Running in the Rockies

I just realized that I haven't run a single Monday this entire month!!! What a slacker! I must really hate Mondays more than I consciously realize. ;o)

Different route today - again. But it wasn't a great route because there were parts when there was no sidewalk and the snow is melting. Yup, that's right . . . the SNOW!!! On Saturday the temperatures got up in the 70's and we woke up on Sunday morning to a couple inches of snow. Love Colorado! (crazy place) :)

Thanks, everyone, for your support in my first race. It was fun and I learned quite a lot about myself and how I race. I've been figuring that I actually could've given more at the very end. So, today when I got to the end of my run and my body was trying to tell me to walk, I kicked it up and sprinted home!!!

Orthopedist today said the cartilage (sp?) in my hips is great. It's not my IT band of bursitis. There's a small cyst on the inside of my hip joint that he's not terrible worried about in itself, but he wants an MRI to make sure there's nothing causing it. He also gave me a script for PT. Happy days (except the thought of sitting in a noisy MRI machine for 1/2 an hour!!! I keep thinking about it and getting shivers!)

Great, great run!!!! I was able - for the first time - to run WITHOUT WALKING at all!!!!! I am so happy! After I pushed past the first urge to walk, I made it to a mile and kept thinkin, "Hey, I'm not dying; I can go further." And then, I became determined not to walk until after 2 miles. And then, I figured I might as well make it all the way home! I even kicked it up a notch on the last bit. My splits were:

1 - 11:21

2 - 12:14

.25 - 10:32

Ave - 11:39

I didn't mean to go fast, but that's actually faster than my 5K race average! Maybe it's because I had such a lazy day reading Twilight ... the whole day (ooops). That book is so addicting! I read the whole thing in less than 24 hours and its 500 pages!!! Crazy. I want to start the next book (New Moon), but I think my children need to see my face for a few days without having to peak over a book. lol

What a crazy day!! I ran this afternoon, but haven't had a moment to log it until now (10 p.m.). We had our ward Halloween party tonight and I only had 2 of our 5 costumes done. It was kind of fun, I have to admit. This year I actually did a theme for our costumes: my husband and I were convicts, Cami was a police officer, and the babies were money bags. It turned out cute. But the party was too late for my little ones. Audrey was beside herself by the time we got home; and Hayley wasn't far behind her!! Cami was still feeling sick today, so I'm amazed she did as well as she did at the ward party. The kitchen and house are finally put back together again and I can relax. . .

Today's run was a bit of a bummer. I forgot to turn off my iPod the other day, so it was dead; and I didn't realize how much having music was a great distraction for me until I was struggling to keep from walking and finally succombed. Bummer. Also, my left knee bothered me more on my second mile. The orthopedist could tell just be feeling my knees, that my left knee was weaker. Guess I better work on that, huh?