Thursday, March 02, 2006

James and I are having a bonding weekend!

Tomorrow, James and I depart for Agoura Hills, CA. We are both running (together, he has promised to not leave me behind) the "Great Race of Agoura" Half marathon on Saturday. I am hoping for another personal best, but not sure if its going to happen. I have been consistently running for the last 2 months or so....with no walking. I also started training on hills versus just flat and I increased my weekly mileage from 20 miles a week up to 30+. The problem is that my right knee is unhappy. It started acting up when I did my long run last Saturday. I did 8 miles but I did them at 10.5 min miles. That is the fastest I have ever gone in my life and for the longest distance at that speed. My knee didn't appreciate it. I tried to do 3 easy miles on Monday but ended up walking most of it. I have stopped running and walking the last few days and its stopped hurting (good news) so the hope is if I wear my knee brace on Saturday I should be able to knock out a PR. James and I are excited about staying in the hotel together and hanging out. Regardless of our finish time, we will enjoy ourselves and the area. What is everyone else other than the Spencers doing this weekend?

1 comment:

Tracy said...

Hey Shelley, I just tried calling you, noone home. You are welcome to stay with us. Steven and you can have the guest room and Kendal can room with the girls and we can throw some boys downstairs on the sleeper couch (queen) and another on the trundle in the boys room. We also have a queen air mattress. Its only one night, and everyone would have a place to sleep and the price is right.