Believe to Achieve

To in laws. Watched a very stupid movie...world war z. Cheered on new year. Bed at 0100. Startled awake on own at 520am. Did i even sleep? Didnt feel like it but did not feel tired at work...12.5 hours. Took care of first baby of new year at afh :-) fun day. Left leg/sciatic muscle tightness pretty intense...most likely from massive descent off mountain. Feet dont even hurt. No run. Happy New Year 2014! I am only on one quest in running....subthree. boston is more of a fun run . If body holds up will try for pr there. I am feeling btr but not like i used to when i should have run subthree on 2011...with mt nebo half in 1:19 and lots of miles and tough wprkouts. Going thru menpause not easy on a body. But now that i am here i hope to balance out. No more guessing what is wrong with me. Now is the time to get back and believe in myself. I am over weight for a runnner so i need a stricter healthier diet and some cross training. The gym is my means to a stronger julie. I have one more shot and i am going for it...so hoping that no disasters hallen like last two years...i just didnt realize that i was in true menopause and how the absolute zero in hormones can change a person. But i am on the up and up. I am thinking i am on the mend. I am due for improvement.

Surprised to see my good friend melanie at the gym....yay she joined too. What a fun running year this will be. :-) had no idea what to run today...thought mostly about easy jog due to lots of tightness in upper left thigh from "skiing" down lake mountain with metal shoes tuesday. But mel was so energized i felt stronger than recovery. Got on tm beside her and kept tm at 1% except the fastest mile i put at 0. Here are my increments every half mile....8:34, 8:19, 8:06, 7:53, 7:41, 730, 7:18, 7:07, 6:58, 6:48, 6:39, 6:31, 6:22, 6:15, 7:24, 7:18, 7:07, 6:58, 6:48, 6:39, then cooldown , halfmile varying speeds from 7:03 to 7:30. Ap 7:16 72:42 for 10 miles. Fun mix up run. Strength training done.

Wowza LOOK at that---over 600 miles on my RED nike flyknits without any black rubber on the outer heels since 400 miles.  I just can't afford to keep buying new shoes.  So I am making my shoes last.  I am on a quest to find the perfect shoe.  Flyknits are close but the 9.5 I got are too tight on my heel. The 10s were good (RED).  I liked the grey mix color and they only had 9.5.  I usually wear a 9.5 and the reds seemed big so I thought I could get by.  NOPE.  Anyway....today was recovery JOG day.  AND I am happy to report that I stuck to a TRUE recovery pace for 10 miles.  I ran 8:57 x 2 miles, 8:49 x 2 miles, 8:41 x 2 miles, 8:34 x 2 miles and 8:27 x 2 miles.  AP 8:42.  Ran 1 % of each 2 mile block for 1.5 miles and 3% incline for 0.5 miles of each 2 mile block.  Make sense??  Back was sore from strength training as well as inner thighs from lunges.  I can't tell if this is normal muscle/nerve pains or part of fibromyalgia ( the pain is the same, hence why I dont like to induce more pain).  I am gonna assume it is from exercise and just maybe I can trick my body.    Stretched and then headed to last part of YOGA class.  It was cooldown stretching and was perfect for me.  I am going to start going two times a week.  I need this.  So happy to have a gym close by and lots of friends to see daily.  : D. 

Met the already at 7.5 miles women at golds. I am so slow getting up these days. Had no plan. Since they were all doing 14 i thought i would at least do 12. Was fun to have everyone by me for the first 6.5 miles. Lonely thereafter. Felt much easier with everyone next to me. Kind of mental knowing they were done and in the sauna. I ran 1% incline with 4@ 7:41 pace, 4@7:35, 2@7:30 pace and last two at 0 percent, 6:55ap and 6:46 ap. Ap for 12 - 7:29. 0.37 walk /jog. First run longer than 10.5 miles since Thankful 13 half on Thanksgiving day. And First 50 mile week since two weeks before sgm. Wow. I have really cut back for myself. Not at all ready to pour it on in miles. Just gonna stick to my girlfriends for coaching at the gym. They run less than 40 MILES A WEEK and still run 2:57 marathons. They tel me i run too much. Ha ha. So gonna go the relaxed approach on this old body.

Saucony fives.  Haven't run in them for 1.5 years.  Light as a feather and  little cushion.  The first mile was a shock to my feet and legs....UMmmmm where is the cushion??  But I love that they are zero. And light.  But man I was nervous with my heel (and old lady back).  Warm up for three miles and I was ready (7.1 to 7.6 mph, upping pace every half mile til I got to three miles, 1%).  Had learned last night from Kim that the plan was 8 x 800s like two weeks ago, with 400 meter jog in between (well they don't jog in between.   I would die if I didn't).  However, today Kim and Jane were in the comfort of their own homes now that the kids are back in school and the little ones need their moms at home.  I ran beside two guys going easy.   It was nice to feel relaxed in the warmup and not by someone already running fast.  I ran the first 7 x 800s without stopping.  I paused the TM after the 7th one due to my leaking bladder once again.  The TM blanked out-- irritation so I had to totally reset the TM.  Wish I just kept going.  Ran the last one after running the 1/4 mile jog before running it.   Focus was on RELAXING during the stride...shoulders, legs, hips and feet.  Because of PF long standing I am nervous with the amount of pressure to put on my heel.  I have to mentally tell myself  I will be okay.  The PF is gone.  Instead I have in the same place a THRIVING NEUROMA--- pulsates pain,  after and sometimes during my runs.  Especially AWFUL with walking. But it isn't all the time.  Just a nerve.  Gotta get that  excised after Boston.  Take a month off before SGM and just have the surgery then.  Hope it contains itself.  And that I don't compensate and make other muscles work too hard.  So far so good.  

2 x 800 @ 6:18 pace, 2 x 800 @ 6:15, 2 x 800 @ 6:11, 1 x 800 @ 6:07,  1 x 800 @ 6:04 (0 %). 400s at 8:27 pace and 1 %incline.  Three mile warm up (24:40).  One mile cool down (7.1 mph to 7.5mph).  10 miles.   Finished up with upper body weights, a few lunges, pushups and abs.  Nothing too spectacular but I felt great after the work out. NO fatigue.  

2 % incline recovery run at Gold's.  6.7mph to 7.7mph increasing by 0.1 mph every .75 miles.  1 mile seemed too long to wait for a change.  Dripped sweat although heartrate was within normal range.  Just sooo hot in Gold's.  AP for 8 = 8:23.   THEN  POWER PUMP with the girls.  They only run a mile before and after class.  Ooooooo baby  working muscles and body parts in ways I haven't for a LONG time.  Should be pretty fit (minus my big gut) in a few months.  Seriously I look around the aerobics room and I am hefty hefty hefty compared to muscular girls around me.  I am sure they wonder how I ever can run fast with all my flab???    Someday I hope to actually look like a runner not just be a runner.  May not be able to get out of bed in the morning.  Gonna move slow.  Feel good right now.   Drinking in some whey protein shakes that I add a banana and chocolate syrup to for muscle recovery.  SOOOO yummy.  

Most likely about 10 miles of walking or more for 13 hours straight at work. Non stop action...words cant express the day i had! It was like dominoes...one fell and the rest came with it... no breakfast or lunch break. It was so fun! Ha ha. Mentally draining. No running but i will count this as mental training.

Nothing worse than waking early at 4am groggy cant fall asleep so fall asleep 15 min before alarm goes off to get high schooler up for school and make her lunch. Then get other two up. Then feel comatose from 13 hour wprk day from u know where and just feel UN motivated. Got a call from a good friend as i left for the gym. Talked in the car for 40 minutes, clock ticking motivation zero. Got in gym with frozen feet from sitting outside. Was gonna call it good and go home. But just got some motivation when i saw delightra finishi.g her work out. So ran a random sw. 2 mile wu at 8:27. (7.1) 1%. Then ran 2 x halfmarathon tempo at 6:27. One mile at 8:27. Sw at 0%. Kim had just finished spin and i chatted that mile away nicely. Then decided to run another half marathon tempo..so 2 miles x 6:35 pace. Then ran 800 at 8:27. Then finished with 1 mile at 6:20. First 0.9 at 6:22 last 0.1 at 6:15. Cooled down one mile in 8:26. 1%.

late to gym.  Took down Christmas tree decorations.  Other decorations already down.  I just love my lit up tree at night :D.  Down completely now as I write this.  Ran five miles before my first BOOT CAMP work out.  AP 7:35.  1%.  WOWZA with boot camp as it was workouts mixed with cardio incuding sprints which my nike flies have no traction so to lean over and touch the line and sprint made for some slippery running.   Was beyond a SWEATY mess.  But still got on TM after 45 minute workout and ran 5 mile cooldown.  NO MUSIC today.  Forgot my iPOD.  Kept cooldown at recovery pace-- no changing the mph at all!!  What control!!  Boring or what?  but this was good for me.  7.1mph (8:27) for five miles, 1%.  Home to clean up post decorations/vaccum and have a yummy chocolate protein shake!!  All feels well except minor pull in left hamstring on one of the sprints.  But that is because it was preceded by tons of jumping and squatting and burpees .....the list goes on.  BOOT CAMP.  YUP.  I was like the NEWBIE showing up for the ARMY.  Totally uncoordinated and silly but survived.  10 miles total running.

Ha ha zero. Golds opens too late on sat. . And i just am not into early morning runs in the cold and dark outside. In fact i havent run outside since dec 21. And before that it had been a few weeks. Work is from 6am til 715pm today. No mood for going to gym in orem that stays open later. Left hamstring and left back pain. Not bad enough to be careful so a day off good for me. Kind of lazy about mileage. Going to do the low mileage plan for boston due to old age and need for more recovery. I turn 45 on february 7 :-) wowza! With strength training i hope to be stronger. So far i only notice the miscle gains on the scale. Crud. Gotta lose weight! Anyway..onward.

Not sure why but was feeling very down last night as I was thinking and writing about Boston Marathon training last night.  I felt happy at first and then a sense of dread. I think I am worried I will be injured again...TWO years of injury and it freaks me out to take it up a notch.  Anyway woke up this morning in the same down mood so I think it is partially hormonal.  So I just put one foot in front of the other and got myself there. Saw my neighbor busting it out AGAIN on the TM.  Last time she was doing Hill work while working on her talk for church.  WOW. I cannot focus on hillwork and a talk at the same time!!  Her talk was great too.  She gave it yesterday in Sacrament.  I got yesterday off by surprise when I traded with a coworker.  I now will work tomorrow instead.  It was so nice to finally have an extra Sunday off. Working every other Sunday has been hard on me.  I want to be with my family and my kids are out of school of course on weekends.  ANYWAY  my plan today was easy 4 x 1 mile repeats.  But in my mood getting there was half the battle.  Warmed up 2 miles at 8:27 pace and slightly faster by the end of two miles and went right into work out.  Repeats were:  6:18, 6:15, 6:11, 6:11 with half mile in between at 1% incline, 8:27 pace.  SW at 0 percent cause I am wimpy Julie these days.  First three were not bad at all.  Last one tough cause usually in the past I have only done 3 repeats.  Cooled down 1 mile at 8:27 and then back to 7:47 to 8:00 pace for last 1.5 miles.  10 total.

PM:  First OUTDOOR run since December 21 Christmas Group run.  It was nice.  Went out at 510pm.  Warmer than I thought it would be.  Sun was still out for entire run.  Very pleasant EASY pace run.  8:45 AP.  Stop watch on my five mile route.  5/43:46.  This run seemed to get out the kinks :D.  

Okay so am wimpy....alarm went off at 0440. Tried to talk myself out of going to gym again. Cant seem to get there in the early hours before work. So forced myself to just do it. Stick to plan. I even had things laod out to take so i could quickly sbower and head to work. Arrived and started running at 5:02. Ran through lotty time, ha ha. No time to start jist had to hold it. That would take more time i had eaten up thi.king about coming. Ran 1 mile easy at 8:34 then increased pace over next mile to 7:24 on mile three and four, 7:18 on five and six slightly faster at end of sixth. Saw time at 5:47! Yikes. Clocked in a little late...bums me out cause i had been doing well with clocking in on time--6:03. Not bad for shower and ready for work and driving a mile to work in 15 min post run. Ap 7:39 for six miles. 6/45:48.

Not sure how I planned this so close to previous speed work out.  I should give myself a break right?  NOPE.  Ran 3 mile warmup 7-7.5 mph.  1%.  Ran 2 sets of 8x 200s. 40 sec recovery and 5 minutes recovery run in between sets. Not sure where to be at pace since I haven't visited the track in MONTHS.    And I honestly was afraid I might be flung off tm if I started too fast.  Ran 5:49 x 3, 5:45 x 3 and 5:42 x 2 (10.3 to 10.5mph).  I ran those paces for about 45 seconds.  Last one I actually hopped off and paused the TM.  My thumb was getting tired of stretching to button WHILE still holding on to TM at that pace.  I learned at that point that it was easier to just hop off at end and pause at same time.  But I only did that for the last one in the first set and the last three in the second set.  So instead of jogging those sets I waited til TM got to 30 seconds and hopped back on upping the pace to the 10.5s or whatever I was running.  It sure takes the TM a bit to get there from ZEROmph.  I would wait til it read the right speed and wait for clock to tick off 45 seconds.  Last 200s were at 5:52 x 2, 5:49 x 2, 5:45 x 2, and 5:42 x 2.  Done. Sweaty mess.  Why am I the biggest sweater in the gym???  I even think I sweat more than Rachelle!!  DRIPS!! large DRIPS of sweat!!  Crud.  Its like I am a guy or something.  Cooldown one mile at 8:00 pace 0.4 miles at 4% just for some spice :D.  Upper body weights and some abs, 30 pushups. 10, 8 6, 4, 2.  Ha ha.  8/60:58.  

0.4 miles before spin at 924 spin for 42 min. Run easy after spin1% 8:12 ap. To vegas cup soccer tournament in am or tonight if we get itching to go and stay in sg if place available at in laws.

Unplanned tempo. While driving to gym at 6am decided to run a progressive tempo. Followed it pretty much exactly as preconcieved. 2 mile warmup 8:40 ish pace. Legs a little tight from easy day not so easy due to spin class. Sbould have toned it down yesterday. Anyway...tempo...felt good aerobically the entire time. Just tightness in waist and upper legs. Tried mental tricks to make the time go by. I totally fprvot my music anx the music in gym was very soft. Chandi was on tm next to me. I could here fuzzy music thru her ipod. Mile paces were: 6:53, 6:48, 6:44, 6:39, and 6:35. One mile cooldown. Ap probably 8:35. 8/59:20. Off to vegas. Jane and her sister and a few other runners will be running long there in am. Fun ready for some warm weather. Almost there....less than an hour. Ambers first game is 530pm.

Up at 5 six utah time. Waited til 7 to drive to meet jane and jenny and angie for a jog. We headed south on the south end of las vegas blvd. 6.6 miles up. Same down. 7:55 ap.

5 out and back on Las Vegas Blvd. Easy pace. Picked it up little at mile 7 . Felt easy so at mile 8.5 i saw i was at 7:11 pace so picked it up a little for the next half mile to get under 7mm-- 6:56. Next mile saw garmin at 6:29 so held that pace for a mile and came in at 6:26 albeit with two stop lights dang. If my heel was btr , minis the protruding scar/neuroma/bone spur i would be like "game on". I adapted to tbis injury but i cant go on forever like this. Surgery to chisel it off and remove the nerve is my thoughts for full recovery. In the meantime i jave decided no more steroid shots for me. Not good for the body. AP for 10.23 miles - 7:53.

Drove back from Vegas at 330 pm Utah time yesterday.  Stopped in Cedar City for dinner and gas.  Arrived home at 945 (picked up our dog at grandpas).   I can still feel the car tires spinning with the movement in my head.  So getting on the TM was like a double whammy.  Just felt dizzy.  Heartrate higher than normal after ONE 800.  Knew this wasn't going to be the day.  I just couldn't focus on the mill.  STIMULATION overload after Vegas trip. Flashy billboards and 7 soccer games.  Just a little much for my brain.  And RUNNING is mostly MENTAL.  So despite the fact (other than heartrate) that my legs FELT awesome when I awoke I could not get my head in the game.  So just did 4 x 800s with 0.25 rest in betweeen.  1 and 2 at 6:15 pace (9.6mph), 3 and 4 at 6:10 pace (9.7mph),  Recovery at 8:34 pace 1 % .  SW at 0 percent.  ONE QUESTION I have is I think the TM I was on was faster than it was saying...it would hit a half mile at 3:00 minutes (6:00 pace) rather than 3:05 to 3:07 for 6:10 and 6:15 paces.    I watched it closely.  Decided not to think about it too much....but after upper body, core and some leg work with weights I got back on for my last two miles and ZOOM.   It felt pretty fast at 7.1 mph.  Who knows.  I think I am just dizzy from the driving.  I feel dizzy right now.   AP  7:41 for 10 miles.  

Insomnia last night even though tired. Not much sleep. Maybe two hours in a row. So no run. Just ran arpund at work for a good 7 hours straight and not as busy the last five hours of my shift but i got really tired at about 530pm. Soreness from ton o lunges yesterday kicked in ha ha

Broken sleep. More insomnia so took a little sleep aid woke up to sound of alarm too early 630am getting old to send 15 year old off to high school . So pretty much i am up every day by either 530 or 630 am. The only day i sleep til 730 am is every other sunday when i dont work. Ran recovery miles 2% for all 10. Ap 8:25. Started at 6.7mph and man alive those lunges were felt. I could barely open up my stride. Increased pace by 0.1mph every mile til the last mile. Seriously what is the deal i sweat more than anyone in the gym. No exaggeration great big drips of sweat you can wring out my shorts and fill a glass of purified julie sweat. Did upper body and some core as well.

SWEAT fest so cut this one SHORT.  Was going to run 18 and as I headed out the door I cut it to 16 and as I got doing the workout I just didn't have the need to run more.  I was so soaked that my shorts were uncomfortable.  Weight change before and after run =  3.5 POUNDS!!  and that is not including the four cups of water I drank.  Forgot water bottle so picked up a plastic cup from the front desk.  Two mile warm up (1%) 8:27 each.  Then 3 @ 6:39. (0%)  Then 1 @ 8:27 (1%), followed by 4 x 1200 @ 6:22 (0%)  with 400 recovery at 8:34 pace (1%).   1 mile at 8:30 pace (8:34 for half, 8:27 for half :D, 1%).  Tempo again with 2 @ 6:39.  One cooldown mile at 8:27.  Really could have done another mile, legs tired but okay to run more cooldown but I was really worried about my sweating amount.  I was like a rainforest. Constantly dripping off water.  Since Boston still 12 weeks a way I don't want to do anything to overtrain knowing my sad history of injury for the last two years from doing too much too soon.  Upper body sore from weights yesterday.  Not a ton but enough to feel that this work out was harder than it normally could be for me.  10/73:25.  4/30:28.  

