Believe to Achieve

Ran with Brenda up 1100 north to discovery park to farm rd to my 800 run.  Thought it would be real cold but surprisingly comfortable.  Enjoyed my first run with Brenda.  She is just getting back into running after kids etc... Avg pace: 9:30.  The calm before the storm... like Saturday am run before the cold winds.

Am I the only one that went out in the snow today? Call me nuts but I LOVE to run went it is snowing.  The drivers out there are another story.  I just move from one lane to the next to give me all the room in the world away from passing cars.  It is a system I have of conquering the scary drivers who still try to text and talk on their cell phones just after pulling out in the white stuff.  Wow they are talented.  Hope they don't hit a crazy runner.  Amazed I was even able to go at an average pace of 8:56.  Slick roads, couldn't push the pace EVER.   Cause when you do, SLIP.  I slipped about three to four times  (just the feet)  and one big slip on a downhill.  Good old left knee took the hit again.  Ran it out and convinced my knee it was Okay to keep going. So I continued on another four miles.  This definitely is an adrenaline rush run with the dodging of cars and careful footing.  I need to take the advice in the Runners World and screw in some screws in the bottom of my sneakers for traction.  My 80s music really kept me going!!!  Time to go Skiing. 

Treadmill time.... to slippery and snowy outside. Called Brenda and she was nice to let me use her treadmill since I work tonite and won't plan on running tomorrow like yesterday after Tuesdays night shift. Fun treadmill. It had a bounce to it that made it easier on my joints. Left knee and IT band acting up due to fall on Tuesday. Hope it doesn't last long. Pace avg. 8:45. Last mile 7:30. Also did five minute cool down. Ran just after lunch so felt winded with the food in there. C'est la vie.

Running in a Winter Wonder Land... in the Winter you can ....So Pleasant Grove, and Cedar Hills needs some help with the plowing and the shoveling.  But I did manage 10 miles in this terrain (three with my down-hearted husband who headed home to make just under 5) I felt the need for a loong run since I work the next three night shifts in a row.  Yeah that's right, down right not good for runnig.  Avg pace 8:57.  Was at a slow pace with my exhausted hubby but made it up in the next 7.