Since I've been a complete lazy butt and haven't run forever, I decided I needed to get out. I figured I'd feel all nice and rested and tapered...HA! Nice try Rachel...nice try. I met Becca down in Lehi and I got to go on her extended boyfriend loop :) We also made a split through the cemetery while they were setting up for the program. A beautiful morning!! I was just sucking it up big time. I'm honestly really worried about pacing 1:50 at the Thelma and Louise half this Saturday, sad, huh? The hilly course was good, but not horrible and despite having to take a couple drink breaks it was a good run and Becca had lots from her trip to CO to tell me about, so I didn't have to talk either :) Perfect beginning of a great day! AP: 8:46 splits: 8:31, 8:31, 9:24, 8:46, 8:38, 8:31, 8:13, 9:06, 9:32, 8:31 (can you find the uphills and those uphills INTO the wind?!? It was nice and windy out today!)
I was SO tired when I got home (and everyone was still sleeping anyway) that I got my stinky blanket and curled up for a nap. An hour or so later baby boy was up and it was go time. Hubby had already finished a lot of the 2nd coat of paint on the playground, but I went out and helped touch up a few areas with the boys. Then it was yard work...again. Finished weeding, edging, mowing (kids got their first lesson of how to mow!), transferring a bunch of strawberries that had overgrown in the garden to a space they could fill in and go wild, clearing and tilling the garden, then planting our garden full of corn and just a few tomato plants, sunflowers planted, trees planted, everything cleaned up, quick BBQ at my BIL's house out here, then conditioning and fertilizing the grass. Whew! I tell ya. Hard work ALL day. I never stopped. I was really glad I'd had that nap earlier in the day. The kids worked hard all weekend too on our 'no electronics' weekend! Nice to have it mostly done. I now just have 2.5 flats of ground cover to plant... Happy Memorial Day! I hope everyone got the chance to remember and cherish the freedom that we have thanks to all of the brave soldiers out there!
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