Running Liv's Life

Workout:  1.5 miles easy - don't judge until you read the post. By reading the title it is pretty safe to assume that I am injured.  I have had some crazy knee injury for almost 3 years now that doctors can't figure out what is going on.  It is extremely frustrating to deal with this.  Even more frustraing that I have spent hundreds of dollars on rehab that didn't do jack squat!   Okay, so I had been training hard core for  a Turkey Trot I am running down in Evansville, IN.  And by hard core I mean I found an advanced 5K training program that I pretty much followed to a T!!!  The only thing I didn't do was have my long run be 8-9 miles.  What??  It's a freaking 5K!!  So, I was doing awesome, feeling great, totally ready to go....and then it happened.  My knee started hurting.  Like really really bad:((  So, I did the smart thing and backed off.  I decided to rest my knee.   Now, when most people have an inju...

Workout:  3 easy miles on a beautiful sunny, but COLD morning I don't know if I mentioned it enough in my last post that I love Door County!!  Love, love, love!! When Matt and I win the lottery we will definitely be buying a place up there:)).   Ok, so fall fun-what we did... Tried out a new coffee shop in Fish Creek.  We got a few frappacino type drinks that were delicious! It was nice to get out of the rain for a bit, and you can't really tell in this picture, but the view of the bay was gorgeous.  And a little bonus; we actually had cell service here! Seaquist Orchard.  If you ever visit this place in the fall get there early!!  Like, right when they open early.  And thankfully we did because within an hour it was packed.  Crowds flock here because there are actually activities to keep the kids entertained. Because my time is limited I will now fill your screen with just pictures.  After all, a picture is worth a thousand words...

Workout: 3 miles easy in the hot humid rain:))  I will take that for Halloween day in Illinois! A few weeks ago we took a family fall getaway to Door County, WI.  The trip was so seriously fun, and I took far too many pictures.  And because I don't want to give you snapshot overload I decided to break up the vacation into two posts. Apple picking!!!  There are so many orchards up here I'm not sure how we decided on this one.  But, we got lucky and chose a good one!  When we went to purchase our bag the lady told us that the Honey Crisp were all picked.  I almost cried.  No, but I was  SUPER bummed. Here we are starting out.  It was the perfect day, and no one was out so I felt like we had the entire orchard to ourselves.  (The market/store was packed because there was free wine tasting so I guess that seemed like more fun to the adults.) Monster size apples!!  And I just loved how low the trees were.  It mad...

Workout: 30 minutes strength training Look who wants to start running: She asks me EVERY time I head out the door if she can go with me.  I always say no, and then I feel guilty, and then I think - I'll take her out tomorrow.  Of course, "tomorrow" never comes.  So finally, I  decided to plan a day for us to go running together.  When I picked her up from school I told her we were going to go for a run, and she started to jump up and down!  Pretty sure that is not the reaction out of most people;))  So as soon as daddy got home we headed out the door and went over to the park. And, we're off!!  The loop around the park is exactly 1/2 mile.  I thought this would be the perfect distance to start.  Can you see the smile on her face?  LOVE it!! I made sure we went at a slow pace.  She did get tired so I would point out an object to run to and then we would walk 10 steps.  Before long she was saying, "Okay, run to t...

Workout: 4 miles easy I ran a 5K back in mid August, and since then I have been taking it easy peasy!!  I have not done any speed work, tempo runs, timed runs, or any type of run that would force me to push myself in any way.  Well, unless you count the other day when I realized I wasn't going to make it home by 7:20 which is when Matt leaves for work.  I did have to kick it into high gear the last half mile or so...oops, sorry hon! I don't have another race scheduled until Thanksgiving so I don't feel the need to do anything but cruise along and look at the gorgeous sun rise. Every other day I get to watch the sun come up.  Living in a small town totally has its benefits!!  Out here in the country there is nothing to block your view - I LOVE IT!!!  I am getting too comfortable with this "taking it easy" thing so next week I am going to try to get back into the grind of hard workouts once a week.  Until then, I will Keep Calm and Run Easy;))

Workout: 3 miles easy Look who started kindergarten!!!  Even though we are almost a month into the year it still is hard for me to believe that our school days are actually here!   Lyla didn't go to preschool, and now she is in full day K!  Yeah, sink or swim, sista!!!  Thankfully she is swimming really well just as I knew she would. This little jumping bean was completely ready for school.  And I was completely ready to say adios, because entertaining her all. day. long. was getting to be exhausting!!  School is from 8-3:05.  I would say around 2ish I start to miss her.  I really didn't see that coming!!  But guess who misses her more than I do?? This boy is like a lost little puppy dog without his sister.  Aye, aye, aye!!!  He is really wearing me out! Usually by 1 p.m. I am ready for a nap.  But, Orlando quit napping last Christmas so usually I throw Max & Ruby onto the tv and try to catch a 10 minute cat ...

Workout: 3 miles easy That start line is totally for realz!!!!!  And that would explain the $15 entry fee for the Mahomet 5K.  And even though there wasn't fancy pants timing this turned out to be an amazing race!!  I went old school as well and decided to run with just an old fashioned stop watch.  I didn't want to focus on pace or mile splits.  I just wanted to run hard and not be bothered by numbers. There were just under 400 runners so I got a great start.  The course ran through town and there were people out everywhere.  For such a small race I was surprised with the amount of spectators that turned out.  There was even a drum line out on the course which was fun, and made me feel kinda cool for some reason.  Mile 1 was just a long steep slope, and although it made for a great first mile (7:16) I just kept thinking, "What goes down must go up, up, up!!"  Every hill I went up I just kept thinking about my poor hubby who had ...