ShufflingSista

Yeah- Monday! When I got up this morning I was dragging, but after the 6 miler w/ Buff & Heather everything looks brighter! I'm so glad its a new week and fresh start.  I had a rough week last week- lots of stress (much of it self induced) mostly from saying YES to too many church & PTA resposibilities. My miles suffered for it.  Now this week I'm going to take charge of life a bit more and not dish out my "Yes" so quickly.  Today I'm just staying home and catching up on housework and mortgage work that didn't get much attention last week.   

Was shooting for a 6 miler, but when I went back and clocked it - it was only a 5.6.  Sure do need a garmin-hope Santa brings one. I'm looking at the new Forerunner 50- nice and small like a regular watch! All I want is to measure pace & distance, don't care about heart monitor.  I know the 50 doesn't use satelite, but that's OK w/ me if the distance & pace are fairly accurate.  Anyone used the new garmin forerunner 50 yet? Feedback?

Beautiful run this morning.  Went out around 9am.  Just me & the IPOD.  Still feeling slow & like I'm recovering from the marathon. 9:44 average pace.  Figuring how to dress for new cooler weather.  It was in the 50s so I started w/ running tights (yeah, scary looking), long. slv tech shirt, light fleece and headband.  Shed the fleece & headband after the first mile.  Was still hot in the tights.  Next time in the 50s a long slv shirt & shorts should do.

Happy I got my (almost) 6 in.  2 days in a row- that's good for me lately!

Heather & I ran from her house to foremaster and back. At foremaster ran up it and flat loop on top then back down- 2x.  Total mileage 4.6.  Brought my IPOD today for the uphills, really helped.  Would have liked to get in 1 more uphill loop (1 mi) but ran out of time.  Perfect combination on hard workout w/ IPOD and nice conversation on the flat & downhill.  Tomorrow planning on 6.2 loop.  Haven't quite decided what I'll do Friday.  Saturday- Save a Sister 5K. Much happier with my mileage this week compared to last.  Haven't quite made my 6 mi. a day, but pretty close and hoping to close out the week around 30.

Warmed up in long. slv. tech shirt over t-shirt, ended up running in t-shirt & pants.  Perfect for today's 50 degrees.

Met Heather at 5:45, little valley loop w/ some add on to make longer. 9:40 average pace.  Temp. was good and I liked meeting earlier.  Gave me time to stretch afterwards before rushing to get kids ready for school.  Struggled a bit with the run, just feeling slow and sluggish- like I have bad form.  Maybe I'm not sleeping enough- only averaging 6.5 or 7 hrs. a night.  Like Lybi pointed out once, that's like missing a night's sleep 1x a week! I gotta get better at this.  My arches are a bit sore.  Think I will take it easy tomorrow (walk) then race the 5k Sat. Not really feeling prepared to race, but want to use this 5K to gauge where I'm at as far as speed and shorter races are concerned.  Would love to get around 25 min, but that's probably optimistic for the shape I'm in.  My PR is 24:25 from this past spring but then I ran in July and got 26ish (don't remember exact time) So its a grab bag- we'll just have to wait and see!

Goose egg! I let the day slip away- but that's OK.  Had a great day sleeping in, going to kid's halloween events and taking family to halloween symphony (yearly tradition- always a good time). Save-A-Sister 5k tomorrow.  Riding over w/ Crystal (sis-in-law who's going to do the walk) and Sara who's doing her 1st 5k.  Gonna hopefully find Mik'L over there and warm up together.  Night night...

Ran Save A Sister 5K today.  Went w/ Crystal & Sara.  Crystal was doing the 1 mile walk w/ my 2 yr. old niece Mylie.  Sara was running her 1st 5k! (good job Sara!) Saw Mik'l & Clyde and their cute dogs there- Mik'l rocked the 10k!! Also saw Jeannie from the SG Running Store- she passed me & I couldn't catch her- she was cruising! It was a nice group of people that organized the race and I felt good being part of such a great cause (money goes to help local breast cancer program at hospital) It was chilly & overcast at start.  Decided on lg. slv. tech shirt & shorts, wore gloves until right before start.  That worked out well.  I started in the front of the pack, hoping that would force me to start faster.  It worked- first mile about 7:45, but slowed down for the last 2.  Out & back course on the St. George trail by Dixie Convention Center, fairly flat. Thought it would get congested, but glad it didn't.  25:02 final time. 8:03 pace. Not a PR, but probably my 2nd fastest 5k, so I'm OK w/ that.  I'm sore already this afternoon so I know I pushed it! I scored a nice award (probably the nicest I've received) for 3rd in my age division.  Nice etched glass block type trophy.  First award I've gotten in over a year- so that was a really nice ego booster.