Here we go..

This was going to be a good run in Kennewick but I got 4 miles in and realized I lost the key to my van. Riley and I tried to look for it but failed. We had to break into our car. Boo!

This was an easy week for a little break, next week...back at it.

30 minutes on the treadmill. 3.5 miles
Upper arm workout

5.1 miles with Sariah in the evening. AP 8:04

A new year and reevaluting running goals. Hoping to make some progress in these next few months.

30 minutes on the treadmill before Riley got home then I went for another 5 miles outside.

Workout Wednesday 7x400s.  I wanted a workout I could ease back into training after not doing a workout the last 3 weeks. I got through 5 of the 400s then my watch froze and was stuck. I did the last 2 off of feel. Here's the splits for the first 5: 85, 84, 84, 81,83.

Easy run in the morning slush. AP 9:00

My long run for the week was rough. I had very sore legs from the Lower Fix workout I did yesterday. And we picked a hilly course to run. AP 8:42

My first time running the rail trail. This was a good solo run on my own. AP 8:40

30 minutes on the treadmill. 3.5

6.83 miles with Angie in the cold and dark evening. AP 8:14

Sariah and I swaped today. I got 5 miles in then she had to leave so I did 20 more min. on the treadmill. I'm guessing it was another 2.3 miles.

I had low expectations for my workout today. I've been sick and didn't feel like doing anything too hard. I opted to do 3 mile tempo at whatever pace I felt like doing. Splits were 6:48, 6:56, 6:46. Nothing impressive but I didn't feel terrible and just wanted to get my legs going. AP 6:51 for the tempo. 2 WP and 2.3 Cool down.

Met up with Sariah early. We ran in my neighborhood. AP 8:18

Run in the evening in South Weeb. I tried the new Maverick bathroom. It's nice. AP 8:58

Sariah and I dropped a car off at Peak Performance in downtown Ogden. We ran there from Mcdonalds in South Ogden. The roads were icy this morning. AP 8:30

Early morning MLK day run in my neighborhood with Sariah.

Run in the evening. AP 9:00

My plan for today was 4x1mile repeats @ 6:20-6:25 pace. I didn't think it was going to feel that difficult, but I ended up struggling with this workout. My 3rd repeat was basically all out and I barely hit the pace I wanted. I also had to battle through a couple icy spots on the roads. After 3x1mile repeats, I decided to finish with an 800. Splits: 6:19, 6:22, 6:23, 3:08. I think I'll need to plan a workout in my long run this week.

Cold windy morning in South Weber. AP 8:47

I decided to get my long run done early this week since Riley is off today. I started at 6:40 in the morning and ran from my in laws house. There were quite a few hills to climb in my first couple miles. I wanted to do 10 miles, then a 3 mile tempo followed by a 2 mile cool down. The first 10 miles were run up in Shadow Valley, down to Weber State and over to Old Post Rd. I started the tempo at the top of Old Post right on Merrilee's street. I wanted a downhill at the start of my tempo so it could light a fire under me and get me moving, but the bulk of the tempo was down on the regular tempo flat loop in South Ogden. Splits were 6:36, 6:42, 6:36. Running progress today and continued progress with my weight loss this week. Overall AP 8:27

Riley encouraged me to try his trail spikes today so I could run on the snowy trails for a change of scenery. They worked well, I never felt like I was going to slip.

Run in the evening with Angi.

Sariah popped over to my house for a little while to watch my kids while I went for a run. I was only able to fit 41 minutes in. 4.75 mile. Later I hopped on my treadmill for 30 more minutes. 3.5 miles. AP 8:45

Workout Wednesday.

I'm racing a 5k this weekend so I did 5200m worth of work today. I basically didn't know what to do today so, I made up a workout. I did 2x1000 3x800 2x400.

Splits 3:46, 3:48, 3:00, 2:58, 2:58, 85, 84. Overall, good workout.

Run in the cold morning in South Weber. AP 8:37

Run in the morning. AP 8:34. I'm racing a 5k tomorrow but I'm now disappointed to discover a snow storm is coming in.

