Mauri's Training

Having been feeling pretty good overall.  Just wanted to do a normal today.

Normal run around the river today.  7 miles. 

I did it.  Yahoo!  I wasn't sure how this run would go considering my last long run.  I was much happier with this run.   It was almost completely opposite.  I was even happy with my pace.  I've been really watching what I eat and drink and I'm seeing a difference.  I am trying to not get my hopes up just in case.  : )    It was great going to the fair with Marlin that afternoon.  We saw Jeff and his family.  You would never guess he and Marlin ran a marathon yesterday.   Great day.

Easy run today around the river.  Got together with good friends from high school for coffee.  Boy, how time flies.  It was great to sit and talk about things.  Sure do need to appreciate times like that. 

I went to the river this morning not realizing it was a day for intervals.  Decided to run 5 miles since I was there.  After work I went to they gym and ran another 5 miles. Did 4x 800's and 1x400 with a w/u and cooldown.  Did a couple of weights and stretched.  Talked to Alana for a few minutes before I left.  Boy, she is a busy girl!  It was great to see her as I was getting to leave. 

Seven miles around the river in the AM.  Normal run...off to work. 

Seven miles around the river doing a Tempo run.  Kept ut simple today. 

Five easy miles around the river this morning. 

Today I was suppost to run 1 hr.  I've been pretty tired so I decided to go into work early and planned on running afterwards.  I felt like I'd get a more quality run and workout.   I have not worked a full weekend ever at my job in 11 yrs.  With this new account it looks like working a Sat/Sun is going to be part of the responsibilities. I had just gotten back from lunch and my phone rings.  It was from my dad.  I figured he forgot I was working.  In the voicemail it was actually Jose (a good friend of our family and someone who really watches out for my parents).  He sounded pretty frantic.  I just remember hearing' dad passed out' and 'ambulance'.  I basically ran out of work, called my boss to tell her I'd left and headed to my parents house.  No one was there.  Since we live super close I drove to the house and Marlin was mowing the yard.  He and I jumped back in the car and hurried to the hospital emergancy room.  When we got there dad and Jose were in a room.  Dad was pretty out of it.  He was white as can be.  But, he knew who we were.  The longer we were there the more he came too.  He kept thinking he was dreaming. The problem was his l  ow blood sugar.  It was quite the experience standing there talking to him.  Thank goodness Marlin and Jose were there.  I don't know what we would have done if Jose hadn't stopped by the house.  We're not sure how long he was there passed out.  Could have been a couple of hours! My sister, her kids and my mom were up in Island Park picking huckleberries. They hurried and drove back down.  Dad was finally released to go home!     It was another reminder for me to 1) Appreciate family, friends, the good things in life.... 2)  You have to take care of yourself!  My dad has taken care of himself as far back as I remember.  When he had to give up running he move to riding a bike and weights.  With his healthy heart he's overcome a major heart surgery last Dec and continues to overcome things even now.  What a great example he's been to so many people.  And, tomorrow's his 83rd birthday!!!

Good run this morning in the AM.  Today is my dad's birthday so I wanted to make sure and get the run in because I knew after work we'd all be at mom and dad to eat dinner and cake!   After yesterdays event I've been extremely thankful to have his birthday.  He's feeling much better.  I wish we could figure out a way to stabilize his blood sugar.  Part of the problem is he is so active and likes to keep busy.  We can't expect him to just sit around, but, I wish it were easier to tell if he's over done it.  I wish I had an answer. What an emotion weekend.  There's been a ton to deal with between him and 9/11.  All I have to say is be greatful!

7 miles around the river in the am.

7 miles with intervals.

Easy run today around the river.  Just 5 miles.  

I started the day by going to my two neices school with my sister and dad.  It was Donuts with Dad day so since I had the day off I couldn't miss going.  After words my dad and I went to breakfast.  He's trying to eat better and more often.  Afterwords Marlin and I headed to Utah for TOU. Our hotel was in Tremonton so after checking in we headed for Layton. We took a wrong exit, but, that ended up being alright.  We got some tomatoes for canning. Once we got to Layton we found the expo, went to go eat and then the expo had started.  Marlin got me a bag and jacket.  When we got back to the hotel room  we got our things ready for the morning and off to bed.  I was glad to get to bed pretty early...around 9pm. 

