Here we go..

I finally got out and ran today. I haven't been running much the last couple weeks because of weather and laziness. I ran with Sariah which is what I needed to kick start me back into exercising. I really needed it.

Run with Sariah in the morning while my mother in law watched my kids. Running in the morning feels the best. 

Ran with Sariah this morning in South Ogde, a lot of hills

Run in my neighborhood. 32 weeks preggo tomorrow.

2.5 miles was all I could stand on my treadmill at home, then I went outside and shoveled then took my girls sledding somewhere. I'm counting that as exercise today, walking up and down the hill. 

I didn't feel great today, walked and ran. I haven't felt well the last couple days.

Went to the gym and did the stationary bike and then ran on the treadmill for 15 minutes. It's starting to get harder to stay motivated to run these days. 34 weeks.

walk/jog

I've been exercising a couple times a week at this point, not doing a whole lot. Today I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill trying to get this baby to come. That didn't work. Still playing the waiting game. 

I went for a walk with no intention to run but decided to halfway through just to see how it would feel. I'm not one that pushes into running right after having a baby but my body seemed ok. I felt very heavy. 

Once again, I'm not pushing hard with these short runs, I'm just testing the waters.  My baby is almost 3 weeks old now. I've never tried to do exercise until at least 5 weeks post pardum but I've been feeling good and may try some more running on Friday.  

Another easy run in south Weber. Being careful

Run in South Weber. Feeling heavy still but I think I'll feel that way for a few more weeks. Slowly plugging away and just doing what my body feels up to doing.

I ran the full 3 miles today. I've been running the same route and feel slightly better then I did on Tuesday. 

Run in South Weber.

I ran in the rain this evening. My legs are slowly starting to get their rhythm back. I look forward to having my half hour of running. I come back from it a little calmer. Soon the half hour will turn into a longer run.

Beautiful weather

I'm still doing a solid 3 miles. I'm still feeling slow and heavy. I hope this will start to feel better. 5 weeks post partum

I wasn't planning on running today but despite the weather I had to get out of the house.

3 miles has been my magic number so far and i'll probably continue at that distance until it doesn't feel so hard. I've started some strength training which should help me progress too. I'm hoping I can be somewhat prepared for a small 5k race in 9 weeks. 

3 more miles for the week. Now trying to run 4 days a week.

3 miles @ 8:56. Finally hit 3 miles under 9 minute pace.

Strength training today.

I ran this morning with Sariah for 30 minutes. I was breathing heavily the whole time but its good to run with someone faster then me sometimes. Afterwards katie and sariah met at my house for strenghth training. I'll be sore tomorrow.

4 miles in South Weeb. AP 9:30

3 miles in nice weather. Also, strength training in the morning

First time I pushed two kids in months and it was SLOW.

Sariah offered to watch my kids so I could run. So I ran from her house to the Ogden Athletic club then back. I'm trying to get back on track with running I was really busy last week. the goal this week is to run 4 days.

Strengtht training today

AP 8:57. I am ahead of where I was after my second baby. There's hope still. 

Ran from Sariah's house today felt ok. AP 9:00 Afterwards we did strength training

South Weeb run in the cold and rain. AP 8:42 I think strength training is helping me improve bit by bit. I need to continue to keep it up twice a week. 

I don't think I ate enough this afternoon. My energy levels felt low. Goal for this week: hit another 4 days of running and do a 6 mile "long" run at the end of the week. Slowly chip away at baby weight. AP 9:01

Strength training this morning.

I threw in 8x 30 second surges with 1 min. rest in between. Trying to get the rust out of my legs. 

Running in the rain on highway 89, towards Tony's pizza. AP 8:03

South weber run. AP 9:21. Legs sore today from the strength training this week. 

Quick run this afternoon after the Ogden Marathon AP 8:58. I was proud of Riley for finishing even though he threw up a few times during the race. 

Ran early today, I felt stiff and had to stop for the bathroom. I wanted to get 5 miles in but ran out of time.

I got one more day of early running before I go up to Washington tomorrow. I threw in 10x 40 sec. spurts with 1 min. rest. This felt easier then last week. AP 8:36

Running at sea level in Kennewick makes me feel like I'm in better shape then I am. AP 8:30

Ran in the desert today. I had a rough weekend with my two year old. She was pretty sick one night and I was up from 11 pm to 6 am. I had no energy today.

AP 8:22. Still felt tired today.

Back in Ogden and hoping to get back on track this next week. Ran on the trails, I had no energy from my travels. 

Ran is South Weber today, hot and slow. AP 9:18

Katie watched my kids so I could run. So thankful for good friends. Hot day at 10:45. 

I did 5x400 meters with 1:10-1:20 min rest. This was my first real workout since the baby and it was hard but I'm glad I got it out of the way, hopefully they'll start to get easier. I was shooting for 1:40 for each 400. 1:37, 1:38, 1:38, 1:39, 1:38. 2 mile warm up 1.7 mile cool down.

