All it takes is all you've got

7 miles in 7:05 pace

6X50 stride pick-ups to get the legs moving. Did Ab-ripper X with Aaron and the girls when I got home.  Got some good laughs watching our 2 and 4 yo try to get ripped abs.  The best was Ali sitting with her legs flat on the ground pounding her fists on each side of her legs feeling so happy for herself because she is so tough!  That girl is seriously melting us with her cuteness lately.  The other day the kids found a daddy long leg spider and she came running inside and said "its a long long daddy daddy leg!!!"  Hahaha.

My achilles feels pretty good.  My lower back hurts for some reason though.  I'm going to see Richey tomorrow and will ask him to adjust it.

SNOW!!

If there would have been a morning group I would have gone to it and run in clear skies.  But as it was, Coach D only held an afternoon group today so we got to run in the snow!  Actually it stopped snowing during our warm up and the path was only wet with a few puddles here and there.  The trees and grass had a light dusting and snow clumps were dripping off the trees. Our first snow of the season...Beautiful!  I can't believe it waited so long to come this year!

Anyway, I met my team at East Boulder Commnity park.  We did a 20 min. warm-up, stretching, and strides.

4X45 seconds quick turnover to get our legs moving (5:20-5:40 pace) 75 sec. jog between each

5 minutes steady controlled (5:48 pace)

2 min jog 

6X90 seconds hard with 1 min. jog between each (5:20-5:40 pace)

5 minutes steady controlled (5:57 pace)

10 minute cool down

 It got dark after our warm up so we turned our headlamps on.  After the 4X45 second set I took off my jacket and had my bright neon yellow Baltimore marathon long sleeve on, which was pretty much glow in the dark.  That shirt is pretty awesome for night running.

9 miles in 7:29 pace

Nice recovery run after last night's workout.  Now I'm off to see Richey for some ART.

Three more days until we are official "Boulderites!" 

8 miles in 7:27 pace

Ran with Renee Metivier Baillie and Kristen Fryburg-Zaits this morning.  We met at the Coal Creek Trail in Lousiville; a place I am very familiar with from my years of living in Superior.  This was my first time meeting Renee; she is super cute and nice (and huggy).  :)   It was nice to see Kristen again and catch up with her as well.  She appears to be right on track and gearing up for a great race in the Houston Marathon in a couple of months. 

Eight miles seems to fly by super quick when you are passing the time with like-minded runner gals.  Good times! 

My last run around Standley Lake.  :(

4 mile warm up with stretching and strides mixed in.

4 mile tempo run in 6:03 pace

2 mile cool down 

The ol' legs (and heart and lungs) are feeling somewhat rusty.  It felt good to push the pace though.

One final day of packing, breaking down all our beds and selling off five more pieces of furniture that I have had listed on craigslist for two weeks and have finally received calls from buyers who want them (I love craigslist).

I am also taking Abe to Boulder after school to meet his new First Grade teachers and check in on the "situation" in our basement.  Yesterday afternoon when I stopped by to vacuum the house and drop a load of stuff off, the basement storage room had a pool of sewage water which was seeping into the carpet in the hall.  I sopped up 12 towels worth of nasty pooh water and we called the plumber to come in and clean the pipes out; also a carpet cleaner to come shampoo the carpet.  Lets hope they are on schedule today because we'll be pulling in sometime around noon tomorrow with two 26 ft. moving trucks full of stuff! 

Hope you're all having a nice Friday!! 

I was going to try to get in a few easy miles before a long day of moving but my legs felt pretty trashed when I woke up and I also had at least 12 things on my "to-do" list before the movers arrived at 8:30 a.m., so I nixed the run.  

Moving went pretty smoothly.  Our good friends, Erin and Gus watched the kids ALL DAY which was a HUGE help.  Four young men in their 20s came and filled two 26 ft. trucks full of stuff while I cleaned the house and Aaron did touch up paint and unscrewed furniture and beds.  They finally pulled out around 2 p.m. and I stayed another couple of hours to make the place spic and span.

Once we got to Boulder it was much quicker to unload.  Some light snow began to fall at dusk just as we brought the final box into our new home.  Nine hours and $1,231 later, we sent home those four nice lads and thanked them for their wonderful service.  We are officially Boulderites!!