Here we go..

Just a reminder, I'm coming off of a pregnancy. I had baby number 2 in december ( Hannah). And for some reason I'm more motivted to get back into running after this daughter then I was after my first daughter, Eveyln. I think it's because more weight has piled on me and I want to go back to being healthy and energetic. After Evelyn I ran and did some races but never put in the effort to run a solid race. I realized if I don't do it now it'll never happen. So I'm going to track my progress with this blog and hopefully see some results in the future.

Monday I ran 3.3 miles in my neighborhood.

My first mile had some uphill, which is killing me right now. The first mile was 10:13

Mile 2- 9:08

Mile 3 - 8:27

I also have 36 pounds to lose along the way. Hopefully that'll come off as I exercise and stay away from fattening foods and treats.

Today I jogged on the treadmill while my baby slept and my 2 year old colored by me. My calves were sore from yesterday. I think I'll go for a walk later when the kids are in bed and Riley is home.

Today I went to my friend Sariah Long's house and she whipped me with her boot camp exercises. It was 45 minutes of different exercises most of which included some weights that basically worked every muscle in my entire body. For someone who's out of shape it was difficult. We also did some abs at the very end. I felt uncoordinated and after it was over I felt like a 90 year old woman, moving slowly and complaining about how tired I was. But it was worth it. I hope to do this a couple of times a week with her.

In the evening when Riley got home from work I jogged 2.4 miles at a 10 mintue pace I was pretty worn out from boot camp but wanted to get an short run in.

I jogged 26 minutes on the treadmill I don't know the exact mileage because we have an old treadmill but it was probably about 2 miles. My leg muscles were really sore from boot camp yesterday.

Today I met up with Sariah again to do her weight lifting/crossfit exercises. It worked different muscles, so tomorrow every muscle in my body will be sore. I'm going to pass on running today so tomrrow I can get a 45 minute run in. That'll be my longest to date.

I ran 4.2 miles at an average pace of 9:35. It was a really nice day and I felt pretty sore from weight training this week but I was happy with my run.

I pushed the kids in the double jogger this afternoon. I ran for 36 minutes and did 3.4 miles. It works out to be an average pace of 10:35 a mile. That's pretty good for me and it was the first time pushing them in the stroller.Riley doesn't want me to have any excuse not to run so he bought me a nice Bob double jogging stroller, yes Riley I can take a hint ;) It was a good workout. I'm planning on going to Sariah's boot camp tonight. Her husband thinks it'll ruin our friendship, I guess she's pretty tough to her clients. But I'll try not to take it personally.

Boot camp with Sariah lasted an hour. It was tough and I think I worked every muscle in my body.

I pushed the kids in the stroller again today. I ran 3.5 miles at a 10:22 pace. Sore from yesterday's boot camp.

Today was a good workout day. I ran 4 miles at an average pace of 10:15. It took me 41 minutes I was also pushing my kids again. Then I went to Sariah's house and did boot camp with her. We worked arms, legs, and did crunches for an hour.

This afternoon Riley pushed the kids in the stroller while I jogged next to him. We averaged 9:35 pace for 4.26 miles.

I wanted to run at least 3 miles today but there were some bathroom complications so I had to cut it short. But I did workout with Sariah today, my muscles are starting to adapt to the exercises we do. I'm not as sore as when we started out.

I really wanted to run on the trails today because of the nice weather. So I parked at Beus Pond and ran on the lower trails from there. It was a lot harder running on the trails then I remember but I got 5 more miles in for the week. It was a good week of running for me. I'll take tomorrow off and start again on Monday.

I felt good on my run today. I ran 3.68 miles at an average pace of 9:16. My first mile was 9:47 2nd was 8:47 and my 3rd was 8:51. I also did boot camp with Sariah today, we focused on just arms. We did 3 sets of 4 different exercises plus abs. Before we were doing 3 sets of 3 different exercises. I'm starting to feel a little lighter. Weight is coming off slow but at least it's coming down.

I watched Sariah and Katie's kids while they did mile repeats. Then after they got back I ran 3miles at a 9:26 pace. I felt pretty sluggish today but I might try and get 2 more miles in later if I can.

Today I went over to Hill air force base and ran on the treadmill in the gym.  Based on the treadmill I was running 9 minute pace. I was extremely sweaty when it was over.

Later I went to boot camp and we focused just on legs for 50 minutes. Then did abs. I'm sure I'll be sore from that tomorrow.

I tried out some new shoes Riley got me today. They feel pretty good, they're asics. I've always liked asics. I ran 4.02 miles today around South Weber. My miles were, 9:37, 9.09, 9:40, 9:34. My average pace is starting to come down.

I did a tough ab workout with Sariah today then I ran 4.4 miles from her house. I ended up by the ogden athletic club, ran around the nature trail there, then back up to highway 89. It was cold and it was snowing on me. But I managed to average a 9:00 minute pace.

Ran on the Riverdale parkway today. I ran 5.6 miles my time was 53:10 and my pace was 9:29. miles 1 9:39, 2-9:05, 3-9:30, 4-9:25 5-9:56. Got in another full week of running.