Hi to oever reads my blog. I just cant get up before work and run outside anymore....january stump probably february too. I feel so far from who i used to be. Truth be told i am having a hard time with getting old. The mere fact of being closer to the end of my earthly existence is mind boggling. I am trying to figure out just exactly where i fit in. My past is creeping up on me...and it saddens me greatly...i look forward and for some reason i do not see brightness but old age and grandma like days with a young heart but old body. I look forward to beautiful grandkids but not me being old. It is flying by way too fast for me and i am wondering how older people make it thru? I want to be young again but that is not to be. I must pass through this life and leave my children behind and wait for them in another sphere. I know i seem gloomy and i do not know why these thoughts consume me. What will come of my posterity? How will their lives be? Have i made a difference? Am i making right choices that please my maker? When i reflect i shudder at my mistakes and actions at various points in my life. Running is my way to escape or at least it has been for the past 30 years ....only lately i have run for me without running from something which is why my mileage is not so stellar. I run if i feel like and no longer try to make a mark. It no longer matters to me. I am almost to my goal and i can move on. I cant go back to who i was. I need to accept and move forward with new adventures and challenges. I have the need to try new things , even a new job. There is so much i dont know about. I want to step outside my comfort zone and more fully reach my earthly potential. I feel lost a lot and it is hard to put in writing. Trust me all that may read this and are far younger.+the day will come that your mind will realize that this life is entirely too short anyway u slice it. Live life in goodness and compassion. I am sure thankful for families and friends to hold me up when i feel i am falling and to give me joy when we are together.

Good grief i dont think hormone replacement is for me...i am hitting rock botttom 12 days into taking estrogen and progesterone again. Bleakness, sadness, despair thoughts of meaninglessness. Not good. Now to survive coming off the right way. Feels just like postpartum depression did. So i jist put one foot in front of the other after making it thru an incredibly busy day at work saturday and almost as bad for 8 bous sunday a little better last four hours i got dressed this am and headed to the gym. Kim texted me that she was doing 10 x800s. And to gross people out on the blog and myself included kim and jane are rock stars...they start their 800s at 10.2 and do two each on up with ending at 10.6 . 10.6! And recovery is at 8.5 mph! For 400. I am blown away. Kim is talking away during her recovery. I have to say it is jane and kim keeping me going and helping me to feel a part of this world. I am having so much anxiety. Now i skipped on 800s cause i just didnt feel lkie them. I ran the following paces for each half mile of my run ...1% incline for all but paces 6:22 and under: 8:34, 8:13, 7:53, 7:35, 7:18, 7:03, 6:48, 6:35, 6:22, 6:10, 8:27, 8:06,7:47, 7:30, 7:13, 6:58, 6:44, 6:31, 6:18, 6:05(6:07 and 6:00 for quaters ) . 72:13 for 10 miles. Ap 7:13. No stops . Water bottle. Sweat. 2Chomps 15 min before workout . There is a pattern here...started tm at 7.0 moh and increased by 0.3 mph every half mile until five miles repeated same sequencefor another five miles only starting at 7.1 mph. No plan. This is all just spur of the moment. A lot of my runs are not planned out.

oooo baby the first half mile was tough at 8:27pace on the TM 1%.  I wanted to stop right then.  Just tight muscles.  Fine walking but hips in no way wanting to stretch.  I am not sore just tight.  Old lady syndrome.   Well just got thru it.  At half mile upped it to 8:12 pace and by one mile I kept it at 8:00 pace for four miles.  Then 7:47 x 1/2 mile, 7:41 x 1 mile, 7:35 x 1/2 mile and 7:03 to 7:30 for last mile (briefly at 6:31 to 6:53 pace).  1% incline for first seven.  0 percent last mile.  Very funny that 0 percent feels so much easier.  Well this RUN was the EASY part.  Off to Power Pump which today was more LIKE LUNGE HELL excuse my vocab.  YUP 20 minutes of LUNGING all types with squats.  Probably won't be able to get out of the bed in the morning.  We did walking lunges several types with heels together jumping up squats , one then the other times three or four, I can't remember.  Then a HECK of a lot more, triceps, biceps, pushups, side planks with weight lifting and ended with some good ol' ab routine.  YAH SUICIDE class.  So wish I hadn't run 8 miles before the class, by the end during triceps my arms were shaking.  VERY worried about normalcy tomorrow.  YIKES.  I think I will pass on meeting Jane and Kim at 530am.  They have never ending energy.   Oddly enough a woman in the class came up to me and said "I saw you on the treadmill running fast and then you came to this class?"  "how do you do it?"  "you have so much energy"   "do you take anything to give you so much energy"   NOPE,   NOTHING not even breakfast.  I told her she needed to come see me at night.  ZIPP-O on the the energy.  ZZzzzzzz!! :D  AP for the 8 miles =  7:53   8/63:06.

pretty much the sorest run I have ever run.  butt muscles I never knew I had were felt in the first few steps and throughout the run and my upper body was like HELLO. first UTAH outdoor run for three weeks.  NO watch, that would have been hard to see.  I could barely move.  However based off the last text to my sister and the time I got back  I am happy to report I was well under 10 minute miles : D.  Most likely 8:45 ap.  Course tooled my run.  Guessed it would be 8 but it was 8.5.  It took about 75 minutes to run so whatever that comes out to be.  I had to pee badly but I was afraid I would not be able to start up again and it was 10am so not many places to go.  Kind of uncomfortable holding those muscles as well for like three miles.  LOL.  : D.  AND the fact that I signed up for the Hale Freezes Over 5k makes it EXTRA comical of how I am going to pull off a PR.  But I got to thinking on this run ....IF my soreness is gone by then a 19:45 5K has got to be EASIER than my run TODAY.  HANDS DOWN.  So there's motivation.  

Spin class with sore legs. Yikes. Very sad today. Relivi g old wounds. January does this to me. My dad and sister passed away 32 years ago january 8. And lately i have a keen memory of the intense sorrow i felt and felt for many years. Some years i can pass by and move through it but this year has sunk me deep. We visited their graves in massachusetts last july and where we grew up. My mom and i were cryong at the graveside. It was too much emotion for me. A part of my mind i dont like opened. A flood. A piercing dagger to the insides. All that i believed and thought about was my famiky. Hence why i took down our christmas tree kn janiary 10. The lights of the tree give me hope. But a miracle today in the depths of my lowness....a call from a job for my husband. He had hree interviews and he was chosen out of many candidates. I am excited wnd so proud of him. He has hung on to me and lifted me through all these years. Almost 17 now. I am feeling the blessings of Heaven as i was unbelievably burdened. All thanks to Heavenly Father who once again let me know He is here and wont leave me. Or my famiky. So managed spin. Then gingerly jogged slow miles on the tm at 3% incline. Started with walking almost a half mile and just allowed my body to run slow. It felt relaxing. Ap 9:14.

Okay.....I should NOT experiment with hormones.  60 percent better than yesterday.  I am telling you I was in an abyss.  I   HIT ROCK BOTTOM...No one on this earth should feel like I did for several hours yesterday...crying in SPIN CLASS???? despair. you name it.  HOPE-less.  I had come off estrogen and progeterone saturday as directed but I was also put on testosterone last tuesday.  I didn't feel good about the testosterone my dr. gave me cause my level was low...my dose too was low...I started it last Tuesday--a week ago.  Every day since then my outlook on life dwindled and I was dizzy with a headache.  I stopped taking it also on Friday (last dose so four doses).  So instead I decided to take the precursor hormone to estrogen and testosterone called DHEA (which my body is super low level of and it is the most abundant steroid in the human body).  APPARENTLY my body operates on low levels be it low number of binding sites or whatever my body/brain doesn't like it.  I took the DHEA 25 mg tuesday and wednesday. DID not sleep either night normally at all.  In fact Thursday morning I was up at 0200 for two hours putting away dishes and making my kids lunches after I had slept just two hours.  BING.  I was awake. BRAIN just super wigged out.  So as the scientist I like to think I am I run tests on myself and NOT rats.  Should have looked at some Rat studies.  Some people do not have the right receptor sites for two types of estrogen, alpha and beta.  The rats given estrogen and progeterone  WIGGED out.  They couldn't pass the swim test.  Whatever that is.  I suspect that they are put by water with cheese on the other side LOL.  Okay so DHEA 25 mg is fives times the dose I have tried...but I decided I was being wimpy...the dr. wanted me on 25 mg to get my level up.  WELL I guess I just proved myself right and the Dr. wrong.  I KNOW WHAT MY BODY can handle.  I am telling you I have been to the bottom and back...and I still feel somewhat in doubt of myself and all I stand for...but I am getting back to ME.  No more hormones for me.  I will take PHYSICAL pain over the DESPAIR  anyday.   So if I can help anyone at all I would like to.   It is not how we are supposed to feel.  SO on to FINDING JOY IN THIS LIFE.  GRATITUDE DAY #1  I am thankful for FRIENDS that listen friends that LIFT friends that take the time to KNOW me.  AND I am thankful for MY DEAR LITTLE FAMILY-- TROY my husband, strong in the Gospel and strong dealing with me :D.  Courtney Brooke and Amber my beautiful children living good lives and learning every day to be happy.  RUN today:   STILL SORE.  Seriously funny to be this sore in muscles I apparently never use...so this should be good right?? I should have some glutes forming now.  Ran 7mph(8:34)2 miles, 7.2 (8:19)mph for 2 miles, 7.4 (8:06) x 2 miles then on/offs x 10 for 0.1 miles each (basically some strides) 6:18, 2 x 6:15,  2 x 6:10, 2 x 6:07, 1 x 6:03, 1 x 6:00. SW at 0 percent.  All other miles 1 %.  I was laughing at myself during the strides and seriuosly thought maybe I shold run them??? MY MUSCLES WERE SORE/TIGHT in my butt and thighs.  AP for 8 miles = 7:59.  

Sick to stomach with anxiety because i have been so depressed. Got to race later than wanted. Jogged the wrong way on orem blvd then pulled out map and realized i was not going in right direction. Masive dark cloud over me and muscles in legs still sore from tuesday, ridiculously so. Got to start line and roefly saw rachelle and jen but immediately felt no race mojo nothing. No adrenaline, no excitement just sadness. When i am oit of this hole i hope to make it up to everyone. I am not myself and it is perplexing and daunting. Running in this state is like tryong to run from your brain and you cant. Physically this race was good on my heart, my legs were tighter than post marathon soreness but with my mind it would not matter. I have never run this course and due to my poor memory i forgot my watch. So no timing device just me and my non excited body trying to work with my brain. At the giant hill i looked ahead and saw a girl i had before but could not remember who she was .....i figured she was in third. Right beside her was josse i felt so alone. I pretty much jogged the uphill. I had no desire to speed up and i dont even know if i passed yellow sbirt kid or not...i dont think i did. I have no splits but i was about 10 secs behind rachelled at the first mile of her 10 k. I had no desire to place i had no desire to compete i had no idea what my time was only i knew i had to be slower than i originally wanted cause i jogged the hill. I wanted a pr but when i woke this am i was too tight for a pr. Are lunges and squats really that good for runners? Maybe not old runners . I am happy that third place girl got my pr 19:45 that made me laugh to myself . Basically i hope i am forgiven for being debbie downer. I suppose i am happy that i got my second goal that i told my sister yesterday...under 21 minutes if my legs are still sore. Wose than my sore legs was the extreme need to pee at the starting line and no bathrooms in the community with houses along the entire course. On the downhill two guys easily sped passed me and when it flattened i easily passed them ....my quads were trashed on the downhiil. It was no advantage that 7 percent downhill for 1/4 mile. Ouch. Again i m sorry for who i am rivht now. Everyone else keep on being you!

so today I got word from Kim the workout Jane made up.  I ran it on a smaller scale (15 x400s them). I ran 12 x 400s.  Three mile warmup and I thought I was on some treadmill that was slow cause 8:00 pace felt easy so I upped it to 7:30 by three miles.  Ran 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 (0%) with equal recovery at 1 % and 8:00 pace.  REPEAT x 3.  Cool down x 1 mile 7:45 ap I believe.    Besides a very mental case brain all this felt easy.  The hard part were my thoughts of despair. So I will just leave it at that....I am thinking my way out.    THIS IS THE FIRST DAY SINCE LUNGE AND SQUAT TO THE MAX workout last Tuesday that I haven't been sore.  Saturday's race was a sad day for me hence why I just took myself off the blog for a bit.  And I need love and support not judgment and nonreaction.    I only wish to PR.  I don't care if I am faster than anyone else.  Thanks Josse for coming up to me!! Smiling and cheerful is a great way to be : D.

One mile warmup, 7:42 before LUNGE and SQUAT POWER PUMP class...YUP same as last week that took me six days to recover from.  Man alive she doesn't quit.  I love Lori's spirit and zest for sweat and strength!!  I am feeling stronger however and that part feels great.  Still in feelings of despair...but can't talk about that...ON to MY way of getting out of it...TALK therapy.  Today was a little better than yesterday....I could feel a little adrenaline.  Yesterday, even music in my ears made me feel alone.  Today....I was a bit back to feeling some groove.  OVER whelming feeling of aloneness...yet when I talk to my friends and serve my kids and husband I can usually block out this feeling.    Waking in the morning is the hardest when it used to be my favorite part of the day...however if I just keep doing what I have been doing I can get through it.  I put in a call to my Dr today. Waiting for her call back.  She said to call anytime I had a question about my condition.  She probably won't like that I haven't gone to the specialist on hypopituitarism yet.  Sometimes money must be thrown out the window for survival.    I struggle with sense of self:  is it good to try to be better than others???  I don't think so.    Hence why my running is about PRs and not winning.  I want everybody to be happy.  Anyway...if I just put a smile on my face and continue to serve in any way...I feel better.    OKAY ENOUGH  ALREADY... FORWARD MARCH!!!   : D   1 mile cooldown after one hour of blood sweat and tears.  7:31.  1%.

Zero running miles but probably 10 walking fast at work miles. Very busy team. Got thru pretty good except my depression thoughts. I tried hard to not let any negative thoughts creel in and soak in all the beautiful babies .

Getting a little bit of a head cold. My whole family got it one by one i dont think i am going to get it too badly. Really wishing i could sleep all night and not get up..cause when i do get up i am up for over an hour or more. This time i woke at 4am. Fell bqck to sleep at 530 or so...alarm to get courtney up 630. So up with a smile. Amber and brooke up at 720. Drove kids to school at 7:50. Then off to rec....chatted with a friend for 15 minutes so only got 1.25 miles in before spin. 8:00 ap. Then spin with weights at end while spinning. Legs sore still from tuesday but not like last week..like 50 % btr than how i was last week post lunge class. Got on tm and recovery pace x 7.25 miles kept at 6.7 to 7.1 with one brief visit up to 8:00 pace. Really enjoyed just jogging and not forcing a pace on tired legs. 8:41 felt percect. Stretched well afterward. To costa vida with my hunny for a prebirthday luncheon...my last lunch as a 44 year old. Tmr i will be 1/2 way to 90!!! Yikes.

Mile 45 of 100. 65 to go. Head cold started last night the kind that if u over do it u will get sicker. Just sinuses. Fuzzy brain. But definitely a virus. Ran easy with sore upper body and a little in legs from spin and lunge classes this week and u know how colds make every symptom amplified. No real plan as usual but to run 8. First mile at 8:27 pace and 2% incline a little much for my body so brought it to 1% and 8:41 pace and increased each mile by 0.1 mph til 6. Didnt like 8:00 pace so turned it back to 8:57 for a mile at mile 6. That helped and gave me the energy to run the last two at 6:48 and 6:44. Breathing good but body tired...muscles are transforming and is taking some getting used to. Off to lunch with friends at zupas:-). I need a nap. This cold is going around fast. Just be warned. Have a great day all...halfway mark will be met officially at 5:31 pm utah time, 7:31 east coast time, where i was born. Looking forward to bday cake with family, some party games and olympic events. Twice olympics have started on my bday. I am an olympian in spirit. :-)

Work 13 hours. No time or energy for a run. Admit nursery. Good shift.

Admit nsy. Watched open ceremonies of olympics last night and sunday, today. Also watched some skating and snowboarding..gold for usa in snowboard by Sagefom Utah.

Red flyknits need to go. Shouod not have worn them. They are worn out. Pancakes. No suport live and learn. Texted kim.,workout 6x 1200 with 400 recovery so ran just that with a 3 mile warmup...8:34 for 0.75, 8:19 for 0.75 , 8:06 for 0.75 and 7:53 for 0.75. 1%. Then right into sw...5 @ 6:15 pace, 9.6mph and 1@ 6:10 pace, 0% incline recovery at 8:41 , 6.9mph for 0.25 miles. 0Ne mile cooldown 8:20 pace. Not eaay. Tired from long work ahifts sat and sunday and cold finishing up. Slight pull in heel last night.,gotta be careful..think it is from being sick cause each time i got pf it came on after a headcold. My sinuses are clear now so this only lasted three days if that. But joints are achy as if instead the virus wants to harbor there. :-( took a celebrex just now.

7 miles 2% grade ...recovery style 8:41 x 2, 8:27 x 2 ,8:12 x 2, 8:00 x 1, 1 mile at 6:42 ap (upped pace 0.1 mph from 8.5 mph x 10 @ 0 % incline). Then back to 1% incline for two miles at 7.4 to 8.5 with brief pickup at end most of last two miles at 8pace. Then power pump for 35 min. Missed first half on purpose then felt really good so did class. Feeling strong after taking run easy. Good mood today. Sun out. Good friends and we are headed to sg for the weekend for a soccer tournament. We leave thursday night. :-) 70 degrees there. 10 miles in 81:29/8:09.

