I love sleeping in… have I ever mentioned that?
While I am not a HUGE fan of working late on Thursdays, there is something to refreshing about sleeping in until 730 on a weekday. I wake up on my own normally, and get to allow myself to slowly wake up before my alarm goes off…my favorite.
Workout of The Morning: 3.5 miles speed work
Here’s how it looked this morning:
- 1 mile warm up (about 940 pace)
- 1 speed mile (between 8.0 and 7.1, about 8 min/mile page)
- 1.5 mile switching back and forth between 800’s and 400’s at speed, and 400’s at recovery.
- Finished 3.5 miles in a little under 31 minutes
That equals 27.25 miles for the Pile On The Miles challenge.
Yes…that is still my D tag from the St Louis RnR on my shoe. Shoot, if it were up to be I’d still be wearing my medal…so it is no surprise that the D tag is still there. I need a new pair of shoes soon, so I imagine that little tag will be on there until these shoes are retired. And I am OK with that.
After my run I did day 7 of Piper’s 30 day thigh challenge which included:
- 25 lateral lunges with weights
- 50 scissors
- 18 fire hydrants
- 20 pile squat pulses with weights
Ok, this challenge is starting to get real as well. If you are doing this with us…don’t look ahead. Except to tomorrow, which is a rest day (which works perfectly because it’s a rest day on my schedule as well).
And now, I need to finish up getting ready and head to work. I really do love these slow mornings 🙂
Question of the Morning: Do you keep your d tags on your shoes from races? Or do you hold onto anything else from events as momentos?
Chocolate Covered Race Medals 
I have the bibs from my races and the medal from my HM but the bibs now have the B-Tag technology and it’s a plastic tag on the actual bib so no more D Tags. Apparently they were charging if you didn’t return it?? And I’m thinking I might try and get on that thigh challenge. Thats sounds like ZERO fun but necessary
For the Steamboat half I had a tag in my Bib as well…but Rock and Rolls still have the D tags! And I’m glad because it kind of makes me feel like a hard ass:)
I keep my tags and bibs, thinking that one day I’ll put together a album or bulletin board to keep me motivated. Love that challenge – will try it!
That is such a great idea!
I keep bibs and medals (of course)!
Most of my medals hang on my side of the bed 😉 lol…
I don’t keep the d tags but I keep my bibs and have medals on a medal rack.
I need to get a medal rack!
Don’t let anyone make you feel weird for keeping the d tag! I cut mine off the first time I went for a run after my half, and I felt sad immediately after. I cut it off cause I didn’t want any weird looks, but realized later, who cares?!
I definitely save my bib and of course, the medal!
I didn’t throw away the STL bib but I did leave it with my parents, which I kind of regret now! I hope they saved it!
Oh no! Call them and tell them to save it!
I miss sleeping in 😦 I’m now having to get up earlier with the girls so when I go back to work in 3 weeks my body (and their’s) are already up and ready to go.
I cut mine off 😦 I love keeping my race bibs more then my medals (weird, eh!).
And, I’m getting scared for the thigh challenge…it’s about to get REAL!
I am getting scared too! lol This morning I already started to feel like it was getting serious.
I keep EVERYTHING from races, I’m a huge nerd. Also, I think I need to get on that thigh challenge after watching Carrie Underwood on the CMA’s last night
haha if you’re a nerd I’m a HUUUGE nerd!
Carrie has such amazing stems!
I know, watching her last night, I was like I NEED to do lunges NOW
lol — just start doing squats while she performs 😉
I keep my D-tags on mine too! I keep everything from a race. I still have the newspaper from when I ran Chicago. What I plan to do with it… I still don’t know but it’s nice to have it 🙂
We work hard for those dang miles! lol
I keep all my bibs, medals, and race tees together. I’m looking for something cute to hang my medals on in my new house.
Such a good idea!
I kinda miss when NYC races had the D-tags, I would leave them on my shoes forever! But now it’s just in the back of the bib you wear. Not as cool 😉
Definitely not as cool! My steamboat half had one on the bib, and not only was it not as cool, it made the bib HUGE and I’m tiny!
I rotate shoes but on one pair i now use for gym shoes and dont run in I have a marathon chip from a race 2 years ago and a Dtag on the other from God knows what 10K I did. I think ever single time how I should take it off but I never do. I’m definitely keeping the marathon chip but since I cant remember the Dtag I can let that go!
LOL I love it!
I usually leave my tag on for a week or two, good conversation starter. I hang all my medals on a three rung fleur de lis coat rack I bought in New Orleans, I also have all my race bibs from the years, but not sure what to do with them!!!
I love your running recaps. I tells me push myself and it’s nice to learn how other people design their runs- definitely gives me a lot to think about as far as how to set myself up for success for going “long” distances. I also love the thigh challenge you posted. It seems a little more friendly than 100s of squats.