It was one of those days… It had some really good moments and some not so good moments. I told my friend Rebecca I could help her at the Clarion Manor in Payson this morning for about 15 minutes. My 3rd had her speech class at the same time. Long story short… Running back and forth a couple of times made it doable. I picked up my kindergartener and a couple of other kids, took them home, met up with Corom and then went to my deep tissue Butt Massage at Dr. Crockett’s office (the chiropractor) next to South Valley Gym. (Corom was on lunch and watched the kids.) The massage was so great!
The massage therapist was so good! I need to make more money so I can do this more! I came home and then had scouts at my house (the kids had a half day at school today… Everyone got out at noon). On top of scouts, a couple of cross country girls showed up to take Z out but they stayed for a while and played with the girls…
At some point in all of this the scouts accidentally let our baby chicks out and one got killed by our neighbor’s dog. A couple of hours later, the other 3 chicks were killed by our older dog (one of my daughters left the gate open). The rest of the night was a nightmare with 4 girls being emotional over the chicks. Even when they fought they blamed it on the chicks dying!!! They didn’t want to do their homework because the chicks died, my 2 older ones couldn’t go to sleep because the chicks died. It was great all the excuses they have! I hate to hear what they will say when our dog passes away… Anyway… It was a busy day with lots going on.
It is 6:50 pm and I am finally sitting down for the 1st time today. I woke up at 6:00 but eventually got out the door for my “lone” run by 6:45 a.m. It was light out and not as cold as I thought it would be. I was a little nervous about running because if it hurt at all I was going to call Ryan from our Nevernudes Ragnar team and let him know the bad news…. I went out for 51:30. It felt so good to be out. My right buttock had a little annoying irritation every so often but it was runnable. I even ran up Harry’s hill today. I did feel a little heavy in the legs but that’s for the lack of running for a week. I love running with all my running friends, but I also forgot how much I also love running alone. I was able to think about many different things that I normally don’t get to take the time to think about throughout the day. Great run and I am still hoping things will be ok with my right leg…
This is the beginning of Harry’s hill…
I went to the chiropractor today to see what the sharp pain is in my right buttocks. He (Dr. Crockett) took x-rays… I soon found out that my right leg is a tad bit longer than my left. I put a lot of stress on my right leg, right side of my body and use that side more. My spine curves slightly to the right. He adjusted my back and neck and legs and arms and so forth. This was my 1st time going and it felt great. I am going to run tomorrow and see how it goes… (I did attempt running afterwards for just a minute and didn’t feel any pain… Cross your fingers for me tomorrow!) I have some exercises and stretches that I have to do. 
I am so bad at doing stuff like this throughout the day…
What a hottie with a body!!! Corom went to a youth activity (for church) at the mall. They played the game “Where’s Waldo”… He was found right away, I guess. He kind of stood out…
This is our friend Jason Booth… He, too, was trying to be a disguise… At times they walked around like they came together. Yeah, not the best disguise… Probably the funniest, though. Wouldn’t you agree?
We did a hill workout today. It is “Hazelnut” hill. We started off with a mile warmup, the hill surge repeats (10 of them), then a 2 1/2 mile cool down. The kids legs were shaky and felt like jello afterwards… 🙂
The girls loved practice today (even though it was cold!!! They got to play by the pond… (And with my 3rd’s new bday toys).
Mother Racer 