Life is Good

I talked to a really good friend of mine on Saturday.  She really hasn't run since highschool, expect with me for a few weeks before I found out I was pregnant.  When I start running in July, she announced that she was pregnant (with her 5th) and wouldn't be able to run with me until after she had the baby.  Well...  she is 3 months post pardon and ready to hit the pavement.  We got up before the sun and ran through our neighborhood.  I'm quite proud of her.  She did 1.25 miles in 13 min, then we walked home.  She could have gone longer, but her leg was bothering her.  She has a goal of running in a half marathon, but first, some 5Ks.  I'm excited to help her with her goal. :o) 

Personally... I have this aweful pain in my hip.  I'm guessing it's from carrying my daughter for the 2+ hours we were out on Saturday.  If I had known I'd be doing that much walking around, I would have brought the stroller.  O-well.  I may or may not run tonight.  If I don't, I'm planning on doing yoga.  Maybe I can stretch out my hip.

Here's some food for thought:

Happy 12th birthday to my niece Adle!  I really enjoyed making this cake for her!

Worked in the field today. I'm doing a pavement presevation project on I-8 out by Casa Grand on the way to Gila Bend. I walked the interstate from about 8 am to 2 pm... good stride too. I'm pretty happy about my stride. anyhow, I'll find out how many miles I walked and report, but I did count it as my exercize for the day. I will be out in the field the next two days.

Ran 1.6 miles with my neighbor at 4 am this morning.  She was feeling much better today... and did AWESOME!

I will be out in the field walking the interstate again today, and will find out how many miles I covered and report. :o).  I found a 1/2 marathon I want to do in April, so I need to bring up the miles and decide if I should register or not.  any thoughts?

Well, I was stood up this morning, so I did 1.5 miles after I realized she wasn't coming, and then, this evening, I did another 5.  I think Misha and I are going to be coming up with a better schedule so that we can still meet up and work on her goals, but so that I don't lose sight of mine.  And having said that, I have decided that I'm going to work torwards participating in that 1/2 marathon on April 18th.  Brandon and I talked it over, and he has a lot of faith in me.  I love that about him.  Melanie and Brandon are going to do the 2 mile fun run! :o)

Okay... the counts are in.  I walked 7+ miles both Tuesday and Wednesday (each).  Measuring gaurdrail as I went.  Here is a picture of me working hard:

And here is one of me hardly working:

I love my new job!

Yoga! I did an hour of Yoga, and loved it! Yoga really does stretch everything so nicely, doesn't it? I'm going to run after my hubby gets home tonight. I'd run sooner than that and take Melanie, but she got her 15 month shots today and hasn't been very happy with the world. I'm thinking it may be nap time here soon!

4.75 miles tonight while Brandon and Melanie went to get dinner.  It turns out that I could have gone for on hour...  When I got home from my run, I was locked out.  It wasn't but another 15-20 min. before Brandon and Melanie returned to let me in.  I guess the restraunt Brandon wanted to surprise me with dinner from is now closed and he had to improvise.  He did pretty well.  Dinner was yummy!

The miles felt really good.  There was some strong head wind around mile 3, but I persevered.

1.5 miles to MCC Red Mountain's dirt trail, 2 loops around the trail, then 1.5 miles home.  I like the dirt trail around the college because it's challenging and it's scenic! :o)  Happy Saturday!!!

Okay...  I had to do some Yoga tonight.  HAD TO!  I'm freakin' stiff and sore from yesterday's yoga experience.  I did 40 minutes of yoga stretching and feel a little more relaxed and loose.  (did that sentence make sence to you?).  Anyhow, while bent in half, my right side of my face started to tingle.  It was a weird sensation.  At first, it felt like I was going to have a bloody nose (if you know what I mean), but then it spread to the whole right half of my face.  I paused the tape, stood up and tried to will the numbness away.  Anyhow, if any of you yoga-ers or medical people are reading this... is that normal?  Have you had that happen to you before?  It's gone now, but it was really weird.

Okay, off to bed!