Finally decided to run outdoors!!  First time in over two weeks.  I really thought mentally couldn't handle it even though mentally doing better. Weird huh?  This February drab weather and memories of injury the last two years coming on this time of year were jabbing at my brain..but I decided to PUSH those thoughts ( and others as best I could) out of my mind and ENJOY  the now for what it stood for for me.  I thought about Shaun White..how after two Golds ending his Olympics without a medal gotta be a downer for such a great snowboarder.  But his responses to high attention from media have been at best in circumstances.  He is a true inspiration for drive and determination (if you saw the coverage from his big fall about a year ago you will understand how this was a big come back of courage. He actually was afraid to snowboard for a bit).  Anyway I plugged along running to the finish of AF half (two miles from my house) and up to mile marker 10 and back home so five out and back.  My garmin likes to change modes without warning but still show time at end and was pretty happy that my easy pace today was an AP of 8:05. Picked it up slightly the last mile and it turned out to be a 7:31.  One stop with a light at AF hospital area at mile 1.  Weather was cooler than I thought it would be.  The cloud cover was not something I wanted today to try and lift my mood.  But I am getting there.Training my damaged brain to see the positive and to help others along the way.  Going out for a Sweet Heart lunch with my hubby.  We are in St. George from Thursday night til Monday for Soccer Tournament.   Courtney and Grandma staying at home.  Go NORTHERN PEAKS!!  (troy is the coach).

Massive fatigue. Bad dreams. Vivid. And woke exhausted. Cat nap from 8 am to 9am after kids off to school. On call for work. Sluggishly got to gym. Slapped my face a few times. My brain was so tired. My body felt fine except some tricep and lower back achiness from routine tuesday. I could not shake the fatigue but still ran a mini hill work on tm. 2 mile wu 8:30 pace. Then 1 min on/ off at 8:00 pace alternating 0 percent incline and 4 to 10 percent incline going up one percent every other minute, repeated x 3. One mile cooldown 8:41. Five pounds of sweat and off to sauna to detox more. Head still very foggy like i had been drugged heavily.

In sunny sg....39 degrees here feels so much warmer than pleasant grove....sun out 915 am run left mobile home and ran up to the tuachan theatre right outside snow canyon...four rolling miles up and and back down. I felt light as a feather. Clean air helps and 2600 feet elevation.. Absolutely loved my run that o had to turn off my music and put my head phones away. The red cliffs and blue sky was so rewarding. Felt like i was a runner again. 7:58 ap. This was easy pace no pushing it except last 0.75 miles just a teensy bit but it was downhill. 7:09.

SNOW CANYON IS MY HEAVEN! Up and back x two. Cruising along at easy long run pace. Joined briefly by a slc guy who ran 3:08 at sg last year and training for boston too only he comes to sg every weekend to run his long runs. Lol. . He was running five. We ran three together at 7:30 pace up and down the snow canyo parkway. Then when he left i was at 10 miles. I ran again back to snow canyo . My pelvis joints were achy probably from twl late nights for soccer tournament. 1230 am to bed after our win against la roca 9-0 in mesquite at 9 pm. Slept 6.5 hours and woke old lady style sl i knew i wpuld have to get kinks out y running easy today. No fast finish til next week. Ap today 7:55 for 16. Loved it. Last mile 6:59. Oh and first real long run since sg and no stops two caffeine free gus no water. Cool enough for ear warmers and gloves at times but wore shorts and short sleeves. Locals dressed all up. And wow i made to the 60 miles for the week and tbos used to be my norm?

Church in sg yesterday then drove home at 315 after a one hour rest at Dizzy Parkwith girls. Came home to oldest daughter in a bad way......tooke her to dr.....diagnosis obvious strep throat. Youngest with sinus infection. Both put on antibiotics while my left eye over last four days as given me grief and now looking Bob Costas like with a droopy eyelid. So no running . Just recovering from four drives back and forth to mesquite from st george in 34 hours for four soccer games. Glad to leave and come back to take care of my daughter. Win not worth one more day in st george so brookes soccer team is good on waiting for their day.Wtched Lego movie with girls six hours after courtneys shot in bum of penicillin. We enjoyed the movie .....EVERYTHING IS AWESOME EVERYTHING IS COOL WHEN YOU ARE PART OF A TEAM EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!! Yah see the movie.

Worked all day. No desire to get up early and run. Amber kept me up cryi g that she couldnt sleep with her constant coughing . Laid with her for almost an hour at0100. Thinking i may not feel like running tmr am either. Just hard to get out of bed. Being lazy not depressed just listening to my body. Especially since my eyehas issues.

Saucony fives....dried my flyknits in the dryer on medium heat and they SHRUNK. Toes very tight in toe box. Grrr. So wore the fives but no cushion there since they are racing flats and weigh nothing. OUCH on this old body. Just various joints in spine and legs and left hip yelping. But ignored the aging scream. It wasn't that bad just annoying. See my sleep time? Yup about four hours. All three of my daughters having trouble sleeping. Amber coughing up a lung and Brooke insomnia problem and Courtney feeling better after penicillin shot for strep catching up on lost reading time. Brooke got into bed with me. Kicked her out (gently) at 410am. Because I work at 6am I just got up and finally got out the door at 435am. Kind of tossed a 3 mile tempo with  another one or two fast miles. Thought I would feel great cause in my mind it played out well but the shoes probably were a factor for me and the fact that I was cold and hadn't slept well for two nights. Not sure of the temp but my tummy was red when I got back.. Anyway, ran 2 mile warmup: 8:26, 7:56??? weird, THEN 6:32, 6:45, 6:46. Those last two were not easy for me that I wanted to give up. The air seemed junky and my spine was achy. I actually stopped cause I saw on my watch a pace of 7:08 on the third mile 0.1 into it. I was mad that the effort felt harder. FUNNY THING was that when I stopped my watch the PACE ACTUALLY showed 6:49. LOL. It must have still showed my pace for when I slowed just before the light at AF hospital. Ha ha. When I saw that, I kicked myself and got back to work and finished the 3 miles. About a 20 second stop. Then ran one mile recovery 7:45. That felt easy. Then another fast mile 6:48. Then a half mile easy 8:06 then finished with another fast 1/2 mile at 6:40 pace. Definitely will not be wearing those shoes much. Maybe if I were 20 pounds lighter. NOT going to happen. My race weight is practically athena. 129 to 130 pounds these days. Not light by any sense of the word for a marathoner. Winter I tend to hold on to five more pounds so maybe by Boston I will be down a couple. AP for 8 miles = 7:18. So I got home got out of my clothes and started getting ready for work when I saw I had a voice mail on my phone. Today is not my call shift YET it was my turn to be cut. Seriously??? I just ran at 430 am for nothing??? I am going to take a nap now. Just got kids off to school. I deserve it : D. I think I will do this work out every week only stretch it out to 3, then 2 then 1. After that change it to 3, 2, 2. Then 3, 3, 2, and finish at 3, 3, 3 : D. Repeat that x 1 or 2 til Boston.

arggh!!  The olympics are keeping me awake at night!!  besides my usual extreme difficulty falling and staying asleep being over adrenaline-ized watching winter sports is NOT helping.  Luckily they only come around every four years!!  Anyway got kids off to school and hubby was off to work.  Did Josse's core work out #2 x 2 BEFORE running.  NOT a good thing to do.  I didn't warmup before doing it and then when I ran my legs felt all jello-ey and then lead like.  Ran 12 miles.  7:59 AP.  Cold and just not into it but did it when in the first mile I was going to walk home.  Some runs are like that.

PM:  shake out run as Rachelle calls it. 4.3 miles in 36:14   After the two miles I felt great.  5:45 pm start.  6.25 hours after first run. Sun going down.

5 mile loop to ambers class. Fifth grade teachers have kids run a mile every friday. Last time i went was fall. Only been today and that time. Amber ran 7:21 in the fall air. Since she has told me she just jogs it she has a super bad cough and on antibiotics for a sinus infection. I paced her easy so no going oit too fast. We gained on first llace girl who slowed a lot bit amber then panocked and began coughing. She came in with me at 7:41 a second behind other girl. Four boys ahead pf us. This is twp classes so 60 kids. Ran home a mile and took a sip of powerade. Gross i hate lemon lime powerade. Idk why we bouvht it. Took only 15 seconds and off i went on a loop that got me back at my house at mile 16. Just could not take my tight flyknits anymore. I tried pulling and stretching the toe box ut it just did not help. Feet were so cramped. Put on red flyknits with 670 miles on them and a half size bigger to begin with. No cusbion left but toes lo ing life. First mile 8:51. Last mile 7:27. Ap 8:05. Wiped out from the double high mileage and core work. Arms and chest sore. So much punishment. I need a reward now. :-) sorry for typos. Phone doesnt show what i am texting til finished and i can see witb blown up letters as i type that i made lots of them. Oh well. Taking a nap now.

After this entry I am off in search of a new pair of shoes.  No matter what I do I cannot stretch my flyknits back to a 9.5.  My feet are so squished and it causing my left IT band to act up and my right plantar to curl in with my toes.  Just can't run normally.  Today I headed back to Gold's Gym.  It has been 12 days.  Yep outside running is being nice to me.  UNTIL FREAKING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS and RUINS EVERYTHING!!!  daylight savings is for NIGHT owls.  NOT MORNING GLORIES!!  CRUD.  The change kills me every year.  Luckily I have planned a down week for the week after it starts :D.  Hopefully it is the cure all for me.  So hard to get kids in bed with daylight.  And morning runs DARK once more.  Blah.  I had absolutely no plan for speed today just a 10 mile recovery run but my last run (18 miles on Sat) was so laid back that I had some energy although I drove to the gym thinking I needed a nap.  I worked the last two days in the level two nursery.  13 hour shifts.  No windown to the outside world.  Long days but rewarding. LOVE babies.  So for some reason I just started my TM at 7.4 mph.  Wasn't sure where I was going from there.  Did some math in my head and wondering what pace I would be at if I upped the TM every mile by 0.1?  The ending seemed too slow *7:13.  So then I calculated increasing every mile by 0.2 miles.  Ahh better...finish with a 6:31 mile.   Mile splits at 1% incline (all except last mile I put at 0%, didn't need to but it is a mental thing)....8:06, 7:53, 7:41, 7:30, 7:18, 7:07, 6:58, 6:48, 6:39, 6:22 (6:31 for half mile then to 6:00 to 6:27 for last 0.5 miles).  NO STOPS.  Just water.  AP for 10=  7:15.    72:38 total time. Cooldown slow jog and walk x 1/2 mile.

Insomnia even on melatonin. So got up at 501 and ran five easy miles before clocking in for work ...6:01 dang a minute late....that is what i get for packing breakfast and lunch post run. Ap 8:32. I guess to save time I could have run faster but I wanted to run easy.  Worked 12.5 hours.  Missed the gorgeous weather. 

Shopping day. Took too long.  To even post  the time at walmart is incriminating, double coupon and price matching.---all by myself. Took from 0900 til the first kid came home from school at 2:25 (when I finished unpacking and actually ate lunch). Never again. No day off and i hadn't run yet which made me very anxious.  Got kids doing their homework and piano.  Then i remembered visiting teaching. So had to run in 65 minutes to be there on time albeit in shorts.  Ran fivehilly in 35:30. 7:06 ap. First mile 7:21, last mile 6:46. Got a drink of water at my house then ran 3 miles at 7:40 pace. Visit taught at 445pm. Luckily hubby read my mind and made dinner for the family and was ready in 10 minutes after I made it home from visiting teaching at 5:30.   Ate dinner then drove to Orem a play at Hale theatre. Tired.  PLAY WAS VERY GOOD.  Quite enjoyed myself.  Took Amber along with hubby as my sister who was supposed to go with us with her husband had strep throat. Got the tickets from running 5k race.  It was simply spectacular!!  Seriously..GO  if you can.  Very well done, the cast and scenery changes all on a center stage.  So fun!!  

River the play at Hale theatre was very good and very creative! I recommend it. A night removed from usual media so refreshing . Ran recovery miles in the storm coming in air so gonna miss yesterdays weather. Now it has been raining sonce i got back. Went to bday lunch with julie esplin and melanie. Fun times . Did varying route around my neighboring hoods. Ap a lovely 8:42. No pushing it. Just jogging. Joints in wrists and back achy...then i realized duh of course..always when a storm is approaching .

Saucony fives. No new shoes yet. So tired not sleeping . Woke tired but took a nap after kids off to school, hubby to work, and vacumming done. 10 to 1100. I needed it. There was drool on my pillow so i must have slept. I felt much better when i got up. My legs felt really good like i should hurry and start running right then but of course i take my time. I still felt good in the legs but just a little tired but way btr than waking at 440!!!! Yup up since 440 which is why i needed the nap. Plan was just five miles at random paces upping every 1/2 to a mile. Went to gym cause i needed to feel a lart of the world. Saw melissa. She is so fun to talk to. Super fun and happy while running away on the tm. I stood there talking. She was done within a mile sl i just got on her tm. Ran 3.5 miles at about 7:40 ap then ran WAIT FOR IT, WAIT .... A 6:01.8 mile, yup 6:01. Not planned at all except inspired by april and her 6:00 death pace . I ran it like this....started at 9.5 mph and increased pace every 0.1 moh til 10.4 mph (5:45) ...which averages to 6:01.8. Stopped tm after i finished for just 30 seconds, saw pause clock running, and then ran 3.5 more mile at 7.30 and a little faster for last 0.4. Ended at 6:27 pace. Felt great. Ap 7:26. 8 miles in 59:29. Felt so good i did some squats and lunges and burpees. Seriously an old julie day running. Where have i been hiding?

Barely any sleep. Worked from 0600 to 1215 . Drove to riverton with swollen left eye, burning eyelid flare again. Some sort of immune response. Ouch and lid blocking vision a bit and painful . Took a celebrex after getting home from amberssoccer game . Laid down for 30 min in running clothes. Thought i would run between but i fwlt awful and i only had 1 hour. So at 310 heqded back up to riverton to brookes soccer game. Eye bugging big time. I still had it in my mind to have troy drop me off in lehi before smiths market place and take the trail home. Best decision of my life. He dropped me off at some gas station on alpine highway about a mile west of smiths marketplace. I pottied and was on my way. Oh my goodness this run was unbelievably therapeutic. Besides my flaming eye annoyance i was in utter heaven. Running with not pain slight soreness in quads from squats but never an issue. It was a recovery run after my 6:01 mile yesterday. I felt amazing. And the scenery was spectacular even tbough iwas running east away from sun down the mountains were amazing to behold with the storm clouds and the pathway was so what i needed. My legs felt surprisingly springy that my fastest mile was the one coming up a 7% incline. I not once felt exhausted it was an easy easy jog pace. Like angels were carrying me in the air. Downhill and uphill i felt just as strong. Legs fluid and strong. I wasnt super fast but i would take this run over many hundred others of my runs. The last three mikes it was dark and raining lightly which juat added to the ominous nature of my run. It wqs like a memorial run...all my running feelings rolled into run. I thought oh my i got to run this again...but then said no...this is too amazing to repeat. Thanks,to God for giving me a beautiful night to fly. Ap for 11.32 miles - 8:18.

20 miles with my good friend jessica. Started at west park and ran pn parkway trail northwest to lehi turned at five and headed back to cars at park. Then stopped at 10 for hydration and one gu, strawberry banana flavored. Ran southeast on trail til 15 miles and turned and finished with last five at just over marathon pace. First fifteen easy peasy. Last mile joints achy and couod feel lack of carbs with only one gu so next time i will take two. Last five miles , 7:21, 7:28, 7:21, 7:11 and 7:11. Beautiful day and a great running companion. Noce to be running with someone my age. We are smarter. Train in our zone. No overdoing it. Ap 7:59 for 20. Off to night ski. 15 dollars. Quite a deal. Maybe there isnt any snow? Ha ha.

5 more miles on my red flyknits.  Wow over 730 miles on these babies.  Tread worn well off on outer sides of heels. Gotta love a good shoe.  SUPER busy day.  Called into work at 630am.  Sent home at 2pm.  Kids home from school over next hour.  415 out the door for a recovery run.  Amber joined me for miles 3 and 5    :D .  8:30 ap.    She needed to change shoes from her flat tennis shoes, you know the kind with no laces and no cushion.  I ran a one mile loop x 5.  Felt pretty good.  ONLY problem was I had to work out kinks from my BIG near death experience with two snow boarders at sundance deciding to just sit down in the middle of a narrow passage.  I had to break reallly fast and use my pole to do so then flipple over their boards with my ski still on.   IT HURT because before I could flip I had to stretch extended over one of the guys boards.  At work I was in a lot of whiplash pain.  Before the fall I felt amazing skiing.  Seriously amazing.  Like I had never even run.  Still feels that way.  Although I forgot (amber had to remind me) that later last night getting into my car I shut my own foot ankle and knee in the door....meaning my leg was stuck with the door slammed between the door and the seat.  I was screaming out hysterically then realized what I had to do---DUH open the door.  So needless to say I was running along wondering why is my ankle on my left foot hurting and everything on my right side feels bruised? and hey why is my knee tingling?  Oh yah I shut my leg in the door.  Seriously who does that?  I was reaching for my purse under my seat at the same time as closing my car door and left my leg still there.  Geez.  Salt in a wound.  I was already sore from the fall.  

739 miles on the REDS.  Oh yah!!  Alarm off at 445am.  Where did the time go?  I am in severe need of many hours of sleep.  Many.  I wasn't going to go but then realized there was no way I could fall back to sleep....so I just got out there.  Chilly.  28 degrees.  Frost everywhere.  Again.  AP 7:50.  Not sure why I ran last two easily at 7:24 pace. Nice.  Legs feel great.  HEAD SO VERY TIRED.  Got to work.  Then at noon I was pulled (because it is my turn, I no longer float) to mom/baby at utah valley.  Just so tired by end of shift but got to take care of an old friend's niece.  Last time I saw her she was 16!!!  It was a college roommate.  Seriously wow. Time flies.  My 20s were soooooo fun.  

