Day One

Well today's the day!! Day ONE, only 124 days to go!! I can not believe it! I did my first run this morning, it was good. I actually ran it a little faster than I normally do. I did stop and walk a few blocks with Lindsay's mom so that probably gave me some more energy to go faster haha... Anyway here we go now! SCREEEEAAAAM!!!!! 
(You go this Ebbi Rou)

I decided for my first training run I would run in 90 degree weather to prepare for TZR.....  WORST IDEA EVER.  I'm going to wait to run in the heat until I have my awesome team to mist me, dump water on me and fill my bra with ice (yes that's what it takes!!)  Then maybe I can handle the HOT run.  I got my weekly lists made on bright, fun paper, so I am totally ready to go.  The one good thing about how bad I was dying in the heat, I'm thinking I'll be able to get out of bed better to run if I just remember how misra it is in the heat!!!! (Morning runs here we come Becka!)

Day one for me... well I was hiking myself out of a little slice of paradise.  I spent the weekend at Havasupi.  One of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.  It was ten miles in and ten miles out, of pretty extreme hiking.  I loved every min of it.  Actually I did, this morning when we were hiking out, I was bookin' it up the hill trying to catch up with other hikers and pass them.  Ya I am a little competitive that way I guess.  It worked though I was soaking wet with sweat by the end and way excited to be at the top before the sun came over the canyon wall!  

(that's me running in the water, you know like a fish!) 

(Haha Love this MaryAnn)

Looks like I'm the last to write tonight!  Day one is done! I made it through my run in my new shoes. I bought the Saucony Virrata's at the St. George Running Center on Saturday. The guy told me they are very similar to the Brook's Pure Connect (Which I absolutely love) but that they would provide a little more cushioning to get me through those longer runs. I really loved the shoes. They are light and awesome but my arches and calves hurt. The Virratta is a 0 mm drop shoe and the Pure Connect is a 4 mm drop shoe. I really felt the difference. I just am kind of bummed and don't know what to do! It's occupying my thoughts tonight! I want to keep the shoes but feel like I need something to get me through those 20 milers! My run was decent. I didn't like that my body ached and I also don't like running these distances all alone!  Note to self: lather myself in bug spray before I go out on night runs! Bugs ate me alive tonight.  Here we go girls!