Here we go again~

Monday is traditionally my day to run (based on the schedule that Tyler and I try to stay on) but I am still a little sore today from the half marathon on Saturday (okay, maybe a lot sore) so i decided to by pass my run this morning so that Ty could go and I could get some rest.  However, I decided to go out tonight for just a few quick miles to losen up my legs and see how I felt.  It was okay, but it is just never as easy to run at night after working all day, eating dinner, getting kids to bed, etc.  However, it was still nice to get out regardless and I actually felt pretty good and I think I will be practically recovered by tomorrow.  I just did 3 quick miles. 

1st mile : 8:44

2nd mile: 8:17

3rd mile: 7:55

Avg pace 8:20

Now, don't any of you go getting jealous on how awesome I am (especially you Ty) :).  But that is what this blog is going to help me with, getting faster!!!!   Nighty nighty now. 

This morning I needed someone to run with (again, this is where my social running addiction comes into play) so I called my neighbor Heidi and asked her if she could go.  She just started running within the last year and suffers from asthma so I have been so impressed with her ablitlies, her dedication and perseverance with running, Way to go Heidi!!  To give you all an idea of how great Heidi is doing (along with so many others who are just entering the running phase of their lives) let me share an example.  When I started running several years ago, I was fine with the fact that I was a slow runner.  I averaged a 10 minute mile most of the time and was again, just fine with that.  However, within the last year or so (mainly because my husband is now obsessed with running and good at it, so I have to  make him proud) I have tried to increase my speed and my overall abilities with running.  I remember my first 10K came in at about 1:5 (an hour and 5 minutes), my first half marathon was at 2:11 which I felt great about.  Well Heidi (and my other neighbor who I run with also named Heidi), they decide to start running and on their first 5K race, pop out a 25 minute time, NOT FAIR!!  No, in all honesty, I am so happy for them and proud of them at the same time.  It is my own fault that I have not tested my own boundaries up until now and allowed myself the potential to increase my speed.  So, moral of my story is that it is good to have others to run with and inspire me to push myself to new limits.  With that being said, we had a nice run this morning allowing ourselves the breath to talk about mothering, work, neighborhood news, etc.  It was a great start to a beautiful day~

Avg. pave 8:45

Here's to a happy Tuesday! 

Well my family and I decided to take one last "hoorah" before school starts. So, on Wednesday so we came down to St. George for some needed Family time and relaxation.  We have had a great time so far and I feel have accomplished our initial goal (at least the relaxation part).  We got down here Thursday morning and so Friday morning I got up and went and swam some laps at the pool (something I have not done for several years). It felt so good to swim and to have a little quiet time.  Then Saturday my friend JaNae (who also ventured to George this weekend) and I decided to go run part of the marathon course.  However, it was a day of blunders.  I met JaNae at the base of the mountain and then we drove up together so that we would have a car up top and at the bottom.  First we start driving up the canyon so I re-set my trip gage (knowing that we wanted to go 10 miles) so that we would know where to start.  Well we are driving along and come to the first place to drop water (thinking it was about 3 miles from the finish) so we stop and drop water and keep going on our way.  Well after another little while, I look down to see how far we have gone and I notice that for some reason (I am sure it had nothing to do with user error) my car was registering Kilometers rather than miles (so yes what we originally thought was 3 miles from the finish was really only like a mile, ha ha).  Anyway, we figure things out, re-set another area of the car to keep track of the miles and head up the road.  We stop at 10 miles up, get out and start running.  It is so beautiful in St. George, there is so much scenery and at so much variety.  There were a ton of runners out along the coarse getting ready for the big day.  We felt pretty good and were trucking along, when we come to 5.3 miles down and JaNae stops suddenly in her tracks and with a large gasp says "Friend (what we call each other), I forgot my key in your car." ..........Yes, that would be my car, the one back up the mountain 5.3 miles.  So, we sit there for a minute and of coarse were like "what other option do we have but to turn around and go back up the mountain?", so we did.  Needless to say, now the sun was coming up, it was a little hotter, we are not used to running hills (let a lone a straight 5 miles worth) and so we struggled a little.  We walked, and ran, and walked and ran, etc until we got back to the car.  We got a little more than we bargained for but all in all, we were in St. George, we were up and out in the morning, we were two friends out running and it was great.  Avg. Pace............ brace yourselves you are going to be impressed 10:27, WAHOOO!!

PS.  Does anyone have any advice for me regarding a small issue.  The last few times I have run, I have a pain in the side of my ankle.  You know that bone on the side of your ankle (the one like a little ball on the side of your foot, don't laugh at me, I am not medically educated), that is where it hurts.  It almost feels like a dense pain deep inside and almost feels like a stress situation.  If anyone has had a similar pain or knows what I can do about it, would you please let me know. Thanks so much!!!