A perfect Saturday!
There is really not a better way to start out your day than the way I started out my Saturday.
I woke up at 6 a.m. totally tired because my family arrived at my house at 11 p.m. (they are staying with me for my cousins Angie's wedding- more about that in a second). Of course we stayed up for a while talking- and since I had woken up at 5:45 a.m. Friday to work out before work- I was beat. So it took a lot of effort to get myself out of bed and into my car to drive out to Folsom Lake for my team practice.
Practice began as usual with some group stretching and announcements. We also had a really nice talk from one of my teammates who's husband is a Leukemia survivor (for more info on him check out my Honoree blog). Then the workout began.
The run started at a school in Granite Bay- then onto a trail that took us along the Lake and over the Folsom Dam to Beale's Point. It was a great place to run- the breeze felt great and the views were fantastic. Folsom Lake is really a pretty lake! It was nice and quiet and peaceful.
After running around Beale's Point the trail headed into the hills back towards Granite Bay out to Douglass Blvd. At that point we ran into some older neighborhoods where I fell in love with the cool 60's style homes....I love getting away from the cookie cutter houses and into neighborhoods like these that have so much charm and character. Anyways, My running partner and I decided to take a slower pace than usual to compensate for the steep hills in the second part of the workout- which was a good thing because some of those hills had a 15% grade and boy was it tough running up them!
This workout was my longest so far this season- 10 miles! It felt great and I am happy to be back in the double digits. I was also happy to be able to take two hours out of my week to get out to the lake and enjoy the beauty that we are blessed to have- nothing makes me feel more at peace with myself and the world than being surrounded by nature.
The day continued being special as it was my cousin Angie's wedding day! She looked absolutely beautiful in her wedding gown and very happy with her new husband. They had a really nice reception at the church stake center in Manteca and some great food (Lucky for me after a 10 mile run you can eat whatever you want!) . We got some dancing in- did the Congo line, the chicken dance and the hokey poky. It was great to see my cousins together again- with everyone being in college or married it is hard to get everyone in the same place at the same time.
I am hoping to put in a some miles this week and next weekend am shooting for an 11 mile run. It would be great if I could be at 15 by the end of July. But- we will see.
I woke up at 6 a.m. totally tired because my family arrived at my house at 11 p.m. (they are staying with me for my cousins Angie's wedding- more about that in a second). Of course we stayed up for a while talking- and since I had woken up at 5:45 a.m. Friday to work out before work- I was beat. So it took a lot of effort to get myself out of bed and into my car to drive out to Folsom Lake for my team practice.
Practice began as usual with some group stretching and announcements. We also had a really nice talk from one of my teammates who's husband is a Leukemia survivor (for more info on him check out my Honoree blog). Then the workout began.
The run started at a school in Granite Bay- then onto a trail that took us along the Lake and over the Folsom Dam to Beale's Point. It was a great place to run- the breeze felt great and the views were fantastic. Folsom Lake is really a pretty lake! It was nice and quiet and peaceful.
After running around Beale's Point the trail headed into the hills back towards Granite Bay out to Douglass Blvd. At that point we ran into some older neighborhoods where I fell in love with the cool 60's style homes....I love getting away from the cookie cutter houses and into neighborhoods like these that have so much charm and character. Anyways, My running partner and I decided to take a slower pace than usual to compensate for the steep hills in the second part of the workout- which was a good thing because some of those hills had a 15% grade and boy was it tough running up them!
This workout was my longest so far this season- 10 miles! It felt great and I am happy to be back in the double digits. I was also happy to be able to take two hours out of my week to get out to the lake and enjoy the beauty that we are blessed to have- nothing makes me feel more at peace with myself and the world than being surrounded by nature.
The day continued being special as it was my cousin Angie's wedding day! She looked absolutely beautiful in her wedding gown and very happy with her new husband. They had a really nice reception at the church stake center in Manteca and some great food (Lucky for me after a 10 mile run you can eat whatever you want!) . We got some dancing in- did the Congo line, the chicken dance and the hokey poky. It was great to see my cousins together again- with everyone being in college or married it is hard to get everyone in the same place at the same time.
I am hoping to put in a some miles this week and next weekend am shooting for an 11 mile run. It would be great if I could be at 15 by the end of July. But- we will see.
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
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