making a comeback!

JOYFUL & TRIUMPHANT !!!!!! That is the word for today!!! I thought that it would be very painful and difficult, but I was pleasantly surprised that although running today wasn't a walk in the park, it wasn't too bad! I could have gladly bagged the idea of running due to the many things I have to do today, but realized that if I just hurried and got it done I would be soooo much better off! (A few TOO MANY extra calories consumed this week ready to be burned off!) So now it's off to get the house cleaned up and the Christmas tree in and decorated for FHE tonight! I love the Christmas Holidays and I'm determined to enjoy them this year and not get STRESSES OUT!!!!

I got my run in early with my husband this morning. It was a little on the cold side, but overall not terrible untill the last half mile or so. Today I kept up with him better than the other day, I think he slowed down a bit and we were more consistant with our pace. I like running with him, it pushes me a bit but not too hard and then he stops around 3.5 miles and I do the rest at a more realxed pace. I'm not sure if the first is a bit of a tempo run, but it feels like it. We need to get some better cold running gear, I am still cold an hour after running and a cup of hot chocolate!

What a crazy day... I started or finished, I'm not sure which with a run when I got home around 6:00 this morning. I only did 2.5 but it was treadmill miles and after working all night that was a enough for me. I then went to bed for a bit and had to be somewhere at 11:00 and to a work mtg at 1:00. I'm now home trying to regroup and do dinner and the plan is for 2.5 more tonight, I'm feeling pretty tired but I'm feeling pretty determined because Friday and Sat. look a little iffy due to going to the BIG CITY for a MD apt at PCMC for my daughter and then speed shopping to do as much Christmas as I can get done as I have not yet started and there is much to do there! Stayed tuned I hope to not disappoint....(Myself more than anyone!!)

Well I finished and actually liive to tell about it!!! Hoping to get to bed early and run with the hubby in the morning!

I've been needing a long run for a while, more mentaly than physically. Running short on time today (no pun inteded)....but I got it done and I'm glad. My legs were a little on the cold side the whole time, perhaps even numb so I can't tell if I had much hip pain. Maybe a jab here and there but so far so good! I plan to strech and ice and cross my fingers that it handled it o.k. so I can continue to keep building that base! Husband bagged on me to make me sleep in ( he does have to shop with me this weekend and a rested wife is a happy wife. He hates shopping but with a cranky wife it's too much for him, not that I could blame him!) Also he thought that it was going to be colder than it was. He jumped on the treadmill and it really worked out because I never would have gone long if I would have ran with him. Legs felt a little sluggish and slow but average time was 9:48 so I can't complain for an inpromptue ?sp longer run!!! Hope to get a few miles in Sat. but looks liike the big goose egg for tomorrow!!!

Two whimpy treadmill miles today on the hotel treadmill. (sounded like I might take flight any minute) But there was T.V. to watch so that was a bonus to my usual treadmill torture!!! That was all I had time for this morning as there is still much shopping to do and very little time to do it today... ya, ya I know and the dog ate my homework.... (excuses, exsuses!!!) Hope to get home tonight in good time to MAYBE do a couple more!!!

I didn't make my GOAL again for this week so as today is the first day of Dec. I'm making new goals.

1. Stay home everyweekend untill Christmas.

That's it. If I do that I think that the running will fall into place. Oh, and I think I almost have the husband talked into doing Moab with me. Even if it only ends up the 5 miler that will help me to train better if he has a goal too!!