making a comeback!

I wasn't sure that I would get out, but glad that I did, it was nice and warm! Poor Mother Nature, she doesn't know if she is coming or going around here. Sat. I was it double and triple layers, today I could have run in a t-shirt and been almost warm! It felt nice, I'll take it when I can get it!!! Hope to stay consistent through the week, but have to work a few days after Christmas, so we'll see how it goes. With the kids home and the work schedule different it's hard to have any routine. Can't believe that Christmas is finally here, Hope you all have a MERRY one!!!

Nice run this morning with my husband. It was so fun to have him along, even though I slow him down, he was a good sport and stuck with me. The fun thing was that he normally only does around 3.5 to 4 miles and so today was his first 7 miler ever!! I think that my slower pace helped it go pretty easy for him though. He says that when he runs on the treadmill that his shoes hurt his toes and I hate the shoes he runs in... not really very good running shoes. I keep telling him that he needs to go buy some new ones, but he told me this morning that when he can run ten miles he will. I'm hoping in the next week or so he'll go shoe shopping!! I'm going to try and get him to do a long run next Sat. with me. He will be out of town this Sat. or I would have him pace me a long this Sat. We both enjoyed our new running clothes today and it was COLD out so I'm so glad that we have them!!! Hope to make up the miles I missed yesterday through out the week and keep the numbers up!!! Hope everyone had the BEST Christmas and enjoys the time with family the rest of the week!!

We averaged 9:30 per mile so that was good for me on the route we took today!

Ran in West/South Jordan today, made an unplanned trip to the city with my daughter and so I had to get it in up there.  Always intersting for me to run on the city streets... I always forget that the intersections really have cars going in various directions (thus the red and green lights!!) and the drivers are interesting to watch as I go by.  Maybe I have this horrible pained look on my face or who knows but they often laugh or make some other odd face or gesture...  I always enjoy new scenery, although I run there a few times a year, but I'll put up with the old quiet routine tomorrow quite happpily!

Went out a little later than I should have so I didn't have as much time as I wanted before I had to go to work.  It felt pretty cold even with my nice new running clothes.  A hour later when I went to work the temp. was around 22, I've ran in much cooler weather this year but there must have been a cold breeze blowing.  BRRRR!!!    Most of the run felt like I was running in slow motion and felt really slow.  Ave. pace 9:44, I'm stuck at this pace and I can't seem to kick it any faster???  UGGGG!

I had so talked myself out of running today and decided to give myself a break this week, and then my husband came home and I had kinda mentioned to him that when I woke up and he got home I wanted to run with him. He ohh so gently drug me out the door....... and an hour and 40 mins later I had ran ten miles! in a nut shell the first 3 miles were hard and my oh so patient husband kindly hung with me. After that things felt better and I ended up adding two miles here and two there and before I knew it I was done! My husband stopped out short but it was a great run for him too. The only problem with these unplanned long runs, is that I think that I could do a little better with a little water or GU to take along. Another problem is that I don't think that I can even buy GU in this town. Thanks to the hubby and all you girls that inspire me to get these runs in!!!