When the Sun Shines...

You will find me trying to get outside in it! :)
Wednesday night...I totally opted for the book. In fact, the rain was such that soccer was cancelled. I am so glad I had my run done, because it only got worse. I think the wind was the actual reason, rain with gusting winds is not productive for soccer.  So after arranging to get the kids all where they needed to go, one didn't need to go, so I seriously crawled into bed with a book and never left again, even for supper ;) SO tired!  LOL
Thursday was SO windy!  What a weird day. It was forecast to rain but the rain held off for the longest time.  There was actually some sun, missleading with that nasty wind. I thought my car was going to tip.
In the morning when there was no rain, I actually had a visit from my mother, she brought me snacks and a daphne, and we toured my building, and then when she was off and driving again, it was almost time to pick up the kids.  We killed a little time over coffee while Holly was at run club, and then a little more while Taylor was getting out, and by the time we were free for an hour, it was raining! 
Rush to get some food into the kids before heading off to pictou County for soccer practice and the drive in the rain was unpleasant.  I think my car was sliding across the road and I had just been reading about a mother/daughter who had died 10 years ago coming home from soccer after hydroplaning so all I could think about was use sliding off and dying :( So I drove very slow. And the rain and wind continued all night. I didnt run and I hate working out at night so I didnt do that either. I went to sleep.  Another day written off.

So We made a plan and Friday morning Toni and I went for a run earlier. I went to work for a couple of hours and then we ran a quickish 8.25 km in 52 minutes.  I was TIRED.  Annika woke me at 4 and didnt let me go back to sleep; SOMEONE decided to do the dishes at 5 am (wasn't me)...and Alarm at 6 I almost wanted to smash it.  UGH. So I was lacking energy and then my ankles started to ache in that "these are old shoes" way which is kinda sudden lol.  My shoes are old. Both of them.  Time for new ones.  That made me super annoyed because it was a long way to go. But we ran up a steep hill and at the top they were hurting less so it could be too many rest days this week?  SIGH.

Now I am finishing up here so I can pick up kids and hike with their school this afternoon.  I think an early night will be appreciated tonight.

Rain Rain Rain

I think it stopped raining for awhile this morning but when we went out it was raining again and the wind was gusty. Lucky it was warm.  we did a short quick run, 7.1 km in 43:30, with the headwind for half (loop) and rain to cool us. I wore my coat (warm!) and unzipped the vents which means I became a parachute! The coat blew right up like a balloon lol.

It felt like work.  I checked the schedule; I was supposed to do 10X400 intervals. I am thinking tonight while Annika has soccer I might go do those intervals. Or run hills. 10X hills. I hear there is a perfect one in Truro that those in the know use.

Or I might sit in the car with a book. I ran today ;)

Did I mention my New Fav Shorts?

Because on my 12 + km run the other day, I wore new shorts. Shorts I got for....Valentine's Day maybe?  It was ages ago. It was too cold to wear them, then it was too scary; these things have a liner and they are short; much shorter than my typical shorts. I have been having some real issues with chafing and I worry about new stuff.  And its not so wise to debut new things on a longer run. 

LIVESTRONG TEMPO 3"


Im pretty sure this is them. 
They were like wearing Nothing.  At.  All.  I did the commando thing, TMI?  But chafing is misery and too much material is asking for trouble. What is the liner for, anyway?  It was incredibly comfortable. No chafe.
The length was pretty short. So before I went out I wisely applied Body glide to legs areas that even considered touching. And there was absolutely no issue.
Now I am sad when they are in the wash and I have to wear something else. LOL Return of the chafe will be fierce LOL. There are just some places Body Glide doesnt belong.
 
I wish greatly to try some other light as air shorts LOL. 
 
Tuesday was not a running day. well actually it was supposed to be. What went wrong? too much work, too little planning, lack of organization.  And picking up Holls an hour early did not help. She refused to go to choir after school. And I always give in. So we walked while Annika attended choir and got in 3 km (not very fast).  Then it was scooting from kid pick up to eat to soccer (I considered getting in a 20 minute run but there just wasnt time to get back to acceptable for a drive to soccer (40 minutes) and sitting through soccer (chilly) and drive home) then night time stuff to do and kids into bed. Before crashing myself (sleeeepy). 
Now I wasted the sun, its raining, and Im GOING to run today! Wednesday Tempo Run (not intervals I dont think).  Better check Training plan ;)

Feasting

Never seems activity is balanced; it's either loads of stuff or no stuff. I guess rest days are super important and I usually try for active rest days, but days like yesterday are tiresome.
So after lunch I put on the running gear and crammed in a run; didnt expect the distance but it was like 12.45 km!  Whoops. 1:18:40 was the time. I figured I was JUST in time to pick up Holly from School but I was caught in the hallway with a chatty someone to whom I could not comfortably say "sorry can we do this another day I gotta pick up" and besides I thought Scott was getting her; so late getting Holly :) Luckily she barely noticed, she was playing with friends on the playground and she IS 11 so its not like she's a baby SIGH. Yeah felt a little bad.

