Each Day Is a Gift

Only had enough time to run 4 with Karen and Wendy. 1 mp mile by myself.  AP: 9:15.  No soreness to speak of.

The mud crew came to finish the mudding and textured the walls of the *west wing*.  They call the wall texture Holy Smooth.  :-D  They said it's more popular than Orange Peel.  :~)

Ran with Karen and Carolyn down 3rd W, up on rail trail, east to Bull River.  Was having a hard time talking and running the uphills while Karen was cruisin'.  I chalked it off as I just ran a marathon 3 days ago whereas Karen's been tapering.  Now that I check the splits, I feel much better about my effort. 

7.25 AP: 9:19.  Splits: 9:52, 8:51, 8:42, 8:46, 9:09, 10:33 (walked the steepest part), 9:26, 8:50

The *west wing* double door and baseboards were delivered.  The outside brick work is near completion!   But nothing else is happening inside the *west wing*.

Just as I was heading out, the contractor and the drywall guys showed up.  Ran with Karen and Carolyn progressively faster as I was in a hurry to get back home.  Didn't make it back to meet the tile guy, o well.  

6 mi AP: 8:46.  Splits: 9:34, 9:09, 9:00, 8:33, 8:19, 8:02

There is a film of white dust everywhere in the house and garage!  Sigh!  Going to look for paint and finalize tiles selection. 

4 with Karen and Carolyn, 1 solo.  AP: 9:11  

Tile guy here!  Lots of noise and stinky fumes! 

Ran with Wendy to meet Karen and Carolyn.  Took it easy on hills, west to Bull River, jump on the rail trail then cross Timpanogos Hwy, to connect on the bike trail by Cabela.  Turned around where the parkway ended.  Can't wait for the trail system to be completed. They are starting to landscape the west portion of Timp Hwy. 

Nice cool morning...sunny blue sky, calm...lotsa sunflowers greeting us with cheerful faces!  Hope we get nice weather next Sat. at SGM! :)

Tomorrow will be our last group run before SGM.  Y'all invited to join us for our traditional run on the Porter Rockwell Trail.  Hope to see you there.

SO happy Jon and Kelly came to my house and drove Karen and I to the PRT.  John and Wendy followed us in their car.  They wanted to drive their own cars thinking they'd be running slow and didn't want us to wait for them to finish.  Little did they know we all ended up running 8 easy miles together and waited for the *fast* one (aka RAD) who ran almost 4 miles more! Hehe! :)

Rachel, Toby, Jun and TomSlick were already at the Park eager to run...so the party began with the 10 of us running together.  I really enjoyed Jon and Kelly's company...good chats and positive vibes.  TomSlick was amazing, running smooth and strong...you'd never known he'd run a marathon a week ago! :)  The miles flew by and we were back at the park to be rewarded with OJ, poppy seed lemon bread and banana.  Weather was cool and calm.  Wish every run could be this pleasant and fun with friends!

I was completely content to run 8 because I have not taken a rest day this summer (except for Sunday and the day before a marathon).  Having run 3 marathons in the last 5 weeks, my legs are begging me to taper! :) My right patella tendon is still tight and tender at the insertion point of the tibialis tuberosity.  My core is pathetically weak as I have not done any CSE the last 5 weeks. 

Hope I'm not pushing the envelope at SGM.  I'd love to help Karen BQ which will be a PR by 2 min. 9 sec. for me!  Will see what this old tired body can eek out on Sat.  At any rate, I will enjoy every step and treasure the memory made with wonderful special friends!