making a comeback!

After trying to sleep with the whole family home today I got up and helped my husband finish getting all the Christmas decorations down.  I had to book it to get a run in berfore going to work.  I hurried and did a quick run.  Legs felt good overall and really wished that I would have had time to do more!  When I headed out the wind from the North was FREEZING but when I hit the turn around spot I actually got a little too warm coming home.  Then I hurried and got ready to head to work to ring the new year with all the local looneys and drunks! (I bet your all really jealous!!!)  Hope you all have a Happy New Year and be safe out driving on the roads!!!

So the hubby and I started out the new year with a 8 mile run together. It wasn't our best as we were headed into a head wind all the way and came home feeling like popcicles. On the positive side, it wasn't my fastest run or longest but I've had my shower and thawed out and feel pretty good so I feel like I am feeling pretty good coming off my month of most miles ever (Dec.132) I never would have thought that would have been possible in Dec. as crazy as it was! I am going to do some thinking about my running goals for the year but I guess I will start it out with a bang and register a little later for the Painters half!

So I guess that I get a goose egg for the day! I was up till like 2 this morning and when the kids left I took a nap. I was going to to get out this morning but decided that my body needed sleep more than a run. Then I had to go to Ephraim to move my daughter into her aparment. Once she is there permanently (Sat.) the sleep department of my life will improve a bunch! I know that I still have time to get a run in to day, but I still feel like I'm completely dead from the last couple of days so I'm going to chalk it up to a day off and get going tomorrow!!! Hopefully I can get my scheduled miles in throughout the week still with the lack of them today!

Got the run in early this morning. I put on every warm thing I had to head out and thought I might freeze to death but when I stepped out of the garage it was actually quite warm and I was pleasantly surprised! Ran with the hubby this morning and it felt quite good. Contrary to popular belief, I think the day off yesterday did the body good. Legs felt nice and fresh today. My hubby ditched out early this morning to get ready for work and I haven't been wearing my ipod when we run together and I was surprised how enjoyable the run was without the music and doing the last couple of miles alone. It was a nice peaceful morning and even my huffing and puffing wasn't too bad today. May even take another nap today, I logged 7 hours for sleep, but that was time in bed, just not sleeping well the last two nights. Maybe it was too many night shifts in a row that has the clock all messed up but I feel like I was up every hour on the hour last night! One more thought....My husband is having pain on the outside of his foot, along the edge. Anyone have any thoughts on that. It is really bothering him after the 8 miles run the other day. I need to get him feeling better, was just starting to like having him along (HE,HE) JK!! Thought that I have had almost all running pains and problems there is to have, but no experience here....thankfully!

First off slept much better last night and woke up feeling rested!!! I wanted to do a 12 mile run today or tomorrow, and when I took my daughter to school today it was almost 40 degrees so I thought that I would take advantage of the warmth and do the long run today. I feel a little bad because I ended up wimping out a bit.... I know I could have pushed through to 12 but I didn't. First of all I ran in new shoes today and they are probably not the best shoes but I couldn't beat the price and second about 4 miles into the run wind became a factor. As the run went on it continued to get harder as I got tireder. The whole run felt hard from about 5 miles on. I hope that is was just an off day as other long runs have felt better. Now I'm wondering how to continue to prepare for Painters? I am still looking at it as a training/see what happens run, but I wonder if I should do some more long runs before it or just start to level off and work down? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! TGIF :)

Well it's blowing and raining and just plain ugly out, so I knew that I was doomed to the dreadmill.... uggg! I was going to keep it light today maybe not 2 miles light, but I always go EXTRA light when I'm running on the treadmill. After the torture of that I did some leg work with some squats, lunges and a some abs. to make up for the wimpy run. Legs feel pretty good today after the long run yesterday, they were pretty tired last night, more so than usual. I think that is because of the new shoes just not as supportive as my others, but overall no complaints. Great sleep last night couldn't have hurt either!!! Happy weekend!

For my own info. to plan Next week I'm planning on doing a few 6 and then my regular 5's with a long run on Friday or Sat. the week of Painters probably 6,5,4,3,2 and then the half on Sat. unless anyone has any other suggestions that would be more beneficial for me I'll try to stick to something close to that!