Took benadryl to try and sleep last night.  So much insomnia.  Dang low estrogen!!  anyway...it only succeeded in making me feel like a zombie when I got up to get the kids going.  So instead of running I paid bills.  Then thought of a nap but I only tossed and turned.  I finally got over to the gym at 1145am!!!  Looked at my running schedule and was a little worried-- 7 x 800s.  Yikes I am so tired!!  Well Melissa was there so she helped my warmup fly by in fact I did an extra mile.  3.1 in 24:58 at 1%.  Bathroom break. Then 0.25 warmup and into workout.  No overdoing it today kept paces accurate to my current marathon PR of 3:07 and even started slower.  First two Yassos at 3:09 (9.5mph or 6:18 pace), then 3:07.5 x 2 (9.6mph or 6:15 pace), 3:05 (9.7 or 6:10 pace) and last one at avg of 6:01.  Started at 9.8 mph and increased every 0.1 mph to 10.2 for the 0.5 miles.  Ran at 7.3 mph (8:12pace) for recovery for 1/4 mile.  Felt very easy.  So when I do EIGHT here in a few weeks it should be a cake walk too if I start the pace just right.  Frog in a frying pain.  Old lady in a swimming pool.  Whichever way you look at it.  I have to SNEAK up on myself.  My brain is THAT smart, it knows what is coming.  I really could have easily done 8 but schedule says 7 and I am trying to be a smarter runner. Training in my zone.  AP for the 800s= 3:07:30 (marathon time).  I am pretty confident that I can run at least a 3:10 at Boston if surprise heat wave doesn't happen.  But don't completely quote me on that...my thoughts change daily. Some days I think I can't even get to the starting line.  Ha Ha.  Oh after speedwork I ran 1.75 miles at 7:00 to 8:12 pace (mostly 7:30) all at 1%.  AP for 7 miles= 7:00 on the dot.  48:59 was the time there.  ****side note: from fall skiing monday---everything is back to normal. BUT from shutting my leg in the car doorthe same day?!! yikes my left leg/inside knee cap and hip and foot are slightly upset.  I am sure it just twisted and ligaments pulled from the force of impact staying crushed between seat and car door.  Seriously why am I soooo stupid?

Up at 445am.  Got back from Courtney's soccer game in Riverton at 945pm.  Bed at 1040.  Just can't fall asleep easy and I wake several times a night.  My daughter Brooke wanted to surprise her friend for her birthday by getting several of her friends and waking her early (Brooke was up at 6:15) and making breakfast for her.  Lucky for me all I had to do was drive Brooke and pick up Jenna and take them to Kim's house. Kim was so nice to volunteer her house for the FUN birthday breakfast. I had to get back to make lunches and get Courtney off to school.  She hurt her foot in soccer so I drove her to the bus stop a half mile away.  Troy was off to work just after that then it was me and Amber for a half hour.  Was not in the mood to run so got on line and rented a car for Spring break.  Neither of our cars can make the trip well enough without causing more damage.  The girls and I are driving to Phoenix/Casa Grande to hang out with my mom.  9.5 hours if I drive it right.  IT should be a beautiful drive going through Grand Canyon and Lake Powell.  Could have flown but that was not adventurous enough for me.  And the girls have never seen the grand canyon (well courtney was 6 months old last time Troy and I were there).  Troy has to stay back with his new job.  : (((       When I get back three days later I will be flying to Boston for the marathon.  Lots of traveling but I will be in taper zone so it should all be FUN.  It is only 142 dollars total to rent a car for the week :D.    Now, ON to my AMAZING run today.  FELT super strong that by mile two I was sub 8  despite the STRONG winds.  I was EMPOWERED by the WIND.  I got hit in several directions but it never bothered me.  I invited it along with me.  That is how I felt the whole time.  Felt so good that the last mile was easily a 6:42.  AP for miles = 7:40.  The only complaint is my crushed leg is still healing...a deep bruise feeling in the outer shin and inner knee and the hip from my leg being yanked out of place so to speak. So currently icing it.  But it really didn't effect me on the run in my mind.  I am feeling more and more like my 2011 running self.  I hope it lasts.  The memory is there.  I have figured out the problem with the last two years despite going through menopause (which is HUGE)....it WAS the STEROID shots GOING systemic after each one.  I got SIX shots in my foot last year about every two months and ONE in my back which was really not good for my BODY at all.  I believe the steroids are the cause for my MASSIVE joint pains and INTENSE fatigue, muscle spasms.  Now that I have PROMISED to never get another one and more than two months have passed (four in fact)...my body is coming back from the great abyss.  IT took me down mentally too.  STEROIDS are BAD. Trust me. Some people can handle them but Julie Esplin and I both found out the hard way (lucky for Julie E for not as long) that STEROIDS shut our bodies down.  They are ADRENAL gland suppressors.  ADRENALS are the master GLAND for handling stress and disease and for FIGHT or FLIGHT.  Seriously can't believe I let it go on that long.  I am still having issues from EARLY menopause (insomnia, hot flashes) but the intense pains are few and far between (unless I shut my leg in a door or night ski in between two stupid snow boarder ;D).  I plan on improving daily. Life is certainly not easy and I plan on not making it harder for anyone else.  GO FIGHT WIN everyone!!!  

Saucony 5s. Fit my feet well but no cushion. Very light so i only wear them on treadmill to protect my joints. Plan was 6@ mp. Felt too easy @ 7:03 so did a progressive tempo. Warmed up running at 7.3mph incrwasing pace by 0.1mph every 1/4 mile. Left leg still angry for the door slamming but different sboes helped even out some imbalances in my hips and foot landing that an hour after run pain in left leg gone. However the left eye inflammation is getting tl be mlre and more annoying. Eye waters and burns on lid. Guess i will have to break down and see an eye doctor or dermatologist as it is mainly affecting my lid. Droopy. Lovely. Anyway at 1.5 miles i was at marathon pace of 7:03 so kept it there for a mile and upped it by 0.1 mph each mile for six except last mile i upped the pace every third a mile by 0.1 mph and last tenth i had it at 10 mph (6:00). So the last five were 6:58, 6:53, 6:48, 6:44, and ap 6:33 for last mile as described above. Ap for six roughly 6:48-6:50. Felt very controlled first four and last mile. Fifth mile i was irritated by a television show that really was not appropriate. So lost focus for a moment and tried to think of uplifting things...but that scene was lengtby and i found myself staring at the mill instead. Cooldown x 1/2 mile at 8:12 to 8:00 pace. Total time for 8 miles was 56:52. Ran another 1/2 mile cause melanie was jogging beside me. So nice to have her company.

Hard to get going today so at noon i got my kids to help me run a two mile loop six times. First loop with amber, second with brooke third by myself, forth with amber and last two loops by myself. Slow and easy with the girls and my first loop alone. Last loop 7:02 (felt easy) and last mile uphill last half mile 6:48.

Sleeping good then woken by alarm to get Courtney out of bed for school.  Finish making lunches for everyone.  Then I was called into work.   Clocked in at 7:15am.  Worked until 4pm.  Got home finally ate lunch but then decided to run my four scheduled miles today on a full stomach.  Ran real easy.  Woke in pain in my right ankle for second half of night-- PF region--nerve like pulsating that I couldn't fall asleep for a while.  MAN it hurt.  Weird cause no pain after waking.  But a little when I started running in my cramped grey flyknits that I accidentally shrunk in dryer.  Ran two miles and met Amber (my 11 year old who ran four miles yesterday in 8:35 ap) and ran a mile in 8:25.  Finished on my own for one more mile.  No stops for me.  AP 8:33.  The wind suddenly died down after two miles and I was actually hot that I took off my gloves and sweat shirt.  This was 5:20pm when I started.  Rash is spreading from my eye behind my ears and a spot on my thigh.  This is so fun. NOT.  Going to have to go yeast free for a bit and see if I can cool off some food reactions through my skin.  Go Fight Win.  :D.

Okay so ambien starting to work for me or I would not have had any sleep last two nights. The trick is to take it around 10 to 11pm. Stay in bed and do not eat anything for two hours before or after (food slows absorption). However it only works to get me to fall asleep and when i awake i am up for good which is usually 4-5 hours . Idk what to do about this insomnia except stop everything and mellow the heck out. My plate is so full right now with kids to soccer a zillion times, school future planning , carpool planning for next year for crying out loud....but its important to get in one that works so stress! And then shopping for 2.5 hours another 1/2 hour toput it all away.  After meeting with high school conselor to plan my 10 th graders future and then flying thru my easy run cause i dont have a minute to slow down before picking up carpool kids at school and then driving to Provo to get grandma 30 min away in traffic and then driving 40 min away to Riverton in traffic to a soccer game for Courtney (along the way switching cars cars with Troy cause the SUV sucks the life out of my wallet. And my head is spinning and my brain wont slow down and oh yah i somehow had time to get the chicken ready for dinner. Troy made the salad to put it into before we rushed over to watch a semifinal soccer game of Amber's in futsal, playing a team that has half their girls a year older and we lost 3-2. It was 2-0 and then when amber went in she cruised passed everyone and crossed from left side of field to right side of goal passed the goalie. Perfect goal. Then we scored again. But then  we just couldnt score again. Amber got hurt and came out of game with 8 minutes left. She is tough. She went back in for four minutes.  But she was limping. The girls they played were huge! As u can seee i just beed a break from adrenaline and life would be easy. No more soccer games they wear me out and no more shopping on my day off! I just want to zone out . Mainly cause my eye hurts alot and havent had time to make an appt during day hours so tmr appt is being made for this painful eye!!   AP for 10 miles 7:04 four miles sub 7. 6:56, 6:53, 6:40 and 6:48. Ran first 7 then picked uo carpool. Ten minutes later ran three more miles.  First seven 7:05 pace. Last three 7:03 .  Rolling hills. JUST LIKE BOSTON.  Except elevation going on here : D.  So hopefully it will feel even easier than it did today.  This pace very doable!!!

Saucony fives. Eye such a pain. And inner right thigh rash. Lovely. Moving forward. Showed up at gym at noon. Ran 4 miles at 1% 8:12, 8:00, 7:47 and 7:35.Then back to 8:12 for 0.25 to start with off section then right into hillwork. Ran 7 x 0.25 miles at 5% incline and 7:03 pace with jog a 8:12 and 1% incline for equal distance times 7. 1/2 mile cooldown at 7:47 to 8:12. 8 miles in 62:22 (7:48 ap). Brain fried from tons of stress so this workout was all adrenaline.

Zero. Called into work at 6:40. Clocked in at 7:10am. Very busy shift so came home just went out shopping for a baptism gift forTerrah my 15 year old niece andabday gift for my moher in law. Got home 0930pm and wrote my talk for the baptism. Got in bed past 11pm and couldnt sleep and didnt take anything to sleep. At 2 i finally tried my old remedy whic only proceded to make feel too tired when i got up to run in Payson. But i was determined to get there for the bday run.

Not much restful sleep but really wanted to join Rachelle and jer friends for their bday run. Drove to Payson from PG. Made good time having left at 6:35 . Ad an incident at exit that still puzzles me. Really didnt expect it . Amazingly they hadnt left without me so :-) and i spotted them coming down the stairs from Rachelles place. We started running about 7:15 and i ran the first loop with them. Just jogging along. So beautiful. Loved the route and company. Stopped breifly at mile 8 and then at her townhouse for five minutes. Ran with them and i knew it would be tight being 8:50 am and a thirty minute drive back home in order to get to baptism of my niece and also talk on baptism. So i turned around 1.5 miles out on second loop. Felt strong so ran the last 1.5 miles fast with las,t half mile heading north the entire 1.5 miles , into a significant headwind but i just tried to not care and instead embrace the beauty all atounf remembering the many running blog entries i have read about Rachelles training a few years back. First mile 6:28 and half mile in 6:29. Wow that felt good . Made it in time for baptism ...well one minute late. Came into room and there seated were over fifty people! Yikes. Hadnt given a talk in church in years. But i have to say i was honored to speak at Terrahs baptism. Such a beautiful girl. :-) ap for 13 miles 8:19.

Closing in on 800 miles on my red nike flyknits. The bottoms are hammered but theupper is in great shape. Same 20 miler as two weeks ago and same wondetful running partner except we both were not into it, her physicallly..she raced spectrum 10k saturday and me partially physically....batometer reading body with the joint aches and mostly mentally not into it. Feeling drugged hours after taking an ambien. Kind of weird. But also just vented some issues to jessica We have pleged a positive last 20 in two weeks The wind on our run wasnt a big factor but if we waited 15 more minutes it would have been disastrous. Tiles from my table outside on my porch flew off into the air and landed on the deck. This is a heavy table and it was moving. Crazy. Ran last four miles in 6:45, 6:51, 6:47, and 6:54. Ap slower but last miles faster. Ap for the four 6:50. Ap for run 8:06. We were totally not into it. Next time. :-)

Saucony fives.  Oh boy I am having a hard time remembering how I ran this day other than I felt higher than a kite (not sure why, absolutely NO soreness from my 20 miler).....hoping this run will fully come to me....Well I know I ran at the gym 8 miles.  Totally forgetting pace.   Wait..I think I remember...started real easy cause I was trying to be in recovery mode. Real recovery.  First mile 8:49 (all miles 1% incline). Then second mile 8:34.  Then I was just bored so picked it up to 8:00 and increased pace every mile by like 0.2 mph and ended at 6 miles with average pace just under 8:00. Crud can't remember exactly.  That's what I get for not blogging for four days.  Last mile I believe was 7:00 ap.  Just for fun.  Talked with Angie next to me for three of the miles.  Then went to Power Pump class to really get my muscles to work :D.  Was fun.  I was energetic.  

Busy work day.  Went to meeting first at Scera (required for work) then very nonstop shift on mom/baby.  No time for running.  NOT SLEEPING.   I feel very manic.  And I am not bipolar.  Well maybe I am now?  My schedule is soooooo busy.  I have soooo much I am doing and fitting in here and there.  I don't get tire.  Weird.  Just a wired brain.  So I NEED PEACE AND CALM.  I gotta stop going to all these soccer games of my kids.  They are just so exciting.  But they are zapping me.  Oh picked up so Sketchers GoRuns.  So far so good.  : D.  They are extremely light and 4mm drop.  See tomorrows run.  

Sketchers GoRUN (black).  New shoes.  Let's see how my feet and legs handle back to 4 mm drop (from 10 with nike flyknit).  I had absolutely no heel left on the outside of both my flyknits (ha ha 800 plus miles will do that) so I can only assume that the heel is in the way of me landing mid foot  ;D.  Walked all day in my sketchers then ran at Gold's gym on TM.  OVER TIRED but YET still not able to sleep.  My lips and tongue burn a lot....not sure what that is a sign of.  Probably sleep deprivation.  Can't take ambien. It worked at night but lingered too long during day that I was wigged out on it.  So....tried nothing the last two nights but my 1/4 of xanax that I am almost out of.  Got five hours.  That is all I got. Then awake.  VERY alert.  No more sleep.  And I was sweaty all over and the heat isn't even on.  I suppose hot flashes is the word. Crud-ola.    Plan today was some sort of tempo...and follow Hal Higdons meaning for it.  Well...his meaning is so different from what I have read on the blog so I did the best I could. Ran easy first two miles at 8:12, then 8:00 minute mile then, 7:53, 7:47.  Off tm for a quick stretch and pee stop (really couldn't hold it).  Usually I like to just not stop at all so this was a must especially with what I had next coming up.....a SUB SIX minute mile.  Yah I just decided it midrun to do it.  Started at 6:15 pace and within 0.05 miles got confused and worried I was starting too slow so upped it to 6:10 pace and then left it there for 0.1 miles and increased pace every 0.1 miles by 0.1mph to 5:42 pace (10.5 mph).  Ran a 5:57 mile when it is all boiled down.  :D.    finished with a mile at 8:02.  Had to take a two minute breather after the mile that fast AND with NEW SHOES.  Gotta be careful.   This was at 1230 just past noon.   At 3:30 ran with my daughter Brooke and her friend Brooke two miles.  AP 9:07.    Then Art Festival for Amber and a dinner out with husband to Olive Garden.  

Sketchers black. 8 miles with stopwatch. No music. One of those just put in the miles at aerobic pace kind of run. Easy easy. 8:47 ap I believe.

Plan was to sleep as close as i could before needing to get upfor work and clock in at 6. Phew woke at 5:38. Clocked in at 6:00. So busy and oh my the pelvic pains....tons of shooting pains through all my joints in my pelvis. 4 mm to zero drop shoes are not gonna be good. That is when my pf really blossomed....with altras. Three years ago. Zero drop rotate my pelvis and my spinal cord..cause man alive the pains are to the marrow. Yowza. Makes me yelp like a wounded dog. Anyway..decided the sketchers are going back. I dont have time to break them in and the flyknits didnt do this to me. So i found a new color....pink with lime green. Since this last pair lasted over 800 miles without injury i think i am safe. Even when the outside of the heels were gone. Completely! So because of the pain...induced by new shoes and no easy break in....cause i ran a 5:57 mile....i did not run my easy six today. Four weeks and i have no idea how i will feel. I dontfeel well hormonally and have had night sweats constantly and i feel quite foggy brained so i am hoping to just do what i trained for even if i do not feel well because that is just what i do. I push thru it no matter what. :-) just gonna do it

Late run again so over tired so took a nap for one hour...i know i fell asleep cause the phone ringing woke me . Darn wish i had turned ringer off home phone. I need the sleep. I cant believe how bad this insomnia is. Started running and i felt good. All the way till mile 7 and then my right calf, probably injured from sketchers last week....because sat i was in a lot of lower body pain the next day after wearing them, as my flyknits have never given me grief. Ordered another pair and decided not to mess with my body mechanics by going from 10 mm to 4 mm drop. They actualy feel very zero drop and are if u tKe out the insert. The insert does not look like it drops at all. Anyway hours later my calf is angry. Massaving it is painful. Ran last fives miles comfortably minus calf tightness, not pain, 7:11, 7:02, 7:08 , 6:36, and 6:35. Last two miles flat to minor rolling. Ap 7:35.

