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So my friend Barb played hooky with me on Friday morning; we hit up the Phoneline Loop for her very first trail run. It was so quiet, and so few people were out and about! I'm used to weekend traffic out at Sabino.

She did great! Only about 5ish miles of the nine-mile loop is actually trail; the rest is the tram road. I wished I had brought my camera so we could document her first scratch, as well as her first fall (which was slightly scary, as she landed wrong on her ankle and it made a popping sound - but it was fine to run on after a few moments, and the only lingering affect was a little pain around her knee). She'll be heading out with me for a 17-miler next Sunday - and that one is ALL trail! Should be a blast. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the trails don't scare her off; she may do Zane Grey with me! (Which would be so much fun, because it's her big birthday in May, so she' d be joining Jess and me for making ZG our birthday run!)

I heard some honest but hard-to-take words this week from a person with whom I used to be very close. I've sort of been going through a grieving process. I haven't really talked about it much with anyone; I think I'm still sort of sorting it all out. It's been emotionally exhausting, but it's also been a good week for reflection. I think I'm going through an emotional growth spurt. It hurts, but I can feel the gains. I'll savor that for as long as it lasts :)

The Monday night following my Sunday long run, I ended up going out bowling to celebrate a friend's birthday. I could tell for the rest of the week that I had done one-sided lunges all night long! My left glute was SO sore.

With an absolutely giGANdo project at work with intense, hard-to-make deadlines (I keep calling it challenging, instead of impossible), I ended up missing two lunch runs last week. These runs are crucial; it's incredibly hard for me to get enough mileage in each week. I can't miss a single run! It's a carefully orchestrated schedule, fitting runs in around when I work and when I have Ash. I took the jogging stroller out yesterday (or should I say Barb took the jogging stroller out? She did all the pushing!) to do the 3 miles around Reid Park, so that was good. And Ash liked it, so hopefully, I can start doing that more often - get more running in while I have him!

I'm stressing about the training for sure, but as long as I keep going out every chance I get, I should be fine. That means even though I feel sluggish today (and it's raining), I still need to go out this afternoon and get 3-4 miles. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.

(PS - I did it. Yay!)