making a comeback!

Kinda slow and steady was how it went today. I got all dressed in my best warm clothes to go running in the afternoon after I woke up. I didn't get but a .10 of a mile and I passed a guy in my ward walking in shorts. I knew at that point I was probably overdressed ( but I still think he was a little underdressed too!) I at that point took off my gloves. After catching a little (Not all) of a discussion about easy runs between Brent and Lybi, decided to just go easy today. The run felt really good and the weather was georgious!!! I wore my sunglasses because of the beautiful bright day and the sun reflecting off the white snow. It was so pretty! I eventually pealed off a layer of clothes but not untill about half way through the run, so I think I was dressed almost right. Some days I'm so glad that I have a good reason to be outside and enjoy the great weather even if it is cold out, today was one those paydays!!!

(Tomorrow have mtgs. all day and hope to get some good mileage in inspite!)

So last night as I was climbing into bed I heard a big bang and a rushing of water sound!! (UHGGG!!) My husband and I ran downstairs to find water spraying into the air in the furnace room. Something in the water softener broke off and the only way to stop it was to shut off the house water completely off! We went to bed and then in the morning turned it on and hurried and filled the tubs so we could bath. I had to bath last (just like the pioneers) and so I had to heat my water on the stove. So in between the craziness of the no water morning I managed to get it 2 miles. I had to head off to work meetings, arrange to get the plumber here and a ton of other crazy stuff through out the day. My meeting was a recert for a really hard trauma course that I failed to review ( It's December, terrible time of year for this kind of stuff!!) and left the class twiced to deal with kid stuff that couldn't be undone. I managed to sweak through the class and the water softener got fixed so I'm hoping the day gets a little slower and I can get another 3 miles for my regular 5 for the day! Mostly I'm just glad that this happend while we were at home! We have been out of town a ton latley and that would have been a disaster!! I am also really greatfull for indoor plumbing. When you have to go without it even for just a short period of time you are so glad and often take for it for grantide that when you tun on the handle water comes out!!

Managed to Squeeze in 2 more miles. I was looking forward to a nice quiet night at home and a date with the treadmill. I forgot that my daughter had gymnastics and then a basketball game so after 2 miles it's time for me to call it a day!

I'm taking credit for every last inch of the run today, as it felt a little harder than I'd have hoped! Perhaps my body was punishing me for being lazy all morning and putting of my run. I was going to get up early with my husband and run, but I told him I'd like to pass when the alarm went off so he went without me. I then put it off a little more as things came up durning the morning and it was after twelve before I headed out the door. I had two chocolate cookies before going that I was sure would be great energy food! I'm not sure if they helped or not but if they did next time I need three because I could have used a little more umph today. Just glad that I got it done and tonight before I go to bed I'm putting a big stick next to our bed so that my husband can be a little more persuasive when it's time to get up in the morning!

Managed to get out of bed this morning without any use of force by my husband. We did 3.8 together and then I finished off by myself. Running with him always feels like it pushes me quite a bit but when I finished my pace was the same as yesterday? I must slow down quite a bit when he goes home and I'm on my own. It's o.k. right now I'm just glad that I'm home and am done for the day. The sun is just coming up and it looks sooo cold out. Every thing is frosty and white. While we were running for the most part I was too warm but I'm starting to cool down very quickly, time for a nice cup of hot chocolate I think!!

Well I really learned my lesson today. My husband ran on the treadmill this morning because he thought it would be to wet outside. I disagreed but didn't win. When I took my kids to school, it was around 35 degrees, pretty nice but I procrastinated. Had to run an errand at 9:30 and it was around 41 degrees, really nice. So I slowly got ready to go out. By the time I headed out I realized howwarm it was and had the great idea to do a long run today hoping for about 7-8. About a half a mile into my run it started to sprinkle. By 2.5 miles it was a good drizzle, 4 miles good drizzle and cold wind, 5 miles starting to pour and cold wind. I guess that I learned my lesson for the second time this week, but that's the problem with me I'm sure it will take several more times. I was actually pretty proud of myself that I didn't cut the tun short when it started raining pretty good I figured when I got home I was going to drench myself in water (shower) anyway and it would feel that much better after I endured the run half soaked! Well I'm off to go find out if my theory on that is true! HAPPY FRIDAY!! ONLY 18 DAYS till Chirstmas!!! Are you ready???? (NO PRESSURE!!!!)

So I made my goal of thirty miles this week! (Yea!!) I could have easily stayed in bed this morning, but I stayed in longer than usually so that was a bonus! I really thought that I would bag the goal, and just do a 3-4 mile run, but it was very nice out and although more than half the run I felt pretty sluggish I kept going. I was able to keep shedding layers as it was sunny and warm and each time I lost a layer it felt like 5 pounds coming off and added a little extra spring to my step. I'm sure that's why I was able to keep going! I ended up in just my t-shirt and pants and passed a guy in shorts! I'm sure these days are few and far between in Dec. here so have to enjoy them when we can get them!!! Glad I got in a decent run and now I can rest easy for the day.....( well that's a relative term!)