I also did boot camp, muscles will be sore tomorrow. 

I wasn't planning on running today because I was way to sore and fatigued from the day before to go but I'm counting the 1 mile of running I did while my daughter rode her bike and I pushed my other two kids, anyway. Deal with it. 

I'm still sore today but did more boot camp/strength training today plus ran 4.3 miles. 

South Weeb run, I wasn't as sore today. AP 8:53

My two girls like to go on "runs" with me when I get back. So I took them out. I'm always surprised by my two year old, she loves doing it and never whines she just silently runs with her little legs. 

Today was the first day I didn't feel so heavy on my feet. AP 8:48

Today was another step in the right direction. I'm starting to feel more smooth on my runs. Ran up woodland hill today. AP 9:00

Strength training

Ran from my in-laws house and picked a hilly course.

I did 6x400 today with about 90 sec. rest. I started with a 2.3 mile warm which included a couple strides to get my legs going. I felt good through 4 of the 400s so I thought I would do 2 more but my last 2 I fell off pace. Overall it was a better workout and an improvement from last week.  91, 92, 92, 91, 95, 95.

Strength training

I enjoyed running on the trails today and ran for 63 minutes, my longest run since the baby.

Quick run this morning to get 30 miles for the week. Sariah watched this morning while Riley was in Provo racing. So grateful for good friends who offer to babysit so I can run. 

6 miles in the rain AP 9:00

Fiver in the heat. AP 8:59

Ran in South Weber, then spent the day celebrating our 9 year anniversary

I ran my first race since my baby. I'm about 3 months post partum and I was happy with my race today considering how long it takes me to get in shape after having babies. It was just fun to get out and race again, even though it was almost 100 degrees.  I'm still a long ways off but I used this race to get my legs moving again. This race is short and hilly, you run up two very steep hills in the beginning and the middle. Katie won it overall then Sariah came in 4th. I ended up being the 3rd place female. AP 7:47 

AP 8:50

I also did some lifting today.

77 minutes on a new trail by the North Ogden Divide. I really liked this trail but because I'm out of shape still it took me awhile to do 7 miles. 

Felt better today. AP 8:33.

.6 with my daughter.

Ran in South Weber this morning while Sariah watched my kids. Then we lifted afterwards. AP 8:33

Hot day running, as soon as I got back from my run we went swimming. AP 8:56

I ran a workout at Beus pond this afternoon. It's shaded enough to where it's not terrible running intervals there in the heat. I did 8x400 with 200 meter jog for rest. I felt stronger then I did two weeks ago when I did this workout. Two weeks ago I barely got through 6 today I got through 8. 93, 92, 92, 91, 90, 91, 91, 92. 

6.5 miles with Katie in South Weber. This was my first time running with someone since the baby. It was an easy day for Katie and a good run for me. I'm glad I went with someone. I definately ran faster with Katie then I would have by myself. AP 8:17

Ran in south Weber. I hope I can keep adding a little to my weekly mileage. AP 8:26

6.2 miles in south weeb in 101 degrees. AP 8:32

.2 with my girls after my run. They didn't want to go to far in the heat.

Another hot run in South Weber. I run through any sprinkler that's on. My legs were sore because of the strength training I did earlier in the day. AP 8:52

Feeling fatigued today. AP 9:05

Morning run in south Weber. It was a nice change to not run in the heat. I did a 2 mile warm up then 12x 1 min on/off. My AP for the spurts was 6:15.

Run in Fernley, NV. Its a hole. But we're on our way to a family reunion. AP 8:14

We were in the mountains of northern California I knew I didn't want to go long and far today because we are at a family reunion. Plus, I was afraid of bears, mountain lions, etc.

Run in Winnemucca, NV then we'll be home.

Run from my in laws house this evening. The temperature was nice and I got some trail running in.

I ran with Angie tonight. It was fun to run with her again. My new fastest run for the year, its good to run with someone faster then me its helps me get in shape faster. AP 8:01

I ran in South Ogden today and decided to do a 3 mile tempo. The first one since baby #3. She's 4 months old and sleeping through the night. I don't know how I got so lucky. I started running tonight at the same time as a pretty intense thunderstorm. The wind was blowing hard and the rain was unforgiving, then the lightening started after I was about 1 mile into my warm up. It cracked right over my head twice so I decided it would be best if I took refuge in the starbucks near by. After about 10 minutes the lightening and thunder moved on and the wind wasn't blowing as hard so I ventured out again and finished a 2 mile warm up. I jumped right into the tempo but I didn't really have a goal time in mind. I pretty much just went off of feel. This was my first tempo in a year and I still haven't lost much of my baby weight despite consistent running (people say you lose weight nursing, but I don't believe them). Anyway, tempo splits were 7:10, 7:02, 6:46. I was happy with this, I needed to start somewhere. I'm hoping I continue to improve. 2 mile cool down. 

