I can do it!

I woke up to run at 3:45 this morning, but I couldn't get Elijah out of bed. It's probably a bad idea for a woman to be out at 4:00 in the morning running, so I read for awhile, and at 6:00 woke him up again, and off we went.  He was clearly not in the mood to run, so we only did 3 miles at about a ten minute per mile pace, taking walk breaks after every five minutes of running.  We finished in about 34 minutes - I'm still trying to figure out my Garmin, and had it set on "biking" for the first 3/4 mile, so it was reading our pace funny.  After I dropped him off, I did another two miles at a 5K pace, and finished in 16:48.  :-D

Somehow I never heard Ben leave for work, and I ended up sleeping in until 6:40!  The bad thing about that is having to run after the sun comes up - it gets hot fast here in Saint George!  Britnee ran at the beginning with me - again doing 2 minutes of running with 2 minutes of walking.  She was feeling sick after the first two miles, so we stopped at 2.25 miles (28 minutes) and walked 0.75 (13:03 minutes).  Then I ran 1 mile by myself in 7:52, and picked up Haylee and Elijah for another 1.15 miles of walking/running in 2 minute increments.  That took us 11:10 minutes.  Elijah and I finished up with a 0.75 mile run in 6:43.  I logged 6 miles total on my Garmin, but I didn't count the 0.75 mile walk.  :-D

This afternoon Ben and I went to the pool and I swam 72 lengths - which is just over one mile.  I miss getting to swim and bike more regularly.  One more month and I will be finished with the latest production and I will have my evenings back!  Yay!

I was supposed to get up early this morning to run, then go cycling with a friend after that, but I slept in LATE, and my friend didn't show up - so I was able to get my run in!  I ended up running a 5K length in 26:09 - a really good pace for me!  The first mile I ran in 8:51, and then the second mile I did an 8:24.  The last mile was more uphill, but I still finished in 8:13!  Then the last 0.1 was 0:41.  Great run!  What a perfect way to start the day!  Too bad I missed my bike ride.  :-(

In anticipation of a long run tomorrow, I took it really easy today - two miles with four kids in tow.  Yay!

Elijah and I got up at 3:45 AM for this run.  He was having a tough time, so we actually did our "long slow distance" LONG and SLOW!  We finished our 16 mile loop in 2:55.  The second eight miles went by much faster than the first, since the first half was all uphill and the second half was all downhill.  I felt really good the whole time, with the exception of a strange pain in my left knee.  It still feels a little sore this afternoon - I'm not sure what's pulling.  Tomorrow I get to have a massage!  Whoopee!!!  And now....it's nap time.

Today was a recovery run from yesterday's long run.  I did two miles.  The first mile I took a few short walk breaks - my left knee was still bothering me.  Then I started really focusing on my technique, and the discomfort was greatly alleviated.  Still, I didn't want to do too much, especially when my week's total mileage was already pretty high for me.  Toady was also the preview of the play I'm in (we open on Monday night) so I had to hurry to get to the show on time.  It went GREAT!  Ben and I celebrated with an hour-long massage.  :D  Then this evening we went cycling, and did 18 1/2 miles in 1 hour 8 minutes.  We would have gone further, but it got dark too fast.  It was probably just as well, since my muscles were all jello after the massage, and I was shaking like a leaf through most of the ride!  Now I'm feeling great, and am totally ready to sleep well tonight.  Ahhhhh.......