Today I felt pretty good. I ran an average pace of 8:28. I didn't realize I was running so fast until I looked down at my watch half a mile into the run. I kept up that pace the whole run and ended well. My mile splits were 8:30, 8:20, and 8:32,

It was really nice out this afternoon so I pushed the kids today, got in 38 minutes of running and 3.69 miles in South Weber.

Today Riley ran with me and pushed the kids in the stroller. I ran an average 8:48 min/mile. I had a major bathroom break right in the middle of the run but I made it right in time. My miles were 8:51, 8:48, 8:50, 8:34. I'm noticing some improvement in my runs now and I'm feeling pretty postive.

I ran a couple good hills in my run today. My average pace was 9:10. I'm pretty happy with that.

I hiked the BYU "Y" today with my sisters and mom. I also packed Evelyn on my back for part of the way. It was a short but steep hike. It was a mile long to the "Y" so got in 2 miles of exercise today. It was a beautiful day today.

I had a really busy weekend with family so I haven't run since Thursday. But I got a 4 mile run in tonight. I ran in Shadow Valley at an average pace of 9:34. Hopefully I can get a good week of running back in.

Today I pushed the kids and averaged a 9:37. I was surprised by that because I haven't gone that fast pushing the kids yet. I ran a loop around South Weber.I'm Starting to feel like more weight is coming off.

I ran when Riley got home in South Weber. I ran 4.85 miles, I wanted 5 but time was running short, Riley was going to the Jazz game tonight. My average pace was 9:04.

I ran my first 4.6 miles to a park because I promised my two year old I would take her. So I pushed the kids and averaged 9:20 for pushing. We stayed at the park for a little bit so my legs got a little stiff. My total run today was 5.3 miles pushing at an average pace of 9:38.

Today Riley had the day off so I was able to run in the morning without the kids. My average pace was 8:45. My mile splits:

1-8:37

2-8:24

3-8:35

4-8:45

5-9:17

I had to stop at the bathroom after 3 miles so my legs felt tight the rest of the run and mile 5 was the steep uphill on 1900. Good run for me today.

I ran down on the parkway today and got my longest run in so far. 7 miles at an average pace of 8:34. It took me exactly an hour to do it. I felt pretty good. My foot was cramping at mile 6 so that mile was slower but overall a really good run for me.

mile splits:

1- 8:35

2-8:44

3-8:42

4-8:26

5-8:29

6-9:00

7-8:02

I ran in South Ogden today 4.4 miles at an average pace of 8:44.

I got about 2 miles in on my treadmill today which is good because originally I didn't think I would get a run in at all today. I'm not sure on exact mileage because our treadmill is really old so I'm calling it two miles. I did some abs afterwards too.

Today I wasn't able to get a run in but I did do boot camp with Sariah for an hour. I haven't done it in two weeks so it was pretty tough again but a really good workout.

Its been hard this week to get some runs in because Riley has been gone and the weather not so good for pushing. Today though I was all set to push the kids in the stroller when my mother in law offered to watch them so I could run. So I went over to her house and saw Sariah pushing her baby near the house and we decided to run together. It was the last 2 miles of Sariah's run and even with her pushing we were going about 7:30 pace which was fast for me but it was a good workout for me. After I left her I ran around 8:30 pace the rest of the run.

Today I ran around South Weber. I ran 7.1 miles and it took me 1:00.20. My average pace was 8:29. Felt pretty good today I'm glad I had all of my miles under 9min pace. I'm feeling comfortable at this pace and I also ran up some pretty good hills. Here were my mile splits:

1-8:57

2-8:20

3-7:55

4-8:41

5-8:37

6-8:43

7-8:16

I ran on the treadmill today at the gym I only got 25 minutes in because of kids. Maybe I'll try to run some more later. Right now I'm watching the sad events that happended at the Boston Marathon. We knew a few people that were there. Luckily they are ok. Really shocking and sad.

Today my sister in law watched my kids so I could go running. It was really windy today but I managed to get 4.73 miles in at an 8:33 pace. It took me 40 minutes to do and hopefully I'll get some abs in sometime today.

Riley got me a new garmin watch for my birthday so I don't keep stealing his. I first did boot camp today with Sariah we did sets of 100. It was pretty hard and I did my run a few hours after that so it was a slower run today. My average pace was 9:00 min.

Ran in South Weber today, average pace was 8:25. Here's mile repeats:

1-8:51

2-8:15

3-8:17

4-8:05

5-8:31

My legs were really sore today so my pace was slower today but thats ok hopefully tomorrow my run will be better. But I got in 6 miles today at an average pace of 8:55. Now that I have the garmin watch I'll keep track of mile splits more. Even though it's just a distance run I still like to see the break down.

Splits:

9:13

8:36

8:55

8:20

9:05

9:20

I ran around South Weber today. The weather wasn't so good but I averaged an 8:40 pace. I'm pretty happy with that.

Another run today in South Weber. I do the same loop most days here. My average pace was 8:23. I was feeling good so I picked up the last 3 miles of the run. Here's my splits:

8:51

8:45

8:04

8:11

8:02

Today was finally nice enough I could push the kids outside. I ran 4 miles and stopped at a park for 10 minutes so Evelyn could play then ran home fast because Hannah started getting fussy. So my total run was 5.11 miles it took 47 minutes and my average pace was 9:12.