The weather was terrible today for the 5k but we were already committed to going. We paid and we had child care. With all the snow on the course and the snow still coming down I decided to just go off of effort. Trying for a good time was no longer a concern the moment I looked out the window this morning. I met up with Sariah and Angi for a 3 mile warm up. We did a couple strides and then the race began. It was hard to get going. I felt like those dreams where you're trying so hard to move, but you can't. The footing was slippery to say the least but I'm glad I went out and did it. Even with the snow I had a PR for the year, that's encouraging. I never found out what place I was, I'm guessing 7th or 8th? After the race I did 4 miles more with Sariah and Angi. We went home and I did another 2.5 miles and started feeling sick. Splits for the race: 6:30, 6:43, 6:43, last .13, 44.

30 minutes on the treadmill then I met with Angie and did another 5.27 miles in my neighborhood. AP 7:59

Run in the evening. Cold, cold!

Workout Wednesday. I need to get a more concrete schedule down but today I did a 4 mile tempo and 4x400. Still, very annoyingly cold. The workout was done on the South Ogden tempo course, splits: 6:36, 6:38, 6:41, 6:32. Then rest and 4x400: 79, 84, 84, 85. My first 400 was a little ambitious. Overall my workouts at least show a little improvement each week.

Morning run in the cold.

A.M. 30 minutes on the treadmill. Hopefully will get out later to do somemore.

An early morning cold run with Sariah in all over South Ogden. AP 8:17 I didn't get out later yesterday like I wanted.

I got on the treadmill for 30 minutes, then finished up outside when Riley got home. AP 8:37

I ran earlier in the day for 4.6 miles. Then I was able to get out later in the afternoon for another 5 miles.

Workout Wednesday: 6-5-4-3-2-1 min. Fartlek

AP 7:30 for the workout including warm up and cool down. I did 6 min. fast then 6 mintues active recovery, 5 min fast, 5 min. active recovery and so forth. I wanted to make sure I had some uphills in course. Most of the uphills came in the first couple intervals and the last interval. I also wanted to make sure my pace was getting faster with each fast interval. My paces were (6 min.fast/6min.slow 6:43/8:00) (5fast/5slow 6:35/7:55) (4fast/4slow 6:16/7:42) (3fast/3slow 6:10/8:02) (2fast/2slow 6:04/8:18) (1fast-5:40). I felt like this was a successful workout considering the hills I included.

An early morning run with a group, Janae, Alyssa, Katie, and Heidi. It's been awhile since I've run with a group. I could get use to it. AP 8:30

Evening run in South Weber. We're going to St. George tomorrow, looking forward to warmer weather and no polluted air. AP 8:40

I had to get up early and do my long run in the cold and fog. I was on my own today, a group was going at 7 up in Mt. Green. I opted to do a 7 mile power run in the middle of my run today. The course I picked was a mixture of uphills and downhills to simulate the Striders 10 miler, which I'll be running in a few weeks. I started at the top of Bonneville by Karen drive, ran on Woodland dr, then Skyline, down Shadow Valley dr., Old post Rd, up part of 4600, and out towards Weber State to finish. Splits were 6:50, 6:53, 6:57, 6:49, 6:40, 6:47, 6:41. The 1st and 5th miles had most of the downhill, the rest of the miles were rolling. AP for the whole run was 8:02

A beautiful run in sunny St. George. I ran gradual uphill going out then coming back on the downhill. AP 8:30

Another great run in St. George. Katie was down here to, we met at the Dixie center and ran on the trails. AP 7:57

Workout Wednesday: 8x400 meter hill repeats in St.George. Its been a long time since I had to peel myself up off the ground after a workout. This one left me dead at the end. I've never done this workout before and I thought I needed to work on hills. I have nothing to compare it to, I was about 10-12 seconds slower then my flat 400s. Splits: 94, 91, 93, 94, 94, 95, 97, 94. Rest was jogging back down the hill and starting again. 4 mile WU. 1 mile cool down.

A nice trail run in St. George. The trail was chuckwaller, beck hill and turtle wall.

I opted to do my long run in St. George on our last day here. I did the trails over by the Dixie center. I ended up doing a steady state long run. 9 of my miles were 7:30 pace and faster. Miles 5-13 7:39, 7:30, 7:23, 7:21, 7:26, 7:14, 7:11, 7:24, 7:14  AP for the whole run was 7:47.

Nice and easy run back in South Weber. AP 8:35

30 minutes and 3.5 miles on the treadmill and then met up with Angie after she got off work for 5.4 more.

