Cont...

After dress shopping I did a 7.5 mile run.
Sunday...
My fiance came to Haubstadt for breakfast once he got off work:) hung out with the fam and then we started doing spring cleaning in Haubstadt I got rid of 3 trashbags full of clothes... He took those to goodwill for me :-)the I went on a 34 mile bike woooo windy! The went on a 4 mile maintained tempo right around 6:50 pace. Then went to Andrews and ended up getting rid of 3 more full trash bags! Wow!!! Lol I feel alot less cluttered now!
Monday...
Got my ring resized :) ran lots of errands. Went to usi for an 8 mile run. Ran some low 7 miles in the middle. Great
run.
Tuesday...
Did a two a day...
Am functional
50 warm up squats
5x10 deadlifts superset with leg raises
5x15 clean to press superset with 1 min plank
5x 20-25-30-35-40 toss catch squat with 50 lunges
4x 25 with 25 squat to press
5x10 single arm curl to press superset with rolling ball push ups 20
Woo good workout:-) relaxed in the sun and continued reading book 2 of the hunger games
Pm...
30 min stairs
3x 20 single arm rows/20 squat to press/20 alt curls
4x20 bicep curls trx with 10 step ups on tall box with 15 lb
30 min stairs
Wednesday
8.5 mile run and pushed through major soreness... Up pace run right around 7:20. Ouchie!
Pm did a short strength workout
5 x25 trx rows/25 sit ups
3x 15 1 leg rev flies with unassisted dips
5x25 trx tris/1 arm rows
5x12 lat raises
5x12 front raises
Bosu abs
The orange leaf with my future sister :) great times!! I am so blessed:-)

Spring Break

Thursday March 22...
Tired and ready for break! Forced myself on the bike for 22 miles.
Friday...Spring Break is here!!
Met my fiance at the gym. Originally, it was going to be an outdoor track workout but the stormed rolled in so we just went to the gym.
2 miles up
800 @ 3:00
1 min kb swings/1 min plank/25 leg raises/25 pull ups/25
rev grip rows
800 @ 257
1 min kb swings/1 min plank/25 leg raises/25 pull ups/25
rev grip rows
800 @ 256
1 min swings/1
min plank/25 leg raises/25 dips/25 decline push ups
800@256
1 min swings/1 min plank/25 leg raises/25 dips/25 decline push ups
2x800 with 45 seconds rest
256,255
50 dips/50 pull ups
2 miles down
I'm beat... Great workout!! Now time for dinner and Hunger
Games!!!!
Saturday
I found my dress!!! I love it!! I found it within 2 hours along with my bridesmaid dresses!!! Yay:))) zuki with the family to celebrate!

Loving Summer Weather

Tuesday March 20...
Walked to and from track pract and ran some with the kids...about 2 miles...
Got home and did 5 miles in 36:30 and 6 100 meter sprints
Wednesday Macr 21...
About 2 miles of walking and running with my students
Went to usi and ran 7 miles
Sushi and Orange Leaf with Natalie!!

Still a mix of emotions...

Wednesday March 14...
After the staff meeting, I met Andrew at his house and we went to Audubon together to run trails. I love running here especially to get in hill work! We did our loop twice for the first time ever. It was about a 7 mile run. This didn't feel good, I think I am getting sick...ugh.

Thursday...
Day off...feel very sick uhg...

Friday...
Stressed...sad...excited...tired...ahhhh I don't know what to feel. We are leaving for Indy tonight so i went for a run...and I ran 7.5 miles and cried half the time. It was my first good cry since everything has happened. It helped me feel better. We left for Indy at about 7 pm and got to out hotel and in bed at 1 am and got up at 6... Yuck! Oh well, it was fun to go to a powerlifting competition.

Saturday...
Go Tim!! Fun day at the powerlifting competition....rest day for me!