Mile splits:

10:03

8:56

8:53

9:16

8:49

Yesterday I took the day off because I was feeling some knee soreness. Today I pushed the kids in the stroller my average pace was 9:06 and it took 46 minutes. I felt pretty good pushing today, my last mile I did some really steep uphill and ran the whole way without stopping. I was pretty happy with that.

Mile splits

9:32

9:07

8:26

8:43

9:44

Riley pushed the kids in the stroller while I ran next to him. Today was a good run for me. It was a faster pace but I didn't feel dead by the end of it. It was definately a good workout for me. we went 5 miles and my average pace was 7:54.

My mile splits were:

8:03

8:11

7:57

7:42

7:36

Today I ran on some trails. They were pretty steep trails at least steeper then I've done so far this year. So I wasn't worried about my pace I just enjoyed the run. I'm glad I got in 6 miles and my legs were a little tired from yesterdays faster run. My average pace 10:10

Today I did boot camp with Sariah for an hour in the morning and unfortunately saved my run for a couple hours after that. It's better to do the run first but I couldn't work that out today with the kids. So my run was slower today because I was pushing and I was worn out from boot camp. Got in 4 miles at an average of 9:55. At least I got the run in.

Mile splits:

10:15

9:51

9:52

10:18

Today was kind of a rough day. I got my run in Thanks to my mother in law who watched the kids for me. It was a slower day.

8:57

8:44

8:01

8:45

9:30

Today I ran a lot of the run with Sariah. She was pushing of course so I could keep up with her ok. We ran up in Shadow Valley and I got some pretty good hills in. My average pace was 8:30.

Mile splits:

9:45

8:28

8:53

7:32

7:53

8:24

The faster miles were with Sariah. We also did an hour of boot camp afterwards. 

Today my legs felt fine and my breathing was fine but mentally I was burnt out from the week. So my run felt harder then it should've and we weren't going fast. Riley was out of town and this was the week my 4 month old decided not to sleep well at night or during the day. It's been one of those weeks.  today I got 4 miles in while Riley pushed and I averaged 8:20. My watch just died so I won't put my splits up today.

Ran 6.84 miles at an average 8:30 pace in South Weber.

Ran with Riley today while he pushed. I took yesterday off because my knees are starting to hurt. So, I need to focus more on eating healthier and trying to lose more weight. I know that's the reason my knees are starting to hurt. Good run today average pace was 8:14 and ran 5 miles.

Mile splits:

8:30

8:03

7:54

8:29

8:03

Pushed the kids today. I got 4.5 miles in at a 9:13 average.

Mile splits:

9:35

9:13

8:15

9:31

I pushed the kids again today. I went 5.04 miles at an average pace of 8:58. It took me 45 minutes. I went up the steep hill on 1900 in South Weber on the last mile it was pretty tough but a good work out. Really beautiful day. Now we celebrate Riley's birthday. Happy Birthday Riley!

Mile splits:

9:09

8:44

8:20

8:53

9:46

Ran in the evening on my 5 mile loop in South Weber. My average pace was 8:26.

mile splits:

8:18

8:18

8:20

8:47

8:24

I was going to run 8 miles today but couldn't finish because my lower back starting hurting. I had to walk the last mile. Not sure what it is yet. Hopefully I'll figure it out.

Well I had to take a long time off because of this weird injury I was having. I strained a muscle in my lower back and I couldn't run for a few weeks without it hurting. Last week I ran 1 to 2 miles every other day and I felt normal again. So I think I can start back up but not run everyday yet and keep my mileage low. My goal is to do a 5k in August. I'll probably do the one my town puts on the South Weber 5k. I want to keep it simple for awhile and see how that goes. I just need to make sure I stretch good and ice after every run.

Today I pushed the kids 2.1 miles at 9:35 pace.

another 2.4 miles. 8:27 pace

3.6 miles at a 9:29 pace.

Ran 2.55 miles at 9:03 pace. I still felt my injury a little bit.

I only ran once last week. We were at a family reunion all week doing different activities. I thought it was a good opportunity to not run and see if I can get rid of that injury completely. It seemed to help because today I didn't feel it at all and had a good run with Riley. My pace was 8:13 but I threw in some 1 minute surges. I did 4 of them. My first surge put me down at 7:10 pace, my second I didn't see, my 3rd was just under 7 minute pace, and my last one was my longest and fastest. I finished with a quarter mile at 6:25 pace. It was a pretty encouraging run.

I pushed the kids this morning in the stroller. I was feeling sore and tired from yesterday's little workout. I ran an average pace of 9:39. My splits were:

9:52

9:19

9:43

Ran in the heat of the afternoon. My average pace was 8:28. I did 4 x 1 minute surges again. My pace for the first one was 6:11, second 7:11, third 7:00, and fourth 6:05. My two middle surges were uphill. I rested 3 minutes between each surge. Overall, a good workout for me.

