Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

The Lent Report:  Curious effects to report.  I have not had a diet pepsi/coke since Tuesday night.  The only thing I have noticed is that I am VERY tired after lunch and need a nap. I am also ready for bed by 9pm.   I went to bed Friday night at 10 on the nose (about 45 min earlier than usual) and last night I was out cold by 9.  I slept in until 7am :D.  10 whole hours of blissful rest!  I do not know for sure if this is related to the lack of soda or an increase in miles.  I don't seem to have any side effects at all, other than being POOPED!  Oh and the green smoothies are great but create a ridiculous amount of gas.  I am going to add fresh ginger as it has anti gas properties, supposedly.  I know you were just dying to know all of that :)

New favorite recipe.  I made my own granola for the first time this week.  I used 6 grain cereal for the base (rolled oats, barley, white wheat, red wheat, rye, & sunflower seeds) 5 C, coconut (1/2 C), pumpkin seeds (1/2 C), raisins (1 C), flax seed (1/4 C),  slivered almonds (1/2 C) & a 1/2 t cinnamon.   For the "sauce"  I used 1.5 T water, 1/4 t salt, local honey(1/2 C), coconut oil ( 1/4 C) and 1/2 t vanilla.  Bake at 300 degrees for 30 min, stirring often.  It is DELICIOUS!!!  I am in love with it :)  I just have to keep my paws out of it or I will eat it all and gain 10 lbs this week ;)

In church this morning the question was asked, "What is Fasting?"  A 4 year old answered, "It's for running."  I thought you'd like that one :D

RunningSkirts.com is having a clearance sale ;) This is the link http://runningskirts.com/sale.html  They are normally $48 and many are on clearance for $24 ;)  I ordered 3.

1:06:08, ave 13:13, best 9:16, Laps- 13:42, 13:19, 13:35, 13:32, 12:02

What a beautiful day!  It was 44 degrees and just perfect out!  My legs have not been sore at all after last week and I am very happy about that.  No signs of impeding injury ;)

I am off to work.  Be sure to check out yesterdays entry and the sale at runningskirts.com.  (if you are interested in running skirts ;)

1:15:00/12:30

55 degrees out at 6 am!  I wore shorts and a t-shirt :)  My garmin died in my first mile so the time is off of my clock as I ran in and out of the door.  The run felt GREAT this morning.  I wasn't sure how I would feel this morning after more than 3 hours of raking yesterday.  6 of our trees don't drop their leaves until after the snow is here for good :(  We made a fire in our fire pit and roasted hot dogs and made s'mores.  It was really fun.

One whole week of green smoothies and no soda.  The only thing I have noticed is that I am up at 6am every morning.  I am going to bed earlier becasue I am SO tired in the afternoon and evening.  I did stay awake long enough to see the weather last night.  Oh, the ginger seems to help with the gas OR I am just getting used to it ;)

BE SURE TO GO AND VOTE FOR LORI'S DOLL AT THE LINK BELOW IN HER COMMENT.  LORI IS AN AMAZING ARTIST :)  VOTE ELLIE!!!

Just got word that my dad is in the hospital and has to have open heart

surgery.  He will have 4 bypasses for sure and possibly a 5th.  We are

off to Timp Hospital ICU right now.

Went to go run before heading out to Dad's surgery.  There was 6" of heavy icy snow.  Bagged the run and spent the day at the hospital.  I am glad I was there to see him before he went into surgery.  It totally slipped my mind that I would be skipping a day of running.

58:26:26, ave 11:41, best 7:05, splits-12:17, 12:53, 11:34, 11:31, 10:56

Best run :)  Kim came.  I could feel the stress in me for the first 2.5 miles.  Man does stress do a number on me.  I feel much better now.

My dad had a great night and we are headed over right now.  After seeing him yesterday, poor David is totally out of luck.  That boy is going to have a major Come to Jesus about eating and activity :(  He see's it coming so it should go alright :)

Have a GREAT weekend!

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I had to make a decision this morning.  I am emotionally spent.  I was

going to run 14 miles today.  I had to decide if I had the strength to

do it and the ability to actively recover from it after wards.  I

realized that I have been gone so much from my children that the time

for the run would be too much as well.  I also found myself bursting into tears

all morning.  This week just gets to be a survival recovery week.  I

was supposed to run with Kim and Trisha and had to bail.  I am so glad

that Trisha came to run so I didn't have to worry about leaving Kim

high and dry.  The little run I did do felt good and I did it really

slow, 13:14.  Everything with my dad is going just like the doctors

like to see and see all the time, but for us, it is new and scary and

very stressful.  It is horrible seeing my dad hooked to more tubes and

wires than my car.  Anyway, I hope you all had great runs today and

have a wonderful restful weekend.  I have a few more loads of laundry

and then I want to head out to the hospital.