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

Go up earlier than usual on Sunday to run with my neighbor.  She's been out of town for 2 weeks and asked me to run on Sunday since she'd just gotten back.  Sure, no problem.  She wanted to do 10-12 miles, so I charted out a 12 mile course and off we went.  MR was the water boy on the bike and we were off.  We went slowly because her knee was bothering her, which was good for me since I know long runs should be slower anyway.  

At mile 4.5, we went over some railroad tracks, and  the short little down-hill bit (10 feet long, 3 foot drop) was too much for her knee.  She had to stop and stretch and walk the pain out.  I feel so bad for her.  I know what that pain is, and I know how maddening it can be when you just want to run.  At that point we decided to cut the run short and headed back for 9 miles instead of the 12.  We had to stop again after the other side of the railroad tracks 3 miles later,  but other than that we pushed on through.  She'll be going to physical therapy and hopefully have her knee back & up to running again soon.... I hope.  It was great to be able to run with her again!

p90x with yoga belly 7 times.  "I know I'm yelling too much for yoga!!"

Saw my neighbor's new house (7 miles away :,,,(   drat!) but was thrilled to see it included a very awesome in ground pool.  Triathalon summer ahead!

Last week of training level 2 for p90x.  Core synergestics. 

Then I took an easy run for 4 miles in the hood. I used my old knee band instead of the big brace.  Stayed close to home incase it wasn't going to go well, and I was happy when everything was great.  The band is easier to run in and I'm glad everything felt good.  All the leg building with p90x may be good for something after all!

I'll still use the brace for long runs, but I'm going to use the band for the shorter ones.  Good news for me!

3:50 am I started Kenpo.  That's one workout that will wake up even the sleepiest pirate.

Then a 4 mile run with my neighbor through the hood. My watch would not load satellites, so I didn't get the first 2 miles stats, but we ran the last two at a 9:17 pace (with the knee bands again).  Her watch had our 4 mile avg pace at a 9:22, so we kept a good pace overall (for us).

It was a good morning, but now it's 11:40 and I've been sitting at my desk for almost 4 hours and the sleepy times are starting to sneak up on me.  STAY BACK sleepy-ness or I'll have to sword-hammer-knuckle punch-front kick-back kick-hook-uppercut you!!!

I was going to get up and do some elliptical before my p90x stretch video, but I stayed in bed instead.  Was going to run with Wyatt this afternoon, but she's getting sick and won't run in the cold (imagine that, not wanting to sacrifice her health for my needs!!) so I'm going to have to go solo.

Too much junk & crap going into the belly today, just not having a "strong" day on the battle of the healthy diet front.  I'm tempted to go home and eat those cheetos I've got hidden away in my treasure chest (bottom dresser drawer).  Maybe I should wait till after the run?

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Well, I avoided Cheetos and just went for the run.  Had to stretch out after 1 mile, and when I'd finished stretching, I realized that I'd been standing in a pile of fire ants and they were all over my foot and leg.  I screamed out for help, tried to get them off my skin, and MR took my shoe and beat it silly till it was ant-free.  I've got 3 small bumps and one nice yellow welt forming on my leg now.  I hate those stupid ants.  Our local Hockey team is called the "Fireants," and they're horrible and cant' do anything right.  Why can't the real ants be as useless and ineffective?

My Garmin seems to be ready to give up the GPS ghost.  It shut itself off 5 different times during my run yesterday.  I'm hoping to get a new one soon, but I want to get a good one.  Any suggestions?

I planned on elliptical again this morning, but my knees are kind of sore and I'm doing a long run tomorrow, so I only did 5 minutes.  Then I did p90x core synergestics- I'm glad it's not as hard to complete as it used to be for me.   It IS still hard, just not as bad.

But I was able to get my hands on some cheetos at work :-p

Early out for a Saturday with my neighbor.  We ran 12, and kept the pace under 10 min/mile.  We stopped 3 times.  Twice for a "look at that! break and once for a slightly twisted ankle. 

We found a bat, a ball, and another snake!!  I didn't get a pix of the ball, but it's just a baseball that was in pretty good shape for being on the side of the road.

MR was a good waterboy and kept us hydrated and safe from cars.

Then we helped with the city wide clean up and picked up trash along side of the highway for an hour.

Had lunch, took a little break, and went to town with my p90x yoga.  I was tired by the end of the day!  Went to see Wyatt and her new baby chicks.