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sweet team again

darling babes

14 out and back to 1/4 mile each way on murdock all the way to out and back 0.75 and back then amber joined me and didn't want to turn at 1 mile and go back so we continued as I chased her from stopping to get water at mile 6 and then she bailed at 3 mile turn around but I went to 4 mile turn around. 

81 degrees at start at 650 am!!!!! ridiculous 

so i didn't get in 16 cause i just didn't want to

avg hr 149

avg pace 9:07

10 mile loop starting at lone peak pond west parking lot in the shade for my car and went to mouth of af canyon turned around followed trail back down to cedar ridge and other elementary to silo road and looped around pond and back up to murdock trail and over to lone peak pond the long way by going up 500 east.  pretty tired with the heat again.

71 at start at 726 am   81 at finish

all july in the mid to high 90s!!!!! twice in the 100s

avg hr 143

pace avg 907!

worked forgot  to mention i felt like i was getting sick sat after work so had to bail on going to jane's daughters reception    and it was 98 when i got off work sat at 715 pm

just a weird headache slight sore throat so took a zinc and 36 hours later another one as i forgot to bring one to work sunday so just took ibuprofen

so on run monday i was feeling run down bc of that achiness trying to fight something off feeling  did go potty a lot so probs intestinally brought in through diet any way managed not to go any further except more tired /achy than usual in joints 

0.16 miles trying out five tms at vasa at 9am

slept until 740 am.  ate half a piece of banana bread and 16 ounce gatorade 80 cals and headed to gym

decided to ask kim what she was doing   her son left on his mission at 6 am this am so this occupied her mind to tell me as she was running and crying the same work out at home

3 x 12 min at 7.7, 8.2, 8.7 mph for each set of 12 min

no rest except i needed one after second set, went to bathroom and doused water on my head   i was soooo dripping with sweat

for set  one flat for 3 min, 3 percent incline for 3 min, repeat until 12 min (so two sets)

same  for set two, going right into it

rest to potty/dousing water

set three  instead of 3 incline, 2 incline

paces in  7:47 (felt easy for both flat and incline), 7:19 (def doable for both for longer but def harder), set three kind of just too hard mentally so at times held to tm on incline and occasionally on flat but 2/3 time did not so that is good.  

24 min - 3.17 miles 7:34 avg

12 min- 1.7 miles 7:00 avg  even though i had this at 6:53 pace the tm takes 20 seconds to get to pace ugh

pretty spent dripping drip drip with ton of sweat

stopped by amber and kyles new apt that is being remodeled took pics 

came home ate breakfast 

then Des book for  the new garments for troy and they had some for me  

16

kim picked me up at 628 am we drove to timp caves and ran up four and back 

first mile recovery pace for me 10:50  i told kim last 1/4 mile to go for her 930 pace

stopped there brief then to fork, brief then at turn around brief and back at fork and then lol gross potty  going easy

kim left me at caves and i continued to do my last 8...  10.65 to mouth but not until after A COMPLETE MELT DOWN WHEN I SAW AMBULANCES AND A FIRE TRUCK BLOCKING BOTH DIRECTIONS

the problem was on south side the side i was running down so right side if headed up canyon and was 300 yards before the pay booth 

i had told kim i told her to tell amber i am coming soon.  i had texted with no response late at night that i would be at mouth at 820-830 am  it was exactly that time and first i checked made sure not kim's car but didn't seem to be a car wreck and they were holding up a screen blanket (like a body bag material to block the view with car of amublance/fire chief open...somone was on the ground and I literally started to panic.    I talked to several people in their cars waiting and frantically told them i was worried it was my daughter but they told me to quickly pass by.  I had to pass by two ambulances blocking both sides of the road facing the same direction (up the canyon).  I then sprinted to fire truck to ask but no one was in it (dirt or right side, a good parking spot if need be, on left if going up).   I then sprinted to the parking lot to check to see if my daughter's car was parked there and the first car I saw amongst about 8-10 cars was the silver hyundai elantra.  same exact car as my daughters and I could not remember her license plate but I knew there was a T in it and this one had a T.  I then went up to it and looked in and sort of looked like stuff she had had. But now thinking back there were glasses (not sunglasses) on passenger seat, and like a dream where you change things up I was thinking Troy my husband's (even though he has not driven in the car since she got it glasses... she would only have sunglasses and kyle her husband doesn't wear glasses...but man just thinking it was her car and she was not in it and she was no where to be found i had a full on panic attack and literally screamed down a young lady ranger passing by to go up canyon.  She didn't know there was anything going on.  I had her call my husband as she asked where is my cell phone and I told her I don't carry mine running.  Troy didn't answer as usual when at work and then i told her to call again and she got him and she asked about amber and she then repeated that troy told her amber had just walked in the door.  I mean i was full on the most relieved person ever and processing it all. Before troy answered the second call the fire truck arrived seeing me on the ground (the ambulance had left the canyon just moments before that) they stopped and asked if i was ok.  I was in utter panic screaming there was no way I was gonna handle this if this was my daughter hurt or killed and I asked them is that my daughter?? and he said I can assure you it is not your daughter but it was a medical emergency.  he gave NO details.  but I only assume it was a guy or an older lady than me that could not possilbly be my daughter.  I hashed with them the speed of cars and the brightness of the sun in spots  that were never there since removal of some trees by river to put pipe in.  And how I have lost three members of my immediate family in car accidents.  A biker older woman also stopped and helped me process and support me until we knew outcome.  I then managed to follow the two girls kim and i saw right as we turned around. they passed me through parking lot walking and jogging.  I got up to them and told them my story. they got there after that all passed.  So all in all the stopping of traffice was after kim to just after my panic attack and ambulance passing by.   It was warmer and I just mosied the next few miles in a shock state and managed to get the 16 miles in.  8:23 avg pace. 149 HR even with the panic!  29 min total of stops.    took 8 watermelon electrolyte gummy things.  3 then 3 then 2.  stopped at water after golf course on left and at cedar elem.  

so thankful amber alive!!

i slept only 3 hours late night due to a stomach ache after eating lettuce at aubergine so I suppose i was operating on sleep deprivation thought processes.