Easy run in the morning.

Ran after riley finished his race at the hobbler half. He did awesome and won!

6 miles on my loop around my in laws house.

Riley dropped me off down the Riverdale parkway and I 5 miles towards home in south Weber and he picked me up at the end. AP 8:29

Low energy today. AP 9:13

Ran from my in laws house. It's nice when my mother in law watches for me. 

3 easy miles in South Weber, I'm running the Morgan 5k tomorrow morning.

We got a babysitter today so we could both race up in Morgan. Riley ran the marathon and I ran the 5K. I was disappointed to learn the day before the race that they weren't offically timing the 5K. I didn't want to do the 10k though because I still have a lot of baby weight to lose and the 5K would be a perfect workout for the week. I had no expectations going into this race. The temperature was nice and cool. 

The gun went off and I immeidately was the first place female. There were quite a few high school boys who went out in front of me but I ended up catching most of them and only losing to 4 of them. The first mile had an uphill then the rest of the course was flat. As I started getting a feel for the race I picked a pace that would be comfortable and a good push for me. So I tried to run all 3 of my miles under 7 minute pace. Mile splits were 6:59, 6:51, 6:59. I was pushing hard the last mile to keep under 7 minutes. I just barley got there. It's a good starting place for me. Hopefully I'll keep at it and improving. Now I'm looking for another 5k to jump into soon.

I ran with Sariah today in South Ogden. AP 8:22

I ran in South Weber this evening for 6 miles then 1.24 miles with my girls. 

I ran in south Ogden this evening. I decided to do a workout and run the south Ogden 5k course as a tempo run. Before I started running the wind kicked up and a storm was headed my way. So I knew it wasn't going to be easy to run at a decent pace plus the course I picked had a couple steep hills. I did 1.5 mile warm up, I didn't have much time, my sister in law was watching my kids. I started my workout into the wind and uphill. My legs felt fatigued the whole time. I only got my last mile split because my watch was acting screwy. The last mile is the easiest one on that course and I was 6:46. I think my average pace for the course was 7:25 so I definitely struggled up the hills. But my AP was faster then the race I ran a month ago on that course, so that's a positive to take away. Today was a reminder about how far out of shape I am. 1 mile cool down. 3 mile tempo time: 22:15

Quick run while Sariah watched my kids this morning. AP 8:45

Run in South Weber, I was up early today in Salt Lake at the parade and I've been tired all day. I just did a nice easy run hoping to have a good 10 miler tomorrow. 

I ran the Unitah loop this morning. Longest run so far this year and highest mileage week. I'll just keep plugging away. AP 8:28

I ran 6 miles in South Weeb AP 8:30 then ran another 1.15 miles with my kids. They run nonstop.

AP 8:50

Ran partly on trails and roads from my in-laws house. AP 9:14

I ran a workout this evening at Beus pond. Sariah and I met up even though our workouts were different. We warmed up 2 miles together on the trails, then I did 3x1000 and 4x400. 2 minutes rest between my 1000s and about 1:35 rest between my 400s. It's been quite awhile since I've done anything longer then a 400 so I decided to do my 1000s at 6:45 pace which would be around 4:12. I went to fast on my first 1000 and I think it made the rest of the workout more difficult. The 1000s overall felt fine but the 400s were tough to get through. 1000s  (3:56, 4:02, 4:04) 400s (93, 92, 94, 94). 2 mile cool down.

Sariah and I traded babysitting today so we could each run in the morning. Sore today, ran nice and easy so I can have a good run tomorrow. 

Run on the trails above Weber state. A nice way to end the week. AP 9:33

Run in the rain before our trip to Kennewick, WA. AP 8:30

Run in k-town on the soft, sandy trails. AP 9:04

Another run in Kennewick, my second mile was up a very steep long hill. It was my slowest mile but the rest of the run was under 8:30 pace. 

AP 8:40

Last run in Kennewick on a paved path. AP 8:30

4 miles in Coeur d'Alene. Then a 2 mile hike @ Tubbs hill.

Slow, tired run today.

A storm rolled in while I ran this evening. I'm a little disappointed with my progress to this point. It's August already and I was hoping to be further along in my training since I ran through most of my pregnancy. Sometimes it feels like it didn't make a difference. Sorry, I'm kind of a downer today. AP 8:44

Not feeling well today. Ran on roads and trails from my in laws. AP 9:19

I decided to run a tempo run today. It didn't go very well I have a sinus infection and felt tired from the start. Warm up to the South Ogden tempo loop. Splits were 7:00, 7:03, 6:59. I'm hoping to feel better next week, no energy today it was a struggle to get through the workout today. Cool down 2.2 miles. 

