I started running in the fall of 2007. I truly believe I was inspired to start running and I have seen some very big blessings come my way because of following that inspiration.
Ran Boston Marathon 2013 & 2014. My favorite PRs: 2011 at the SG 1/2 and 5K where I ran the 5K in 22:22. 2013 Nebo 1/2 (downhill) 1:36:15
Short-Term Running Goals:
Long-Term Running Goals:
Running throughout life with Tom. Staying healthy and happy.
Learn from others, learn from myself, work hard, do my best, enjoy!
On running and on life.....
On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.
~Thomas S. Monson~
Personal:
Going to St. George? Bag the hotel and stay in one of our condos instead!
Beautiful February 1st! I was much too overdressed for the day! Shorts and short sleeves would have been perfect!
I did my 6 mile loop with 6 X 40 second striders.
I am going to try blogging again for awhile and see how it goes. I like that I blog because it is the only journaling I usually do. But I don't like when I spend too much time reading and commenting. So for now I will keep it private. I may or may not decide to make it public.
6 miles, time 54:04 , overall pace 9:01, striders pace 7:12-7:38
Overall time 1:03:49 for 7 miles. Average overall pace 9:07.
Last mile and a half.....1st mile 8:18 pace, last half 8:03 pace.
Nice day. Short sleeves felt good after the first two miles. Could have even had shorts on. The wind was a bit nippy in parts, but and overall pretty morning for a run.
Just 3.5 today. Partially because of time partially because of my right ham string. Did 8 x 8 second sprints uphill. Maybe I pushed them too hard and pulled something.
Enjoyed a nice run with my friend the sun today. Ave. pace 9:20.
I'm going to try out the blog again for awhile. I miss writting down my observations and feelings like I use to do. I have been logging my miles either here or on another site, but I haven't been writting feelings and observations which, in my book, are more important than keeping track of the miles.
One of those weeks where you visit the poor, the sick, the imprisioned, etc....Today was a hard day to fit the run in, but I finally got it. Luckily I didn't need to go long today. Overall time for 4.3 miles 38:12. Overall pace 8:53. The last mile before the .30 cool down was 7:54. I'll take tomorrow off and run a bit on Friday and then see what my 5 mile Dam 2 Dam race on Saturday turns out like. I want to be under 45. Hopefully closer to 43, but we'll see.
It took me a while to talk myself into getting out the door today. Does that ever happen to anyone else? The wind is a bit chilly, but I warmed up good after the first mile and stashed my jacket, hat and gloves to pick up on the way back.
Today on the agenda was a 12321. Each number is minutes with a .25 recovery jog between. Here's how they went.
Goal today was to get between 6 and 7 miles with six 10 second hill sprints. I got the hill sprints in and ran 6.5, which seems to be between 6 and 7 miles. So mission accomplished! Beautiful sunshine out today! I should have had shorts and short sleeves. I always let the cool feel when I first step out fool me. I need to remember that it's ok to feel a bit chilly on that 1st mile.
When I looked at my calendar to see what my plan for mileage was today I saw 6-7. I wasn't too excited about getting out in the rain/snow for that. Tom called from work to have me help get him motivated to get outside and get his run instead of heading into the gym for the TM. I'm not sure I gave him much motivation, but after hanging up and looking at my calendar again I realized the 6-7 is what time Tom and Tia have their daddy/daughter date tonight....I only had 5 miles on my agenda! So I figured I may as well just get er done! I headed straight uphill and into the wind and snow/rain for the first 2.25 miles. It was mostly down hill from there. I was suppose to do 1 mile warm up and then 4 at 8:30. I changed that up a bit. I did 2 miles warm up (9:30) then (8:17) (8:12) (8:10).
My observation of the past few days is that many people who smoke and drink, (and not just beer drinkers, soda drinkers too), think it is also their right to throw their cigarette boxes, bottles, cups, cans, straws and lighters out the car window where ever they are. It makes me sad. : (
Ran today with my 2 BRBs, (best running buddies)! My hubby and the sunshine! Yeah! Ave. pace 8:56
I'm on my way to read a book to our 3rd grader's class. I'm going to read Bamboozled. Fun book if you are looking for a cute picture book to read with your kids! Have a great day!
It's so nice having a built in running buddy! Tom and I decided to just wake up whenever. I woke up at 6:30 and he had been awake for about 20 minutes. We slept through the 6:00 meeting point and the 6:30 meeting point, which was fine by me! We got out the door around 7:00.
Nasty old wind to join us on the long run today. We went down through the Leland/softball loop. Going down wasn't so bad, but heading back up into the riverbottoms and up into SF I was not feeling the love for the wind. I was glad I wasn't doing this one alone! I got to come home but Tom still had 5 more to go to get his miles. I'm sure he will be happy to be done soon too.
Our son, Jansen, and his city league basketball team is playing for the championship today. The game the other day to get them to this point was quite intense. We'll see how this one goes today.
