Slow Poke

2 miles of running and walking with a friend who wants to get in shape.  Mostly walking.  I probably shouldn't even count it, but I am gonna anyway. 

1 hour spin bike.  I love how much I sweat on it, it is such a good workout.  Not the same as running but convenient for sure.  I hope the cross training will help me to drop the last 8 VERY stubborn pounds I would like to loose.  

Another run with my dad today.  It is nice to have company and conversation while running sometimes.  We ran out to the Laverkin stake center and back.  Then hit Pah Tempe on the way back.  I hadnt ran that hill in a month or so and it felt good to run it again.

New shoes, Saucony Triumph, neutral shoes.  They felt good and running in the neutral Asic nimbus for the run on saturday felt good also.  I hope that running in posted was part of my many problems and injuries last year.  I am going to take it easy and not over train this year. 

Oh, I have officially signed up for the St George marathon for 2009.  Yeah!!  (I think)

1 hour spin bike. Felt great and I love the cross training.  (And the sweat. Its awesome!!!)

1 hour spin bike. I love it!!!  I feel strong and that makes me very happy. 

I am going to try to keep track of my miles this weekend, but not quite sure how I will do that.  Anyway, the relay for life run is tomorrow and saturday.  Should be a good time, I hope it cools down a bit, but havent watched the news so I dont know.

I got to participate in the Relay for Life 24 hour run that started at noon on friday. The team i was on has been doing it for many years and has quite the system for success. From noon until 11 pm we each ran approximately 15 minutes each and rotated.

So on friday I ran 6 times and ran 2 miles each time.

To be continued on saturdays blog.....

Then from 11 pm until 6 am we each took a one hour block.  My hour was at 1 am.  A walked a good share of it because I knew I would need to save myself for.  I counetd 18 laps and had run about 4 of those.  Then starting at 6 am we went back on the every 15 minute rotation and I ran 3 more times.  This time only going 6 laps. 

I only had about 2 hours of sleep at the track and hadnt taken into account how cold it would be with the wind, so it was fitfull sleep.  I waked most of the time I was not running so I wouldnt cramp up. 

Saturday afternoon i was pretty tired and one knee was sensitive, but other than that feel much better then i would have thought. 

I took 3 pair of shoes and rotated them after every 2 or 3 runs.  I think that was a good thing and helped me alot.

(Now being monday morning, I feel amazing.  No pain whatsoever and am so excited about that.)

It was an awesome experience and I hope to participate again next year!!!