Recovering from micro-fracture surgery :(

Happy 4th of July!

 It is overcast and a bit humid here in Salt Lake City today which is rare for July.  I felt better out running this morning.  Ran 10 in 1:30...I know, still sad!  I will be lucky if I come in under 1:50 for the Bryce Canyon half in a week and a half.  I guess I should just be grateful that I am out running and nothing is hurting on me right now!  It is nice to not run in heat and it sprinkled a bit on me here and there while I was out running today.  

 My hub and I went and played doubles tennis this afternoon with some friends of ours and we got poured on.  The court was a bit slick but we had a lot of fun. 

 We are now off for a bbq and fireworks.  I hope you are all enjoying your freedom on this great day!

My 13yr old has been a stinker about going to swim team in the mornings.  I told him it is either swim team or me for one hour every day.  He chose me.  I am hoping after a week of me, he will be begging to go back to swim team in the mornings.  

We ran around the Crestwood trail before my two youngest had swim lessons.  James was huffing and puffing and complaining.  I was pushing my two younger ones in our double jogger.  After a half lap, we ran into a friend of mine.  He turned around and started running with us.  When I had to leave for swimming lessons, he finished up James' workout for me by running him up hills and running more laps.  He brought James to the swimming pool for me and his face was red and splotchy!  James said he wasn't feeling very good.  He thought he was going to throw up! haha!

I had all sorts of plans to run today and I ended up cleaning my house too long, making pancakes and bacon for my kids and two nephews that slept over....laundry got the better of me and when I looked at the clock and realized that I was about out of time, I ran down to the treadmill and ran myself sick.  

I thought I would get to run later today but again ended up with too much going on around here.  What can I say....I am a mother of four and I like to play more than work! 4 hours at the pool today about did us all in! My house is clean and laundry done and we had a fun day.  Not a great run day for me.  I am becoming more and more afraid of my Bryce Canyon half marathon in a week! ha!

Ran to Bells Canyon Trailhead and up the trail and a quarter way around the lake and back.  The runoff is still high so unless I wanted to go swimming in glacier water I had to turn around. Sooo humid today.  I was dripping with sweat! This is not like me and not like SL weather....what is the deal?

 Off for the Ballet West dance drop off and then swim lessons and to exercise James into vomiting today! :) Yee hoooo!  Fun day ahead!!!

Humidity is 75% today.  I might as well have taken a shower in my running clothes and gone out for a run because that is what I looked like out running.  My nephew said he has never seen me soaked before.  This is not a normal July in Utah!

Barely made 17 miserable, long, nasty, unbearable miles today.  My legs were throbbing! My nephew Michael and I were laughing until we were crying we were so miserable out today!  We are both in pathetic shape right now.  I can't wait until our miles get up and we can not be in so much pain while out running!