Here we go again~

New leaf tacking on the stop sign! Such a beautiful morning!!! Didn't stop running once.  8:20AP 

Nice little tempo run this morning:).  We ran an entirely differnt route then we normally do and it was quite nice:).  Started with 1.5 warm up (8:36, 8:17) then ran 3 miles tempo (7:37, 7:31, 7:34.......shooting for 7:40 or less), with 1.5 mile cool down (8:23, 8:01....up a small steady hill).  Put our average at 8:01 overall.  I felt pretty good today and am hoping that these tempo runs payoff come race day, whenever that might be!

Oh what a glorious morning............oh what a glorious day:) (a little tune entwined there).  It's been a rough week in the Shepherd home with sick kids, crazy schedules and sleepless nights.  So, I haven't been feeling well either (way sore throat, etc) and as of yesterday thought I wouldn't even be running today. I was ever so pleased to wake up this morning feeling SO MUCH Better!!!  So, I was glad I could get out and run long with Heidi C. while she worked on her last 20 miler before Ogden.  I was only able to do 15 with her but felt really good which makes me excited about things.  Of course I am attributing it completely and totally to the weather!!  I love me some chill in the air and complete cloud coverage :).  Nice!!!

FUN FUN FUN Race this morning with 50+ amazing women from my neighborhood and my sweet sis!!! I have a good friend who organized this for all of us fully equip with matching shirts, bandanas, knee high socks and a personal bus (quite fancy actually) to escort us all to the start line! It was such a fun experience and an amazing memory~ This course was pretty downhill so I appreciated the PR as well!!!  Makes me realize all the more reason I love running.  Heidi C and I ran out a few extra times to get a little more distance in.  Put me at 5.25 total.  The race itself was 3.2.  It was a great morning!!