22 mile run yesterday morning

Well, Mike and I ran (walked .75 of it because I just couldn't hang any more) 22 miles yesterday morning. It was tough. I definitely slowed down A LOT during the last portion of the run. It makes me a little worried about the marathon....but I will finish the marathon (even if it kills me!!!). My original goal was to simply run the whole thing and then I got a little ambitious and pushed my goal up to 4:30 and running the whole thing...then I got really ambitious and decided Mike and I could do it in 4:00. Hmmm....I am not sooo sure about that any more! I definitely think the 4:30 is still capable but I am not naive and I know it will be difficult. Hopefully, the adrenaline of the race will get me through the last portion of the race. HOPEFULLY. Otherwise...I just might die! ;-)

Greunke Happenings

Well, it's less than a month away until the big marathon day! Crazy to think about. I have run 19 miles so far. We're going to try for 22 next weekend. It's tough, I am not going to lie. I had hopes of doing the marathon in 4 hours, but I am starting to really rethink that goal. A 4 hour marathon time means a 9:09 average pace. That's not exactly tough, but the hills on this marathon will be the death of me! It's a really tough marathon course (much much much much tougher than my half-marathon course which was flat). I have run 16, 18, and 19 now and I tend to hit a huge wall around mile 15. I don't stop and I usually stay at pace (though yesterdays run we slowed down immensely) but I just don't know if I can keep it up for another 7 miles! That's crazy. So, this next weekend's run will be a good testament to what I can do since we'll be getting in the 20's. It's purely a mental thing, that's for sure. So, I have decided that this is my first and last marathon! After a half - marathon, you feel good. After 19 miles, your body feels like it's going to callapse and your bladder feels like it's been tortured! I think from now on out, I'll stick with the half-marathons!

Clay's sister, Erin, should be coming to visit us soon! I am excited about that. She came back in November for work and she has to revisit to the cite she worked at in November, so we get to see her again! I am excited. It should be fun. Hopefully, it'll be nice, sunny, and warm when she comes.

Clay's mom is coming sometime this summer. I am also excited about that. She hasn't seen Kaylee since December so it'll be nice to have Kaylee see Grammy again. :-)

Clay should start to fly any day, hopefully, since he is slated for the June boat. Hopefully.

That's about all that we have going on right now. Nothing too exciting!

San Fran tomorrow!

Well, tomorrow Kaylee and I are boarding a plane to San Fran to meet Siobhan, Emily and some other Lemoore girls to celebrate Siobhan's b-day and run a 10K together. I am so excited. :-)

Our new front yard!

Some before pictures of the yard:




Some beautiful after pictures:

16 miles yesterday

Well, I did 16 miles yesterday and though I was in a little pain, for the most part I felt great. Though it was longer (2 miles) than last week's run, I felt much more energized at the end of the run. It was BEAUTIFUL out yesterday so it was nice to be able to enjoy the sunlight and the warm weather! Next week, we're tackling 18 miles! Then, the week after that Kaylee and I head to San Fran to celebrate Siobhan's b-day and run the 10K! I can't wait!

New Yard!

We're getting a new front yard! I am sooo excited. They're going to begin working on the yard next week. We got a quote and it came in less than we expected (we thought we would have to do the sod...but the quote came in lower than we thought WITH them doing the sod!). Clay has been working his butt off the past few days and has cleared out the rocks and almost all of the shrubs beside the house (he left one bush because they're going to move it to the side of the yard). It's amazing to think that I could have a new, usable yard in just a week or two! Sooooo awesome!

13.76 mile run today

Well, I officially got my butt kicked in today's run! Officially! We were suppossed to do 14 miles, but I just couldn't do it. My back, butt, and hips were in some serious pain. Even still, it is officially the longest run I have EVER done! Yay for a 16 mile run next weekend! Craziness....to think that in a few weeks I will look back on these almost 14 miles and complete it again as an "easy" run is just crazy!