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umm, that was hard.

I signed up for the Hobble Creek this morning. I guess im in, it said that it guaranteed me a spot by registering so thats that. Put in for the lottery for St.George only bc my friend wants to do that one. I dont care, I would rather do TOU. Im guessing we wont get in and then we will end up doing TOU anyway. Either way, Im running a freakin Marathon this year and after todays "awesome" fiver, Im a little nervous. Oh well, the running God's are whispering to me that this is the year, and how do I argue with them?

It was hard running into the wind, it made me extra thirsty. I didn't run the entire time, I actually ran up a steep hill half way and then turned around and walked backwards up the rest of it. Trying to work the butt and back of thighs a little bit. Running has seemed harder lately then usual. I hope this funk is short-lived, I need to get back into it. I need to eat more veggies, I really think my eating lately has alot to do with it.

Just about to finish my loop when I ran past my street and saw my parents car in my driveway so I cut it a bit short. Felt much better today. Felt stronger, so thats good. Still to think adding 21 more miles to that is a bit daunting. I know I will be ready with the right training, but today it seems ...not impossible..just hard.

Today I went on a field trip with 2 1st grade classes to Red Butte Gardens and although the gardens were peaceful and beautiful, the ride home on the bus was anything but relaxing. They all started yelling, No, screaming.."Annie and Carter sitting in a tree K.I.S.S.I.N.G. first comes love, 2nd comes marriage.....and this went on the whole ride home. My son was one of the few who was as annoyed by it as I was. He sat there with his head in my lap and plugged his ears. Seriously. It takes a very, very, special breed to be a school teacher and I could not be more grateful to them. I on the other hand, am NOT one of that breed.

No run today. Some silence for an hour and then they are all home. DEEP BREATH.

It's been a long time since I've had a run that relaxing. I just went easy on my pace, about a 10:20 avg. and just let my ipod play at will, through slow songs and usually annoying songs that I fast forward through. I just went with it and it was so nice. I was actually home at 7 miles but I said to myself, "just one more mile" and so it was. I live for and love runs like this one.

My achilles took about 2 miles to warm up, was feeling a little strained and when I got to the light at mile 2, I stretched for a bit and then it seemed to calm down and go into auto pilot mode like the rest of me.

Today my youngest left to school early and so I have the entire day to myself, well at least until 2:00, and I loved the preview of what my life will be like next school year. After 13 years of having little ones at home with me all day, It will be a great reward to have my days be free for me time.

edit: I checked my splits, they were actually a little faster than that. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

Sorry to talk about this on here, but I do need to keep track of how I feel. Im hours away from my monthly friend and I feel completely drained. It took everything I had to run that today. I was slow and lethargic but pushed through it anyway. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger right? I should feel much better tomorrow. [cross my fingers] All  I can say about that is I sure would hate this day to be a race day. I feel bad for anyone that happens to. I guess it's different for eveyone, but for me, the days before my friend comes are the worst.

thats all she wrote.

had my running clothes on, was on the way out my door and got a call to go to meet someone my hubby and I have been trying to meet with for weeks and they could only meet right then. So out the door I went to meet him in my running clothes, b.o. and all. It was great. FREAK!!! that is me.

EDIT: ran down to the park by my house and did hill repeats for 20 minutes and ran home. I can barely breathe, it felt great! Im so happy I could squeeze something in afterall!! WAHOO!! Im guessing it was around 3 miles, I actually left the garmin at home.

Met Erin this morning, It's been a long time since Ive run with her. She is slower than me if you can believe thats possible, but we hit a few steep hills and busted up them and got a good work out. My arms kept going numb like the blood kept running out and I kept having to shake them out to let it go back down to my fingers. I dont think I was holding my arms too high, but who knows. Its hard to tell just from looking down at yourself. Thats never happened to me before, I think maybe my arms just weren't awake yet. who knows. Anyway, felt good, by the end my legs felt heavy, again, I think its just that they weren't awake yet.

Im trying to be all sunshine and roses, but today I wanted to quit the whole time. I dont know why it felt so hard today. I really do try NOT to complain, bc I really DO love running, I guess I can say that I would rather have gone today and had it been hard, then not be able to run at all. I AM grateful for running. It IS my sanity, my pride, and my happy place.

