Here we go again~

Man, I am a slacker!! I hate to admit this but I actually had to be woken up today at 7:30, by the doorbell, to get up for running.  Is that sad??  Tyler took the early shift and didn't set the alarm for me to get up assuming I would wake up on time to meet up at 7:30.  But, I didn't so the doorbell was my alarm this morning.  Then, I was rushing through the house trying to get things together to run out the door that I got shaky, you know what I mean by that?  Anyway, I met up with the Heidi's and we went 5 mile square route with the Pretty little road add on. It was so fun running with these girls, I just love them!! I learn so much from them! They are great people.  There were some major snow drifts on the road and some parts we had to stop and walk because the road was covered with a shin sheet of ice, but all in all, it was a good run. I am just darn excited for Spring, that is all I have to say!!  I was proud at our overall pace considering the slow spots through snow and even walking is some areas too!  Now, I am off to get ready for the day, get my house cleaned and to find something to do with the kids!!

 Avg. Pace: 8:53

Early morning spin class with Tiffany again. I don't know why this is killing me lately, but.........it is!!  It is always nice to get done though and know that you have gotten in a good workout for the day.  Too bad I always have to blow it by eating like crap the rest of the day, Darn it!!!

Okay, okay, confession is coming:

I don't know why I try to convince myself that I am a morning person.  This comes as a surprise to many I am sure.  I am the girl who could sleep in until 2:00 in the afternoon when I was a teenager.  I have tried to convince myself  when getting up early, that I feel better during the day; or that I get more done during the wee hours of the morning, or that getting up early makes me entire day just roll better, but......... I have to admit (here comes the confession part)that I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON (do you think this may be genetic?).  There are days that I feel it is more painful to get out of bed than it is to give birth.  Why is this? (if only I could have an epidural when waking up in the morning).  Why can I not just hop out of my bed and get going for the day?  Today I literally moped around for a good 10 minutes before I felt like I was waking up.  It literally took me splashing freezing cold water in my face to wake me up.   Okay okay, enough from me, I know...............but if anyone has any simple remedies, could you please let me know?  In any event, I did get up, and Heidi W and I had an intense session of strength training.  Heidi had a new video that I had not done before and lets just say that my arms are still fatigued and shaking from it.  WOW!! I am going to be sore tomorrow.  It was a good way to get my day started and I always love working out with Heidi, I just wish it was easier to get out of bed.  Or, that it were possible to start my day at 10:00am instead, maybe some day or in my dreams................. oh,  my dreams (is it time for bed yet?) !!!

5 mile square Baby!!!!  Heidi and I met up this morning for a little run.  It was good to get up and going for the day (painful again, but good).  I always love talking to Heidi (she probably feels like it's too much sometimes)!!! My sciatic is still bothering me but it wasn't too bad this morning and has felt good for the rest of the day so I am counting my blessings :) 

Avg. Pace: 8:28

Okay, so this was officially the longest run I have gone on since the Marathon in October, can you believe that??  I have to admit that I was a little scared to go and there were several times during the run that I wanted to stop but, BOY IS IT NICE TO KNOW THAT I GOT 15 MILES UNDER MY BELT TODAY!!! YEAH!!!   A big thanks to Mac and Sue for hanging in there with me and pulling me along. I am really sorry that I held you guys back but do appreciate you letting me run with you today, thank you!!  We met up and ran out around the golf course, then out into Leland area.  There were some pretty brutal/fierce winds out around the golf course but after we got past that area, it was a beautiful morning. It is nice that it's starting to warm up a little bit.  It was about 27 degrees when we started and 32 when we finished, NICE!!  I have got to find a way to get this sciatic feeling better.  Hopefully it just corrects itself here soon, what do you think the chances are?? 

Now it's off to a busy Saturday! We have a baby shower and are going to the Draper Temple open house so I am excited for that!!  Have a great weekend everyone!

Splits: 8:12, 8:26, 8:36, 8:31, 8:10, 7:56, 8:06, 7:52, 8:08, 8:09, 8:18, 8:14, 8:20, 8:24, 8:13