Trail Running Granny

I wanted to let you all know that my sweet 31 year old son-in-law is in the hospital.  He was in a Rugby accident and ended up having a stroke.  I was going to write more, but family just arrived, I will update when I can.  

I decided that I need to do a short run every morning for my mental and emotional state of mind.  Maurine and Laurie joined me to run the Pipeline trail, Odee and I did a slow shuffle while the girls took off and did a nice run.  It was good therapy for me to get out after spending all day in the hospital. 

We are grateful that Paul is moving all his limbs, he hasn't spoken to us yet and he was with out blood flow to his brain for 7 hours, he is on a  drug that is supposed to thin the blood and get to his brain better, I am not sure of  all the medical terms, please remember him in your prayers.

Thank you Laurie for the beautiful roses from your garden, they will brighten up Paul's  room, and thank you all for your thoughtful remarks.  

A quick update on Paul, he had surgery yesterday,they removed half of his skull to allow for the swelling, it was frightening to even think about it, but it was our best option.  This morning he woke up 5:00a and reached out and held my daughters hand, it was a wonderful sign, he is still with us and our prayers and thoughts and his will to live are working. Thanks for asking and caring.

Love,Leslie 

I did a 6.20 mile hike on the Cottonwood trail. It was nice to move my legs again. I need to make sure and get my running in between time spent in the hospital. It looks like he will be in intensive care for at least 3 weeks. I will try and keep up on my blog entrys and enjoy watching yours.

I slept in a bit, and did a short run/walk around the neighborhood, I will try and get back into my running more next week.  It has been hard to think of anything else besides Paul.  I really need running in my life, on many levels.

What a fun run!  I got to run with my Chic's this morning!  We went down to the Parkway. Harold and  our grandson DeVante rode their bikes and Odee tagged along.  Des and Jen went out ahead of us, we figured Jen is 24 years younger than me, and Des is a youngster too, so Lisa and I didn't even try to keep up this morning, we just had  a nice comfortable run and caught up on all the lastest.  The super fun part was recognizing our blogging buddies on the trail. I recognized Jody first from her picture on the blog and realized she was with Kim and Paula, I knew Kim lived further south so I didn't think it could be her, but it was.  What a happy reunion!!!! We chatted for about 3 or 4 minutes and then we both went our separate ways!  We think we saw Brent too on the trail, but at the time didn't realize it was him.  It was fun to do the parkway and see all the runners and not have to deal with traffic. 

We did our 8 miles in 1:40  Our average pace was 12:31

It was fun to see all you girls!!! You look great!!