cheryl

Yesterday I had a low grade stomach ache all day.  I actually missed church, which was the first time in forever that I've missed church because of illness.  I blame my 9 year old, he came in my bed the other night and coughed all over me all night.  We took him to the doctor yesterday because he was complaining of an earache and the doctor said he won the prize for having the reddest ear he had seen that day.  So I must have picked up something from him.  Then when I woke up this morning  the ache was still there, so I wasn't sure I would get in a run at all today, but as the day progressed I felt better, so I got on my treadmill and actually had a pretty good run.  I ran for an hour doing one minute fast, one minute slow.  As long as I kept the slow minute really slow, I was able to hit the fast minute pretty fast, so I felt good about that.  Sorry to miss Steve and the group this morning, maybe next time.

My distance today is a guess based on what others who ran about the same as me have put down.  I really have no idea how far we ran, I was just trying to keep up with Michelle, Cheris, Dean, Jody, Aaron, and Amy.  We ran on the new Bingham field for the first time--it is opening officially on Friday, that will be the first Bingham game on the new field.  So we got to check it out before hand.  Then some stayed to run on the track, and some others went with me on the road.  Dean, who just completed LOTOJA, kind of took charge and told us what to do.  We first just ran around our favorite neighborhoods--Temple View, Bonanza, Bridle Oak, and Prospector.  Then Dean had us run fast around the Temple View loop, recover, then fast thru Bonanza, then back to the track.  It was fun.  I should do a workout on the track, it looks so cool.  Maybe when all my hamstring and other issues clear up--that might be in many years, but whatever.  Good job everyone in the group today.  I just can't wait for SGM to see all the great times that will be posted.

I ran on the treadmill today.  I tried to do fast and slow 1-minutes for half, and then just kept it steady for the other.  Enjoyed the running.

Our group ran the Glenmoor 8-mile route today.  I like it because I think it simulates St. George somewhat--uphill at first, and then downhill.  I ran on my own because everyone just took off on their own pace.  I ran it in 1:08 and change (I also have watch problems, I usually just erase my time before I should) which is my fastest time running it this year.  I tried to keep the pace "marathon effort," though of course you always go somewhat faster when you know you only have 8 miles as opposed to 26.  It's hard to fool the brain totally.  Later in the day I put in 4 more miles.

I felt like yesterday I "overreached" so to speak, so today I thought I should take it easy.  I went out for 60 minutes and ran 30 seconds practicing good form and then did 30 seconds of walking.  During the 30 second form sessions I worked on high knees, butt kicks (sorry, that's what they're called) and some bounding and skipping.  I did all this on the canal road where I could take my dog also and give him some exercise.  It's nice because usually there's no one else around so he can run free.  I then walked on my treadmill for 30 minutes, using a high incline to get some hill work in.  I have no idea how many miles I actually ran, but I think I did at least 4 so that's what I'm giving me for today.

I was thinking about meeting Cheris, Michelle, and Jody for a 22 miler at 5am, but my kids came home too late last night and 4:30 came too early, so no 22 miler for me.  I did go out and run easy, easy, easy for 1hr45m (did I mention it was easy?) on the canal road and then to the new Bingham stadium where I ran on the field and added a few sprints.   Who knows how many miles I ran?  I'll give myself 10 because I'm sure that, although it was easy, easy, easy, it was probably at least 10:30 minute miles.

Then later, after talking with Cheris and hearing about their strong 22 mile run, I thought I should get in a few more miles.  I got on the treadmill during the second half of BYU's game and ran for 8 miles.  I must have been inspired by BYU's 59-0 blowout of UCLA because I went further and faster than I thought I would.  It was a great run!  Thank you BYU!!