Here we go..

Felt a little better today, glad to get through an 8 mile run.

Finally felt like I was getting back on track today. I did a 4 tempo today with Sariah and Angie started out conservative and went faster later in the run. 2 miles warm up and cool down. Splits 6:20, 6:33, 6:10, 6:13

Ran in North Ogden with my sister in law, she did really well. Nice change of scenery.

Cold morning, slick roads, fell hard once but good run with a good group. Sariah, Katie, and Angie. It went by really fast.

I have been very ill since Sunday. I caught a nasty bug and haven't been able to do anything including running. I'm down and out. Hoping my misery will end soon.i haven't been this sick in a long time.

Finally felt up to a run today just took it easy. Not feeling 100% yet.

Ran in South Weber in the nice weather. Feeling better today.

Run in South Weber, AP 7:40

6 miles in Ogden two miles faster to get my legs moving and ready for my race this saturday. 6:42, 6:38. Not sure what I will run the St. George half in after being out with illness last week. But happy to be running somewhere warm. 

Ran easy in South Weber

Run in Ogden

Ok, I'm glad I was able to go down and race. It had been a rough last 2 weeks with sickness. Feeling OK about the race and happy I placed first in my age group. I didn't have a lot of expectations going into the race, I thought I would try and keep the pace at around 6:30-6:35. I fell off the pace a little bit in miles 10-12, I need to work on that in my training. This was still an improvement from the Snow Canyon Half I ran in early November even though the time doesn't reflect that but this was a harder course. So hoping I can start stepping up my training in this next session. 

The gun went off and I tried to keep it in the 6:30s here's splits for the first half,  6:24, 6:33, 6:26, 6:28, 6:29, 6:40, 6:43 miles 6 and 7 had some good uphill.Mile 8 6:35, mile 9 6:32. Then I got to complacent and let the next 3 miles slip away from me and didn't push like I should've, 6:52, 6:50, 6:54 This is the part of the race i need to work on I need to push through ALL miles. The last mile I woke back up, got back to 6:29, and ended up passing the girl that was in my age group for first. 

Ran easy in South Weber, not as sore as I thought I would be from the race. Ready to figure out some goals for the Ogden Half I'm running in May. 

Ran in South Ogden while Sariah and Angie ran a workout. Feeling recovered from the race, I'll probably do a workout Thursday. AP 7:43

Run in South Weber. AP 7:35

Today I was thinking I would do some 400s but then decided to do a tempo instead since i didn't really have a good place to do the 400s. The tempo was just going to be based on how I felt rather hitting  a certain pace. I tried not to look at my watch while I was running. Splits (6:30, 6:34, 6:28, 6:20)

Cold and windy morning in South Weber. I wore some of Riley's fancy running clothes and realize he's had me running in rags. His expensive running clothes completely block out cold it was amazing.  

This was a PR for me, so I'm happy with how it turned out. I was so close to breaking 19 minutes I wish I would've realized that sooner in the race and went for it. I tried not to look at my watch during the race and just go after it. I was shocked at the pollution out there, it did not do wonders for my lungs. 5Ks just feel fast to me now and are over so quickly. I enjoyed the flatness of the course though. I wish I knew my exact splits but my watch is on the fritz right now and I need to get it figured out so I can retrieve my race results. But overall happy with how my race ended and there was a lot of fast competition in both the mens and womens races. Happy for Riley who won!

Went to HAFB gym today with the kids and ran on a nice treadmill. They lasted 53minutes in the play area so that's where I ended. I was trying to push for 60 minutes but in all honesty 53 minutes was a success with the kids. 

I did a tempo run today on the South Ogden loop. Warmed up 2 miles and did a 4 mile tempo with the goal of 6:20s, I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome here's the splits 6:19, 6:20, 6:10, 6:12. 2 mile cool down. 

Got a run in while my friend watched kids. Hoping to get on the treadmill later and get a few more miles in.

Ran at HAFB treadmill this afternoon. 4 more easy miles

I went to HAFB again today to do a workout on the treadmill. I did 6x1000, what I actually did was 5:52 pace on the treadmill for 3:40 six times with 2 minute jog in between, (not sure if that makes sense). I don't know how to adjust treadmills to do the workout I want and I didn't have time to figure it out. I cut my cool down short because I had to use the restroom.

Easy run on the treadmill at the gym I'm glad my kids did well there this week.

Ran with Sariah, Katie, and Angie early this morning. Good run AP 7:38

South Weber run in the evening. AP 7:45

I was pretty happy with my workout today, I saw a big improvement in mile repeats today also they were outside at 5 pm so I was trying to beat the dark. I did 6 x mile with about 2:45 jog in between. Two mile warm up. splits were 5:56, 5:58, 5:56, 5:57, 5:57, 5:55. My cool down was only a mile because the bathroom hit me.

