Post Turkey day and the week(2.5 days) of work that I would like to forget...

Last week was a really long and short week for me. Work was so stressful that I almost started eating everything out of the refrigerator that I could find...Luckily for me, my husband was there to stop me and made chicken salad for dinner... I was in the middle of locking a data base and it seemed like we were never going to make it but we did!... so I was able to get ready for Thanksgiving!

This is how I felt on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!

So, my relatives came in with coconut macaroons, ginger cookies and stuff to make "Chex Muddy Buddys".. All of the things, I really shouldn't be eating.. and they wanted to make more sweets... ugh... what was I to do?!? Luckily, I had signed up to run the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning.. I gotta help fight the eventual weight gain.....At least, I can slow it down by running in the race and continue with my training plan. 

The Turkey Trot was a 4 mile race in Shelby Farms.. This was a lot of fun. Prior to the race, Lesley arranged my workouts to make sure I had a fast race... right.. I don't run fast.. I mean the Saturday before, I ran a 4 mile and my average pace was 13 min/mile. See... I am a Slow Turtle..She had all of confidence in the world in me and even stated that I should have a negative split for my last two miles..I was just hoping to go a tiny bit faster than 13 min/mile. The night before, I said a little prayer and asked God to help me with my race and it worked!

My first mile was a 11:18 and I felt great. I even ran  1/4 mile with Kelly and was talking with her.. Mile 2 = 12:19.. I slowed down a little cause I wanted to save something for the last two miles.. I had to meet the goal of a negative split for my last two miles... Mile 3= 11:45 and I met up with Nancy and her daughter and I should have kept up with them cause they were keeping a good pace.. next time. Mile 4 = 11:32 and it wasn't the finish line.. the finish line was 250 ft in front of me and I just picked up my legs and ran as fast as I could... a 9:53 min/mile... Ok... you are probably saying that was for 250 ft.. you know what, I will take it. I am getting a little faster and who knows.. this speedy turtle will be passing that rabbit one day!

Thanksgiving was a  success.. I ran intervals on Saturday 3x3 min (2 min rest) and 2x1min (1min rest). For my 3 minutes, I averaged 10 min/pace.. and for one of my 1 min interval, I maintained an 8:30 min/mile pace.. Yes.. I said it, 8:30.... So, I am slowly getting there. I hope to surprise myself when next season comes... for now.. I will follow Lesley's plan and keep on moving!

Happy Training,
Eling