| Location: Herriman,UT,USA Member Since: Jan 01, 2009 Gender: Female Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments: St George Marathon: 3:23:54 (10/6/12) Half IM: 5:44:03 (8/25/12 - course was long!)
25K trail - Buffalo Run (16.5) 2:34:50
Half Marathon: American Fork - 1:30:44 6/23/12
Spectrum 10K 43:42 3/17/2012
Best 5K: Spanish Fork 21:55 05/30/09
Short-Term Running Goals: Okay, so for 2013 I am going to have FUN! Not that running isn't always fun, but I had a wonderful breakthrough year last year and I want to play this year :) AND get faster! So, my first goal I'm going to put out there is my yearly mileage goal.
It is 2,186 miles from my driveway to my sister (QP's) driveway! I want to spend this year on a virtual trek cross country running those miles. So, that is how far I will run in 2013...from my house to QPs. It will take all year and yes, this is measured on Hwys so it isn't really exactly how I COULD run it, but good enough. 43 miles/week...totally doable, and a fun goal to track how far I've traveled as I go along. Who knows...maybe I'll even run PAST her house :) I will do more trail runs, Boston, Pacing duties, another Half IM and some other tris. I'm excited for this next year and look forward to having fun with all of you out on the roads, and trails! Maybe bag a few peaks this year too!!
Long-Term Running Goals: 
Big Dreams: 5K in 20:2X; 10K in 39:XX; Half in 1:29:XX; Full in 3:15:XX; complete the Rim2Rim2Rim run and not die; Comrades; Iron(wo)Man.
Run for the rest of my life!
Personal: 4 children: twelve, eight, five and baby Fartlek - 2 1/2. Wonderful supportive husband that lets me drag him and the family all over for race after race!
Finished 13 marathons and LOVE running that distance! I'm definitely hooked to the marathon monster and hope to constantly improve my endurance, speed and stay injury free! I've also found a love of trail running! I hope to keep improving on this front. After being injured with a broken foot at the first of 2012 I found a tri group and started training with them and am now loving tris! The half IM was harder than I'd ever imagined...and am ready to do it again. I'll earn my bike butt and someday have enough time to train for a full IM. Favorite Blogs: |
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| Cookie, Cookie Miles: 113.41 | Cookie Monsters - Take 2 Miles: 73.00 | OEOHFPPE Miles: 406.60 | Awesome Elixers Miles: 208.06 | Purple People Runners Miles: 283.60 | BIKE MILES Miles: 580.40 | LUCY MILES Miles: 0.30 | TTT #1 Miles: 443.50 | Inspire Yellow Racers Miles: 15.00 | Pink Altras Miles: 28.00 | Pokey Purples Miles: 246.84 | Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 8.35 | Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Oh I feel good. Yesterday I puked my guts out, but woke up this morning feeling good and wanting to get to the gym - so I did! (that darn cleanse idea just got naturally started a day early). Did a full hour on the spin bike (one foot clipped, the other booted :)). Nice sweat drippage the entire time! This is what I've been needing!! Then I did an hour of miscellaneous resistance stuff - legs, core, pt stabilization for hips and core, just a little of everything - except arms :) I did leg presses on the advice of my PT. He said doing the leg presses in the boot (with my heel of course) would help keep the bone strength up for when I do start running again. I want to be ready to go when the foot is! I feel great this morning, getting a good workout totally makes my day! I really need to remember this and not sleep in just because I can't run!
