Slackersauce

Woke up at 5:30 to go run at 6:00,  bc school started today. I had to be  home before my jr. high student left at 7:30. Which I had plenty of time, but I needed to be here to help her get ready.  Felt pretty good, better than I thought I would after Saturday. Still can't believe I'm running a marathon in a few weeks. I honestly don't know how I will do it. Let me re-phrase, I honestly don't know how I will do it without walking and coming in at a really bad time. Whatever. Such is life, it is what it is at this point. I guess all that matters is that I finish it right? 

I'm counting it as 10 in my head bc I was just short of it. I started having some potty issues at about 6 miles but just tried to ignore it. At about 9.3 I knew I couldn't ignore it anymore, I cut a corner short from where Stacie was going to finish and ran home. I figure if I really want to make up the difference, I can run down my street and back later. Whatever. It was a cool dark morning when we left at 5:30a.m. The moon was incredible. Full and yellow. Beautiful. I love the cooler weather. We ran our usual up for the first 4.5 miles and then turned around and ran the exact way back home and finished around the neighborhood. It was nice to avoid all or our usual hills today and go a different route. It's always good to change it up a bit.  Ran with Stacie the whole time and talked, it was nice. ALL of my kids will be gone ALL day today to school. First time I have been alone for an entire 8 hours during a school day since they were born 12 years ago. I'm not quite sure what I will do. I was thinking of walking around my house in my underwear all day and laying around and doing pretty much nothing. Because I CAN! Anyway, HAPPY RUNNING! 

Ran the usual route with the exception of a few streets. Felt a bit burned out this morning,  "do I really have to get up and run again??" Once I was out there I was fine, Stacie took off and I turned on my music and just ran a mellow run. The sides of my big toes are hurting so badly and I don't know what to do about it. They are giant calluses with what looks like blisters deep inside of them but when I stick a pin in them nothing drains. They are red around the edges almost like an infection. It have to lay a certain way in bed so that they don't touch the mattress and rub or it hurts. I put on neosporin last night and a band aid, it didn't really do anything. I guess it's good I'm not running again until Saturday. I  wonder if I should try filing them down a bit, but they are so sensitive to touch that I'm afraid to.

WE DID IT!! THE BIG 2 0!  Scott dropped us off at the top of Millcreek Canyon at about 6:00am It was still dark and cool. I LOVED running down the canyon. It was beautiful, I couldn't tell when it was light if it was the moonlight or the sun coming up. It was so pretty. And memories of that canyon came flooding to my head. I told Stacie some of them. First time I got drunk was up there. First time I kissed my boyfriend was up there. I got engaged to Scott up there, And spend many other nights with friends and family. I love that canyon. When we got to the bottom we had gone 9.4 miles. It was perfect. If only the canyon lasted another 9.6..Then we turned onto Wasatch Blvd heading South. And I'm not going to lie, this part of the run I HATED! It was a brutal headwind and a slight uphill the entire way to the 7-11. The wind was so strong that at one point some spit came out of my mouth and flew onto my cheek. Like someone had punched me or something. It was crap. I was so happy to be at the 7-11. Went in to use the bathroom, Stacie bought gatorade, we refilled our bottles and then we were off again. There were 3 other runners there at the same time doing the exact same thing as us. Then we went down the Old Mill road and got onto a trail behind Market Street, came out at the street where the Cotton Bottom is and headed up Holladay Blvd. Stacie noticed someones landscape fountain thing and we went to wet our heads under it. It was a good call. Felt really good. Ran up and turned left to head down Haven Lane. This is my old neighborhood where I grew up, so I kept telling her boys houses that I had made out with [only 3]  and other memories. Ran up Cottonwood Lane and turned on Viewmont to 4800 S. and then to 4500S. Where there is a park thing about 1 street away from Gretchen's house. That's where we hit 20. We could have walked to her house from there, but we didn't want to move another step. She came to get us and brought with her an ice water and a fresh juice she had made for us. Then she drove us home. I felt really really trashed that last 4 miles. I walked a bit the last 2 miles. But whatever. We did it and that's the important thing. So overall, Loved the first half. Hated the first of the second half and then ended liking the last part of the run.  We both said at the end while we were waiting for Gretchen, "we would have to run one more hour now.." Just have to focus on today's run right? One day at a time. Amazing to say that I have now run the distance of 20 miles! HOLY SHIZ! I can't believe it!