Let's do this!

Ran 2 miles up the river trail. Oh my, the river trail is so beautiful right now. So beautiful. Amazing. Anyway, then 2 miles back down. About a quarter mile from home a dog came after me, and I hosed it with my pepper spray. It turned around and ran. I felt kind of bad, but it was not stopping and snarling its teeth at me. I let it get about 3 ft from me before I sprayed him. I don't like doing that, but I had no choice. I am not going to let myself get bit. ahhh well. 

Look at the Trail!!!!!!!!!! 

35 min ellitpical hell. 

Ran 5.25 miles, progression. 6:30 picks ups for the last 15 ish minutes. Forgot to mention this in yesterdays post, but I feel like I've had fitness gains. My avg pace is dropping and feels easier. I feel good about this.Also, see yesterdays entry for pictures of my river trail. So pretty! 

I forgot to mention the family that was in their garage across the street yesterday morning, as I hosed down the dog with my pepper spray. They were all stopped dead in their tracks staring at me and the dog. Like zombies. Thanks for nothing, I could have used some help.  

I had a great early morning run with Jun a.k.a. Craigolas. We ran the BST in Draper. (Ann's trail) Running that trail in the dark was a little spooky. Just in time for Halloween I guess. The bigger moon looked spectacular. We kept our pace mellow,mostly chatting away and tripping on rocks. The more we talked, the more we tripped. I had a blast. Going to try and run it in the midday later this week. That trail is really fun and beautifully covered in leaves. Love fall runs! Thanks Jun! 

Not that Anns trail is steep vert running, but I am sooooo not used to even the little bit of hilliness to it. My calves are a little sore. So I gave my legs a less strenuous workout today and elliptical helled my life away for an hour and 10 minutes. Torture. Can't wait to run outside tomorrow. 

Weights?? Do I do that anymore?  

6 on the dreadmill. I don't know what happened. I woke up from my sugar coma with a Halloween hangover. I could not wake up. I found myself at the gym on a dreadmill instead of running outside! lol

30 minutes on the elliptical after just for good measure. I was sweaty. But so was Rachelle. Chicks can be sweaty, it's all good. 

Ran 2. today. Not much, but this was all speed on/offs. They feel way easier now than they did 5-6 weeks ago. Fitness is gaining. Oxygen is taken in easier. Turnovers are smoother. I feel strong.

 Thought I would share how I am feeling since having my hormones tested. I went on armour thyroid In August, testosterone, progesterone, DHEA and Vitamin D3. I cannot begin to try to explain in words how much better I feel now. I later found out that my adrenals were fatigued as well from taking smaller doses of caffeine everyday before workouts. Not a good idea, so if you do this, think about the damage you could be causing your adrenal glands. The lack of running, and more resting that I did this summer helped heal my adrenals.Anyway, I don't feel tired all day anymore. I feel strong when I run. Something that was missing this last spring.I knoew something was up! But I feel like I will only progress from here on out. I have only run 2 marathons, barely dabbling in  this distance. I'm a marathon rookie and have only begin to scratch the surface of what I know my body is capable of doing. I need to dig deep and find the next gears. It takes courage because those gears are going to be a lot of work..

I'm running 8-9 miles tomorrow outside. If anyone wants to join I am up for it. 

Waited until about 10:45 this morning before I got out to run. It was beautiful as usual.

Ran 7. The goal I had was to keep all miles under 7:40 and I did. Most splits were 7:32 or 7:23. Kind of weird.