This morning's run was down in St George, Utah. Commonly referred to as Utah's Dixie.
We are down here for a high school baseball tournament. So my 20 year old son accompanied me this morning.
 The sun was shining brightly, the air was about 40, with a chill. We ran from the hotel towards the Confluence Trail, but the underpass under the freeway was closed for construction. So we walked towards the overpass, right along the river and were able to run along till we came to a temporary chain link fence on the other side. But tromping through the bushes and shrubs, we were able to circle around the fence and connect with the trail. We crossed the river on a wooden bridge and continued on till we hit 2 miles. We stopped and enjoyed the peaceful scenery from a second wooden bridge, then headed back towards our hotel. We stuck to the roads and crossed the freeway on sidewalks, and even increased our pace about .25 from the end of our run.
Miles and time were 4.17 miles in 53 minutes. But this included stopping to check out a route under the freeway, tromping through bushes for a minute, contemplating the scenery for a minute, a bathroom stop (for me) and waiting at 2 signals. So i guess the time was acceptable!
But it was great to have Chris run with me!!

I did today's workout in segments. Busy day, here i am posting at 11:30 pm!!
 First, a 1 mile spin warm up for 4 minutes. Then my TM run, which was supposed to be 45 minutes, but i ran out of time and did 3.5 miles in 40 minutes. Then after work i got the inspiration to finish my miles, so i hit the treadmill again and decided to make it a quick mile. I kept upping the speed, running the entire last quarter mile at a 10:00 min pace. My whole mile this evening was averaged to a 10:30 min pace. That is what i am going to make my goal, to run this pace on my runs this summer.
I think i would find everything about this adventure much more fun and more obtainable if i could just get past my biggest obstacle - rolling out of bed in the morning!!

Today was a running day. Legs were tired from 2 spinning sessions yesterday, but the schedule said 44 minutes, so that is what it did! 4 miles in 46 minutes with 1 walking break. I accidentally hit the wrong button while trying to turn up the volume on my ipod. The button i pressed instead stopped the whole treadmill, miles and time, so i took a drinking water walking break then. I did the first mile in 12 minutes, then tried to go just one click faster each mile. I did finish the last half mile faster, 11 min pace then started the very last .25 at 10:30 pace and slowly increased it till the last little bit was at my dream pace, 10:00 min pace.
Tonite was weigh-in nite at the W J Biggest Loser - well it appears that the cookies brought on by those little green monsters, Girl Scouts, caused me to gain 1.2 pounds. I just can't seem to get this dieting thing under control!!!!

Today i did spinning. 7 miles in 25 minutes in the morning with 170 stability ball crunches. Then in the evening i did another 10 miles spinning in 38 minutes.
Another visit to the chiropractor because my back side hurt alot on Sunday. Can't tell if this trip helped or not!

I was intending on going to the track to run 7 today. Wanting to keep with my chiropractor's advice of running on a level surface and be outside in warmish weather. But life had different plans today. My daughter-in-law asked if i could babysit for the afternoon while she worked. And the temps early in the day were still in the low 30's. I just could not bring myself to get out early to the track, so i opted to run this on my treadmill. Long Miles for a treadmill!
It ended up being a good choice, as i needed a bathroom break at mile 1.5, and i also was able to keep a steady slow pace. 7.25 miles in 91 minutes - 12:34 pace. Only one walking break at mile 5.8 for 75 seconds to drink some bottled water. I cannot drink while running and swallow while gasping. So i always slow to a walk while drinking during runs, and it adds a short break so it's fine.
I have lost my running motivation lately. My confidence that i can actually run outside, Life has been throwing stressful buckets at me, and it is affecting me not just emotionally, but physically too.
I am trying hard to get stronger as a runner, and hoping that will help me also become stronger as a person.
13 days to my 10k in St George, and while nervous, i am also getting excited about going out of town without anything to do but have a nice and enjoyable run down in Snow Canyon!

One of my dogs woke me up at 4:00am today, and i could not get back to sleep, so i decided to get my run in early. 4:20am. That is 1 1/2 hours earlier than my alarm is set for.
Nice and slow, I got 4 miles done in 48:08 minutes, with NO walking breaks today.!!
I tried to do strides, but i only managed 1 for 40 seconds at an 8:00 min pace, and was doubled over gasping. So my breathing is still undergoing recovery from my flu earlier this week. But an early run with 20 lunges afterwards felt great!

My sister complained to me that i have not been keeping up with my blog. Well, i have not been keeping up with my training and therefore nothing to write about in my blog.
The fluish thing i caught wiped me out, not 'sick' just exhausted and it hurt to breathe deep, so i did not have the energy to do much for the last 2 days.

Good news though: this week at the weigh in I lost 3 pounds!! Yay! Except it was probably because i   did not feel like eating - that one day. I also went to the chiropractor on Tuesday for my sciatic nerve pain. He did electric impulse things, pressing on my back and dropping half the table things, and those twist your body sideways and he smashes you twisting you farther. The things they learn in chiropractic school!!
Anyway my backside does feel somewhat better today.
And today i got a spin and run in!!! 2 mile spin and 3 mile run. I wanted to run farther, but this 3 required a couple walking breaks, so i left it at that. Then 20 lunges and 55 sb crunches.
The chiropractor also said my hips are tilted, not permanently, almost 3/4 inch difference. So he wants me running on the treadmill or a track till i get straightened out. Waking up to snowplows today... the treadmill was the only way i was going to be able to run - brrrrr.