I Can Do Hard Things

Time: 55:43

I wasn't that motivated to run in the rain this morning, so I headed to the gym.  Hot, stuffy and humid.  But I did it and it is over.

Lower legs did better today, but I'm not celebrating yet.  Lots of ice and stretching.

AP 10:00

I really wanted to run today, but didn't want to push the miles or pace.  Just loosen things up a bit.  It was a beautiful morning...nice sunrise.  

 Lower leg feels ok..I iced after the run.  We'll see.

Garmin was dead, so I just ran!  The weather was beautiful...hooray for no rain!  I felt fairly good, but just slow.  I had no speed whatsoever.  It is time to get to the track.

Lower legs are feeling pretty good.  I'm going to have to maintain whatever it is I'm doing.

I don't even know my time.  My son wanted to ride his bike with me, so we went an easy 2 miles.  He did a great job on his bike.  He was alittle nervous to ride on "the road" and I had to keep reminding him to look forward and not back at me.  

It was super fun to have him come and listen to him sing various songs.  I use to ride my bike with my mom when she would run.  I LOVED to ride with her.  We need to work on upping his mileage so we can go further together.

Time:  1:53:34 (AP 9:30)

9:55, 9:59, 9:46, 9:46, 9:44, 9:53, 9:23, 9:27, 9:16, 9:27, 9:17, 7:35

This was one of the best runs I've had in a long time!  I met Rachel, Smooth, and Karen at the Draper City Park for a 12 mile run.  Last time I ran this trail, I had a horrible run.  It was windy and I felt like crud. 

Not today, the sun was shining and I felt much stronger.  I knew that it was an up and down course.  I was able to hold a conversation the whole way, so I wasn't running that hard.

At mile 11, Smooth yelled "let's finish strong", so I took off.  I thought everyone was coming right behind me and when I realized they weren't I kept going (I was probably breaking some sort of "running with a group" rule).  I was surprised how much  speed I had left and how good I felt.  

I feel so much better about running the UVHM next weekend.

I learned so much about running from those sweet ladies....I was lucky to spend the early morning with them!  Thanks gals!

Still waiting to see how my lower leg feels.