First off I have to say what a fun race this was.  I'm so glad I did not miss out. I was very hesitant because of my first attempt at a marathon in 2009.  All I will say about it was that it was a negative experience and has taken alot to get past it. It had been pretty frustrating. And, bottom line I was just mad at myself.  This race I had done so much more training and felt 'maybe, just maybe I can do this'. I had only told a couple of people that I was thinking about running it.  If it were not for great friends I do not think it would have happened.  

Marlin and I got up pretty early because we had to drive to Logan from Tremonton.  I wasn't thrilled to get up so early, but, it actually went by pretty quick.  Before I knew it we were on the bus headed to the start line.  Boy, did it seem like a long bus ride.  I was happy to see a big white tent set up for the runners.  I knew we had awhile to wait and it had been raining.  A few minutes before the race it really started to pour rain. Lots of thoughts going through my head at this point.  I tried not to get overwhelmed and reminded myself to have a good run.

I don't have a mile by mile report, but, I know I did what I had set out to do.  Stay around a 8:30 pace.  I knew I wanted to stay ahead of the 4:00 hour pacer and behind the 3:50 pacer.  There was a young kid I ended up running with alot of the way because he was wanting to stay ahead of the 4:00 pacer also.  I could not believe how fast the aid stations came up.  The race was flying by.  Before I  knew it we were at mile 10.  I was feeling great.  I know how I've felt in other races and this was a completely different experience.  Before I knew it we were half way and I was happy to see the time - around 1:55.   I was still on pace.  It had started to rain and I was loving it actually.  I loved meeting other runners along the way.   When we started to get around mile 16 I wondered if things would start to change for me, but, it was all still pretty good.  As we started to get into the residental area I was not sure what would happen.  I just kept focused and was happy I was keeping the same pace.  When we got around mile 19 & 20 I didn't expect the uphill quite yet.  I knew we only had around 6 more miles to go and really wanted to pull this race off under 4 hours.  Each mile that went by I was happy I was still feeling pretty strong overall.  I had met an older gentleman around mile 13 that had came up to me...as we ran together he said I was a strong runner.  I really enjoyed talking to him and thought about what he said towards the last few miles. I was happy to be at mile 23 and wondered if Marlin was finishing.  I could see other runners were slowing down, even walking, and knew I did not want to not get caught up with that.  It just drove me to focus more.  When we got down to the last mile I was getting ready for it to be over.  The last half mile is when my legs really started to feel it.  I was not going to let them shut down on me.  Once I passed the last corner and saw the Finish line the only thing I cared about was FINISHING!!!   I passed a few more people at the very end and was EXTREMELY happy to see Marlin right there at the end.  What am AMAZING experience and I LOVED every minutes of the race!!!!  What a experience to run 26.2 miles in the rain and hail. And I qualified for Boston 2013!!!!!!  

Finished 567 out of 1831 runners.

Women - age group (50-54), finished 6th out of 43 women

First day of running since TOU.  Not to bad of a run. Good to be moving again.

Nice run Sat morning.  

Just a normal run around the river.  Still trying to get into the swing of things.

Early morning run around the river.  Loving the weather.

Early run this morning around the river.  I ran into this guy named Don who I see every once in awhile.  We talked a few min's and found out he's reading a book on marathons and wonders if he could run one.  The made sure to tell him how important it is to put in the miles.   Off to work for a normal day at work.

Went and ran the river this morning.  It was strange because there were so many different people down there.  Only saw 1 regular morning walker.  I don't like new people usually because it's so early in the morning.  There must have been at least 6 new people. Weird morning.  I was glad it was a pretty good run at least. 

Marlin and I have our hotel and flights booked for Boston!

Just getting my miles logged for the week.