Back To Normal

Everyone left yesterday, now my house is quiet! I dropped Carrie and fam at the airport yesterday morning and had great plans of cleaning house. I did some grocery shopping, came home, put the kids down for a nap and crashed for 2 hours. Napping was a much better idea! We woke up and went out for pizza, then I went for an easy 5 mile run. Now today I have to get busy!

We had a lot of fun and I managed all of my planned runs, even the 10 miler, followed by a 2 hour hike. The mosquitoes were horrible so the kids were miserable the whole way up. We had sprayed them before we left but somehow forgot most of their heads and forgot to take the spray with us. When we reached the top, overlooking the mountains and lakes below, the bugs were still with us so we quickly snapped a few pics and headed back down. Fortunately the sun came out so there wasn't as many mosquitoes on the way back, this really helped the whining! Friday it poured for about 5 hours so my driveway was on big mud puddle. The boys were going crazy in the house so I put some old clothes on them and sent them outside. I looked out a few minutes later and they had found a mud puddle to use as a slip and slide. They would run and slide head first into the puddle, very funny! When I find my camera cord I will show some pics.

Now I am back to the routine, I have a very messy house that needs cleaned and a lot of errands to be done now that I am back from "vacation." Have a great week!

Multiple Workouts!

When my sisters and I are together we usually have great plans of exercising and eating healthy, and not gaining weight! However after days spent cooking, cleaning, and just taking care of the kids we usually resort to junk food and sitting whenever possible. This trip our kids are big enough, with the exception of Marlee that they can entertain themselves more and don't need our constant attention, although they still want to eat every hour it seems!

Monday we took the kids on a hike, and they did great. I had to carry Brooklyn on the way back but we went a couple of miles. Rylee wanted to climb to the top of the mountains and was a little disappointed when I told her that would take 2 days to climb to the top and back. We had a picnic and came home. Then it was time for my run, I had to run 6 with 4 at tempo. The pace was suppose to be 8:42, I finished the 6 in 50:38. My tempo splits were 8:07, 8:15, 8:15, 8:08. When I was done I went for a run/walk with Carrie. She wants to start running so we are planning on going everyday. She did great, especially dealing with the altitude.

Yesterday I ran 5, then we took the kids to the park. During nap time we did Jillian's shred video level 1. Afterwards we started on the cocktails, after dinner JR took care of the kids and we continued drinking when Carrie had the bright idea of doing level 2 of the shred video. Very interesting after a few drinks!

Today is my rest day, I told Carrie I would run with her again and then we are going to the lake. The water will be freezing but it is suppose to be in the 80's today, for the first time this year!

They Arrived

Carrie and her kids arrived last night, her kids are so big! It's going to be a fun week, hopefully my running will fit in somewhere. I ran 4 on Friday and 5 on Saturday and Sunday. The first 2 on Friday my legs were tired from the long run the day before. I usually take the day off but needed to make up some miles, by the last 2 I felt like I could go forever. Yesterday I woke up at 5:00 and took off, I am still not adjusted to running so early in the morning, it takes a couple of miles to warm up. I had planned on doing the same today but my daughter decided to wake up with me so I am drinking coffee and blogging instead. The sun is FINALLY out and we are planning on going to a lake so hopefully I can run at some point. I am suppose to run 6 with 4 at tempo, it will probably be easier later in the day.

Marathon?

Thanks to road construction I have been without phone/internet service for a couple of days, not that it is back on I am buy reading everyone's blogs again. I am also trying to clean my house since my sisters are coming this weekend. Brandi and Marlee will be here tonight and Carrie and her kids will be here Sunday. I can't wait, we haven't seen them in 2 years(they live in Wisconsin) and I can't wait to see those kids!

I went for my long run this morning with my friend Carrie. We did 10 miles, it was raining when we started but quit within the first mile. We took it nice and slow, it is really nice to run with someone. I can't wait until the half and lately I have been considering a marathon. Gavin will be in kindergarten this year so I would have to find a sitter for Brooklyn. I have never ran longer then a half and am nervous about those long training runs. Right now I am reading 50/50 by Dean Karnaze and that has me thinking about a marathon along with the last Runners World with the marathon training plan. I need to look around and see what marathons are close to me in Oct or Nov, I have time to decide. I will also have to continue to read inspiring books, magazines, and blogs to help me!

Rain, Rain, Go Away?

