Miss Johnson Fall 2009

Tomorrow, I will walk into my first sub job of the year. 5th grade Science, here I come. 

Day 21

Luma at Miller Outdoor Theater! How can you pass that up? Well, we for sure didn't. I was so glad something was happening at MOT while Mom and Mamaw are visiting. We packed up our picnic basket (facon, lettuce, and tomato sandwiches. YUM!), our chairs, and a blanket - and prepared for a night under the stars. 

Anyway, that pushed our run to Sunday. And boy was it a tough one! It was our furthest distance yet - 6 miles! I can't believe I actually ran 6 miles! That's just crazy. It took me 1 hour 12 minutes to finish. Evan lapped me once and finished about 4 minutes earlier. He sent me a message today telling me that the BH Cross Country team ran it this morning in 47 minutes. 

I was very very sore and tired afterwards, but today I'm not sore at all. We're doing great!

Day 21 (1 hr 12 min)

jog 4 min. walk 1 min. x 6 miles

Day 20

My morning job interview drained most of my energy today. It would have been nice to know the aide job was for the kids with severe behavior issues, before I went. Anyway, I was very disappointed when I left. I didn't cry, though. So that's new for me.

Band practice was great today. I got all of my energy back and more from a great afternoon on the field. So, I was pumped by the time we got the track to run. 

Even though our run was shorter today, I had a hard time. I'm still sore from Tuesday. Plus, today my feet were really tired and kept getting stitches in my side. I made it though. I think I ran about 2.5 -3 miles.

Day 20 (40 min.)

walk 5 min.

jog 4 min. walk 1 min. x 6

walk 5 min.

Job interview

I haven't had a job interview at a school since May. I did actually get called for an interview for the library job I've applied to twice, but it seems that I am not the person they're looking for to re-shelf books. Hmm. 

Anyway, I have a job interview tomorrow for an aide position at a nearby high school. I'm gonna nail it. Maybe.

Day 19

I AM SOOOO TIRED. Yes, today wore me out. My feet haven't been this sore in a while. 

We ran after band practice at the track near Evan's school. I ran a little over 13 laps (around 3.5 miles?) in 42 minutes. I don't feel like I was going much slower than normal, but that time sounds like I was. We decided not to run together today and run at our own paces. It was actually nice. I had time and space to think.

I really wanted us to run together and do all of our training together, but it just doesn't make sense if our "comfortable" paces are different. Why didn't I think of this sooner? Anyway, I'm pretty sore and very tired.

Day 19 (52 min.)

walk 5 min.

jog 6 min. walk 1 min. x 6

walk 5 min.

Day 17-18

Okay, so it was bound to happen sooner or later. We totally flaked (twice) on day 17. Thursday was the last day of summer band for Evan, and the kids had to be at practice early for pictures. So, we decided to run on Friday.....then the lighting came. The rain never came down, just sprinkles, but it was looking treacherous. So, we went out to eat instead.

We started running our long run on Saturday, and two miles into it, I made Evan so mad he had to go in and get away from me (or can I blame my alter ego?) FYI....in case you didn't know already...men and women communicate very differently. I'm not saying which way is better...yet. Sometimes the forms of communication just aren't compatible. I guess Evan hit a wall. I did finish my 5 miles. On my own. At my nice steady pace. Done and done.

Day 17 (1 hour)

walk 5 min.

jog 3 min. walk 1 min. x 5 miles

walk 5 min.

Day 15 - 16

Our Sunday long run started off well, but I'm still getting aggravated with my slow pace (compared to Evan's). We finished and at pretty good time.  My knees haven't bothered me since last Sunday, but my hips have. Evan said today it's my hip flexors that need to be stretched or worked more. 

Today's run was our most running time. I stayed at a steady slow pace while Evan stayed several feet ahead of me turning around backwards every now and then to let me catch up. I hate that it aggravates me so much that he's always ahead - but it does. We decided to try to meet halfway on our pace to stay together. I hope we can, but I have a feeling we're going to end up training separately. We'll see. 

Day 15 (52 min)

walk 5 min.

jog 2 min. walk 1 min. x 4 miles

walk 5 min

Day 16 (52 min)

walk 5 min.

jog 5 min. walk 1 min. x 7

walk 5 min.