Up's and Down's....

I can't believe another week has already gone by. It's been full of up's and down's, mostly down's. I am so grumpy right now - I know it's due to stress and hormones. I find myself so frustrated/disappointed/irritated with everyone and everything right now. K is not excluded from that either.

One of the low's this week came at work, of course. On Tuesday morning, one of my staff mistakenly sent an email to me instead of her intended co-worker in which they were "venting" about me. Obviously, it was incredibly hurtful to see that, especially when I feel like I am busting my butt for them.

I've had several good runs this week, so I guess that would be considered the high for the week. After the incident at work on Tuesday, I just wanted to curl up and feel sorry for myself. I didn't want to go to our group workout, even though I knew that running would make me feel better. We made it through the rain and traffic up to St. Edward's Park just in time for the workout. It was a hill workout, and I was one of the few (maybe only) who did 2 full complete loops for about 8 miles total. I think the trail running has really helped me develop my endurance and strength for running uphill, and I just love flying on the downhill (as long as it isn't toooo steep). Joe ran behind me as I was going down and said that I really "hammered" it. It was fun.

Then, last night and this morning I got a couple of good runs in on the Katy Trail while I was in Dallas. Our hotel was downtown so I ran through downtown up to the beginning of the Katy Trail near the American Airlines Center. This was the first time that I have been on that section since they finished the extension into downtown. I ran 6 miles last night and 7 miles this morning. I had a really good run this morning with slightly cooler temps (although the usual humidity) and ran "comfortably fast." It's good to remember what that feels like.