All it takes is all you've got

7 miles in 7:52 pace

Beautiful early morning run!  Felt slightly sore from Saturday, but mostly just glad to be out there running and enjoying it.  

Busy morning of scheduling flights, hotel, and rental car for our trip in 3 weeks to Disneyland! Wahoo!  I haven't been there for over 10 years and it'll be our kids first experience in the "Happiest place on Earth" so I'm pretty excited.

8 miles in 7:40 pace

75 degrees this afternoon!!  I took the kids to the zoo and it was SO crowded but fun.  We had to park in the Denver museum parking next door and walk a ways.  Thank goodness for the wagon, my baby almost fell asleep in it on the way back to the car.  Then we stopped to get ice cream cones on the way home and that kept her awake (and messy) for the drive home.  Now the girls are taking naps and Aaron is removing our appliances because we've decided to upgrade one notch to slightly better appliances and put our current appliances in one of the fixer uppers we're selling.  Not much different really, but the fridge has the French doors with freezer on the bottom and our range is now gas instead of electric.  Maybe the dishwasher will actually dry my dishes now too.  Yeah!

3 miles around my neighborhood.  Legs pretty tired from yesterday.  Hip okay.

Finally broke down and bought a used iPod shuffle on craigslist for $20 so I don't have to use Aaron's anymore.  It is 2G which is TWICE the memory of my last one so now I'm adding lots of songs to my playlist.  I'm pretty happy about the fact that I just added a Milli Vanilli song. Remember them?  Lip-synching.  Awesome. And in honor of Burt I also added Winds of Change by Scorpions.  I figure I'll let that song burn 5 minutes of strides every now and then.  If I find myself skipping it more than twice I'm taking it off though.  I also added some more Black Eyed Peas, Dashboard, old-school TMBG, and many more random songs from our vast music folders.  Anyone have any favorite must-haves for my workout playlist? 

9.8 miles in 7:57 pace 

Would have done the extra .2 mile loop right by my house but I realized right as I was almost home that the garbage man was going to come by my house momentarily and my garbages weren't out, so I ran home and put them out just in time.

Enjoyed the new playlist this morning.  I swear, Regina Spektor and Kate Nash must be sisters or something.  Their voices sound very similar and their styles are similar too.  Actually Regina is a little more vague in her writing than Kate.  Both great musicians though.

5.2 miles in 7:58 pace

I was thinking I would cross train today because my right foot was hurting pretty badly last night and this morning.  Felt sorta like it was misaligned similar to when I have a kink in my neck, only it was a kink in my ankle. Anyone else ever get this?  I get it about once a month.  Maybe its time for a chiropractic visit.  

By the time I got to the gym (after getting the kids breakfast, dressed, hair brushed, diaper changed, shoes tied AND picking up and vacumming the entire house and cleaning the kitchen) it was 10 AM and the kink in my ankle had relaxed quite a bit so I decided to do a short, easy run.  Went an extra .2 mile to make up for the .2 I skipped out on yesterday so as to keep my weekly mileage neat and pretty.  LOL  Gotta love anal mileage moments.  That is actually a good sign for me because it means I'm starting to care what my mileage is again (I haven't cared for a good 2 months or more).

12 miles in 7:41 pace

Beautiful early Saturday run on the Big Dry Creek trail.  Saw a coyote and many bunnies.  Legs felt pretty good after about 5 miles.  I love it when I get into a rhythm and it feels the same to go 7:30 pace as it does to go 8:00 pace.

Had a nice quick visit from my SIL Ashley late last night through this morning.  She and her family are driving from their home in SLC to Dallas  to visit my other SIL Elisse.  They'll be coming back through Denver again next Thursday night on their way home.