Moving Forward

Did not sleep very well last night, but I still got up and ran before work!! That is a huge accomplishment for me considering the way I have been lately. I fiddled around a bit too much but got out the door at 5:15 am that just leaves me around 45 minutes to run. It was a pretty good run I think my AP was 9:20 so that is good, but my left heel was still buggy. I iced it at work and I will do it some more before bed. 

I was planning on going to the gym after work and doing some weights and a bit more running... but I had to drop of a doll to my sisters that I finished. She sews costumes for me. Anyway her daughter is in rehab and her husband is also having trouble. (The husband is nothing new, but the daughter in rehab is) she has been watching her grandkids and I knew she was stressed... so I ended up listening to her for too long and didn't get to the gym. I knew after about 10 minutes when she followed me out to the car and stood in the heat for another 5 minutes that I was going to be there for a while. But I guess she needed to vent a bit and have someone to listen to her. I love my sister very much... I get very sad when I see what is happening with her family. 

Tomorrow I'm rock climbing after work again... so I guess that will be a bit of strenghth training right?

Got my run in before work again! If Carolyn in the President of Jun's sub-6 club, and Sno is the VP... I think I'm getting to be the secretary LOL!!

Legs felt more tired today then yesterday... but I also did a different loop that I think has more hills, so maybe that was part of it also. 

After work I channeled my inner Jun and went rock climbing with some co-workers. I made it to the top of both climbs this time and I think I did it a bit faster and maybe even with a bit more technique. Anyway it was pretty fun!

 Laps: 9:06, 9:06, 8:24, 8:58, 9:12, 8:27, (.64) 9:01

6.64 miles - 58:56

Another sub-six morning!! But it was a very difficult morning/day. I usually have all my running stuff set up so I'm not hunting for things in the morning, but I got home later then usual because of the rock climbing and I forgot to set things up. Then I had some potty issues... maybe I should be getting up earlier... but I just don't think I will be able to. So I knew that I was hurting for time so I tried to do my route faster... nope not happening... legs were like lead!!! So I muddled through 5.32 miles before work... then went to the gym and slogged out 2 more on the treadmill. I also did some core work. But I was have been very sore today (arms and back) probably the climbing, but I don't remember being this sore last time... Maybe just a bad day? Here's to hoping that tomorrow will feel better. 

laps in the morning: 8:56, 9:34, 8:33, 9:04, 8:38, (.32) 8:16

Another morning run before work!! Got out the door on time but then a little over a 1/2 mile I had to run back to my house for a quick potty break :( Maybe soon I will get all the kinks work out of this new schedule. It was a pretty nice run... I had a near miss when a car didn't see me at an intersection. The thing that surprised me was that I was at least one step into the intersection when they turned right into me. It's hard to see in the dark if they see me. I usually try to make some sort of eye contact with the drive to confirm that they see me... but I think I will just always assume that they don't. Even with a headlight and a flashing tail light they didn't see me. I'm surprised when I see other runners at this time of morning that have no lights. 

laps: 9:07, 9:40, 8:11, 8:38, 9:27, (.66) 8:25, 

5.66 miles - 50:38

Lately I have been on a kick of trying new things and I'm trying very hard to not to be so fearful of change or trying new thing. I have been reflecting on this for a while and have come to the conclusion of why I'm feeling this way. It will be 5 year anniversary of the death of my friend in just a few weeks. He was one of the most fearless people I know. I remember thinking at his funeral that I really needed to try to incorporate some of this in my life. I guess this is why I have been doing to rock climbing. I have also been entering my art into more competitions and trying to get it in more publications.

So my work had a forced day off today and a few of the ladies that I work with ask me to go with them to have a girls night out. One girl has a trailer on some land up in the mountains and 4 wheelers etc. I am usually not someone to go along with anything like this. My husband has said many times that I'm not very social... again it's a fear based thing, and 4 wheelers are certainly not something I have ever done. I had a great time even though I got dumped off the 4 wheeler. I sknned up my leg pretty good and my neck is got hurt a bit... I think just a bit strained from the impact of falling. My plan was to run in the morning but my neck was still a bit buggy. When I got home I had a haircut appointment and I even was brave enough to get a different hair style!! Pretty crazy!

My neck still bugged a bit but I took some meds. and that seemed to help. My running friend wanted to run trails today! So we ran the shore line trail above Ogden. My husband came with me and walked the dog in the trails while we ran. Beautiful morning and very nice run. We both seemed to be struggling this morning, and trails always seem to slow us down anyway. This is a low mileage week... Oh well I hope next week will be better. 

AP:11:06

7.71 miles - 1:25:30