Good news!

So....My husband got a new job this week!  I am sooo excited for him.  Mostly because it actually pertains to his field of study, and is a permanent position.  We've been looking for internships for awhile now, but this job kind of fell into his lap.  Such a blessing.  The other, more selfish reason, is that he will no longer be working early mornings!  That means no more 4:30 alarms, no more 8:00 crashes at night.  And for me?  It means I can now run first thing in the morning!  Such perfect timing with mother nature finally deciding it could be spring.  I am a wimp when it comes to heat (well, running in it anyway.  I secretly want to move to Arizona) and it's only going to get hotter.  Night runs don't work because after chasing two kids all day I'm too exhausted.  Plus the 8:00 bed meant I only had that one hour to spend with him and I don't want to run in the dark.  All of the rambling to really just say, I get to run when it's still nice and cool and BEFORE I've taken my first shower of the day.  I can't wait.  He has to finish out his last week at his old job, then it's a whole new world for us. (anyone else have visions of Aladdin and Jasmine?  No?  Just me then.)

In other news, my knee still hurts a bit, but I've been icing and massaging it several times a day.  I did go and run yesterday, slow and one less interval than I had planned, but I went.  I actually walked quite a bit of it.   Mostly I felt really stiff and I was amazed at how much stamina I had lost by just missing on day of training. Though it is funny that 14:30 has become my new "slow."  I'm going to take it really easy tomorrow, I may not even run, but I want to make sure I get out there.  I've been thinking about why this would crop up now and I'm pretty sure it's because I have increased my running time.  I'm pushing my body much harder now and I might need to just hold steady in place of adding time to my running intervals.  I really feel like 5/1 intervals are the best for me right now.  Though I would love someday to be able to run straight through, I think that will have to wait until I'm not training for distance.  Trying to push my distance and the amount of time I run is just proving a bit too much for my body right now.
I will say, my kids have been getting quite the kick out of my roller massager.  I got a video from when I was rolling my foot.  Every time I rolled it forward, S would try and grab it, she thought it was a great game.

You can turn off the sound....

no, really, turn it off, I sound ridiculous talking to her.

So I'll leave you with that and....

Stats:

Distance 2.20 Mi.

Duration 32:00

Avg. Pace 14:39

Avg Speed 4.09 mph

Intervals	Pace (min/mi)	Elevation (ft)
5:00 (warmup)	16:32	0
6:00 (fast)	13:04	3
1:00 (slow)	15:35	-0
6:00 (fast)	14:11	2
1:00 (slow)	17:01	0
6:00 (fast)	14:18	2
1:00 (slow)	14:51	-0
6:00 (cooldown)	15:24	-7