Happy Girl Running

The weekend seemed to fly by, we had company here and lots of things planned. 
Saturday I ran 7 miles.  So happy to be back up to 7 miles.  7 miles is my standard run length.  It takes me about an hour and in my mind is my happy spot. 

Sunday I got up early and run the three miles to my garden.  I weeded for a bit and then ran back home.  The three miles to the garden are mostly downhill and were with the wind.  The way back of course was the opposite and kicked my butt.  I haven't run that route or that many hills since I hurt my quad.   So I stopped a few times to take some pictures.

Like this one


and this one.  You can see the grass is still pretty green here, which for the middle of July is pretty good.  The cheatgrass has all turned

and the wheat will be ready for harvest soon as you can see in the picture below taken on a different morning.

My son got to be in a parade with his 4-H club Saturday Little Cowgirl was just happy to ride the merry go round.
This morning I did a 6 mile run and my average pace was 8:23...YAY!! I feel like I am really progressing now.  Although running a sub 8 minute mile still really kicks my butt, BUT it is feeling okay on the right quad which is the most important thing right now.  I am really gaining confidence back in my ability to run and run fast again post injury.

19 miles in three days.  I will take it!