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Difficulty getting tired at night and staying asleep and body feels so off. Bur.ning heel and joints aching. So much effort to run faster pace. Chronic fatigue. Maybe from 69 hours worked sun to sun and 56 miles running. I hope. Ap 8:40. Ran at 1230 and stopped and talked to kim for 15 min at mile 2 at her house. So hard to start again. Lips and tongue burn.

daughter brooke sick fifth day with high fever and I felt it in my joints last night and achy when I awoke.  Lots of stiffness below knees as has been usual this past spring/summer and now into fall.  drove courtney to school then went to rec center and ran 1/2 mile at 8:57, 1/2 at 8:48, 1/2 mile at 8:41, 0.25 miles at 8:34 all at 15 then right into 12 x 0.1 miles-- always starting at for example 3.73 miles increasing it to the pace and staying there til 3.85 miles so it is exactly 0.1 miles at pace.  All at 1 % incline.  First four at 10 mph (6:00), second four at 10.1 (5:56) mph, next two at 10.2 (5:52) mph, then 1 x 10.3 (5:49)  and 1 x 10.4 (5:46).  Recovery pace at 8:34 (7.0).  Then got off got a drink and stretched briefly.  Then did 3 x 1 mile.  6:22, 6:22 and 6:13 to 6:14 (6:22 for 2.5 lap, then 6:15 for 1 lap then upped to 6:00 pace for half lap).  All at 0.5% incline.  Recovery pace for last 1.75 miles at 8:20 to 8:27 miles.  Total 10 miles.  Brooke sice for her important soccer game but played about 20 minutes.  Tough game with a no calling ref.  Won 1 to 0 against a team not score on yet this season . : D.  Jenna scored!!!

Legs felt nice amd loose first time all summer...well after initial walk like a mummy after first waking. So first mile 8:38. Usually over nine. Felt really good but fatigue in breathing came at mile three....brooke has been sick for five days going on six with high fever and i have felt nauseated and like i am fighting off getting it. Metal like taste in mouth. Not good when i am still fightong off stuff. Ap 8:06. Last mile 7:39. Windy. Cool out. Fall is here.

No garmin. Guestimate as i know where first two mile point is. Ap 8:25. Teaching skills day. So tired. Was not tired during run. Took 1 pain pill last night to fall asleep...so probably residual tiredness. Oh and a melatonin cherry juice concentrate. Double whammy.

5 easy in cool morning air. Brooke has pneumonia. Day five of missing school. Ap 8:27. No garmin. Just my five miler. I feel very weak. Orthotics picked up today. At office now. Steroid shot, i hope in heel of right foot in back just below achilles tendon.

Not sure how i did this run except that i was with jane. The great calmer. We kim, jane, lisa, and jane ran 1 mile warmup on dirt up by tibble fork reser voir then we ran 12 down canyon on timp half course and runing to kims house ending just becore her house. Stayed with jane for all miles exept last 1.6 she sped up witb kim as she took a caff gu. I was 10 seconds behind. It was 30 degrees and we could see frost on outhouse and our breath. I still wore my black skirt but wore two tops and black pull over. Oh and compression socks. Sferoid shot yesterday so fot quitetnder. Was worried but did surprisingly well. 12 @6:36 ap. With warmuo 6:41 ap. That is 20 se onds per mile faster than last year for the 12 ! (6:56 last year!) Weird. Took two caff free gus. Do not take caffeine. Ut definitely helps jane