Rachel Loecker

AM: i got up at 8am. and ran 6 miles by myself. then at 9:30 i drove into twon and ran with my XC team and did a 5k. felt really good to run with my team again. The morning run was around 6:35 Pace helped to have down hill but i was glad my pace is getting better each day!!the run with my team with slower but kept running the whole time.

AM: i ran to town and back. i wanted to do 10 miles but i had stomach problems 6 miles into my run. I need to drink more water i know i haven't had much fluids this week, and i didn't sleep well at all last night. i'm just glad i got the run done for today!

AM: I ran when Matthew was doing swim lessons. 30min. at around  8:30 min. pace ending my morning run with 3.4 miles. I felt lots better than yesturday but still need to drink lots of water. I had about 6hrs. last night better than the 3 to 4 the night before. Plan to run 8 miles tonight.

PM: Tonight i ran around the section with my sister on her bike to have someone to be with. On the 3rd mile i turned and ran the other direction for one mile then turned around and then ran home. ending at 6.5 for the evening run!! My heel and shins are starting to hurt so I am going to ICE for 15min. on and off for the rest of the night. hope to be better tomorrow.

did an easy run this morring. it was cool out and not humidy yet in the air. i loved it now to enjoy my 4th of July!!!

PM: before the fireworks i jogged a 2 mile! it was nice not really hot but windy.

I did a easy day before race run, because i run in the crofton race tomorrow morning. i did 1mile warm up then 2mile speed changes then to finnish the night i did 1mile cool down. now to drink lots of water and sleep tonight for the run tomorrow can't wait!

AM: i ran in the Crofton Freedom Run today. i started with a 1.5 warm-up and stretching, then during the race i ran with a girl i know Danny and stayed with her the whole time we were pushing each other right to the finish. it was VERY windy this morning but my time was one of the best runs i have done. i feel in shape and nothing really hurts just a little more sore than normal.after the race i jogged to my grandpas house and back i think thats about a mile from where the start/finish was. I was 3 strides away from being 1st in my division. i will run 4 miles tonight to finish my mileage for the week!!

it was TO hot and humid to run outside even in the early morning so i went into town and went to REPS Gym. i did 3.5 treadmill 2.5 running elliptical 1.0 on treadmill then 3.0 on bike/ core exercise.

AM: it was still VERY humid today but i needed to get a run in early. i ran 6 miles in the country. Its hard to breath in this air and i hope that soon the humidity levels go down. i can't breath in my nose at all and im getting dehydrated lots easier than in Utah.

AM: i woke up at 5:30 to run i think its getting too early but it was the coolest part of the day. and by the time i got done it was already 80 degrees. i"m gettin frustrated with miles. i can't get as many a day as i want. i guess i might have to run at 10 at night :( oh well.

PM: I ran on a tredmile for 5 miles seemed fairly easy. glad i got more mileage tonight.

AM: i ran half way into town turned around and ran pasted my house and to the bridge andfter i made it to the bridge i needed to get ready for the busy day. hope i can get a run in tonight.

PM: i ran late this afternoon because there was a cold front going through and it was 76 out. so i ran 5 miles around the section then added a mile to cool down as it was getting hotter out. my pace throughout varied but average of 7.8 per mile. i was please with that. I'm learning to run through mental walls and in heat.

AM: i ran two miles past my house and back  to get a morning run before i had to bring younger kids to bible school. plan to run 5 miles tonight after bible school.

Yesterday i felt horrible i had leg cramps all day and when i tried to run i felt pretty bad and i almost blacked out once. today i felt lots better. i still don't feel the best but i got 2 miles in. I have a camp this week being a camp counselor!!! it starts tomorrow and goes until friday. i am able to run for 30 mins. in the mornings and sometimes in the afternoon. i hope to get 3 to 4 miles a day at camp. then next week i will do 60 to 65 miles.  glad i got at least 2 miles in.

OK!!!!! i finally could go on a long run and keep a fair pace of 8. last couple weeks have been horible to find time to run!!!! but i am finally free the rest of summer and plan to run morning and nights until school starts in 15 days!!!! idk if im ready to go back or not i loved my summer traveling to utah and Decoraha.

So for my run tonight i started at 6:30 and ended at 7:15 i started out pretty fast and was doing ok then about 4.5 miles in i hit a wall and just got very slow. so i got to my community complex got some water and rested for about 2 mins. then started home and was going faster again. i was 1mile form home and started to feel bad but i pushed through it.

I have blisters comming again under my feet and they are hurting again. and not running for 3 days and eatting like a pig was NOT good for me. i need to stay with running every day because i could tell i was allready getting out of shape. i  also need to start doing my core i stoped when i came back from Utah and really want to start  back up. I finnally found out that i have to drink at least 4 17oz bottles of water a day. to just keep me hydrated.

I got a good nights sleep last night. i didn't feel the greatest when i woke up so i didnt do a morning run. but i did run to town tonight witch is 9 miles. i felt very good about it i was sore so my pace wasn't the greatest but i finished before dark so i felt good about that. i have been eatting alot more since iv been running and water intake is gettting better i still dont drink 4 glasses a day but better than none. we will see what tomorrow will bring.

AM: i couldn't do a morning run again because we found out my great uncle past away last night. so we are cleaning our house like mad because brian and his family are comming for the funeral from Japan. i hope i can run tonight to get a break. i really want to get to 65 miles this week.

PM: well i got my run in tonight it felt good to do but i got very sore and stiff twords the end of the run but i ran through it. i think it is getting easier to run and i have motivation agian to keep running. tomorrow i dont know if i will run becasue i have to clean all day until we go to omaha to pick up brians family from the air port. but i will try to get some kind of run in.

Yesturday was a very busy one. couldn't get a good run in like i wanted to ,but at 8:30 i drove to football feild and old track place and brought my brothers with me. they played football and ran while i did my running. i wanted to do 5 miles but it was getting late getting dark. tomorrow will be hard to get a run in since i will be with family for my great uncles service and then friday with the funeral. but i am going to try to get some miles in each day.