I pushed the kids this morning. I was sore from yesterday but I think most of my soreness is coming from the 20 minutes Insanity workout I've been doing. My average pace today was 9:27.

I ran 5 miles in South Weber today. My average pace was 8:43.

9:04

8:35

8:17

8:38

9:01

This morning I pushed the kids in the stroller. I got 3 more miles in for the week, which is good for me. My average pace today was 8:54.

8:59

8:46

8:55

Ran this morning in South Weber. I averaged 8:31 pace but I also did 5x1minute pick ups in my run.

My first pick up started on a hill and the pace got down to 7:31, my next was 6:38, then 6:11, 6:09, 6:20.

Felt pretty good this morning.

Pushed the girls this morning around South Weber. Average pace was 9:19.

This morning I had my sister in law watch the kids while I met up with Sariah and Katie to run a tempo run. It was a tempo run for me and an easier run for them. They were pushing kids. I did 1 mile warm up, 3 miles of tempo, then 1.5 miles of cool down. Sariah was helpful in getting me through. I didn't know how fast I should start out so Riley suggested 7:15. That was the goal I set for myself.

My mile splits:

7:08

7:14

6:38, this mile was downhill but was the same effort as the earlier ones.

I'm pretty happy with this workout.

Pushed the kids today around South Weber. Averaged 9:15 pace. I was a little sore from yesterdays workout.

I woke up today with a head cold and felt crummy all day. By 5:30 I thought I was feeling well enough to go for a run, hoping going outside in the heat of the day will remind my body that it's summer and not winter. But I felt sluggish, tired, and I think I made my cold worse. My pace was 9:06

Pushed the kids in South Weber today. I'm still battling a bad cold. pace 9:14

I met up with Sariah this morning at the parkway, we pushed the kids. I averaged 8:45 pace. Luckily she has a race tomorrow so she wasn't worried about how fast she was going.

Riley and I ran on the parkway this afternoon, he had already run a race this morning but decided to do a shake out run with me. He pushed the kids. My average pace today was 7:57.

8:02

8:03

7:50

7:46

Sariah came and ran with me at my house today. She didn't have her kids but she helped me push mine. We ran 40 minutes and averaged 8:30 pace.

9:07

8:22

8:02

8:02

ran with riley this afternoon. Logged another 2.07 miles at 8:15 pace.

I got up early today and ran with Sariah and Angie in South Weber. It was fast for me and slow for them, average pace was 8:05. My legs were tired from running twice yesterday.

I ran 6 miles this morning in the rain. It took me 52:11 and my average pace was 8:28. I was pretty even with my run today. The 8:10 was downhill and the 8:46 was uphill.

8:25

8:29

8:10

8:24

8:31

8:46

I did 6x2minute pickups during my run today. My pace for each pick up was usually around 6:30 and I took a 3 minute rest in between. Overall, my average pace for the run was 8:06. I felt pretty good.

Pushed the kids this morning around South Weber. Average pace 9:04

9:51

9:08

8:34

8:34

I did a tempo run today in South Ogden. I wanted to average 7:15 but I had no energy today so I ended up doing 7:23, 7:33, 7:25.

I pushed the kids this morning around South Weber. I averaged 9:17 and my time was 46:30.

9:49

9:14

8:47

9:22

9:12

 boot camp today with sariah

I got up early this morning and ran. It was really nice this morning, not too much wind. I ran 5 miles and I was sore from boot camp yesterday but I still managed to average 8:42.

9:19

8:33

8:28

8:36

8:35

Today I ran from Beus pond. I ran my first mile at the pond then went on the trails for the next 5 miles and finished my last mile back at Beus because of the nice shade. I ran at 1 in the afternoon, not the smartest time of day to run but I got through it ok. My average pace was 9:43. That's a pretty good average for me on the trails.

Riley and I ran on the parkway this afternoon. I felt tired and dehydrated I definitely didn't drink enough before but I averaged a 8:38 pace anyway.

I pushed the kids this morning and averaged 9:20 pace.

I ran 2 more miles this afternoon when Riley got home so I could get a little more mileage in for the day. My average pace was 8:35

I ran in South Weber this afternoon. average pace 8:34. I've been feeling tired lately in my runs. I probably need to eat more calories and drink more water.

I ran this afternoon in South Weber. I felt like I had more energy today. My pace was 8:21

8:32

8:08

8:02

8:12

8:38

Easy 3 miles around South Weber. Ready to run my first 5k tomorrow, hopefully it'll go ok. 

I ran my first race since my 2nd baby and I was overall pretty happy with my outcome. It's been awhile since I ran under 7 minute pace so my legs had a hard time getting going. My watch measured 3.24 at the end so I figured out online with my average pace of 6:47, I ran about 21:04 for 3.1. That's a good start for me. Hopefully I can continue to improve. I was the 4th female overall and first in my age group. The first two runners were really fast I wasn't expecting to compete or be up with them at all. But during the race I went back and forth with the 3rd place girl. I passed her about 1 mile into the race and thought she was way behind me, and then I let myself relax a little too much and she passed me with a mile to go and I couldn't catch her again. But i'm happy with my time. I ended up getting 8 miles in for the day too.