I have been sick the last couple days and didn't run yesterday. I kind of forced myself to do a run today. I'm still feeling the sickness, low energy and congested. But I'm glad I got through it. AP 8:51

6.2 miles around my neighborhood and .93 more with my girls. I always count it because they don't stop. Starting to get over my sickness and today I've started the 21 day challenge. So I did the total cardio workout this morning which was 30 minutes. I'm hoping to see some weight loss in 3 weeks. 

Feeling sore today from my second workout of 21 day fix, this morning I did upper body fix. Ran in the evening for 6 miles then another mile with my daughter. 

Morning, lower body fix.

I wanted to run a workout today and decided on 8x400s. 2 mile warm up  ran them with 1:40 rest between each 400. Splits started out like this: 92, 92, 92, 94. After I ran the 94 I thought, that's enough of the 92-94 sec. 400 splits. I've been doing the same pace the last couple times I've attempted 400s and it was time to wake the mama bear up and get my body moving faster. I wanted to see some improvement so I focused up for the last 4 and ran 87, 88, 88, 87, I'm happier with that result. Hoping to see some more improvement. 1 mile cool down. 

Morning Pilates fix

Evening run nice and easy. 

Easy morning run. I'm running a 4 mile race tomorrow in Roy. I'm not quite sure it'll turn out as well as I would like with these extra workouts I've been doing everyday but tomorrow's race isn't end game. These 21 day fix workouts are helping lose weight and convert my flabbiness into muscle.

After the run cardio fix.

We got a babysitter today so I could go run this race in Roy, while Riley was up running top of utah. I ran Focus4 back in 2011 and took 2nd place. I needed another race to run this month and remembered this one was a good course, well marked, and well put together race with a lot of prizes for giveaway. They did $100 cash prize to the overall male and female winners and then $20 if you won your age division, I was hoping for one of those prizes. I showed up to the race and did a 2 mile warm up. I was feeling good but I wasn't sure how this race would go because of all the 21 day fix workouts I've been doing this week. I've been extra sore. I was warmed up and ready to go at 7:55 because I was planning on 8:00 for the start time. It turns out that everybody had to walk about half mile to the start so we didn't get started until about 8:20. I forgot about that from 4 years earlier. Once the race started the first mile felt pretty stiff. There weren't any other females ahead of me at the start but I looked behind about halfway and saw a female about 1 minute back so I made sure I concentrated the whole way and didn't let up from the pace I was running. Not that my pace was very impressive, but for me, I was pushing the whole way. They had one hill at the end of mile one that wasn't too long then a good uphill in mile 3. My splits were 6:59, 6:56, 7:03, 6:44. I was happy with my race today it went better then I expected. I felt like I was focused the whole race and pushed through the difficult portions. Now I'm $100 richer. 

Run in the heat. AP 8:55

Plyo fix in the morning.

I haven't had a great couple days and it all piled up this afternoon and I just mentally wasn't there for my run today so I called it quits early. Here's hoping for a better tomorrow. 

At least I got upper fix in this morning, the day wasn't a total loss. 

Feeling better about life today, mother in law watched the kids while I ran. Nervous about my oldest starting school tomorrow.  

Lower fix in the afternoon

I met up with Sariah at Beus Pond to do a workout. I haven't had a great week so I wasn't sure how this would feel today, Sariah also has not had a great week. She had a flu bug for a few days that did a number on her. She just planned on jumping in a few of my intervals with me. 2 mile warm up and then I did 4x1000 and then 4x400s. The goal for the 1000s was 4:04 the goal for the 400s was to not die. Splits 3:59, 4:00, 4:01, 4:04. 3 min jog then 400s:  90, 89, 86, 86. About 1:35-1:45 jog for rest. I was pushing hard those last two 400s. 2 mile cool down. The workout was an improvement from a similar workout I did a month ago. 

Pilates fix in the morning.

No run today, trying to get rid of this horrible rash I've had for 2 weeks now. 

Total body fix

Got out and did 12 miles with Sariah on the river parkway. I'm a leper and she's coming off a week long stomach bug. Its been a rough week for the both of us. AP 8:24

Dirty 30 fix

5.7 miles tonight. I'm on a bunch of different meds to cure my poison ivy. Hoping to see some results this week. 

I actually pushed my two youngest today when my oldest went to school. Then afterwards i did cardio fix. AP 9:07

Tonight I went to Beus pond and decided to run 6x800s. I'm kind of randomly picking workouts to run each week. I feel like I can't go wrong with anything, I need it all to get in shape. I was shooting for 6:15 min/mi pace which is 3:08. Ended up with 3:06, 3:07, 3:06, 3:05, 3:05, 3:08. I was definately struggling that last 800 but I'm happy with how it all turned out. I also did about 1:44 jogging rest in between. 2 mile warm up and cool down. 

Pushed the stroller this morning, pretty tired today.