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Another fun morning at the gym :) Boys had swim lessons, so I dropped the baby off in day care, then while one was swimming I took the other to the basketball court and while he played I planked, push-uped and wall-sat. Did the 60/60/60 planks then 20 push-ups (on my knees, I can't GET on my toes because of my foot) then to the wall for a 2 min wall sit. After 2 sets it was time to go do the switch in the pool. The first swimmer wanted to go in and shower so I waited, then got tired of just sitting around and wasting daycare time! So, I did another 3 sets of above. So, a total of 5 sets. 100 push-ups, 10 min wall sit and 5 min front, and 5 min each side on planks. I never realized how much I sweat doing those!! Felt kind of foolish doing them all on the deck of the pool, but hey - it was better than sitting there painting my toenails like the other lady!! Sent the boys off to the basketball court and I went upstairs to the spin bike. I pushed really hard for 45 minutes, because the day care caught me just as I was about to start and baby needed a diaper change - whatever. So, I only had 45 min not 60 - go time! Great balls of sweat! Even started beading on my arms - LOVE it! I know spinning will get old here soon, but right now I'm doing okay with getting my sweat on as I pedal away. Good 90 min workout in my 2 hours at the gym :) HAHAHA! Just saw this on youtube - SO funny. Just thought I'd share- Marathon Thoughts
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| | Good workout day at the gym. Bike butt is getting to me, but a few mid-ride adjustments helped enough to get me through! 60 min of cardio on the spin bike, good consistent effort the entire time, tried to not let cadence get below 80 unless I did a few minutes of hill climb to get my butt off the seat :) Since Kelli had brought her plethora of workouts, I stole one from her (I think it was the same one she and Wendy did today). It was super sets: chest/back, biceps/triceps, upper legs/calves, abs/obliques. I only got through 2 of the whole rotation, but it was a good workout. Then I did my leg presses as prescribed by the doc to keep my leg bones healthy and strong.
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| | Another fun day on the bike....okay, it's getting old. Especially because I have to sit and stare out the window at the beautiful weather. At least today I had some company for my misery! A lady on crutches and a regular cast was at the gym. She came over to the hand crank bike, which is next to the spin bike, and we got to chatting about our injuries. Both of us are runners and she was hit with a table while setting up for a Christmas party at the church and broke her fibula clean through. CRAZY! So, we sat and had a nice pity party as we worked out. It was great to chat with someone instead of being alone. She lives out by me, but can't drive and I offered her a ride to the gym if she ever needed one - I'm sensing I've found a good new friend :) 60 minutes on the bike and since I was able to chat I could tell my breathing was pretty similar to an easy run. Makes me feel good that the cardio effort is keeping up there! Then I did a circuit of 60/60/60 planks, push-ups, 2 min wall sits, band walking. Repeated 3 times. Just enough time to get that done and a little visiting with some friends at the gym too :) Good news day?!? YES! Yesterday I noticed the SGhalf has a 5K with it. I called to make sure that the 5K would qualify as a runners series race and they said YES! Soooo....if I can get clearance from the doc to walk the 5K in the boot and my hubby can still make work arrangements, then I'm still going!! This was the highlight of my day :)
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| | Back to back spin classes. 7 & 8, had to take a short break half way through the first class to run down and get a pass for the 8 class, but other than that was on the bike the whole time. Not a bad ride. Nice sweaty mess. I really liked the 2nd teacher - so far my favorite there! But, she giggles...A LOT! Kind of crazy, but she is a good teacher so I'll keep coming :) Now off to the weekend of - same as every other day in my life this last week and next week until my husband finally comes home. A mother's work is never done. Was a little jealous I didn't get to run in the snow this morning - would've been a nice run, not slippery just slushy and lightly falling...nearly perfect.
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| | 6:30 spin class - not so easy to get up after letting ALL the kids have a sleepover in my room, I guess they think when dad is gone mom is a push-over :) It's been 9 days...only 5 left! I can't wait to not be a single parent again!!! Anyway, my kids are horribly noisy sleepers! One talks in her sleep, one snores the other kept kicking the wall every time he'd turn around and then the baby would cry like every 60 min - just once in his sleep. Just enough to keep me up :) Class was good - sweat factor was much more than usual! GREAT endurance/interval class. Ran home, got the boys ready for swim lessons then took them back to the rec center. Did my 60/60/60 planks, 20 push-ups and 2 min wall sits during their lessons. A whole hour to burn...so I got in 6 sets. However, my 5th set I did 90/60/60 on the planks and 3 min wall sit. The 6th set I did 90/90/90 planks (not as bad as I had imagined, but then I can't do them on my toes...so maybe it is just that much easier?) 25 push ups and 3 min wall sit. Tomorrow I go to the doc for follow up x-rays - fingers crossed that things are going well.