9.1 miles around South Ogden this morning. AP 8:30

Workout Wednesday 6x1 mile repeats. I had a big improvement today with my mile repeats, the last time I did this workout I was around 6:18-6:20 and it was painful. Today I felt controlled and strong  through the whole workout. Splits: 6:10, 6:12, 6:11, 6:11, 6:11, 6:05.2 min. jogging rest.  I started out thinking I would do 5, I'm glad I added the 6th one. 2.5 wu 1.2 mile cool down.

Early morning run with Sariah and Janae. AP 8:19.

6 miles on the Unitah trail to the parkway. Legs were sore from lifting the day before.

Early morning run with Sariah on the Riverdale parkway. AP 8:00

I seem to be in the same routine every week. 30 mintues on the treadmill before Riley gets home, then another 48 minutes outside.

30 minutes on the treadmill then 48 minutes outside. AP 8:45

2 mile warm up, a couple strides, then off on 6 mile tempo. I ran towards the dealership on South Weber Dr to pick up my van. My legs have been sore all week and I had a side ache for a couple miles in the tempo. But it ended up being a good workout for me and another step in the right direction for my training. Splits: 6:31, 6:33, 6:35, 6:28, 6:22, 6:25. 2 mile cool down.

Early morning run with Sariah and Katie. AP 8:02

An easy run through South Weber. AP 8:35. I'm running the Lake to Lake relay tomorrow in St. George with Janae and some other runners. I've never done a relay, we'll see how it goes.

Lake to Lake Relay today down in St. George. We worked our way from Gunlock Resevoir to Sand Hallow. This is the kind of relay I really enjoyed doing. There was no overnight, the atmosphere was relaxed, I treated my 3 legs as workouts, and the team I ran with was great. I would do this one again. We covered 50 miles in 7 hrs and 17 min. and ended up 3rd overall. That was a huge surprise, especially since we couldn't find our way to one of the exchanges and Janae waited for us for about a half hour. Whoops! I started off  the relay with leg 1, it was all downhill but it took me a couple miles to get into a groove. I didn't warm up before hand. I covered 6.1 miles, Splits were: 6:51, 6:51, 6:37, 6:29, 6:41, 6:39. 2nd leg had a gradual uphill at the beginning then gradual downhill towards the end, I also had a nice view of a man in the race, who was trying to win the prize for shortest shorts. 4 miles covered for my 2nd leg 7:31, 6:50, 6:50, 6:41. My last leg was 3.47 miles splits: 7:02, 6:57, 6:32, .47-3:08 My last leg was climbing for 1.5 miles, then downhill for the last mile.

3.5 miles on the treadmill then met with Angie for another 5.5 miles.

3.5 miles on the treadmill, then 5.5 more outside when Riley got home. AP 8:30 This has become my regular Monday and Tuesday routine.

Workout Wednesday: Fartlek 600/1000 The goal was to get the 600s between 6:15-6:20 1000s between 6:50-6:55.

2:19/4:18 (6:13/6:56) 2:20/4:17 (6:18/6:54) 2:21/4:17 (6:19/6:54) 2:23uphill/4:16 (6:25/6:53) 2:22/4:12 (6:21/6:46) 2:25uphill/7:21uphill 2:18/4:13 (6:12/6:48). I finished with a 400-86 and 2x200 41, 40. I know I put a lot of numbers here, but I want to be able to look back and see what paces I was running without referring to my watch. 7 miles worth of hard today.

Easy morning run with Sariah, Janae, and Merrilee. I needed recovery from yesterdays workout. AP 8:44

Easy run in South Weber.

The Striders Winter Series 10 miler is a tough course. I feel like I was pretty lucky to have taken 3rd place overall today, behind Sariah and Katie. There was a 4 minute gap from the time Katie finished and when I finished. My time wasn't where I wanted it to be, but I also came into this race with sore legs. Every uphill I ran today, my legs were screaming at me, mostly my quads. Sariah told me she felt the same way and after we finished the cool down we both felt like we just got done running 22 miles. I had a hard weekend last week, then a hard workout from Wednesday. So, I'll blame those two things on a not so steller performance today. :) AP for the race 7:06. Splits: 6:38, 6:14, 6:43, 6:47, 7:06 (uphill), 8:25 (uphill), 8:29 (uphill), 6:24, 6:39, 7:18, Not a great finish.

30 minutes on the treadmill, then another 6 miles outside in the cold.

