I Run Like A Girl

Well todays run did not turn out to be my best ever.   We run alot on the SC Parkway trail, well its under construction for umpteenth time!!! so the the trail is blocked off at every intersection (driveway into subdivisions). We can usually go around but because it rained over the weekend it was really muddy so we went onto the sidewalk on the other side of the street,Which wasnt any better because its pretty much an obstacle course around signs and cones, so I hopped off the sidewalk into the gutter and then from the gutter to the road .Well there is drop that a i didnt realize was there. Both Cheri I stumbled but icaught it  just right and rolled my ankle! ouch! We stopped for a minute and then walked for a minute and decided to try running, it actually felt ok but when we would have stop at the lights it hurt to walk and by the end of the run it was pretty sore. I hurried into my house and iced for 20 minutes. But its starting to swell. I will ice it as much as I can at work today and IB up but now I have one cankle!

Half with cheri and other half with peg. Could not find my garmin this morning so no exact times but Cheri had to be back for some early meetings so we had a little faster pace than we usually do. (at least it felt faster). Ankle felt really ok running but now after its a little sore but I am glad it is runnable. More ice and IB:)

Did a similar route but avoided the SC parkway today-did an out and back, which I usually dont like but  was suprised I really did today, we got some more ideas from it and some different routes til our trail is back to normal. We had a good pace today, again I dont have a pace or time because I would stop by garmin and then would forget to start it, but it felt great!   Its always nice when you  feel good and can run without thinking about that you are running! (or that it is cold or you want to go back to bed) I didnt have any negative thoughts today and if I didnt have to get back for work i just may have kept going. These kind of days make running worth it!

So I finally get to enter in my blog. I missed my run this morning because my 5am friend cancelled early in the morning (and I dont like to go out in the mornings in the winter when its dark by myself, my brother is a sargent with the SG PD and the past couple years there have been several attacks on female runners in SG, so I promised my husband and brother I would not go alone) so I went back to bed til I met with my 6am friend but I forgot to reset my alarm clock so I totally stood her up, I felt so bad ! But I got off work early today and took off ( I wanted to go with the running club but since I got off at 4 today I didnt want to wait)

I tried a little experiment tonight. I wanted to see what my avg pace is at a relaxed comfortable state and putting no extra effort into the run, never pushing myself  out of that comfort zone.  Avg pace 7:25, time 1:15 min .I was happy with that.

Hey Andee and Jody, we got out shutters put in yesterday, I love them. Andee- Garrett and I were thinking that if you want any of our white wood blinds for your  basement you could have them. They might not fit just right but garrett says you cut them to fit. Let us know.

Ran 6.5 with my fabulous friend Natalie whom I havent ran with for a couple weeks, so that was good to catch up with her and get a good run in. Got back to my place and then did laps around the block til I got 10 miles in. I figured my excuse for  for not wanting to go alone could be solved my staying really close to home and just doing laps like I have read a few of you do.

TGIF!!!!!

Ran with Cheri, got to sleep in and didnt go til 7:15, soo nice! Today I think it was the coldest its been down here.  Well I will get in a little extra exercise today because I have to scrub  my house super clean. We are getting new furniture the beginning of next week and I want it squeaky clean when we bring it in. So I will be scrubbing floors and baseboards all day today! Everyone have a great weekend!