Each Day Is a Gift

PD clinic lab day, so no running.  Hubby's RLS has gotten worse.  Finally got a prescription which takes 3 weeks to get up to therapeutic dose (taper up) so hopefully it works and he can get some sleep.  Sleep deprivation is a terrible thing!

Had one of the finest bestest FHE with the Estes family.  We just love each of them so much...such a wonderful family filled with love, kindness, Christlike qualities.  :)

27F sunny blue sky, calm.  Ran with Karen, Leslie and Wendy east to top of Dry Creek on MCT then west to 1500W rest room to get a drink.

I voted! Hubby and I walked to Eagle Crest to vote, a nearly 2 miles round trip.  

Another beautiful morning!  Karen's wake up alarm text: "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor, would you be mine, would you be mine...." yep, she was sesame street Mr. Rogers reincarnate....how can we resist!  So, the four of us ran pretty much the same route as yesterday, except we ran Wendy home for her 5 miles, then ran Leslie and Karen home for their 6 miles and I ran for couple more to make 8. TT: 1:15:46.  AP: 9:28.  Felt like I could've run forever.  I treasure and savor our daily runs.  I need it, I crave it.  It is my therapy.  I have the best running friends in the world! :)

So, yesterday the PD nurse called us to report on hubby's lab results.  His creatinine is 14 (normal is 1.0-1.3).  That means the PD we are doing (it's been a month since we switched from HD to PD) is not effective in getting rid of the toxins.  This is discouraging news for us.  His RLS is getting worse, it's going on day and night, so he is not able to sleep.  We did get a prescription which requires three weeks of taper up.  We hope that this will help ease the severity of RLS. 

6 solo miles on MCT in 56:34. AP: 9:25.  Sunny blue sky, 30F, calm.  I watched the Altra running form video last night (since not much sleeping anyway) and tried to focus on those pointers on my run (easier to do when running solo).  Really felt good to be running with forward pull of chest and abd, drive elbows back with compact arms, quick cadence and land on bended knees.  Feet with spread toes really feel great and responsive in the Altra Torin.

So grateful to be able to go to the temple with some friends whom I've known for 34 years; and lunch afterwards to catch up on each other's lives!   

Beautiful sunrise, crisp cool morning for a long run with Karen, Leslie and Wendy.  We ran up on Suncrest then east to Alpine.  Drank and gu'ed at the everflowing fountain then head south.  Leslie and Wendy turned west on the Highland city trail for home to get their 12 miles.  Karen and I continued south then east onto Highland Glen Park and MCT.  We turned back at around mile 10 and head west on MCT to Mitchell Hollow, Dry Creek to home.  My uphill miles were really slow; but finished strong with the last two being the fastest.  

Easy conversational run with Karen.  It was good to have her shoulder to cry on.  Weather has been so nice lately!