Pushed the kids, felt tired today. AP 9:30

afternoon run: 2.6 miles. AP 8:04

I did a workout today 6x400s. I did them on the road up in Shadow Valley and I wasn't sure on my pace, so my odd intervals were going on a downhill and my even intervals were at an uphill. But I was pretty happy with the effort anyway. I'm still trying to figure out my garmin but I found a program to use on my watch, it beeped every time I ran a quarter of a mile but it didn't tell me my pace. I didn't see how fast I ran until after I was done.

1-1:32

2-1:40

3-1:32

4-1:37

5-1:27

6-1:35

I met up with Sariah and we pushed the kids on the Riverdale parkway this morning. AP 8:46

8:35

8:27

8:54

8:52

8:59

Ran with Riley this afternoon, he pushed the kids. AP 7:54

8:07

7:50

7:49

7:51

Ran in South Weber this morning, AP 8:11

8:38

8:42

7:41

7:40

I ran on the Bonneville shoreline trail. Riley picked me up at Rainbow gardens. I didn't get my run started until after 11 so it was hot. I ran pretty well until the last 1.5 miles I started feeling drained from the heat. AP 8:32

4 miles in South Weber, I didn't have time to do more miles today. AP 7:51

8:05

8:17

7:22

7:38

I did intervals today 7x400 with 1:30 rest in between. I did a 2 mile warm up and ran them on the roads.  I was pretty happy with the result it was faster then last week.

87

86

84

85

84

84

84

Ran around South Weber today pushing the kids. I felt pretty tired, just took it easy. AP 9:46

Met up with Katie and Sariah on the parkway and pushed kids. 6 miles, AP 8:44

I did a loop around South Weber and through Uintah for my longest run so far this year. I had to run a short distance on 89 and I was running into some pretty strong gusts for 1.5 miles. But I felt good my AP was 8:03 and some of my miles were under 8 minute pace. Really happy with my first 10 miler.

8:23

8:03

7:40

7:52

8:02

8:13

8:07

8:37

7:46

7:51

pushed the kids today in South Weber, AP 8:50

pushed the kids 4.5 miles today. AP 8:59

Afternoon run 3.22 easy miles AP 8:40

I did 3X1000 tonight. This was my first time doing 1000s in years, I didn't really know what pace to do or how many I should do. I went over to Beus pond with Riley, he watched our girls while I did my workout.. I did a 2 mile warm up and 1.6 mile cool down. I jogged between each thousand back to the start. I did them at 6:34 pace.

4:05

4:04

4:06

I felt pretty good, maybe next time i'll do more of them. But this was a good start.

Ran on the parkway today AP 8:18.

8:50

7:56

8:15

8:11

8:14

Ran down South Weber drive today, my legs were sore and the second half of my run was in the wind but still ran a pretty decent pace for myself. AP 8:22

8:13

8:09

8:05

8:12

8:15

8:01

8:30

8:54

8:38

8:34

I ran on trails today. My calves were pretty sore still. AP 9:30

Ran on the trails by my in-laws house. Burch creek trail and beus trailhead. AP 9:15

I pushed Hannah today around South Weber while Evelyn was at preschool. AP 8:48

8:54

8:39

8:28

8:43

9:17

I did an afternoon run when Riley got home. 2.5 miles AP 8:08

I ran on South Weber drive tonight and did a 4 mile tempo run. I did a 1.5 mile warm up and started into my tempo. I was thinking I would try to average 7:15 but my AP ended up being 7:02 so I was pretty happy with that. My last two miles were on a gradual uphill but it felt like my effort was the same.

tempo miles

6:57

6:54

7:11

7:05

Pushed Hannah today with Sariah around South Weber. AP 8:44

Ran an easy 3 miles around south Weber. Running the classic 5k tomorrow. AP 8:15

I ran the Classic Race in Layton today. I wanted to improve my time from the South Weber days 5K which I did. I was happy with my time and pleasantly surprised that I took 3rd place and won 25 dollars. I tried not looking at my watch during the race and run what I feel. It was a great race and I felt strong for the first time in a long time and glad to see I'm improving. AP for the race 6:38.

6:23

6:43

6:44

Ran a two mile warm up and 4 mile cool down.

Ran with Riley this afternoon while he pushed the kids. I felt pretty good today and was surprised I could keep the pace I did comfortably. AP 7:50

Pushed Hannah today around South Weber. AP 8:34

I was planning on doing a tempo run today, but after the 2 mile warm up I could tell it would be difficult because my stomach was having issues. So i just ran the next 5 miles at little bit faster pace then my normal days. AP 7:36

7:52

7:36

7:43

7:49

pushed today around my loop in South weber. AP 8:23

I felt pretty good about my run today, this was the closest I felt to my old running self in a long time, since before I had Evelyn. I was planning on doing 11 but felt good and decided to do 1 more mile. I ran a loop from my Mother in laws house since she watched my kids for me. It rained on me the whole time. AP 7:58

Ran on the Adams Canyon trail today. Great running weather cloudy and 70 degrees. AP 9:44

It's been only a week since I've had to push both girls and having Evelyn in the stroller makes a HUGE difference. it felt hard pushing both of them today. I got in 6 miles AP 8:57

I threw some spurts into my run today, I did 1.5 miles of warm up then I did .25 at 6:50 pace then the next .25 I dropped to  6:20 pace, then took a two minute rest and repeated. I did 5 sets of these.

