I'm definitely on my way up out of the bottom of the trough on this roller coaster of injury and feeling crappy. I'm hoping to have some fun riding the higher rollers now.
My run this morning felt GREAT!! 37 degrees and wet. It didn't snow last night, it RAINED. Wahoo! I would be very pleased if we were done with snow for the year. I love the fresh, clean air and moist, nourished earth that rain brings. Saw a coyote around mile two. He walked across the trail a few hundred feet in front of me and literally disappeared into the weeds. Those guys really are camouflage in the bushes and weeds.
I'm still really enjoying the peaceful quiet of no music while running. My mind wandered a million different places this morning. Focused on my running form, light on my feet and quick cadence. Right adductor still just letting me know its there, but not intervening too much. I'm icing it now.
Hip and legs felt a little tight this morning so I took it nice and easy and just enjoyed the 40 degree sunshine. Woah, what a beautiful day!!! Did lots of stretching, rolling, core/hip work afterwards which felt divine.
I love it when kids enter the "imitate everything Mom or Dad does" stage. As I was getting ready this morning my 19 month old daughter grabbed my mascara, lifted up her shirt, and pretended to rub it under her armpit. (Obviously confusing the mascara for deodorant.) Its a good thing the lid was one or she may have ended up with some sweet looking painted-on armpit hair.
UPDATE: I just had to add a photo of the cute lil' one as I'm going through 2009 photos, this one jumped out at me. How distinguished she is!
Elliptical Wednesday!!! After two good days of running I thought I'd give my hip a rest today. Did an hour on the elliptical with intervals. 1,2,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,2,1 with one minute rest in between each. Pretty much felt like a 45 minute tempo push. Had the machine on level 10 and it said I went 8.5 miles which is a mile or two more than I usually get in an hour. Then I stretched really well and lifted weights for 20 minutes (would have been 30 minutes but a very talkative guy chewed my ear off about his wife's lifetime of running since he could see that I was an avid runner and naturally would love to hear about every race report, injury, and training run of his wife, whom I've never met.)
And HERE is a pretty unique idea. Looks kinda fun, actually. It would definitely be more exciting than the stationary elliptical and you wouldn't get the saddle soreness of biking.
Hip felt pretty good. Stopped to stretch twice. Ran past a kid smoking pot while he was walking to school. He looked pretty happy about life.
We snapped a mouse in the mouse trap in our kitchen and as I was throwing it away my 19 month old threw a HUGE fit. I can understand why; in her head I was needlessly throwing a cute little soft stuffed animal into the garbage without even letting her play with it first...I'm such a mean Mom.
Wasn't sure what time Aaron had gotten to bed last night, so I didn't want to wake him since he was dead to the world and I figured he could use a little extra sleep after his midnight run up Green Mountain a couple of days ago. Did laundry, vacuumed, and cleaned the house like a mad woman this morning and finally got to the gym at 10:30 am (the first available time they could fit my 3 kids in child care). Ran an easy 6 miles and had to leave right after to take my 5yo to kindergarten. Then I came home, took my shower, got the girls something to eat, put them down for naps, and ordered out a Sushi lunch to enjoy with the three ladies working in my basement today (Aaron's Personal Assistant, Shawna, our Accountant, Judy, and Shawna's Mom, Marcella who has been helping Shawna with filing and what not). The sushi was delish and its always nice to have adult company for lunch. Of course, my 3yo woke up during lunch and joined us. She was a good sport and tried a few different things; even raw Salmon. Go Breanne!
8 miles in 14:02 pace with 2,578 ft elevation change
Haha, I love it. I will call it hike-jogging. Got a babysitter and went with Aaron to Boulder for a jaunt around Green and Flagstaff Mountains. Explored a few different trails and Aaron was still asking for more, but my hip started getting aggravated so I just hiked the final two miles down while he added on another couple. He is definitely a strong mountain climber; hard to keep up with. And its as if I'm following "Big Foot" through the woods when we run across snow. I just have to follow the barefoot prints from his VFF Treks. There was lots of icy snow pack on this trail, which added another component of challenge. The steep grade and constant rocks in the trail are the primary challengers. SUCH a glorious Saturday to be out in the Mountains with my best friend!
