Here we go again~

Monday morning..... what it is about Mondays??  Sometimes on Monday I feel rested, refreshed ready to take on a new week, a new task, a new achievement.  Other times, I feel tired, exhausted, ready to do none of the above.  So, for this Monday I felt................ the later of the two, tired and exhausted.  I don't know why but I just had a hard time getting up and going this morning.  Maybe it is because I averaged about 5 hours of sleep both Friday and Saturday night,.....hmmmmm, yeah, maybe that had something to do with it!?!

Okay, enough belly aching.  I met JaNae at 6:00 and we did a quick 4 mile run around the river bottoms and ball park area.  There we a lot of people out this morning and we passed Michelle L while we were out.  It was dark though so I am  not sure she realized that it was me, so, Hey Michelle!! Actually it was probably because she zipped past us so fast that we hardly even saw her, that was really the case (speedy woman).  After I was done I felt really good though and was glad that we had gone out (thanks JaNae).  

Avg. pace 8:45  

I did it!! I ran today!!  It is now 10:20pm and I just walked in the door from running but never the less, I ran.  This morning, I was supposed to go with Heidi but I woke up with a soar throat and decided it was my bodies polite way of telling me to sleep in (at least that is what I told myself my body was telling me).  So I slept in (sin #1) hoping that I would go later tonight.  Then, I went to work and committed sin #2, I ate a chocolate donut (yes, Kelli, I know you have already forgiven me for this), not to mention a few little candy caramels ( i don't know what was with me today).  Then I worked late, ran to piano lessons, then came home had a quick bite to eat (pizza, of all healthy things, but Tyler made it so I appreciated that).  Then ran out the door to Young Women's, then walked in the door at about 8:45 giving me enough time to say goodnight to the little ones, visit with Ty for a minute and then JaNae came over to meet me for our run.  So, we walk outside at about 9:30 and just as we walk outside, it starts to rain.  I sit for a minute thinking, is this a sign that I should not go running......... then guess what popped into my head?  Donut, pizza, etc...... you NEED to go running.  So, despite the rain, the wind and the time of night, we did, we ran.   And, the best part is that I felt GRRREAATTTT!!!(imagine the Wheeties Tiger saying that when you read that part).  I don't know if it was the sheer knowledge of knowing I had an extra 1000 calories to burn, my new shoes (thanks for the re-lace Ty), the company, or the rain?  I think it was a combination of all the above.  Now, I am going to go shower and maybe get some reading in to calm me down so that I can get to sleep to meet JaNae again in the morning.   Night.  

Avg pace: 8:33 

JaNae and I met again this morning (after our wet and wicked run last night :)) for another morning run.  I have to be honest, it was much easier for me to run last night then it was this morning which is usually the exact opposite of how things work for me, weird.  We ran the same loop as Monday only backwards this time (and with a little pit stop in between).  We got a little rain this morning as well but no where near what it was like last night.  It was a good start to a Wednesday and good to get out on Wednesday (since my husband is still in recovery, I am trying to take advantage of the rare occasions this week). 

Avg Pace: 8:43 

So, three good things about today:

1. I Did NOT have a chocolate donut

2. I accomplished my visiting teaching for the month

3. I got to go running again with my husband for the week, wow am I lucky or what?

There were many other good things today, such as waking up to a beautiful day, had a good day at work today, getting past the 7 year anniversary of September 11th, and tonight Tyler had a ball game and so he took the two older boys with him and I got to have a solid hour and a half with my baby all to myself. Good day today!

So, tonight we had a girl from the ward (thanks Lexi) come and sit with the boys (who were all in bed asleep) so that we could go for a run. I have to take advantage of these last few and ever so precious days of recovery for Tyler. So we left our house at 9:00 and ran "the 5 mile square." This is the same coarse I did the other night in the rain, however much more enjoyable this time because there was a full moon so the road was more lit and there was no rain. I felt really good tonight and we managed to keep a good pace.

Avg Pace:  7:59 

I am on my 4th day solid of running this week and have plans to go tomorrow morning and then again on Saturday so Yes, I am prematurely going to pat myself on the back for going 6 straight days in a row of running for the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY!! I figure if I am going to be on this blog, I have to step it up a notch so I am trying. Now it's time for shower and sleep. Night~

Man, it must be the week for the "5 mile square", but it's a good one and so I will keep at it.  Why is it that Pre-FRB, I would have felt amazing knowing that I had run 5 miles a day but now Post-FRB, I feel so lazy, whimpy and inadequate only running 4-5 miles a day.  OH, I know why!!  Because there are people like Michelle, Kim, Kelli, Marion, Tom, Tyler, etc. who are running 10 miles a day, and also biking and doing yoga, What the heck!??!?! How in the heck!?!?!  Not fair!! (yes, I am now laying on the ground kicking and screaming).  HA HA, just kidding, I am proud of all of you, for real!!

 I met up with Heidi C this morning (thanks for getting me out Heidi) for a nice little 5 mile run.  Because I sat up blogging until mid-night last night, I had a rather hard time getting out of bed and getting my body to move but by about 3 miles in, I was feeling much better.  Heidi is such a sweet heart and so much fun to run with, I always enjoy our visits.  Now I am at work wishing I was out running again.  But John Mayer rockin on my i pod is keeping me content, I love the man!!  Looking forward to our long Saturday run tomorrow and then a day of rest, yeah!! 

Avg Pace: 8:45

Wahoo!!! I did it!! I ran 6 days this week!!  I am now officially celebrating!!! 

Today was a great run and coarse for a long mile training run.  We (Tyler and I) met up with Michelle, Josie, JaNae and Kyle at the Mapleton part before loading up and driving to the 7 mile marker from the Hobblecreek Half.  We then ran up to the start line of the half marathon coarse and all the way out, giving us a total of 20 miles.  My watch was not working too well on the way up so I have no idea what pace we averages (Tyler estimates about a 9:25) then we had a quick little break up top before hitting the down hill.  Tyler, Michelle and Josie (aka "The Speedsters"), took off before I even had a chance to say goodbye and so I hung with JaNae and Kyle for a couple miles before taking off to do my own thing.  I stopped a few time and forgot to stop my watch so according to the watch, it showes an average pace of 8:02, but I think I was really more around 7:45-7:55 while running.  When all was said and done, I was only a minute later then when I finished the Hobble Creek half, so I felt really good about that.  Now we get to start tapering so I am prety excited for that!! 

Thanks again to all for a great day of running and helping me get in 6 full days this week for the first time ever!!!   Good Week!!!

Oh, P.S. If  any of you get a chance, check out Michelle's post.  If you read it very carefully there is a part that talks about her having a hard time keeping up with me, really!!!  I am not lying :D, just thought you would all like to know that, ha ha ha~