30 minutes on the treadmill followed by 5.7 miles outside. Terrible weather. AP 9:00

Workout Wednesday 5x2000 the goal was to run 7:41, which is 6:11 pace. The same pace as my mile repeats 3 weeks ago. I ran the first 2 and had to go to the bathroom, so I ran my 3rd towards Maverick gas station. My 3rd was downhill and my fastest split and I had a longer break after that. But finished the last two pretty well. I'm happy with this workout I haven't done 2000s since my college days. Splits: 7:37, 7:37, 7:29, 7:37, 7:39

Early morning, very slow run in my neighborhood. AP 9:15

Early morning run with Janae, Sariah, Alyssa, and Merrilee. After feeling like I've had dead legs since last Saturdays 10 miler, I decided to do an easy 15 miler today. The last two weekends I feel like I've gone hard, so I opted to take it easy this weekend. AP 8:15

Riley is out of town today and one of my kids is sick, so I'm stuck on my old treadmill to finish out the week. I have to idea on distance and pace because the numbers don't show up on the treadmill. That's what we get when it was a free treadmill given to us by Riley's grandpa 10 years ago. I did 5 mins on and 3 min. off, just to have another workout for the week. I did 20 minutes total of hard.

9 miles in my in laws neighborhood. AP 8:37

30 min. on the treadmill, then outside in the terrible weather.

Workout Wednesday early morning edition. Riley asked me to switch mornings, I went early today and got my workout done. I did 800 fast/moderate fartlek with 2x400 and 2x200 at the end. It didn't go great, it must've been because I'm not use to doing my workouts in the wee hours of the morning. I did it. That's all that counts today.

Splits: 3:12/3:28, 3:11/3:30, 3:18/3:31, 3:24/3:20 my second 800 was faster due to me going uphill for my fast and downhill for my moderate. 3:19/3:35, 3:16/4:05, 3:12/3:41, 82, 85, 39, 39. The effort was mostly there for splits that were on uphills, on the downhills I got a little to relaxed. The workout hurt the whole time.

Easy run in South Weber, AP 8:30

6 easy miles this morning, legs feeling good and recovered. I'm planning 16 miles tomorrow with a 6-8 mile tempo.

6 am run from Beus Pond, met up with Sariah, Katie, Alyssa, and Jenna. I ran 6.82 miles with them then I was on my own for a tempo run. I wanted 6-8 miles, I ended up doing 7 miles at 6:46 AP. I started my tempo at Weber State, ran on Old Post Rd, then out to the South Ogden Tempo loop, then back up Old Post Rd, and finished at the Dee Events Center. Splits were: 6:41, 7:00, 6:40, 6:43, 6:47, 6:53, 6:33. I was about where I thought I could be, overall a good effort. I finished my cool down with Katie and Alyssa.

Early morning run. AP 8:30

Kennewick run, 33 minutes outside then 30 minutes on the treadmill. AP 8:30

I did a workout today on my moms treadmill. I did 5x 4min @ 6:22 pace and 3 min @6:58 pace. I got through it but it was hard. I ended up doing 5.5 miles of hard.

7 slow miles on a treadmill. AP 8:30

4 miles outside, 3 miles finishing on the treadmill. AP 8:30

I ran a progression run around the Columbia river trail. Flat course, perfect weather. Miles 4-14 were progression 7:22, 7:36, 7:15, 7:16, 7:11, 7:05, 7:07, 6:51, 6:54, 6:31, 6:19.

30 minutes on the treadmill, then 5.5 miles outside. AP 8:30

I ran from my in laws house, a little on trails in her neighborhood. I ran into Merrilee and Angie warming up for their workout and joined them for a little bit. AP 8:42

Workout Wednesday: Fartlek 1000m/600m 4:00/2:35 pace

I did this workout on the parkway starting at the Uintah trailhead. 2 mile warm up.

Splits: 4:01/2:34, 3:59/2:33, 3:59/2:35, 4:01/2:37, 4:05/2:32, 4:02/2:48, 4:03/2:43 ended with one 400 @ 85. I felt sick on my 5th one, and the last three intervals were on a slight uphill. Overall, I'm ok with this workout.

Run on the trails with a group. Nice morning AP 9:04

Pushed two of my kids on the parkway this morning.

Run on the trails with a group. Felt tired today. AP 8:05

3 miles on the treadmill then outside 6 more miles with Angie.

