Track workout, vacation runs, and 85% towards goal!

Whew! How do these weeks go so quickly? Well, today we had the dreaded track workout. My first track workout was, quite frankly, a bit of a downer. I didn't understand what different paces were, and I was often last among my group.

Well, this time I still pushed myself, but not quite as hard, and it was much better. I was running about 11:30 pace miles at a harder interval than I generally do - 4 min running, 1 min walking, I think. I usually do a 6:2 interval. WAY better. We did a cute little "ladder" workout - ten minute out and back warmup run; 1 mile run marathon pace, 1/4 mile recovery (slow jog/walk), then 26 situps and pushups each, then 1/2 mile marathon pace, 1/4 mile recovery, and then 1 full mile marathon pace again, then 10 min recovery run/walk. All told it was about 5 miles.

I am going to visit family out of state this weekend, presenting a new challenge: how do I take my training on the road? Fortunately, my wise running friends pointed me to the USATF America's Running Routes page, which has this amazingly handy "routes" function, mapping paths in cities across the US. Thanks, Amy and Jannette - VERY useful! I will be using a route I found there, and maybe some 8# weights and a resistance band. That will keep me busy.

Last but hardly least - thanks to your support, we are now at 85% of my LLS fundraising goal of $1700 by July 2. Thank you all so much! Newest donors include:

Grandma Ruth, IL (awwwww... : ) )
Grandma Emma, IL (double awwww... : ) )
Sandy and Dick, Minneapolis
Darrell, Minneapolis
Andy, St. Paul

I have to tell you that when I first signed up for Team In Training, I was most worried about the fundraising, not the running. You all have been amazing - not only in the financial support, but also in your motivating comments. It has given me strength on days when it's tough to even think about training.

Now, we have $250.20 to raise in 15 days. That's 15 people - one a day - giving $16.68 by July 2. Or that's 25 of my closest friends giving $10 each. Think we can do it? I do! Onward!