Running because I can!

I forgot my knee brace today and I felt the run more than usual but we ran faster today than our previous runs.  I think we might try an extra mile tomorrow.  We run the first 2 and then walk about .25-.50 to cool down.

I am really trying to get up so I can go lift weights before my run. I am going to try to get to the gym tonight so I can swim some laps.  

I got up and ran with my neighbor 2.77 miles. We turned and went on a trail by a creek and it was so nice to be in the shade. I am not sure what the temp is at 8:00am but it sure feels hot.  I walked about the last .40. then I came home and ran on my treadmill. My legs are stiff other wise I feel pretty good.  

I was planning on sleeping in but loud cannons started to go off at 6:00, So I got up and got my 7 year old up and we went out. I ran and she road her bike. We did stop to pick some huge red cherries that were hanging over the fence, and we stopped to throw about 30 huge snails out of my neighbors back corrner where the sprinklers had just gone off.  I dislike snails more than any other little slimmy thing around here. They will eat a whole garden plant over night.  My legs were pretty stiff.

Then we went to our ward breakfast.  I am having a hard time with my eatting again now that it has gotten so hot.  I don't wantto eat all day then night comes when it cools down and I eat everything all at once. It is very bad.

I tinkered around to long before my run so I did not get out until 10:30. What a big diffrence in heat. It was so hot out there. I took my 7 year old with me again and she wanted to stop under the big cherry tree again. I need to work up some nerve and go ask if we can pick a bunch of them because that tree is huge and full of cherries and they are starting to go bad already and no one is picking them. (but me and my daughter on our way by)

I went to the gym after my run and worked my legs and arms, then I swam a half mile.  I thought maybe I should not count it on my cross training but decided it was just to much work not to count it.  I felt so good after the swim and all day. We even took our kids and dog down to a creek by our house and played for an hour and a half and then we took the boat out and did some late night fishing.

Well today I am so stiff, every muscle in my body hurts.   

I ran 2 miles in 19.40 with my neighbor.

Ran 1.50 miles on the treadmill when I got home, and then I rode the bike for 32 minutes.

I had to run by myself today. Which I guess is good in its self because I really wanted to sleep longer and got up anyways. Its easier to skip out when you don't let anyone down or have anyone to answer to.

I was slower today than the last few runs. I ran 3.15 miles in 36 minutes and then I ran a mile on my treadmill at home in 10.   My knee is a little stiff today so I quit there. 

Ran my usual loop with my neighbor. My knee has been bothering me the last couple of days. I am not sure if I need to stop again or just not increase in milage.  We did walk about a mile after our run, I am not sure what our times were because my garmin stopped at 4 minutes and it seems to just be stuck there. It won't turn off or change screens.     

I have been so tired the last week I can't stand it. I had to drag myself out tonight. I felt good once I started to run but then my ear phone kept falling out and that made me walk some. Sounds dumb but I have so much on my mind right now that I needed the music so i felt ok not to be at my house.

I have a big cooking class I have to instruct on Wednesday. My husbands family was here all week and that interupted everything.   I got behind on laundry and everything else as well.

I did get my two boys I adopted sealed to me on friday and I can not describe how awsome that was.  I am a very lucky person just to have been a part of that. Not to mention I have to new family members.

ran with my injured dog today. Her leg still needs fixed but she was dying to get out so I brought her. I walked the creek trail when we got to that part so she could get in the water and cool off and drink. She had a really hard time keeping up with me.

I stopped at the house and locked her up and then I rode my bike 1.94 miles.

It is hot!

I took my 8 year old with me today. She can usually ride her bike the whole time, but not today about half way I had to push her bike and then we decided to hide it in some tree's and just walk.  She had a really bad side ache. It was a slow day but good time with my daughter.