Weekend Happenings!

It was so nice to have a wonderful long weekend! I loved having that extra day to get things done. I did some big time yard work and was able to get a little shopping in:) As far as running goes....this is what my weekend looked like.

Friday....off, rest day.
Saturday...I got up early and drove to St. Cloud to meet my running group. I met Deb at 6AM and we ran for 30 minutes before heading back to meet a few more runners. We then went out again for another run. On the way back from this one I had to pull over and rest a bit. I felt like getting sick. Yuck...it was getting a little warm. I went back to my car and waited until 7:50 for the final SCRR's to show up for the morning run. We took our group picture and I ended up going out for one more short run. A few of the group wanted to do seven more miles but I knew that wasn't going to work for me. We took off and I ran with Denny for the first 1.5 miles we turned around and Pat joined us. Again, on the way back I felt sick and needed to walk. Denny and Pat slowed down for me even though I told them to keep going. Eventually, I started to run slowly but needed to walk one more time before we hit the parking lot:( I just felt like crap. My total morning miles ended up being 9.5.
Sunday....I went out and ran 7 miles. I ran around Rice Lake and then continued on throughout my neighborhood.
Monday...I did a short 4 miles.

On Saturday after my group run I drove into Sartell for the Apple Duathlon. There were several of the SCRRs competing in this. This was my first time watching one of these! I walked to where the finish line was and watched the runners come in. There were still a few bikers making their transition to the final run too. It was very interesting to look at the bike transition area. There were so many different types of bikes. I really enjoyed watching this race! It made me want to seriously start looking for a bike! Maybe next year after my marathon training is over, I could train for a smaller duathlon and see how it goes:)

I drove my daughter Kay to track practice yesterday so that she could practice jumping for tomorrow nights sectionals. Up until her practice yesterday her longest jump was 15' 6...not too bad for an eighth grader! The head coach worked with her yesterday and she had the jumping pit and him to herself because many of the track team was out of town. When I picked her up she had this huge smile on her face! She said, "Mom. guess how far I jumped today?" I guessed 15' 7. She said, "Oh my God mom, I actually jumped 16' 11!!" Her track coach put tennis balls in the sand where the 15 foot mark was. She was to use it as a visual to have an idea about how far more she needed to jump. Well, it turns out he was tricking her and put the tennis balls at the 16 foot mark! It worked:) If she can jump 17' 2 tomorrow she will get to go to state:) I really hope that she can pull out three more inches out of at least one of her jumps tomorrow!

I need to get moving here but will post again Wednesday or Thursday evening:) I will link in everyone's giveaways after work today. Happy running, swimming, biking and lifting! Cheers to you!

I am having some issues posting pictures! I am not sure what and the heck is going on! Grr! My posting page looks a little different and it will not let me click on browse and choose from my Nikon pictures! My symbols look a little different too! I have no idea what is going on? Jamoosh, I know that you are the computer expert...do you have any thoughts? Is there anyone else who might know what my computer's problem is? I have several pictures that I wanted to post....not happening this morning!

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