Another Day, Another 5 Miles...

My sister took Maddie overnight Friday night.  Ryan and I had a date night.  So, appropriately, we went to see "Date Night" after a nice dinner out.  It's funny, once you become parents, you forget how it is to just be the two of you again.  It was nice.  But, we're actually totally different people now that we're a mom and dad.  I like who we are.

Date Night was a pretty funny movie.  We identified with the lead couple in a few ways and were cracking up at some of the similarities... so that was fun.

Then, Saturday morning, we slept in until 10:45am!  I can't tell you the last time we slept that late but I can tell you it felt great!

Ryan came for a run with me Saturday.  He ran for about a mile and a half and then walked for another mile.  Not bad at all for someone who hasn't run in about a year.  I completed 5 miles on the track in about 55 minutes.  I felt great.  The new sneakers that I got last week (I can't remember if I posted about it, but I was fitted for running shoes based on how I run and the curvature of my foot) worked great and I didn't experience pain!

I rested on Sunday (due to church and I used the excuse, "God did want it to be a day of rest, so I should listen!") and Monday I ran another 5 miles.

However, yesterday when I went to get out of bed, I stretched a long stretch and felt a very painful pop in my hip.  Ooooh did it hurt.  But then the pain subsided, so I completed the 5 miles (about three hours later) and was fine.  Today, before I got out of bed (to respond to Madison's beckoning) I stretched again and the same thing happened!! But today, I've been feeling the pain all day.  I did get 3 miles in at the track, but they were a struggle.

I think I'll rest tomorrow and see how it feels on Thursday.  Which reminds me, I have a 5K to run on Thursday.  This one is one of the worst 5Ks I've ever run.  It's on campus in these nature trails that are pure up and down hills.  We ran it last year and I was sooo exhausted after running it.  But this year, I'm a little more trained, so I should be a little better.  I ran it in 36 minutes last year; I'm hoping to just do better than that!

I took tomorrow off to spend time with Ryan and Maddie while he's on vacation.  I'm glad I did too, the weather should be nice and April 21st is never an easy day for us.  Whenever I say that, I feel so selfish.  My best friend Amber's father died April 21st when I was in college and I hate that she lost her father so early.  I feel selfish saying its tough for us, because I can't imagine how tough it is for her.  Ryan grew up next door to their family, so he was a second father to him.  I lived summers with them, so I feel like I had a relationship with him like I never had with other friends' fathers.  He was such an important person in our lives and I really feel like he was taken way too early.  I just feel like he had a lot more teaching to do (I learned a lot of Christian values from him) and so many people were touched by his life that it pains me to relive his dying.  And Amber, if you're reading this, I pray it doesn't upset you... but its how I feel about him and especially on April 21st.  As much as I don't understand his leaving this earth when he did, God, I thank you for putting Roger in our lives, as I know our lives are richer and better because we knew him... "Because I knew you, I have been changed for good..."