Sunday...
What a beautiful day. We got back to Evansville around 4:00 and got in my run right away. I got in 8 miles with a good sweat. We then went to look at land to get married at...and it's going to work!! Pretty sure....as long as our catering works out we will be getting married on September 22,2012!!!!

Monday...
No sleep. My mind is going a million miles a minute. Track started for after school! We had fun...it's a good mile walk there and then we run at the track and walk back. Andrew met me there after practice to workout...I ran a half mile warm up
1 mile at 6 minutes
Then we did 400 meter run then...
25 push ups
25 dips
25 lunges
25 trx rows
10 heavy tire flips
Run 400 meters and repeat no rest...
My 400s were 86,86,85,85,84,82
All the exercises got better as I went.
This was tiring but good...I feel so weak...still not happy with my leg turnover...need to get faster.
Tuesday...
Practice with the kids.
After that I did a moderate 5 mile run at about 7:15 pace and then 6 barefoot fast strides.

Tragedy

Thursday March 8, 2012....
I had just gotten on the stairmill when my phone rang... It was that dreaded call. My mom had informed me my cousin had passed. It was complete shock,sadness, and hysteria. I ran to get Andrew on the gym floor and we headed straight to her apartment... This is awful...sad...no words...
She was beautiful and extremely talented...she is dearly missed and loved....this is a great hardship for my family and we need all the prayers possible.
If Jennifer was here...
I would let her know how I always wanted her gorgeous hair...it was always perfect.
I would tell her how naturally beautiful she was and all the heads she turned.
I would tell her growing up, she is who I wanted to be.
Her style was unique and I was always jealous I couldn't pull it off like her.
I would push her in the direction of art...
Have her help me decorate my fiance's house.
Tell her I love her and that I would be there no matter what.

Friday...
8 mile run at Audubon. Spent the day with family. We need each other.

Saturday...
Family...funeral arrangements...
10 mile bike
4.5 run
1 mile 7:45
3.55 tempo 6:33 pace
10 mile bike

I'm sad

Sunday...
Wrote out the opening prayer and then ran to control emotions
8 miles

Funeral/service wow we have a lot of support and it's needed.

Monday...
Reality... Blah. This is when it gets hard.
I was with pre-k all day and they were refreshing and kept my mind off of Jennifer.

1 mile stairs
5x1 min toss catch squat with 10 lb ball 30 sec rest
4x25 step ups each leg (tall box) superset with 25 shoulder presses with 20 lb kettle bell
4x 15 straight leg raises
2x50 leg ext 20 sec rest... Ouch........
4x 25 proned leg curls
3x 10 front raise to lat raise 12 lb. short rest
6x 10 squat to press with resistance bands
20 miles on spin bike

Tuesday...
No sleep all night I had flash backs of times with Jennifer from the time we were little... Our sleep overs...family get togethers... Shopping trips....talks...beach times....

8 miles at 7:45 pace .5 miles barefoot.

I am getting married!!!!

Okay, so much has been going on...this is getting hard to keep up...so it's all going to be one post.

