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

1.2 mile walk in the morning (I slept in till 9:50).  I LIKE SLEEPING IN!!!

Good morning, starlight!  The big dipper was the first thing I saw when I walked out my front door.  Pretty cool.

Out of bed at 4:30, PT warm ups & on the road by 5:10.  I wanted to run somewhere between 5 and 6 miles.  5.55 worked out perfectly.  I wrote down my paces so I'd be sure to remember them...but I'm not exactly sure.  Here's my best from memory: 9:47, 9:12, 8:50, 8:35, 8:16, 7:40 (the last 5.55).  My avg pace was an 8:48.  That I do remember.

Got to saw the light creeping into the sky this morning...reminded me of the conference talk yesterday.  It was beautiful- as always.

shred level 2, 30 min elliptical, p90x ab ripper.

sweat fest in the house!!

Glad it was a crosstrain day because there was a thunderstom rolling through this morning during my normal run time.

Knee didn't bother me much when I was exercising, but now, 3 hours later it's not happy. I need a knee fairy to fix it.

In order to get 9 miles and my PT warm ups done, I have to get up at 4:00.  I snoozed it till 4:10, and drug myself around trying to get ready.  It was a little chilly, but felt good. 

3 mile warm up, then progressive speedwork.  It all ended up being progressive in the end, except my .18 mile cool down at the end.  Stopped to stretch after 1.5 miles.  Seems to be a good thing for my knee when I do the quad stretches after a little warm up running.

avg pace 8:48.  splits were 9:45, 9:20, 9:04, 9:02, 8:57, 8:38, 8:34, 8:11, 7:39, and 9:24 for the cool down.  Then I walked .2 miles home & stretched a little more.

I've been feeling good at running at the 9:00-8:30 pace when I'm warmed up.  It feels like I'm really "running" at that pace, but I don't feel like I'm dying.   I really pushed the last mile, but felt strong at the end.

Just me & the dipper out again.  Wondering when the moon will show up again.

recovery run.  wasn't sure my knee was going to let me run at all today. did my PT and started out really, really slow.  After half a mile, started feeling warmed up and more comfortable. 

avg pace was 9:45.  Just perfect.  Happy to see the sunlight creeping into the sky in the morings again while I'm up. 

I hate waking up early, early, early, but I hate not having enough time to make a good, healthy breakfast either.  One that fills me up & doesn't make me hungry again in 2 hours.  I may need to just cook oatmeal at night.

knee aches less today than yesterday.  happy day.

p90x stretch and ab ripper

worried about the knee.  hoping the day off and the stretching help so it'll be strong for tomorrow.  somthing's just not right with it.

knee troubles have got me down.  trying to cut out running for a quick recovery.

48.8 miles on the bike with MR.  2 different loops.  Had to go home & put on some warmer clothes on.  The last time I'd seen the weather, it was supposed to be 80* on Saturday.  Something had changed since I'd seen the weather forecast. 

Beautiful bike ride.  Mr. found a one handled aluminum blue hooker and put it in his bag.  It kept banging him on the head the rest of the way home.  Which reads better if you replace "It" with "his hooker" !!

Then he found a flag to put in the bag so the hooker became very patriotic looking, and when we were almost home, he found a red flowered lei.  Seriously.  so of course he lei'd his "you know what."  

I'm so glad he's around to amuse me, otherwise life would be dreary & boring.

I guess you could say he's my treasure.