Fast Running Mommy

4 easy miles with Adrianne and Will (her baby)

Had a nice tempo run tonight. Got out kind of late because Sasha was at a meeting for church tonight. He walked around with the babies the entire 40 minutes I was gone....what a guy!!

I tried to do a tempo run because I was feeling very good today actually.

It's fun to be getting into shape....I think I experienced the perfect Runner's High today....I know why James has that as his blog name...I feel super...I'm thinking clearly and feeling on top of the world...and it's 10:30 at night.

I did the first mile in 10:30 or so and then picked up to 9:10 and then ran the next mile in about 8:30 (Sasha stole The Toy aka Garmin before I could look at my times ). Ended with a 10:00 mile feeling good. The best part is that first I recovered well from my race and second my heart rate was low and relaxed the whole time...yay.....

What is up with  my crazy body?? Yesterday I felt great...so much energy. Today I needed oxygen or something....I felt 85. I ran two very slow miles this morning and never got my energy back until we had a hearty dinner of meatballs and buckwheat...yum...my kids told me it was the best dinner they'd had in a month.

Then I ran 2 more miles after I dropped the car off at the car shop ....felt pretty lousy but I wasn't surprised...I guess I'm paying for a tempo run yesterday and a great race on Saturday.

So....should I start blogging my organ practice in here like Lybi's piano notes??

I am the ward organist in our little area here in Provo. That means I have the responsibility to prepare three to four hymns 3 Sundays a month..the other organist only plays once...no fair but they are trying to give me more experience...or more heart attacks.

I don't like playing in front of people. I always called myself a closet piano player...didn't want anyone to know that I could do it. So of course Sasha has to tell the bishopbric in this ward that I play the organ (our first Sunday there). By the first ward activity I had a new calling.

I practiced 25 minutes today...worked on a prelude number and  two of the hymns for next Sunday.

I was also working on a T-shirt design for my mom and dad today. I had all the kids smear their little hands with fabric paint and plaster their handprints on shirts for my parents. I'm gonna write a message that says, " Hands Down...World's Greatest Grandma/ Grandpa. 

Today was much better. I felt pretty good and got a lot done around the house.

Adrianne has a sore hip....Sasha thinks it's a nerve...Anyway, she's worried she won't be able to run with it...I may lose my training partner....I hope not...not that I'm starting to run more miles. 

We took turns pushing her baby again today. She's way faster than me without him but I'm actually a little better at pushing it. Except on hills..she's better on hills with and without the stroller. It's interesting to see what different bodies can do.

Benjamin is kicking me off so he can do his blog.... 

felt good...helped Adrianne push the baby again

Adrianne wore her "Junior High" shorts to go with the theme we had chosen for our long run on Saturday...only we didnt' do a long run because it got late and she's been having hip problems and we called it good at almost 4.

We had plans to tell stories about Junior High...She told me about the crush she had on...uh...forgot his name and how she lied about his locker being hers and told the office it was broken and she couldn't get into it so she could put presents in it on his birthday.

We shared some camp stories....I told her about the time I almost broke my back when I was climbing on top of a telephone pole as part of a Ropes course. I jumped off funny (we had harnesses on to catch us) and hit the pole with my back on the way down.

Luckily I hit the muscle on my back and did not injure my spinal cord.

She told me about her most embarassing moment in Junior High when she volunteered to sing in front of her entire eigth grade class and squeaked on all the high notes of "You are My Sunshine"

I told her about the time I was almost kidnapped as a child. I was out early in the morning closing my back gate and was picked up by a man waiting behind the fence for me....I've gotten over it mostly but please DON"T honk at me while I'm on my run....I have a horrible startle reflex. I also really hate it when people jump out from behind anything and scare me....especially fences but walls work too....My brother delighted in doing this to me often while we grew up.

Next long run we are moving onto High School stories although we may have to revisit Junior High because I don't think we really covered it completely....