I started running in the fall of 2007. I truly believe I was inspired to start running and I have seen some very big blessings come my way because of following that inspiration.
Ran Boston Marathon 2013 & 2014. My favorite PRs: 2011 at the SG 1/2 and 5K where I ran the 5K in 22:22. 2013 Nebo 1/2 (downhill) 1:36:15
Short-Term Running Goals:
Long-Term Running Goals:
Running throughout life with Tom. Staying healthy and happy.
Learn from others, learn from myself, work hard, do my best, enjoy!
On running and on life.....
On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.
~Thomas S. Monson~
Personal:
Going to St. George? Bag the hotel and stay in one of our condos instead!
Out in the rain with Tom for 4, a few more on my own and then met up with my Iwannarunners! I was nervous that the rain might scare them away but I still had 8 ladies out there to do their first 30 minute run! They did so good again! I did 6.5 before meeting up with them and then a lot of back and forth among them so I added an extra 1/2 mile for the 30 minutes with them.
Yesterday was a great Mother's Day! We had about 23 family members from both sides here for dinner! So nice to be with everyone! The highlight of the day was Skyping with our missionary in Denmark! He seems to be doing very well! Only a little more than 6 months left till we see him! I think we are getting ready for that! We tried not to sound too anxious though! We want him doing his best this final quarter of his mission!
This morning we checked in on the St. George lottery. We put Kim Lee in and it said I wasn't in, then we put Tom Lee in and is said he wasn't in. We were fine with that and then we thought, hey, maybe we need to add our middle initial....and when we put Kim S and Tom N Lee in....there we were! So we are in! If we didn't get in we were going to do TOU instead. Now I think we will go up to TOU 1/2 and enjoy our 25th anniversary that weekend. I think it sounds fabulous!
Detention isn't such a bad thing. Our son has to work off some tardies toward the end of each term so he has to get down to the school early. It works out well for us because we have him take our van down to the HS and we get to go on a nice run with no up hills at all to pick it up.
We went down the river bottoms and then along the river trail. Lots of high water coming up into some beautiful back yards! I wonder if they really thought they would never have trouble like this? Seems like a crazy place to build a house to me. I hope they all make it through these next few days and weeks with not much damage.
This Saturday I am going to try my hand at a 5k again. I haven't raced one since my PR in January. I would like to think I could get close to that same time again, (22:22) but I still can't quite believe I did that in the first place. I guess we will see. This is a fundraiser for Japan so I'm not sure how official things will be.
No rain while we were out this morning. Wet roads and a little chilly at the beginning but otherwise quite perfect! We did 5 miles with 6 strides thrown in. Then we went separate ways while he added to pick up our van at the HS and I went to run with my ladies. They continue to do very well! We have one more day of week 8 and then the final week! Their Iwannarunna 5k will be on Saturday, May 21st. I think they are all starting to believe that they really can do this! Not many of them thought they would ever be able to run a 5k!
Tended my niece's little girl today. What a cutie! I'm glad I was here when they brought her because I had forgotten I had told them I could help them out today.
We got to sleep in a bit and do a shorter, recovery run today! Ran the course my Iwannarunners will run next week. I need to make some fun little signs for them to read along the way.
Three very easy miles. Then a bus ride with a bunch of 4th graders...walking all around This is the Place Monument....then a really fun bus ride home with same noisy 4th graders! Fun day with my cute daughter!
Ganbare Japan Fun Run (2.1 Miles) 00:15:55, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
6.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
6.00
Kind of an interesting little race. I've been in 5Ks that are short, but not quite this short. Not sure how they managed to be a whole mile short...oh well, it was just a fun run to raise money for Japan and that's all that counts. Unfortunately they didn't have a huge turn out. It would have been nice to have more so they could be sending more to Japan.
Tom went with the SF running group and did a long run. I missed being with the gang but it was fun to go do something a bit different too. I was going to go for a few more miles afterwards but the prize drawings went on forever and I needed to get back home. I figure it's good to have a lower mileage week/Saturday.
I'm excited to see my cute little boy, (ok, he's not so little anymore, but he's still cute and he's still my little boy) getting all decked out in his Jr. Prom tux and heading off in a limo tonight!
