With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

MR & I slept in (how lovely). Then we did the p90x stretch video together.  We were both sore & tight from the run Saturday and it really helped.  It may become our new Sunday morning activity. 

Ran  the chicken farm road today.  The wind was blowing right from the hen houses onto the road, so I had a super smeller of a run on that part of the road.  First mile was over 9, but all the rest were under.  Avg pace 8:48.  Fast second half than first.

Little nagging soreness on the bottom of my arch.  I normally wouldn't think much of it at all, but after RAD's foot business, I'm seriously worried.

It was 47* outside this morning.  Very nice.  Only my wrists got cold.

Got home and did the ab ripper.  It was harder doing the first few exercises that use my quads, but I'm feeling stronger with that video every time!  If only I could see some results!  My ripped abs seem to be hiding behind my rippled steak biscuit and rootbeer float belly fat.

 After work I ran 1.44 miles, then took mini-me to tutoring and walked 3 miles, finishing up with a .8 mile run.  My legs were tired and running was tough, but I know they'll get stronger from doing these twice a day runs.

Stupid foot pain.  I'm beginnng to think I'm having sympathy pains for RAD :-(  So get better soon, sister blister!!

I did pilates and one of the kettle ball workouts.  Took some meds & hope for the best. 

Foot was fine except for the push-up section where I had to flex my toes and put pressure on the ball of my foot.  That stretching and pressure made the pain flare up.  Luckily I only had to do 5 :-).

After work, did some speed work with walk breaks inbetween.  Total of 2.36 miles walked and 1.06 miles run.  Our speeds were short (.37 was longest and .12 was shortest) but we did get going fast a couple of times.  6:41 for one of them, but most were in the low 7:00.

My foot doesn't hurt when I run.  Just after & before.  Not sure what that means, but I think if it doesn't hurt while I'm running, then why quit running?

Early run with my neighbor.  She's trying to recover from some tendonitis in her foot and she's going to a PT who said they'd "scrape her feet."  WHAT does that mean?

We averaged a 9:13, didn't really push the speed too much, and I was okay with that because I ran fast Monday and did those fartleks last night. 

My foot didn't hurt running, but at the end of the run, my freaky knee (which hasn't bothered me in ages) started hurting in a new place. I was going to run 2 more miles after we finished, but jumped on the elliptical for 20 minutes instead, and then I decided to lay in bed and ice it instead of doing ab ripper x.  No regrets :-)

Taking the afternoon off of running.  I noticed my mileage last week jumped up from my December totals.  I may need to ease into the higher miles a little more slowly. And I'm kind of disappointed when I say that because "higher miles" right now only means "over 20."

Wait, what am I complaining about?  I was supposed to be recovering and taking it easy in December, so I'm not going to whine that my miles were so low.  I'm ready to play it smart!

Slept in, did a short run (to try and not over-do-it) and that was it.

No knee pain at all last night or today.  I'm glad it was just a short term thing.

Foot pain doesn't seem to bother me any more or less than usual so I'm just wearing my arch supports and keeping my fingers crossed.

90 minutes elliptical after work.  trying to catch up on my old runner's world magazines so I can read the new one I just got yesterday.

Went to walk with MR this morning.  I tried to get him up early to walk outside around the hood so we could enjoy the moon-light, but he wanted to sleep in.  So we walked at the park while mini-me was in seminary.  The park just isn't as magical with all the lights and trees blocking the moon.

What was magical was the wicked cold wind.  MR forgot a hat and gloves, and then refused to walk at a brisk pace to try and warm up.  MR WHINEY HIENEY!  Gaaaa!!!

After 2 miles, we drove back to the church where I went inside and did ab ripper x by myself.  I liked it better without Tony because I counted as fast as I wanted to!

It was in the 20's (cold for me) so I was layered up like a lasagna, but when the sun came out, it was actually very nice.  The horrible winds from Friday morning were gone, thank goodness.

MR & neighbor lady ran while her husband biked along.  He actually ended up freezing and having to stop to warm up his feet, because we were workin' it, and he was just slowly pedaling along. 

I'm glad he came along because after mile 5, neighbor and I picked up the pace and ran at a comfortable pace while MR ran at his little slower pace and bike-man kept him company.

Good negative splits for us, and I was proud that MR finished the run without stopping to walk.

My watch died after mile 2, so I have no idea what my time/splits are.  Doesn't really matter anyway.