Run in South Weber. AP 8:45

12 miles on BST with Sariah. Nice, cool temperature this morning. AP 9:27

Ran earlier this morning with Sariah in South Ogden. The temperature felt nice. AP 8:14

Total body fix

Pushed the littles in the stroller. AP 8:55

upper body fix

Weekly workout this week was 5x1000s. My goal pace was the same pace as my 800s the week before. Today, my target was 3:53. 

I did a two mile warm up, saw a nice big rattler snake crossing the path, that was lovely. 

A couple strides at Beus Pond to start, then onto my 1000s. I was perfect on my first two 3:53, 3:53, 3:55, 3:48. My 4th one, I thought I was falling off pace so I kept pushing harder and harder and then I spent all the rest of my energy on that one. It ended up being my fastest one. But because I told myself beforehand that I was going to do 5, I started my 5th one anyway and was slow from the get go. I was dry heaving by the 800m mark, so I stopped for 5 seconds, then I got mad at myself for stopping, and finished the rest of the 1000. I didn't really count my 5th one because I stopped. Oh well, hopefully I'll be smarter next time and try to run even. I feel like it's hard to find a rythum these days with these intervals I've been doing the last few weeks. I feel like I'm an amateur.

Nice and easy in Sout Weeb. AP 8:58

Pilates fix

Pushed the two kids in the stroller, racing The Classic 5K tomorrow. AP 9:02

Today was the Layton Classic race put on by our good friends Ken and Janae Richardson. This was my 3rd year running the 5K. Both the 10K races and 5K races were pretty competitive today I wasn't expecting to place today, I was just looking to continue to improve for the year. I don't know what my overall place was for females, but I placed 2nd in my age group today. I don't have much to report except that I averaged 6:30 pace, which is what my goal was. The course measured a little long, had it been 3.1 I would've been under 21 minutes. Splits were 6:24, 6:37, 6:25, .28 - 1:51. Mile 2 has the uphill and it was a better split from my previous two years. Happy with the progress today. 

Leaves changing, pushed kids in the stroller this morning. AP 9:06

Plyo fix

I met up with Sariah and we pushed our kids on the Riverdale parkway. Halfway through it started to rain pretty hard. I thought my kids were ok and dry but when I lifted them up from the stroller when it was over, their little backsides were all wet. I felt so bad, not a very nice mommy, the water apparently came up from the bottom. They didn't complain or cry. AP 8:43

upper fix

I met up with Sariah at Beus pond so we could do our respective workouts. We did a 2 mile warm up on the trails and I decided to run 4x mile repeats. The pace I was trying for was 6:30 with 2:30 rest between each interval. My splits were 6:31, 6:23, 6:26, 6:30. I felt pretty good for the workout but I'm all over the place with pace, I can't seem to lock into anything. 2 mile cool down. 

Lower fix

Pushed the kids today nice and easy. AP 9:23

Pilates fix

Met up with Sariah at 6 am to do my long run for the week. She kindly ran with me even though I'm still much slower then her. We also ran into Amber Schultz and Merrilee and ran with them for a couple miles. I wanted to pick up my last couple miles of the run so miles 10-12.6 I went 7:23, 7:17, and last .6 I was 7:20. It was hilly those last few miles. I'm glad I got my long one done and it was my fastest and longest so far for this year. AP 8:05

Flat ab fix

We went down and stayed the night Friday night in Logan so we could cheer Riley on in the marathon. He won! Afterwards I got a quick run in to finish out the week. AP 8:26

Stroller pushing day. Legs felt tired. AP 9:24

Pushed two kids in the stroller. AP 9:34

Wednesday workout day at Beus pond. I met up with Sariah and we did a 2.2 mile warm up. I decided to do 3x 400/1000/400/200 with 3 min rest between each set. I'm usually terrible at doing sets, I thought I would give it a try. 87/3:55/86/39, 89/3:58/86/41, 86/3:57/88/42. 2 mile cool down. These were the paces I thought I could hit, so I'm happy with how it turned out. 

Woke up sick

I woke up yesterday feeling crummy so I skipped out on a run. Today, I'm still feeling crummy but went for a run anyway. I'm running the Huntsville 10k tomorrow but with even lower expectations then before. 

