Moving Forward

I had a lovely and restful Easter weekend, in fact I'm still off work today! I ran earlier this morning but I'm finally getting a minute to post on the blog. So today was a very nice run, after getting my husband off to work I started my run. I planned on 7-8 but felt so good I just kept going. The hills in the neighborhood did not seem as bad as when I ran them on Friday. I was able to stay at a bit faster pace, but better yet I didn't have to stop and walk on any of the hills :) that always makes me feel good. So I'm off to get some spring cleaning accomplished, and hopefully some sculpting :) 

11 miles - 1:39:57

laps: 9:47, 9:55, 9:47, 9:49, 8:26, 8:18, 8:45, 8:41, 8:35, 9:26, 8:25!

Sound of music I hope I did this correct... it made me smile. I think this should happen more often.

Smart Sheep or shepards with too much time on their hands... you be the judge.

I got a call from a running guy, that has been recovering from an injury. He asked if I would run a bit with him, so we met at Peak Performance Running Store, and ran for three miles together. We stood in the rain for at least two minutes for my garnin to find itself, but finally I just said let's go. By his garmin, we averaged about 9:30 for the three miles. Then I ran another 5, but in my haste to get running I started my garmin without resetting it Duh!! so I added 1/2 a mile onto yesterdays run before I looked down and really understood what was going on. I don' t know the overall time and laps. But I'm sure it was much slower then yesterday, my legs were a bit heavy tonight.

Laps of the last 4.5 miles: 9:17, 9:39, 9:15, 9:03, 9:14

** side not, I needed to get new shoes. I had been running in Pearl Isumi, but I can only get about 200 miles on them before they have some fatal flaw that makes it so I can' run in them with out getting major blisters. So as much as my shins were happy with the Pearl Isumi my pocket book was not. I got some Asics, so here's to hoping my shins will love them.

I slept good last night but then I woke with a new a exciting pain in my left knee. I think it might be arthritis. All this rainy weather is probably the reason. The weather was miserable today... rain snow wind, you name it, but there was a break in all the weather right when work ended, so it was just a few drizzles. I had dropped my gloves yesterday in the mud and didn't get them washed but luckily I had an extra pair of socks in my bag LOL. I looked like a dork but there was not any other runners on the trail so it didn't matter. My right hip and shin were bugging quite a bit, I'm not ready to say it's the new shoes, I think I just need to ice and stretch better. 

5 miles - 46:45

Laps: 9:22, 9:16, 9:35, 9:24, 9:16

I was surprised that my laps were not over 10:00, I think I really just wanted to be done.

Meet up with a running friend and ran 5 miles with him, then did another 3 by myself. My shin felt better tonight when I was running, but hurt more when I stopped. I will ice and stretch again tonight and hope that I can get things feeling better. I have a massage appointment tomorrow after work so that should help too. I will probably only do about 5 miles tomorrow. I'm really trying to wrap my head around a long run this weekend. I really need to do about 18-20 miles. 

8 miles - 1:13:16

laps - 9:32, 9:21, 9:14, 8:51, 9:02, 9:11, 9:01, 9:05

I had a massage tonight, so I knew that I would be pressed for time to get a run in. But the problem was that everything was just hurting too much to do any more. I was planning on 5, but just could not get it done. I will try to get a good nights sleep and be positive in my thoughts that tomorrow will be a good run. The plan is to the 11 mile loop that I did Monday, then meet up with my running friend and do 7 with her, then hopefully 3-4 more after she is done. Fingers crossed that everything will be good. 

3.57 miles - 33:06

laps: 9:10, 9:11, 9:17, 9:35

Oh ya baby!!! that's the most miles I've ever ran in a week! Booyah! 

I got up around Sno time (5:00) and ran 13 miles. It was slow and a bit painful for the first two or so, then I felt a bit better. I ran the 11 mile loop that I ran on Monday, then added a bit more circling the neighborhood. Then I changed my clothes... eat a PB&J, had a drink, then drove to meet up with my running friend. She did the last 9 miles with me. This is the longest distance she has run since her injury. Needless to say we were pretty slow by the end, but so happy that she had run all nine. I was just happy to be done. Now off to my son-in-laws birhtday BBQ have a great weekend. Here to hoping for a nap!

22:01 miles - 3:35:09