Recovery run early in South Weber 6.13 miles

Mid morning run 3.25 miles while my friend watched my kids.

I had to wait and run at 5:15 in the evening today because I was stuck at home all day with sick kids. Sariah had sick kids at home and decided to workout with me. We did her tempo course that starts in Shadow valley. We did a two mile warm up then 5 miles of tempo. Splits 6:10, 6:16, 6:09, 6:08, 6:10. Two mile cool down. I had to start at the end of mile one for a bathroom break but got back into it. 

Recovery run in South Weber 8:04 pace

Ran in South Ogden with Katie and Angie, legs were sore. AP 7:45

Four miles early afternoon, hoping to get 6 more miles later.

6 more miles in the PM AP 7:57

I did a workout today with Angie. I was supposed to do 4 sets of 800/400/200/1000. But my time was limited so I only got through 3 sets, and Angie finished out the last set on her own. We did a 2.2 mile warm. Here's the workout splits 2:59(2 min rest)/1:24(1:30r)/.43(1minr)/3:51 (3minr) next set  3:01/1:26/.45/3:47 last set 3:00/1:29/.45/3:48. We were right on pace for where I wanted to be I wish I could've finished that last set but oh well pretty happy with the workout considering I've never been great at doing these types of set workouts.

Early morning run with Sariah 8 miles AP 7:36

Mid morning easy run 3.1 miles AP 8:12

I did a 6 mile progressive tempo run this morning, the plan was first two miles 6:45, then next two at 6:30, then the last two at 6:15. Two mile warm up and cool down. Splits: 6:38, 6:46 ,6:31, 6:29, 6:22, 6:14. My 5th mile was not planned out well I had to transition to 6:15 pace on a hills, my effort was probably faster then 6:15 pace for that mile.

Late afternoon run in South Weber easy run, sore legs. AP 8:00

Ran with Sariah, Angie, and Katie. We did a point to point run today from my in laws house to peak performance in Ogden. We ran a good pace for the bulk of the run we were under 7 min. pace. AP 7:02

I decided to workout today and wednesday this week because I'm running Dogtown half on Saturday. Monday workouts are hard for me. I'm coming off of eating way too much Sundays and no running. This workout didn't seem like it would've been hard but it felt hard. The plan was 2x2miles at 6:15 with 3 minute jog in between. Splits were (6:16,6:17) then (6:14, 6:14). It felt harder then it should have.

7 easy miles around South Weber in the evening.

I did a workout early this morning in South Weber. I kind of just went off feel. I did 4X400 (88,87,83,87) 4X200 (42,39,42,41) Good tune up workout before Dogtown.

Early morning run with Sariah in South Weber. AP 7:47

4 miles before heading down to st. george

I'm glad I got another PR for the half marathon my training is just getting better and better. This course was a lot harder then I thought it would be. The first 5 miles wasn't a straight downhill like I thought it had rolling downhill. Then after mile 5 I felt like I was working hard the rest of the race to keep up with the rolling course. Miles 9 and 10 had a really good uphill. Then I tried my best to race in the finish after that. I couldn't ever get into a steady rhythm. My splits are kind of all over the place not the smartest race. I wasn't trying to push hard at the start I was going by feel. But with the course being up and down this is what I ended up with. 6:01, 6:10, 6:12, 5:58, 6:19, 6:24, 6:36, 6:14, 6:35, 7:11, 6:43, 6:47, 6:32.

The reason I went down and did this race was because it was part of this triple crown series that this law firm, 1law,was advertising. They were offering $1,000 to overall male and female winners, who had run snow canyon half, st. george half, and dogtown half. They were going to base it off of how you placed in each race. I wasn't going to be the overall female winner but I knew I would be second. So I had been emailing this guy in charge of it and asking if second place of the triple crown was getting money. He did email me back about a week ago that "I could get $100-$200." So we decided to come down, race and see. Turns out they didn't give the money out they had originally advertised. Ben VanBeekum was the overall male winner of the triple crown and they gave him $250. A little less then the grand they said orginally. I came away with nothing. But after the efforts of Spencer Simpson and Nikki VanBeekum things got straightened out a little more and Ben ended up with $350 and I got the $100 I was promised in an email after the guy pulled up his email and saw that's what he had said to me. Poor Ben still didn't get the oringinal money he was told by the people working for 1law though. Hopefully that group will be more organized next year.

Sore legs, easy run. AP 8:10

Ran another easy day before leaving for Phoenix today. I'm excited to go down and watch Riley run the marathon and I decided to run the 10k. It should be fun, plus my mom will be coming too. 

