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

Well, I actually had a good run today. It was around noon and I ran without ear coverings or gloves even though it was only 34 degrees. The sun made it wonderful. My AP for the short run was 9:29 which is fairly good for myself lately. My uphill miles were over 10, but my downhill miles were closer to mid 8's. So I'm just glad that I can push out a faster mile or two occasionally. 

Tuesday ten solo...again. I've gotten the loop down from my house that makes it exactly the same distance, but I don't have to drive to Chad's. It is a good and bad thing. I hate the loop this way having the 3 miles of good downhill first, but what do you do? Not moving so I guess I better deal with running uphill home as I've done forever :) 

The pace was slow, but I guess I better get used to this especially if no one will run with me and make me push myself. I'm not good at doing it alone on the road. I guess I should start hitting the track? But where? Sigh...whatever, I'm running and working out and trying to lose weight, so it will come eventually, right?? 

Did a weight/lift class after taking Adam to school at the rec center as well. I'm getting there, right?

Treamill miles at the gym after dropping Adam off at school so I didn't have to deal with the snow and cold. I did 3/4 mile warm-up then did 1/4 mile pick ups with 1/4 mile recoveries until I hit 3 miles, but did the last one faster and faster for an extra 1/4 mile. My on paces started at 8:30ap and got faster each one, but I did recovery faster too. So when I got to 3.5 I still had a few minutes left until class started, so I just went up to 4 miles. Time was 36:20 so I got an ap of 9:07 for everything. Much faster than I run on the road and I had the treadmill at 1% incline, but I think the treadmill isn't callibrated and it says faster than it was. 

I then did the spin/lift class I like. You do 10 minutes on the bike, then do 10 minutes of a lift circuit and repeat for the hour. It is really fun and a good way to get some lift and biking in. 

Shaggy Mountain just like every Thursday! Kristyn and Chad joined me and it was worth it, because I worked hard to keep up. My AP was 10:00 which for Shaggy lately for me is a good pace. My finishing downhill miles were 8:18, 8:22 and 8:04 for the last .22 

I felt strong and was grateful for friends to keep me going! 

I was going to go do lift at 10, but I fell asleep and didn't want to wake up. I was still cold and just wanted to snuggle in a warm bed. The issue is I fell asleep and then when I woke up the snow had gone CRAZY!! One day I was truly glad I had gotten up early and done my miles early. 

NOTHING! The snow was enough yesterday to make me crazy and anxious, so I took today off. Slept in, worked for a few hours on the couch and then got heart pizza for my kids for dinner. A total day off...because tomorrow is not one. So I'm taking a lazy day to get ready. Hopefully no more snow accumulates! 

What a day! It couldn't have been better if I'd planned it. Melissa Soper came to my house at 8am and we took off on a journey of 45KM for my 45th birthday! I went out of the Neighborhood along 13400S toward Oak Hollow Elementary then took the trail to 6400W and for the first time I ran North on the road all the way to Herriman Blvd then grabbed the trail by the Herriman seminary and ran down to Midas Creek Elementary. We took that road to Daybreak Lake trail, so we came up under the road by the dam and then ran the trail around the lake to Bingham Creek Park and grabbed that trail all the way to 4000 W. At that time we crossed the road and jumped on the Welby Jacob Canal Trail, which we then took all the way down to Porter Rockwell Blvd. We did stop a couple times at gas stations just off the trail and to safely cross at intersections when traffic was too busy. But it was the first time I'd taken the trail the WHOLE way and I loved it! At Porter Rockwell we went down to the Jordan River Parkway Trail and took that until we finished our 45km (almost exactly 28 miles) just passed Thanksgiving Point golf course. Craig was there to pick us up, so it was perfect.

At the bottom of the hill on JRP (just below the Camp Williams Cemetary and above the Apostolic church) Soper stopped and told me we needed to do our Cosmic Brownie Birthday celebration...so we did! HA! She had brought a cosmic brownie AND candles AND a lighter. If the darn wind wouldn't have been so strong I would've actually gotten to blow out candles :) Instead, I just got pictures and a treat. It was perfect. Soper and I finished up the last couple miles then she treated me to Swig on the way home - totally worth the 28 miles! 

I truly don't think the run/day could've been any better. I did walk here and there after mile 15ish, but the mud on the trail occassionally made it mucky and difficult. But the company was the best I've had for quite some time! Getting to spend 5 hours with someone as wonderful as Soper is a gift that can't be duplicated. I will forever treasure the miles that I was able to have and the conversation that just flowed between the two of us. Sigh...I wish every run was this good! 

When I got home I had some visitors. Lauren and her family had come down and we got a great surprise from our sweet Reed. Then after a shower I got treated to dinner at home from Cafe Trang! Pho, spring rolls and egg rolls. I was happily stuffed with sore legs and just got to chill listening to little Reed giggle with his uncles all night. A perfect day for this crazy old grandma :)