Here we go again~

Okay, so I totally slept in today! I guess that is bound to happen when you PARTY HARTY all weekend due to Fiesta Days and my brother coming into town.  What a fun weekend though.  So, Ty and I actually didn't go to bed until after mid night last night.  Did anyone have the chance to get out and look at that beautiful sky last night??? Wowsa, it was BEAUTIFUL!!!  We went out and layed on a blanket and watched the stars until it was very late, I think I want to do that more often, it was fun!!! But, it resulted in a late night and a hard morning trying to get out of bed. Tyler actually was going to get up and go at 5:00 but he got up and turned the alarm off then climbed back into bed.  So, then my eyes popped open at 6:08 when I was supposed to meet Heidi at 6:00.  I asked Ty to go see if she was outside while I started getting dressed and sure enough, she was (THANK YOU HEIDI and TYLER FOR CHECKING).  So I threw on clothes, threw my hair back and out the door I ran (wait, I brushed my teeth too).  We had to stretch for a bit and then right when we were getting ready to start we saw Mac who was on mile 9 of her 10 miles for the day (HOLY COW!), then ran into Michelle who was out walking for the first time today (HOORAY MICHELLE!!!), Man, it was nice seeing her out on the road again!!  We ran a very nice and easy recovery run around the 5 mile square due to time and energy.  I really should have done more because it is going to be a low mile week due to my family reunion, but oh well, I enjoyed the late night star gazing with my hubby and the fun weekend so my running can suffer a bit this week :)

Avg. Pace: 8:40

A measley 20 minutes of yoga was all I did today :(

AM: I was supposed to get up and run but I woke up having back spasms and thought it may not be the best option.  Not to mention the fact that I was stinking tired.  So, I got back in bed for 15 minutes then got up and did pilates and a bit of yoga.  Total work out time was 40  minutes. 

PM: Coach Tyler convinced me into going down to the track for some 800's.  So, we got the boys loaded up and went down.  Evan wanted to run a little bit and Kael and Jack just played in the sand and hung out.  It was fun.  My first go at 800's.  WOW, it was very hard.  I ran one warm up mile at a 8:25 pace then started my rounds.  They went as follows (forgive me if I don't comply to traditional format).

1. 800: 3:30 (.5mile)

recovery lap (.25 mile) 8:48 avg.

2. 800: 3:32 (.5mile)

recovery lap (.45 mile, stopped to check on kids and ran with Evan a bit) 9:06 avg.

3. 800: 3:23 (.52 mile)

recovery lap (.5 mile) 8:37avg

4 800: 3:24 (.5 mile), PAIN, PAIN, PAIN!!!!!

walk out .25 mile

Total Distance with warm up, cool down and 800's = 4.5 miles.  Feel like I just completed a science project.  I can see how that would really help speed someone up but it was hard for me.  I appreciate Tyler going down with me though and helping me along the way.  I hope to be able to do it again soon!!

Opted to get up this morning and do some pilates since running didn't work out and I wanted to make sure that I got one more work out in  before leaving.  I did 35 minutes of pilates followed by 20 minutes of yoga.  A nice relaxing morning and easy on the back........I likey!!  I am on my way to my Family Reunion where I intend on doing absolutely no running.  Just river rafting, hiking, walking and chasing kids instead!!!  Of course there will be lots of relaxing in there too!! Can't wait!