Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Carmel Marathon yesterday!! What a beautiful day it was- a little hot for the runners, but perfect for those who were volunteering.
I have organized water stops for this race for the past two years and for the first time I got to volunteer at one. I knew it would be a long day- I was so tried by the time we were headed home. I had a lot of fun cheering for people… cheering at marathons is for sure one of my favorite things to do. Love seeing people accomplish goals and work hard. I can’t even count how many people I got to cheer on yesterday and I was truly excited and happy to see each person.
Thank you Mandy and Tracy for coming out and volunteering with Athletic Annex!
Water Stopping it.
I also got to see most of the Pacers for the race come by our water stop. I managed the pacers the past two years as well and have met some awesome people through it. Big thanks to Glenn who always jumps in where I need him. He paced 3:15, our friend Ben paced 2:00, Scott jumped in for 3:25 and new friends through Scott- Wes & Danny paced 3:05 and 3:30. These are runners who just love to run.
Glenn, Wes and Scott
I won’t be managing the water stops and pacers in the future, since I have started working for Athletic Annex, I decided it was too much to juggle both. It was fun to be a part of for the past two years! The Carmel Road Racing Group really does put on great races that are very well organized- and A LOT goes into all of them.
On the training front, I had a big mileage increase two weeks ago- up to 41 miles and then this last week I dialed it back a bit- for two reasons… I was tired. I hadn’t taken a rest day in 8 days and the last week was probably a little aggressive. I was also just a bit busier than usual and am at no where in my training where I need to be frustrated about missing some runs. Just building my base.
Here’s what went down the past two weeks:
04.05.15-04.12.15
Monday: 3.1 Mi @ 9:03 Mi + 45 Min TRX
Tuesday: 7.2 Mi @ 9:02 – Y Treadmill
Wednesday: 6.3 Mi @ 7:56 – Tempo Run – 35 Min @ 7:50 down to 7:30 for last 10 min
Thursday: 3.1 Mi @ 9:49 – with Cadence
Friday: 6.4 Mi @ 9:23 – Y Treadmill
Saturday: 3.7 Mi @ 8:58 – MK Loop
Sunday: 11 Mi @ 8:40 – South to downtown around white river and back
Total Mi: 41 Mi
04.13.15-04.19.15
Monday: 3 Mi @ 9:24 + 45 Min TRX
Tuesday: Rest. Tired & busier than usual
Wednesday: 8.4 Mi w/ @ 8:55 – Williams Creek
Thursday: Yoga – 1 Hr
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 2.4 Mi @ 8:23 (quick break from working water stop to run with Sarah W. during Carmel Half!)
Sunday: 11 Mi @ 8:38 (Hills in middle)
Total Mi: 25 Mi
I keep telling myself to make time to sit down and actually give myself a schedule to follow, but keep failing and putting other things ahead of that. (Like writing out this blog. 
Glenn is to the crazy ultra point now where he goes out and runs 10 miles the day after pacing a marathon. He’s also taking the day off tomorrow and we are going to watch the marathon. WIN for me!!