Moving Forward

Today was a run out of frustration! It has just been one of those days when bosses, co-workers, children, mother's, and husbands all seem to tell you that you are not meeting their expectation/needs. It's been one of those days when all I really wanted to do was run away and join a circus. So instead I just ran....all was not resolved but I did feel a bit better at the end. It got a bit warm towards the end of my run, and there was one flash back to a childhood trauma that involved a grasshopper, I'm sure you all had one of those also.  Other then that nice run! As I hit the stop button I looked down at my garmin, it read 1:00:00. I don't think that has ever happed before for me. 

laps: 8:17, 8:30, 8:30, 8:47, 8:28, 8:36, 8:38

So I was invited after work to go rock climbing. I'm usually not very adventurous, but I have been trying to stop being so fearful of things. I have climbed before with my husband and kids but it has been years. Anyway we went up Ogden canyon to hole in the wall, then walked down the canyon to another area. I think they told me that the climb we did was called Utah crack or something like that. I know that one of the climbs by us was called in the pink. Any way they were easier climbs. I made it to the top and felt very happy with myself!! I gave my co-workers a bit of a scare when I tripped on my way back to the car and feel into the road. Sometimes I wish I had been blessed with gracefulness, but that is just not the case. 

My run tonight was slow, easy and short. My left heel has been hurting quite a bit, I think it PF. I have been icing it but it is still buggin quite a bit. I think my pace tonight was around 9:30 for the run.

Got up early and ran this morning. Thought maybe I'd see the tail end of the metior shower, but I must have been too late :( My left heel hurt for the first mile or so then was OK. I will be icing it more today. Did my 5 mile loop but at about mile 4 started having some tummy issues. I cut it short to get back to my house and take care of business, but then I thought I could get a bit more in before I had to get ready for work, so I just looped the nieghborhood for a bit. I was thinking I would get a bit over 5 miles, but I wasn't really paying attention to my miles and was surprized to see that I had actually ran a bit over 6 when I stopped . The plan is to do a few more miles after work, but I'll see how I'm feeling... things are kinda hurting right now, so I'll is I feel better after work.

6.21 miles - 55:08

laps: 9:44, 8:47, 8:29, 9:24, 8:33, 8:25 (.21 8:39)

Could not get up before work and run so I ended up doing the miles after work... Man I just really need to do better. I kept it at between 9 and 9.5 mm. My heel was buggin just a bit. I iced it at work and last night and it seems to be helping. I do have a new pain... the bone on the outside of your leg just at your knee... it kinda sticks out a bit. It's hurting right long the outside of that bone... then sometimes when it's bad it hurts down to my anckel bone. You know that tendon thing that you can feel. Anyway anyone know what that is? I have been streatching and icing. Is it just runner's knee? Or ITB? I need to get feeling better soon, I signed up for TOU half on the 29th...!And my running friend wants to do 14 this Saturday LOL Well off to soak in the tube. 

After a week of not sleeping to well and other stressers I think I caught up to me today. No ambition to run any farther. I did kick it up and run an 8mm for about 8 minutes in the middle of the run. I hope I can hold it together for my long run tomorrow. 

It was so nice today to run with Sue... but I'm so tired! My heel didn't bug too much. We ran on the parkway and it rained pretty hard at about miles 8 but other then that it was just overcast and cool. Perfect running weather!

14.31 miles - 2:12:10

laps: 9:26, 8:51, 8:39, 8:54, 9:15,  8:54, 9:56, 9:37, 9:20, 9:12, 8:58, 9:33, 9:38, 9:08, last .31 9:15