I Probably Should Make My Blog Public again

My running last week was pitiful.  On Friday I ran an unbloggable 1/2 mile, but at a 2 year old's pace.  I picked up my kids before practice, so I couldn't run much as my runners did their time trial.  

Then Saturday I had a.m. class, then drove to Chicago and by the time I had time to run, I felt like poop.  Stupid summer colds.  I took Sunday off in hopes that I would feel better faster.  I did feel a little better today, but not 100%.  Stuffy head, runny nose, sore throat.  All that crap.

So my run was an easy 40 minutes and a tempo 15 minutes.  The easy didn't feel so easy, but the tempo felt pretty good, other than some breathing issues.

I get very stressed out during XC season and now I have to drop off and pick up my kids at two different places and I haven't quite figured out what time to leave so I can get to school when I need to.  And one of the deans at my husband's school just moved to be a principal at one of the other district schools, so until they find a replacement, my husband will be leaving early and coming home late.  So I'm resigning at the end of this season.  I feel as if the rest of my life is pulling me in different directions and I can't be an excellent coach.  It makes me sad, but I believe I have to do it.

Oh, and I'm going to try to catch up with everyone's blogs later in the week.  I'm out of the loop with the start of school but eventually things will become routine.

Ladder intervals with the girls.  Stayed behind in the last two fast segments with the freshman who has lately proven she can run with the girls varsity team.  She talks herself out of going fast, so I had to push her individually.

Might have been a little less than 6--the last 7-8 minutes we ran through the first floor of the school because other groups were finishing and I was multi-tasking.

A nice and easy run with a couple of varsity girls.  

I'm mostly over my cold, but my shoulders have been really sore the past few days.  I thought it was because of my cold, but I think I've figured out that it's all the bags I carry to and from school.  I can't decide if I'm going to lift tonight or not.  I'm thinking not :)

My running seems to always derail on Thursdays...

Ran the warm up with the kids, sans sports bra.  Forgot one.  They were doing pace work on the track (1000s) and I timed instead of jiggling my way through them.  I did some running around the football field to get to the finish line.  Would've been easier to cut through, but the football team was running plays for tomorrow's opening game.

Intended to do yoga since I wasn't satisfied with my workout, but never got to it.  Family came over, which was slightly annoying.

4 easy miles with the whole girls team.  A couple of girls dropped back about halfway through, but I stayed with the front pack since we weren't going long and we didn't go that far from school.

Another easy run.  I procrastinated for a while today because it's my last free Saturday for a while.  Now I'm trying to decide which day to take off next week.  Do I take off Tuesday since the kids are racing, Wednesday because I could do homework while they're going long, or Thursday while they do pacing or repetitions?  Decisions, decisions...