Chug-along-chica!

30:06 for a morning 5K with Christ ine.  Temp was perfect at a crisp 57.  I'm on my own for the rest of the week because she's going out of town.

So I intended to write up a huge Blogger Pasta Dinner Party report and talk a lot about the marathon, but I am getting overwhelmed, so I'll just sum it up:

Party: 

Meet green shorts Jon first, and his cute and very tiny wife. 

Michelle and Callzee are the ones I got to spend the most time with.  Michelle is just as sweet in person as she is on the blog, and I really had fun getting to know her.  Callzee is a talented little ru nner with a big dimple when she smiles. 

You know who I really enjoyed talking to at the party?  Ruthio.  That girl is a blast.  I thought I would be shy to meet the super speedster, but she is so fun and just really good at setting people at ease.

I also really enjoyed talking to Heather--Chad's wife.  She has a natural grace--kind of sophisticated, but without any hint of snobbery.  Very down to earth.  I thought it was really cool that she was a writer.  Everybody needs to read her articles about health in the paper--the Salt Lake Tribune, I think?

Short list of people I met briefly:

Christi--she gets the award for being much prettier in real life than her blog picture.

Brent and Silvia (they look way too young for their reported age groups, btw--someone ought to check their birth certificates!).

Paul and his sweet wife Stacy.  Both of these guys were relatively quiet (at least not boisterous) and easy to approach.  Very down to earth.  From his blog, I half expected to see Paul burst into the Packers fight song at some point.  Maybe next year, eh?  Congratulations Paul!

Ashman, J-Free (tall!)

JTSHAD (Jef f)--OK he is really nice--I have been afraid of commenting on his blog because he has a rather intimidating picture, but he's is a GREAT guy. 

Oops gotta go.  Time to take poor little Sparky to the vet for his snip-snip.  Stay tuned for reports on Clyde & Mik'L, Sasha & Sarah, Izzy & Zoey etc.  To be continued... 

Geez, I've redone this entry 2 times and lost it both times.  It must be a sign!  I'm done describing bloggers.  Let me just average it out.  The average fastrunningblogger is skinny, nice, social and STINKIN' fast!!!

3.5 all by my lonesome self this morning.  Christine is in Mexico and poor little Sparky is recovering from having the zippity taken out of his doo-dah. 

1.2 with the double jogging stroller to take my oldest son to school.  We are very lucky to only be .63 miles away from the school.  We've had amazing results with running him to school...let me explain....

At my son's school they have a little behavioral system based on lights.  All the kids start out with green lights and if they misbehave during the day they have to change their light to yellow, and then red if it happens again.  The amazing thing is that my little first grader has never had to change his light to red on the days that I run him to school.   But in the last 3 weeks or so, he has had to turn his light to red every single time I DID NOT run him to school.  The complaint?  He won't sit still in his chair.  So I guess I'm really stuck running him!  This is good, and I should have no problem having at least 4.3 miles on the odometer every weekday from now on.

Oh yeah, one other thing.  Don't you think that Bethany (Cody's wife) should start her own blog?  Leave comments for her on Cody's blog.  From meeting her at the party, she was extremely nice and, I think, open to the possibility of training.   She's already commenting on the blog, and that's half the battle right there.   I don't mean to pressure you Bethany  (of course I do!) but it IS much more fun to be married to a compulsive runner if you are running too.  Just start really little--10 min. of walking and jogging combo.  Plus we need more female runners, and, unfortunately, you have made a good impression on me, so now I want to be able to comment on YOUR blog.

1.3 later that night with Holly--only out of loyalty for Holly bc I was tired!  She also bribed me by helping me clean.  What a sweetie!

Yesterday was my highest mileage day so far at 6.  My hamstrings are complaining just a little. 

It's not too hard to get 5.  I just add a little more annoyance to my morning 3.1 to get it to 3.5, then take the aggravating long-cut to school with the boys to get me the rest of the 1.5. 

SO GUESS WHAT!!!

 (No I am not pregnant...why does everyone keep asking me that?)

Well, thank goodness I finally got my 5 in so this stinkin' busy day can finally end!

2 miles with my boys this afternoon.  Very slow.

2 miles with Holly this evening, followed immediately by 1 alone. 

My arch is a teeny bit sore.  Probably nothing, but I am paranoid from reading about everyone who has had PF.

Hey girls, post if you are doing Moab on the Discussion Forum under Announcements.

Quick!  Look at the mileage board.  I'm on the 2nd page for the first time ever--combination of all the St. George Marathoners recovering, and this being my highest mileage week ever.  Might as well enjoy that little tiny perk bc otherwise I am feeling blah.   Hopefully in the next week or so I will adjust to the higher miles and not feel tired all the time.  I'll probably slip off the page once everyone has reported today's run.  Victory is fleeting.

1.6 later tonight. around  12 min. pace. 

1st Page!  I better print out the mileage board to commemorate this historic day.

This was the only 5 miler that I did all at once this week.  Does NOT feel like brushing my teeth just yet.  Ave. pace 11:22. 

This week I had 29.1 miles.  Next week I'll be trying for a perfect 30.  I'm also going to try to sleep like a champion next week--56 hours or bust.