andee's running

I was so excited to be home and back in my normal routine.  I met the ladies this morning and it was cold, but we had a wonderful time catching up from the holidays. I'm truly grateful for running partners who motivate me to get out there on cold mornings and who always make the run fun!  When I got home everyone was still asleep, so I just layed on the couch and enjoyed the quiet.  Once the boys were up and fed I went down and finished up on the treadmill.  Now I feel like I can accomplish everything else on my list today!

I had a hard time finding the desire/motivation to run this morning.  Finally at 9:00 I said it was now or never...and so it began.  I started my run with a comfortable 10:30 first mile.  Then I decided to pick things up a bit.  I was happy to be finished in 49:58.  Afterwards my boys wanted to have their turn on the treadmill.  It was fun to watch them laugh and try new things(go fast and slow) while they were "running like mommy".

I went out to meet the ladies at 6:00 and couldn't believe how warm it was.  We started out and before long I was taking off gloves and unzipping my jacket - amazing in January!  We finished our 3.5 loop and I came home to get my family up and going.  I finished with 2 more miles on the treadmill so that I can get a little closer to my goal of 20 miles for the week.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

I woke up this morning know that I had to get a few miles in in order to reach my goal of 20 for the week.  When I looked out the window it was lightly snowing, so I knew the ladies would not be going.  I was already up and dressed so I decided to go get my grocery shopping done early.  It was one of the most enjoyable shopping experiences I've had in a long time.  Once I was home and got everything put away I forced myself to get on the treadmill.  I just wanted to get done, so I tried to be speedy and ended up doing one 9 minute mile, which for me is very fast.  When that mile was over, I was ready to be done for the week.