I pushed kids todaybut didn't make it as far as I wanted to because Hannah was fussy. So i'll try to go a couple more miles later. *hint hint Riley* ;) AP 8:42

PM Run with Riley and kids 3 more miles, AP 7:42

Pushed kids AP 9:00

Today I ran with my friend Katie, we picked a hilly course to run but I was happy with how I ran for 12 miles. AP 8:03

8:17

8:44

8:07

8:12

7:45

8:15

8:18

8:00

8:00

7:43

7:43

7:35

Felt tired today but got another good week of mileage in for myself. AP 8:08

Ran some loops around South Weber. AP 7:55

Run with the stroller. AP 8:30

I ran the South Ogden tempo loop today. I did a 1.2 mile warm up then 4 miles of tempo and 1 mile cool down. My in laws watched my kids today. Pretty happy with how the tempo turned out.

7:00

6:59

6:51

6:45

loop around South Weber AP 8:04

I had a good long run today, got 13 miles in AP 7:54. The time it took me was 1:42:37. I ran a route with some good hills by my in laws house.

8:37

8:46

8:00

7:32

7:39

7:39

7:32

7:40

7:56

7:45

7:54

7:43

7:45

Easy run around South Weber. AP 8:09

Run around South Weber but it was too soon after eating dinner so stomach had some issues. AP 8:22

Nice run today around South Weber. AP 8:07

Ran a farlek today, alternating between 7:30 and 6:30 pace every quarter mile for 3 miles. Felt pretty good, glad to get a workout in before traveling to St. George today. AP 7:06

Ran sand hallow dam. AP 8:11

Riley dropped me off and I ran back to the condo. I started at coral canyon. The wind was pretty strong today. The only time it was at my back was the last 4 miles.AP 8:06

Run in St. George. AP 7:30

Ran with Sariah tonight, she does not act sore from the marathon. AP 7:27

easy run pushing the stroller. AP 8:44

I did 5x1 mile repeats in my neighborhood when Riley got home. 1.7 mile warm up.

6:26

6:23

6:23

6:20

6:19

I wasn't sure what to expect but i'm pretty happy with the end result.

easy run in Ogden. AP 8:45

Felt tired today pushed girls. AP 8:50

I ran up in Mountain green with Riley and Dave. Not really with them, just went up there with them so I could do a 5 mile tempo to get ready for the Snow Canyon half in a couple weeks. I did two miles flat then I ran uphill on Trappers loop for 5 miles. It was slow and long but when I finally got 5 miles up I started my tempo downhill. I felt good and was happy with the result I feel like I'm ready for the half coming up. Here's my splits for the tempo.

6:56

6:30

6:18

6:16

6:32

I did two more miles after to get a total of 14 miles for my long run.

Morning run in South Weber didn't have enough time to go what I wanted. Quads sore from saturdays run. 5 miles AP 7:51

PM run to get a little more miles for the day. 3 miles AP 8:05

I met with Sariah and katie and ran on the parkway this morning pushing kids. We got in 7 miles, AP 8:21

Sariah was so nice and watched katie's kids and my kids so we could do a workout together this morning. We did mile repeats in Sariah's neighborhood and they turned out really well for me. It helped to have someone to do them with. Much faster then last weeks mile repeats.

5x1 mile repeats

6:11

6:11

6:14

6:07

6:00

Cool down

Easy run in South Weber, hoping my legs will be more recovered for tomorrow I'm hoping to get 15 miles in. AP 8:19

Ran a loop in Ogden this morning, just wanting to get 15 miles in for my longest run this year. AP 7:58

Ran easy around South Weber this afternoon. Really nice weather today. AP 8:07

Run around South Weber in the evening, perfect temperature, and felt recovered from my 15 miler. AP 7:39

Ran on the parkway with Sariah in the afternoon. We pushed kids, I felt like I had no energy then realized I didn't have much to eat today because I was preoccupied with watching extra kids and forgot to eat. Oh well glad I got a run in. AP 8:07

I did a workout this morning with Katie. I decided to do 8x400, I haven't done something fast for awhile so I figured I should. It was a tough workout particularly because we couldn't find the right pace we were all over the place. We did a two mile warm up and two mile cool down.

83

78

83

81

81

81

83

81

Ran in Ogden today from my inlaws house and with Denver. AP 7:50

I ran from my house this morning and ended at the riverdale parkway where Riley picked me up. I ran the first 5 miles to get out of South Weber and up the toll road. Then from miles 6-13 I did a progression run. Here's the splits for those miles:

7:42

7:34

7:20

7:09

7:03

6:55

6:46

6:35

Felt good and getting excited to run Snow Canyon next week.

Ran on the trails today behind Weber State. Scared two women pretty good, I felt bad about that. But I didn't feel tired from my run yesterday.

