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!
It is so nice to live in an area where there is a group that gets together for Saturday runs. It is also very nice that Tom gets up to go running too. I can't imagine how hard it is to get up on cold mornings and get out and do an early long run by yourself! Oh, and while I'm at it, it is so nice to have a member of that running group (Hal) who gets out early and has our Gatorade and water stop all stocked!
One more thing that was very nice today....very little amount of wind! Because the wind wasn't so bad we could add on a little bit of the west route without having to come back into the stiff wind. A few of us went up the trail and then up 6 mile hill to get to 14 miles. When I got home I grabbed Rui for our doggy mile. Happy to get a nice 15 miler in today. Crazy to be thinking of adding 11.2 more on in a few months for marathons.
Beautiful day but maybe not a good idea to have a cinnamon roll with chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting for breakfast before running! Major stomach issues...didn't get the doggy mile in....that's all I"m sayin'.
Yesterday's stomach issues stayed with me well into the evening so I was a little nervous about going too far away from my house. The scare drove me to my treadmill. I watched Monster House. I had never seen that one. I have heard it was strange and now I can agree that it is indeed strange.
I have a 10 miler planned for tomorrow so I hope the issues will be all gone by then.
I had to get done while Tom was in meetings so that I could get to a meeting so I had to do my 10 miler alone today. He had a 10 miler too but his pace was much quicker without me, so I'm sure he enjoyed that.
I was nervous that it was going to be terrible weather but it was mainly just the wind. However the storm winds come from the opposite direction than the normal canyon winds so it kind of messes with me when I turn into the wind at a place where it is normally at my back.
It is kind of strange to me to think that a 10 miler outside on my own was easier than a 4.5 miler yesterday on the TM with a movie on.
Ave pace for the run was 9:14. So not a speed-myster, but I am not going for speed today.
Had some time with my parents this morning. My dad likes to make bird houses and brought me a new one to enjoy. Its always fun to get hand made gifts from your parents! After giving my dad a haircut we headed out around noon. Nice sunshine..nice run...nice company.
My back woke me up a bit earlier than I would have liked and Tom was doing his own thing this morning so I was able to get a couple miles in before I met up with the gang. My stomach has been a bit bothersome this week so I was happy I had a few miles in and then I could run with the back of the packers and still get my miles in on time.
Ludlow was on call and had to stay within 2 miles from home so we turned around to back track a few places before getting to the drinks. I ended up doing my whole run with no drink until I picked up Rui for his doggy mile at mile 13. A little Gatoraid would have been good in there.
Today we are going up to visit our sweet Brielle on her 4th birthday! It will be fun to spend some time with the family.
Oh my, oh my...if we are going to continue to have beautiful days like today I will have to start going before the sun comes up or dress down a bit more. Lovely, lovely weather! I wish we could plan to have this for 3 months!
I started out the day with my wanna runners. We did day one of week two. I had 8 ladies there today. There were a couple who couldn't come today. So far, so good...no dropouts yet. I hope they all continue with the program and that the injuries stay away! I have a few more who have mentioned they want to start...it will be fun to see how many come along this year.
Later I went out in that wonderful sunshine with Tom. We parted ways around 3 miles as he sped up for a progression run and I came home for the doggy mile.
Tia hasn't been feeling great the past few days so she stayed home from school today. It was fun to spend some time with her. We did our Crocodile Hunter puzzle in a record 44 minutes today.
Out in the morning before the sun came up. Tuesday workouts have been hard the past few weeks. Very slow this morning.
Today Tyler and his cute fiance' Chelsey are out getting their engagement pics! I can't believe we are already doing this wedding stuff again, but it sure is fun!
Tonight we are celebrating with Chelsey as she has just completed beauty school and finished all her tests! Yay Chelsey!
Not the best day....started off with a fall in the dark on my way to be with the Iwanna girls. Later my daughter ended up staying home sick again. We also had married kids coming that I wanted to visit with and have clean bathrooms for. So I kept coming up with reasons for not wanting to get my 10 miler in today. As you can see I gave into all the excuses. I went out and got 2 miles but just didn't want to go more. I am indeed mad at myself but I'm not going to beat myself up for it. I just was not feeling it today and I didn't want to do it. I am planning on doing some tomorrow when I usually have a rest day to kind of make up for my slackerness of today.
I guess my body (or more likely my mind) needed a little rest this week. I sure did not have the running love on Tues/Wed/Thurs. Luckily today I 'just felt like runnin'.
This afternoon I got to go shopping with my future daughter in law, her mom, my current daughter in law and my 2 daughters. We were looking for bride's maid and mother's dresses. Didn't find everything we needed but we got a good start on looking.
After shopping Rurika, Tani, Tia and I met up with Tom at the Pizza Pie Cafe for Tani's 1/2 birthday. Now I'm tired...shopping wears me out.
Oh man...I just realized if I would have taken it .5 more I could have had 17 miles on this St. Patty's Day. Oh well...I am just happy I got at least 14+ which was my goal for today. Glad to have Tom along for most of the run. Then Bob and Dave kept me entertained for a few miles. The last 3ish were on my own, they were the toughest but I made it through.
We just got back from Tani and Tia's piano judging. They both did great! All that time at the piano and all those dollars to the piano teacher are paying off! It is so fun to listen to them and watch them perform.
The weather was better than I was expecting for the wannarunners this morning. It was a bit cold, a bit windy and a bit snowy, but not bad at all! Very fun to see the ladies progressing.
Went out on my own after kids headed to school. The sun started shining nice toward the end of the run. Enjoyed Rui's doggy mile at the end.
Tonight I have been having fun with Tia with Just Dance on Kinect. Lots of fun! :o)
Yesterday was not my favorite day. But....I'm kind of getting used to not so favorite days...I hope there is something that changes to make them less frequent. : (
But today is a new day. It has been a bit better. The bill that was going to be $225.00 ended up being only $109.00 and it had a very funny story to go along with it. AND I got my 10 miler in without any hiccups.
I was thinking about the song "Some days are diamonds, some days are coal" That is true and I miss John Denver so I pulled up a few of his songs on the internet today to listen to.
So glad I had a bit of company this morning for my 16 miler. Tom headed up to SLC for the Running of the Leopards 5K so I was hoping there would be someone who wanted to go most of the distance with me at the running club. I hate it when you have a 16 miler planned and everyone else is only out for 8-10.
Luckily Doug and Hal were out for long runs today also. Tom had a great time at the 5K...looks like I might have to try that one out next year.
There were lots of runners out today! So many that I have never seen before. I wish more would feel comfortable joining in with our group so there would always be more people to run with no matter what pace you are going.
Crazy weather today. When I was out with the Iwanna ladies this morning the weather was quite warm and nice. That changed dramatically as the kids headed off to school. I'm sure there are many broken trees, fences, etc...Luckily none here at our house.
I was happy it was more settled as Tom and I went out before lunch but we still got a little of about every kind of weather there is to offer.
It was nice to have Tom along for most of this run. We split off for a bit in the middle while he did some hill work and then I got to add my Rui mile in at the end.
Random non-running thought of the day. I think it is really cool that David Archuleta headed into the MTC today. :o)
Well, the first 18 miler of the year is behind me and all is well. I felt good and haven't even been worn out today. I was able to stay awake (except for maybe a few minutes at the very end) of General Conference. I was also able to go to Joseph & the ATDC this afternoon. Tani and her friends did a fabulous job on this musical! Lots of talent out there!
Now for a nice evening at home in jammies with the girls while the guys are at the Priesthood session of conference.