Utahrunning.com gave me a free entry to the Huntsville 10K. I was excited to run even though I've been sick the last couple of days with a head cold. Before I got sick I was hoping to run a 6:45-6:50 min. pace but since I've been feeling crummy I just went out to run off of feel. I already was coming into this race with low expectations because I'm still out of shape, then after getting sick all expectations went out the window. Anyway, it was a low key race the big races up in Huntsville are the half and full. I did a 3 mile warm up with a couple of strides. They started the race and I was immediately out in front as the 1st female. The 1st mile we run with the 5k runners then we split off and the 10k runners run out along a road towards pineview and there was a turn around point where we head back and turn into some neighborhoods. I enjoyed the scenery of this course, I got to run by pineview and through some beautiful neighborhoods and houses. Then we joined the 5k runners back on their course the last couple of miles for the finish. My splits were pretty consistent today and I'm happy that my last mile was my fastest. After about 4 miles I had a lot of mucus so it was hard to breath after that point I was doing some wheezing. Mile splits 7:04, 6:56, 7:02, 7:03, 7:03, 6:53. My watch had the course a little short 6.06. I think I could've been a couple minutes faster had I not gotten sick. Overall, happy with how it turned out. After my 4.1 mile cool down I waited to watch Cynthia and Sariah finsih the half. Then I went to see if I got anything for first place in the 10k. The results showed me finishing 3rd for the women, I knew that wasn't right. I didn't like having to go correct the timing people but I went and talked to the guy in charge of awards. The results showed two women ahead of me, one finishing the 10k in 32 minutes the other in 39 minutes. I knew they had to have signed up for the 10k and run the 5k instead. The girl that ran 32 minutes wasn't believable the 39 minute runner could've been believable. But I knew no women were around me at all. Luckily, the guy took pictures of all the top finishers in the 10k as we finished. He saw that I was the first female finisher. There was my proof. It really wasn't a big deal I didn't care about the trophy but it's frutrating when people don't run the race they originally sign up for. It screws up the results. It's nice to look at the results and see your name in 1st place. 

Run in South Weber this evening 6.3 miles then 1.2 miles with my girls. AP 8:46

Run in South Weber, I worked out a swap with a friend in my ward so we each could run. AP 8:30

Some disappointment today with my workout. I was planning a 5:30 evening workout like I usually do on Wednesdays, but my mother in law offered to watch my kids in the early afternoon. She text me an hour after I ate my lunch and said she could tend, I thought my stomach wouldn't bother me, but it did. I should've just waited for my food to digest and go later. My tempo didn't go the way I planned. I was hoping for 4 miles at 6:45-6:50. But ended up 3 miles in 6:54, 6:53, 6:52. It felt terrible.

5.5 pushing double stroller. Sore legs from 21 day fix dirty 30

Run in windy South Weeb. AP 8:29

I met up with Sariah at 6, we ran from the Mcdonalds in South Ogden. We ended up running up a lot of hills today Woodland, Wasatch, Glassman, and another hill by the Library, which doesn't have a name yet. I was glad for the company. AP 8:26

I was babysitting in the morning and by the time I could get out the door to push my two little ones before my kindergartener got home, the time was limited so I only got 5 miles in when I wanted 6. 

Pushed the two kids today. 

I ran a 4 mile tempo for my workout today. It went better then last weeks attempt at a tempo. 2.3 mile warm up, South Ogden tempo loop. I didn't have a set pace in mind, I was hoping for faster then last week. Last week I was only able to get through 3 miles but today I felt strong through 4. Splits 6:45, 6:53, 6:48, 6:41. 2 mile cool down.

Stroller.

Early morning run with Sariah pulling me along. AP 8:20 Off to Chicago today.

Run in Chicago. Excited to watch Chicago tomorrow. AP 8:32

7 miles on the lakeshore trail. Beautiful running right on Lake Michigan. AP 8:03 Then caught our flight back home.

Early morning run in South Weber. I own the week with Riley taking time off after Chicago. AP 8:38

Woke up early today for a workout. I met Sariah in her neighborhood and was planning 8x400s. Her neighborhood is pretty flat and isn't windy so it worked out well. I wore the head lamp for the warm up but I didn't want to wear it for the workout. So we were running blind on some parts of the course. She was a few seconds ahead of me for each 400 but I'm happy with how it turned out for me. More improvement since the last time I did 400s. .15 jog between each 400. Splits 89, 90, 87, 84, 84, 83, 84, 81. The first two we were figuring out where to go.

Easy run in windy south Weber early in the morning. Legs sore from lower fix workout yesterday. AP 9:02

I met up with Sariah to do a trappers loop workout. We met at Sinclair in Mountain Green. It was dark almost the whole run. We started out by running out 2 miles on a flat road then 2 miles back, then headed up Trappers loop 4 miles. The uphill miles on Trappers loop went by surprisingly fast. The plan was for me to do a 5 mile tempo down Trappers so I could practice for Snow Canyon. I did this workout 2 years ago except this time I did 4 miles of all down hill and finished my last mile on the flat road. Sariah helped push me along especially the 5th mile when I thought about quitting. Splits were 6:28, 6:23, 6:27, 6:36, 7:04. My downhill miles were about right but I was hoping to maintain 6:45 for the last flat mile. But I couldn't quite will myself to go faster even with Sariah pulling me along.  Splits from 2 years ago 6:56, 6:30, 6:18, 6:16, 6:32 these were all downhill miles. 

Sore legs today. Easy run by my house to finish out the week. AP 9:29

Easy run pushing the kids in the stroller. AP 9:30

Run in South Weber. Nice temperature in the afternoon. AP 8:45

Pushed the little ones this windy morning. 