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| | Blah...an hour on the stair climber-ish machine at the gym. The bike was getting old and I want to try to do 2 hours tomorrow so I wanted a break today. Was going to do more, but got chatting with Mary Ellen (my new 'one legged' pity party friend) and then Kelli came in and I had to chat with her too! I thought I could pull out a few minutes still, but my daughter called - bad news. Baby Fartlek woke up in a puddle of puke, his own, from last night...yeah, I'm a good mom. I heard him cry a couple times, but it was only for a few minutes and when they're quiet and nothing was wrong when they went to bed, well...why mess with good? So I had to get home and take care of baby. Fun times. So, doctor report is unfortunately nothing new. I don't know what I was expecting...I wanted to go and him tell me I'd been doing it all right and I was healed! I knew that wouldn't be, but I guess I believe in miracles. He did say I was good to walk the 5K in St George and he gave me permission to try swimming! He simply said NO pushing off the wall with my R foot - try it and see how it goes. I'm cleared to do anything that doesn't cause pain. Did follow up x-rays and the 'white cloud' surrounding the fracture is starting to grow, a sign that it is healing...just slowly - like normal :( One thing he did show me that I hadn't seen/known before is that the bone is broken on an angle like this: \ through the bone. So looking at the x-rays from the top of the foot I can only see (with my layman eye) the little edges poking out on the sides of the bone, but when you see it from the side, you can see the bone poking up and broken...weirdo! Anyway, I'm horribly fascinated by x-rays and things like that, so I had a good time :) My foot has been put back in jail (boot) for 2 more weeks, but he feels like that will probably be all. I might be free in 2 weeks!!! YAY! I told him my birthday is February 15th, and asked if I could put hopes on running then. He thought that would be a perfect place to put my hopes (8+ weeks since first x-rays). So, I just have to wait for my birthday. Also, when I mentioned Ogden he seemed to have no reservations about me being able to run that one. This made me feel much better. I can get back at this sooner than later. Which is strange to think about right now, because I don't look at runners and get jealous that I can't run. I watch their feet and wonder how they can run with no pain in their feet. It just makes my foot throb when I think about running. I know I'm not healed, I know my body needs more time. When I can walk weight bearing with no pain I'll know I'm getting close.
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| | 1.5 spin classes - 90 minutes. Hurry home, shower, pack up the kids and now I'm off for the rest of the day. Skiing (for the kids and grandma - lodge/baby duty for m) then Mythbusters live with my favorite daughter tonight while grandma gets boys/baby duty :) A BIG thanks to Kelli - the early riser. She grabbed a spin pass for me at 5AM so I didn't have to get there until class started :)
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I am so tired. Seriously. This single parent thing is rough, very rough. Up early, up late, entertaining kids all day, no time to clean, headache, no time to eat a quiet meal and I just want someone else to change the baby's poopy diaper... Oh, and to sleep in.
Up early after a late night to get the gym done before pre school and an early doc appointment across town. I was tired of the bike again and since I didn't want to get up early enough for the super early spin class, so I did the stair climber thing again. 60 minutes with a nasty sweat puddle afterward.
Now I've GOT to get this house cleaned. It is a disaster after not being home enough to clean it, but the kids running around like crazy. blech. |
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Warning: this post has absolutely nothing to do with running or any sort of x-training, exercise or anything. This is a vent from me about my crazy life the last 24 hours and why I DIDN'T go to the gym today. Excuses, excuses.
The 24 hours from Thursday night to Friday evening were horrible - absolutely horrible.
I started getting sick Thursday night. Headache, dizzy, exhausted, nausea. I was trying to get the house clean - it was a horrible never ending circle. I'd been to the dermatologist earlier in the day and found out I have some infection on my face that is giving me horrible acne-esque face so I have to wash and sanitize everything - towels, makeup brushes, sheets, coats...yeah, like I said: never ending circle.
