Christina's Running Blog

I met Coach and Miriam for three loops around Sugarhouse Park.  We talked about the Wasatch Back relay, and how we'd like to run the route over Memorial Day weekend.  It was a pretty warm day.  Coach laughed and said, "If it were September, we'd be complaining that it's too cold!"  It's all a matter of perspective.  Coach doesn't warm up very easily.  He said when he ran on Saturday (which was a fairly warm day), he could never get warm.  He had two layers of thermals plus two jackets on.  I joked and said if there was a way I could transfer some of my body fat onto him, I'd do it in a heartbeat!

We did some stretches at the park after our run.

I went to the gym for core work and leg work.  Then I did a step aerobics class.  I haven't done one of those for a few years!  It was pretty fun.

I met Marie at the Olympic Oval for speedwork.  Coach couldn't make it since he got manditoried at work.  We did a warm-up mile, 4 x 50m pickups, and 6 x 200m repeats.

I then met Dori at Wheeler Farm and ran 4 miles with her.  It was great weather.  There were a lot of ducks and geese wandering the trails.  We got hissed at by a goose and he started chasing us!  That got my heart pumping.  We somehow made it without getting attacked.

I am still pretty sore from that step aerobics workout yesterday.  I can feel it in my upper calves. Yowch!!

I wanted to get some hills in today, so I ran in Emigration canyon. It was perfect weather. I actually saw Walter by Ruth's Diner. He was pouring concrete at a house being built up the canyon.

I went to Paradise Bakery and got a sandwich, salad, and chocolate chip cookie afterwards. I just love their cookies!

Today was a core and upper body workout, followed by 20 minutes on the elliptical machine.

I got sunburned during my run yesterday.  I don't have a habit of wearing sun screen yet since the weather has been so crazy here. It snowed last week, so sunscreen wasn't on my mind.  It is pretty painful, though.  I burn easily!

18 of us today!  We met at the Smith's in Kearns.  We did about a mile warmup, followed by Indian File on the canal road.  I have never done that before.  Basically, we ran in a line, and the person in the back of the line would sprint to the front, and so on.  It was a really fun to shout everyone's name as they sprinted to the front!

We ran about another mile and then did six intervals in a neighborhood.  They were a little under 800 meters.  Those got my attention!  Then we ran to another neighborhood and did six more intervals, approx 300 meters each.  Those got my throat burning!

Of course, the workout would not be complete without a mile tempo, which we did on 2700 W.  Then we ran back to the Smiths and were happy to have completed another high quality workout!

Alisa and Amber came out today for the first time.  Alisa is a friend of Maggie's, and Amber works with Marie's husband.  They are going to be a part of the all-womens team for the WBR.

I was amazed at how much energy Andrea had!  She was shouting and encouraging everyone even up until the end of the run, while everyone else was worn out!  I asked Johnny what she had for breakfast, and he said, "Nothing really.  That's just Andrea!"

Cortney (Alicia's husband) sagged for us.  I talked with both of them about the upcoming football season, and we got really excited for it to start, which isn't until August!  We are BYU fans, and I lamented the fact that I get season tickets, but I work on all the days of the home games except for the Wyoming game.  I will need to trade some days, especially since UCLA plays in Provo this year.

After the run, I met my friend Alan (Hildisvini on the blog) for breakfast.  He did the Race for the Cure with Laurie Pope (also on the blog).  He didn't realize how big of a race it was!  I think he wanted to get a faster time, but with 17,000 runners/walkers, it's difficult to run your best, due to weaving in and out of people.

I really wanted to take a nap afterwards, but had to come to work!!!!!