I woke up in  Las Vegas this morning and did a workout I found a nice 1 mile loop around my hotel. Two mile warm up the plan was 6X1mile repeats at 6:10 pace. They felt pretty good for the most part, I felt like I had low on energy for the last two. I usually eat something for my workouts but I didn't get to this morning. 2:30 jog for rest. Splits were 6:11, 6:10, 6:07, 6:11, 6:13, 6:10. 

Easy run in Mesa beautiful weather today!

easy run in mesa

Today's race was a great confindence builder for me. I actually felt good the whole race got after it and competed. The course was flat and a little long, I think I would've broken 39 minutes had the course not measured long. But still a great race for me. My second PR in 8 days. (different distances of course) The last time I ran a 10K was back in 2011 at South Weber days I think I ran 42 something. But today the temperature was good, a little windy and rainy but not to terrible. There was one girl ahead of me at the start of the race but I focused and kept slowly reeling her in. I passed her up at mile 4 and put a gap on her. I'm not gonna lie, it felt a little good to do that. I'm usually the one people are blowing by at the end of a race. Short cool down for me today with Andrea and Jake. Today's race was doubly awesome because Riley won the marathon! He looked so relaxed coming in I thought he was finishing a half marathon rather then a full. I'm so proud of him! Also, my mom, aunts, cousins, and in laws were at the race cheering us on so it was good day for us! Now we're in a hotel in Las Vegas ready to head home tomorrow. Here's my splits for today, 6:14, 6:13, 6:17, 6:17, 6:05, 6:02, .36 2:00.

Nice easy run in South Weber

PM run: Pushed the kids in the stroller with Sariah while her son rode his bike on the parkway with us, hoping to get Evelyn to do the same for these easy second runs.

I went to the gym this morning to run on the treadmill but only made it 22 minutes in before Hannah had a melt down. There were to many kids around and she was tired so I'll try later this afternoon after she's had a nap. AP 8:00 1.5% incline

Thankful for my sweet sister in law who watched my kids this afternoon so I could get 6.3 more miles in for the day.

Ran a workout early this morning, it was really hard to get out of bed. 10x600 with 1:30 jog in between. I was trying to hit 5:35 pace which is 2:05. Started with a 2.18 mile warm up. There was wind this morning in South Weber which isn't a surprise so I picked a loop that had the least amount it wasn't to bad. Splits: 2:06, 2:03, 2:06, 2:02, 2:05, 2:04, 2:04, 2:04, 2:04, 2:04. Finally found a rhythm the last half of my intervals.

another easy 3.6 miles mid morning

Easy run in the rain. AP 8:00

Ran easy in South Weber and did some strides at the end.

Wow that was a tough course! I was definately hurting. I don't know if I would've run as fast if I didn't have Dave and Jason running with me as part of their easy run for the week. Thanks Dave and Jason for getting me through that! I was not good company in that race with my labored breathing but they were patient and helpful. Riley is still taking time off so he took some pictures which I'll post. I started out well and my first really big up hill on 36th street ended up being decent effort. But the next hills up 4600, and past Beus trailhead I fell off my pace and that hurt me with my overall place finish. I passed the third place girl after that then Jasmine passed me shortly after that and I couldn't catch her. I'm really happy with my overall time I was hoping for 1:07 and was well under that. Here's my splits: 6:18, 5:53, 6:19, 6:22, 7:18, 7:25, (these were the first steep miles), 8:10 (Yikes! not a good uphill mile for me.) 5:47 (downhill) 6:17, 6:39 (not a great finish I couldn't get up that last hill.) But overall happy with the effort and time. I ran this course 3 years ago and ran 1:17 so I'm definately a lot faster now then I was then. Jason and Dave running with me a week after their marathons. 

 ugly hills climbing up. 

sick

I got pretty sick Saturday night with fever and chills. I was pretty bad Sunday, I slept the whole day and had low energy. My fever finally broke Monday morning but still had low energy throughout the day, so I decided not to try something until today to test the waters. Energy is back up and I feel confindant I can do a workout on Thursday morning. I guess my body was just run down and needed a two day break.

Had a little bit of time in the morning to do a run while my friend watched. I didn't sleep well last night so I didn't get up and do my normal early run. Hoping to get another 4 miles in later.

PM miles: Met up with Angi and pushed my one year for another 4.2 miles. Good conversation it went by fast. AP 7:42.

I did an aeorobic builder this morning the goal was 7 miles at 6:40. I did a route by my in laws house. Two mile warm up, 6:26, 6:34, 6:36, 6:18, 6:27, 6:29, 6:23. My energy level felt good. There was uphill and down hill for the first 4.5 miles and the last 2.5 was flat. two mile cool down. 