So, here I was sick, exhausted and had finally got kids to bed and I fell asleep on the couch waiting for my bedding to finish washing/drying. I woke up at 1AM and gathered bedding and went upstairs to snuggle in - still not feeling great. My 7yr old was sitting in the doorway of the bathroom. "What happened? Why are you sitting there?" "I threw up, and I'm sorry, but I didn't get to the toilet on time" (he was crying poor thing, and who knows how long he was sitting there!)
Well, I went in the bedroom and put my boot on knowing I had some work ahead of me, but oh man...I didn't realize how much!! He certainly did miss, and it at least was in the bathroom (tile and washable rug), but man! The splatter factor was astronomical. Seriously, I spent the next hour of my life retching and wiping down nearly every surface in the bathroom (at least the washer was free - and plenty of bleach!). Even the back wall of the tub, behind the toilet, the counter and mirror...yeah, it was crazy! I nearly threw up a few times, but got it all cleaned up.
I finally got MY bed made and flipped off the light to settle down and then as I was walking to the bed I stubbed my toe (yes, my bad foot, bad toe) on the pack-n-play in my bedroom. Craptastic. Seriously?!? Who knows what I did to it, but I had just had it. The topper to a fabulous day. I was tired, sick and just needed to go to bed. Called hubby (thankfully 2AM is the middle of the day in Singapore) said my good nights and was off...to sleepy land.
I'd decided at that point going to the gym in the early morning wasn't going to happen. I took the boys to swim lessons, but that was it. I sat and read my book the whole time, and yes, I put the baby in day care. I needed that hour - best $1.50 ever spent :) Even just standing up to walk would give me a headache and make me dizzy. I don't know what is wrong with me.
Finally got home and since I've been so behind on everything I'd asked my neighbors cleaning lady to come help me with mopping and bathrooms. Best decision of the week -especially after last night. There was still plenty to do myself, but fiinally by 5:30 PM I was in the shower and ready to take the kids to dinner. No way in heck was I going to let them eat at home on my newly mopped kitchen floor! After dinner (1st time I'd eaten since 2PM on Thursday) I felt a little better and I'm continuing to feel better as the night wears on.
I got the kids to bed early tonight so that I can get basketball, swim meet and spin class all working together in perfect sync tomorrow morning between 7 and 9 AM. Wish me luck...last day alone. I think I'm going to take off tomorrow night, for about two weeks! I am SO ready for someone else to take over, change a dirty diaper, put the kids to bed, brush teeth, do the dishes, vacuum, yell at the kids, eat a cold dinner after helping everyone else and feeding the baby, carry things down to the basement, fix the dripping faucet and leaking shower door, and most importantly I'm ready to have someone to hug me, sit with me and to listen to me whine so I don't have to post a novel on the running blog about all my non-running activities just to vent. Sorry, you're the only people who will listen to me now :)
I'm glad tomorrow is a new day...and that Craig will be home! Thankful for my sweet little family, but more grateful than ever for a wonderful husband. Please be safe, and come home quickly. |
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| | 2 spin classes again this morning. Good times, but no sweat fest because I was in front of the fan. I miss not having a sweat puddle under me, kind of takes away from the workout...strange, but true. I whined enough about life yesterday, so now I'm done. |
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Got to spin class early this morning - I think I slept more this weekend than I did the whole 2 weeks hubby was gone!! Still tired though...I wonder if I'll ever feel rested.
