Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

So nice to be home for a while - at least a week or two.  I have had a sore throat for the last few days and did not feel well at all on Saturday morning.  Last night when I went to bed I was feeling horrible again and had almost decided to miss this mornings run.  I got up and decided I felt okay and knowing that it would be an easy run I decided to go.   I ended up feeling pretty good, but it was a slow pace with Paula and Renee.  We had a nice time catching up with each other but I am seriously lacking motivation right now.  I need to refocus.  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

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Ran with the BBK today.   They met for extra miles at 5:15 and I could not pull myself out of bed to go.  I ended up getting there about 5 min early and warmed up a little and then joined the group for the regular work out.  The wind made the effort seem harder than usual but I also had 2 sub 8 miles and one at 8:10.  They are such a great group to run with.  Still working on remotivating myself. 

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Ran with Paula and Renee this morning.  It was quite a bit colder than yesterday.  We had a good time chatting and enjoying the run.  My legs are still quite fatigued from last week and then yesterday.  I am amazed at how fast I lost some strength while I was in India.  

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My hip bothered me a little yesterday along with my left quad during my run and they got progressively worse through out the day.  I was going to scrape them last night but was lazy and I paid for it this morning when I got up to run and they were still achy.  I am not willing to risk further injury so I went back to bed and laid there and fussed about it for 2 hrs.  I am now completely cranky but going to scrape my hip and hopefully run tomorrow.

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Ran with Paula and Renee this morning.  We ran 4 with Renee and she is really doing well and then Paula and I added on 2 more.  My hip felt better once we picked the pace up a little and it is much improved from yesterday.

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Paula and I met early and ran my favorite run up through Westridge.  Unfortunately it is not her favorite run but she was a good sport.    The first four miles of up hill were not as bad as I remember, however we did not push hard either.  We enjoyed the view at the top and then ran back.  I dropped her off at 9 miles and then added on another three.  I was feeling pretty good until 10.5 and then the tired set in.  I probably should have GU'd at nine miles like I had originally planned, but the last three miles were the fastest of the day and they were on flat terrain.  That is a good sign.

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I had to visit the bathroom twice before beginning today's run - not a good sign.  Paula, Renee and I headed out to run the big block but at 2 miles in I knew I was in trouble.  I made it back to the point of dropping of Renee and possibly adding on but knew I needed to go home instead.  So far no improvement.

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Ran with the BBK today.  I was late getting to early mileage because my stomach was upset again, but not to late.  They were very nice and came back for me.  We had a good workout planned by Dean and completed three loops of two miles each.  We saw a lot of different neighborhoods.  I was also surprised that my stomach made it all the way through.  

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Met the BBK for my "most favorite workout" or what I hope to be at some point my real favorite workout.  We ran the Parkway Palisades hills :)  Peggy had it divided into 3 loops which made it seem not so bad, especially because the last loop was flat.  I am so grateful to be able to run with such a great group of people!

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Ran with Paula and Renee today.  Again it was another good day for Renee and she is getting faster.  After yesterday's hills my legs were pretty tired so I was good with a recovery pace.  

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Met up with Cheris, Julie, Michelle, Dean, Nancy and Eric for what was supposed to be a progessive 10 miler.  We started out on track but had to make some adjustments on mile 4 because we were uphill and be blown away by the wind.  Once we hit the turn around the rest was much better and were able to hit our two 7:45 miles.  Glad it is over, miles 3.5 - 5 were horrible but aleast we beat the storm. 

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Ran on the treadmill in Dallas, not as bad as India

Met the BBK at 5 for a cold winter run.  We ended up with a cold winter snowy run.  It was actually pretty nice.  We had a slow pace and stayed as a group so there was lots of chatting and visiting which makes the miles fly by.

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Ran with Paula and Renee this morning. I had prepared myself for the cold but actually enjoyed the starry morning until the last mile and then I froze.  My fingers were so cold!  We had a great time chatting about when we met our husbands and our dating & courtship.  Fun morning!

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Ran with the BBK today in the snow.  It started out nice but the snow came and by the end I had ice in my eyebrows and eyelashes.  I hurried on the last loop because it took me 40 min to get home during Tuesdays storm and left before saying good bye to everyone but by the time I got to Jordan Landing the snow had stopped.  My family was much happier.

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Met Cheris this morning. I was really worried about driving out to SJ and running in the cold but after a sleepless night I decided running was better than laying awake in bed.   The cold was not near as bad as I had feared and we ended up having a really good run.

Now to the sad news, my husband got layed off yesterday.  We were caught off guard becuase even though there were lay offs at his work he had been told that his job was fine.   But that is the only sad part.  As we have talked about this over the last day we continually recognize how blessed we are and that we have some resources to get us through for a little while.  We recognize that the Lord has a plan and we have to have faith that we will be okay.  Being able to see this is the greatest blessing of all.

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Avoided the wind this morning and went to the oval with Paula and Renee.  Nice to be inside but I hate running on a track for that long, not quite as bad as a treadmill though.  It always makes me want to be tougher and head out in the wind that I hate.  

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I woke up to go with the BBK today but was completely exhausted.  I have not been sleeping well and had another bad night last night.  Paula and I head out late to go see the lights and run at the same time.  We do this every year and had not gotten to it yet, so it worked out great.  We saw lots of fun lights and interesting things and had a really good run with a little snow.

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Ran six with Paula and Renee.  It was much colder than last night and the wind did not help.  I dropped them off and then added on two more.

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I had waited all day for the wind to die down a little but it never did, so at 4:00 pm dusted off my treadmill.  I actually had a good run while watching my kids play NBA Live 2008 and Kung Fu Panda on the Wii.

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Another glorious day of sleeping in, next week is going to be rough.  Paula, Renee and I met for a slow snow run this morning at 8:00 - Love it!  We had a great time in the snow and just enjoying the run, not worrying about pace and times.   I dropped them off just before mile 7 and then added on two more on my own.

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I was on my own today so I slept in again.  Finally around 9:00 I was motivated enough to go and I am glad I got out when I did because the wind has picked up.  There were moments of good running - when I was on pavement, but the rest was tough.  The soft snow is like running in sand.  I had originally planned on 10 but my legs were shot after 8 so I called it a day.  I was quite surprised that the Lake Park path was not plowed yet, it is almost always clear.  

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Met Paula and Renee for our run today.  We completed 4 and dropped off Renee and then Paula and I added on a couple more.  Not too bad when you were on pavement, but on the unplowed roads it was a little scary.  Nice early morning run.

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Met Peggy, Mike and Julie for the "extra mileage" part of our work out and then the rest of the group came at 5:45.  We had a good pace run and lots of fun talking about our Boston plans.  Cheryl suggested we do some hill repeats and I was so not in the mood but SO glad she had suggested them when they were done.    I did not time the repeats and I know that I slowed done by the third but they were a good workout.    I forgot to start my watch again after the "extra mileage" so I do not have an ave pace, but I would think somewhere around 8:30 - 8:45

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Ran with Paula this morning and ended up having a good recovery run.  I was very tired so we took it easy but had a good time.

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