We have had 3 weeks of rain already and according to the weather report it's not suppose to let up until next Saturday. My garden is in desperate need of some sun and Gavin wants to know when it will be summer so we can go to the lake. I have mixed feelings, I am ready for some sunny days but it has been nice running lately. The highs have been in the 60s and there it is cloudy most of the time. Thursday I ran my long run with a friend, which was great, the miles flew by even though it was a slower pace, and we felt great. I suppose I'll just have to enjoy the cooler temps this week.

Running has been going well, just following a plan from runner's world smart coach. I did finally run as slow as it calls for on my long run, it is hard to run slow! I haven't been to worried about it and am just trying to go with how I feel.

Early Morning Run

JR has been working crazy hours lately so I have been talking about running before he goes to work for awhile now, however when the alarm goes off at 4:45 I usually hit the snooze. Today I did not want to run on the treadmill so I managed to drag myself out of bed this morning. I dressed in a few layers(it's been cold), and was putting my shoes on when Brooklyn woke up. I tried to have her lay back down which sometimes works, but not today. JR took her to bed with him and I was off. The first few miles were slow but it was nice to be out so early listening to the birds. When I came home both of my kids were in bed with JR watching tv, after staying up late last night they should have been sleeping! They may be going down for a nap early today! I love not having to worry about running today and not having to run on the treadmill so I am going to try to run early a couple times a week.

Now it looks like we are finally going to have a nice, sunny day after days of rain. I am off to enjoy it with my kids, hope everyone has a great day!

I Lost 5 lbs!

After being sick for 1 day I am down 5 lbs! This would be great if I wasn't so weak and shaky. I started feeling better Thursday night and my kids wanted to go for a walk, I made it about a quarter of the way down my driveway before I had to turn around. Thankfully I was better yesterday, and my mom watched Brooklyn while I went for a run. I was running late so I ran 3.6 in 32:22 before I had to pick up Gavin from preschool. We went to my mom's and I decided to try for 6 so I headed back out. That 2.4 was much slower, in part thanks to a huge hill, time being 22:27, total time 54:57. Overall that was good, I didn't feel to bad and I tried to run slower but am having a hard time with that. Today I am hoping to run 7, as long as it doesn't start raining! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Missed Long Run

This week has been raining and my hubby has been working crazy hours so I have been stuck to the treadmill for 2 runs this week. The first was 5 miles total with 3 at tempo, and the second was 4 easy miles. I really struggled with both mentally, I just wanted to be outside! I guess I am going to have to get up early and go because I never know when JR will be home. Today was suppose to be my long run, I was really looking forward to it. My kids were going to go to their uncle's house and I had planned on running with a friend, a rare treat, but it wasn't meant to be. Last night my son didn't feel well and it wasn't long before he was racing to the bathroom, poor guy was sick all night. He slept maybe 2 hours, so of course I slept maybe 2 hours. He finally fell asleep at around 5 this morning, but not until he gave me the flu. Not fun, I haven't had the flu since high school? Gavin seems to be better now and hopefully this will pass soon and I can find a way to run tomorrow.

Camping

We had a great time camping. The mornings were sunny and hot with clouds in the afternoon which was nice for sitting around talking. Saturday morning was the 2 mile walk for the pregnancy center in town. Brandi and I left our kids and husbands at the lake and went in for that, I was a volunteer at the registration table. The weather was perfect and we had a good turnout, I decided not to run this year and instead I walked with a friend and Brandi. Afterwards we went back to camp and some friends came up for the afternoon. They brought their kids and they all had fun and were exhausted by that evening. We didn't do much but sit around and talk and it was nice just to relax. Unfortunately the days activities took a toll on little girl and around 12:30 that night she threw up. Brandi and I cleaned her and her bed up and I took her to bed with JR and I. She ended up getting sick 3 or 4 (I lost count) more times through out the night. JR moved to Gavin's bed after the first time. Sunday she was still feeling bad so I brought her home and when she woke up from her nap she had a temp. So the evening was spent trying to make her drink, today she is better but still not her perky self.

As for running, I didn't run at all on Saturday, yesterday I went out for an easy run in the afternoon. I was tired and my legs were sore so I was hoping to make 3 miles. It was hot so I just kept telling myself to go slow, I ended up doing 4 miles and by the last one I was feeling good. I as still looking at training plans and I think I am going to try the plan from the smart coach on runner's world. The easy runs are very slow though at 10:07 min/miles so I'm not sure I'll stick to it.