#indy mini

WOOO INDY MINI!!! Had a great time running 😁😁🎉🎉

Flat Lindsay is ready!!!! And 3D Lindsay is getting a little nervous, but is mostly excited! And it looks like the rain my hold off too which is great!! It will be a fun race no matter what :) INDY MINI!!!!

Indy Mini W18D4 - easy 6 It was cold and rainy alllllll day today! But by the time I headed out for my run it was only sprinkling! And it stayed that way my whole run. I made sure to keep these miles nice and relaxed. Of course my brain did the whole "you feel tired now and have to run over twice as far and 2 minutes/mile faster on Saturday" freak out. But I did my best to dismiss those thoughts! I've put in 18 weeks of good training, so now I just have to trust that and have fun on Saturday! I'm surprisingly calm though! I think about how I felt before Chicago and I am a million times more calm for this race haha I'm most excited to see how I do! I think it will be a fun race, no matter the outcome :) Happy Friday eve!! 2 days left!!!!

More updates! We are in RACE WEEK!!! Indy Mini W18D1 - easy 5 Ran nice and easy after work yesterday! The weather lately has been in the pits though! So cold, windy, and rainy. Hopefully it changes before Saturday! But these miles felt fine. A bit sore, but I knew because I didn't have my foam roller this weekend. And it's taper week so we all know our bodies like to make us think they can't run a little right before the race ;) Indy Mini W18D2 - easy 5 Another nice easy run today after work. More poopy weather. But I love all the easy runs during taper week :) only 2 more runs until race day!! I realized as I was running that I was wearing 3 different Detroit articles. My shirt, hat, and gloves all came from different Detroit events :) I can't believe it's RACE WEEK!! I'm getting excited for race day and excited to see what I can do! Hopefully the weather improves. Right now it's saying cold and windy. I know I could manage, but it would be nice if it improved! We will see! Happy Tuesday!!! :)

Hi fiends!!! Sorry I've been slacking posting lately! Just been busy :) W17D5 - easy 3.7 I ran during lunch at work last Friday! In the morning I heard some guys next to me talking about lifting, and they asked me if I wanted to join. I told them no thanks that I was running at lunch! But one of the guys said he'd much rather run and asked if he could join me. Of course I said yes! We ran a bit faster than I should have, but we went a bit shorter so I think I evened out! It was nice to have a running buddy! :) Friday night I headed to MI for Scotts birthday! We went out to dinner on Friday and it was really nice to just spend the evening together again :) W17D6 - easy 8 Saturday I headed out for my run alone. I was deciding between 4 and 6 miles when I headed out, but once I got going I decided I felt good so I'd do 6. But scott called me right as I passed mike 2 and said if I turn around he's join me for the rest. Of course I did! I actually felt really good on this run! Once scott joined me we picked up the pace a bit not even on purpose but I just felt great. We decided to make it so I hit 8 miles to get my "long" run done for the weekend. I felt relaxed the whole time and it was so nice to run with Scott again :) Saturday we went out for some drinks with friends! It was a good time! W17D7 - rest! I didn't plan to take a rest day on Sunday, but I opted to to spend more time relaxing and hanging out with scott on his birthday weekend. It was totally worth it :) I had a great weekend in Michigan hanging out with scott! Got some good runs in too. And not I'm officially in the final week!!! Eek! Excited for race day!! :) Hope you all had good weekends!!

Indy Mini W18D5 - easy 3 LAST TRAINING RUN!! Got up early to get this last lil run done! I was really hoping the sun would be up enough so I wouldn't be running in the dark, and luckily I was right! I had my head light on for not even the first mile and then it was light enough. Last time I ran in the dark I was so spooked, so I'm glad it was light out for these miles :) But this run felt good!! I'm still feeling very relaxed and excited for tomorrow! I know I've put in the work, so I'm excited to see what kind of results I can get. My mom is driving down to me this afternoon and then when I'm off of work we are heading down to Indy!! The weather still looks like poo, but at least I know I've trained in this weather all year, so I'm ready for it! Happy Friday!!

Indy Mini W17D4 - TEMPO 5 The last hard run is done!!! I had to run this during my lunch due to commitments after work, which meant I had to cut my warm up and cool down short. I know this run is supposed to essentially just be a confidence booster before the race, so I wasn't too worried about it. When I started this run I just wasn't feeling it. I first told myself to just do 3 tempo miles and call it good. I'm not gonna make any gains between now and race day anyway. Once I got to 1.5 tempo miles, I told myself to just keep going and run out to 3 miles so I'll at least do 6 miles, but I can cut the tempo miles short and do a longer cool down to make it easier. But once I turned around at mile 3, I knew I could do all 5 tempo miles. The constant bargains that go on while I run amuse me sometimes :) Once I got over the ehh feeling at the beginning, I actually felt good on this run! Definitely come confidence boosting and now I'm excited to enter into the taper! I am really looking forward to race day to see what I can do :) Happy Friday!!! :)

Indy Mini W16D7 - easy 4 I was a biiiiit sore today after yesterday's 12 miles. I took these miles nice and easy haha I was going to do a couple more, but after the first 2 I had had enough so I headed home. No need to push it so close to race day! But the weather today was amazing!! 60 and sunny and so nice. I had to mow my lawn today too but I didn't mind being out in the sunshine :) Hope everyone had a good weekend!!