So busy i had no time for running from the moment i got up at 5:38 am. Work at 6am. 7 hour shift , super busy, helped out a coworker and she came in for the last five hours. Came home and upped the buy ness oh yes....housework soccer practices, shopping for baby shower wrapping gift getting fruit cut up and onto traya with caramel dip , cooking then feeding dinner to kids, well two of them, over to baby shower. Also got game schedules changed for my daughters soccer game got out socks to players that we ordered for....thei list goes on......in hopes of a run i put my shorts anx other running clothes on just after i got home from work......but there was absolutely no time for my scheduled five miler and i dont like running at the wee hours anymore. Liking the daylight. I guess i should be thankful i ran out of time....my right valf to my foot to my hip was in quite a bit of pain... I know why. The sketchers were bad for my back and going back to my usual shoes aggravated the already irritated disc. Numbness burning and tingling pain. Sciatica. So rest day in order. New flyknits should be here tmr. :-)

THIS ENTRY IS THURSDAYS. I WROTE WEDNRSDAY ON MY PHONE BUT MUST HABE NOT POSTED IT. SO WILL WRITE IT ON THURSDAYS. Saucony fives. 18 hours later (from last run in the wind in rain at 7:33ap)....I keep with the schedule-- which btw I forgot until I was nearly done with my run yesterday--- for 8 x 800 with 1/4 mile jog in between.  Ran three mile warmup starting at 8:41 pace and increasing pace every half mile for three miles by 0.1 mph or so.  1% incline.  Then quick potty/stretch break.  Then right into 800s....no stopping of TM no resting on sides nothing.  Felt strong.  Especially considering my lack of sleep and work out yesterday and freezing to death in a soccer game called early for  snow and WIND and pelting HAIL.  Yup.  Ref called the game at 0-0 with 20 minutes left.  The weather took a turn without much notice...it was cloudy and rainy when I ran earlier but it had cleared to no rain and just clouds around the mountains...then ominously they snuck up on us from behind the parents seated at the sidelines.  Wow!!  It took me all night to warm up.  Brrr.   Anyway back to my 800s.  Ran 9.7 mph x 2 (6:10), 9.8mph x 2 (6:07), 9.9 mph x 2 (6:03), and 10 mph  (6:00) for last two.  I would run them at zero incline then the last 0.03 I would up the incline to 1% to make me work harder cause I am strange that way.  I was working hard enough right?  Then would keep the incline at 1% and run my recovery at 8:12 pace (7.3mph).  Finished with a very slow cooldown ap of 9:07 : D.   Felt nice to do that.  Jane and Kim were there to witness my run.  In fact they arrived after I had completed two or three so it was encouraging to me and helped me stay focused.  Talking in between for a few of them but then told them I had to focus and just get done.  Of course I then chatted their ears off while they ran hills instead of their usual spin class.   6 miles in 40:36 for the SW.

7:33 ap in the cold wind and rain and loved it this is after my grocery shopping spree..so left at 1pm. (wednesday run too lazy to change the entries but this and wed. entry should be swapped) feeling really strong even in the wind and rain. getting that sick with nervousness feeling for boston and havent felt this way before a race in two years....hope that is a good sign. i am in wave one corral 8. i am going to race boston if elements allow. goal 3:10. or faster. it is boston and the course is not easyi n my opinion. compared to some utah marathons but it is sea level and i have been training on rolling hills only no downhill till this saturday when i will run a simulated half marathon at mp starting at uv half to its finish line. Seriously this pace came naturally today. Not hard at all. Felt like easy pace.

pink flyknits.  5.3 ish miles.  Stopwatch 45 minutes.  Course tooled.  Recovery 630pm.  VERY tired starting this after 12 hour shift and woken bright and early (called into work) at 534am.  Yup remember the time.  I was in deep sleep and wondering why my phone was ringing.  So hard to wake up and get dressed.  Could have slept three more hours easily.  Always when I can't, I could have.  So unhealthy.  Ran to Art Dye to daughter's soccer practice.  Waited around for it to finish and my husband kept going on and on coaching our goalie.  Then as usual could not fall asleep yet tired staring at ceiling.  Kind of worried about the intensity of this insomnia.  It is making it hard to think like I used to about everything.  Hard to explain but massive sleep deprivation...makes me change my mind on a dime....like after this run I didn't care if I even got on the plane to Boston (well Manchester NH is where my flight comes in).  I just can't stand not sleeping like I used to ONCE UPON A TIME....A LONG TIME AGO.  Anyway 'The Story of My Life.....(hmm isn't that a song nowadays?)

Back to the REDS.  YUP think I am gonna just have to wear them at Boston despite the lost heel on the bottom and no more tread under the toes.  They just feel right after all these miles.  Anyway was gonna try to run pace but to be the smartest runner I have ever been I just found a better option...Jessica texted me back and told me she was running easy in Highland with Taunya.  So I parked my car just East of Mt. Timponogos temple and ran towards her house and they met me.  We ran 7 miles together (2.9 to them) and I ran back to Art Dye park. Watched a bit of a soccer game Brooke subbed for then drove home and got ready for two soccer games at the Riverton Bubble.  AP nice and easy 8:05.  Nothing pushed at all.  I kind of feel achy all over in the head and neck so need a break.  So glad Sunday is tomorrow.  20 miler is Monday.  Watched Relief Society/YW/Activity day girls Worldwide conference with my girls. Then we practiced our memorization of Jesus The Christ.  Very nice to relax at home with my three girls who are all growing up way too fast.  Now....Boston is just a little jaunt for me to hang with April and show her around, spend time taking it all in and enjoy a nice run (fast or slow depending on my mood for the day SERIOUSLY)....no competition with my friends please.  I just don't like it ONE BIT.  I would rather roll over and die.  Really.  So....I will run my own race and if I slow or falter it is completely not a big deal...If I am on and somehow elements are all aligned I will run as if with wings.  I just need to be me.  I don't need pressure.  I don't need anything but the sound of my own feet getting me to the finish line and the help of the spectators along the way and fellow runners who also chose to be there.  

Last long run with Jessica.  : D.  Said a prayer because I was so tired getting ready. And guess what? the SUN beamed through the clouds and over the mountains and the clouds rolled away and we had a wonderful run albeit a little chilly (34 degrees at start, better than 28 degrees at 7am).  We left at 8:35am. Ran our usual route.  Why fix what ain't broken right?   We have just the right amount of hills in this run to simulate Boston and heartbreak hill and other rollers.  Last four picked it up but ap already at 8:01 :D at 16 miles.  7:09, 7:09, 6:55, 6:52. ap for 20 - 7:49; 2:36:27/20 miles.  Three brief stops well one slightly longer probably five minutes but it was all for the good.  We love our 16 mile bathroom stop at the midsection of 1100 north off the canal.  IT WAS a beautiful run.  Now I need to go get adjusted...my knee is still out from me shutting the car door on it skiing exactly four weeks ago.   Yup I like to try and ignore things but it is messing with my IT band on the left so gotta be smart and go.  THREE WEEKS til Boston.  3:10 goal if good weather.  3:20 if a heat wave :D.  Sub 3:10 if I believe in miracles :D.

5 in Easter Eggs.  Not liking them.  No cushion between me and road.  Hmmm???  anyway worried my joints will pay the price.  Easy pace recovery.  No watch.  Two of the miles with Amber. Run was after busy 12.5 hour day at work.  

Easter shoes 9 hours later.  Easy run.  BRRRrr!!!  34 degrees.  AP 8:21.  Still don't think I can run in these shoes for a marathon.  Love the way they fit though, just need cushion for my spine.  But not in any pain in them at work after running twice in them.  Just subtle twinges.  This run was at 430am.  : D.

Easter Eggs.  Hill work at Gold's on TM.  Warmed up quick for me starting at 7:41 pace (1%incline) and upping pace every 1/2 mile by 0.2 mph til three miles and last 0.25 increased pace to 6:15pace. Went right back to 7.5mph to do a 1/4 mile recovery(done after every hill).  Went right into hills.  6 x 0.25 miles at 5%.  First two at 7:08 pace (8.4) second two at 7:03 (8.5), then one at 6:58 (8.6) and one at 6:50 (between 8.7-8.8).  Felt AWESOME and STRONG!!  Recovery at 8:00 pace 1%.  Cooled down one mile at 7:50 ap I think then decided to do a quick mile started at 9.2 mph x .33 miles then 9.3 x 0.33 miles then 9.4-9.6 for last 0.33 so pace about a 6:24 :D.  Ran 1/4 mile cool down and walked a 1/4 mile.  First six miles in 44:09 (no stops) then one minute break then the 2.25 miles.  Forgot time there.  Some squats and 10 pushups.  Stretches before and after run.  Sun came out and I stood in the parking lot with a nice relaxing tune and the sun in my face. :D.

Easter Eggs.  945am. Ran two miles around neighborhood and ended at Amber's school to do mile with her.  Ran too fast for her the first 0.2 miles which made her slow too much sadly (my fault). Next time I won't be caught up in staying with the top three boys. I was just hoping Amber could stay at the 6:20 pace....but even the boys slowed and finished in 6:49 to 6:51.  Amber wanted to beat her 7:04 so I stayed up where it was exactly 7:00 pace.  She finished in 7:08.  I was 7:00 (garmin hit mile three seconds earlier however :D so 6:57).   Felt really easy for me even on the uneven grass around in a circle 2.5 times.   Hopefully this is marathon pace for me :D.  Ran another two miles back the long way to home.  AP for all five well under 8:00.  Probably 7:48.  Loving taper time. Getting used to new shoes.  Feeling the ground not so bad now.

Easter egg shoes. .worked very busy 14 hour shift got home 1.75 hours later than usual. ate three pieces of homemade pizza. thought i would not run but an hour later at 9:15 pm i laced up and just got it done. stomach rebelled after first two miles and was spasming with need to explode . But legs and heart feeling really good. no nausea just cramping from a fat full tummy. 1/2 mile warmup.then 7:03, 6:56, 6:54, 6:52. felt easy and controlled not at all all out . it was super dark and crisp out sky full with stars so clear. flat to rolling course just like boston.

woke up at midnight very nauseated. felt like the stomach flu. could not sleep from the all over achiness that comes with it. took two mylanta. i did eat horribly the hours before bed so it could be the combination of junk and good foods i ate. 12 on the schedule today. felt weak leaving for the gym but told myself this is just an easy run so started at 1% incline and ran a progressive recovery til 9 miles then three fast. recovery miles were 8:19, 8:12,8:06,8:00,7:53,7:47,7:41,7:35 and 7:30. fast miles were 6:37ap, 6:29ap, and 6:18. stretched, 12 jumping squats and 10 pushups to help my muscles learn to stay strong. 90:38 for 12 miles. no stops. ran at 815am. on and off nauseated but music made me feel strong. left knee to hip still out from fall. may be tendons that were pulled when i slammed the door on it. or bone bruise. seriously how stupid am i to do that to myself? ont i have enough drama? ha ha. oh i also bit my tongue quite hard eating fresh veggies. nice bruise and swelling of my tongue now. that was yesterday about four pm at work. kind of annoying to have a fat sore tongue. should be gone in a few days luckily.

back to reds....left knee and lower back si joint down sciatic nerve to foot pain driving me nuts again. ran slow 8:45ap cold morning leaving for phoenix hot there. drove to phoenix..10.5 hours total driving and stop time. casa grande is destination. staying with mom. surprised my mom. she thought i was flying so came in one day earlier. kids were great in car.

drive ended my running today cause sciatica really acting up and my inner left knee same place as where i shut it in the door. why did it take this long to get thispinful? probably cause i was too stubborn to get it put on place right after and my body not liking it out of position now too far out to get it with one visit to chiropracter. so no running for me for next few days and wont be racing boston if this pain is happening next week :-( oh well jist will go with what i can give

a little excitement last night...kids in different trailer...i woke in a hot sweat and then courtney came running in yelling about an alarm going off. i was up and didnt hear it so i assumed she was dreaming. but i was worried so i moved the kids at 115am back to our trailer. anyway felt like leg was good to go for a runsince i am back to my old faithfu shoes the red flyknits. thought i was running a 9 pace and it was and 8 so picked it up every mile and did a short tempo and then eased off after the 6-8 min hal higdon says to be at tempo pace for a 30 min tempo. miles were 8:01, 7.25, 6:52, 6:33, 6:46 and 6:51. ap 7:04. then 10 min later ran two miles with amber. 8:39, and 8:21. 97 degrees the high for the day so left at 730am. casa grande having a heat wave. not bugging me at all surprisingly. felt great with only a minor twinge in the left knee thanks to my shoe change.

easy run. two with amber my 11 year old. left later. hot but tolerable with a alight breeze to save the day. ap 8:13.

okay...feeling fat eating all the time on vacation..try to male healthy choices but food is so fun! so blimpy but hey legs feel great...except for knee twinge f to my out of place hip from door slam and ski fall within an hour of eacb other , i have mentioned a lot....it really sucks cause it is the only thorn i feel preboston. absolutley NO PLANTAR FASCITIS! SERIOUS MIRACLE HERE.. AP 7:50. FELT EASY BREEZY AND IT WAS QUITE BREEZY!

after 11.5 hour drive yesterday head was spining. hubby had tk work so all driving to phoenix and back on my own in rental car with my daughters. feeling doubtful of my abilities espec when i am having shoe drama and sciatic pain and knee pain. but ran 8 easy....3 with amber slowly. she wasnt happy about running today as her soccer coach asked the team to run 3-5 miles. then i ran five more trying once more to like my new shoes and it is just not gonna happen. anyway....i am gonna stay with april at boston hang on for dear life and enjoy the ride if u see me on athlete alerts and i suddenly slow.....think positive .. i probably stopped to help someone. i honestly am in very deel doubtful do do here been so busy with work and kids and home that it just isnt sinking in that i am running it. not long now. may the running gods show uo to help me :-)

nada. called into work. so busy head still spinning.

so busy with work I can barely think about the marathon.  No time to run. Brookes soccer was at half time when I got off then got home at 8pm.  Just not worth it.  My left leg/sciatica is giving me tons of grief.  I hope this is just pre race break down.  But it is not fun.  It hurts from my SI joint to the bottom of my foot and a lot in my knee on the side and below cap.  Still gonna fight it out.  Have a lot to squeeze in at Boston with family so not sure how I will show up to the race.  April and I are gonna try our best together :D.  So happy we decided to hang with each other.  We are both capable.  We don't know where our fitness is right now.  No races to show for it.   My five K in February was run under the most depressive coming off hormones thoughts that I can't count that.  And I flaked on a 10 mile race pace run cause work and life got in the way and I was too tired so didn't make it up.  But I am confident I can pull myself out of this and run the best I am able given weather and circumstances.  April will make it feel a lot better :D.  

5s. ran one mile wu. 4x400 at 6pace. and one 800 at 6:37. leg feels terrible. lots of pain...sciatic nerve? disc? calf and shin also irritTed. hoping for a miracle.

idk what is going on left leg is bad from psoas to piriformis to knee to shin to foot. it has to be a disc? from fall skiing. cause i tried running two miles a d it went numb and tingly. i am worried that i am so focused on this pain that i cant focus on race at all. or this is my stupid pain syndrome they call fibromyalgia...hate yhat diagnosis. the pain is a 7/10 and words to numbers that means hard to focus on other activities. 10 being nothing else matters. hooing a good nights rest will relieve it watched The secret life of Walter Mitty with my cousins on tv . was funny. enjoyed it. it is 1140 pm here and i am wide awake as it is 940 pm at home. miss home and family but so have missed my cousins! love them. Almost forgot...ran at 7pm here 2.5 miles a 1.25 mile loop twice. just to get my body moving from long flight yesterday and pain tester . i feel very rusty and scared to death about a marathon monday truthfully. the only hope i have is my friend alril to get me through.

Ran the entire marathon with April. No splits. Watch went wacky after mile one. We dressed alike so we would be easy to spot and because it is fun! Plan was to stick together thick or thin and not worry about time and not look at watch til halfway. Started in wave two corral four. Gun went off and we stood there not moving for several minutes as they announced the corrals before us. With April undertrained and myself with a bum left leg, like elite runners would be smart and not run on it, we were not sure how we would do. But we were off and running. No way to pick it up. The crowd of runners seemed to stretch on forever. Our own personal Boston Marathon treadmill in reality mode. Our plan at half was to pick it up but after 2 miles and the further i got into it i knew i was going to be just hanging on. My hip and knee were in not in the right gait form. It has been bothering me for a while and just walking it was hurting. There is only so much focusing off of pain or on pain you can do in a marathon before the pain of just running a marathon consumes the body and i honestly wanted to walk from Newton Hills on when the wall hit for me. April also was feeling it greatly in her legs and instead of taking off from me at the half which i was sure she would she said she couldnt and would stay with me. That was the best news of the marathon because without her i would have stopped and been in well over four hours. In case you hadnt heard the marathon was hot again. Not 2012 hot but same temp difference from my arrival (38 degrees last thursday) to 70 on race day at halfway. I didnt need any additional clothing at the start. Not good. In the first mile i was sweating from the heat of the sun at 1030 am and the crowds of people beside me and along the course (one million spectators, double last year they say). I wore compression sleeves and i was roasting like i was in golds gym. After three miles and several miles later i moved them down to my ankles hanging loosly there. No time to sit and remove them so i just dealt with that awkwardness. April was high fi ing and having a grand time. I was more introverted and wore sunglasses. The crowds were overwhelming and it was an emotional run. I knew i had to run because i had two legs and many did not. We saw several amputees running. Amazing! Because of the crowds we could never really pick it up and truthfully the crash would have been bigger if we did try. So our focus turned completely to friendship and helping one another through hard times the Boston Strong way. April just told me we would just run it with an ultra shuffle. My back was so tight from the bracing and i could not tap into any adrenaline. Hydration wasnt a problem. I peed four times along the course. But a contributing factor were two gus i had for the race that had caffeine. They were a new kind

and i thought hey had hardly any caffeine if any. My heartrate was soaring. I took one before the halfway and another at 22 miles. I became nauseated three or four times and dizzy. I felt like i was not trained at all. Weird. We did the half in 1:38:43 so not fast. It was a hard one. Just one of those running days you dont feel wonderful to go out and do but time was not on my side. It was marathon day. It had to happen. The best and most memorable moment was crossing each timing mat with April my long time fast running blog friend, the ultra shuffling, high fiving a few kids along the course and seeing people running with out legs. Turning onto Bolyston street and knowing all that had transpired last year, was so heartwrenching. I had to run closer to the right side of the street instinctively. The images of last year superimposed over my present course. But as i raised my handwith Aprils across the finish line nothing was more relieving knowing we took back the streets of Boston! Boston Strong. April strong. Julie strong. The world strong. Thank you spectators. Thank you race directors. Thank you family. Thank you Boston.

hip and knee and shin on left a mess...so out and so tight however i am the least spre put of any marathon i have run so of course after i ran the marathon yesterday in the hotel room i did 26 jumping squats to try to make me sore :-) today on this entry quads a little sore. no swelling. .mood low due to irriation of race day bad luck bit once again it was april and i having a grand time duking it out together. i pretty much saved april for her 50 miler in two weeks.

hip like a flat tire or uneven wear on a car....u just unbalance everythkng else with it. Went to see cousin in cape since she took time to come see me race and took the time to try and get me at finish and drive us back. subway crowded. she took us to the beach. fun times icing in ocean and walki g on the sand.

quincy market for lunch raining in boston airport at 4. off for home. april and i had same leave time on our flights different airlines. gonna miss april.

post marathon depression. hit rock bottom with lack of sleep and trying progesterone again. never again. cried a lot. weird and very sad!

