Running Thoughts

I'm out of town...at my parents' house in west texas, so I've not been blogging. Sorry! I wanted to mention my new personal record! Fastest run with pierced ears! Haha! My pal, Sara, pierced my ears for me with a do-it-yourself kit and we ran the next day (new PR!--Fastest Run With Pierced Ears!). We laughed and noted that if I ran faster next time, then I'd have yet another PR. Yesterday, my daughter and I mapped out a running course for ourselves and I now have a new pierced ear PR!! Haha! How many times can I PR since the ear piercing??? The world is yet to know! I know, I know, most people getting their ears pierced are ages 10 and below. So I'm late, so what? :) It's pretty tame for a mid-life crisis!

I love to read about running. Next to running, it's a favorite thing to do. That's why I look forward to my "Runner's World" magazine each month. I was delighted to find that John Bingham is a featured columnist and now am saddened that his articles won't be in my future magazines...he's moving on. I enjoyed his final article, and thought you might too. You can read it here . It's about the "Butterfly Effect." How something small today can affect something big tomorrow. I started thinking of Butterfly Effects in my own running, and will share some with you... discovered my favorite shoes are worn out (more about that in a later post)...result might be better performance, less hip pain later on layed off running because of a cold...result may be a stronger and more effective workout tomorrow found a water belt for a buck...can easily carry water for a better run lost my favorite neck gaiter...bought a new one that works even better What ...

Beautiful day today for a run. That is, if you weren't sick, which I was... I managed to catch a cold. Sore throat and achy. I didn't run, but I really wanted to. I almost did anyway, then I thought of how I would have a not-so-great run and would rather wait and have a great run. I already feel better. I did run yesterday. With Sara. Windy and cold, so I was excited to get out again today since today was so perfect instead of windy and cold. I like to run on a yoga day, so tomorrow will be even better! Yoga is great for me because I have a lot of tension in my hips... Here are some yoga stretches that I like.

Today's run would qualify as "bad." My whole left side was completely out of sink with my right....my left hip killed me (always hurts but today was worse), my left side of my neck hurt, my left foot hurt....Then the overly friendly dog jumped up on me, and I'm not kidding you when I say that she licked the TOP of my head. She came down hard on my right forearm which then began to hurt which was the beginning of the right side aches. Next was my head, just above my right eyebrow. It's crazy how 8 miles the other day felt so great and easy, but today's four miles were a total struggle. Interesting, also, is the fact that even so, I loved getting out into the air and living in the moment. So, today's run would also qualify as "good."

8 miles on a beautiful day... My intention was to run 7, adding 1 to my last long run of 6. I drove my jeep out to what I supposed was about 7 miles. Turned out that it was more like 10. I ran 8 and then decided to call my hubby to come get me so that I wouldn't be completely incapacitated. But I totally could have made it the whole 10. I felt great and went to yoga that afternoon. (which takes lots of strength) Yay, Me!

sloppy slushy muddy gunky slippery slimy gooey swamp That was my running terrain today. Kind of like running in mire. The mud would build up in the treads of my shoes until I was carrying weights on the bottoms of my feet and landing on platforms of mud with every step. Then I would kick it off and keep going. Where it wasn't muddy, it was either slushy or slippery. However, I thoroughly enjoyed myself as I finally felt well enough to try a run!! After 5 days of feeling way too sick and way too tired to run, I felt almost like myself today! And it was 40 degrees! And sunny. I thought I might melt. I only went for 30 minutes, but I felt like running the whole time which I didn't expect after being sick. Nice. I meant to take last week to decide what I want to do as far as lifting goes, but with all the sickness, I haven't thought much about it. So, I'll have to figure that out. It's still on hold for the moment. Unfortunately, my youngest son is still s...

I spent yesterday in bed sick. It's been over a month of someone or multiple someones being sick around here. I got the stomach virus that began in our home a week ago. My middle child and I were the only ones left who hadn't had this one. I ended up with it all night Friday night and all day yesterday. I feel ok today, but won't be pushing my luck by running even though the day is GORGEOUS! Maybe I'll walk which is what I did Friday. I went back to the chiropractor on Thursday and my hip was too sore to run on Friday. Chiro asked me, "Do you run a lot of inclines?" Me, "Um, yes." Any direction from our little town is UP. hahaha Inclines. Ha.

http://www.runnersworld.com/dogrun/ I liked this link about running with your canine pal. Here's a pic of my running buddy! Banjo and I ran 2 miles Wednesday through muck and mud. I'd planned to go farther, but...yuck. We had fun anyway and were matching with our mud spatters.

Oh, wow. We've had all kinds of sicknesses going around over here. Luckily, I've not gotten the stomach stuff so far, but my poor kids have sure suffered. I'm taking this week off from lifting. I ran 6 glorious miles to the mine and back, running all the hills, on Saturday. Today, Sara and I ran about 3, slow and EZ. Tomorrow, I will concentrate on form. It's nice to take a week to enjoy/concentrate on running.