles, 1647 calories burned
• May 23 - 5.31 miles, 520 calories burned
• May 21 - 5.07 miles, 631 calories burned
• May 16 - 6.36 miles, 789 calories burned
• May 12 - 10.99 miles, 1359 calories burned

{The sunset view from one of my evening runs in our new neighborhood.}

Marathon Training

A marathon consists of running 26.2 miles, and that is it.  Easy enough, right?  I wish it was.  I want to train for real this time and so I will keep a basic log of all the days I run, the distance, pace, location and calories burned, just because.  Now, I realize that this is not 100% accurate, but it's still nice to have a general idea of whats going on, ya know?  So here is the first few weeks of my log all thanks to the runkeeper app! 

Wednesday April 27, 2011 - I officially signed up for the race.  And I ran that night.

April 27 - 6.47 miles in Salt Lake City, UT.  8.38/min pace, 805 calories burned. 
April 28 - 8.13 miles up Hobble Creek Canyon.  8.47/min pace, 1013 calories burned. 
May, 2 - 4.1 miles trail running in Draper, UT.  9.16/min pace, 479 calories burned. 
May, 3 - 5.33 miles through the streets of Mapleton, UT.  8.38/min pace, 665 calories burned.
May 4 - 10.31 miles up Hobble Creek Canyon, UT.  9.03/min pace, 1282 calories burned. 
May 5 - NO RUN!  CELEBRATION INSTEAD!
May 6 - 6.23 miles through the streets of Springville, UT.  8.33/min pace, 774 calories burned. 
May 7- 1.9 miles hiked the Y Mountain.  Did not track the pace, calories, etc......
May 9 - 3.99 miles to the base of Hobble Creek, 8.36/min pace, 477 calories burned.
May 11 - 10.9 miles up Hobble Creek Canyon, 9.31/min pace, 1358 calories burned.

I love this picture from our run last night.  Baby T put his hands behind oh his as we were walking around the block to cool down acting like he was so exhausted from the long run, ha!  Love that kid!

Wish me luck!!  And honk if you see me on the streets.  I am sure there will be more updates of the training in the future.