Fast Running Mommy

had to do a few tricks to get my miles in...wasn't feeling motivated this morning and my little sunshine girl Jenny was up before me because today is her birthday and she CAN'T WAIT to open her presents. Poor thing....it's nine o'clock and she still has to wait a little bit more for Mommy to get dressed. Mostly it's because I mowed the lawn on top of running....our front yard is okay but our backyard had not been mowed for oh...2 months or so...bad..I know. 

Today was easier mentally somehow. Some days I dread the running around the block and some days I just buckle down and do it. 

I had a few adventures last night that I thought I'd share for comedy relief or otherwise. The first adventure wasn't funny. A girl lost control of her bike and totally wasn't paying attention to traffic (she was talking on a cell phone and riding a bike!). I came within about a foot of hitting her. Luckily I was going slow and paying at least enough attention to see the poor thing. I stopped and got out to make sure she was okay and she admitted to talking on her phone and said she'd be more careful. Shook me up a bit.

Then I headed off to hide one of Jenny's birthday presents. We love to go geo-caching for FHE activities sometimes. We decided to combine it with the kids runs and picked a spot about 1.5 miles away from our house with access to the trail. That would be right in front of our own LuzyLew's house. I decided to not bug Luz and just hide it on the trail..although I would have loved to see her.

They came and found the present and then started running home while I drove with the little ones. I had left the radio on a couple of times without the engine running so when the car wouldn't start I of course suspected that the battery had died.

It was already a little after nine so I was a little embarrassed (but relieved I knew someone) to knock on Luz's door after all and ask for a jump.

The jump didn't work and Sasha had to come and rescue us. Two minutes after he got there he had the car running.....<blush>...I didn't have it fully in gear. We laughed about it but I'm still embarrassed. To make matters worse I left my purse on her front porch. I joked that I made it all up so I could see her...she is a fun friend. Hopefully today goes better. ;)
 

I was having round ligament trouble today so I had to take it easy. I could have gone more miles probably but it just took me so long that I stopped at 3. 

No exploding leg syndrome today...what a relief!! The whole run went by pretty fast. 

Best day of the week...got to run with Luz...she is so sweet to take the time to go with me. My kids are crawling on me as I write...gotta cut it short today.

Baaaaad ligament pain today. My body is mad at me already for not running those last two miles....that's where I get my endorphins I think. But when my legs feel like they are tearing away from my stomach what can I do...even walking hurts.   Better today than on Monday...I don't want to have to stop in the middle of the race. People will probably think I'm in labor if I even show any sign of pain. 

That used to happen to me when I was pregnant with Benjamin. I think since it was my first and my skin had lots of stretching to do the ligament pains were terrible. (I also think I don't have very stretchy skin either). I would get pains so bad that I could barely walk around the store some days. I'd get to the checkout..my face flushed and contorted with the pain and I'd be clutching my stomach. The clerk would look at me and probably think" Should I call 911?" I got a lot of funny looks and a few questions if I was in labor...sometimes it can be fun being pregnant, right?