5am wake up time this morning to do mile repeats. I was thinking of doing 4-5 but time was limited so I only got 4 in. I had some bathroom issues on my warm up which didn't help with the limited time I had but once the issues were taken care of I felt pretty good. There is a pretty flat loop in South Weber that's a mile around and it's perfect for mile repeats. I guessed my target time to be 6:25 for each repeat. After 2 mile warm up and some strides I jumped in. I was pretty consistent with these, which I was happy about, now I wonder if I could've done that 5th one and stayed on pace. Splits 6:25, 6:26, 6:26, 6:23. About 2:50 jogging rest. 1.3 mile cool down to get back home. I also broke in some new flats. 

Run in the evening, nice weather.

I met at the Unitah trailhead with Angi, Merilee, and Alyssa. Luckily, they were all going easy. I ran 90 minutes with them, and they all left so I finished my last 3 miles on my own. I'm glad I ran with them I would've run slower by myself. AP 8:03

Starting the week off with a 10k pushing my kids. Hoping to hit 50 miles this week. 

I'm grateful my kids enjoy being pushed. It makes life easier.

I ran a 5 mile tempo on the Bonneville road tempo course. Its got some downhill and a couple up hills. The first mile has the steepest downhill. Splits 6:28, 6:41, 6:36, 6:33, 6:31. I'm not super happy with my fitness after 6 months of running. But that's the reality of my situation, it takes me a long time to come back from having a baby.

I got up early today to do my run. Quick turn around from yesterdays evening workout to early morning run. Legs were sore. AP 8:54

7 miles AP 8:34 then 1 more mile with my daughters. Long run tomorrow.

15 miles in South Ogden, the first 10 was with Sariah and Angie. They weren't going as long so they left and I finished my 15. The first 10 miles with them my AP was probably 7:50ish. But by the end of the run it was 8:03.

9 early morning miles with sariah. AP 8:03

Run in the evening through South Weber. Running Snow Canyon this weekend. I'm looking forward to that race. 

Quick workout this evening to get my legs moving for Snow Canyon half. 2 mile warm up then 4x400 in my neighborhood. 2.5 mile cool down and then some running with my kids. Splits: 85, 82, 79, 82.

Run through South Weber. Leaving for St. George today

3 easy miles in St. George. Excited to run beautiful Snow Canyon tomorrow.

Finally Snow Canyon came. This is one of my favorite races, mostly because of scenery. My original goal for this race was to run faster then I did at this race 2 years ago. But about a few weeks ago, I was looking at my workouts from 2 years ago and saw that I wasn't as fast now. So, I decided to go for a 1:30 instead. Angie stayed with me at my in laws condo and her sister was nice enough to drive us to the start. We found Merilee up there and we got some warm up in. I was feeling good, perfect weather today. I felt strong through the whole race and was pleasantly surprised by the outcome. Even though my time was 30 seconds slower then 2 years ago, I feel like this race was much smarter. I pushed through miles 9 and 10, which I usually struggle with in the half marathon. I pushed hard in the end and passed one more girl right at the finish, which i never do, coming in at 6:10 pace for the last .10. Splits were: 6:34, 6:52, 6:41, 6:22, 6:12, 6:18, 6:21, 6:42, 6:31, 6:29, 6:54, 7:01. The last two miles were the toughest and had a few rolling hills. AP 6:35 overall. 2 years ago miles 10-13 were all 7:16. Much better finish this time around. Good starting point for me. I typed this up on phone, hopefully this makes some sense.

Soooooooooore legs today. I'm glad I went out and ran today.

I attempted to run at the gym today, but only made it 1.7 miles on the treadmill. My baby wouldn't let me put her down. 

Another 5.3 miles when Riley got home. 

Ran around South Weber, my usual route. AP 8:47. Legs feeling less sore everyday.

Run in South Weeb

I ran to Cherry Berry from my house via the toll road. Riley picked me up. I was glad for the change of scenery today. AP 8:30

We had a big group this morning for our run. I dropped off a car with Alyssa at Peak Performance. We ran down from Mcdonalds in South Ogden to the Unitah trailhead and onto the Ogden Parkway. I ended up running my fastest long run so far this year. Janae, Cynthia, and Alyssa planned a long tempo run, I knew I couldn't keep up with them. Angie and Sariah were nice enough to run back with me. It still felt like a tempo run to me. I fell a few steps behind them for the last couple miles. I was happy with the effort though, I did 10 miles under 7:30 pace. AP for the 10 miles was 7:25. AP for the whole run 7:47.

Run in the cold and wind around South Weber. Tired legs AP 8:58

A run in the cold of the evening. Sore legs today, probably from 21 day fit workout.

Goal  today: 6x1mile repeats@ 6:22, 2:30 jogging rest. 

