Chug-along-chica!

2 miles in the morning, 2 in the evening.  Both barefoot on the treadmill.  Felt really good and perky tonight.  8:40 pace at the end.

2 miles this morning barefoot on the treadmill. Wanna know something kinda cool and kinda wierd? I stepped on (kicked, really) an open safety pin that was jammed in the carpeting and it DIDN'T pierce the skin on the bottom of my feet. I thought it was just an errant staple or something that got stuck in the carpet, because all I felt was some snagging, but no pain.  I'm take this as a sign that my feet ARE actually getting tougher, despite the lack of visible change. I had been waiting and waiting to see some evidence of my soles thickening, but to no avail.  But this is good news!!! I don't really want to have ugly calluses on my feet, I just want to have TOUGH feet. So...tough and cute are not mutually exclusive.   Tough, cute.  Better than chocolate and peanut butter, and much less fattening.  ;)

Anyway, I've gotta go get my last 2 miles in. Sorry I don't have much time for blogging these days, people! It's not because I don't care...I am just SO dang busy! When I get my fall schedule a little more under control I'll be checking out more blogs and leaving more comments, I hope. But for now [bulk comment coming]...um...Great run! Keep it up, you are an inspiration!

2 BF TM miles too late at night.  Sleep running.

Ew!  I feel sick today.   

Well I woke up feeling a strong compulsion to run this morning.  Nothing works right if I miss my run in the morning.   I've got about an hour to an hour and a half before my kids wake up in the am to 1) run 2 miles, 2) shower and get all spiffy for the day, 3) fold a load of laundry, and 4)study my scriptures.  If I REALLY book it I can get all those things done before my little blessings wake up and command my full attention.  But if I miss my run, I don't do any of those other things and I wake up when my kids force me to (usually by jumping on my bed).  This is the scenario that leads to still being in pajamas at noon, and needs to be avoided as much as possible.  So, even though I was feeling sick yesterday (sore throat, feverish, can't hear out of one ear)  I headed out this morning, determined to get 'er done. 

I felt really clunky this morning--kind of tense, and rather slow despite moderate effort.  I was running outside barefoot as the sun came up.  I was thinking about chi running.  I'll admit it, I know nothing about chi-running, but Laura mentioned it yesterday in her blog, along with something about leaning forward a little bit.  Now, you all know that there is a little axiom about a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing, and in this case it proved to be quite true.  I basically just leaned forward a little more than usual, and reveled in the "chi-ness" of running in some Taoistic (I think I just invented that word) way.  I definitely was able to achieve a high level of detachment, as my chi running suddenly became chi-flying, followed shortly by chi-crashing.   I don't want to talk about it, other than just mentioning that this is by the most skin I have ever lost off my knees.  But I finished my run and got the laundry folded etc., so the day went pretty well from that point on.  I did start to feel sicker throughout the day though, so I will not be putting in my little end-cap of running this evening.
 

2 Miles on the treadmill this evening.  Pretty sore from yesterday's eventful run!  Sore back, ouchy toes (they lost a little skin too), knee purty painful if I bend it too far, but fine for running slow.