adjusted hip with a visit to my chiro yesterday.  As day wore on I my leg was near NORMAL!!!  go figure.  Decided to run Thanksgiving Point Half.  Asked RD for the 4-1-1.  Since it was a massive rain out he invited me to join the fun.  And fun it was.   I slept from 11 to 3am.  Got up took a shower cause I haven't showered since I got back from Boston Wednday. Too tired and busy.  Cut my hair. Went back to bed and stared at the walls.  Fell asleep around 530 to 640am!! YIKES should I still go and run.  Sat in bed for five minutes and decided why not?  It is pouring out and the course is difficult (the hardest half I know in Utah) to add to my "why not?" attititude.  Geared up and was in my car at 6:52am.  Hmmmm will I even make the start?  It takes a good 15 minutes to get there.  Maybe 13.  It was pouring the whole way and I had some doubts about my sanity.  Got there at 7:05am...and sprinted the 1/4 mile to the starting line from my parking spot.  I got there just as the gun went off so I ran up to the start and then started the race.  This course is accurate.  13.1 on the nose.  Stayed with Jonathon Crompton for the first mile (1:45 pacer).  I haven't run since Boston.  My right leg knew it.  It was tight.  The quad that is.  Tight cause apparently it did all the work for my nonfunctioning left hip to knee.  And my slower time at Boston helped me to do this run.  Even the 7:43 ap was tough at times on this ridiculously technical course running around and through the tulips and on dirt at times and briefly on wood chips and of course the famous golf course of endless peaks and valleys that each turn you think you may be at the end and it keeps going.  I definitely could tell I ran a hard long run Monday and that is all I told my body that the Boston Marathon was.  So today's run was just part of my training, although I don't know what I am training for????   St George is too far away right now.  So hmmm..not sure what races I will end up doing.  They have to fit my work schedule and I work every other Saturday.  Anyway...after stopping twice in the second mile... first to tie my left shoe...then a few feet from there stopping and tieing my right,  I didn't catch the 1:45 pacer until just after mile six.  I was in no hurry. This was some recovery run.  Ha ha.  Hills after hills.  Nothing my legs could do but keep going.  In the last several miles I passed a lot of runners.  Only one runner passed me back in the final miles...he passed me two or three times.  No biggie.  Not a race for me.  Just a I can do hard things run....like run a marathon and five days later run a hard half marathon.  Just proving to myself that I have something left to give despite the downward spiral I have been falling into this past year.   Last mile 7:09 thru the last of the 5k runners.  Began to pour after I finished.  Massive downpour.  I nearly didnt make it back to my car I was sooooo cold and stiff and my muscles were in shock from the new shoes and terrain and marathon a few days ago.  My new shoes btw are mostly white.  Ha ha....I was lucky they stayed white.  Now that is cool!!!  They broke in nicely although I think I sounded nice and loud in them clopping a way.  Time today was 1:41:09.    Got home and I was off to Courtney's piano recital at 10am and then three soccer games in the torrential rains!!  BRRRRRRrrr!!!! seriously soaked and cold.  Two wins and a loss but Amber did score the only two goals her team had even though they lost.  They got the worst of the weather with high winds and downpour.  I had to strip her down in the car to prevent hypothermia.  It was pretty intense after the game getting her to feel better while my husband drove us home.  Luckily she had a new top in her bag and I held her body next to mine.  Don't mess around with hypothermia!!  She could barely talk or move her arms and fingers.  Stripping down made the difference.  Then a warm shower and hot cocoa were in order.  LOVE soccer.  But not so much in the freezing rain.  Troy would disagree.  He loves to play soccer in the rain.  Weirdy.  : D.  

5 ez tm run cause snow in april is not my cup of tea. 8:29ap

slept last night without waking 7 hours!! first time in years.  woke to sound of my phone.  called into  work. It was 5:56am.  My cell was charging and they had been calling me since 4:50am!!  Loved my extra hour.  Worked 12.5 hours. Busy.  First day back since Boston.  No run.

3 miles before work.  Sluggish pace and cold 36 degrees.  8:39 ap.  Felt out of it.   Another 12.5 hours shift.  Almost 13.  Busy.

really thinking I can never take hormone replacement.  Very emotional and sad outlook on life. Third day on estrogen (yesterday was third dose) and I am a wreck.  Got pulled over on my way to the Dr. for speeding.  Sadly I recall just barely deciding to pick up my speed...and then there was a stoplight anyway so not sure why I did? Only to get pulled over.  So called Dr. office and cancelled appt.  Do not need two big bills right now.  Just need to be off estrogen right now.  Roller coaster day in moods.  Didn't take it today.  AP 7:55 and shoes did not feel comfortable at all on my joints.  Disappointing.  Still looking for perfect shoe.  :D.  First mile 9:13.  Last mile 7:12.   Ran on Murdock canal from 1100 north and went south four miles...which is just crossing over into Orem a 1/4 mile from 1600 north.

saucony fives.  do not like sayanaras.  anyway.  went to golds.  warm up 3 miles at 1% and 7:41 pace (7.8mph).  Two miles at 6:30ap (0.75 at 6:35, 0.5 at 6:31, 0.6 at 6:27 and .15 increasing to 6:15 pace).  Then 0.75 miles at 7:41, 0.5 miles at 7:35, and 0.75 miles at 7:30 with last 0.2 miles increasing to 10mph at finish slowly getting there.  AP for 7 = 7:18.

watchless.  slow.    not even remotely pushed.    course tooled my run cause I was curious...thought somewhere between 8-9.    Turned out to be 8.75.   ap???  most likely 8:30 to 8:45.  HOT (left at 9:45am) Windy.  Dealing with some stuff.  But moving forward.  

saucony fives.  I think the sayanaras are too cloppy.  ran 1 mile before power pump (7:25) with Kim.  First power pump class since late February.  Gonna be sore tomorrow...or maybe not since I talked through half of it to Jane and Kim.   Ran another mile in 7:25 after with Kim. Came home ate then headed out for two easy miles no watch.  About 8:45 pace probably.  Nice day out.  

4 miles at indoor track at pg rec. slow. legs so sore from power pump class could barely move in a running form. 26 laps. my mom walked two miles. Northern Peaks u13 won their game 4-0 in the pouring rain. it stopped raining during second half. at end pf game the team splish and splashed in the center of the field on the mud! laundry nightmare for all moms! my husband coaches this team. they are currently in first out of twelve teams in the D1 bracket. last game saturday.

ran my loop and it was nice out after rain cleared. my inner thighs were so sore i could barely move but btr than yesterday. feet feel great. ap 8:34. upper body done to even out soreness.

worked 12.5 hours and that was wnough for me. Watched Lord of the Rings numero uno with my family includong my mom. My mom retired from over ficty years of being a nurse. Her last shift was just last week. Amazing 71 and still going strong

that is it. legs still trashed from tuesdays power pump. however still did a hiit wprk out..core. ap slow. like 9plus.

brief track work.  ran to AF high school track (2.09 miles/ 8:30ap).  High schoolers out doing a class, only a few on the track. They moved to the outside of the track.  A large bump.  I don't like to be watched while running.  Embarrassing especially running speedwork.  Ran a ladder work out. Copped out when I was gonna go to 1000 meters.  Ran 200 in 43 (5:35ap) (had to slow for a group that were walking just before my finish point).  Ran 400 in 1:31.64 (0.26 miles actually on garmin, I forgot where I was when I started the 400. There are two points you could start from (5:51 pace). Ran 0.4miles (600 meters) in 2:17.72 (5:46pace). Ran 800 meters (garmin read 0.51 miles.  I ran around a guy on the track) in 3:01.47.   Ran 0.395 miles (600 meters) in 2:18.25 (5:58 pace, wow slowed a lot here). Ran 400 meters (0.25 miles) in 1:27.05 (5:48).  Ran the last 400 in 41.12 (5:29).  Jogged home 2.41 miles @ 7:50 pace.  I am struggling with depression (clinical from menopause) and it is really hard for me to handle my sadness and feelings of minimalism.  No self pride.  No joie to vive!!  It is so hard to comprehend being at this place in my mind.  I try hard every day to stay positive and have very supportive friends in Jane and Kim and Melanie.   God grant me the strength to feel the hope.  I love my children and my husband and they are worth fighting this out for.  If you have never been through a true depression THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS.  I wouldn't place this on my worst enemy.  

okay nerve pains in thighs and lower back the whole time breathing excellent just not much i can do with this ol body some days. ap 8:27 high noon start time

worked all day some despair hormones not good for me so had to come off this came on as my shift was ending

ran two miles to golds gym. ran on tm starting at 7:30 pace and upped it by 0.2 to 0.3 every mile for three miles then ran one mile starting at 6:39 and oncreasing by 0.1 every tenth of a mile til 6:03 pace so avg 6:18. ran home two miles easy pace after brief moment in spin class and then weights. cool northern peaks and la roca both advance to premier in u13 ...jane and her sister have daughters on la roca and my daughter plays for np. they won the division (np)!!! :-)

four miles at 7am easy pace...then one mile at ambers school 7:05 amber ran 7:03...one second faster than her last pr . :-)

easy miles. just trying to get my mojo back. this depression /anxiety attacks have taken my mind by surprise. i wish this upon noone except for someone who thinks "just be happy" ....but i would only want them to feel it for a half hour. not fun and completely awful. building myself back up. therapy is gardening and hardly any phone time.

easy miles around my neighborhood except I am not liking my sayanara shoes....too stiff.   Need a new pair to baby my feet again like nike did.  ap 7:49

80 degrees at the start at Cemetery fields in Orem.  Amber has soccer practice there.  It was 6:15pm when I left.  Ran up four mile into Provo canyon and back.  Wore my new shoes that I am loving.  Found them on clearance at Utah go run.  Yeehaw.  Need to buy several as I think I have found the perfect shoe for my feet and body.  AP 7:53.  

worked for a friend from 8am to 1:50pm.  No time to run as kids getting off to school and I spoil my kids by being there for them every morning and not take off running.  So love my kids!!  I love to make them lunches. I just do. Makes me feel needed.  After school (which was right after I got home from work) I helped Amber with her State (Texas) report.  Had to run to the store and get fold out poster board and glue and glue as a team.  Finished just in time for Amber to get ready for her first game at Wasatch Tournament in Kaysville.  Drove up there to meet my hubby in Draper and watched the game.  Amber played well but they lost.  Just not easy with five new players added since just this past Monday and five players she usually plays with not there.  Onward.  Wendy's for Dinner.  Just love their frosties on the dollar menu.  Perfect ending to the day with Amber.

New shoes again.  A gift to my feet.  Ran four easy miles (8:17ap) then decided to do 10 x 60 secs on/off.  I sucked but I finished without stopping.  I thought I was jogging on the offs and the paces were mostly 8-8:07.  ONS were average of 6:12.  Oh well gotta start somewhere.  My left butt bone (where you sit on) is very tender and causes a lot of sciatic pain that is just in my butt.  I feel it on every run.  It must be the muscle or bone.  Kind of there everyday. Time to go back to the chiro as it is just a continuation of the hip being out for Boston but not as bad just the butt bone.  Ap for the last 4.87 miles = 7:34.

worked all day in level two nursery. great day long and busy. came home and went to dinner with my daughter brooke to zupas then hung out in my bed woth her relaxing and talking and watchong a little soccer on tv. no run. just wherever i was needed.

surprise run. woke and texted kim. they were already driving up the canyon in prpvo to the start of the half i drove to the bottom at gas station at mouth and ranup nearly six miles and ran back down with them...five miles on the canyon highway for one then onto trail at glen canyon park. kept up with them. first tempo since well before boston. 6:45, 6:43, 6:43, 6:50 (was 6:32 til we turned onto dirt path by gas station and had to go uphill out of canyon..so 0.7 at 6:32 pace) and last mile 6:51 and 0.5 at 6:45. i felt pretty good lung and heart wise. my left butt nerve is giving me issues, like it has a vice on it. need it scraped by a specialist maybe my husband will have to do. ap for 13 miles a nice 7:27. Havent seen that ap for any of my longer runs since maybe two years. ha ha. zoloft saving my life literally. my depression is lifting. so my body is healing and i sleep better most nights.

asics gel lytes.  Gotta add these shoes to my list.  anyway ran the Run of Remembrance 5k with Amber.  She was not happy the last 1.2 miles and stopped and yelled at me like four times, first saying I can't breath (which obviously she could since she was YELLING at me) and anything positive I said she told me NOT to say anything, not to talk.  That was hard.  Then at mile two a nice older gentleman running the 10 k cheered her on (just the same way as I was) and she picked up her pace and relaxed, til he left us just after mile two as the 10k splits off.  The last mile was a MENTAL battle for me and Amber.  I knew she wasn't tired or dying she was mentally freaking out over the hill just before the finish, up to the cemetery.  She sprinted the finish at 5:51 pace for the 0.11 miles so I know she had juice left physically.    This was an honest course and Amber ran a 25:59!!  We haven't trained except she plays soccer and runs the mile each week at school with her fifth grade class with a PR there at 7:03.    If she hadn't have stopped and yelled at me four times and spent more time with her energy into the race she could have gotten the goal I set for her of 24:59 or better.  She is all smiles now and happy and forgetful of how she was to me.  I never once yelled at her.  I just encouraged her the whole way.  I am not sure if I should just let her run her own race or be there for her?  She would have stopped if I wasn't there.  Her older sisters came in at 28:50 (Brooke, 13 with her friend Brooke a three minute PR) and Courtney at 34:xx with her upper respiratory infection. She ran with my sister.  For celebration we went to three different ice cream places (the first two were closed) when we got to JCWs as the first customers of the day!!  The kids wanted shakes.  I treated and they also bought themselves fries.  I was sick to my stomach eating that for breakfast. We were there at 1030am.  I ran FIVE more miles when we first got home at 9:25am.  Ran four easy about 8:10ap with one mile at the end at 6:27!!! :D  feeling good these days and am soooo happy about that.  The only problem is the nerve in my butt.  So I really got to go to the Chiropracter.  Also, apparently I am not in menopause.  And that the steroid use for the last two years (six shots to my foot last year along with one in my back in July.  And I think about the same in 2012)  were DESTROYING my own healing mechanisms and my joints and my adrenal glands.   I no longer wake with intense bone pain that I did all last year and each month since my last shot in early November, I have felt better and better.  Hormones can be so crazy.  I also had to go on zoloft which has made a world of difference in the last 10 days.  I am writing this to hopefully let others know that depression is a real disease and it doesn't have to be like that.  It can be helped with medication, the right one and if you have the resources therapy.  I use my running as therapy along with my good friends that have been there for me.   

asics.  easy miles.  8:13 ap.  up to cedar hills and back.  peaks and valleys, as in life and in running.  lonely when my kids leave for school.  so happy when they come home.  same with hubby when he leaves for work and comes back.  crazy. crazy.  get over this.  Thankful for family!!  

worked all day.  busy.  no run.  I just can't get myself to get up and run before work anymore.  butt pain still there. argh!!!!

dropped off Brooke at school.  Anxiety attacks back.  What to do?  RUN.  Drove under a mile to canal parking lot on 1100 north and ran north on canal four miles and back.  Saw one girl I know.  Yikes Rachelle?? Janice? I think.   It was nice this am.  Cool over cast. Perfect weather.  I am downtrodden with figuring out soccer team for Amber. She is coming off Celtic Storm.  She is moving to Northern Peaks like her sisters.  I want her to be happy and improve that is all. She is a very good player.  Anyway....every decision seems hard for me.  Went to chiropracter after run.  Just butt pain, in the bone area..so hopefully not a stress fracture.    Anyway I ran and it just gets the butt muscle tight but EVERYTHING else feels so good.  AP today 7:33.  Only the last two miles felt not as easy...because butt began to hurt more and they were only 7:20 paces.  

7 up af canyon from mouth to tibble reservoir at 8:01 ap. 7 down at 6:33 ap. Crazy run. Kim and Jane always make me feel young again when we run the canyon.

worked all day on level two nursery. no run. did not sleep well.

18 week to St. George Marathon Training Begins.  Easy Schedule.  Just going for a PR (3:06 or better).  Easy miles today.  2 with Amber 9:42, 9:05 and two with Brooke 9:39 and 8:57.  Chiropracter appointment.    "I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me".    Back to basics.  Family First and foremost.  

8:26 ap easy run, back to mizunos and they seem to feel good now. Bjtt probably a stress fracture so taking celebrex, calcium and running less but following the plan which is easy the first few weeks and see if it heals. ha ha

ap 8:45 with amber thru discovery park for a bathroom break. High noon...about 1240! so love running with my little amber. Courtney and Brooke are at girls camp.

3.5 with amber...well amber watched me run two hills and she ran 1.5 hills . The hill up 1300 west from sign to sign. Tough they were 0.19 miles each. 7:03, 7:01 and 6:54. jogged down. crud oit of shape and butt bone trying to heal. Taking calcium. so ran 1 mile warmul to hill which is uphill. Then ran 1.4 back home the long way. Ran this in the heat again. 1030am.

Plan today 5 @ MP.  Well....x ray of pelvis on list....but for  time being I just run thru this butt/bone pain.  Left at 9am (HOT).  Wish I would get out there earlier but just love to lie in my bed with the fan blowing reading and relaxing.  Summer is making me feel better.  Off zoloft since Monday night last dose.  Just felt too spacey and without emotion but still feel I need something and may try wellbutrin.  Ran one mile easy (8:48) and went right into the five mp miles.  No stopping (although I was wanting to at one point).  Ran up and down minor hills but enough to make me work for this.  Here they are: 6:53, 6:51, 6:50, 6:51, and 6:58.   Kind of died at the end there but it was half down, half up and I am out of shape.  AP for the 5 miles =  6:53.  Oh boy that is one second slower than pace needed for a subthree.  Oh well gotta start somewhere.  : D

ALTRA intuition 1.5.  Bought them at outlet store for 45 dollars brand new.  They were HEAVENLY for my feet.  Even seemed to take pressure off my butt bone landing more flat with my feet.  Kim texted me early I guess (but I don't have my phone with me as I used to, getting sick of it.  Miss the old days with less technology) but I didn't receive the message til I looked at my phone just before bed at 1130.  I was watching Parent Trap with Amber enjoying the evening.   Kim  was inviting me once again to CLIMB American Fork Canyon from the mouth to Tibble Fork....(except we ran an additional 1/2 mile up past the steep part and just to the dirt path-- 7.5 miles exactly).  VERY WINDY from mile 0 to 5 and QUITE COLD up top.  Neither of us were prepared for FROZEN ARM syndrome.  It was hard to move our arms as they were numb.  We left at 5:40am.  I ran slower this time and only stopped at 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, and 12.5 for water, no gus or gatorade today.  Total stoppage time 13 minutes per garmin.  Funny cause Jane and Kim stopped six more times than me and I just kept going.   Luckily I finished a few minutes before them...because they would always pass me everywhere else until they took their last stop.  I quite enjoyed my time hanging with them but kept an easy pace and running past them when they stopped to let them catch me before they would stop again.  I don't like to stop much and it was a good easy pace to help me feel UNbeaten up.  First four miles were ap 9:00 (felt nice and easy not pushed at all even with the significant headwind).  The next three were AP 8:10.  Then the last seven were like 7:09 for the first then 7:00 x 2 and then last five were 6:27 to 6:45.    If my butt was better I would be loving my running completely.  I am feeling much better mentally as the rest of my body has been balancing things out hormonally.    My runs feel strong.  I don't get sore after these runs.  Just the butt bone  ; D.   AP for 15 miles = 7:45.

