It's all good - wrapped with a whole lotta crazy

Status update: 89 days left, week 6 and today we finished our last 16K. Now we are moving on up to 19kms for the next two Sunday long runs. Yikes.
(No more wine Saturday night for sure)

Today's run started off nice and mild, we ran on some pretty trails and saw a bit of everything; wind, snow, ice, and then a whole lot more wind. My dear friend Ara says "Remember, wind gives you energy"... needless to say today, I had a lot of ENERGY! The pain in my shins have eased up but now the discomfort has moved into my right hip. The funny thing is, I wasn't that concerned about the hip pain but just thrilled that my shins weren't hurting. It is a sickness isn't it?

Actually, I saw this great article today and thought it tied in nicely with my running buddy Anne's comment today. Anne is great. She is an American women/mom, with two kids. Her whole family runs triathlons including her 5 and 7 year old girls. She has a fabulous attitude and really helps modivate me on my runs. She runs a great pace, (even if it is always in miles even if it messes me up every time)Ann also calls me out whenever I start slipping/slowing down. She has this horrible feature on her Garmin that beeps when she is running below her set pace time. This nasty angry beep that secretly says "Pick it up, you slacker!" So, today during the last 5K Anne kept repeating "It's all good... It's all good" At which time I responded "Yeah its all good but wrapped with a whole lot of crazy" She laughs. Aren't we all. Thank goodness we are running. (See article below about motion therapy)

Dr. Gontang Ph.D., a psychotherapist, marathoner wrote in the Runners World last month. Some people work through issues lying down, feet propped up on a leather couch. Austin "Ozzie" Gontang, Ph.D., however, finds problem-solving most effective when he and his clients are in running shoes. You don't need to be clinically depressed or severely troubled to benefit from "motion therapy." In fact, Gontang says many people run out their problems, perhaps unknowingly, on a regular basis. "Your therapy might come from your running group, your running buddy, the Sunday morning bunch," he says. "When you run sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles together, you trust each other, bare your souls to each other, and help each other heal." Numerous studies have shown that exercise stimulates the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, and beta-endorphin, all of which elevate mood and reduce depression and anxiety. Running is like CRACK! We need those endorphins!

Now I can say I am a runner and I am in therapy. Ha Ha Ha.
Well, that's all for today. I am off to spend sometime at the Arena to watch my future Olympian play hockey. Enjoy the long weekend and the Olympic footage.
Go Canada!
Meg