July 24th

Well, after six weeks of not running, I tried again. Wow, it is amazing how fast my muscles lost their ability to go fast! I made it about 10 minutes before I decided that I had had enough.

I actually did a road race last week called the Cherry Trot. It was a four mile run through the cherry orchards north of Spokane. It was a beautiful run, but since J works nights, I had L & C with me. Therefore I pushed about 100 lbs in my Phil & Ted stroller. Not too much fun. Also, mile 3 was totally downhill (yes, the entire mile) and mile 4 was uphill, to make up for the previous downhill. So the four-mile run took me 52 minutes. Not bad for pushing the kids and walking the last two miles!