Shoot for the Stars

Federal Way. Met at Nicoles house for the first time for a run around her neighborhood. 5:30 p.m. It was Nicole, Jordanne, Lisa, and I. What a nice group we had! We also had Boone, Cooper, and Denali. This was my first run back into after a month of not running. It was a perfect sunny day! Blue skies with slight clouds but nice sunshine! WA had not seen the sun in a long time! I felt very tired when running and not as much energy. It was a fun run to be with the girls but I could only do 2 loops which was about 3 miles. Lisa just did one loop and she was done; she didn't feel too great. Nicole and Jordanne did 3 loops.

ARSHS. 5:15 a.m. First time back into my old running spot in forever! It felt neat to be running here again and just getting back into. I was still pretty tired and it was very cold this morning! I wore long sleeve the whole time and shouldn't have worn capri running pants. I did get hot on the top area after mile 2.5. I ran a little bit before my GPS started because it was too cold to wait for it to load! So my timing was a little off. I ended up running another lap afterwards to make sure I got my full 3 miles in. I did 12 laps total. Amazing how I got faster each time! :)

Lakeland Hills. 5:40 a.m. My first time running back up in Lakeland hills. I thought at first no one was going to show up because there was no one there at 5:30 a.m. but then Janet showed up. Niki couldn't make it. Janet and I had a good run. It was lightly sprinkling. It was both of us trying to get back into things after being sick. We ran at a slower pace which was nice. We chatted the whole time about work situations and the CE classes her and Lindsey were taking this weekend. Good run but was tired; hills were tough! felt great to run though! No pain.

Soos Creek Park (Gary Grant Park). Kent, WA. 5:45 p.m. I was planning to meet Lisa and Nicole at the park this evening but had the hardest time getting there. First of all, my phone died so I wasn't able to keep in tuch with anyone. Secondly, my GPS couldn't find the address to the park. I then looked up the park on my GPS and found it but there was a North and South end. I didn't think the park was that big. Thirdly, I put the wrong end in my GPS-South and couldn't find the entrance. I ended up pulling into someone's private road that had a steep incline and accidently scraped the bottom of my husband's car. It appears to be fine but it scared me that I wrecked something. Finally, I found the park by putting the North end in my GPS. Forth mistake was, once I had gotten there I went the wrong direction on the trail. I saw Lisa and NIcole's cars there so I knew i could catch up to them; I just hadn't realized that the trail went 2 different directions. I, of course, went the wrong way. grrrr!!! I finally ran into them though. I ran on the paved trail, across a couple of bridges and past the intersection. I turned R at a fork in the road but it ended up being a dead end. It probably went about 1/2 mile. I could see Meeker school and then I turned around took the other way up a steep hill but went into residential so I just headed back to the parking lot; hoping to run into them. I asked a couple about the trial and they told me it goes 4-5 miles the other direction. I saw the girls and Denali heading toward me after they had gone the other stretch of the trail. We ended up just doing my route again which was fine.I had to do a steep hill twice! It was nice to have someone to talk to when I saw the girls. I had my Ipod shuffle while solo though. I explained to them the mess and they were glad I was okay. Bottom line: i got a great work out in! Over 5 miles was more than I had planned but for some reason it didn't seem like that long! No pains. I just felt sluggish due to a piece of pie I had eaten about 30 min before the run. Ha! Good run ladies!

ARSHS. 5:25 a.m. Very chilly this morning! A lot of cars had snow on them from Enumclaw and some places in Federal Way. I enjoyed running on the track and looking at a bright full moon as I went. I was tired from eating a burrito late last night as I was also up late from the Spring Fair. Ran 11 laps. switching directions as usual on the mile.

Soos Creek Trail. 5:30 p.m. Kent, WA. Lisa and I met at a new spot close to where we ran last week but slightly closer to where I live. It was a gravel parking lot on the R handside. We ran up the trail so we took it to the Left and went for about 3 miles then turned around. It was goregous weather for a run! Sun shinning and nice and clear skies. There were a lot of rolling hills which made it difficult but a great work out! We had a lot of fun chatting. Denali came a long too as Lisa pushed her. I pushed her some on mile 4-5. Unfortunetly, she got fussy near the end and Lisa wanted to stop and stay with her. So the last mile I ran on because I had to get home for dinner. Great run though!

Lakeland Hills. 7:30 a.m. Finally, I met up with my running group of ladies on Sunday. It wasn't as beautiful at all as it was on Fri and Sat. It was rainning on us but not too hard. I should have worn my hat though! Ladies there: Janet, Shannon, June, Sunny, and Mishel. June picked me up wiht Sunny and Mishel on her way there. So nice to run with the ladies but I was dragging this morning! It felt so hard to do the second hill! I ran with Mishel most of the time but kept the pace with June as well. They have their big marathon coming up in exactly 1 week! It is Mishel's first marathon!! We ran the route we usually do at Lakeland but we turn right out the parking lot first and go throughout a neighborhood then we crossed the street and went into a new neighborhood. The thing different with the run was going one extra bit by the park and then behind the park back to Starbucks. We all had some coffee afterwards as well. Great run! But hoping to not hurt as much running next time!

Lakeland Hills. 5:35 a.m. Rainning a lot while I was driving to meet up with Janet. It actually was nice though for our run! We ran the usual route; on the last stretch I recognized Victoria's car on like 56th street or something like that were she is staying at the Richards for awhile. Janet and I had a nice talk and got to know each other even better. She told me about her family and relatives and I was sharing about mine. I was still pretty tired running but managed okay. We ran down the hill on the first stretch-longer loop but we didn't do the extra one near the park.