Shoot for the Stars

ARSHS. 5:15 a.m. First time back into my old running spot in forever! It felt neat to be running here again and just getting back into. I was still pretty tired and it was very cold this morning! I wore long sleeve the whole time and shouldn't have worn capri running pants. I did get hot on the top area after mile 2.5. I ran a little bit before my GPS started because it was too cold to wait for it to load! So my timing was a little off. I ended up running another lap afterwards to make sure I got my full 3 miles in. I did 12 laps total. Amazing how I got faster each time! :)

Lakeland Hills. 5:40 a.m. My first time running back up in Lakeland hills. I thought at first no one was going to show up because there was no one there at 5:30 a.m. but then Janet showed up. Niki couldn't make it. Janet and I had a good run. It was lightly sprinkling. It was both of us trying to get back into things after being sick. We ran at a slower pace which was nice. We chatted the whole time about work situations and the CE classes her and Lindsey were taking this weekend. Good run but was tired; hills were tough! felt great to run though! No pain.

Soos Creek Park (Gary Grant Park). Kent, WA. 5:45 p.m. I was planning to meet Lisa and Nicole at the park this evening but had the hardest time getting there. First of all, my phone died so I wasn't able to keep in tuch with anyone. Secondly, my GPS couldn't find the address to the park. I then looked up the park on my GPS and found it but there was a North and South end. I didn't think the park was that big. Thirdly, I put the wrong end in my GPS-South and couldn't find the entrance. I ended up pulling into someone's private road that had a steep incline and accidently scraped the bottom of my husband's car. It appears to be fine but it scared me that I wrecked something. Finally, I found the park by putting the North end in my GPS. Forth mistake was, once I had gotten there I went the wrong direction on the trail. I saw Lisa and NIcole's cars there so I knew i could catch up to them; I just hadn't realized that the trail went 2 different directions. I, of course, went the wrong way. grrrr!!! I finally ran into them though. I ran on the paved trail, across a couple of bridges and past the intersection. I turned R at a fork in the road but it ended up being a dead end. It probably went about 1/2 mile. I could see Meeker school and then I turned around took the other way up a steep hill but went into residential so I just headed back to the parking lot; hoping to run into them. I asked a couple about the trial and they told me it goes 4-5 miles the other direction. I saw the girls and Denali heading toward me after they had gone the other stretch of the trail. We ended up just doing my route again which was fine.I had to do a steep hill twice! It was nice to have someone to talk to when I saw the girls. I had my Ipod shuffle while solo though. I explained to them the mess and they were glad I was okay. Bottom line: i got a great work out in! Over 5 miles was more than I had planned but for some reason it didn't seem like that long! No pains. I just felt sluggish due to a piece of pie I had eaten about 30 min before the run. Ha! Good run ladies!