Easy run in south Weber. AP 8:00

Easy run through South Weber. Legs feeling tired. AP 8:00

Run in Ogden

After we all got sick in my household Thursday I thought for sure we were not going to come down and run snow canyon. I even cancelled our babysitter. But still, riley was determined to get me down there to race. So we decided at 12 on Friday to take the kids and give it a shot. Nothing went well the whole weekend so I had low expectations going into the race but still I decided I would try my best because I worked hard in the weeks coming up to the race to get to where I was at. It was a beautiful course. I was trying to be conservative the first few miles but I couldn't help put let the downhill take me as I ran faster mile splits then I thought I would. The whole race was great and I felt like I was flying until mile 10 my energy was gone so I gutted out the rest of the race the best I could. My goal was 1:30 and I ran 1:26:54. I'm happy with the result and have a good starting point to work from.

Ran a nice easy jog, my legs are still pretty sore.

Easy run around South Weber legs are starting to feel better.

Run in my hometown of Kennewick Washington. Ran on some dirt trails, legs felt good for the first time since the half.

Run in Kennewick feeling recovered

Calves sore but feel ready to start going hard again. AP 7:53

I did some 3 minute pick ups in my run today just to get my legs going again. I felt good today.AP 7:37

Ran early with sariah today. It was a really nice morning in the 50s. AP 7:25

I met up with Sariah and Angi to get a tempo run in. Sariah had a course picked out that started way up in Shadow Valley. I wanted to try and keep my tempo at around 6:30. The first mile was down hill, the second mile was uphill, the 3rd was downhill again and the 4th was mostly flat with some uphill in it. I was happy with how it turned out.

6:15

6:29

6:24

6:26

two mile warmup and 1.5 mile cool down.

Ran early this morning with Sariah and Katie, 2 miles with Allyssa and Angi. We did a loop in South Weber and Unitah. AP 7:39

6.5 miles in the snow with Denver. Good recovery run

Ran on the treadmill today for 45 minutes. I'm guessing I ran around 5 miles, we have a really old treadmill and its not super accurate on the speed or distance.

I ran 7x1000m today with a 2 minute jog in between each rep. I did a two mile warm up and cool down. splits were 3:41, 3:44, 3:43, 3:43, 3:43, 3:42, 3:42. Pretty happy with the results, felt like I was pushing the last two to try and keep on pace.

I ran with Sariah early this morning around South Weber. Felt a little sore from my workout yesterday. AP 7:51

I did a progression tempo run today. 2 mile warm up, then I  got started and the whole thing felt like a struggle with the wind and fatigue probably from the other day. So I was a couple seconds slower per mile then I wanted to be. The original plan was start at 6:35 and progress down to 6:15 for my last mile. But ended up 6:37, 6:31, 6:24, 6:19. Not too bad still.

Riley was nice and picked me up today so I never had to run into the wind. I decided to get my long run done today because we have something going on Saturday. Tried to keep it easy but the wind pushed me along faster. AP 7:44

Ran with Denver today I originally wanted to go 5 miles but he tricked me into going further. It felt easy and glad I hit 50 miles for the week. AP 8:17

I did a workout today because I'm doing a 5k Thursday and I wanted to get an extra days rest in between. Riley had me do 2X2.5 miles with a 3 minute rest in between. The pace he had me set up on was 6:24. I hit 6:23 average on my first set then 6:26 average on my second. It was my first time doing this workout it was tough but happy with the outcome.

Easy run in South Weber

Getting ready for the Farmington 5K tomorrow. Ran shorter and did 3 pickups at the end of the run.

Riley and I signed up for a 5K on Thanksgiving in Farmington. Originally, we thought it was a flat course but mile 2 of the race was pretty beastly. My goal for this race was 19:30, still not knowing it had hills. The day before we went and picked up our packets and quickly drove the course to see that it was not flat. So then I was hoping just to win the $50 dollar visa card that was up for grabs and just run the 5k hard. The race started and most of the first mile was pretty flat the last little bit of the first mile had an uphill, I clocked 5:55 for mile 1. Then mile 2 was the challenge, two big rolling hills the first half of that mile, then a gradual uphill the second half this mile, I knew I would be slower so I didn't bother looking at my watch and just tried to push through hard on those uphills, mile 2 ended up being 6:45. A good downhill got me going for mile 3 then It evened out again and I ended up with a 6:06. and then .39 the last .13 of the race. I was pleasantly surprised to be under my original goal which leads me to believe, if this course were flat I would've been well under 19 minutes. And I happily won with the next girl finishing about 30 to 40 seconds behind me. Really happy with how this race turned out.

Ran a recovery day with my mother in law and sister in law. Nice weather out this morning.

Ran with Janae, Angie, and Merilee this morning from the stadium. Ran on the trails before it snows.

Ran easy in Ogden.

The plan was to do mile repeats this morning but there was no where to do them with all the slick roads so Katie and I opted to run for an hour while Sariah watched our kids. I'm planning on hitting the treadmill this afternoon while Hannah sleeps so I can do 3 fast miles on the treadmill.

