Each Day Is a Gift

Zero soreness!!!  YAY!!!  Ran with Wendy and Carolyn for 4.  Passed by Karen's at our mile 3 while she was walking Abby to the bus stop with Sky in her running clothes.  The school bus came just in time for Karen to join us.  Ran 2.5 with Karen. 

6 circuits of CSE

Foam rolled the shins which I've never done before and discovered some tightness there, no doubt from the cramping on the last mile at PCM on Sat.

Poor hubby got my sore throat on Sat and was coughing up a storm last night, thus we got very little sleep.  Met Carolyn and Karen for our run at 6am so we could be done before the kids get off to first day of school.  Ran down on the 300 W trail and back up on 3200 N.  My sore throat is gone and coughing is minimal! 

3 circuits CSE

10 lb free weight lifts for biceps and triceps

Temp was already 69 at 6am.  Gonna be a scorcher.  Was nice to run with Karen and Carolyn and beat the sun coming over the mountains and the kids getting on school bus!

3 circuits of CSE.  Rolled and massaged lower calf muscles.

The roofers were supposed to come on Monday.  They still haven't come.  So glad there's no rain in the forecast for that reason.

I am desperately in need of lodging for Friday night (9/16) in Logan for TOU.  The hotels I looked are filled!   Help!!!!

Karen and Carolyn took the day off from running so I slept.  At the start of the run I felt some tightness/soreness in my right lower calf on the outside (distal) with every footfall and push off.  I noticed soreness on the left lower calf on the inside (proximal) yesterday.  I could walk with no problem.  So I went home, put on compression sleeves and walked/jogged on the TM for 2 miles, stop to stretch every 10 min.  Once the muscles got warmed up, I was able to run at easy pace with no problem.  Will keep an eye on the Soleus.  More foam roll and stretch!

The roofer finally came at 10 this morning!

Still desperately in search of lodging for TOU! 

Ran an easy 5 with Karen.  We started at 7:45, temp was already in the 70s.  Had no energy this morning.  The calves did better today. :)

Going over to help Beth clean and pack.  They are moving tomorrow.  I am so sad!  I hate goodbyes! :(

This morning's run was one of the most joyful runs I've had!!!  Karen picked me and Carolyn up at 4:40 and headed down to Toby's.  According to Karen's car, temp was 75.  Toby had already gotten up SUPER early to run 8 solo miles and was back by 5am to run her remaining 12 miles with us. This was to be her first 20 miler!!!  :)  Thanks Toby for letting us be part of your awesome run!!! :) :) :)

Lowell and Terry came from Pocatello to join us since Terry's grand daughter was getting married in the Timpanogos Temple at 10am.  Lowell provided us with flash/glow lights and we were off with much laughter and giggles!  :) :) :)

The 6 of us meandered west on the streets of AF then north onto the river trail then east to Lone Peak High and back on the trail to the golf course.  We had so much fun chatting and laughing, the miles just flew by.  We stopped at the drinking fountain east of the golf course and realized it was already 6:15 and Toby had to be back by 7 for her Ward's Rodeo.  We still have another 5 or 6 miles to go.  So she proposed that we run to her house by 7 and finish the run at her ward's 5K race/fun run just up the road.   Seriously, how in the world?!! :)  I would not be able to do the math at the end of the long run to figure the mileage no less run a 5K at the end of a 20 miler.  She is AMAZING!!! :)

Everything worked out beautifully!  We got to the start of the 5K just before the race started.   Only Lowell took a bib number and I carried the bag of safety pins and chased after the guy with the clip board.  We just wanted to finish our long run so we stayed at the very back.  When the gun went off (yes, there was a gun and they even fired it once for testing), I followed the people (about 25-30?) in front of me.  The first 0.75 mile (per my Garmin) has an elevation drop of 90'.  I took it easy down the hill passing a few people and chatted with the boy and lady on bikes.  We turned left onto the river trail which we ran earlier in the dark in reverse.  The course flattened out and I passed more people...breathing easy and legs feeling great.  At about mile 1.5 there was a water station, I skipped it, then we turned east onto 300 North.  I ran on the sidewalk as there were cars parked along the road and I didn't want to get hit by oncoming traffic.  I spotted a group of young men/boys on this stretch so I focused on reeling them in.  I was able to pass all (about 5) but one who had a #31 basketball jersey on.  The course turned north uphill on 1100 East at mile 2.4.  I stayed on #31's tail because I didn't know the course.  We made one right turn into a neighborhood then a left turn.  I saw a group of ward members and ran towards them thinking it was the finish; but one lady pointed me to the left up in the grassy area towards the finish.  I never caught #31 but my time was 25:36 and found out I was top 10! :)  Splits: 8:28 (downhill), 8:18 (flat), 8:30 (uphill), (0.1 @ 8:48 got a little lost). 

I grabbed a cup of water then we ran back to look for Lowell and Terry who ended up running up to where their car was parked as they had to make it back in time to get ready for the wedding.   Didn't get to say goodbye but I'll see them in a week at the Pocatello Marathon.  Got home and went to my Stake R.S. self reliance fair!   What a FUN FUN FUN morning! :) :) :)

HUGE HUGE HUGE KUDOS to Toby for running her first 20 miler so AWESOMELY with a 5K race at the end to boot and...finish the whole thing in a kidK with her darling triplets!!!  WaHoooo!!!! :) :) :) :)