more running

Friday 4 miles in 40 minutes :-) not bad..., Sunday 5 miles on the treadmill in 48:18 :-) also not so bad (happy!), Tuesday 5 miles outside and this morning 3 miles outside. I had to be at work, so I didn't have enough time to run more. I'm not sick, that's definitely good.
I am happy that Hanna is working out every day. She has lost 1.5 pounds in two weeks. Go Hanna!

running

I am pretty frustrated wih my running. On Saturday I ran 4 miles and on Sunday Bill and I ran 5 miles - and on Monday I started having a sore throat again. What is going on???? I wish I knew because I really want to run and work out again, feel good again and have energy. Less than 20 weeks to the St. George marathon.

first and best pedicure ever!

My sweet daughters took me out for a chick date: pedicure and lunch. It was awesome!

5/11 run in the cold - once again

This morning it was cold, but not too cold to go for a little run. I started the 4-mile loop from our house and finished it! It might as well have been 13 miles; it was hard and my speed felt like molasses trying to be syrup. I was tired pretty much all day. This is hard and I don't know if I can run the marathon in less than 21 weeks.

4.5 mile run

Saturday Bill and I ran 4.5 miles - the same loop we ran on Monday. This time I ran the whole loop. The weather was wonderful, much warmer than the other days. It felt great. The time for the loop was 45:25 minutes. Still not great, but better. We have 21 weeks left to be able to run 26.2 miles.

4.5 mile walk only

With the children we could only go on our "barn loop", since I had promised them that we would not go on a hike. It was of course cold, but the trail was still great. After initial disgruntlement, we walked quickly to the playground. There, an approximately 5 year old boy asked Bill, whether he could play with his "little boy" (David). That was cute and David had a good time being the boy's "master". Meanwhile Bill and I showed Hanna the adjacent volleyball court and explained some of the volleyball rules. We finished the walk and went to the Nike outlet. There we bought a volleyball and some running shoes. The whole afternoon after that we spent in the pool. This was a great day!

8.5 mile hike

Although it was even colder today than yesterday we decided to go for one more hike. It wasn't raining or snowing, just cold. We chose the "Glenwild Loop", which is just a mile or so east from the outlet mall. The trail head was easy to find. We started at about 10:30. The trail was initially very nice: dry, not very rocky and only slightly ascending. After about one mile it became steeper and another two miles later we were at the top of the hill. From there the trail became very muddy and there were several spots where the snow had not melted yet. In the beginning we saw ourselves running this trail when we come back in the summer, but we soon realized, that the trail is too rocky and treacherous to run it. The last third of the hike went along a little creek, over wooden bridges and along sage brush - really very pretty. We arrived the car about 2 1/2 hours later, both really cold. We decided to postpone our shopping spree and went to the Good Earth Store instead, where we found delicious trail mix and some milk. At home we jumped into the hottub to warm up. It felt very good! Now Bill is on his way to pick up Hanna and David. I can't wait to hear how Hanna liked Space camp!