Recovering from micro-fracture surgery :(

I had to take my son to the doc this morning before school to have them x-ray his foot again. The doc said he could take his boot off. Yippeee!  After getting him to school I went to my parents for a run.  NO ONE WAS HOME!!!  How rude of them to go somewhere and not tell me when I need a babysitter for Jake! haha!  I waited for an hour and then our real estate agent called and said someone wanted to come through our house in an hour.  I told him he had to be kidding.  I left the house early with eggs, waffles and cereal bowls all over the place, not to mention the tornado that hit our house over the weekend.  I sped home and told him that I needed more time. They gave me an hour and a half to clean.  I was a sweaty mess by the time I ran out the door with a semi-clean house!

My parents were finally home the second time around and I ran 7.5 in 1:02,  8:26 ave.  I thought I was going at a pretty good pace....then, I realized that I ran an entire marathon at that pace.  Again....How did I EVER qualify? ha!  

I have been trying to eat more and I think it helped me out today.  I just haven't had much of an appetite lately.  

Cheesecake Factory had an hour and a half wait on Saturday night, so we went next door to the California Pizza Kitchen.  So much for carbing up!  It was NOT good.  I think I just had my heart set on eating at Cheesecake.  

Kickboxing this morning.  2 miles of hill repeats...it hurt so good! ha! yowza!!

I ran Little Cottonwood today.  The whole time I ran I had to keep fighting off dumb, hurt feelings that I got from a comment yesterday.  

After my kickboxing class yesterday, a lady about my age that is tiny, petite and has really pretty, feminine legs came up to me and said that she had been looking at my calves throughout the class and was wondering what I do to get such huge, defined calves?  She asked if I was a biker because she has only seen men bikers with calves like mine.  REALLY?!  WHat a back-handed compliment!  LARGE, DEFINED MAN CALVES????   We had just been doing twist back handed hits on our punch bags and I actually envisioned myself back-smacking her in the mouth with my boxing gloves!  I nicely laughed and said that I was just lucky to be born with beefy legs and it had nothing to do with biking.....it was just in my genes! 

The last comment I had on my legs this year was from a cute, darling shaped 20 yr old that lives by me that came over to my house to pick something up last summer and I had just got out of the shower and had my bathrobe on and slippers.  I went to get her something and when I came back, she said, "WOW, you have buff legs!"  That is not what you ever want to hear as a female!  BUFF!  LARGE, DEFINED MAN CALVES!  NO THANK YOU!  

Just to top it off....my dad always used to say what beautiful legs my 4 sisters had.  They all have skinny little ankles and just the right size calf.  My calves start at the knee and end at my toes! Just something that has always bothered me.  Why I am I so immature?  I should really just be so happy that I can run and enjoy my healthy body and love my buff, man calves! ha!

Okay Oreo...I added a pic in my same slippers and bathrobe.  I don't know why anyone would say I have man legs!  haha! 

COME ON!!!  Admit it!   I am funny!!!!!  and my hub looks pretty good in my leopard slippers and bathrobe!!

Felt great yesterday.  14 in 2:05.  We didn't really push ourselves hard and had a great run.  Sooooooo much better than last week.  I think eating more has really helped me! I feel great this morning.  I am going to try to get another 5 in if I get the chance.  

 I have my niece staying with us.  She has an almost 2 yr old and a 2 month old.  They found our her 2 month old is blind and is here for surgery.  His lenses didn't develop correctly.  She has to stay here for another 2 weeks while he gets more surgeries and some lenses put in.  Her husband had to go back to Nevada to work.  We have all been hoping and praying that all goes well for him.  I forgot how much work two babies are!  It has been fun around here.  My kids love the little ones. Looks like a beautiful day out!  I hope you all have a great weekend!

Ran Little Cottonwood...BEAUTIFUL!  My miles are finally back up to pre-injury this week! Yeehooo!