After work and supper Annika had her first soccer practice which seemed to go super well. Taylor took Maggie to the dog park but she got so worked up she came to soccer practice and we took Maggie back to the dog park where she was fine.   We walked around that thing like 4 times before we headed back to get Annika.
Then taylor went to TKD while Annika went to a 4H meeting and there were Maggie and I with nothing to do; so we went for a walk on the trail for another 2.5 km. So just a lot of moving around.
No wonder I didnt want to get out of bed this morning.

Over 600 km

The counter hit over 600 km just now :) the year is 1/3 over and Im 1/3 through my km :)

Update

Totally deleted a post I had started a few days ago since I never got back to it and now the info is out of date :(
Wed and Thurs of last week were days spent in the city at a conference; by the time I got home Wed night the kids were waiting with a soccer ball so rather than go running I let tired win and I played soccer with the kids instead. Decided it was a better use of my time.  Thursday night I was earlier but Annika had soccer tryouts and I had a banquet to get to for Grad so there was again no run; Annika's tryouts went well and she made the Tier 2 U10 soccer team; Banquet was also good, going to miss those grads!!!!  I didnt get out of there until 10 :( 6 am the next morning came awfully early.

Friday morning after taking kids to school and Taylor to the Heritage Fair I met Lavinia for a run in the park; 7.7 km on trails 47 minutes it was nice!  :) Then we did some Cross Country business and I went to work. 
It was graduation day and after seeing the grads off to their ceremony I picked up the kids at heritage fiar (skipped hiking club) and went home to watch theg rad ceremony online and then gardened/weeded/edged the gardens.  they are looking great :)
Then we had a ball hockey game against a tough team; I stepped on a stick and totally hit the wall where the door and the bottom don't meet quite smoothly :( I landed knee first and seriously was out for like half the game with ice and super bad pain. I did rejoin the game as it didnt hurt a lot more to run than it did to sit there, I got an assist in our 5-1 loss :( But Im suffering for the crash as running is painful and impact is worse :(
The colour is just starting to come into it today :( But damned if the things that hurt the most never bruise the best.

Saturday morning had a long run planned but we got out super late and I was not really comfortable; we went to the park for lower impact but it was just tiring and my right side started to hurt so we cut our long run short at 6 miles and called it good.  I rested a lot fot eh rest of the day, but for a walk we did on the Cobequid Trail in Old Barns to put up Bird Houses the kids made with Ducks Unlimited as part of their 4H program. It was really fun for them and for us :)
The weather turned out fairly nice and we had a nice walk on the trail.  the birdhouses are going to be fun for quite some time!

Saturday night I tried to stay up to see the "big moon" but wasn't so impressed with it at full so I went to bed :)

Sunday was just a bad day. Not much to say about that. Knee still hurts. No run. No workout. No nothing.  Did some cleaning in the gardens and in the house. Had the crappiest ball hockey game we have had in 4 years (first year doesnt count;)) and I am sore today in places I dont remember harming.  :(:(:( What an unpleasant experience.  we lost 3-0. 

Now it's Monday and it's a typical Monday that I would like to sleep through. It's even raining to boot. But we are still planning to go for a run at lunch time.  If I make it that long :)

Lots of Moving :)

People who move tend to lose more weight or be less overweight so moving is a big deal around here, no matter how we are moving. The kids walk and bike, I run or work out, Scott has been walking even the dogs have walked more and run in the yard more.
Not a lot more moving on Sunday; We took the dog and kids for a walk up the street.
But Monday there was activity!
At noon we walked Toni's Dogs :) We went 4.75 km and it was chillllly :)

After the kids went to bed I went downstairs and after a lot of debate, I put in P90X Legs and Back. Debate? After long run, legs are supposed to rest. But I could go slow. Not ready to do Chest and Arms again. No point in doing Plyo or Kenpo when resting. What to do?  SIGH.  Legs and Back it was.
I sort of took it easy. As easy as one can and still do the exercises. Then I finished up with Ab Ripper X and went to bed.

Tuesday May 1 started a Yoga Challenge - 30 days of yoga daily with Run to the Finish.  I did the 30 minute Path of Yoga on Eastlink TV and after doing Yoga X, I found this pretty cheesy! :) But I did the whole thing :)

After work, Music Festival, Work, kid pick up, Music Festival, and home, I changed and headed for a run with Toni; 8.75 km in 55 minutes. Came home for supper, walked dogs and kid, rest for night. SIGH.

Tomorrow and Thursday are going to be long days in the city; might have to postpone runs for evenings if I can make myself go. Long days need extra motivation and determination, I lack the discipline but will try my best! :)