2 mile warm up

6:22, 6:18, 6:20, I accidently hit the stop button instead of lap/split on my 4th mile I missed the first .4. My last .6 was 3:40 (6:00min/pace), 6:17, 6:16. I was definately pushing hard those last two miles. After my 5th mile I wasn't sure that I would do one more, I'm glad I did.

2 mile cool down. 

Early morning run. Quick turn around from last nights workout. Slow and sore. 

Quick run in South Weber before leaving for the night. 

Met up with Merrilee and Angie for a long run. We ran out towards pipe from McDonalds. I picked up my last two miles but couldn't get as fast as I wanted. 7:04, 7:14. AP 8:02

Run in my neighborhood. My mom is in town, so I had someone to watch my kids.

Goal today: 3-2-2 at 6:38

This was my first attempt at this type of workout. I say "attempt" because it didn't go very well, but I did try at least. The positive take away today is that I am now determined to conquer this workout. I'll try again another day. 

Angie met up with me and paced me through the 3 mile set, she was helpful. I felt so heavy today the 3 miles felt really hard. Splits were: 6:36, 6:42, 6:53 took a break and did 2 miles 7:04, 6:45. I ended there. It felt hard and forced. Not the goal I wanted for today, but I'll keep at it. 

Ran on the treadmill at the gym today for 4 miles, that's how long my baby lasted. 

Later, when Riley got home, I went back out for another 4 miles. 

First day of slick roads for the winter. It took me forever to run 8 miles. I ran a little on the trails, which was fun, I was the first one on them.

Long run on the Murdock trail in Linden, Orem. Cold this morning.

Run in the snow and on the Murdock trail. I was planning 7 but chickened out and only did 5.

Run in the cold in South Weber. Ran into Angie and Merrilee and ran with them for 10 minutes.

5 miles on the treadmill at the gym.

4 miles a couple hours later when Riley got home. 

Workout Wednesday

I got it done early today thanks to a new arrangement Sariah and I have made with watching each others kids so the other can workout. 2 mile wu. The goal today was 6x800 @ 3:03 with 1:50 jogging rest. Splits: 2:59, 2:57, 2:59, 2:55, 2:55, 2:56. Pleasantly surprised by this workout. Especially since I did it outside in the cold. 2 mile cool down. Huge improvement from the last time I did 800s.

Long night with 2 sick kids. I was get my run done though. Nice and easy

Late afternoon miles. AP 8:43

Felt terrible today on my run. I think I'm getting sick.

4.2 miles pushing my little ones in the stoller. 40 degrees is warm enough to push right?

Hoping to get out later for some more miles.

Warm weather this evening, nice and easy run.

Workout Wednesday 3x2mile fartlek 6:25 pace/7:25 pace 1:36/1:50. I switch from fast to easier every 400 m. 

Set 1: 1:32/1:46, 1:32/1:48, 1:36/1:50, 1:36/1:48 2 min rest

Set 2: 1:34/1:48, 1:35/1:48, 1:33/1:50, 1:35/1:49

The last set I switched and went from slow to fast so I could finish on the fast interval

Set 3: 1:47/1:36, 1:50/1:35, 1:51/1:34, 1:49/1:34

It was hard to get through the last couple 400s, but I'm glad I hit the paces I wanted. 

South Weeb loop in the morning. 

Another run in South Weber, slippery roads this morning. AP 8:38

We were supposed run 15 miles today. It ended up being an accidental 19.3 mile long run. A miscalculation caused us to run an extra 4 miles today. The run gave me a big boost. It was probably my best run of the 2015. I did an 8 mile tempo in the middle of the run. Splits 6:40, 6:40, 6:43, 6:49 6:55, 7:28 (struggled in the Canyon wind), 7:00, 6:45. I'm happy with my first longer tempo. The overall run AP was 7:26. Only a couple weeks ago I was doing a 15 miler with Angie and Sariah and really struggled with 7:30 pace. Today I felt much stronger before and after the tempo. 

Run in the snow. It was kind of peaceful.

Evening run in the slush. 

Made 2 attempts to do a workout today. I wasn't feeling it. I lose so much motivation in December. Settled for a regular run today.

Early morning, freezing miles on the slick roads.

I got up early and ran over to Uintah Town hall and met up with Sariah, Angie, Janae, and Alyssa. I only ran with Janae and Alyssa for a mile before they took off on a progression run. AP 8:12 Lower mileage this week due to lack of motivation and  terrible weather. 

3.5 miles on the treadmill.

outside in the rain for another 5 miles.

3.5 miles on the treadmill

3.6 miles in the snow.

Run in the afternoon with the sun out and better roads. AP 8:37

I decided to get my long run done early this week because my motivation for running is low during Christmas and I knew I may not be interested in doing 15 miles on Saturday. Merrilee ran an hour of it with me which was nice, the whole run went by fast. AP 8:30

Met up with Sariah later in the morning when it wasn't as cold. AP 8:20