Here we go again~

Late posting but Hey, I got out so I HAVE TO POST IT!  I met up with Heidi W for a quick mile before then meeting up with Heidi C to join us for the last 3.5.  Heidi was nice to meet me early because Tyler had to get to work and so I had a curfew.  So, after I finished up, the Heidis kept on going.  It was a great morning, cold, but great!  And above all else, SO NICE TO RUN.  It was actually the first time that I felt really good running since the marathon, so we are making improvements.  Great way to start a day.

Avg. Pace: 8:50

Yea, a run I am excited to post.  So, I met up with Michelle this morning for the first time to run (exclusive I mean).  I  just had an hour and she wanted to go 10 miles, so she agreed to run with me while I could go and then finish up solo after I had to head home.  We started on the 5 mile square route and then added on some additional mileage at the end.  I have come to love this little route but more than anything really enjoyed running with Michelle.  I have to admit that I was a little nervous and even had a hard time sleeping in anticipation for this morning.  When I left I said to Tyler "Wish me luck, I will need it", he replied with "you will do great, just let her set the pace and go with it".  This is the wonderful thing about Michelle, she never once even mentioned the pace or that it was slow, fast, etc.  She just rolled along without even looking at our pace, THANK YOU MICHELLE!  I probably talked her ear off but it was great to get to know her better and to learn from her amazing abilities with running.  When we hit about 6 miles, we ran into McKenzie and so she ran the my last little leg with me before I had to head for home, and they kept going.  That was the first time I have run with McKenzie as well so all in all, it was a great morning with a little change that I really enjoyed!  Thanks again Michelle for working that out with me and allowing me to run with you, I would love any opportunity to run with you again so keep me posted on your weekly schedule.  The best part about this morning is that I FELT GREAT!!  I have struggled since the marathon to get my body to move and to feel good while running, but today, I felt great and regained some of my confidence.  My brother just flew in from GA for the weekend so we are heading back down to St. George tonight for a little family weekend.  My brother and I are going to do a long run on Saturday on the marathon course that I am really looking forward to, more so after today.  Hope you all have a great Thursday! 

Splits: 8:39, 8:23, 8:47, 8:08, 8:20, 8:13, 8:02(last .8) = Avg. Pace 8:22

So, we came down to St. George with intents to rest today and run a 15 miler tomorrow.  However, we got down here and decided to run Friday instead so that I could let me poor, under privelaged husband (who has been hunting for the last 5 days and unable to run) run on Saturday instead :).  No really, my brother is in town and I know that he and Ty are about the same pace so it made more sense to allow them to run together for the long run.  So, me and Mikey ran out from the house, found a little trail to run on for a bit and then came back. I had to get back to the kids from my mom and so Mikey kept going an additional 4 miles (getting him up to 10).  I felt really good and pretty much decided that if I could run in St. George every day at these temperatures for the rest of my life, I would be totally fine with that.

Splits: 7:52 (went out a little too fast),  8:35, 8:21, 8:17, 7:56, 8:02. 

What a great thing to be able to do with my brother.  It was a lot of fun!