Early run in South Weber, cold and windy.

Ran with Katie and Angie on this morning on some trails. I did my last two miles faster for some pick up. AP7:31 Last two miles were 6:23, 6:23. Tightness in my lower back the last .3 of the run. I need to stretch extra good today. 

I've been walking with a limp since Saturday after my run. My sciatic nerve is hating me right now and suddenly flared up at the very end of my long run on Saturday. This happened last May, except I didn't know what was going on then and after several weeks of not running I went and saw an athletic trainer and got some stretches to do that started relieving my pain pretty quickly. I'm hoping I can get this taken care of with some stretching, icing, heat this week and get back to it the next week. We'll see.....

Cross training on stationary bike for 45 minutes. Still waiting out my sciatic nerve to stop shooting pain up and down my leg when I walk.

Biked today for 35 minutes, that's all I could fit in. When I can't run I have no motivation for cross training. So this week has been kind of a bust. But yesterday Angie let me come use her inversion table a couple of times. Her husband had sciatic nerve problems and recommended using it and some stretches with an excercise ball. This morning I have felt better then I have since last Saturday. Hopefully tomorrow will feel even better and I can run a little.

Got out to the gym this morning for some cross training. Elliptical irrates the nerve a little bit so I did a combination of elliptical and bike for an hour. I did try running on the indoor track but I can't still. Until the sharp pain in my lower back goes away I can't run. I'll just keep trying a combination of stretches, exercise ball, and inversion table to get this pain away. But i'm afraid it will take time. I don't know how much time at this point last time this happened it took a few weeks but I didn't know what it was then and how to fix it. I'm hoping this time pain will stop soon because it's getting frustating doing day to day tasks such as walking and lifting my 1 year old in constant pain.

Hopefully this week will be a new beginning and I can get back into training. I saw a Chiropracter on Friday and I felt like he fixed me. He said my tail bone was out so he readjusted my spine and over the weekend felt much better. I can walk normal again. I saw him monday and everything looked good so he said I could start running this week a little at a time. So I tried walking and jogging a mile. There is still some soreness there. Hopefully that'll go away this week with some stretching. 

Ran another mile today on the treadmill to test the waters. I ran more during the mile today then I did yesterday it felt better. I have a lot of tightness in my right glute still which is keeping me from running all out at the moment, hoping to continue to work through it this week.

Ran on the treadmill today, my soreness is getting better each day.

Almost there, 2.5 miles on the treadmill

Painful two miles

WARNING: this is a "woe is me" post. I ran a mile tonight and still have pain. The frustrating thing is that I don't feel anything until I start running. At least I can do my day to day activities pain free but can't run pain free. It took me a little over a year to get to where I was before getting hurt. After 13 months and 70 lbs later I'm sidelined by an injury. I'm not sure when I will be able to run pain free but I'm going into my fourth week feeling depressed and pessimistic. Sorry to be a downer. Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow but at this moment I'm doing everything in my power not to make a huge pan of brownies and eat it all in one sitting.

2 miles with less pain.  I won't run again until Thursday.

Every time I've tried running the pain is less and less, today it was almost completely gone. And I was back to my normal stride. AP 7:50

More improvement today. I was only going to do 3 miles but I felt good so I added a mile. AP 7:37 picked up the last mile to 6:58. I was going to run every other day this week, except I think I'll run tomorrow and take Friday off. It's my birthday tomorrow and instead of running 28 miles, a mile for every year I've been alive, I'll do 28 minutes. 

I ended up running an easy 30 minutes instead of 28 minutes, went over by 2 minutes. 

Feeling better and better everyday. Ready to move mileage up. AP 7:37

Nothing lets you know your fitness is down by pushing your kids in the stroller I was feeling pretty winded. Tough run this morning in the wind.

Quick 2.1 mile run in the evening, I didn't have much time and I ended up racing the wind. Just keeping my mileage low.

Easy run today. I'll probably try a workout tomorrow. AP 8:08

I did my first workout today since the injury. I wanted to keep it controlled just so I can see how my sciatic will react. I did a 3 mile tempo after a 1.3 mile warm up. Ended with a two mile cool down. 6:44, 6:35, 6:40. I can tell my fitness is down but that's to be expected. Happy with how it felt, sciatic didn't flare up during the run. 

Easy 3 

Ran with Angie, Katie, and sariah, this morning for the first time in awhile. It was nice to run with people again. Felt tired, especially up hills. AP 7:37

I did an interval workout this morning 8x400 with 90 sec. jog in between. Splits 85, 85, 86, 84, 85, 84, 84, 84. I was happy I was consistent. I wasn't sure how fast I should do them but that was about right. 