I can only handle pushing my kids in the stroller for about 6-7 miles. That's about all they can handle too. I did 6.25 miles on the parkway then came home and did 3 more long miles on the treadmill. AP 8:40

Workout Wednesday: 3x800/400/200/1000  jogging rest was 1:45/1:30/1:00/3:00 conditions were windy and rainy. The wind and rain picked up more on my last set.

Splits 2:55/83/40/3:51, 3:00/84/42/3:49, 3:04/87/42/3:54

I feel ok about this workout considering the conditions.

Early morning run with Allyssa, Sariah, and Merrilee. Most of it was with Allyssa the other two did a tempo. AP 8:24

Quick 5 miles, running the SLC 5k tomorrow. AP 8:30

I decide earlier in the week to run this 5K, just to see how I would do. My goal was to break 20 minutes, which I'm happy about. It was a cold morning. I got a 2 mile warm up in with Kathryn, then went to the start. There's not much to report about this race, it was a flat course and I got beat by a 13 year old girl. She was pretty impressive. She was ahead of me at the start then I was going to pass her at about 1 mile and she took off, I couldn't catch her after that. I thought she was a tough runner. I'm not ashamed to lose to her :). I'm happy with the pace I ran. I ended up with 3.2 on my watch at the finish, so did my friend Kathryn. Splits were: 6:04, 6:11, 6:11 last .2 1:19. AP 6:09 I was finishing in 6:02 pace. It's hard to sprint nowadays. My "sprinting" isn't much faster then my 400m repeats pace. I'm turning 30 tomorrow, I wonder if that has something to do with it.

The "Hills are alive in Shadow Valley" run. AP 8:50

I got a quick 4 miles in AP 7:47 hoping to get 4-5 more miles in later this afternoon.

Another 3.5 miles on my treadmill this afternoon.

Workout Wednesday 4x1 mile repeats. I'm running a half this weekend, I didn't want to do to much or to little. Splits 6:04, 6:08, 6:12, 6:08. I went to fast on my first one which made my 3rd one feel more difficult. Not quite the even splits I was hoping for today. 2 mile warm up 2 mile cool down. 2 min. jogging rest.

Early morning 7 miles on the trails with Alyssa. AP 8:50

4 easy miles, heading down to St. George this afternoon for a race.

Last week I decided to come down and run the Southern Utah Half with Riley. My in laws took our kids for us so we could drive down. I was hoping to run under 1:25, which would've been a PR but we had a strong head wind the whole race. I also surprisingly took 1st, which I was happy about. This was my first half marathon victory. The first 3 miles of this race are downhill, then it flatens out the last 10 miles. I was 5 seconds behind the girl in 1st for 7 miles, then I decided to pass her and see if I could hold onto 1st place. It worked and I put a 20 second gap on her and she stayed that far away the rest of the race. I kept thinking she would catch me eventually because it's unnatural for me to win a half. My splits: 6:09, 6:21, 6:09, 6:30, 6:28, 6:40, 6:35, 6:25, 6:50, 6:51, 6:46, 6:52, 6:32, last .19-1:08 I wasn't too happy with my splits that hit 6:50, 6:51, 6:52. I let the wind get the better of me those miles. I hit a bit of a wall. AP 6:33 for the race.

9 miles in the afternoon. Legs didn't feel too bad. AP 8:04

7 miles pushing in the stroller this morning, then 2 more miles on the treadmill.

2.2 mile warm up. Workout Wednesday Fartlek 1000m/600m. The goal was 6:20 effort on the 1000 and 6:55 on the 600. I struggled today with this workout, I'm hoping it's because my legs weren't fully recovered from my last race. 3:55/2:30, 3:58/2:37, 4:02/2:37, 4:00/2:34, 4:09/2:39, 4:07/2:38, 4:23/ I turned my watch off and didn't get my last 600 split. My last 3 miles were done on uphills, the effort was there but it doesn't reflect in the time. 2 mile cool down.

Early morning run with Sariah, Alyssa, Merrilee, and Janae. Sore legs today.

Run with Janae on the trails early morning. Nice to be on the trails again.

Easy run in South Weber this morning. AP 8:29

7.6 miles with Angie. Then another 1.5 miles on the treadmill.

9.4 miles with Angie in South Ogde, AP 7:59

4 mile tempo with 4x400s at the end. First warm workout day for me. The temperature was 77 degrees when I started. I ran the tempo starting at Bonneville road. Splits: 6:27, 6:38, 6:29, 6:27 then 86, 85, 82, 87. I was hoping for a little faster but felt like my energy was low.

