Consistency.

Consistency. 

"If you are persistent you will get it, if you are consistent you will keep it."

January Miles= 207.75

Last weeks miles=45.75

My miles were down but I was hitting almost all my weekly goals. 

Only one week, last week I didn't hit my goal, "To maintain my miles". I lost 5 miles with the weather. 

That's OK. On a good note, I had strong runs last week. There really is proof in dropping your miles and getting stronger runs. 

Knowing I was behind the gun in my mileage I made my runs count. I did speed work, ran faster and ran harder. OH..AND survived. 

I have always trained where about every 6-7 WEEKS I bring my miles down and let my body recover.

Last week, I took a couple naps, I got a massage and I brought my miles down. 

This allowed my SUNDAY Runday with Lacey to be quite victorious. 

SUNDAY RUNDAY: Lacey and I went out to Stoney Creek. This is where all the elites train and half of Oakland County. It was thick with runners. 

45' temperatures was the ultimate invitation to come train at the park. 

Stoney Creek is a 6 mile loop.

We set the car up as an aid station, it was perfect, water, gu's, granola bars and the best Smokey Almonds from my sister in law, Leeanne. 

Rundown: 

Distance: 18miles

Time: 2:48

Pace: 9:22/mi

Loop 1. 57min. Ran it all the way through

Loop 2. 56min Added walk breaks

Loop 3. 54min. Ran in opposite direction, continued with walk breaks and aimed to maintain our fastest loop. 

I am so thankful for Lacey. I kept pushing the pace. "ANITA! Do you see where I am? This is where you need to be, bring it down." 

Lacey knows how I run. I feel good and want to GO, then I don't feel good and tucker out at the end. At mile 17, Lacey was tired of reining me in and picked up the pace, a sub 9 minute mile. "LACEY! What the heck..." I huffed. 

"This is what you get....." She laughed, making me speed up and keep our 8:20min/mi. Then to make me suffer more, she ran in EVERY puddle splashing me. 

Good friends make good friends suffer with smiles. 

I was doing the HAPPY DANCE when we finished.I think having so many runners made it easier to run stronger. 

It was a run of NEW Equipment.

1. New Balance Vest: LOVE. Poshmark
2. Oiselle Running Pants: LOVE. Poshmark
3. HOKAS: Didn't LOVE in 18 miles of pavement but will try them out on the trails. OUCH. 18 miles in most new shoes was not the most brilliant idea. Typical Anita.

The Training Tip: CONSISTENCY!

Make sure not to increase your weekly training load by more that 10% at a time. Also make sure that your high intensity training is no more than 20% of your total work load. 

Staying consistent and disciplined will help prevent you from injury.

This Weeks GOAL: ADD miles. More Core. More Calories. More Sleep. Stay Positive.   
More Cookies, My mother in law made me cookies, they are like Mana from Heaven. 

 *Anita