catherine's running efforts

Sunday nights are usually pretty late for me because I have to get ready for my Monday classes, so I didn't wake up early this morning to run. Instead I went out at about 8:00 tonight for a loop around campus. It was okay. I like it better in the morning when there are fewer cars. 

8:34, 7:56, 8:52 (8:27 ap) 

I was still catching up on sleep and so didn't wake up early this morning, but I have a couple of things tonight and won't have time to run then. So after Elliott woke up I took her out in the jog stroller. It's harder than running without, but not *so* much harder. And it's nice that I can hop on the paved bike path just about a half mile away. 

9:49, 9:13, 7:59, 7:20 for .08 (8:58 ap) 

I almost didn't go this morning - my bed was warm and cozy, and it seemed cold and dark outside. But when I turned my alarm off I checked my email and then I was awake. So I just did my normal loop around campus. I finished sooner than normal and so thought I should go longer, but since I had run a little harder and had only planned on 3 I didn't have very much motivation to tack on more. Plus, I'm still just trying to solidify the habit of running every day. (Excuses...)

8:21, 7:31, 7:36 (7:49 ap) 

With Eric and Elliott. I had been planning on just 3 and pretty slow, but he's off school today and it's fun running with him. We went south (southwest?) on the river trail, so I got to see parts of it I'd never run on by myself, and he was nice enough to go at my pace (instead of the sub-7 he usually does with the jog stroller...wtheck?). 

8:51, 8:44, 8:56, 8:45 (8:49 ap) 

With the spouse club people. My garmin died about 2 minutes in, so I just have to trust that the person in charge really knew where was the right point to turn around. Also I don't know how fast it was. Also I used the park potty in the dark and didn't get attacked. 

Good luck in St. George today, everyone! I'm thinking about you! 

With one of the women from last Saturday. She's no Toby, but she's probably my favorite Provo running buddy so far. Up and down the canyon again, this time to Vivien Park. I think we saw Sasha. It was *so* cold (my dollar gloves didn't cut it, and I wished I had worn pants), but I felt better on the way back down. I ran ahead for the last mile and barely missed my goal of having an AP under 9. But even though that last mile didn't feel good (I didn't want to push but I kept telling myself it was going to make me stronger), it was faster than I thought, so I was happy since I had been nervous about whether I could even do 12. 

9:01, 9:18, 9:47, 10:16, 9:56, 9:45, 9:17, 8:52, 9:00, 8:25, 8:37, 7:00 (9:06 ap) 

P.M. Went on a trail run with Eric's brother's special friend (EBSF). Last time we did this she was sick, so I thought I was faster than her than I really am. Actually, she kicks my butt on the downhills. By a lot. I'm afraid of downhills on a trail. And I did twist my ankle a bunch (but didn't injure anything) and almost fell off the mountain one of the times I stumbled. I didn't love the run - my legs were tired from this morning, and I'd always rather run on a road than on a trail. Trail running to me is like weightlifting - both are things I'm not good at, both are things I don't want to try to get good at. But it was pretty outside, and EBSF is fun to talk to. And it got me 4 more miles for the day.