So, with the extra spin on my own I got 75 min of spinning in, then went to masters swim and got a full hour in there - pulling. A full hour of pulling - man alive my triceps are going to love me tomorrow! Felt good to get back in the pool. No kicking, but with a bouy I just pull...and pull...and pull. Good arms and core workout! |
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Another day of spin! Got lucky and had Kelli and Wendy in class with me. It was nice to have some company...even if I couldn't talk during the whole class because I was dying :)
Decided that if I am going to walk the 5K on Saturday I'd better start trying to walk a decent amount of time in this boot. So, I finished with 45 minutes on the TM. Walking at a speedy 2.7 - 3.0 MPH. It is a lot harder to walk in this darn boot than I'd like to admit. 2% incline and a book in my face. Finished 2.14 miles in 45 mintues...yuck, that was depressing. Especially because it was so hard. I still would have a mile to go to finish the 5K. Back to spin tomorrow, I'll try this walking thing later - it's too depressing right now. |
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| | You know, I really feel good about my workouts - until I open the calendar and see a whole bunch of blanks...all over every day...nothin'. Dang it. I try to flip past that calendar as fast as humanly possible. Watch out Mr Calendar, I'll be back soon - and with a vengeance! Well, I went a little crazy today. Got up at 4:45 to get to the gym in time to do the 5:30 and 6:30 spin classes. If you don't get there by 5:10 your chances of getting a pass are slim to none! Walked about 10ish minutes on the track before class and then got it started. Two classes back to back - wow, Danielle is a great teacher! The 2nd class we spent the first 30 minutes IN the saddle, oh how I love her! :) Well, as I was leaving the gym (and going to cancel my daycare reservation) I remembered about masters swim today. Shoot. I love it and want to go - so I will. Went home and got the kids ready and off to school...then went back to the gym. I was early enough I decided I might as well hop into another spin class. Yes, my 3rd of the morning. I'd had a good 90 minute break, I was ready to go again :) Then after a quick diaper change for the baby (he was nice and timed it right between classes!) I went to masters swim and did 45 minutes of pulling again. Dang, I swear my arms better be ripped by the time I can kick again!!! Good 4 hours at the gym - now, it is time for a nap :)
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Just one spin class today - felt like a slacker! :) Full 60 minutes of riding, I'm a little anal about it that way. Great class, Heidi is a nice outdoor-ish spin teacher.
Walked 45 minutes again. Made it to 2.2 miles today at 4% grade, the pace was 2.8 - 3.0 except the last minute I bumped it to 3.5 to really push :) yeah...it is so depressing. Oh well, we do what we can! |
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Guess what I did today? yup...spin class. surprised? yeah...didn't think so.
Off to St George!! |
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St George 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:47:45 | |
yeah... awesome time, I know. Hey, at least I wasn't last. All my kids beat me - and not by just a little. My last mile was my fastest - under 15! I stopped at the turn off from the half course for a minute or two to cheer on halfers as they passed.
I'm just glad it took me less than an hour - how sad is that?!? New boot walking PR, please don't ever let me have another one of those - PLEASE!
It was rainy and cold, but it was great to be out enjoying the race atmosphere and then cheering everyone in at the finish! Great morning. I just love watching awesome runners pushing their hearts out to the finish!! Congrats to you all!! |
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| | 3 miles of hiking/walking in Snow Canyon with the family - SO beautiful!! You can't strap a boot to my foot for 6 weeks and expect me not to get a little red dirt on it :) |
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| | 2 early morning spin classes. Baby got some nasty cough/croup thing this weekend so I can't take him to the nursery. He is going to the doctor this afternoon though. I got my 120 minutes of cardio in, so I'm good. |
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Guess who has two thumbs and gets to be OUT of the boot now?!? YUP!! This girl!
Went to the dr today and I've got a nice big bone callus around the fracture and it is looking quite nice. So, I get to kick the boot to the curb. I must wear sturdy soled shoes all the time now, but at least I'm out of that dumb, stupid, heavy, klunky boot!! I can do spin class with my hard soled spin shoes and walk on the TM and do pretty much anything other than running and high impact (so no heavy resistance and standing on the bike). I'm SO excited to be out of the boot it is unreal! YAY! However, walking and being able to bend my ankle is SO weird - this normal walking thing is going to take some time to get used to. I have an appointment with the PT tomorrow to get some exercises to strengthen my ankle and calf so that in 2 weeks when I'm allowed I can get back to running in good form! YAY! On my way back baby!
