Here we go again~

Nice, 5 mile square with the Heidi's this morning!! Wow, it was a beautiful morning, I didn't even need a jacket.  I still had some sore muscles due to Saturday but all in all I felt really good!! Finished it up with a little jump rope.  

Avg. Pace: 8:42

Phew............ I did it!! I actually woke up by myself and exercised in my basement by "myself" this morning, who knew the possibilities :)? Tyler left at 4:30 to go turkey hunting so I couldn't run, but that was okay because I wanted to do some strength training anyway.  I did level 3 of the Shred again today.  It felt a little easier, but is still a killer workout.  I would like to try and do it once a week if possible.  I think it will really help with strength and toning.  Then I did 20 minutes of aerobic yoga.  It is a very interesting movie, but is basically breathing and stretching but it is classified as no impact aerobics because you are basically standing in place and moving and breathing your so your heart race goes up but it works your muscles at the same time.  One of those movies you want to do by yourself when no one else is around to laugh at you, but I liked it :) ha ha.

5 mile square this morning with the Heidi's again. I am not sure why, but I felt really sluggish this morning, really sluggish!!  I didn't eat much more then some crackers after 6:00 last night so maybe I didn't have the "usual" (un-healthy dinner, etc) fuel in my body to run off.   All I know is it's mornings like today that make you grateful for the mornings that you feel good!!I guess sometimes you just have to take the bitter with the sweet! We finished up with some jump roping.  I just did 150 today instead of 200 because I was still struggling with the energy and I needed to get the morning started!   As a side note, it's always awesome waking up and seeing the Heidi's first thing in the morning!! I love running with these girls so Thanks Ladies!

Avg. Pace 8:37

In St. George for family vacation.  Just did 20 quick minutes of swimming laps in attempt to exercise while playing with the kids in the pool at the same time.  Hey, it was better then nothing and actually got my heart rate up, for 20 quick minutes anyway!

I am guesstimating my mileage today because we are in St. George and silly me forgot my watch, so.................................. 

We decided to take a long weekend and spend time with the kids for a family vacation.  Because we have our house in St. George we thought it best to make the most of it.  And, because we are considering this our Family vacation for the year. neither Tyler or I wanted to be selfish with running so we are each taking a day to run.  Tyler got up and went yesterday so today was  my day to run.  I really wanted to sleep in a little bit but Tyler threatened that if I didn't get up and go, that he was going to go in my place, so, I had to get up early and go.  But, I am so glad that I did.  It was an incredible morning down here. The weather was perfect.  The sky was a little overcast which was great considering the heat factor down here.  I ran down a route that Tyler told me about that we estimated to be about 10 miles.  Given the time that it took me, I assume it was at least that.  It was just me and my ipod today and it was quit relaxing and nice.  I am not sure of my pace but know that it wasn't fast by any mean.  And lately,  I am finding that I don't really get into my groove with running until almost 4-5 miles, which is weird.  It makes those first few miles hard to push through, but sure makes you appreciate when you get into that zone.  I followed up my run with a few lunges, some push ups and a little ab work.  A great start to a wonderful weekend down in St. George.