Easy run in South Weber. 

 4 mile tempo run in my South Weber neighborhood. I wanted to stay around 6:40ish, still easing back into workouts. Splits 6:38, 6:42, 6:42, 6:36. Felt pretty good except the sections into the wind. 

Easy run around South Weber, I had some soreness in my back today or I would've gone 5 miles. But I'm trying to be conservative. 

Ran with Katie this morning on some trails. I was planning 10 miles but my leg felt good so I ended up going 12.5. We cheered for Sariah and Allyssa at the end of their Shadow Valley Elementary school 5k. 

8 mile aerobic builder in st. George this morning. Windy conditions and I had some uphill to battle. I have never had great workouts Monday mornings coming off of the weekend. Today went better then I thought but not great. AP was 7:02. I'm still finding my way back to the shape i was in before injury. I'm hoping to average 6:50s for the Ogden half. This was a good indicator that I maybe could do that considering the course I ran today was not easy.

Ran on a hilly course in san Diego this morning. Yesterday on our way here we were stuck in a hellish 4 hour traffic jam. There was no way out of it.

A workout today in san Diego. I did 2x2 miles and ended with 1 mile. I couldn't find a place that was flat. So settled with uphill for my first set and worked on my downhill running the second set. My last mile was gradual uphill. Splits: (6:30,6:35) (6:16, 6:21) 6:03. 4 minute jog between set. 3 minute jog before mile.

sore from yesterdays workout and sea world. Slow run today.

More San Diego running. AP 8:02

Ran along the board walk at mission beach. It was sooooo nice to run next to the ocean. I ran miles 6-11 faster AP 6:40. The whole run AP 7:33. Felt good and enjoyed the scenery.

Windy run with Katie this morning AP 7:34

I did 8x400m today. It felt hard for some reason today. I'm not really sure what to expect for the Ogden Half this weekend, I'll just run off of feel. Here's the splits for today 84, 84, 85, 82, 84, 84, 84, 82. 90 sec. rest. 

Ran with Sariah this morning, legs feeling a little sore. My AP is always a little faster with Sariah AP 7:27.

Pushed my kids 3 more miles in the evening with Angie. AP 7:47

Felt sluggish today and my legs are still sore. AP 8:15

Pushed kiddos today. Excited to run the Ogden half tomorrow, nice and relaxed. AP 8:30

This was my first time running the Ogden Half and I loved the scenery. I ran the Ogden Marathon a few years back but didn't enjoy running down Ogden canyon like I did today. I felt the downhills today on the course and remember thinking, "where were these hills when I ran the marathon?!" Today, I wasn't expecting much since I'd only been back to training hard in the last 3 weeks from taking 4 weeks off with a sciatic nerve injury. Riley encouraged me not to wear my watch so I didn't stress about pace and just run off of feel. It's really nice running a race with no pressure or expectation. I took the first 5 miles easy and then decided to work the canyon portion of the race. I looked ahead and just slowly started picking off people. When I got out of the canyon and onto the parkway I started feeling fatigued and by mile 11 I was hurting and hoping to hang on and finish the race. It was a slower finish for me but that'll come back again with more running. I was surprised to see my time at 1:25 when I ran in and am way happy with it! 4 out of the top 5 women places today were  taken by utahrunning.com elite team wahoo! Special shout out to my friend Katie Thompson who won! She's not on the blog but a great runner I'm happy for her today! Here's some pictures taken by Riley today.

Here's some of the Utahrunning.com elite team:Angie wheeling in!! 

Allyssa finishing

Katie winning!

Easy run in South Weber this morning. Sore legs. AP 8:33

Easy run with Sariah this morning and windy South Weber, AP 7:49 Legs feel better today.

PM run 3.5 miles easy. AP 8:04

It took the first 4 miles to wake me up. Pretty tired today. AP 8:30

I ran with Sariah this morning, I decided to try and do what I thought would be an "easier" workout just to get my legs going. After a 2 mile warm up we did 8X200m hill repeats up burch creek trail. I haven't done hill repeats in years. My legs didn't hurt so much as I was breathing SO hard on each hill repeat. I thought 200m wouldn't be a big deal but this turned out to be one of the hardest workouts I've done in a long time. I can tell I'm lacking in both speed and strength still. I didn't worry about time I just ran up hard, then jogged down, and started again. Cool down back to Katie's house. 

Trail run with Sariah this morning. We're on our way to San Diego and Disneyland this next week hopfully I can find some beautiful spots by the beach to run. AP 8:14

Ran in st.george this morning. Last two miles I picked up 7:22 then 6:44. Easy recovery for the first 8. Ran a couple miles with Denver and Terry.