It's been a long time since I ran 6 days in a row. Right now, I guess its more important that I get in the miles then worrying about how fast Im going right? Because I am going really slow lately. Im going to focus on quantity right now rather than quality.

I hope it went well for you JD on the marathon today! I kept thinking on my run today "am I crazy?? I signed up to do a freakin marathon!"

So my friend Im running the marathon with is following this schedule that is a schedule for people running their first marathon. We printed out two. One is for finishers one is for people trying to get their PR. So we decided to kind of mix and mingle the two. When I run with her, I will follow it, when I run alone, I will do what I want to do. The Hobble Creek falls perfectly into the schedule so thats good. But since I feel like Im past that already, I will try and do more on days Im not with her. This is her first thing back after having a baby so we are in different places. But it's all good. It was a beautiful morning.  Perfect temp. It was fun to get up and meet her again. It's been a loonngg time. She is the person that I first started running with. We learned together, so it's fun to be training for our first marathon together.

I spoke too soon about how I haven't gotten sick in a long time. I woke up with  a sore throat and a conjested head. bummer.

Went to bed feeling like crap, woke up feeling like crap. Feel a little better now. Going to try for tomorrow morning, even if I end up doing some walking. I need to get out there.

30 minute elliptical, It felt good to get my heart rate up again but my  throat and lungs didn't care too much for it. Too bad for them. It's hard to get up in the morning when you are laying in bed and cant breathe, but It did feel good to breathe hard a little bit later in the morning. Im still waiting for the dang motor on the treadmill to show up, Im a bit annoyed its taking so long. Im going to do some weights now and drink a couple of gallons of water throughout the day, It's getting much better, I will back in business in no time.

Edit: Its now evening and I have felt worse for the last 4 or so hours then I have the whole time. Im hoping that it is at it's worse and can only get better from here. Is is possible that the little exercise I did only hurt me?

Whoppin 6 miles this week. That is crap. I felt okay today, mostly I just couldn't go one more day without doing something. I ran the first mile, walked for a bit and then ran down a hill so I could go up another, I wanted to see if pushing it up a hill would clear out my lungs a bit. Time will tell. I feel kind of tingly and lightheaded, but happy I went a little bit.

My lungs feel like they used to feel after smoking a pack and a half of cigarettes. ouch, I cant believe that I used to be okay with that feeling. I just want to be back to normal. Im starting to whine about this but I cant help it. I need to run, I need to train, I cant feel like a bar fly smokin, hacking, mess anymore.

side note: the mailbox I run past every day that has a red painted hat on it, is now painted with sunflowers..Why are they messing up my universe?

Felt alot better today, My splits were all faster and my lungs felt alot better. The schedule only called for 3 today so I went with it bc Im still on the mend, but things are looking much better.

I felt so tired this morning, It was hard to get up. Third day in a row of 6:15 a.m. it's rough. Decent run, not awesome, but decent.

Today was a little bit of speed work with a few hills with a little bit of walking and a little bit of running. Couldn't decide what to do so I did a little bit of it all. I need to get over a little bit of a rut or hump or whatever it is that Im in. Nice day, better than sitting on the couch.

edit: I just told my husband I ran 3 miles and he said "thats it? thats like running nothing, what are you doing?" It totally bugged me. Now I may have to go again later. [do you think he does that on purpose?]

diarrhea cha cha cha...and all day long at the school with the kids. That was and is still my day.

Im frustrated. My two boys were throwing up all night, both have fever's. I have had the Cha cha's still and feel a bit achey. Not horrible, but my skin is sensitive to touch and just dont feel good. Scott is installing the motor in the treadmill right now, so hopefully later this afternoon, I can give it a try. Even if I just walk. Doing 20 loads of throw up laundry and putting lysol all over the house. Awesome.

Ran to the cemetery in Holladay where my gpa and gma are buried. Met my family there and then Scott drove me home. Felt really really really good to feel good. I finally feel like Im back in business. YIPPEE!!!!