7 early morning miles on sore legs with Alyssa and Merrilee.

I got up so early to run I needed the head lamp.

I ran from the Provo City half finish line, towards Provo Canyon, up Provo Canyon, then onto Murdock trail to my grandma's house. AP 8:16

7 miles pushing my kids this morning. sore legs

I didn't run yesterday because of some minor issues. I came back today with a workout planned. My legs didn't feel great. I kept motifying my workout. I started out thinking I would do 1000s, I ended up doing  spme kind of step down. 1000, 1000, 600, 600, 600, 600, 400, 400, 200, 200. Splits were 3:43, 3:43, 2:19, 2:12, 2:13, 2:13, 83, 83, 37, 38.

8.5 miles with Sariah on the parkway.

I decided to get my long run done today since Riley is off work. I ran most of my run with Merrilee and Alyssa. The last half hour was on my own. My legs have felt crummy all week. I'm not sure why. Hopefully they'll feel better for next weeks Ogden Half.

7 miles on the trails around Adams Canyon. It took me forever to do 7 miles.

7 miles pushing two of my kids. Ogden half and full this weekend. I'm excited to see how everyone does!

7 easy miles today. 5 outside 2 on the treadmill.

I did a 3 mile warm up. My plan was some 6x400 today, just a tune up for the Ogden half on Saturday. I did a loop in Sariah's neighborhood since she was watching my kids. Splits: 83, 79, 82, 81, 79, 77. Faster then I expected but I'm glad my legs finally felt good today. It gives me hope for Saturday.

5.1 miles easy in my in laws neighborhood. We're expecting baby #4 on accident this year. 10 weeks along, we'll see how Ogden half goes anyway.

Easy in South Weeb.

I was convinced the day before this race the weather wouldn't be bad. It couldn't be, the weather was terrible last year at this race, this year should've been a nice year. I was wrong. The weather was terrible, downpour and wind. I was excited to be at the race because of the atmosphere and because of how many people I knew in the race. It was fun seeing so many Utahrunning.com runners in yellow jerseys. I wish I could've watched the race instead, some of my friends had incredible races despite the weather. I'm glad I was able to see Riley finish the marathon, it was an incredible race for him yesterday. He worked hard for that. I feel like I coasted a little in my race, not that I would've been much faster had I been more determined to hit a certain pace, but I didn't really go after it as hard as I should've. The biggest reason being pregnancy. I'm still happy with it, I'm glad I ran it. The weather got steadily worse as the race progressed. Maybe next year the weather will cooperate? Splits were 6:50, 6:33, 6:36, 6:46, 6:30, 6:43, 6:47, 6:44, 6:38, 6:41, 6:42, 6:48, 6:49. AP 6:42

Early morning miles on sore quads.

I ran with a group this morning, nice and easy miles on the parkway. AP 8:30

No run today, very sick.

I pushed my youngest in the stroller while my other 2 kids were in tumbling class. I'm still sick today, just not as bad as yesterday. I have a head cold and low energy. I felt terrible on the run.

Still sick, low energy 5 miles in South Weber.

I've been sick and haven't shaken this head cold yet.

I'm slowly shaking this head cold, but it leaves me feeling lethargic on my runs. I pushed my two kids today slowly on the parkway.

Slowly starting to feel good again, I ran this morning while my mother in law watched my kids. I did a 3 mile warm up then 4x400s with 90 sec. rest at Beus Pond. Splits 82, 85, 83, 82. I was still feeling pretty tired, but I'm hoping I can continue doing some type of workout over the next couple months to keep some kind of fitness level when I have my next baby.

Run in my windy neighborhood.

I hit the trails this morning.

Point to Point run this evening, I ran from my house to the Riverdale frisbee golf/bike park. AP 7:55

6.3 miles in the heat of the evening. I stopped early because I had to use the bathroom.

My mother in law watched my kids this morning while I did the South Weber days 5k route for a tempo run. 2 mile warm up, 3 mile tempo, and 2 mile cool down. Tempo splits: 6:36, 6:32, 6:34. Time 19:46 AP 6:34 It felt harder then before. I guess it'll keep getting a little tougher to do these workouts each week.

7 miles this morning from my house. AP 8:39

10 miles on the Bonneville shoreline trail. AP 9:20

Some running down in Provo after Riley ran the Utah Valley Half.

