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!
Thursday is one of 2 rest days for me and today I went in and ran with Tom. We had a nice and gentle 4 miles in cloud/wind/sun. Nice conversation and company. : )
Tom and I met up with a fairly large SF crowd today. It was nice to see that everyone is dedicated runners even though we all listened to the howling wind all night long. Not bad when we went out though. It did do some rain/sleet pellets for awhile that I thought might leave a pock mark or two on the face.
I did my 10.25 with a variety of people. The last mile I was with a group of about 6 when we all pulled to one side to let a car go past. I was at the back of the pack when a medium sized black dog came up behind me and bit at my ankle. I did not hear him or see him until he was growling and biting at my foot. I let out a yelp that not only scared the dog away, but as Dan said, "cleared the cholestorol right out of his body!" I am grateful that the dog didn't get a hold of me! I've never had a dog do that quite like that before and I hope to never have it again! The moral of this story....don't be the antelope at the back of the pack!
Ran in the riverbottoms in the sunshine with Tommy! Kind of a 6 mile progression run with a 1.2 cool down to home while Tom stayed and did some hill repeats.
Run4Kids (3.1 Miles) 24:02:06, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 2
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
4.10
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.10
My race ended up being a little more of a happy face than Tom's did today. : ( Unfortunately he had to walk the last .2 in a lot of pain. Took him 4 minutes to go the last .2. I was happy he could at least hobble across the finish line. He did the 10K and still ended up with 2nd in his age. He's probably down and out for a bit.
I did the 5K and am keeping with my 2010 tradition of 2nd in my age. I had a kick at the end and was trying to beat that 24 I could see coming on that clock, but I just missed it. Oh well. This is a PR for me and I think this course is kind of tough so I am smiling for my effort!
It was fun to have the 1st place girl from a younger division come up to me after and thank me for helping her have the best race she has had.
Tani and Tia made a good choice to get out of bed early this morning and go do the kid's run. Tani decided that she would do the 5K next time.
I guess I'd better go play some tennis and some shuffleboard and swim and sit in the sun for awhile now.
Today was a very nice day to run. (sorry to any injured runners who happen to read my blog and aren't able to get out today!) I had a stomach ache as I woke up today so I am pleasantly surprised that I was able to do my planned workout without any problems.
It made me sad to get up this morning and leave my ailing hubby home in bed. Number one reason it made me sad was that he is injured and can't go out at the moment....number two reason is because HE got to STAY in BED! But I know he would rather have got up and ran!
I met up with the SF group. Most of us were planning about the same miles for the day so there was a fairly good group all along. From my house to all the regular Saturday morning run plus up around pretty little road and back to my house is a perfect 14 miler!
Beautiful day here in Utah! At least for the moment! Enjoy!
Soon I'll have to start getting out before getting the kids off to school. It's getting a little warm out there! That is NOT a complaint! LOVIN' the weather! Everything looks so pretty right now and it just feels good! But it is a bit warm to run in and I had a very red face that is not at all atractive when I was done.
I just have to say, I have a great hubby! He is doing so well with his attitude while he is down for a bit! He is my greatest cheerleader even though I'm sure it's so hard for him to sit back and listen to my running stories when he would like to be out there making running stories of his own! Thanks Tommy! <3
Oops! Kicked a little dog that was right at my feet today. I don't think the little dog liked it so much. I didn't really mean to kick it, but it's hard not to when they are right at your feet like that. Thing is, those two dogs are out chasing every time I go past there! I haven't ran that route for a while but they were still there! Maybe next time they will think twice before chasing after me or other runners. But I do hope the little guy is ok.
The rain was pouring down while I was getting ready to go out for this run. I tried to have Tom give me some sympathy and an OK to not go out, but he had nothing of that nonsence! So out I went. It was raining, but not pouring when I went out. I wasn't sure if I would get the planned workout in or not, but I was giving it a shot. The rain actually turned to a gentle mist and then sun. Which made it a little muggy but I made it through.
1 mile warm up: 9:31
3 @ HM to 10K pace: 8:18, 8:16, 8:10
4 minute jog/rest: 10:00
1 mile @ 5K pace: 7:44 (with the rest of the workout and the warm/muggy, I barely made it to the end of that one. Would not have been able to hold that for 5K).
Mostly ran with cute Jamie today! Thanks Jamie! Nice conversation, nice run, nice weather and a very nice girl. Still sad to leave my ailing hubby home while he is recovering. He is being very smart and very nice. Can't believe how well he is handling things! It will be nice for him to start some cross training soon though.
Provo half marathon next Saturday. It is my first half since August or so. It will be interesting to see how it goes. I'm not making any big goals for now, just want to see where I am at this point.
This Saturday is my first half marathon of the year.
I'm excited to see where I'm at with that distance. : )
I think I will get to do it in yucky weather though, so I'm not quite as excited about that. : (
I am excited to have my hubby/cheerleader/coach cheering me on throughout the race and at the finish line. : )
But I am not excited that he will not be running this race. : (
I hope that if,(when), it is my turn to be injured that I can remember how well Tom is doing with his injury. He is handling things so much better than I thought he would! He is being very smart, very patient and very nice! : ) I hope his diligence pays off very well and very quickly for him!
Today's run was enjoyable, easy and in the sun! : ) The rest of the week may be different.... snow is on the way again.... : (
When I am out running and it starts to rain I can handle that ok. But when it is already raining and I can tell it's going to be raining all day and I have to go out with it already coming down it is very hard for me. Which is the case today. However, I have had to do some very hard things in life so I knew that I could handle this. It just took a few hours to get motivated enough to actually do it.
I only needed to get 4 in today with the 2 middle ones being 8:00-8:20.
(9:15)(8:07)(8:05)(8:33) The last mile was for a cool down and I felt like I was going more like 9:15. What a surprise to look at the time and see 8:33.