MY BABY was sent off to Clear Creek Camp this morning!!  I drove her to Orem Elementary at 7:30am.  Then drove my sisters car to Orem Cemetery fields to give her her car.  Her husband needed a ride to work so he drove their car to my house this am.  So to accomodate I suggested I run home from her place but she decided to run to the fields where I met her only two miles from where I dropped off Amber.  Took pictures of Amber and her friend Zoe.  Fun times to be had all week.  I looked over the schedule and I wanted to be a fifth grader again and go too!!  Courtney and Brooke have also gone and quite LOVED it.  So of course I had to let Amber go.  She will be back on Friday at 3.  Last week Courney and Brooke were at Young Women's camp for three nights (wed to Sat).  I spoiled Amber while they were gone and now it is time to spoil Brooke and Courtney.  But man they love to sleep in.  Harder to get teenagers to get moving.  I ran on the canal trail from the cemetery fields to 1100 north in Pleasant Grove.  The 7 mile just after getting passed the steepest part of 1100 north I decided to run a fast mile.  Ran that in 6:15.  AP for all of run 7:51.  Quite liking the altras and the arch support they give as well oddly enough.  

called into work at 515am. no run. love the Gospel. Keeping me afloat. So love my family. Would never want to be without them.   Hope there is running in Heaven. :D

work again.  not a good day.   but made it thru.  my head hurts, my arm hurts.  my stomach hurts.  went to soccer meeting for amber's team.   ate some junk that made my stomach worse.  to bed early.

food allergies I believe in full force.  stomach cramps all night.  took my dog to get hair cut and had to go right back to get him because he was snarling at the lady.  He was a nervous wreck.  I had some huge issues with abdominal cramping, etc...  It was awful.   Finally made it out to run at 10am on an empty stomach and feelings of needing to eat something.  Ran two easy, 9:03, 7:58 then one at MP 6:50 and another easy at 7:45 and then one at 6:49....this one I ran about a 7:10 pace for the first half mile then picked it up a bit to 6:30 pace for last half mile.  Bone pain better but hamstring tight and right achilles acting up out of nowhere so TIME TO CLEAN UP MY DIET big time to help my arthritic like pains and depression.   World Cup Viewings are gonna be fun for this family!!!   AP 7:42 for five miles.

3:25 pacer.  In no way did I think I was going to fail in this mission so I am very disappointed in myself for the miscalculation.  At mile one my left hip and pelvis was aching. I had really bad stomach cramps wed and thursday along with other maladies til friday. i didnt eat much as a result and i think i came into this job dehydrated. slept from 12-3 am. got to buses for 415 bus so tired but able to chat to keep myself awake. i had steve pace with me and i thought he was going too fast but what was really happening was my garmin was in wrong mode in order to judge pace ...long story but it was my error as i know this course measures 0.2 long. i did not have the pace chart , it was with my buddy and when i thought i could turn it on i could not due to significant headwind just after i stopped for 95 seconds in the porta potty at mile 13. i tried to catch up and the concrete messed more with my left hip that by mile 18 it was seizing up considerably. i tried to be strong and never mentioned my pain til the finish. i cheered the entire way...quieter the last two miles . my pace buddy had to bail at mile 23 and passed the sign to me crud not good as the pain in my legs made me want to stop too . My hip is still burning but hamstring has calmed. it just feels out of position a lot . i had many followers but my potty break was the divider. i have never stopped that long in a marathon before but i just had to stop. I love the uvm course so i am bummed to have not run it exactly as planned. iif u take away the 95 secs to pee etc and the 0.2 over...which is 94 secs (47 per 0.1 miles for 7:49 pace) i had it in the bank. I made this same garmin error in 2011 when i ran 3:09:13 . grrrrr!!! oh well i tried...with only one 15 miler since boston i should be thankful i am not sore right now 10 hours later not a hint of soreness in anyplace besides my left hip pain. I walk up and down stairs normally. no guarding whatsoever.  Splits-- pace on garmin with actual mile splits when I pushed my lap button at every mile marker on the course, a few in the last miles are grouped together when I couldn't see the markers from the crowds and me pouring water on myself:  7:43 (7:48), 7:42 (7:39), 7:34 (7:35), 7:50 (8:01), 7:35 (7:44), 7:37 (7:38),7:45 (7:48), 8:10 (8:12), 8:11 (8:11 wow one right on :D), 7:37 (7:39), 7:47 (7:51), 7:59 (8:05),7:35 (7:39), 8:33 (8:42--95 second potty stop), 7:46 (7:56), 7:57 (7:56-wow a little shorter ), 7:57 (8:02), 7:44 (7:47),7:38 (7:44), 7:48 (7:58), 7:56 ap for two miles, 7:55 ap for 3 miles, 8:05 pace for last 1.24 miles.  I slowed way down when I got to the crowd because I was embarrassed to be charging through and wanted the runners beside me to feel good about themselves and not feel like they had to feel defeated.  I let them catch me.  So irritated with my plan that backfired on me.  NEXT time the stop watch!!  or just know for 7:49 AP on UVM I need to actually run a 7:46 AP per garmin to have me hit it right on.  course 0.19 over well I did have to run off a little from course to porta potty so probably more like 0.18 off. 

0.8 at track waiting for amber practicing 4 x 100 relay for Strawberry days.  2.2 miles 1.5 hours later with Amber and Brooke.  All easy.  AP 9.  Feeling great physically.  NO soreness whatsoever.  Maybe my brain is numb???  No swelling. No nothing.  I obviously only stressed my glycogen since I hadn't run more than 15 since Boston.  And the Flu.  Woke with intense nausea and cramping this am that dissipated since.  Now feel strong and ready to start training but being wise.  Okay mentally I am crushed.  Marriage is hard.  Love is hard.  It is a verb not a noun.  IT IS WORK. And I know there are many reasons for why it is good.  But lately I am taking on too many of others sorrows and I am most recently sorrowed by the news of my neighbors divorce which came as a surprise to me and my husband but I am sure not to them as you never know what is happening in people's private lives.  Troy and I have had our ups and downs and man those downs hurt but I hope we can hold out to figure the eternal relationship out.    I hope everyone can try their hardest first before the ill affects of divorce.  Blah... maybe marriarge is over rated???  I mean everyone else is getting divorced?? Is that the ideal these days?  I am saying this sarcastically.  Seriously this subject hurts me to the core.  I am not perfect.  So far from it.  I just wish we had all knowing minds and could see everything clearly that it all made sense.  Anyways.  Off to get my girls at the pool.  Cool day but it is free pool day at Pleasant Grove.  

just a lovely recovery day ...no soreness but being wise. Left hanstring is intersting and is the only factor in letting out the secretariat in me. Seriously. Just cruised along not worrying about pace and somehow got one at 8:01. Not puahing at all. plan six miles but took a turn down some abandoned ALL HOUSES LOOK LIKE CASTLES road by word perfect in orem. Seriously some pretty foliage as well. Amazing landscape and homes. Not a car drove by....abandoned. I had dropped off Courtney at drivers ed at timp high school. at 8 and parked at word perfect. Right by Altra store. Ap for 6.08. 8:18. Then instead of walking back after six miles (i walked 0.25) i decided to run again and ran that at 8:45. for 0.91.

altras pink 4. 2 with amber 8:49 ap. 2 with Brooke 9:06ap. Brooke is 13 , Amber 11Brooke sounds like she is dying running. And she is a premier soccer player! 2.5 hours later i did josses workout from yesterday on a full stomach. I dawdled cause i am out of shape and also would walk from indoors to outdoors for the various workouts. I am excited to get stronger in these areas. Timed event :25:19. Lots of room for improvement. Hope i can move tmr . This workout had 3 x 400 meters in it. So I added it to my mileage today.

oh boy....sore from josses workout i did yesterday! and funny cause i was not sore from marathon. My glutes and arms/shoulders. It was tight starting out . Kept iteasy. I was going to do 4x800 but the soreness intensity not good for proper form But did run last 1/2 mile at 6:38 ap. Ran by Timp High school around those neighborhoods. Refreshing new scenery. Love the cooler temps. Love my altras!

worked 13 hours in level 2 nursery. Plan to run AF half in am, not signed up but hey it is my canyon. We always run it on Saturdays through the summer.

something is wrong with this blog....it is double and sometimes triple printing stuff so this report is duplicated in random spots. Tried to fix it but I got a headache now trying. So I give up. HERE IS REPORT BUT IT IS RIDICULOUSLY REDUNDANT!!!Okay so I really was like hey should I even bother to run the American Fork Half marathon? The last two days I have been so sore in my upper chest and my glutes and inner thighs got hit the worst from the HIIT workout on Wednesday afternoon. I couldn't sleep well thinking about how much this 13 miler was going to be a flop due to the incredible soreness/tightness. Think lots of lunges and squats etc... when you haven't done them in months (last time was February before I fell skiing and got out of habit going to the class with Jane and Kim,,,, before January I maybe did them every six months, no kidding). So of course my glutes were on fire. I ran a warmup mile on the dirt path and for 0.1 miles I tried to move to a sub 7 pace...and twice when I attempted just for 0.1 miles my garmin never read my pace below a 7:15!!! I thought oh my this is going to be a hard one to even get a 1:35. But I set my sights on a 1:30 cause I haven't run a 1:30 half for two years...just over for the Moab pacing gig (21 seconds over) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles garmin never read my pace below a 7:15!!! I thought oh my this is going to be a hard one to even get a 1:35. But I set my sights on a 1:30 cause I haven't run a 1:30 half for two years...just over for the Moab pacing gig (21 seconds over) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did juster) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did juster) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did juster) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did juster) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did juster) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did juster) and the Hollywood half in April 2013 (40 seconds over). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Satuas they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway run Utah Valley Marathon last Saturday (3:25 pacer, read that drama). On one training run where Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did jusrun one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Sarday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all%ere Kim and Jane stopped like four times we ran 13 miles in 1:26:xx the week before St George last year...my first fast run in months so I paid for it the whole week before st george. Anyway I am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I wI am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I wI am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I wI am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I wI am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I wI am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I wI am not sure with this came from other than I didn't think...I just ran. My garmin died at mile 3.24....splits to that point are (and I felt like I was taking it easy cause many a runner were ahead of me) were 6:35, 6:36, 3:37, and 6:38 ap for 0.24....see the pattern? I honestly did not even look at my watch in these miles...just when my garmin made the "I am going to die" sound. After that I just put on my "whatever" sign and ran. At six miles I asked a guy beside me the total time...he said 39:06....so obviously I didn't slow I had sped up..weird...seriously. As 39 minutes for six miles is 6:30 ap. And then he proceeded to tell me that our pace was now 5:53 after mile six. HUH?????? I honestly didn't even try to run fast I just put in an even effort. Now I must say I was worried that after mile 7 I was gonna have some meltdown in my leg muscles as they would have to work even harder with all the lactic acid in there already from Wednesday. I don't even know how I did that pace. It was like how you feel trying to run just after you ran a marathon in those first few miles. Oh yah I did just run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that run one (Utah valley last Saturday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27turday...from which I came out of with no soreness at all, hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock2C hence why I did the hiit training). My 8 mile run Thursday was all too funny for me. OUCH. Only two guys passed me and one girl. I cheered for her to pass me just after mile 9 cause I was like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs butas like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs butas like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs butas like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs butas like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs butas like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs butas like how in the heck can I keep this up???? I thought for sure she would blow by me but I just stayed right behind her (I ended up 19 seconds behind, not bad for her passing me at mile 9). Another girl Cherilee Hunsaker passed me just after my garmin died. I told her my story of soreness and she took off in front of me. But oddly enough she never got more that 20 seconds in front. I eventually caught her at the finish. I ran on the left side of the finish line (outside the real chute) in to the crowd watching her and the finishing clock. We were right together. I saw 1:28:33 (apparently everyone's time is off by at least 54 seconds as the clock at finish started exactly at 6:00:00 but the clock at start started at 6:00:54. My garmin has me starting at 6:00:57 as I crossed the starting line). Since my route was a little longer (going around the crowd to the left before the right hand turn to chute) I know I would have passed her as I was right with her. I met her at the finish and her time was 1:27:33 and her time on website shows her starting time exactly as mine6:00:57. The girl that passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs but I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1::14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs but I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs b I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs b I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs b I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs b I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs b I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs b I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too%t passed us at mile 9 ran 1:27:14. I am being OCD here because I am honestly in shock and I am checking all my Ts and Is to make sure I have this right??? seriously I wasn't able to even race this all out. This was a major soreness run for me. It was like elephant legs but I felt good at the same time. Hard to explain. My heart and mind were one. I read every single motivational sign out loud and it just made me focus differently than I ever do. At mile 10 I asked a guy our overall time and he said 66 minutes. So under a 6:40 pace (6:36, I just calcuated it in my head, ha ha couldn't do that in the race) with three miles to go. Just after mile 10 there is that lovely 0.2 mile hill climb but I felt strong as I gained back up to the girls. After that HOME FREE. I didn't do any pickups just kept effort the same. I didn't sprint the finish (hard to win you are running in to the actual crowd outside of chute). I felt so good at finish. Very excited as I think NOW and BELIEVE now that I can break 3:00 hours at St. George with wise training over the next 15 weeks. I am gonna fight for it all the way!! Timp half I plan to run a 1:24 half. Iced in Manila Pond. Swam across the pond to the other women who got in on the rocky side. Silly girls. They were sore...but oddly the race removed a lot of the lactic acid and I was moving even better 15 minutes after race. The water helped a ton too!! Love to swim.

ran to my neighbors. Ran with Donna and April for 3 miles. Their first time running in a long time. I wanted to go easy so this was perfect for me. 28:29 for 3. 9:30 ap. Total mileage 3.7 in 9:21 ap. HIIT starts tomorrow. After camping Saturday night for my 17 th anniversary up at Timponoeke with just my hubby and then hiking stewart falls (casually walked, no stops, but got there in 46 min there and the exact same on the way back). Yup even if I joy walk I time myself. Ha ha. It is four milees total. I don't know if the distance is reality or not but it is what the sign says. I did not wear my garmin. It was a nice 24 hours of being unplugged for the most part. We came down out of canyon to eat dinner then roasted marshmallows and watched a movie then tried to sleep on our old backs in a two man tent. IT was cozy. Fun. :D.

worked all day. Holy heat at 7 pm. Ran 5 miles. Stopped at neighbors to use bathroom 1.5 miles away. Ended uo talking for 20 min. Then ran ankther 3.5. All essy except last mile upped the pace....7:13. HIIT workout. Josse's tuesday workout for time. 23:30. The walking lunges for 200 meters takes forever! hope i dont get as sore as last week. Work tmr.

0 miles, 13 hours work.

slow no watch but know the route to be 3.2 just not into running/exercise right now. Massive fatigue attack started today...food allergies? not eating terribly healthy. So hard to follow a hypoallergenic diet but i know it will help.

2 with amber at 8 pm...9:34 and 7:06 . Still not into running. Ran for Amber as she needs to run a fast mile 3-4 x a week for soccer.

got dressed to run when i was surprisingly put oncall at 515 am...but 3 v 3 tournaent for daughters team so used up all adrenaline..then went to baby shower and then to work for four hours. no joie de vive at the moment. work tmr to so monday might be tough. charge nurse for 13 hours. busy.

speedwork with jane and kim. hello out of shape..plus those girls are fast!! ran 3 mile warmup....one to kims to meet them real easy then 2 to track in 7:28 ap of course. bathroom break. then talk on what to do. i just waited for what they decided on which was mile repeats on the road alternated with 800s on the track (af high school). First mile for me 6:28 (kim and janes goal was 6:15 and they hit it right on each time. Our mile we head north gradual uphill from high school then left passed art dye then left onto trail which is down slightly then another slight up then left to school (af half finish). wow felt like I had asthma today....after first mile my throat felt raw and bleeding feeling and then i kept coughing and couging. I really need to clean up my diet. Lately very nauseated every morning. It is much worse if i eat refined sugar...and i get a headache when i do. so back to hypoallervenic diet for reals. Last week was a way down week...only 14 miles lol. Ihonestly cant handle trauma books like elizabeth smarts new book "my story" it really depressed...probably causw i stayed up til 330 am reading it and she was kidnalped at night and i was down stairs...it was june..my window was open...just all freaked me out for her. Anyway back at it if i have it in me. Skipped first 800...coughing too much mucus up. thrat on fire! second mile was a 6:30. 800 was 3:09. Felt easy but i was worried i wouldnt live thru the mile. Third mile 6:38. Last 800 3:09 again. First time i did the 800 first lap was 1:33 second was 1:36. second 800 first lap was 1:35 and second was 1:34. Felt easy and good for me. Jogved home 2 miles .

3 with amber (my 11 year old daughter)...we did 1 mile then started with 10 x 30-45 sec pickups with 30 second jog. ap 8:26. Our jogs were very slow. Real jog pace. Amber learning about running. Doing awesome! i was a coach potato at her age Then did the same hiit of josses. week three. Timed workout...21:19. Getting better on time. The burpees then the push ups are what kill me off....the walking lunges take a while but dont hurt. I hope i can stay focused. I am losing my need to achieve running goals feeling. Creak goes the body! Just gotta stay with it. In this hiit there are 3 x 400 m sprints. all were at 6:00 pace or faster.

easy pace after hiit kicking my glutes yesterday.  8:34 pace.  

an invite to run with Jessica and Taunya changed my running plans of just lying in bed and wondering if I would get out for a run.  Met them at 6:45am and ran a very warm 14 miles.  First a 3 mile loop while Taunya got her daughter off to practice for the Stadium of Fire show all day.  Felt very tight the whole run and not into it at all.  The butt pain is still acting up.  Piriformis syndrome...entrapment of the nerve in my butt muscle.  AP 8:23....felt much slower for the effort.  Iced in stream by Manila Pond.  Brrrr.  But needed.

