catherine's running efforts

The spouse's club is having a fitness challenge. I want to win it, so I sacrificed some class prep time last night and went to bed earlier than normal so that I could wake up and run this morning. It was too warm for the jacket I was wearing, but other than that it was really nice. Plus, running makes me feel more confident throughout the day, so maybe the extra confidence will make up for not being as prepared to teach. 

9:16, 8:27 (was following some guys here), 8:45, 8:43 for .5 (8:48 ap)

A little later than yesterday - Eric and I both slept in a little too much and got a later start on our runs. But since it was light out I just ran from my house instead of driving to campus. Also I wore the Altras - I put in an additional insole that I thought might stop the shoe from pulling me into a midfoot strike (as I feel it's wont to do), so we'll see. They're just so wide and durable - I bet they'd last for 2,000 miles. Or I have no idea how long they'd last for. But if my knee starts hurting, they're dead to me.

8:39, 8:56, 7:50 (downhill), 7:50 for .51 (8:23 ap) 

Eric's brother's special friend asked if I wanted to go on a trail run, so we went up to the BST for a little out-and-back. It was very pretty. 

Not a great run. I was sore either from yesterday's trail or today's 3-mile walk pushing Elliott in the cozy coupe (walking for a long time makes my shins hurt), and I also had to make a poop stop. And my Garmin's satellites wouldn't pick up for a bit. Even still, at the end I was glad I had done it. 

With the spouse club people. 

A couple of the spouses were doing 10 miles today because they're doing the Halloween Half (I'm still thinking about it, but I'm not crazy excited about charging down the steep downhill on a narrow path with a million people) so I went with them. We met at the mouth of Provo Canyon at 6:00 and went out for an out-and-back with a planned 9:00 pace. It was a bit slower than that, but it was still enjoyable. Unfortunately, I had to poop in the woods.

9:37, 9:44, 10:48, 10:53, 10:18, 9:28, 7:48 (this is when I was catching back up after my stop), 9:43, 9:34, 8:21 (a little bit of a breakaway pack), 11:50 for the .23 (running back to regroup) (9:42 ap)