Easy miles in Oceanside

10 humid miles. Picked up 6.5 miles a little bit. AP 7:05 for those.

Last run in Oceanside now onto Disneyland today!!

Easy run in Anaheim. I couldn't get into the run I was to excited for California adventures.

stiff legs + pushing kids+ returning to altitude= slow run today. Feeling out of shape again.

Another easy run pushing the kids 3.3 miles

I haven't felt good since the Ogden half. I was supposed to do a long workout today 4-3-2-1 but felt like garbage. I did the first 4 at 6:32, 6:39, 6:33, 6:41 this set felt hard for some reason. I started the next set but fell off pace within the first half mile so I just scraped it and called it a slow 4 mile tempo. My legs feel like they weigh an extra 15 lbs each. Hoping to feel better soon. 

Pushed the kids on the parkway with Sariah this morning, we could only fit in 6 miles. I might try to get a couple more miles in later. 

Quick 2.3 miles on the treadmill for a little extra. It's all I had time for. 

I'm still feeling crummy with my running. Each interval in my workout today seemed like a challenge. I'm in some kind of mental funk right now. Hoping to get out of it soon. I probably need a few days with just easy runs. Here's my workout today: 1000-3:36 4X400 83, 84, 86, 85, then 4x200 (felt so hard) 39, 37, 38, 38. That's all I could muster today.

Nice easy run with Angie this morning. I felt better for the first time in a couple weeks. 

I ran on the trails at Snowbasin this morning with Angie, Sariah, and Katie. It was a nice change of scenery. We ended up running 2 hours. Fun run!

easy run in South Weber

I met up with Sariah early this morning to do a workout. She did an easier tempo I did 14     1min on/off pick ups AP 6:51 for the pickups. It was the first day in awhile I felt good. I'm supposed to run Utah Valley half this weekend and today I finally felt like I can get through it ok. I have no expectation for this race since the last three weeks haven't gone well plus we were in California for 1 week so my training wasn't there. I probably won't wear a watch again. 

Easy run this morning with Sariah and Angie.

easy run in Ogden

Easy miles with some strides at the end. Excited for another race tomorrow.

This was not my best race. This was my first bad race of the year. The last three weeks I'd been struggling and I didn't have high hopes for this race. Katie stayed with me at my grandparents house and we rode to buses where we met up with Sariah. We got there and felt the wind blowing and I realized Riley was right, there was going to be a headwind in the canyon today. He says this happens every so often and it happened to be race day that it happened. We did a two mile warm up and some strides. I didn't wear my watch again hoping that would help me like it did at Ogden half (it did not). I ran with a girl for the first four miles she said that our first mile was 6:24 and our second was 6:35. Those are the only splits I know. I felt OK while I was running through the canyon but I could feel I wasn't running as fast as Ogden a couple weeks ago. I tried picking people off in the canyon but they were all to far ahead. I got one guy in a green shirt. Out of the canyon around mile 8 I got a massive side ache, I was nursing it for the next mile and it caused me to slow down way to much. It was painful and it now effected my time even worse. So I turned my race into a faster long run at that point and basically just finished. Not a good day for me but hopefully I can come back from it soon. I did a mile cool down with Katie and then another mile by myself so I could meet up with Riley and cheer for the marathoners. 

Easy run in South Weber

South Weber again, that is all.

3.6 miles in the evening 

It was a beautiful crisp autumn morning today, nice easy run in a long sleeve. 

I signed up for this race a couple weeks ago for fun. My daughter ran the kids K and did awesome, I was worried I was a little too competitive in her race. I may or may not have yelled the words, "lean into the hill!" "Get that kid!" "Beat your cousins!" Yikes, I need to tone it down a bit she did great. Her race was basically my warm up, after the kids race I found Sariah and we warmed up 5 more minutes and did a couple strides. This race was for fun so we didn't care a whole lot how warmed up we were. Sariah went out with me at the start and as soon as we hit the first hill she took off. After I passed the first mile I knew the race was going to be short. But I just kept going with it. When we hit the second monster hill I slowed down a ton so my second mile was slow. But I picked it back up the last .78 of the race and was going 5:54 pace and feeling strong, so I feel confident I would've been just over 19:00 with my other two mile splits of 6:27, 6:51. That was my workout for the week. 

I pushed the kids this morning for 6 miles. That's all my three year old can handle sitting in the stroller. I'm going to have to get her some headphones so she can listen to her own music. Then we got back and I jumped on our crappy treadmill for 3 more miles. 

Ran with a good group this morning Angie, Katie, sariah, and merrilee. We ran trails today. Fun run it went by fast.

