Patience; the new endurance sport.

It was cold and rainy this morning but by the time I got out to run at lunchtime, it was balmy, and green and fragrant.  Only problem is I had to run back and forth on a 2 mile segment of the trail for 6 miles because of the construction.  They had it open on Saturday for the Provo City Half--but closed it right up again.  I hate that bridge.  I hate Provo City for wanting to bring more traffic to the airport.  I hate a lot of things right now. However, the running part of my day was fabulous.  AP 9:03

I love lower temperatures for running.  But after yesterday's balmy, sunny afternoon; the wind and sleet and grey of today made me just want to stay in bed.  I had a hard time of it. My energy level was really low, my hams felt sore in the cold, and I hated getting pelted in the face by hail (?).  Or whatever hard snowflakes are called.  After I got the kids off to school I took a really warm bath, fell asleep, and then woke up, already half hour late for work (still in the tub).  Maybe one of these times I'll just drown in the tub like they keep promising.  Falling asleep in a warm bathtup sounds like a fine way to go.  Except that I would feel kind of bad for my cat, who likes to sit at the edge of the tub and wait because she  knows I'm going to feed her as soon as I'm done.  I'm working on becoming one of those sad old women who have a lot of cats.  Wonder why I'm so tired?  I have been really tired for about 2 months.

....still cold and cranky. I couldn't run until the end of the day. But it was nice to run in the late sunlight. 

My hamstrings are absolutley a mess in this cold.  I've done lots of extra stretching, but I feel like they are made of glass.  I had so much energy last week.  I thought I'd escaped the post-marathon blues.  I know it takes me at least 4 weeks to fully recover.  I couldn't sprint right now if my life depended on it.

I ran with Josse and Ericka up on the Bonneville Shoreline trail.  So fun. It was windy and miserable getting up that hill at first, but once on the trail, protected by the mountain--the hillsides and the valley floor were bright green, the air was clear and clean, the lake was mirror blue, the sky was wide and brigh, and the mountain tops still capped with snow.  It took my breath away to look over the valley surrounded by the arms of our mountains.  Even as I sit here writing this my minds eye is still on top of the mountain.  I love when Josse takes me up there.  Gorgeous.  What  great way to start my morning. 

I had the pleasure of running with Ericka and Catherine this morning.  We did 8.5 together/ap 9:13.  Then Josse joined us for some more miles.  I could only hack 4 more.  I was really tired today and maybe dehydrated because it was warm.  I haven't had enough water (or anything healthy).  I've been lazy since Boston (what was that like a month ago...I love excuses).  But I was a little nauseous and had to ask Ericka for some of her drink.   She and Josse went on to run some more miles without me.  Josse and Catherine are both running Ogden and Ericka and I are trying to find a way to sneak in and run the course for fun.  Maybe I can find someone (like my uncle in Liberty) to drive us to the start.  We'll see.