Here we go again~

Okay, prepare yourselves. This mornings entry may be a little too spunky, cheer leader'ish for the average reader, but, here it goes:  Yeah, it's MARCH!!! Yeah, it's WARM!! Yeah, my leg didn't hurt today!!  Yeah, I got up and ran!! Yeah, I felt great the entire time!!! Yeah, I ran with great friends who brighten my day!! Yeah Yeah, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

Really, I feel like I am on cloud 9 today.  This morning I actually got up easy and LOVED my run with the Heidi's.  We did the 5 mile square with the pretty little road add on, however we decided this is going to be our normal route from now on so we need to come up with a clever name, any ideas???  "5 mile square with pretty little road add on " is a bit of a mouthful!!  But, it was so nice to get out and run today. It was bright half way through our run, the birds were churping, it was warm, Man, it was great!! It helps that I have gained weight and so starting today I am turning over a whole new leaf. I need to be pumped up about this!!  And, if I admit this on the blog it binds me to it right?  So, I am ready to turn over a new leaf.  I look forward to running more, feeling good and hopefully having a good attitude through all of it, YEAH!! Go........., Fight............., WIN!!!!  ha ha~

Avg. Pace: 8:44

So, I went for a P.M. run tonight for the first time in a long time and BOY, WAS IT NICE!!! I had planned to meet JaNae but while driving to meet her passed Heidi C so she stopped and came with us for the first part of our run (the end of her run).  It was so fun getting out at this time of day and having some girl time.  JaNae and I just kind of improvised and made up a route as we went along.  She ran a marathon just a couple of weeks ago and this was her first time out since then.  Plus, she has an injury that she has been nursing so it was just an easy little running/chat session. It was so good to run with her.  At the end she was ready to turn off and head back to the car but I wanted to get one last mile in at a faster pace, so I turned Left, made a small loop and caught back up with her.  Again, great run, great visit, It was a Great night!!! I am glad I was able to get out!!

splits: 9:00, 8:40, 9:08,9:04, 7:45(this one felt so darn good), 8:08 (last .5) avg: 8:44

Okay, so I am not quit as chipper today as I was on Monday. I am still Happy, just not completely phsyced, cheer leader, valley girl'ish as on Monday. I am not sure if it is due to the fact that we stayed up until 12:30 to watch American Idol that has me tired today, or the fact that I am trying to cut out my sugar/chocolate intake, but either way, I just feel more tired today.  In any event, we got out this morning for our "NEW LEAF" route (thanks for the help on that one JonA, the name passed the board with flying colors).  Poor Heidi C is having some problems with one of her knees and so we took it a little easier today and then Heidi W and I kicked it into high gear the last mile.  If anyone has any advise I can give her, please let me know, I am sure she would love some input.  It is hurting her on the outside of the knee.  I have advised ice, stretching, taking a day off in between and taking glucosomine, so let me know if I am way off!!    Anyway, it's always nice to get out with these girls and it was a BE-E-A-Utiful morning!!

splits: 9:20 (warm up mile), 8:57, 9:01, 8:56, 8:51, 8:06, 7:46 (last .5 mile).  Avg: 8:51

So, those of you who know me, or have even seen me, know that I am a brunette.  This has been the case for just over 4 years. However, before this, I was a blonde and had been my entire life. Moral of my story is that I pay heavy attention to the word "USED" to be a blonde.  Last night I attempted to go back to my blonde days and lets just say TRAIN WRECK!!!!  It was a horrific experience. After almost 5 hours at the salon, I left with 3 different sections of hair. The top part being mostly orange, with some plantinum blonde areas, mixed with a little brown and gray....... yes, I said gray. Then, the underneath part that was actually pretty decently weaved, but also resembled the gray tint, and then the third section was the inch of roots left from my original brunette color making it look like it had been months since I had my hair done. Needless to say, it was Horrible and made for a very long night, I was sick to my stomach and had a hard time dealing with it.  I do not mean to seem so dramatic, but hair is a very big deal in my opinion.   So, I got up Friday morning (the next day) to run and I was a little wiped out because of the whole ordeal. Heidi had to witness the catastrophy (sorry about that) but was so nice and even sent me flowers later that day with a card that read: "Sorry that you had a "bad hair day" yesterday".  Talk about a sweet friend.  Anyway, we trudged along and tried to make the most of the run. I didn't even dare look at my watch when I got home because I didn't want to know my splits, but I did and it actually wasn't as bad as it felt.  Avg. Pace was 8:42.  So, I am sure you are all on pins and needles about what happened with my hair?  I went back into my lady first thing and she put dark back on and got me all fixed up.  However, some of the highlights did pull through.  So, now I am a brunette with some dramatic highlights.  A compromise I can handle!! HA HA :) Thanks for letting me share the drama~ 

What a fun weekend. We went with Tyler's family up to my sister in law's cabin  for a little getaway.  To give you an idea of what my plans were while we were up there, I only packed sweats and books in my suitcase.  A nice, relaxing weekend.  It was so much fun.  But, Saturday morning my mother in law got out a work out video to do, so I joined her.  We did some walking in place and then I tried to bump up the cardio just slightly and did some push ups, a little yoga, and some other little stretches, etc.  It wasn't anything major, but it was nice to do something. I actually had sore arms on Sunday too, so I guess I worked them harder than I thought.  It was so fun doing that with my mother in law, and again, Such a fun weekend!!!