Michelle's Running Blog

This morning was a good run.  The weather was warm and I didn't feel too tired.  Not much else to say about it, just a good run.

I didn't sleep well during the night so when the alarm went off at 6:00 I was not ready to run and start the day. I fell right back asleep. I slept until 8:15, what a treat! I have been waking up early even on the weekends when I have time to sleep in. When I woke up I rode the bike in the basement for 45 minutes. I don't know how many miles because the display is broken but I am still dripping in sweat so it was a good workout and worth cross training for a little extra sleep!

I am having a hard time getting running miles in this week.  I was feeling good this morning when I set out to run but within the first mile I had three pain attacks.  It was almost like I was going into labor, though it is way to early for that.  I felt intense abdominal pain and my stomach got really hard.  I walked through the pain then tried running again.  When this happened the 3rd time in the first mile I decided running further wasn't going to happen today, so I walked home and rode the bike for 45 minutes and finished with some push-ups.  Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow and can get a little running in, I don't want to give up running just yet.

I did actually run today and had a successful run!  I felt great and pretty confident.  Usually during my run I might see 2-3 other runners out but this morning I saw about 10!  I guess the lighter warmer mornings has people recommitting to exercise.  It is fun to see more people out.

When I got home my son was awake and needed a million things from me and then the day got busy and I didn't sit at the computer once until now(5:00 p.m.)  That is abnormal for me but I did get a ton done today.  My house is clean, I painted my daughter's dresser white, bought garden suppplies, did visiting teaching, a little grocery shopping, and tonight we are watching some of our friends kids and planting our garden.  I am looking forward to 8:30 when the kids are all in bed, babysitting is done, and my husband and I can sit and watch TV.  That is mostly the only time I sit down for an extended time, I am pretty tired by the end of the day.

It was really hard to get out of bed this morning but I knew my neighbor was waiting for me so I dragged myself out of bed and got out the door.  Of course, I am glad I did.  My neighbor has been having some ankle problems so she wanted a slow run this morning.  Slow is what she got, really slow.  I never time myself, I just run the miles.  Well, today my friend had her garmin, how depressing.  I didn't think we were going that slow but wow!  Out miles were between 10:40 and 11:00 pace.  I have slowed down a ton!  I am still just focusing on getting the miles in and the pace doesn't matter too much.  I am OK with running slow I just didn't realize I was that slow.  I do think we went a tiny bit slower today because we were talking.