Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't

Met up with JaNae and Shelly today.  They only went a few miles so most of my run was solo and with my doggy.  But it was great!  Feeling fabulous after the long downhill run on Saturday!  I hope I can stay feeling great as we approach the final weeks until SGM!

Today I followed Tom's lead in getting some uphill practice in again.  We have been getting lots of downhill in but thought we better brush up on the uphill skills again.  We waited until the kids were in school thinking we would get a bit of heat training in also.

When we first started it was still a bit chilly and we didn't think we would get any heat training but it changed and we did.  I did 6 long hill repeats.  Not fast up and not fast down....just did them.  The legs feel good but the lungs were tired.  

Finished up with Rui.

Thank you to Tom and Chad for helping this be an awesome downhill run!  And thanks to Tom for helping me be able to fit everything I need to do in this morning!  

About 9 or 10 of us met for our weekly Payson Canyon run.  I ran with Tom and Chad the first 4 miles at about a 6:45 pace.  At the Takasaki water spout we got a nice cold drink from mother earth.  Tom took off fast again and Chad and I took it a bit slower the rest of the way.  The pace for the last 4 miles was about 7:25.

I took yesterday off between my faster downhill Thursday run and today's long run. 

Last night I took my girls to see Shrek, The Musical in Payson.  It was so good and we had a fun time!  However I didn't get home and into bed until almost midnight.  That 4:30 am alarm was going to come much too soon!  I was able to get to sleep good and sleep well without interuption so that was nice.

I woke up with my back hurting.  It hasn't hurt for awhile.  Yesterday I did several things that I usually try to avoid, (weeding, carrying heavy things, leaning over to paint and sitting at the play without getting up and stretching).  It bothered me a bit here and there throughout the run but not enough to ruin things. 

I was the only she-male in the group yet again.....luckily all the guys treat me well and accept me and help me out!  I did most of my running with the 2 Daves, but spent some time with others including Pat and Kent.  I told them that I needed to write that in my journal that I ran about 3 miles with them.  :o)

Grateful once again to Hal (and also to Pat this time) for making sure we had fluid along the course!  Dave H was also good to keep my hydrated with his pack.  

Glad to have another 20 miler done.  I just look forward to running a marathon with a taper in front of it.  These past few weeks have been some of my highest milage weeks.  In fact, I'm pretty sure I have never hit a 200 mile month and I think I got it up to just over 200 this month.  I am looking forward to a bit of a rest week next week.