Here we go again~

It's days like today that I don't feel like a runner.  I am still pretty soar from Saturday so I felt like a champ attempting to get 4 miles in today.  Then, I get on the blog and ready how so many of you went like 8, 10, 12 miles today, HOW IN THE HECK?  Worse, I talked to some people in my ward who ran Saturday and asked them if they were soar and they were like "No, I feel pretty good", again, HOW IN THE HECK?  But in any event, it was a beautiful Monday morning and good to get out and get the week started off right (one of these weeks, I am going to actually get more miles in than my husband, NOT!!). 

1. 10:27 (walking for the first half in attempts to losen my body up)

2. 8:43

3. 8:43

4. 8:41

last .16 miles at 8:03.  Avg. pave 9:06 (have to factor that walking into there).  Happy Monday to all!!

PS.  Does anyone know if the group from SF is running the Payson canyon run this week?  IF so, could you let me know? Thank you so much!

Is it silly that I always post my exact mileage, like to the tenth mile? I mean, should I just round down to 11 or maybe I should round up to the nearest half??  Really, let me know if there is a correct way to do that :). Today's run was one to talk about and SO MUCH FUN (Thank you again Kim for letting me know about it).  So, I woke up at 4:30 (I think this is the earliest I have woken up in a long time, and a first related to running, aside from the maraton I guess).  I met up with the Spanish Fork Running club for their weekly and my first stab at the Payson Canyon run.  There ended up being 16 of us total so we piled (literally piled) into a suburban to start our drive 11 miles up the canyon.  I swear it took us longer to get up the canyon then it did to run down it (you know how that feels when you are driving and driving and driving and it seems like an eternity).   But it was a great way to start the morning.  The weather was perfect, the company was perfect and I felt really good this morning.  My ankle is still kind of hurting me and I had a few aches in my hips, but all in all, IT WAS GREAT!!  Here are the splits

1. 7:50
2. 7:39
3. 7:44
4. 8:20 (small pit stop and water break between 4&5)
5. 9:33
6. 7:27
7. 7:52
8. 8:19
9. 8:29
10. 8:53
11. 8:05
last .19 miles at 7:19 (way to go out strong right?)   Avg pace= 8:11

Thanks again to all for letting JaNae and I come along.  I think it's a great way to prep us for SG and would love to do it again soon! Here's to a Happy Wednesday :)

I was lucky to go running today because Thursday morning is not usually my morning.  However, Tyler was meeting with a friend this afternoon to run in Park City so he let me go out.  I met with the Heidis' at 6:00 for a 5 mile route.  I am a little soar from the Payson canyon run yesterday (not as soar as I thought I would be), so it was nice to get out and try to let my muscles losen up and as always, to have some good company.  Plus, the weather was perfect this morning, I love this time of year. 

1. 9:20

2. 9:10

3. 8:56

4. 9:06

5. 9:05

I am taking tomorrow off because Ty is going fishing early so I am excited to sleep in a little and get ready for a long run on Saturday Morning.  Now that the day is half over I hope it's a good one for all.  

This morning we (Tyler, JaNae and I) met up with the SF group for the traditional Saturday morning long run.  We went a total of 20 miles (well JaNae and I did, Ty went 24 and still beat us by 20 minutes, good job Ty).  We started at the stake center up on the Spanish Fork bench and then ran down river bottoms road, to Spanish Fork Main Street, out to Leland, around the new ball park, back into the river bottoms, up to power house road, into Salem (up Harry's Hill), into Woodland Hills area, then back to Power House road and back to the Stake Center (Wow, that sounds really long as I am typing this).  It was so great to run with the group and visit during the run. I am really enjoying that!  It's surreal to think that we just have 2 more weeks of long runs before tapering for the Marathon, it is going to come fast.  It always brings such a sense of accomplishment to run that many miles in one day and has become something I really look forward to.  I tried to stop my watch when we stopped for drinks, etc, but forgot one time, then we walked a couple of times too so when all was said and done, the average pace showed 9:45.  Not nearly as fast as I need to be or wanted to be, but again, i did forget to stop my watch a lot so I think when running, we averaged about a 8:50-9:00 pace. I need to step it up a bit to get down to and maintain that 8:20 pace for the marathon.    Good thing I still have a whole 5 weeks to do that. A big thanks to Kim and Caroline for the company this morning too, it is always so good to talk to you both.