Been A Long Time

I haven't posted in a while and I really promised myself I would post more.  Since I was resting for three weeks, there wasn't much to post.

I had two decent runs this week and one not so great one.  My body is returning slowly.

One of my good runs was on Tuesday.  It was with two friends from my jogging group. One of them liked to stop and walk a lot which was fine with me.  It was still a great workout and probably much better for my tendinitis.  We went 6.2 miles and then had coffee at Starbucks.  I grabbed a large black coffee, excuse me; a Venti.  I don't know why that drives me nuts, but it does.  Can't we just say small, medium and large?  Anyway, that is a silly pet peeve and I don't expect anyone to agree with me on it.  Or should I say, if you don't agree with me you are a big poo poo head, so there?

The next day, I only did about two miles on my treadmill.  One was a jog.  One was a walk.  I also walked outside with my husband once or twice this week.  It is hard to keep track of my weeks between homeschool, exercise, housework, etc.  I am also looking for a part time job which will just add to the crazy if I ever get hired.

Today I had the choice between jogging with my friend Sandie at 7:50 and my friends Lhia and Jamie at 9:00.   I said, "Yes please," to both.  Sandie and I did 3.4 miles together and then I did 3 miles with Lhia and Jamie.  Well, actually I did 2.2 with them, broke off, and headed back to my car, for a total of 3 even.

The run with Sandie was a slower run.  The second run really pushed me.  Sometimes it is good to run with somebody faster as long as they don't mind slowing a bit for you.  It makes me push myself more and sometimes I even surprise myself.  Today my body was going, "Ahhhhh, stop please!"  However, I kept pushing on, if only because I didn't want to look like a wimp in front of my friends.  Who says we outgrow peer pressure?

I have ordered some compression socks. I can't wait for them to come in.  They are bright pink.  I wish I had seen the blue ones before I ordered the pink ones, as I liked that color even better.  That's okay.  I will rock the pink!

I am running a 5K tomorrow, not for time, just because it only cost fifteen dollars and the shirt was cute.  It is a women's only 5K, which is pretty nice too.

Have a great weekend all!