I'm not crazy...I'm just bored!!

I was a good mom this morning :) Well, actually I forgot, but when I went in the school to pay lunch money I saw the poster about the "Dinosaur Train" assembly at the school this morning and knew that my 3yr old would LOVE to go, so I skipped the gym and sat at the school in a good seat for 45 minutes waiting for the assembly to start. It was really fun, a neat opportunity to meet Dr Scott the Paleontologist and Buddy. So, my gym time was cut short.

7 miles on the TM at an AP: 8:49, splits: 9:13, 9:05, 8:57, 8:49, 8:41, 8:34, then the last mile I went from 8:27 for the first quarter progressively faster until the last quarter was at 7:30. Felt good on the run and the paces felt decent too, almost hated to stop! That's all right, there is always tomorrow :)

Okay, now I need some help! PLEASE spread the word and sign up if you can for this run!! It is to help out a family in my stake who are trying to adopt the little brother of their son which will make 2 adoptions in less than a year. AT 60K+ for each adoption fee they are scrambling and have put together this fundraiser. So, if you can fit in a few pace miles on 2/12 for a 5K this would be a GREAT one! Official timing as well by fleet feet and t-shirts are guaranteed through today only. Send this out to everyone - PLEASE lets get a good showing of support from an amazing running community!!

Click HERE for their site and more info and to register!

PANSY = ME

My neighbor who I usually run with in the mornings had a death in the family and wasn't able to make it this morning (too much stress and crud to deal with - she needed sleep). So, I looked out and even on the plowed part of the roads you could see the ice shimmering underneath. That plus a HIGH today of 19...well, I went back to bed :) I think I'd be okay running on the ice, because there was a nice crunchy layer of snow and heavens knows I've been out in colder this season, but I get worried about cars when it's icy. I'm afraid that they'll see me and try to turn or stop and not be able to and then either hit me or another car. So, my pansy-ness overcame me and I decided to hit the TM at the gym today.

I had about 85 minutes at the gym before I had to leave for meetings, but I spent the first 15 talking to Kelli and Wendy - so I got a good jaw workout :) However, then I only had time for 7 on the TM when I was thinking I'd do 8. Oh well, there is always tomorrow :)

AP: 8:47 first 4 miles were at 8:57, I know it's just under a nine, but I like when I can run this speed and it feels just nice and comfortable so I stayed in the groove. Mile 5 was 8:49, 6 - 8:41 then I went to 8:34 and down every quarter for the last mile, finishing with a 6:58 for the last .15 of a mile. Finished feeling good!

Now I'm off to try and get stuff done - heaven help me to step away from the computer today!

Oh, and another reminder for anyone who didn't see yesterday - a 5K for a good cause! HERE

Sick baby = no gym time and no sleep time or getting up early.

Translation: forced rest day.

I'm thinking I may go late tonight and get some miles in after dad gets home.

I didn't get anything in last night, because I made a Dr appointment for baby because he was still not sleeping well and just miserable and feverish. I couldn't take another night of getting up every 60-90 minutes with a miserable baby, so if I could find out what was wrong and fix it for him I wanted to get it done, if it was just a virus and we have to wait out then fine, but I didn't want him to be miserable anymore if I could help it! The appointment came out that everything (ears, throat, lungs etc) was fine, just a virus and manage pain and fever. In a way I'm glad, but another way I hate to see him miserable and not be able to help. 

So, after another sleepless night I didn't get up to run early. Today was my neighbor's step-father's funeral so I figured she wouldn't show anyway. I was resigned to another day of cuddling sick baby, and maybe getting a nap. I got the kids off to school and crawled back in bed with baby. I thought about doing something, but I was tired. 2 days off wouldn't kill me. However, man was I ornery this morning! This is my biggest thing with no running/exercise. I get ornery fast - I need my endorphins. So, my wonderful neighbor had offered to watch Adam for a bit while I got a run in and I figured it would do me (and the family) some good if I got out and ran. She called me back and said she could take him about 11:00, so I got dressed dropped him off and went to the gym.

There was only one other person in the gym so I had Sports Center to keep me company - boring! I had brought my ipod, because I'd finally (first time in 2 years) downloaded some new music, that would keep me going. Nope! Somehow the songs didn't download onto my ipod, so I still had the same old songs I'd had forever - blah!! Either way, I was feeling good. I started at an 8:34 pace and figured I'd just hang there the full run, but it felt so effortless that after a couple miles I went to 8:27, then 8:20 then 8:13 - mile 5 was an 8:00 and the last mile I did progressively faster from 7:30-6:58. I just really felt good! That is what a full rest day does for you :) AP for the run was 8:20.

Jumped off the TM and with only moments to spare raced back to pick up baby before my wonderful neighbor needed to leave for work! I am SO blessed! For wonderful friends and a healthy body - the mind is another issue. Baby is doing better today and I think he'll be good to go to daycare tomorrow so I can get a 'normal' workout in. I'm looking forward to a nice long Saturday run now! Anybody have any plans I can tag along with?

I got 4 hours of continuous sleep last night and it felt like a DREAM! Got to the gym with my ipod full of new songs and I was ready to hit a good run! Started at an 8:34 pace, I love days when I start at MP and it just feels like a breeze. So after a few miles I hit it up to 8:20 stayed there for a couple, then mile 6 was at 8:13 and mile 7 was 7:47, but for the last .15 I took it up to 6:53. I felt good the whole time and ended with energy to spare. AP: 8:20

Then I finished of the last 30 min of daycare time doing weights. Arms, back, core, quads and abductors for stability. Set repeated 3X. I felt good as I left, but started getting the little shakes and I knew I need something to eat, so I grabbed a protein bar and ran off to get errands done.

When I got home and turned the car off my 3 year old said "MOM! Turn the music back on", I did but the song was over. So I told him since I'd just downloaded a bunch of new songs we could listen to them on the stereo inside and have a dance party putting away groceries. Well, it was so fun, I think this dance party might continue on for a while :)

Anyone up for a good outside 15-18 tomorrow?

Oh man, what a run! The wind out there is some of the worst I've ever run in. It wasn't too shabby when we started out and then headed East, but even when we turned around mile 5 to go North the wind sometimes nearly blew you UP hill as you were running down. Then when we turned and went West it was pure misery! I got vertigo from being blown all over and I was only at mile 9 and ready to quit. It really was terrible.

So, I hatched a plan: if I could get hubby to come pick me up I could run downhill and East with the wind at my back and get a few more miles. He was up for it, so I continued on. The wind was still terrible and would blow me forward as I ran sometimes almost feeling like I was getting knocked over, but I got it in and feel good now that it is behind me.

Another memorable run with Becca, I was having a hard time getting up and out this morning. I'm glad I had her to be accountable to, or I might still be laying in bed deciding if I am going to get up and run.

AP: 8:46 splits: 8:49 (my puppy Lucy decided she needed to run this morning, so I took her out on the mile loop before heading off), 9:21, 8:50, 8:43, 9:06, 8:49, 8:10, 8:57, 9:45 (this was the uphill into the wind. It was the HARDEST mile of ALL of them!), 8:40, 8:24, 8:30, 8:06, 7:45 (last .10).