glidergirl

• 6.35 miles, east high route

I am so grateful to be able to run!  It makes me happy. It's funny because I'm about 2-2:30 mins/mile slower.  I used to try and beat 54 mins for this exact same route, and now I'm happy if I can come in around 1 hour 11 mins. =0)  I made my goal this week of 25-30 miles. I hope to continue that for as long as I can for the next 7 months.  I can tell a definite difference as far as being more tired when I get back, I'm much more thirsty and I have to eat on time through the whole day or I WILL puke.  But I can also see a huge difference in my well-being (both physically and mentally) when I run as opposed to not running, so I know it has to be a good thing.  At work, I see way too many babies taken out early due to pregnancy-induced hypertension.  I also see a lot of gestational diabetic babies.  Neither options are favorable for the first weeks of life!  I know these are sometimes out of the mom's control, but by golly, I will do everything in my power to avoid it!

Excited to watch conference today and tomorrow, always a fun weekend. :)  Me, James and my little sister are going to try and get in standby tomorrow, hopefully it works! 

• 6.5 miles, east high route

I don't have to stop and rest as much, but my times are slowly getting...slower.  I feel like my blood volume has doubled so when I run, it feels like I'm doing 9 or 10 pace but I'm barely doing 11!  Oh well.  I feel good when I'm running so that's all that matters right now. :) 

P.S. We close on our house this afternoon.  There goes the carefree life!  Replaced by a waterheater, a furnace, an a/c, a roof, appliances and anything else that will break at any minute!  Slowly putting on the chains...haha. :)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/118913114

• 6.5 miles, east high route

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/119237537

• 6.5 miles, east high route (definitely had to take some long walking breaks tonight)

Well it has happened...to my running horror, I have a muffin top!  The kind that you can't suck in at all...yes, it's that bad.  I don't know where it is coming from because I think I eat less now that my stomach threatens a reversal if I eat a lot.  I decided that I would make a pair of my running capri's that are tight anyway a little more comfortable since I can always sew them back up later.  I cut the elastic band in a couple places and then during my whole 6.5 miles, they were so loose, I could barely keep them on.  Great times.

Sitting here resisting the major temptation to go on my planned Saturday morning run while the very hard working hubby sleeps.  We were at our apartment till 1am last night moving and we need to go back and clean so we still have a lot of work to do...hence the no running. 

We saw our baby for the very first time at our first ultrasound yesterday and it was the most amazing experience I've ever had.  I knew it would be great from what I hear when everyone else experiences that, but wow!  I would travel to the end of the earth and back for that baby!  It was kicking it's feet and moving it's hands and it was SO CUTE!!!!  It can do all that and it's only 9 weeks old!  I can't stop thinking about it.  When I saw him or her, the first thought I had was "I need to back off a little bit" hehe. :)  So I think I'll revise my goal to be 20-25 miles per week and rest a little more than I usually do.  I'm gonna be a mom!!

5 miles, Bountiful Boulevard...one of my favorite routes in the jr. high/high school days.  Beautiful views.  Good to be home. :)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/120472458#

5.5 miles of a makeshift loop so I could go let in the guys to refinish the floor at our house and then I made a roundabout way back to my mom's where we'll stay for 3 more days while they do their work.

My time was much faster today by about 30 seconds to a minute per mile.  I feel stronger, but I think it was probably just the lack of hills. :)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/120718504

6 miles, what a beautiful day!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/121331110

• 6 miles, Bountiful Boulevard

I pass Holbrook Canyon and Mueller Park Canyon on this route and the trees are on fire!  So gorgeous. 

Speaking of gorgeous, I'm so glad we didn't go with our original plan and try to do our wooden floor ourselves!  We would have ended up calling them anyway.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/121728344

Felt like busting it out today and got my self a PPR (pregnant PR). :)

Still no internet till probably Thursday, so I can't upload my garmin or comment on anyone's blogs.

• 5 miles, Bountiful Boulevard

Enjoyed a lighter running week.  Beautiful run, family over and dutch oven cooking...it's been a good Saturday.

PS - still can't upload to my garminconnect.  We have now have internet as of today, but still have issues with some things.

• 5.7 miles, 5th south loop (Bountiful)

• 3 miles, treadmill

• 5 miles, Bountiful Blvd

Still having internet and Garmin issues...