Happy Forth.  Yay me..worked all day in level 2 nursery.  It was a nice shift. Two little baby boys.  Sweet and tender : D.   NO run cause I met family up at the PG jr high at 715 pm and I got home at 645.  We hung out there til fireworks went off just before 10 pm....probably should have gone running instead of eating Pizza Hut pizza which I do not really like...makes me feel bloated.  But since I was invited by Jane to meet her and Melanie and Angie and Jen at mouth of Canyon at 6am  I vetoed that temptation.  NO RUN   : (   

Another long run...unplanned.  (wow I went from 14 miles last week to 49.45 miles this week!! ha ha) No alarm set.  I told myself if I slept passed six without looking at clock then I would not be running with the girls at af canyon.  I woke at 545am.  Thought NO WAY.  As I creaked getting out of bed to contemplate.  At 555am I decided to just go so I got dressed and drove up to mouth of canyon hoping they still hadn't left. They hadn't.  :D.  We left at 612am up the canyon with a nice headwind for the first three miles that turned to a head wind when we came back to the same three miles over an hour later.  HUH????  Near death experience got me a  6:27 13th mile and 6:20 14th mile.  Almost saw JulieE and Jane get driven over just after our 13th mile passed Timp caves coming down around that blind corner.  Got my adrenaline up.  My right achilles and my left butt pain was like Really why am I doing this but then the magic of AF canyon lights my soul and I feel great after two miles as the endorphins kick in and  I can RUN through the butt pain, achilles pain completely gone after first two mile.  I am going to write down mile paces (nothing pushed on the way up til the last two) so I can compare them every week.  I am also going to right in parenthesis my pace from June 7 albeit then I didn't run a 14 miler before this run but it is time I get it in gear with the mileage.  I have been very lazy in the mornings before work and not even running!! That is three days one of my weeks and two days my second week of my two week schedule (I work every other Sunday but I don't run on Sunday so that saves me a regular day off that I can run).  Here are the two days splits for this run, 7:33 ap today  in 1:53:26 (7:43 ap 1:56:19 on June 7) same amt of stops briefly at miles 2.5 (timp caves water fountain), 5 (fork with water bottles), 7.5 (reservoir water fountain by potty), 10 (fork again on way back down), 12.5 (timp caves) and finish of course:  

1-  8:46  (9:09)

2-   9:02 (9:06)

3- 8:46   (8:57)

4-   8:53  (9:00)

5-  8:02  (8:09)

6-  7:43  (8:22)

7-  7:51  (8:05)

8- 7:47 (this mile starts on the steepest grade just before the reservoir, so half up and half down, heart attact on a plate...with this mile started I was at 10 pace for 0.2 miles of it, you can barely move)  (7:53)

9-  6:48  (7:09)

10-  6:50  (6:59)

11-  6:52  (7:00)

12-  6:34  (6:41)

13-  6:27  (6:34)

14- 6:21  (6:27)

15- 6:37   (6:40)   Butt pain bad the entire downhill so limited me on turn over and had to play it safe.  Can't wait to get rid of this pain and I will be on FIRE. :D 

saucony fives on the TM at Gold's next to the fastest CHICKA I know-- Jane Durfey (1:18:55 at AF half just two weeks ago she ran under the third place name listed on results).  Followed her plan which was 10-12 x 400s with equal distance recovery.  She ran hers at 10.5 with recovery at 8mph.  I would stay with her by doing less recovery and start my repeats at the same time as her so we could finish pretty close together and feel the energy of the intervals as if we were next to one another on the track.  She had already run a 1.5 miles.  I was there at 645am.   Moving slow but ready for my FIRST TM WORKOUT in 70 days (Gold's gym has record of my last visit, I asked them...I knew it had been a while).  Before that it also had been a few weeks.  Just been running outside and kind of tired of TM so this workout warming up was a shocker to the system....started out at 7.1 mph (8:27 ) and got to 8mph briefly by 2.1 miles before starting.  First I got off and got a drink at the fountain.  Hadn't had much hydration since yesterday was fast Sunday and I always feel like eating more rather that hydrating after a fast---just a habit I guess.  Need to realize that I mainly needed fluids after a fast.  My plan was all at 10mph to 10.2.  Ran first four at 10.0 (6:00), then next three at 10.1 (5:56) and then 10.2 x 1 (5:52) then last two I started at 10.2 and moved it up to 10.4 incremently about each 0.05 miles (5:52-5:45).  We were going to stop at 10 and we did just stop...But Jane said...I am going to do another..so Of Course I joined her.  Ran 1.35 mile cool down at 7.5-8mph.  If only this butt pain were gone.  It is like PF of the Butt now.  Some inflammatory condition that is now in a different locale.    I dropped Brooke and her friend Brooke off at BYU Soccer Camp at Taylor Hall of Helaman Halls this morning at 8:45am.  They are going to have SOOOOO much fun!!  then Amber and I headed for Kneaders after I bought Amber an ice cream scoop at BYU creamery right next to the dorms.  I need a nap....Courtney just back from Piano that I drove her to.  It is so hot out.  And it was sweltering in the gym. The cup holder was two inches high of MY SWEAT!! NO KIDDING!!!  I splash sweat!!  Three pounds down in sweat (before and after weigh in).  Wow!!

5 easy @ 8:31 ap followed by 3 @ 910 ap with aber all miles in the blazing sun.. if life throws u lemons???? make lemonade another curve ball fpr the crossleys. keep the faith. onward.

zero running miles but at least 15 miles walking for 13 hour shift. I was so dead asi walked in the door from work to home and paased out on my bed and startled awake by Troy that i had no idea where I was for a minute. mega fatigue. must lay off all sugar...but it is sooo hard. i have some friends who can do wel at tbis a d i last a measly two days. gonna keep trying. never did stop on this shift sp it is like a ultramarathon...

10 easy in the sweltering humid heat. 8:13 ap at 9am. no stops. np fuel. just this way and that around my neighborhood.

slow hot and humid miles at 740am. Ran up to the canal.  A biker passed me on the incline and cheered me on...then I passed him on the steep incline and stayed ahead of him.  He cheered me on again.  It was fun.  Obviously that mile is very steep if I am passing a biker!!  Plan was originally 15 miles but I just needed more miles this week so ran until 8.5 miles out and then back home.  Butt pain really making it hard to endure for 17 miles with good form. AP 8:06.  Stopped once at mile 9, then 13 miles for water then out of the blue for 30 seconds at mile 14.5 cause I was needing to stretch my butt and was at a low point.  I then stopped at 15.3 (the bathroom and water stop) and stretched my butt a bit longer and harder.  Ran easy down the steep hill towards home.  

4.6 before work 5am. then 2 miles with amber at 9pm..first mile 9:23, second mile 7:08. amber wprking on her speed. it is so fun to have her as a running partner. ap 8:15 flr the two. went swimming briefly in manila pond with amber off to bed. work again in am.

After a very big work weekend I passed out in my bed at about 730 pm last night and awoke at midnight. huh? fell back to sleep til 430 then drifted in and out til 530 am until time to meet with Jane and Kim. We met at Manila pond and ran up to the canal and ran to 800 north in Orem (9.3 miles). Pace was brisk. I am counting all miles under 7:30 pace as fast. First mile up hill to canal was 7:43...huh??? where is my lovely nine minute mile opening mile? not with my speed buddoes and I was determined to be brave and hang right behond them running a few woth them.....about four or five...the rest 10 to thirty seconds behind at water stops. It was hot and humid. My butt felt better ru ning faster but still a problem. Average pace 7:15!!!!! We iced in stream by pond . I ran 17 last Friday so this is sprt of back to back. glad I toom it easy then!

hot miles at 9am starting at pg rec and heading down locust then uphill for nearly a mile then another hill and then back down battlecreek :-) repeat x 1. 4.25 per lap. dripping sweat! easy pace 8:26 no pushing. rec from yesterdays 18 @ 7:15 pace.

three 11 year olds and myself after their soccer practice at 9 pm. Fun times keeping them focused and believing (except my daughter). 9:20 pace. Amber was over a minute ahead. I loved cheering these girls on. Inspiring! they finished off with a dip in the reservoir!

10 medium paced miles (7:34 ap) at 540 am from pond to canal four out and back then ran with the larger later group for one mile quite up and then by myself quite down back to pond. Courtney to take driving test (she passed) and brooke won her first of three regulation tournament games (soccer). 4-0.

nada. just me and the cute babies in the nursery for 12.5 hours. Love my job!

stomach issues last few mornings...cramping and u know what...so it hurt during race too especially if i tried to pick it up. when the heat and the downhill ended i just hung on to mile 10...my mind wasnt in the race. Feeling bad as a bandit and then learned after race a friend of kim's had two free entrances he meant to give away...he told her at the finish after she told him about me. I honestly wanted to just roll over in bed...every morning i have been getting up at 445 to 530 am. yup all last week and the 18 miler monday fast and 10 miler de ently fast thursday i was thinking i was a little too taxed to be at top form to give my all. However miles six and seven were 6:04 and6:05. The cramps were worse picking it up that all i could think about was stopping. ap for 10.21 (miles 9-10 i tanked to 7 min miles) was 6:28. i was on for a 1:25....but honestly i did not have three 6:30s left in me to do even if i hadnt have needed a potty stop so I am glad I stopped and gave myself a break. Old ladies need more recovery time and i dont need an injiry since i am feeling really good latley. Brookes team won utah glory u14 soc er tournament Five wins. one goal scored on them :-). Amber scored the Golden goal in overtime soccer 3 v 3 tournament in the championship game. go peaks soccer!

1.86 miles....emergency potty break. not cool. then back out 30 min later. not sure why all these gi issues lately. just over four more. six ap of 8:39. sore and achy from race. hiked timp caves. 3 miles with family.

100 degrees at 6pm. 8 miles very slow to survive. 8:30 pace. felt like a near death experience. 70 degrees will be heavenly this september.

no miles.  worked.  long shift.  

8 tired miles.  no energy.  hot outside.  left late.   I can't remember pace.  probably slow.  oh now I remember...8:39 I believe.  Can't believe I haven't updated my blog.  

Boy oh Boy a lonely 20 miler.  Need some motivation.   Just had to put one foot in front of the other.  Just feeling old in running years.  Wondering if running is what I want to do these days?  Maybe try something new physically after st george.  I think I would feel better about running if my right achilles wasn't flaring along with the same nagging butt pain.  Everything else GREAT!!! Because I am older and wiser I just don't go fast enough to bug either problem much at all which is making me slower overall.  Ran AF half in reverse after running to finish line and then TIMP half in reverse from AF half mile 9.5. Ran that to mile 7.5....so golf course almost to mouth of canyon.  Two gus.  Need to get rid of them.  Strawberry banana. Want to delve into something more natural.  Stopped only twice for three minutes each to survive the length of this solo run.  AP 8:06.  

long and busy nursery shift.  just didn't want to run.  wanted to rest.  Troy had a cheeseburger waiting for me too.  Was good at first then I wanted to gag.  Wish I had run instead.  It was my second cheeseburger of the day.  He was so nice to think of me but darn it I had already treated myself at the American Fork Hospital snack bar. The best cheeseburgers.  : D.  

Off to Lava Hot Springs with my family two hours after church.  Nice drive there.  Short I thought.  Probably cause I was chatting with April : D.  Set up camp at Mary's Place.  Riverside campground going down hill. The bathrooms were not so pleasant and the sights were all dirt.  Mary's place had grassy sites and nice shade.  Fun times!!  Tenting is so much fun with my family.

hmmm....same AP in the opposite direction (albeit downhill however, other route more rolling flat) to turn around at 45 minutes.  5.36 miles.  With addition of going through town it only added 0.06 miles.  Total miles 10.78 miles.  AP 8:11.  AP there just under 8:24 and on way back (uphill more), 7:58.    So I was right in a sense (see tomorrow's entry).  Neither of these runs were pushed.  Both felt VERY easy.  That is good.  

Just my stop watch out in the middle of nowhere (nowhere= not knowing my surroundings or where I am going, just running).  Ran opposite (turned right) direction than yesterday's lava hot springs run.  And nice...a  less busy street I came upon on my left  after 0.3 miles.  Ran until 45 minutes on my watch which happened to be a  country dirt road that I was able to course tool until and get exact mileage.  5.35 miles :D   I ran 45 minutes to make sure I got in 10 miles...so I guess this way I got in 10.7.  About to course tool yesterday's run...I am basically logging these miles backwards.  I am under the belief that I ran less yesterday...as I was on a very busy highway for 1.5 miles on way out and therefore on way back and ran into town which included a steep incline out of town after a gentle downhill into it.  Let me go see if my instincts are right.  : D   Oh yah  AP to halfway=  8:24.  AP on way back 7:49. Total AP 8:07.  

saucony fives.   TM three weeks later...Gold's.  I am certainly not taking advantage of my gym pass.  Once a month or less.  Not good.  Just love running outside but SW once in a while on TM is refreshing...jump starting my speed.  Plan today 6 x 800.  Slept in....last two days at campground I awoke at 645am. Today I took my time.  Woke at 6:45 but just relaxed in bed and fell briefly back to sleep.  Got to be too late that I had to wait until 1145am to leave my house.  Had some things to do for the girls.  Warmed up 2.5 miles...8:00 pace first mile, 7:41 second mile and 7:30 for 1/2 mile.  1 %.  Then went right into 800s.  Stretched before run began.  After first 0.1 miles of 800 run at 1% incline I would change it to 0 percent.  Just wanted it to feel easier into the repeat.  Last three I ran until 0.15 into repeat at 1% incline.  No big deal.  Just writing that out for myself, not the reader.  Anyway...I kept it nice and controlled.  Just didn't want to fatigue and my goal worked.  I will ease into the repeats..next time I run 7 (three weeks from now) then 8 (six weeks from now) and my goal is to average 3:00 yassos for 8 repeats (3:00marathon) Today with easing into it I averaged 3:03.  2x 6:10, 2 x 6:07, 6:03 and 5:58 (increased pace to 5:52- 5:56  for last 0.2 from 6:00 pace).  Only had one minute break where I b-lined it to the potty to pee...got back just as mill shut off for pause mode (only pauses for 60 seconds). Grrrr....data gone.  Had run 6.1 miles in 43 minutes including warmup.  When back on TM,  I ran 0.05 miles then started last repeat.  Then ran cool down to 8 miles total (1.35 miles) at 7:30 to 8 pace and last 0.35 miles 5:52 to 6:48 pace just cause I felt good.  : D.  Stretched for 10 minutes after ward.  That work out was very doable.  Oh yah I ran 0.25 miles in between each 800 at 8:00 pace and 1 percent incline.   7:04 avg pace for 8 miles.  

three after work...one to discovery and two with the 11 year olds. fun times! ap with the girls 9:41.

work. so incredibly busy. just no energy before or after work. where is the old, i mean, young julie?

nice and easy. butt pain only issue. started 830am. slept in and missed a few group runs. finish was rather warm. sweat fest. ap 7:58. had written longer post but phone or site froze up. parade at mile 9 was about to start. a little self concious but fun to see people where i dont usually see anyone!! alpine loop. water by taunya at mile 5.5 and eternal fountain at mile 12. total stop time six minutes (one long stop light too).

saucony fives.  We surpassed on the speedwork in the rain around Manila Pond and met at Gold's.  I was late because I didn't look at my phone to see the change and I even didn't notice the rain until I was pulling out of my driveway.  Ha ha.  So I got to Kim's and no Kim, no Jane.  So intuitions I went to Gold's gym and there they were...already at a mile.  And at 8mph.  I was tired and needed a jump start so I just upped the TM right to 7.8 mph (7:41 pace)  for a mile and 7:30 for second mile.  Got off for two minutes to potty and by golly my friends started the SW without me.  They ran 3 mile warmup but apparently I was too slow getting back from bathroom.  Oh well...so I ran all my sw just one part behind...they would be racing while I would be rest running and vice versa.  Jane had decided we would run 1200 x 2, 800x 2, 600 x 2 and 400 x 2 with ascending speed.  I had no idea where to start so I just did 6:00 pace for the 1200s.  5:56 for the 800s.  5:49 (10.3) for the 600s.  And 5:41-5:39 for one 400 and 5:39-5:33 for the last one.  Felt great and very strong.  In between I ran 400s at 8:00 pace.  A couple of times I just paused the TM for 30seconds and ran less of an interval..so standing rest.  I remembered all my times for each section: 15:16 for two mile warm up.  33:28 for 5.16 miles (all the repeats and any in betweens).  And 2.84 mile cool down which included one mile at 6:48 in 20:32.   Avg pace for 10 miles = 6:56.  Sweat fest in the humid airy gym.  I always feel strong next to Jane.  Today Courtney goes out with her friends to Man of la Mancha.  Oh and she got her license today!!! :D  I am also taking her friends out to Kneaders.  Fun day!!  

3 easy with amber in 26:48. 8:55 ap. so fun with amber!!! Then five solo miles nice and easy my five mile loop. Avg pace 8:40. Butt a lttle worse today.

Suncrest!! i looked back..it has been nearly four years since i ran it. Where has time gone??? lost to injury and some rough times. Suncrest was like and old friend revisited. Met at Jane's and went out her backyard onto the JRP one mile to the smiths marketplace in Lehi. Plan was to run an additional 5 miles up (first mile had that lovely steep dip down then up on jrp). We stopped at 2.3 miles when we ran into mel and julieE coming down. After over five minutes of chatting i had to tale off before my old lady bones seized. Kim and Jane were finisbi g up conversation. I didnt stop again til 6.35 miles up. Turned arpund and met the. at their six up. Feeling so gold that i ran two miles at 6:10. At two miles from finosh i stopped at the water bottle i dropped and waited over five minutes for jane and kim..they stopped to take zip fizz. So when they stopped where i was and we started running again i got the wprst pain in my right knee that was enough tp male me swear out in pain. They rubbed my leg muscles as i am sure it was various miscle contractions and some it band ( opposite the my proble side, so some favpring to the right). Tried two more times and it was a no go. Walked to smiths and kim drove back to get me. We iced in af river. Ap 7:41 for 10.76 miles. Took 50:48 to mile five. Under 8:30 avg. That is so mich faster than my old self four years ago. My overall avg then was 8:15!!