Coach Jen B

My oh my, I am loving the sun the past few days.  Sun shining + snow melting = happy me!  Today was the best day by far.  The temps were near 60F today (in Maine) and that is just fabulous.  Really fabulous.  Days ago when the forecast was calling for such gorgeous weather, I told Ward "on Thursday I'm just going to run forever that day, okay?"  I didn't run forever, but I did get out for an 8.11 mile run today afterschool.  Gotta love that it's lighter later.  Much easier to get in a run afterschool.  Oh happy days!  Tonight's run was not speedy at all.  It was just right.  I had my speedier runs the past two nights, so tonight's run was just to get out and enjoy wearing shorts, my badass socks, a light weight shirt and headband.  Get this - NO HAT and NO GLOVES!  It felt weird but awesome. I did not bring Pepper but I did bring my cell phone.  Last night I made the mistake and did not bring my phone with me (...

I'm back!  The Boudreau family took a long weekend and went to Pennsylvania for a mini vacation to visit some friends and family.  We stayed at my Aunt Vic and Uncle Snooze's house in Lykens, Pennsylvania.  I actually grew up in a town very close to where they live so our annual trips are like going home for me.  Lykens is located in a valley along the Appalachian Mountains with tons of farm land and quite a few Amish.  It's a very pretty area.  We left Thursday afternoon and got back last night at 10.  It was rough getting up this morning for summer school, but knowing I was done teaching at 11:15 am, I knew I could handle it.  A trip to Starbucks really helped me out as well! This is the lane leading to my aunt & uncle's farm My scheduled long run for the past weekend was 8 miles.  Since I was was in Pennsylvania, I couldn't do the long run with the girls, which made me sad.  On the other hand, I was excited to run in a...