Hurry!

My sister made it over, so our life is all about the baby right now! My kids are loving her so much, Gavin insists on sitting next to her and protecting her whenever she is awake. They sing and read books to her, it is so cute.
My sister is starting a plan that will ease her into running. She never has been a runner so it starts out slow, with lots of walks and then yesterday 5 minute walk and 30 second run for 30 minutes. I told her I would go with her after my run. I planned on 6-7 miles, the longest I've ran since January. My sis stayed at my mom's Wed night so after bible study I went over there. I packed everything we could need except for my running shoes! So I came home to get those, I live 10-15 minutes away from my mom. I change at home and am ready to go when I get back to my mom's. I turn my garmin on and set it on my mom's bumper to locate satelites and run into the house for a minute. My mom takes off to town at this time, I think she is in a different truck so I don't think about it. When I come back outside both my mom's and Steve's truck are gone! I panicked, called Steve and thank the Lord my Garmin was still on my mom's bumper! After I got my watch back I set off. It was getting late by then and I still had to walk/run with Brandi so I ended up running faster then planned. I guess I need to be rushed everyday!
6.51 miles
58:16 minutes
8:57 pace

No More Snow

My sister and my sweet little niece are coming today(if the roads cooperate). I can't wait, I haven't seen Marlee in 3 weeks! I'll bet she's so big! There was a snow storm yesterday so Brandi couldn't make it over the pass(chain law in effect). There is a chance of snow today so hopefully Brandi can make it over.

I am planning on running a few easy miles today. My plan is to keep the miles slow and gradually up my mileage. I have to say I really miss speed work, I never thought I would say that! Last summer I never did speed work. Oh I had great ideas of doing it, but when I would start it would hurt too much and I would back off. I finally started this winter and I loved it, crazy! I am thinking though that my miles need to be more right now and I don't want to add both and injure myself so I'm taking it easy. Yesterday I did a Crunch bootcamp video, it was a good workout. My arms are sore today which is always good. Hope everyone has a good day!

Mellow Day

Last night the kiddos stayed at their aunt and uncle's house so JR and I went to a friend's house for dinner. It was fun, I had not been out since January so it was good to relax and know the kids were having fun. I think we went to bed at 1 and of course I was awake at 6 which is now 7 with the time change. I vegged in front of the tv for awhile then decided to go for a run before I had to pick up the kids. My legs and hips were sore and tight, I even did yoga yesterday! I haven't been doing the foam roller the last few days and I need to. I have been stretching more but it's not enough. I managed 4.75 miles in 9:30 pace. I actually thought I was running slower so I am happy with that. It was cold, 15 degrees with slight wind so I had to pull out my balaclava(is that how you spell it?). I picked up the kids and played with them for awhile then went to take a nap. Now I'm up and everyone is sleeping so I am off to get my house in order.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

House, Horse, or Race Car?

Yesterday I decided to workout to Cathe on Fitv. These worlouts are challenging, especially when I have not done them in awhile. I think I did the muscle endurance one. My kids like to exercise with me, I give them my box step which breaks down to 2 pieces so they each have one and they play with bands. They do jumping jacks, jump rope, and occasionally like to follow along to the video. Brooklyn did lunges one day and it was the cutest thing ever. Gavin did his first real pushup yesterday, I was impressed! While they are good about letting me work out they are bored towards the end. That's when they like to run circles around me and things like that. While doing the leg press(stepping up on the box) Gavin decided I needed extra weight and grabbed on to my leg. I am not that strong! When it was time to do pushups I became a horse for Gavin and a house for Brooklyn. During chest flys I was a pirate ship and a race car. I guess as long as I keep working this will all help me get stronger, right?

No Pain!

During nap time I ran on the treadmill. I started off thinking I would maybe make 2 miles because of my leg but about 1.5 miles into it my pain went away! I don't know if it what was the motrin I took an hour before or the fact that I wrapped my leg or what. I just kept going and made it 4.3 miles, yay! I ran slow, I did find that when I tried to go faster I would feel a little pain. Now today I feel great, I am hoping to run a few more miles today and lift weights. I am trying not to become to excited and do too much, but that is hard!

Spring Fever

The weather has been so nice the last couple of days, we are entering mud season! The kids and I went played outside all morning yesterday. I thought of a million things I want to do, although it is still to early to start. I did chip away all the ice on the deck and some of it from the front yard though, that was a good workout!

Today I am going to run a few easy miles and lots of cleaning. I did the shred video yesterday, level 2. It was hard at the end, my arms were shaking! I need to start doing pushups again, I slacked off the hundred pushup challenge. I don't know if I'll finish it but I do need to start adding more pushups in.

I'm off to drop off my son at preschool, then on to cleaning!

Busy Days

Saturday we went to Walmart to stock up(2 hours away), and when we got home we took the kid swimming. By the time we came home and had dinner we had been going all day. The kids passed out by 7 and I thought about jumping on the treadmill or at least doing a strength workout but instead I decided to crawl into bed and watch a movie. I fell asleep before 9, I guess I needed sleep! So I didn't make my mileage goal for last week.

Sunday we went to church, came home and cleaned, then went for an easy 6 mile run. The weather was great and I really enjoyed being outside in it. My leg was hurting a little, I was feeling really good this week and then on Friday I slipped a little on some ice and tweaked it again. I am so over being hurt! It's not as bad as at first I just don't want to start training and have it flare up again. I am going back to cross training a lot this week and hopefully that will be enough time to finish healing. The weather is suppose to be warm this week so maybe the ice will melt and then I won't have to worry about slipping!