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. 

Ave Pace 8:24

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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.

Ave Pace 8:46

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