ShufflingSista

2.5 mile walk w/ my sisters, Jim & brother in law in the cold! Get to get the fresh air!

Slept in, then saw my opportunity to sneak out of the house of 20 people and run a solo run.  Ran around my parent's neighborhood in the middle of the road, 'cause everything else was icy! Average pace 9:50. I felt kinda slow, but it was really nice to get away and get some fresh air before all the Christmas Eve & Christmas Day festivities! Glad I got this in before the big snow storm today.  Its DUMPING snow right now! Its Christmas Eve- hope everyone is eating good food and having a great time with your loved ones!  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Day walk w/ my sisters.  It was dumping snow and I was just honestly too lazy to run in it- heck- its Christmas! Instead my 2 sisters (Ash & Jules) and I bundled up and took about a 4 mile walk.   It was very pleasant! (and also pretty slow, we were mostly watching our step and trudging through snow on roads and sidewalks that hadn't been paved- so I didn't count the mileage, can't say the heart was pumping very hard....) Great sister bonding time!

Hectic travel day today.  Got up early to be at the temple for my brother's sealing- AWESOME!!!! My eyes are still puffy from crying...my brother got sealed to his wife, then brought in my 2 yr old niece to be sealed to him.  Adorable!!!!! Words can't express.... then it was a RUSH to jump in the car and drive straight to St. George so my dear hubby could work a night shift at the hospital tonight.  So no run today, still on the road side after falling off the Christmas train... Tomorrow I've promised myself no bedtime until I run 6 miles- hold me to it dear bloggies.... And YES- I got the garmin!!!! I will take it for the test run tomorrow!

Got my 6 miles in by the skin of my teeth!  Had to go to the gym so I'd be forced to get on the treadmill, no distractions.  I was feeling extremely lazy today and it was too hard to step out the door and run.  Luckily the runner's high kicked in a couple miles into it and lasted the rest of the day! It was hard however to run on a tummy full of chocolate! I think it will be easier to stay away from the leftover stocking candy if I can just remember how my stomach felt during the run- yuck! Let's just say I couldn't go too fast for fear of seeing the chocolate again! Ended up w/ a 9:50 average pace.  Can't seem to break that 9:50 barrier lately.  Probably need to add some strides to my workouts.  Heather, Buff & I have a 8 miler planned for the morning- so I gotta get my Zzz's! Love the new sleep entry, hope it will make me think twice about staying up all hours of the night watching mindless TV or playing on the internet! (Tomorrow will be my first chance to really play w/ the new garmin- fun!)

Thanks to energetic friends who drag me around, I got in a great run today.  9.29  mi, 9:19 av. pace.  Happy to break the 9:50 slump I've been in lately.  I took 1/2 pack GU before the run and 1/2 pack about 45 into it, that helped ALOT.  Looks like I may get in my 25 mi. for this week after all! Heather & I have a 5/6 miler planned for tomorrow.  Mik'L or any of your St. George folk are more than welcome to join us tomorrow morning!

I was feeling a little blue today.  Not sure why, probably just hormones! It was kinda overcast, maybe that's why.  I felt like a SAD sufferer! Couldn't seem to get out of my sweats and get moving! I finally got my hubby to go on a walk w/ me right before dark.  We did walk hills and kinda fast so I'm counting it (desperate to count mileage- maybe....).  It was enjoyable and helped me get out of the slump.  We then took the kids to National Treasure Book of Secrets.  Great family movie!! Not sure my 7 yr. old caught it all, but 10 yr old loved it and wanted to talk about urban legends all night.