"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

4 miles avg 7:10

10 miles, avg 7:10 pace.  I ran 2 miles to Melody's house, 6 with her, and 2 more home.  It was 32 degrees outside, which felt nice after the 20's of the last two weeks.

6 miles avg 7:02 pace.  My son's recovery from his tonsillectomy has been rough.  The first two nights he woke up crying and in pain and had a hard time going back to sleep, so Sat, Sun, Mon I set an alarm and got up every three hours to give him medicine.  Five days of poor sleep was wearing on me.  Then Tuesday night not only did I have to deal with the tonsil pain, but both my son's threw-up in the night! 

Last night hoping he would be feeling better I tried to wait longer to give him medicine so I would only have to get up twice instead of three times and we had more crying episodes.  He's 8 and it's like he's only half awake and delerious in the night.  He opened the bathroom cupboard to pee and after I directed him toward the toilet he shot it way too high!

Last night wasn't much better.  I went back to setting the alarm every three hours to give my son medicine, midnight and 3 a.m. went fine.  Then he came down at 4:30 a.m. crying saying his throat hurt.  I had him gargle salt water and he came into our bed.  He went right to sleep, but after 30 minutes of laying there awake I went to the couch.  My house is much more noisy in the family room, the fridge makes noise off and on and so does the heater.  It reminded me of trying to sleep at my brother-in-laws house in St. George before the marathon.  I should have gotten in my son's bed or in bed with my daughter. 

If I was going to run I needed to do it early today.  But I was so tired early and there is no chance for a nap with the kids Christmas parties I'm helping out with at school.  I'm just hoping I can keep up with Melanie B tomorrow morning on our 15 mile run.  I'm also hoping I can sleep better tonight.

15 miles avg 7:06 pace with Melanie, Kim and Jane up Provo Canyon. We made it almost to Bridal Veil before the trail had snow. Not wanting to carry the gatorade we left at mile 4 and the jackets we dropped at mile 2 for so many miles we decided to run down the canyon and back up again to get the distance we wanted.

It was so cold that we all had difficulty talking because our mouths felt like we'd been to the dentist. On our way up the canyon for the second time I thought it was a good thing I had friends to run with or there would be no point to this run. So I guess the point must be to have fun but at that point I was having some doubts about the "fun" lasting for 15 miles.

I think we turned a corner with my son's recovery. My husband got up to give him medicine in the night last night, so I slept a little better. Still woke up, but didn't have to get up. Later this morning was the first time his medication wore off and he wasn't immediately asking for more. Yea! I think we may not have to get up tonight!