Trail Running Granny

I took Odee, my dog, on a 2 mile run thru Butler Park this moring, I usually don't run on a Sunday, but I am going to give this "6 days straight running" a try.  I always like a new goal.  My knees are still a little tender so I kept it to a short run, I think they are a little better than yesterday. I just noticed my ultrarunning best buddy is now on the blog, everyone welcome Tarzan, she is awesome!

This morning Lisa picked a route. We parked at the The Store on 6200 S. and did a loop, it was a flat course and we ran it at an average pace of 11:03 minutes per mile.  My knees felt good. We keep improving our time with every run. Running with a group is helping me with my speed, and it is so much more fun!

Tue. and Thurs. are usually my crosstraining days, but I have decided to add to that and try for 6 days of straight running as well  So, this morning I went to muscle up over at the rec center and then went out for a 2 mile run. The first mile was all up hill to Bywater Park and then turned around and ran home. My time was 22:21 min. and it was an average pace of 11:04.  At 10:30 I am going to Yoga with Ardath, I have just been 3 times and absolutely love it!!  It is almost as good as having a massage, it is glorious!!

This morning I ran with all the "running chics" We met at Erica's house at 5:30a and drove up to Wasatch Blvd. and ran north for 3 1/2 miles and then turned around and came back. It was cold and rainy and it even snowed on us for about 10 minutes, the wind was blowing pretty hard.  I am glad we didn't let the bad weather stop us.  It feels good to know we can run no matter what the weather conditons are! Lisa and I both have garmins and we both screwed things up, but we were running for about 1 hour and 25 minutes at about a 12:00 pace, it was a good run.

This morning I hiked 5 miles with Ardath on the Bonneville Shoreline. We parked at the church/park pavillion on Wasatch and went south, almost to Corner Canyon and back. Odee went with us. It was beautiful weather, birds chirping ( I thought of Marion's blog), it is nice to take notice of those things. Everytime I hike with Ardath I notice the flowers and the beauty around me, she is always so positive about everything!  I think I will have to pay her for therapy, I got a lot of venting done! She also paid for the diet cokes after too, it was my lucky day!!  Thanks Ardie!!!!!!

I met Lauri  at the Parkway and we did a nice easy run.  It was fun to get to know her.  It was nice weather and there were quite a few runners and bikers out this morning.  Thanks Lauri for the great run and for the sport beans!!

Today was my first day off in over a week and I am enjoying the break.  I went up to the Heart of Holladay to see my running chics do their 5K, they all did awesome and improved their times since their last race at the Running for Angels 5K in May. It is so fun to see them do so well and see those happy faces!!!  It almost makes me want to cry!!  Ardath was there watching her granddaughter race, she was super fast, she was finished before I started looking for her. I think my chics are ready for a 10K!   Now off for the rest of my fun filled day!!!