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!
I had planned to do 16 to 17 today but that plan changed. Tom and I went down Provo Canyon for our long run. We each did our own thing and met up toward the end. I think I did the first 10 miles too fast down hill and my legs weren't ready for that. So by 14 I wasn't able to run with good enough form to keep from feeling like an injury was about to occur so I decided to walk the last mile and a half to the van.
This has helped me realize even more that there is no way I can compete against myself this year at SGM. (since that is the only person I usually compete with I won't be worrying about competition this year!)
I am going to SGM to HAVE a good time not to GET a good time. If I try to GET a good time I am going to end up not HAVING a good time and most likely not GETTING a good time either because with the month down my legs are just not ready to do more.
1. took 1/10 to 2/10 mile walking breaks every 2 1/2 - 3 miles.
2. didn't leave my shot blocks in the car
3. didn't do the steep 4.3 mile downhill to start, more uphill instead.
I hope I will be able to get a 20 miler in next week. Would have been nice to be able to go into SGM the way I had planned earlier in the year, but I am actually thrilled to be where I am at this point after taking 4 weeks off just over a month ago.
After my run this morning I came home to our missionary's 10th to the last letter before coming home! Can't wait to see that boy again! But I am so grateful for the wonderful experiences he is having right now!
My run this morning was very patriotic in my head. Lots of thinking about yesterday and how we were feeling 10 years ago. I am so glad we have 10 years of healing behind us...those days after 9/11 were very scary....we all wondered what kind of world we were now living in or if anything would ever be "normal" again.
Eight miles on the trail on a pert-near perfect September morning! So nice to see so many others out enjoying the morning too! Our perfect days are limited, I want to enjoy each and every one of them!
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Well, I finally got a 20 miler in before the marathon. I would have preferred to have 2 or 3 by now, but I am happy with this one. Tom dropped me off at the top of South Fork in Provo Canyon and I got to enjoy absolutely breathtaking views with crisp, clear air and perfect temps! Can't ask for much more than that for my 20 miler.
I felt good through the whole thing. I did, however, cramp up when I finished and started stretching. Ouch! Thighs and calves! Glad that didn't happen during the run and also glad that I had a personal massage therapist traveling with me to help me get the cramping under control! Thanks Tom!
We had a fun Kid History surprise party for our 14 year old last night. Had lots of fun and I even ate a hot dog for dinner. I don't like hot dogs except for every once in a while they call my name and I really want one. So I had one last night not knowing what it would do to my run today. Seems that nothing happened unless the hot dog was the cause of the cramping. Luckily it wasn't stomach cramping though! : ) Two weeks till SGM. I guess I'm as ready as I am going to be.
A lovely six miles this morning. A little windy as I started which made it a bit cold, but ended up great! Must have been the right time of the morning to avoid the grasshoppers! Didn't see a one! Yippee!
Today I found the silver lining.....or at least the silver anniversary! EEeeeek! How could it already be 25 years!? Love you Tom!
Today is my sweet mother-in-law's birthday. Too bad she has been gone for 18 years. We sure do miss her.
I ran 3 miles this evening down to the running club Midnight Run/Pizza party. While there I got the other 3 in with the gang. Always nice to get the families together.
I wanted to make sure I didn't end up with speedy people today because I didn't want to push the pace at all. Well, when Tom and I met up at the church, who do we find? Speedy Chad, Speedy Ken, Speedy Pat! So I told them I would go the other way to the Storehouse and meet them there to see if any slower people showed up. Down there we got Speedy Hal and Speedy Kevin to join in! Luckily not quite as speedy Stephen was there too and Tom decided it wasn't smart to push things with the racers this morning so I was able to run with them for a bit. However, Tom and Hal pushed a bit more than I wanted and Stephen went off to talk to Mother Nature, so I ended up alone again.
At Osborne's Tom finally realized he really didn't want to push the pace with the racers and stuck with me until a little less than a mile when he wanted to push again just to get home! So my run today was with Tom and without Tom.
Today I ran 2 miles with my friend, Tami, and then 3 alone in Mapleton. Fun to have some new roads to run on but there is a bunch of construction going on there so it was hard to avoid big tractors and trucks.
I love to go on our trail but if I run from my house and all the way up the trail and back it is 7 miles. So today I drove out a mile and did a nice 5 mile run on the trail. I tried really hard today to not look down at all the ugly grasshoppers. I did pretty good too. One did hit my leg and I let out a small eek, but I think I handled myself quite well.
Happy Birthday to our son, Tyler, who turns 21 today! He is in Denmark serving a full time LDS Mission and will return on Nov. 22 of this year! I can't wait to see him again and give him his birthday hugs for when he turned 20 and 21!
Went to Mapleton to run a couple miles with Tami again and then 3 on my own. I'm thinking that will be the last of my running until Saturday bright and early at the starting line of SGM.