Friday...
Storms...ahhh stuck in the hallway with 4-6 graders for 90 minutes. Glad everyone stayed safe. Took the day off.
Saturday
Bound the Mounds 5k...
1.5 miles up
5k it was actually a longer course
5 miles after...
Okay, I am super disappointed in this effort. I should have pushed more. My body just wasn't going. I am actually a little embarrassed. However, I know I'm in better shape then this and I am just blessed in so many more areas of life that I can't be down over something this silly. Life is so much more than physical fitness.
Spent the rest of my day with my man. We went shopping, cooked, and just layed in each others arms.
Sunday...
.5 warm up on the stairmill
20 miles in 1 hr 30 seconds
4.5 miles on stairmill after
Monday...
10.3 miles in 30 minutes with rolling hills. Hard effort
5.5 miles in 41 minutes on the treadmill
.5 mile cool down on the stairs
Good day...
Tuesday
2 mile warm up
6 min mile on the track...short rest 4x200 at 35-36
3.5 mile cool down
The last half mile was barefoot in the grass
Wow...wind wind wind...but beautiful weather. Still working out soreness. I am ready to run a 5:30 mile in a few weeks. The 200 were encouraging especially with wind. My legs still exist.
Ummm....engagement story....
I go to bed at 8:30...at 9 my boyfriend d calls to tell me goodnight but I was asleep and barely remember it...next thing I know, I am in his arms and he said "Lacy,Lacy...I need you to do me a favor. I say mmhmm shocked and confused...he is suppose to be at work and not get off til 7 am... I just mumble and can't comprehend everything right away. He then turned on the light and I notice he is in a suit...he says...will you make me the happiest man in the world for the rest of my life? I say mmhmm...now I'm starting to understand, he gets on his knee opens the box and asked, will you be my wife...I say are you serious? And I begin giggling and say yes...giggling turns to tears then back to giggles...im still a little confused but the happiest girl. I just layed there in his arms giggling. For literally 10 minutes then he informs me I need to let some ppl know. My brother was out waiting in the living room...he had let him in the house. I then went to wake up my mom... Hey mom I just want to let you know I'm getting married...she's goes huh...I say I'm getting married...she goes ohhhhhhhh is someone here...oh my gosh did I miss it?? Oh my gosh.... Oh my gosh...ok ok I have my glasses on do it again! Funniest thing!! :) I am the happiest girl in the world. We stayed up talking til 2 then knapper til 5 and I had to get ready for work....I'm engaged!! Engaged!!:-)))))
Wednesday...
Came home to my fiancé!! We hold each other talk, stare at the ring, and just hold each other. I then went for a 7 mile run and then we went to help some of his friends move a hot tub...then finally had dinner at 8:30 and then went to,his parents:-) my new family! Sosososososo happy! It's perfect... We are soulmates... Meant to be... And I am ready to marry him NOW! Looking at August or September!

Blessed

I hated staying inside but needed to get in a longer bike. I went 30 miles and averaged 19.5 mph. It felt pretty good. I then went home and on the way home had a text from my love that coffee was on, and he'd be right back. He came back with a special stir fry and sushi. Wow! I just love his thoughtfulness, kindness....ahhh:-) I love being in love. Okay... Sorry enough mushy stuff. I am pretty tired and dehydrated. Planning to do Bound the Mounds 5k Saturday. I know on the trails and as muddy as its going to be my time won't be as fast as I want but the effort will be there. Just excited to do a trail run. Hoping my foot holds up to all the mud sliding.

Beautiful Weather...I can't be indoors!!

Had a pretty good day at school. Stayed busy, which helps days go by. My boyfriend picked up a shift tonight so I didn't get to see him :'( I went home to find my mother had already ,are me supper. WOW! She is the best ever. I have the most wonderful family ever. I ran before I ate. I knew I needed to be on grass so there is a half mile loop around my old elementary school. It has a few hills and is all grass, but loops stink. However, it's better than no running at all. I did about a mile warm up then did some 800 m tempo pick ups. These were very relaxed. The point was to push push the comfortable pace and get a little turnover in the legs. I ran the uphill way which is slightly over 800 meters then I would go back to about 730 pace for 2:30 and do the loop again. There was no stopping. I ended up doing 5...3:25,3:25,3:25,3:23 and the last one on the track 3:17. I was happy with how relaxed thrse were, plus i was dehydrated. Could have done quite a few more. I cant wait to start track workouts for speed. 800 metere repeats were always my money workout back in the college days. Goal is to get those back this summer. I use to be able to pull out about 7 of them at 2:45 with 90 seconds rest. I do miss my speed :( oh well, base training is keeping me healthy.Then I ran a little over a mile cool down and then did some running in the grass barefoot with some strides. All together, I got in about 7 miles.

I got to hang out with my family the rest of the evening:-) its such a great feeling to have so many supporters.