It Was a Seventeen Mile Weekend!

This weekend was very busy as always!! I got off from work on Friday feeling very tired and ready for my weekend to start. It was so nice outside that I decided to run five miles. My plan was to run the first 3.1 miles hard like I would for a 5k. I feel like because I have been doing longer distance races that I may have lost a little of my speed. I run slower splits for the longer runs and feel like I have forgotten how to bust and move it 5k style:) Well, I think I did pretty good! I chose to run on the roads and picked a mile loop and ran it three times. Iadded the little extra needed to make it an official 5k run. How did I do? Mile number one my time was 7:40, mile number two 7:43 and mile number three 7:58. It has been some time since I have done this and I was feeling pretty crappy after mile three! I was happy with my splits and know that I need to work on getting them down. I then did a much slower two mile cool down:)
Kay had more basketball games this weekend! After we got back Saturday from her second game I went outside for another run. This run was also a five miler....an easy five miler. I was pretty consistant with 8:30 to 9:00 minute miles. I was pretty sore from Friday's faster pace run. Today I went out again for a seven miler and I was hurting everywhere. My hips, calves and ankles were a little stiff:(

This is one of my hills that in the summer and spring I ran everyday! It is my Weaver Lake Road kicks my butt hill:)

This is what the sidewalks are looking like on my runs. The snow is starting to melt but it freezes and causes these patches of thick ice.

This is the upper portion of the Weaver Lake hill.

Here is part of my run that corners around a cute little park. In the spring and summer there are always kids playing ball:)

This is the East Fish Lake Road hill that I run. There is actually a flat area before this hill and I use it for the sprinting portion of my runs:)

This picture was taken about one mile from my house...thank goodness this portion is down hill:)

Saturday I went shopping for running gear!! I am never lucky enough to find good deals and sadly I paid full price once again :( I purchased a pair of Nike Fit running pants that I absolutely love! I already have a pair of these and I figured I better buy another one before they discontinue it. I am looking forward to warmer running weather and couldn't pass up this cute little Nike Fit running skirt and light green shirt. Now if we could just get some nice days with warm sunshine and I will be set:)

Slomo tagged me some time back to write ten whatever things I want to share:)

1. My favorite brand name of jeans is Express.

2. My favorite colors are blue and black.

3. My favorite running distance for sprints is the 100 meter dash. My favorite distance for road racing is the 10 mile or half marathon.

4. My favorite fast food style place to eat is Chipotle:)

5. My favorite fine dining establishment is The Voltair in Chicago. It was the best Italian food I have ever had....hands down!!
6. My favorite summer family vacation was to Montana!

7. I have been to the Cheers bar in Boston and the Coyote Ugly bar in Nashville:) The girls working at the Coyote Ugly tried to get me on the bar dancing with them! I refused and told them I had not had enough to drink yet for that:)

8. The person that I most admired growing up was my grandmother. She was a strong German farm wife and I loved her so much. She was always there for me and encouraged me to be the best that I could:) I miss her dearly:)

9. I love it when my children have giggling attacks!! It is so contagious:)

10. Caribou Coffee is the best!

I am now going to tag a few of the male bloggers that I follow. I have included some blogs that I just recently started reading and others that I have been reading for some time:) I love getting to know more about people and would love it if you could just post a few random things about yourself that you think is interesting or unique!!
Tri Diesel

I am Boring

RockStar Tri

Never Quit Never Stop

Dangle the Carrot

Tall Guy Surfing (and now running!)

The Reserrected Runner

The Running Laminator

A Code Geek's Tail

Running to the Honky Tonk

In Clean Air- a running philosophy

DR:TRI'ing 4 Iron
SwiCycloRun

Crush Till it Hurts

Marathonman

I hope that everyone has a great week!!

Also, check out Molly's blog because she is hosting a wonderful giveaway!! She is giving away the Le Creuset Square Baking Dishes in a lovely spring like blue color:)