3.37 miles~~that's it?!

Ok.  Not sure what is up with me.  I should have been able to get in a longer run today.  I didn't work, so that can't be my excuse.  Ok, but I am a little bit crazy.  I finished my semester of classes and then decided to take a summer course.  It is a full semester course that I am taking in six weeks.  :-0

So today I spent hours doing a lot of reading for my class.  I had hoped to get in more than 3.3 miles, but it just didn't happen.  So I should be happy I got out there and ran 3 miles.  

4.8 miles~~Hump Day

Well, it was a work day, but I made it out to run.  I got in 4.8 miles at a okay pace.  I ran it in 1 hour.  It feels so good to get out there and move.  It has been 10 days since my last run.  10 days too long.  I would love to get back to every other day of running.  With classes and exams lately, that has been difficult.  While I love taking classes and learning new things, it does take a toll on my free time and running time.  I seem to do better when I tell myself all day that I am going to run that night when I get home.  Provided the weather cooperates, I usually get out there and run when I say that.  Hopefully it won't be another 10 days again! 

4.68 miles~~a gorgeous day

It was a gorgeous day today.  And it is Mother's Day!  Chris served me breakfast -- my favorite, a cheese, spinach, and pepper omelet.  Also a side of bacon and biscuits.  He is so sweet to me!  Then I waited a bit so my food would settle, did some darning and such.  

We headed out after suiting up.  It was very sunny, so Chris put on his arm sleeves and I put on sunscreen.  I've been growing my hair out, and it was actually long enough today to put in a small ponytail under my cap!  Little victories!

I ran/walked about 4.6 miles.  At times it was pretty warm, but the breeze always seemed to pick up when I needed to be cooled off.  I tried running up all the hills, but that was probably not the best idea since it wore me out.  I haven't run as much as I was doing a year ago since classes take so much time.  I hope to get more running in over the summer and somehow keep it up when classes start again in the fall.  

6.05 miles~~Sunday

It is another week later and I didn't get to run again.  It has been a busy week with papers and projects due along with a final in one of my classes.  I was a bit slow today, but I tried to just move and enjoy the weather and the beautiful spring flowers and blooms.  

I logged 6.05 miles and kept a pace of 13:14.  I ran and walked today, but at least I got moving.  I ran down towards 231 and make it to the curve right near the end of the road and then turned around.      
The big hill is the hardest part of the run, especially when I go longer distances.  I am tired by the time I get there, and getting up it is really hard.  I used to be able to run down and up the hill going out and then down and up coming back.  Right now, I am back to running down and up going out and going down....and almost up on the way home.  (it is a down hill with an uphill right after it---so it is tough).  

Hopefully I can run sooner than a week from now.  We'll see.

It's been a while...but 6.04 miles today

It has been two weeks, I feel so sluggish!  Classes and life just interrupted and running wasn't in the timeline.  
But today, I got out there and ran 6.04 miles.  Up and down the hills.  But I did it!  My pace was 12:39, not to fast, and not too slow.  I hope I can get out and get in a few more days a week to run.  This is hard just running once or twice a week, or running only once in two weeks!  Somehow I will get in more runs.

I am still fighting a little ache in my heel where the tendon or whatever connects to my heel.  It never hurts while I am running or walking, but hurts later.  My doctor gave me a new cream (a trial he is participating in) and it seems to help.  But the cream is a bit sticky, so I don't always put it on as often as I should.  I probably need to just stretch much more when I am done running.  That would probably help.  I also need to find time to do Stretch X again.  That would feel fabulous.

6.05 miles--it's Saturday!

I can't seem to get out and get many nights of running in during the week with classes.  But i guess it is a good thing I can get out on the weekend still.  
I got out and was able to log 6.05 miles.  The hills still are hard, or should I say they are harder...Since I have't been running much, I don't have a lot of practice with the hills.  A couple of our hills are pretty steep and once I get over one, it seems like there is another one right after it.  

Hopefully soon I'll be able to get in more than just one or two runs a week.  

4.39~~gorgeous day!

I came home from work and got all dressed to run.  I waited for Chris to get home so we could head out.  I didn't know how cool or warm it was going to be, so I wore a skirt and short sleeve shirt then added a jacket.  We headed out and walked for the first half a mile.  Then I decided to run and basically ran the rest of the time.  The sun was warm and there was a light breeze.  I ended up taking off my jacket and tying it around my waist.  It felt so good to run and move.  I even ran down the huge hill on my course road and back up it (well...almost all the way back up the hill).

I need to get in the groove and run more than 1 or 2 times a week.  Now that my classes are close to finished for the semester, I'll be able to fit in a few more runs.  And nicer weather is a plus too!  It was wonderful running without having frozen toes or fingers.   
Here is to more running!!! 

2.78 miles~~more walking than running

Another run lost from the watch.  But I did run today --well, actually walked more than running.  Chris and I went out and we walked more than ran so we could just get into the flow of exercising regularly again.  The weather was nice--there was no snow on the ground, so that was perfect.  We only went about 2.78 miles (not even 3!), but we got to talk and move and breath fresh air.  

4.5 miles~~acck--watch!

Ok.  I am a little frustrated.  I ran today.  Then I ran two days from now, then I ran again.  I had several runs on my watch.  I forgot to write them in my journal.  If I haven't mentioned it, I have a running journal that I handwrite everything in, the miles I've run, the time, the weather, how I felt etc.  When I went to upload it to the Garmin site, it updated my watch and it LOST every run that was on the watch!  ACKKK.

But I did run 4.5 miles.  I think it was in 54 minutes, but I can't be sure.  

3.3 miles~~In Sunny CA~~I'm a GRANDMA

Ok.  I have not been running lately, but there is a very good reason for that.  A very good reason.  On the last day of the Book Fair, my daughter called and said she was having her son.  That was her due date and it was her first child.  What are the chances of that happening?  I had it in my mind that she wouldn't have him until after the Book Fair.  Boy was I wrong.  After a long hard decision, I decided to leave my assistant in charge and try to get there for his birth.  While I didn't make it (she only had a 6 hour labor and only spent 20 minutes in the hospital before she delivered) I was there about 7 hours later.  It was fabulous.  I got to stay with my daughter in the hospital both nights and help with my grandson, Grayson Charles.  I stayed with my daughter since her husband is serving in the Marines and is deployed.  I am extremely lucky, this is something that most grandmas don't have a chance to do. Oh, and I am Nonnie, my husband Chris is Poppi.  :-)

After waking up many times a night and cleaning, walking dogs, and feeding and taking care of Mommy and son, I finally got a run in.  The neighborhood my daughter lives in is pretty hilly, so this run was a tough one.  I was able to get in about 3 to 3.5 miles.  Once again, my watch deleted my run!  The sun felt great.  The roads were buys, but the flowers and green grass were uplifting.  What a great day.