Shoot for the Stars

Flaming Geyser. 8 a.m. This is my first run back after I had been sick with the flu/cold all week. I carpooled with Angela to Sunny's, from there to the intersection before Flaming Geyser park. Lisa met up with us there but we got a little lost with where to meet her. We drove and caught up with her at the park. She just had to drive in the park to find a bathroom. It ended up working out just fine. Angela was great on getting us all to start at the same time. Ladies there: Angela, Mishel, Niki, June, Cheri, Anna, Sunny, Lisa, me. It was a nice group of us today! Even though the weather wasn't so great.(lightly rainning) We started out at the bottom of the hill but didn't realize the how long of a hill we had to run up. I accidently didn't restart my Garmin before I ran and so it was adding to my last run a week ago. I had to estimate from the last week and add to what I had from this week. I stayed near the back with Lisa. She walked some but it worked out good for me because as we got a few miles into the run my L knee was bothering me for some reason. Almost like IT band symptoms, I hate to admit. We walked ran a lot near the end. We did a long gradual incline on the hill. It was nice when it started to level off because Lisa and I were both really tired! When we got to the Rd at top we got to turn around and the rest was downhill!. Great run though! We couldn't quite catch to Sunny, Angela, and Niki who were behind as well. We didn't mind just running slower. I am still recovering after my cold and my knee kept bothering me. We tried running on different sides of the Road. It helped some but kept coming back, but the walk breaks helped. When we were done everyone was waiting in their cars because of the yucky weather. Everyone enjoyed seeing Lisa again or meeting her for the first time! Great run despite the leg pain. The hill was hard but great trainning!

Lakeland Hills. 5:30 a.m. Excited to meet up with the ladies again after sometime it's been since Lakeland. I was very worried about my run since my last one I got IT band problems on the my L knee. However, I am stretching my legs some and strengthening them. I felt fine this morning! That gives me hope for this weekend Lincoln City 1/2! Angela and Mishel picked me up this morning and we met up with Janet and Niki. Niki had both her dogs with her. Great morning for a run; no rain but kinda cloudy which kept the temp up. Probably 40 something degrees. I didn't need my gloves or jacket. I did feel more tired then usual though, still recovering over my past cold but overall very happy with my run. We did the usual route but turned L instead of R to make a little bit shorter. Angela was very tired and run down so she quit a couple of miles earlier. I think I am ready for this weeekend!!!

BPA Trail. 6:30 p.m. It was great to finally meet up with both Lisa and Nicole! I had missed running with them both! Just like old times:) We ran from our usual start down the BPA trail but this time when we got to the end we turned L onto a business Street and past Winco, up a hill and made another L. We basically made a loop back to the Celebration Park. It was really dark on the trail and kinda spooky. It was nice to have all of us together, including Denali on the trail. We saw a woman running by herself with a big dog. We also trailed a long a running group that meets on Thur and runs on the same trail. We ran back to our start and then to get the full 5 miles we ran back down towards the soccer fields and back. Good run. Felt fine; no pain. Easy run before the race Sunday. It was pretty chilly though on the run so I wore my gloves and jacket most of the way.