making a comeback!

Today has been Monday in more ways than one!!  I worked last night and in an attempt to sleep today was up doing kid stuff about every hour and so tired and grumpy now!!!  Only had about 20 mins to run today and get ready and back to work so barely got in a minimal run if you can even count that!!  To add to my frustration when I did head out to run it was warm and nice!  Would have loved to do at least 5-6 because the weather was so nice.  I just couldn't squeeze it in.  Then when I got to work my neighbor and doctor that I'm working with tonight informed me that he got in to Moab.... he started running today.  He put in at the last possible moment on a whim.  So I then hurried and checked my e-mail and was hugely disappointed to find that mine and Ted's group didn't get in.  That was the cherry on the top of a terrible day!  Oh and I actually just started the day technically.  I still have 12 hours of my day to go!!!  BLAH.... BLAH..... BLAH!!!

Sorry about all the ranting and raving!  Now that I've got that out of my system it's time to find a new half and get a new plan.  Ideas anyone?????

Nice run today the temps were up around 40 when I started out, it felt sooo nice! I think we are having the warm before the storm! I actually hope it snows a lot, I like a white Christmas but also have to make a trip to Provo this week and am hoping for dry roads too. Just like someone who wants to have cake and eat it too!!! Towards the end of my run the wind turned cold and I was a little under dressed but I was on the home stretch so it was o.k.!

It was almost hot out today, upper 40's and sunny for half of my run. I decided to add on because I probably won't get much in tomorrow and I didn't get much in on Monday so I'm going to be way behind by the end of the week. The weather was nice and I felt pretty good through most of my run, but now I feel a little worn out, more llike I've been drug through the mud. I'm not sure why other than the first of the week must have taken a toll on my body and it's not caught up on sleep I guess? I feel bad that I stopped short of 8 miles, should have looked before I ran into the driveway because once I do that my body seems to just quit! Hope this nice weather sticks around, it's perfect for running that for sure!!

mini run this morning on the treadmill before heading to Provo for a last minute shopping trip. Maybe not worth the effort, but I felt better about it than doing nothing! Hope that I can get out for a longer run tomorrow if the weather permits. I'm not sure if the storm will catch up with us but I hope that it is still decent enough to get out and make up some of those miles tomorrow!

So I just took my girls to school and shoveled the driveway the best I could, there is a layer of ice under it as is rained before it snowed. After finishing that my fingers are FROZEN....can barely type and that really hampers the effort as I don't do it that efficiently to begin with!!! So I think that I'm doomed to the DREADMILL today and so I'm committing before hand so I'll actually do it! Right now I'll be very pleased with 3 miles. I know that it's not much but crazy day and I just stink with that machine all together!!! I think I'll watch the Grinch and we can LOATH together!

I did 2 miles and wrapped and then 1.5 and wrapped!! Two things that had to be done this A.M. Think that the other stuff can be done later so I'm gaining on the holidays and about to realx and enjoy.....almost!!! My mileage for this week stinks, hopefully I can do a long run tomorrow, but I'm just taking it one day at a time so far, trying to get the most fun out of Christmas from here on out now that the kids are out of school, after all that's what this is about, family time together!

Well a big THANKS to Brent, Lybi, Kim, Mik'L and my Husnband for the encouraging runs this week and getting me out there to get in a good long run today!!! I think I might have skipped out on running all together today or done a whimpy 2 miles on the treadmill, but I checked all the blogs and with Brents encouragement and seeing everyone's progress I decided to go for it when my husband offered to drop me off in Monroe as he went to work on a project for me! I was a litttle afraid of the cold but the sun was shining so I figured I would be o.k. and if not my husband would be along to check on me. As soon as I started I knew that it was going to be a great run! The sun was shining and even though cold I felt really good. Not long after starting I saw a bald eagle in a tree, throughout the run several hawks. My husband came along around mile 8 to offer water but I didn't want to stop and it was hard to drink, run and untwist the bottle with gloves so I only got a swallow. But I felt pretty good througout and hope that I'll be good for 3 more in Jan. Still looking at Painter of more of a training run, but if will be fun to get together and run with other people and friends! My ipod said 10.37, roughly the car said 10.00 and the ipod said average pace was 9:42. We didn't go straight through with the car so maybe that is the difference, but I'll go with the 10:00. Looking forward to the day off tomorrow and upcoming week of family and fun!!! Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!! (even with some patheric runs this week, still made my 30 mile goal!!!)