Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't

Tom and I are both still feeling really good after yesterday's 20 miler.  I am just sitting here trying to figure out a way to can or bottle all the things that went into making it such a great run so I can pull it off the shelf and use it whenever I need it.   Then I could start selling it and make a fortune! 

Happy rest day for me.  Back out there tomorrow.

Here we are at the start of another week.  One thing about marathon training is the weeks seem to go really fast.  I'm not sure if that is good or bad.  The chilly fall like mornings are kind of bittersweet.  I love this time of year, I guess I just wish it would stick around longer.

Last night I was up until midnight with our cute almost 10 year old daughter, Tia.  She had a tooth that needed to come out but was just not wanting to!  It was hanging on for dear life no matter what we tried.  We were twisting and pulling and pushing.  Finally at 12:05 I had it with the needle nose pliers and gave one final twist and pull and it was finally over!  Whew!  I was glad I wasn't going to have to wake up early for today's run.  We woke up at 7:00 which was just perfect and got out just in time to see the sun poke it's pretty little head up over the top of the mountain. 

We went to the airport yesterday to pick up our cute Japanese friend, Aoi, who will be staying with us for the next week and a half.  So fun to have her here with us.  Time to enjoy the day off with family and friends! 

Hope you all have a nice Labor Day break.

Time for our Tuesday ten, up and down the streets of the city.  Into the wind on the up hill and the wind at our backs on the down hill.  Chilliest morning yet....but was ok.  I don't really look forward to it getting any colder than this, but there's not a lot I can do about it but but bundle up and enjoy each run.  Because there may come a day when I can not run...but today is not that day!  : )

As much fun as marathon training is, I think I might be happy to be done with it soon.  Today was nice, but a little hard to get going the first few miles.  The wind always plays with our heads a bit here in our windy city.  Taking a rest day tomorrow and then doing another 20 on Friday so we can help with the Spanish Fork 1/2 marathon on Saturday. 

Now I'm making a bunch of freezer jam that the family will eat way too fast! 

We had to get our long run in today because tomorrow we are helping out at the Spanish Fork 1/2 marathon.  We did the same thing as last Saturday.  This time we had my friend, Anna Lisa, with us.  It was so nice because her nice hubby woke up early to take us to the top so we didn't have to drive back up to pick up a vehicle afterwards!  Yeah Justin!  Thank you so much!

It was pretty dang dark up there in that canyon at 5:45 A.M.!  Luckily it was Friday morning so most people were going to work and there wasn't much traffic anywhere.  Loved having the trails mostly to ourselves! 

It was another enjoyable long run...I guess I won't have one this long again until the actual marathon.  Last week and this week I took and Ibuprophen at the start and then at mile 10.  I use to not like the idea of taking anything while running because I felt like it just masked the pain and made things worse by running on an injury you are not aware is happening.  But I am now believing that a little bit of IB helps keep the inflamation down.  I will plan to use some for the marathon. 

Saturday countdown to the marathon...

Tomorrow: Help at the 1/2 marathon

Next Saturday:  Celebrate 24 years with my absolutely amazing hubby!  Run a 14 - 18 miler at Fish Lake.

Saturday after that:  Run the Dirty Dash with that same cute hubby!  Can't wait...should be lots of dirty fun!

Saturday after that:  Marathon day! 

Saturday after that:  Take 'er easy!  : )

Just three today as I helped with the Spanish Fork 1/2 marathon. 

Had a busy day with that and a work meeting. 

Had a little mental breakdown today. 

Sometimes that happens. 

Trying to get my funk back. : (