Early morning run in the windy city

I got up at 5 today to do my workout. Bright and early. I'm not much of a morning person but I've been forcing myself to be while Riley is injured so I can get my runs done early. I drove and parked at my in laws house and did the South Ogden tempo loop today. I ran a 2.15 warm up. The plan was to do a tempo run based on feel. It turned out ok for the early morning 6:34, 6:33, 6:37, 6:31. I jogged for 4minutes then did 4x400s with 90 sec rest. 81, 80, 82, 83. That last 400 was into the wind and it felt sooo hard. 

I pushed the kids this morning really slow. My legs were sore from lifting yesterday. Hoping to get at least 3 more miles in later..

3 more easy miles to get 9 for the day.

Ran early with Allyssa and Angie in South Weber. It was really nice to run with people this morning.

The intention was to do my long run today. I wanted to get 17 miles in with a 10 mile aeorobic builder in the middle. My achilles has been sore for the last two days but I thought it would warm up and go away. I ran a three mile warm up and the plan was to average 6:45-6:50. I was feeling really good except for my achilles. After about 3 miles on pace and feeling relaxed it started effecting my stride and speed. I was compensating on my sore achilles too much. I went back and forth for the next few miles still wondering if I should stop, I really wanted to do this workout and I was feeling good but I decided I couldn't put up with another 8 miles with a little limp. It felt like I sprained my ankle. After about another 3.5 miles I decided I needed to end it and take tomorrow off. There is some swelling on my left achilles so hopefully some ice over the weekend will help and I can run on Monday. Here's splits for my 7 miles of aeorbic builder 6:43, 6:44, 6:44, 6:56, 7:00 6:55, 7:11. The 4th mile was when it started effecting my stride and then my pace. 

Swollen foot still. Not sure how it happened, no running...

Foot is getting better so I tried running today. There is still some swelling which is noticeable when I put my shoe on. I'm supposed to run the Blaisdell 5K this weekend. I may still try and do it. 

My foot is feeling a lot better today. This will be interesting to run a 5k off of not much from the last two weeks. Its just for fun anyway. Coach blaisdell is retiring from Weber state coaching and we're celebrating by holding a 5k. Good man!

Ran a race today on the Weber State Campus for Coach Blaisdell's retirement party. Hilly course, I was tired from not running for 2 weeks. My foot was ok during the race. It was fun to see a lot of people I hadn't seen for awhile. The first hill was downhill and the rest felt like a lot of uphill to me, I couldn't get my legs going, not a very fast time but I'm not really worried about it. It was a fun race today.

5 miles pushing the kids in the wind

Wobbly legs today.

Feeling better today. AP 7:25

Pushed the kids on the parkway today.

Ran Wheeler Canyon trail this morning with Sariah. Great run today!

Nice temperature this morning. 

Hot run in the evening in South Weber. I'm just glad I got it in I've had a busy day.

Pushed the kids with Sariah on the parkway this morning.

I didn't have a lot of time today so I ran out my door and ran faster for 3 miles. No warm up just started going. AP 7:02

Ran with Loren, Merilee, and Angie this morning on the trails. They took it easy on me today. :)

I'm logging pregnant miles from now until march 8th. Or until it becomes too uncomfortable to run which I hope isn't to soon. This will be my first pregnancy I'm going to try and run during. So if anyone has helpful tips on long distance running and pregnancy I'd love to hear them.

today I ran 2 miles with my nephew who's deciding between soccer and cross country for the fall. The rest of the run I averaged 7:02.

First 3 miles with my nephew he was faster today then yesterday and had a strong finish. Then went out for another 4 miles. Finished my last mile in 6:47.

Highly unmotivated today. 3 miles with my nephew he's getting faster and faster everyday.

Ran in Washington. Last mile was 6:48

Kennewick run in the heat and wind.

Did a quick run today. Its all I had time for.

Last run in Kennewick, drove home all day today.

Legs feel like jello probably from being in the car all day yesterday. Hopefully they'll feel ok tomorrow. I'm running the South Weber days 10k

I was nervous to run this race today because I haven't been doing any workouts. I've been running and running pregnant is new for me, so racing pregnant was even newer territory. But turns out its not a big deal. I really wanted to do this race because of the cash prizes. I got $100 for winning which made my day.

I started out the race comfortable because I knew I would be running up some good hills for the first two miles. I noticed there weren't any other women close to me once the 12 year old boys were all weeded out. So I knew I could relax and run a good race. I wanted to keep a steady pace. After I got past the hills it was smooth sailing and I enjoyed the race. I wanted to keep my miles under 7 minute pace on the up hills, which I did. I'm happy with how the race turned out. I ran this race three years ago and was over 42 minutes.AP 6:41. Splits were 6:41, 6:52, 6:39, 6:40, 6:46, 6:39, .57

Ran early this morning and part of my run with Heidi, Sariah, Angie, and Allyssa. Legs were a little sore from my race Saturday, I might try and do some kind of workout this week. 

