Fast Running Mommy

My running partner Amanda and I did five together today. She did very well and would like to start running five with me 3 times a week. 

Later today we went to the planetarium with some friends and their children. It is a fun and cheap field trip since BYU only charges 50 cents a person.  

I did it!!! I did a tempo run after being scared of doing them for a few months.....aren't you proud of my crumpy? (that's why I was calling this morning)

My overall time was awesome(for me) 15:51

Here's the spilts:

1;51

2:03

2:00

2:01

2:00

2:00

1;58

1:52

I'm a little worried about how I'll manage to recover from this run (which is why I stopped doing tempo runs) I've got laundry to do today and I want to can salsa this afternoon. I guess I can crash tomorrow but I hate telling my kids I can't do things because I'm too tired....we'll see how it goes...I'm excited because when I was doing the tempo runs (that were killing me) before I couldn't go that fast. I was lucky to do 8:20 miles. Yay for faster times.  I may need one of those shirts so I can go chick some boys!! Of course Benjamin was quick to point out that he can still run faster than me in case I was getting prideful(which of course I'm not since I know this is a lot of girls training pace but it felt good to know I'm at least improving)

Okay...now comes the real triumph for me....I was able to run a tempo run yesterday, take care of my family normally, and even can homemade salsa in the evening(which is a fairly big job)....and run my normal 5 miles at about 11:00 minute mile pace today....WITHOUT CRASHING (this is the key phrase...anyone can do all those things and wear themselves out any day) 

I'm so happy to be at this point. I realize for me anyway that each time I have a child I'm sacrificing my fitness a bit because I can't stay in that type of shape during pregnancy and when I have a new baby to take care of. I lose it every time and then it takes me awhile to get it back. The sacrifice is totally worth it for me because I have a testimony of the sacred calling I have as a mother...as many LDS women do and have been taught to do. However...it is a triumphant day for me when I can see that despite my sacrifices and my time away from being fit that I am back to a level that I can feel very happy about. 

I am also grateful to Sasha for being dogmatic about not giving up and helping me stay consistent. I would not have been able to do it on my own personally because I am not an athlete and wasn't trained as one as a child. Like Michelle likes to say...some bodies are forced to run... 

I was tempted to do six today but decided to come home and shower before the babies all wake up. Looking forward to a beautiful day!!

After a fairly miserable night I finally went downstairs to sleep at about 4:30 a.m and decided to sleep in and not get up at 5:45. Jakey my baby decided to moan and groan about the stuffed nose he had and keep me awake ALL NIGHT!! I feel okay and did my five. I even took my kids to what we affectionately call" The COOLEST park" We met my sister Becky there and had a perfect warm fall day playing at this really big really cool park. I love taking my kids places. 

yay...I got 30 this week. Actually 31 because I ran a mile I didn't blog ...too lazy to get back on last night and put it on. My mom and I went to a play today....amazing how refreshed I came back feeling after being about to sit and breathe for 3 hours. I missed my kids enough to come back after only 3 hours which was also a good feeling. I love my kids.