So, onto the nasty part of this entry (for my own crazy blogging purposes). So, baby has croup. blech. That I can deal with, but they gave him steroids to help with the breathing issues and dang my baby is SO ornery when he is on steroids. So, he went to bed last night and after 90 minutes woke up screaming. After 20 minutes I went and got him out of bed and all he wanted was milk, so I got him a cup of milk and he finally settled down and I let him sleep/snuggle in bed with dad and me. Well, this pattern repeated itself FIVE more times through the night. Once I thought I was done...completely done and so tired I just wanted it to be morning and it was only 2:30. Man alive, what a horrible night. So, when my alarm went off to go to the gym I just turned it off and tried to sleep for another hour and a half - HA! Anyway, so it was a long sleepless night and I never made it to the gym and I can't put baby in daycare to get it in during the day. Oh, well. A recovery day will do me good. Mentally and physically.
Thanks for listening to the good, the bad and the ugly today. I'm loving life out of foot jail! |
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| | spin class sans boot. feels strange. PT appointment today to get my rehab plan so I can get back at my running! |
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Okay, well at the PT's office yesterday I just got one piece of good news after another! I am SO excited about my 'back to RUNNING' plan I can hardly contain myself! So, I am going to chat a little bit about it today on my blog - so feel free to read on, but I guess I'm doing this more for my info (in case I lose my paper) than anyones :) Good reference!
So, from the orthopedic doc I have band exercises to strenghten my ankle and calf. When one of them said balancing on one foot for 30 seconds I guffawed - c'mon 30 seconds? Whatever. Until I tried it. With my ankle and foot being immobilized for the past 4.5 weeks I've lost a LOT more strength and stability than I think I'd like to admit. I couldn't balance for more than 5-10 seconds the first try! I'm up to almost a full 30 today though, so good improvement :) So, I do the PT stuff 3X per day - good excuse to sit and watch TV :)
The PT explained some very good things to me while I was there! First off, the best news was that I've probably rid myslef of my PF problems :) keeping your foot at a 90 degree angle and immobilized for 4.5 weeks really helps with flexibility! He used to say giving me a 5 degree flexion was being generous - I'm now well over 10! So, if I keep this flexibility up as I gain strength back I won't have much to worry about as far as any PF returning - bonus!
Next good news is that he could FEEL the callous on the bone (he was surprised how far up on my foot the break was, he assumed it was closer to the toe joint, but it is in the middle of my foot). He kept having people come over and feel it! I was the sideshow for the lunch break crowd :) He said this was a great sign. This means that the break is now one of the strongest areas of bone in my body right now. Also, since it wasn't a SF, but a full fracture there is little to no worry about ever re-breaking the area. SF's can create a problem area, but I guess your body heals a full fracture better...I don't know, I just repeat what I'm told :) So, my bone/foot is now strong and I AM ready to get back at it!! YAY!
So, now how TO get back at it. First and foremost is strengthening back my calf and ankle. I'm to do the stuff from the doc and add calf STRETCHING along with it. Also, heel raises...lots and lots of heel raises. If I don't get proper strength back before I run I risk Achilles problems - YUCK! No thank you. So, I will be dilligent about popping up my heels every time I'm standing around - new bouncing RAD :) The other neat thing he talked to me about is that once I get the balance thing going is to use the resistance band not on the feet. What?!? I was confused. He said that I should balance on one foot then pull with my arms/torso to the sides. This helps strengthen the foot from the bottom up, which is the kind of strength your body needs while running. Doing the band on your foot is great, but developing the stability and strength from the bottom up is better. Awesome. I love learning things like that!
While I do all the strengthining/stability stuff I still need to get cardio in. Well, this is where the fun starts!! He said that biking is great cardio, but doesn't translate well for running (like 30% of your time on the bike can be converted to equivalent miles. So one hour of spinning is 20 min equal effort running - no wonder I could easily do 3 spin classes!). So, now that my ankle can bend I get to use the elliptical which has a better conversion (more like 1 hour of elliptical is 40 min equal effort running). So, I can start on the bike to get warmed up, move to elliptical and then to the TM...yes, I said the TM!!!
