Running in the Rockies

I went running this morning with some different friends.  They're going to start running every Monday together and they're a little more my pace so I might stick with them - even though I LOVE running with Lynn.  It was a beautiful morning, but it's going to be a hot one later on today (for OUR standards, which are far from Phoenix standards - hee,hee). 

I always have a hard time running when my husband is out of town.  Even though we have a treadmill, I'm just so exhausted by the end of the day.  But I finally ran on my treadmill tonight -- haha, he's getting home tonight.  Bit of a last minute repenter, aren't I?

Ooops, I forgot to post my run yesterday.  I keep doing that!  You'd think that I would be in a hurry to take credit for the fun and torturous activity we call "running."  

5 miles on the trail with my friend, Dawn, who I ran with on Monday.  I really do like running with someone who is at the same pace as me.  It's so nice not to feel guilty for slowing down your running partners.  

Afterwards, I didn't even get a chance to shower because there was a community garage sale going on in my friends' neighborhood a few miles away.  So, I headed off and found a cute plastic playhouse and a play kitchen.  Score!

I went running with Lynn and Kirsten this morning.  I thought they'd be tired and sore after their 10 mile race yesterday, but I was wrong.  They kicked my trash!  My legs are so sore. I think I'll be stretching all through the day today.  ; )  It doesn't help that I'm starting to come down with a little head cold, either.  Good day for a nap.  

4 miles on the treadmill - late, because I almost wimped out tonight.  ha!

I finally got new running shoes today!  I've been wanting/needing to for a while now.  I went to a different store than where I got my first pair and they had me run outside in the shoes instead of on a treadmill.  So, the guy said I actually run better in a more neutral shoe - but still an Asics.  I tried on about 5-6 different brands/types.  Yea, for new shoes.

Since I was a little nervous about having neutral rather than stabilizing shoes, I ran on the treadmill tonight - so I could return them if I had to.  So far, so good!  They feel great.   By the way, my hips have been doing great too.  It has changed my life to know how to stretch them correctly when they start feeling tight or painful.  I still go to my chiropractor occasionally, but going to a PT was so helpful!

Today, I went to the YMCA to work out.  They have a "track" but you have to run 14.5 laps for 1 mile.  So, after 1 boring mile of counting (and tight shins, for some reason) I decided to jump on the treadmill for the other 2 (and the tight shins disappeared).  But there were no TVs or music - or even a fan to keep me cool.  After I finally got to 3 miles, I went downstairs and did some arm/shoulder machines.  Felt great.  Boy, my arms are wimpy though!  

So, I'm gonna try something different while Mike is out of town this time.  Instead of running on the treadmill in the evening (or thinking I will, and in reality, wasting time after the kids go to bed and then finally flopping in bed way too late), I'm going to run on the treadmill in the morning!  So, this morning was my first one.  So far, so good.  Haha.  I might try taking the little ones in the double stroller this week also, but it's surprisingly warm all of a sudden.  "Warm" being extremely relative.  We're supposed to get up to a whopping 80 degrees today - sorry, Lybi and James.  

I was really not in the mood to run this morning, but I ran anyway.  But then, I couldn't bring myself to run more than 2.7 on the treadmill this morning.  What does Sasha call that? Mentally tired?  Ya, something like that.  ; )  I was hoping to take the girls in the double stroller to get more miles, but that didn't happen.  Hopefully, I can run more on the treadmill tonight, but the way this evening is heading, I might have to be happy with 2.7.

Well, I was too tired and wimpy to run this morning, but I still got in 4 miles this evening on the treadmill.  Felt great!  Hopefully I won't pay for my late night too much tomorrow.  ha!

I'm not sure I would've actually run this morning on my own, but my daughter woke up at 5:00 and 5:15.  Since I was wide awake I figured I might as well jump on the treadmill.  I actually got in 5 miles while watching Harry Potter (4th one).  I'm actually hoping to sneak in a few more miles outside this evening when my husband gets home.  Yea!!!!  Since I didn't get in the 6 miles that I hoped for, I might add 2-3 more later.  We'll see...

 (Well, I didn't make it out again.  Mike didn't get home till 3:00 and it was just too nice to have him home again!) 

I finally got to run outside again!!!  I took an old route that is mostly uphill for the first half and then I turn around and come home.  But this time, I didn't turn around at the base of the big hill, I actually went to the top.  *huff, huff*  : ) 

I took the girls in the double stroller and huffed and puffed my way through today's workout.  Whoosh.  Lybi, I don't know how you did it with your boys who are bigger!!

On another note, I'm super excited to be going to my brother's wedding tomorrow!!!!  I wish I was leaving today!  : ) 

Outside, early this morning.  Gotta go - I'm running late for my flight!

I'm so happy!  I have a running partner!!  Dawn has decided that she wants to run the half marathon on Labor Day with me.  So, she printed up a schedule and she's committed to run 4 times a week per the schedule.  The other days she'll be doing strength training with a personal trainer, so I'll have to figure out what I'm going to do on my 2 days.  But it's so nice to have a plan and a partner and a goal!  Today we went 4 miles on the trail by my house. 

Short run with Dawn on the trail.  Since our race is on a Monday, she has made up our running schedule to have our long runs on Mondays.  Both of us were pretty tired from staying up late and busy weeks.  I wish I could count all the walking (while carrying luggage) I did on Thursday - then it would've been a six-er week.  : )

Wow, this morning was a tough run.  I felt like I was dragging my legs the ENtire time!  It wasn't until mile 4 that I realized why I was so sluggish.  We have afternoon church, so yesterday I didn't get much of a lunch; and then I didn't eat dinner because I was feeling sad about some news I'd received.  So, even though I had eaten a little here and there ... missing meals = tough run.  Note to self!  ; )