I can do it!

Ben was bored, so we did a nice ride on the mountain bikes into the center of Saint George.  While out, we stopped and visited my Grandma for a little while...she was so happy to see us!  It was a great evening.  :D

This morning Ben and I were up early to do a run in downtown Saint Goerge and then hit the spin class at the rec center.  We ended up running an easy 5 miles in 48:05.  My legs were pretty tired, so after about 10 minutes of spin class, I gave up and went to an hour of Zumba instead!  At least when I'm dancing, if I feel tired I just get sillier and it makes everything better - haha!  This evening, I went to an hour of yoga, which really helped with the fatigue in my legs....ahhhh!  :D

This morning I met up with some friends to do a bike ride around Saint George.  We didn't push it too hard, but still had a great workout!  Conversation was just what I needed!  We covered 30 miles in 1:49:17, afterwhich I hurried off to Zumba class...but I was only able to catch about 40 minutes of it.  It was still fun, though!

This evening, Ben came home from work and wanted to go to the pool, so we hopped back on the bikes and took the "long" way to the SHAC.  I haven't been in the water at all since the Half Ironman, so I was pretty rusty getting going, and my shoulders were sore from last week's weight training.  It took some time to warm up, and then I decided not to kill myself, and so I called it a day at 1500 meters.  Then back we jumped on the bikes to head home just before dark.  We got in another 20.26 miles in 1:11:30.  It was a good day.  :D

I figured I needed a "rest" day after yesterday's busy workouts, so I skipped doing anything this morning and instead took my kiddies to the kid's Zumba class at the rec center this afternoon.  They were loving it, and my six youngest children made a nice addition to the fairly small class.  I did about 20 minutes with them, then ran over to the treadmill to get a couple of miles in...just to keep it loose.  I did a progressive ladder, starting at 6.2 MPH and topping it off at 9.5 MPH, then slowly decreasing speed until I reached 2 miles.  It took me 14:37.  I went back to the kiddie class, finished up with them, then did an hour of "big girl" Zumba.  Good times!

It was kind of another rest day for me...all I did was go to the rec center this afternoon to try out a new class - endurance strength.  It was simillar to a P90X style workout...except that there were other people there, so I couldn't wimp out - haha!  I did take it a bit easy on the legs...don't want to blow anything before next week's marathon.  :D

I met up with a friend I never run with to do the tail end of the marathon route.  We both said we'd take it "easy," but we ended up running 6.5 miles in 54:05...pretty much better than my 10K pace on a good day.  I felt fantastic, though, and I'm glad I was able to get a tempo run in.  Later this morning, I went to an hour of Zumba. 

This evening, I've noticed a bit of pain in my arches...which makes me a little nervous that I may be developing some plantar fasciitis, so I made sure to roll out my soleus muscles really well and massaged the arches, too.  Hoping it's a fluke....  :S

I met up with my friend Joy this morning to do a REAL easy run.  We ran about 4 miles together, then hopped in on a local 5K that my other friend Jadon was running.  We figured it would be more walking than running, since Jadon has never run before at all.  But he surprised us by running the entire distance at a 10:00 pace!  It was a fun run, and after we crossed the finish line, I went back to find a couple other friends that were running so I could encourage them across.  I ended up doing a total of 8.1 miles in 1:19:41.  See?  I can do easy every once in a while!  :D