Ran in South Weber this morning. I kept my last two miles under 7:00 min. pace. (6:57, 6:49) I have one more race to run in September, The classic 5K. My goal is to run faster then 7 minute pace in my "condition." I guess I should try to do more speed work until then.

Pushed the kids around South Weber with Sariah. Glad I got out and run with someone today.

Sariah and I did the Unitah loop this morning. AP 7:35

Easy run in South Weber.

Got out late today, it's been a rough week. Finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

Trail running today with Sariah, great run.

Ran my Unitah loop, no wind this morning and nice temperatures.

 I didn't get up this morning to run so later I only had time for 3.47 miles. But hoping to try and run everyday this week. Some is better then none for me. 

I pushed kids with Sariah on the parkway today. Glad I squeezed it in again.

Today I ran 10x 1min on/off. For my fast 1 min. surges I averaged 5:53 pace. I can tell I'm slowing down and I'm feeling heavier everyday. I'm 12 weeks along right now. Hoping to run as long as I can. 

My mom is in town so I was able to run whenever I wanted this morning while she watched my girls. I'm still averaging about 7:50 pace for my miles. That may not seem impressive but for me this is huge while I'm pregnant. 

Ran on the trails this morning perfect weather.

Quick run this morning before onion days parade in Payson with my grandma. Its getting harder to stay motivated and getting out to run.

I ran in the heat of the day while my mom watched my youngest girl. This is her last time watching for me since she's going back to Washington this afternoon. I did a 3 mile tempo run today. Quick warm up and cool down. splits 6:28 (downhill), 6:47, 6:38. I was winded on my second mile but felt better my last mile. 

Felt horrible today.

Felt much better today. Run from my in laws house while my mother in law watched me kids.

I'm planning on running the Layton Classic 5K tomorrow. It should be fun. I ran with Sariah this morning around South Weber. It's always nice to run with Sariah. 

I had fun running this race today. I felt good and was pleasntly surprised I ran faster then I did last year. They did change the 5k course a little bit to accomodate the 10k course. The start was further back then from last year but all the miles were pretty much the same.  The 5k course ended up being a little longer. I clocked it at 3.29 on my garmin and Angie had 3.24. I only did about 1.5 mile warm up because I was helping out with some of the race stuff. I got into the race and felt nice and relaxed for my first mile. The second mile has a gradual uphill and then a steeper uphill, but I was still feeling ok. The 3rd place girl was about 20 seconds ahead of me the whole race. I couldn't quite make up any ground on her. My AP for the race was 6:32, much better then I thought I could run and faster then my AP from last years race. My mile splits this year: 6:27, 6:41, 6:23, .29 - 1:57. My splits from last year were 6:23, 6:43, 6:44. I ran the last mile much better this year. 

Nice weather in South Weber. 14 weeks prego AP 7:55

Evening run with Angie in south Weber. The run went by fast and Angie let me stop for the bathroom twice.

Pushed one of my kids in the stroller today while the other was at preschool. I felt tired today. steady and slow. 

I ran from home to the Riverdale parkway. Riley picked me up. I mostly ran under 8 min pace except for the 5th mile when I ran up our steep toll road. Hills kill me now. But glad I got it done.

These miles were done at the National Mall in D.C. Riley and I took a trip this last week. Not much running the rest of the week we did a lot of walking in D.C. and Philadelphia. 

Sore legs from not running for awhile. Riley had surgery on his knee Monday and I found some time to go today while my oldest was a preschool and my youngest was sleeping. I wanted to keep it quick so I wasn't away from home to long. That's probably how it will be the rest of the week. 

5 miles in the heat while my mother in law watched my kids. I'm getting a little slower everyday.

Pushed kids this morning with Katie on the parkway. She actually pushed my two kids while I pushed her one. She was awesome and was making it easier on me. I was still breathing hard but glad I could run with someone this morning.

Cold by the end of the week, short runs this week was all I could muster.

Run around South Weber, a little bit slower then last week. 

With Sariah today

Beautiful run on the trails!

I ran from my in laws house today. I've been doing a ton of yard work all week and have been counting that as exercise this week. 

Ran around my neighborhood today. Enjoying this nice weather, perfect temperatures.

Trails today with Angie, Jasmine, Allyssa, Cynthia, and Katie. This is a really fast group, luckily it was their easy day and most of them are done racing for the season, so I could sort of keep up with them. 

Finally got the week off to a good start with running, hopefully I can make it last this week. 19 weeks preggo.