I ran 15 minutes on the treadmill, then the rest of the run was with Angie in South Weber.

20 minutes on the treadmill then another 45 minutes outside.

I attempted a workout today, workouts are getting more difficult by the week. I didn't have any particular plan today. I just did an easy step down but each interval I did left me worn out and tired for the next one. I feel like my body is going downhill fast and I'm not even halfway through this pregnancy yet. Today I did 1000, 1000, 800, 600, 200, 400. 3:52, 3:53, 3:04, 2:20 (really tired already), 34 (not quite a 200), 88. I was supposed to do 2x400 for my last 2 but I was so worn out. I forced myself to do that last 400 and not worry about how fast. Then I ended with a really slow cool down.

Beautiful morning in South Weber, perfect temperature and no wind.

Riley and I had our 10 year anniversary today, we decided to start the morning off by running Lewis Peak. I've never run it, it was a beautiful trail. I struggled running up the first 2.5 miles I walked/jogged. It was tough but I'm glad I did it. Great run!

6 tired miles in the hot wind.

2.3 miles on the treadmill then 5 more miles outside in the heat.

2.3 miles on the treadmill, then 5.3 miles outside. I do a little on the treadmill so I don't have to run a full hour out in the heat.

I did a 2 mile warm up and decided to try a 3 mile tempo. Miles 1 and 3 were mostly downhill and mile 2 was mostly uphill. I struggled big time on mile 2, it's hard to stay motivated doing these workouts. Splits: 6:38, 7:23, 6:45. 2 mile cool down.

7 miles on the Uintah trailhead. I felt better today. AP 8:23

6 easy miles in South Weber.

I decided last minute to come run this 5k clear up in Pleasant View. Riley talked me into it a little bit, letting me know it was a fast downhill course. I get tired pretty fast nowadays, I didn't want anything too difficult, but I also wanted another 5k to race. There was also some cash that went to 1st and 2nd place. I got out at the start but after 10 feet there was a high school girl in front. I figured there would be someone in front, she pretty much led the rest of the way, I think I ended up losing to her by 20 seconds. She was a cute girl and a strong runner for Weber High School. The first mile was on a canal road which was fairly flat. Riley wasn't kidding when he said there was a lot of downhill, the 2nd mile was all screaming downhill, which left my legs feeling a little jello-y at the start of mile 3. Mile 3 was similar to the first mile more flat and one uphill, then the last .11 was a very fast finish. I was pleasantly surprised by my time for 15 weeks preggo, I'll take it. Splits: 6:32, 6:01, 6:34, .11-34 sec.

2.3 miles on the treadmill, then I went outside to finish with another 5 miles. I made it 4.4 miles because it was soooo hot, then I took my kids for a slow jog the rest of the way.

3.5 miles on my treadmill, then 3.7 outside. 100 degrees again.

 I did a workout today, at this point I'm just trying to do some kind of workout once a week. I wanted to do something attainable for me, my last few workouts have felt hard. I did 10x 1 min off/on. I felt better today doing this type of workout. I'll probably be doing these from here on out as long as I can.

6.3 miles on the Unitah trail head. That's all I had time for, when I got home I finished 7 more minutes on the treadmill to make it 7 miles.

6 miles in the afternoon.

A run in South Ogden mostly on roads. AP 8:35

A run for the 4th.

Afternoon run in the heat.

Treadmill run

Treadmill

Treadmill

4 miles easy then 1 mile on the track at 6:44

Outside on Kennewick canal

Treadmill

Quick outside run then drove home all day.

Back in South Weber morning run.

Half and half, half on the treadmill, half outside.

Unitah trailhead. AP 8:19

3.5 miles on treadmill then 3 more miles outside.

Same routine as yesterday.

5.7 miles then 1.3 miles on the treadmill. I have no desire to do workouts anymore. 19 weeks.

I forgot my watch this morning but I knew the distance already from Unitah trail head.

I was feeling very sick today, too dizzy to stand. I'm not sure what the problem was but I didn't feel better until 8 pm.

I ran 5 miles then joined up with a giant group run consisting of all different kinds of runners in the Ogden/Layton area. AP 8:34

Morning run, felt good today.

Not feeling great today, some sorness on my belly. 20 weeks pregnant, halfway!!

