making a comeback!

When I got off work this morning I wasn't terrinbly tired and it was nice and cool, but I somehow ended up going to bed instead of out for a run, BIG MISTAKE!!!!  When I got up I had to pay the piper!  I did 3 miles on the DREADmill and it was painful!!  I thought I would surely die before I finished and then I would get away with only 1-2 miles and get off easy. neadless to say I lived to tell about it and it was torture, I think I do this about once a month to remind myself why I don't run on the treadmill more often!

Got out this morning while it was nice and cool, about 50 degrees! SOOOOO much better than on the treadmill. Nice run, a little grumbling from the hip the last 2 miles but other than that really good. We have an ATV jamboree here in town for a week every year this time of year, so it was me and the ATV's out in force around town today. As I was finishing up the run, they were headed out on one of the tours that leaves near my house. I know that there are a lot in town but as I was going down the road they were coming in the opposite direction. They kept coming and coming and then more and more.... when that group finished a smaller but not few by any means went the other way, the same direction I was heading. I know this gets bigger every year, but I just couldn't believe there were so many! They let them take over the town, ride main street, sometimes more ATV's than cars there. And everywhere else in town. Last night at work I took care of a couple that drove from Wisconsin to ride. CRAZY! Well enough about that! Off to the Big City for a meeting, have to drive four hours for a two hour meeting (Hmmmm!) That's what I get for living in the country I guess!

Ran I mile with McCall this evening on the grass at the ball park, she did great tonight 10:35 pace and no stops tonight!

Nice easy run this morning, it was really cool when I normally head out so I waited about a half hour to fourty-five minutes, maybe it wasn't as cool as I thought or the sun heated things up nicely, but got warm fast. Hip started to hurt at the end again, but did take ibuprofen before and as soon as I stopped so did the pain. I think I'll take that through out the day and see if that will settled things down. Overall good run, average pace 9:38

One mile tonight with Callzee, pretty fun to see her endurance increase and her desire to set goals! She'll be faster than me before long I'm afraid.

Didn't much feel like getting out today, kinda have suffered with that all week. But once I got going, about 2.5 miles in I told myself just to relax and just go with it, it seemed to feel better. I took 2 ASA by mistake this morning, thought I was grabbing ibuprofen to ease the hip pain before I went out and I think it worked pretty well. That might be a start of something. I'm not sure why I haven't been motivated to do any long runs or getting out? I have been doing a mile each evening with my daughter, I don't think that should be zapping my energy in the morning, it's always a real relaxed run and so fun, but maybe it is? If so then I guess it is good for me and will eventually help build up more endurance and energy over the long run. Well were almost officially into the weekend so that's cause for a great day!

I told myself that if I got out right when the kids left for school, I was sure my run would go better than the last couple of days. I was right!!! Probably the best run for the week. Felt good almost all of the run. The one hard part with a good hill that's at the golf course, a cute little older man in a decked out golf suit and clubs saw me coming and walked back into the road and acted like he was timing me! ( Good thing he didn't really have a stop watch, it would have been pathetic up that hill). but he was a nice distraction! I also did a few fartleks? They were not too impressive, but about 5 of them that seemed to break things up too! All in all a good run. I didn't run with McCall last night so I'm not sure if that is one of the reasons that I felt a little more spunky? But if that's the case I will just have to buff up and still do both. Those nice relaxed miles with her are fun and I'm not willing to give them up. Ohhh and I took one asprin, one ibuprofen today and not even a squeek of hip pain. Maybe that has to do with no evening run last night too? Well it's finally Friday! By far my favorite day of the week!!!! YEA!!!

Ran one easy mile with Callzee and then I did a little more on my own. Started to sprinkle a little but never let loose and rained. I think that would have felt good!