"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

On vacation in AZ at my sister's house in Tucson.  Ran 4 miles with my husband on a bike.  Avg 7:21.  So nice to wear shorts again!

8 miles avg 7:12 pace.  My husband came with me on the bike again.  He got a flat tire about 1 mile from home.  Luckily it wasn't 4 miles from home.

8 miles with Burt!  Yes, I actually got to meet the most entertaining person on the blog.  Burt and I ran from his house to the Mesa Temple and back.  There really was someone there sitting in the front row of the pageant seats at 6:30 a.m.  I can't figure out how to attach our temple pictures.  I'll just send them to Burt.

The weather was great.  When I left Orem on Saturday it was snowing.  When snow's falling I rarely think of sunscreen, so yes, in response to the comments on Burt's blog, that is sun burn on my nose.   

I had a nice visit with Burt's wife for 20 or 30 minutes after our run.  She's great.  As I got in the car to leave I realized I'd been gone for a while.  I called my husband to tell him I was on my way home so he wouldn't be worried about me.  He said, "Why would I be worried?  You just went running with some guy you met on the Internet."  It wasn't like me, but I had a great time, met some great people and lived to tell about it!

5 miles with Burt avg 7:46 pace.  This time we ran a loop.  When I told my boys I ran with Burt one of them said, "Does he live with Ernie?" and the other said, "Ya, ask him if he has a brother named Ernie?"  Oh, the things 8 and 10 year olds think are funny. 

Thanks for running with me Burt!  

Decided to sleep in and run later.  I ran 5 miles home from my son's soccer game at 10:00 a.m. then my husband came on the bike with me for another 7.  My avg was 7:11 pace, which I was happy with especially since the run was more uphill than down the first 5 miles coming home from the soccer fields at the lake.  I was going to go 16, but my stomach felt sick on account of the Burger King hamburger I ate the night before while driving home from AZ.  Or perhaps it was from all the pink and white animal cookies.  I hadn't had those in years!