Nice morning in South Weber. AP 8:40

It's time for me to update my blog again, we went to new York and I didn't bother to add my mileage up, but I did run when I was there. Im 22 weeks pregnant and losing motivation already. I should say I'm still motivated to do something everyday but I'm not motivated to run longer then 30 or 40 minutes. It has a lot to do with how heavy Ive gotten in the last two weeks. At this point doing a little running everyday is a victory for me.

Run in the heat

30 minute run in the morning while Riley got ready for work, then finished up on the treadmill. AP 8:45

This is the first run I've had in awhile that felt good. I guess the cooler tempertures in the morning make a difference for me. I ran one of my miles under 7 min. pace. AP7:58

7 miles at the Unitah Trailhead. AP 8:45

I've been painting most of the day, so I was too tired to run further then a 5k.

4 miles on the treadmill today.

5 miles in South Ogden. AP 9:02

Each week my Thursday run at the Unitah trailhead boosts my confidence in running. It's the one run a week I'm still able get some of my miles under 8 minute pace. AP 8:02

Run in the heat of the afternoon. AP 8:50

I started up at Snowbasin and ran down trappers loop and Riley picked me up. AP 8:15

Hot afternoon run to start the week.

Sore ligaments today, I had to walk about a half mile. AP 9:58

First day of school for my oldest, so the other two were pushed in the stroller on the parkway. AP 9:22 24 weeks now, I've had to start strapping on my maternity belt.

My weekly Unitah trailhead run. This run always makes me feel good about my pregnant self. AP 8:10 I ran 3 of my miles under 8 minutes today.

pushed my two kids in my neighborhood.

My babysitter didn't show up this morning so I had to improvise. I did most of the run on the treadmill, then 24 minutes outside pushing one of my kids in the stroller up and down the street. My watch was dead so I was going off of time from my phone and a little bit of guessing on pace.

4.5 miles pushing my kids on the parkway.

5 mile run while Sariah watched my kids. I ran to the Nature park then back. AP 8:51 25 weeks pregnant.

I struggled pushing my 2 kids in the neighborhood today. I had to walk half mile of my run.

My usual Thursday run at Uintah trailhead. AP 8:04

6 miles in South Ogden, Combe loop

Run in my neighborhood.

Afternoon run in South Weeb. AP 9:27

4 miles in Sariah's neighborhood. AP 8:51

I had to forgo my normal Thursday run because I've had a rough cold the last couple days. So I pushed my youngest today in the stroller. I got about half mile into the run and ran into Angie and Katie. Katie offered to push the stoller for me, which was way nice. There was no way I could keep up with them pushing. But they were almost done so I only ended up running with them for a little over a mile.

Out and back run from the Uintah trailhead. Not as fast as in the past, but I'm still fighting a cold and had little sleep last night. AP 8:24

I'm still battling a cold, it was hard for me to run today. I felt very fatigued. AP 9:20

I've been getting over sickness the last couple days so I didn't run. I finally felt like going out today. I pushed one kid in the stroller on the parkway, I ran into Janae and Kathryn. and finished with them.

Early morning run through my neighborhood.

Sloooow run today pushing two kids.

Quick run in the morning before Riley left for Huntsville half. 14 miles of running this week was all I could muster with sickness on top of pregnancy. Hoping to do better next week.

Pushed the kids on the parkway, this is getting difficult but I have to believe its helping me.

Pushed my two kids in my neighborhood this morning. 28 weeks pregnant.

Pushed one kid today, but it still felt like I was pushing 2.

I was pleasantly surprised by this run today, after 3 days of pushing I actually felt good today considering how large I am. I hit 2 of my miles under 8 minute pace. AP 8:22

4 miles in the rain.

5 miles in my neighborhood, felt ok today. AP 9:02

4 pushing my kids on the parkway. AP 9:44

Afternoon run AP 9:30

Pushed the smaller child today in my neighborhood but still struggled with hills.

AP 8:21 Unitah trailhead out and back.

St. George run in the heat. AP 9:24

Early morning run since Riley is taking the rest of the week off, due to winning the St. George Marathon on Saturday!! AP 9:08

5 miles in South Weeb. AP 9:03 My last mile was "quicker" 7:49. 30 weeks today. I haven't struggled with braxton hicks as much this time around.

4 miles in the morning. AP 9:00

The usual route and distance this morning. AP 9:15

5th day going early, not too bad this week. AP 9:00

Uintah trailhead run. I did 1 mile in 7:13 and my last half mile was 3:34, which was 7:14 pace. AP 8:26