Got on the treadmill this afternoon. It's hard to judge how many miles I did I just went by minutes and guessed I did 4.5 miles since my treadmill is inaccurate. I ran 38 mintues total. 10 minute warm up and then did 3 reps of 6:10 fast  since I was supposed to do my mile repeats at 6:10 pace. Then cooled down a few minutes.

Ran in South Ogden today in the freezing cold.

This weeks workouts just haven't panned out because of the weather we've been having. I've had to just do effort for the amount of time I'd normally spend on these workouts. Today I was meeting up with Sariah at 8:30 but it was 7 degrees out so she suggested going indoor because we both were planning a tempo run. Terry watched my kids so Sariah and I warmed up to the Dee Events center and decided to run in there, which brought back some painful memories of the old days at Weber doing workouts for indoor track. But we decided it would be a better workout then trying anything outside. So we just decided we'd do a hard effort for the amount of time it would take each of us to run a tempo run. We did a 2 mile warm up, a couple strides, then I ran hard for 24:44. It felt like it was a good effort and that I was going faster then I would've on the roads. Cool downn 2.1 miles

Ran on the treadmill

I ran early in the cold this morning, spent the night at my inlaws so they could be there with the kids while they slept, turns out both my girls woke up right after I left anyway. But the plan was to run 15 miles step progression. The first 3 miles were a warm up, the next 3 at 7:35, the next 4 at 7:20 pace, then the next 3 7:05 pace and then two miles easy. It turned out pretty well here's my splits for the faster miles, First 3 (7:23,7:27,7:28)Next 4 miles (7:12,7:16,7:16,7:17) Next 3 miles (6:56,7:10,7:05) My 7:10, 7:05 miles were hard because I was running on a gradual uphill, I didn't plan that out very well. But It was a good quality run for me in the cold weather.

Ran in Ogden in the "heat" of the day 17 degrees.

Today the plan was to do 3x1.5 miles at 6:15 pace. It was still cold and difficult to find a good spot on the roads to do them. The first one I ran into some unplowed part of the road but still manage to push through ok. The next two I found a clear course to run them. I did a two mile warm up. The first one was 9:20, the second 9:22 this measured out to be 1.49, then the last was 1.53 miles and was 9:32.

Split 1 - Mile 6:11, .5 mile 3:09

Split 2 -Mile 6:17, .49 3:05

Split 3 - Mile 6:13, .53 3:19

5 miles around South ogden. AP 7:56

Ran a 7 mile power run today. We did a 2 mile warm up. Here's my splits 6:35, 6:41, 6:33, 6:29, 6:35, 6:36, 6:34. Then did a quick cool down because I was running late.

Ran 40 minutes on the treadmill this afternoon.

Ran the first half of my run with a group, Janae, Katie, Angie, and Jasmine. I joined up late with them so I finished the last half on my own. The last 3 miles of the run were supposed to be a fast finish, I did 6:22, 6:22, then 6:49. The last mile just didn't happen but a good run overall.

It's been a tough day trying to get a run in. My baby is sick so we can't venture out anywhere. I was stuck doing a treadmill run today, but with a sick baby it's hard to find the times to do it since she wanted to be snuggled in my arms rather then in her crib taking a nap. I managed a 30 minute run this morning on the treadmill. Then got back on in the afternoon to do another 40 minutes but I got 18 minutes in and the power went out in my house. That's my luck so I'm calling it 6 miles today.

I did 8x600s with Katie today. The goal was 2:06 for each 600 with 1:45 rest. We warmed up two miles. Splits were 2:02, 2:03, 2:05, 2:06, 2:04, 2:07, 2:06, 2:06. It's hard for me to find pace when I'm doing faster intervals. I wish I would've had time to do 2 more because I finally felt like I had the pace down towards the end.

Ran in South Ogden

Treadmill run to much snow

Ran on my treadmill, this was all I could get in today.

Ran with Sariah, Angie, Katie, and Merrilee in the snow. Really slippery this morning but had fun with the group. We ventured onto railroad tracks, and almost got hit by a car.

Ran in South Weber on some slushy roads. AP 8:00

Ran a workout this morning 3x2 mile repeats with 3 min jog in between. 2.1 mile warm up. Splits (6:13, 6:17) (6:06, 6:11) (6:10, 6:12) I was running into a strong headwind on those second miles in each set. Pretty happy with the workout. 2 mile cool down.

Didn't run on Christmas because I ate all day and enjoyed being around family. Tried to do an aeorobic builder today. I did a two mile warm up and made 4 miles doing well then an idiot man shot his gun to close for comfort towards me and I was startled and stopped. I couldn't quite yell at him for being reckless he was farther up on the mountain. After that I couldn't get going again. I was to flustered. So I just finished at a steady 7:15. My first 4 miles were 6:50, 6:46, 6:38, 6:30.

Run in Lindon, didn't feel great today

Ogden loop with Allyssa, Sariah, and Janae. Good run to get me back on track next week. AP 7:37

South Weber run this morning AP 7:55

I wanted to do a workout today 4x 1miles I started the first one and felt terrible so I bagged it for today. That's how it's been the last few days of running. I haven't been feeling well at all, I went home and slept and felt a little better. Maybe I'm worn out from holidays and eating junk, not sure what's wrong.