Shoot for the Stars

My home. 5:13 a.m. I hadn't heard from Mishel or anyone else about running this morning so I did a run solo. I tried to work on speed a little bit by running faster than I normally do. I started out way too fast as usual and got tired my 2nd mile but still had some in me to run a very fast time the last mile. I was happy with that! It was good temperature. I wore shorts and a light short sleeved top. I ran the usual route from my home, BV trail, Lemontree, all the way to the street off of the small street where there are horses, and back. I didn't see any people out. It made my morning to see the cute black and white cats along the way and some beautiful horses eating right as you turn onto the smaller street past the neighborhood. Good run! Breathing hard and a lot of work to run fast but helped that I went to bed early. No pains.

Interurban Trail off of W. Main St. in Auburn. 6:30 p.m. My 2nd series race from IRC. It was just a small group again but a fun run. There were less people than the last run but it was still a lot of fun. I would say there were only about 15 runners. I had a goal this time to beat my PR from last race and also it was for my brother whose bday was July 13, he would have been 31 years old. Happy with my results! Lisa was there again with her little girl. I also saw some of the Cedar River runners. Dean was there again but running barefoot! Craziness! Lisa and I also met some nice girls who run from Sqoreboard (sp?) in Federal Way on Thursday eve. They were both in my age division. Same course, out and back on flat asphault. I felt I did well except about the last mile I started to get a little nauseas. I had eaten at Athens resturant a veggie grinder for lunch, bad idea! It is a very heavy type sandwich. So I held it together and didn't loose it luckily but it hurt the last 100 yards. So glad to be done! I pushed myself too and beat my last time!! So happy about that. Lisa and I both got blue ribbons! We got a picture again with the Cedar river runners! Fun stuff!

Niki's house at Lake Tapps. 5:30 a.m. First run from Niki's place. I was so sore from last night but for some reason wanted to run again this morning! Plus I had never been over to Niki's area and wanted to run a different route. Let me tell you, it was different! We ran mainly on paved roads. We had to run along a highway for a bit of it, luckily it wasn't too long because it was busy. We ran from her place on some back roads to the main road that you would take going to Bonney Lake. Then we cute up a small road and that took us a back way into Lakeland Hills. We ran past the shopping area and did a loop on 62nd street, then back to plaza, then back the way we came. Man was this a work out! My legs were hating me! Luckily it was a slower pace run! We walked a couple of times with Niki's knees acting up. It was challenging for all of us because Mishel was tired too. It was Mishel, Niki, and I on this run. It was a good run though. It was all cloudy but no rain.

Roegner Park. 6:30 p.m. Met up with Lisa at Roegner park after a scrapbooking expo I went to! It was so cool to run at the park because it had been so long since I had been there! There was a huge reunion going on there so it was a little funny and akward running past this big elderly group of people gathering together. Also there were a lot of people playing disc golf as well. Lisa brought Denali and pushed her in the Bob. She did good until the end of the run and then started to cry so we stopped and walked some. Overall, great run and so nice to get together with Lisa again before she leaves for Hawaii! Weather was a bit muggy and about 70 degrees but not too bad, alittle cloudy.