Training for a Belt Buckle

Going to do some work on the right leg today.  Tomorrow morning I will start back with the 4 miles of daily running.  Twilight will be taking it easy most of the week to let her paw heal (much to her chagrin).

At 6 I am going to Leslie's house to see the DVD of her great adventure!

4 miles running on the treadmill and 20 minutes on the stationary bikes.  Stomach is a bit upset.  Also did my leg stretches and some single leg squats working on the hamstring. Now I will massage it in a hot bath and then ice it afterwards.

No energy tonight.  I struggled on the flats and uphills to keep my pace under 11mm.

avg 10:45

miles10:33/10:39/10:26/10:49

OK - this afternoon's run won the award for the nastiest run ever. I made the mistake at work of drinking a Red Bull.  This from the person who has only ever drank one cup of cola in her life.

Came home from work and was going to do 4 quick miles before working at the temple.  .75 miles into the run I found a ward member's house for an emergency potty break.  3 more emergency potty breaks before 1.5 miles - no houses to be found.  Without providing details - lets say certain parts of my body were totally raw by the time I got home and had to shower.  

So - turned around at 1.5 miles (especially because the park potty there was closed for winter). I'll make up the other mile another day.

Ran 4 miles in the dark tonight followed by one mile of jogging/walking as cooldown.

I tried to run by feel and sound, not looking at my watch a lot. If I heard the alarm warning me I was going too slow I would speed up, otherwise, just run what felt good (but pushing a little bit). Much happier with the endurance today.

10:25/10:12/10:29/10:32

The eye has felt kind of goopy the last couple of days and was almost sealed shut this morning, so I must be getting some infection under the contact lens. The doctor told me to go back on the antibiotic drops and the heavy saline drops if that occurred, so started on that today.

Excitement for me at work - they are ordering me a laptop.  I am using my personal laptop at work in the meantime because we needed to reconfigure my old desktop computer for a new employee.

I heard geese this morning and that prompted me to get closer to nature.

I went over to Wheeler Farm and ran 4 miles on various paths around there. No pushing - just a nice recovery run. As I ran I was enjoying the various shades of gold, red, brown, orange and salmon.  I  kept thinking it would be a beautiful place to take some pictures this time of year.  

Interestingly enough - as I took my last step running, the sun broke through for the first time in my run. I was able to enjoy the sun glinting off wet leaves and grass. As I walked a cooldown mile, I counted more than 25 groups taking family pictures.  Guess I wasn't the only one with that idea.