Slackersauce

Pretty good run I guess, I thought I would push it today bc I can feel my butt jiggling more than usual due to Halloween candy, but when I looked down at my splits they weren't as fast as I had hoped for. Kind of disappointing when you think you are pushing it and it feels like you are pushing it and then you find out that you weren't much different then you usually are. Oh well. I ran up the hill on 1700 E. and when I got to the top, my parents were driving down the street so I stopped and talked to them for a minute. They go on a drink drive every morning and come to get my news paper on my driveway. Since Scott only likes the Sunday paper and I don't care about any of it except obituaries, we told them they can come and get it. So they do. They act so old now. But they think they act so young. Apparently I look no younger then Jullianne Moore! And my sister in law told me the other day about her friends who are "young-ish" in their late 30's! WTH? I thought I was young still, maybe I'm no different then my parents!

I took DingDong today {aka, my dog} for two reasons. 1. I don't feel very well so I thought I would just go on a walk. and 2. He is fat.  I ended up mostly running bc it it so hard to walk when you are used to running and then I ended up running the hills at Flat Iron Park {due to butt jiggle} About the third time up, DingDong said to me "human mom, you are tough." I know that's what he said bc his leash was suddenly becoming very loose and I was pulling him instead of the other way around. So I got a better workout then I had anticipated which is good.

Wow. I haven't had this bad of a week for mileage in a long time. Oh well. I feel better today. Have a bit of a cold but I'm pretty sure I will live. Prognosis looks good, so I'm feeling pretty good about that. Anyway. Decent run and all of that.

Started out with a little drizzle, nothing bad. I figured Ive run in much worse. When I got up to the water tower it turned into a downpour and when I turned to go back down NewCastle, It started up with the rain mix with hail. {sleet} It was pelting me in the face which was kind of crappy. By the time I got home, every inch of me was soaked. I wore a shell but I think it was so wet that it soaked through anyway. BUT it still felt good and the rain and gray skies sure make the fall colors really vibrant. I love that. I'm holding on to every bit of color that I can before we go into our brown winter season. Blah. Anyway, wet, happy running.

I forgot to tell you about the truck that drove by me, hit a big puddle and splashed it all over me. Which was nice. 

no run today. Had to check out my girls and take them to the orthodontist this morning, then I took them to lunch and now I have a giant headache and I'm going to lay down.

Ran around the hood, up Newcastle to the stop sign, turned and went past the buffalo and down Alta Canyon, up the hill on Highland and back home.

Sometimes I wonder about my breathing. I feel as if I could breathe better, I could be faster. I have to belly breathe to go up the hills but when I'm on slight up's or flats I don't think I belly breathe. What do you do? I don't think I'm breathing right. 

Yes I said one. I had very limited time due to babysitting my niece, but I was not a happy camper today so I ran really fast around the neighborhood to blow off steam. I know, I'm a bit psycho.

Happy run. Since it was like 6 hours ago, I couldn't possibly be expected to remember the details. But I know it was happy. 

I wasn't in the mood to go outside today. I just wasn't. So I got my sweat on with the elliptical and weights. I know I should save that for really snowy days but It seemed to be calling my small mind today. 

I went to bed with a headache and thought I would wake up better. I woke up achy, still pounding head and a slight fever. Life is just not my friend lately.

I have to go run around and get stuff for my daughters birthday tomorrow. Bummer. I want to just lay on the couch and watch movies. 

Felt good to be back out there. Sunny,beautiful day.

Holy freakin wind. I dressed way too warm, had on a long sleeve shirt with tights. I needed to have a short sleeve shirt and shorts. Saw a guy mowing the leaves off his lawn, seemed pretty counter productive considering the wind gusts. But hey, if it makes him happy, then I'm happy too. Saw an old white acura integra exactly like my old one. It had a bunch of rust on it, but seeing it send a flood of memories back to my mind. I think I was lost for about a mile with that. Anyway, Happy Running. 

Now ill do some weights so I don't have to have these relief society arms anymore. 

I don't feel like fighting the wind today. So I did some yoga, some weights and some butt lifts.

Well, at least I went. I had 8 thirteen year old girls having a slumber party at my house last night. Very giggly and silly. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep. The wind facing South is brutal, any other direction is just windy. Still, it felt good to do a little even though it was just a little.

I felt really cold for the first mile. Brrr. Its so hard to go out in this, but once I warmed up I was fine. Had to dodge big ice puddles everytime I turned a corner. Happy Run, felt really good. 

Was about to get on the elliptical when my sister called and told me she needed to go to the Dr. bc she is way sick and needs help with her kids immediately. So my workout today is taking care of my four plus a two year old and an 8 month old. Which is actually quite a workout I must say.

elliptical and weights. Felt good to sweat.

Picked up Erin at about 8:20 {we got our packets yesterday} and when we got there, we went into the gym everyone was waiting in to pick up packets etc etc. No One was waiting outside. At about five minutes to nine they announced they were going to shoot the gun and we all needed to go outside. Once out there, they had a few "announcements" which..really?? No one cares. Just shoot the gun, we are freezing! But they weren't long and off we went. It took FOREVER to get through the pack of people. I felt like I did a slow jog for at least 1/2 mile trying to weave in and out. There were alot of kids! I felt bad for them. Maybe they didn't notice how cold it was like we adults do..maybe they are better off then us bc they don't understand temperature..Anyway, so my first mile was 10.40. The second mile was 9.40 and the third mile was 9.20. Ran side by side with Erin pretty much the whole time. There were a few times I would be ahead and a few times she was ahead, but we pretty much crossed the finish together with the exception of a few seconds. We met Becca before the race and chatted, then she waited for us at the finish. She finished it in about 27 minutes. {slow for her} She used to run cross country in college. I wish she would run a marathon, I know she would rock it. She said they scare her, which seems weird to me. Someone with her talent to be afraid of that? She is a total natural. Anyway, I don't know what the chip time is yet. I will edit when they post it. It was alot of fun, super cold for the first mile but then I warmed up fine. 

Santa was standing on the corner around 1.3. I'm sure the kids running it loved that. I actually did too. I thought it was cool that some guy would dress up like that and stand there & cheer for us.  Some people had on turkey hats and wigs. That's the fun thing about a holiday 5k, everyone just has fun. Its such a great way to start a day! Hope everyone had a GREAT thanksgiving!! I am grateful for running. {among many other things of course} But I really am truly grateful for the ability to run. Happy running to you and Happy Thanksgiving to you!

weights and elliptical. While I was doing the elliptical I got a big sharp stabbing pain in my Itb. It stopped me in my tracks. I need new shoes, but I didn't think it would affect me on the elliptical. I don't know. Weird. Need to stretch extra today I guess.

Neighbor down the streets house got broken into yesterday. A little unsettling. 

Finally did something over 5. Felt good. Had to ditch some snow and ice patches here and there but its a sunny day so that's nice. Felt good to be alone in my head for awhile. Happy Running.