Fuel SMART,Train HARD, Run FAST.

 Nice walk around the neighborhoold for trick or treating. Started at 4:30 and stopped at 8:30. I was excited to get some good walking in today. My legs are still pretty sore. Jogged and walked here and there throughout the night to loosen up my legs. Other parents thought I was maybe a little over kill:) Kids were troppers! Now I want to throw away all their candy.

Cross traning at the gym today. 3 miles on the elliptical and some weights. Got called early to the daycare, so 70 mins today, will resume more tomorrow.

Cross training all week. Legs are coming back and should be close to 100% very soon. Today at the gym I did 30 minutes total of spin and elliptical, then 45 minutes of my lifting plan. Legs were wimpy today, but arms were champs!

Looking to speed things up a bit and start doing more 5k-10k training starting late next week-I registerd for a Thanksgiving race. Excited to change things up a bit.

Do any of you take a season off? I am assuming everyone does to a degree. If so, how long do you take off from racing?

More cross training. 60+  mins on elliptical and bike. 6.5 miles of cross train. Abs, roller and streaching followed close behind. I seriously wanted to fall asleep the enitre time I was on the elliptical. In fact, I was watching a show at the gym and wondered if anyone would think it was wierd if I just laid on the ground and watched the movie.

Went to the gym and did the same old boring cross training stuff for 90 minutes with weights. 7 miles total. Then I ran a mile to take attendance on all my limbs. Good news! All are accounted for, but my right calf muscle and left hammy are still tight.

After that I drove home and remembered I forgot to pick up my son for early out. Mother of the year award has already passed. I then raided my kids Halloween bags and was surprised to see all the good stuff was still there. I later learned why when my daughter asked me when they would be able to start eating their Halloween candy. She reminded me that I told them Monday night that they were all done eating their candy. They took it literally and have been salivating over their bags for the past week. I can't believe they listened to me. That makes me feel bad now. Candy for dinner tonight. Mother of the year is coming back!

This morning Kam, Andy, and I ran on Legacy Trail for a nice Saturday run. 12.5 total with 8:04 AP. This was my first real run after the half. It was slightly more ambitious than what I would have normally done, but I couldn't refuse the company. The pace felt just fine, a little cold but the air was so nice. I my right calf and left hammy decided to ditch out on the run with the last 1.5 miles left, so I had a slight limp join me for the remaining 1.25, then made everyone walk the last .25 for cool down up the hill.

Kam reminded me in not so many words, that I might not have anything to brag about so I should tell you that we ran through 4 cities; NSL, Woods Cross, Bountiful, Centerville and Farmington:) Now I feel validated. Great run and nice to meet Andy for the first time. Anyone else around that wants to join, we are thinking of Saturday runs on weekends that we're not racing.

Afterwards, drank a big glass of milk with some NSAIDs , then laid in a hot tub reading the latest Runners World. Then put on compression sleeves with a little stretching. Ahhhh,  now time to clean the entire house before the in-laws come tonight.