Believe to Achieve

8:10 ap *red nikes, easy pace run in the fall , leaves all around.  first mile over 9ish pace. super windy but surprisingly warm. Troy was on his way out when I got back. He was all bundled.  Tried to tell him.  He was bracing himself for the wind but it was a pleasant wind. ran without garmin.  course tool and stop watch.  halloween train tonight  : D  family home evening fun.

okay,,, course tool runs are funny...I always think I ran shorter.  apparently running here and there and not knowing really how far, except when I run a loop I know some of the miles but most today I did not.  I ran all over the place up and down many streets by me looking at decorations and feeling the leaves at my feet and loving the NO pain running.  Oh don't get me wrong my PF likes to remind me it could flare if I wasn't careful BUT I am.  It is the NIKE lunarfly flyknits that are saving my feet and preventing pronation.   But honestly whole of run PAIN FREE.  I concentrated on form and push off, finally letting my right foot push off instead of a gimp foot gait.  Well, basically I thought I ran possibly 8.5 miles.  Ended up 9 even.  AP 7:56.  All felt easy, like 9 pace.  EXCEPT for the one fast mile I put in...I knew that mile so I just put it in there in case I decided to veer off another direction like I had been doing.  This mile was a rolling hill mile.  Probably 60 percent down 40 % up.  6:25 for the mile.  Now I thought I was running easy and it felt it but I suppose I better bring these easy paces in to the high 8s.  Anyone want to tame me???  btw night time sleep still horrendous.  : (((  argh. I used to fall asleep so easily.  Now I wake too often at night.  Hopefully tonight I do.  Sunday night I slept 8 hours.  It was heavenly.  Same for Saturday night.  But that was with a medication to help with sleep.  Not ambien.  NOT effective on me. I took a 1/4 of the sleep aid last night and it only worked for five hours and I awoke like I didn't sleep well. AND since  I don't want to get dependent on it ,   I am going to try the cherry juice concentrate again-- highest natural amounts of melatonin and other antioxidants.   Seems to be the right thing to try. Any other suggestions?

Halloween Sleep Deprivation Tempo Run with Mel, Kim and Jane.  Met at AF cemetery and ran north briefly through cemetery and further up alpine highway turned back onto road that Tri City golf course is on. We then ran to Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Fast from get go.  I call them my tempo runs but it is everyone else's usual pace.  Melanie still in front of us by a ways at times...like 30 seconds for majority of run.  Speedy.  I am not sleeping and have had a lot of stressful situations going on right now.  So every thing is perceived harder than usual.  But trying my best.  AP for 7.15 miles =6:56!!! (I had to run back to my house at 6.4 miles instead of going back to AF cemetery.  We left later than planned and stopped a bit at cemetery to see head stones of Kim's dad who passed away almost three years ago).  Wore stop watch and used course tool.  Hope I am awake tonight!!  So got home at 6:40 am and helped with make up and costumes.  Brooke-- Barbie from Toy story 3 , Amber a dog (we made a tu tu together) and Courtney and I went to DI last night and found her Wednesday (Addams Family) costume.  All looking rather well done up :D.

okay entry I wrote for Wednesday was meant for today.  oops.   I worked all day. Very busy.  No running.

ran more than I originally thought...5 miles.  And so that is 10 more than I originally planned waking this morning.  yup was thinking of bailing on a workout.  Walked around with Amber for over two hours last night and my pf was trying to show its ugly face.  Had Troy massage my trigger points in my calf and that seemed to put that response at bay.  Jogged this run.  One of my old 10 miler routes I haven't run in over a year...up into Lindon via Locust and up a significant hill climb back to PG in the back roads.  WENT right on by two pieces of candy --- a three musketeers mini and and a nestle crunch bar mini at two different points in my run.  Have no desire to eat candy.  Been down.  And I think my appetite is blunted.  Sleep still a factor.  Waking real early.  Think I am definitely some sort of clinical depression.  Digging my way up.  Just a lot of stress right now.  So today I plan on just focusing on the good things in my life.  AP with course tool/stop watch method of running....was 8:27.  Honestly thought I was about 8:30 to 8:40 ap so pretty close.

Work. Busy shift. Glad for daylight savings to end tonight.