Here is the most exciting news: Running at a 6% incline is equal IMPACT on the body to walking at a flat. Because of the way it forces you to run, it not only helps your form, but decreases the impact on your body. Crazy! So, I'm going to get to start out running at a 6% incline. I guess I'll learn to love hills :) Before I can start that I have to regain strength and walk at a 6% without pain for at least 3 days for 20 minutes before I can even think about turning up the speed! Also, running at a 6% incline translates equivalent effort to flat miles. So, if I can only run at 5mph on a 6% incline, but that same effort would net me 7.5 mph - after an hour my body has had the equivalent training to 7.5 miles! Even though I really only ran 5, my body feels it as 7.5. How awesome! It will still be the same effort, but I can start getting 'more' miles in faster! I will only count what I actually run, but I will know my body will be ready for more when I'm ready to take the flat/down/outdoors impact. Awesome! He also suggested that I take this approach to high mileage training for Ogden. Run a day a week at 6% - less impact and will give my body more of a chance to recover mid-week. I love learning cool stuff like this and my PT is seriously a 'google' on facts and studies about this kind of stuff! He knows it all at a drop of a hat.
With all that said, I will now start with bike and/or elliptical and then do 20-30 minutes of uphill walking. When there is no pain with the uphill walking I can start RUNNING...uphill :) I will take running at 6% if that is what I can do! I will slowly increase the run time until I can successfully run 30 min at 6% incline. When this happens I get to drop the incline % on the run 2% per week until I'm flat, all the while gradually increasing mileage (he said that usually they advise 15% per week, but since this wasn't a SF, but a dumb accident that I should be able to ramp back to my 40/week quicker than that). Then I get to enjoy the lovely out of doors! I am SO excited to have a plan to get back to running starting NOW and not in 3-4 weeks. I may just make Ogden afterall. Plus, since hills are speed work in disguise I may not lose all that much speed, so I may be able to shoot for my coveted 3:35 there as well...but, I can't count these chickens before they hatch.
So, I was excited to get to the gym this morning - even with having to wake up early! :) There weren't any ellipticals available, so I started on the TM (didn't bring spin shoes) walking 6% for 12 minutes @ 3mph until an elliptical opened up. I did 45 min there at 10 incline and 12 resistance. Good sweaty workout, and now my muscles are confirming the fact that spinning is great cardio, but doesn't translate well to running equivalencies. It was harder than I would've liked it to be, dang it. Then I went back to the TM for another 6% walk at 3.2 mph for 13 minutes. So, a total of 25 min walking - looking good so far on pain quotient. The problem is that my foot muscles have atrophied so much they get sore, I know it is not break/bone pain - I know that all too well, this is also not in the same place. More PT exercises all day! My calf is getting sore :) good news all around!
If you actually read all of this, you probably learned something new :) Thanks for hanging in there with me! I'm on my way back baby! |
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Okay, before you yell at me - hear me out!
Hubby was nice and worked from home a bit this morning so that I didn't have to get up super early to workout. It was nice to see some of my regular gym rat friends :)
Started on the elliptical and I had to use a weirdo one that seemed more like running motion, because the ones I like (without moving handles) were all gone. Spent 23 minutes there until one I liked opened up. Finished 37 minutes off there. Then, I went to the TM.
I started walking at my 6% and was up to 4mph - yeeehaw! At about 6 minutes, I was bored. I thought about running, maybe I could try...just one minute. Since I was going to do 30 minutes of walking every 10 min I could do the last 1 min of each set running. Just ONE minute.
So, I tried it out! I was only running 5.3-5.5 mph and again, was at my 6% incline. The only problem was that the running felt better on my foot than the walking! Strange. I don't know exactly why or if I was just dreaming this to feel this way. I have an email into my PT to ask him about this quandry. Either way, I kept myself only to the 1 minute. So, I finished up 3 total minutes of running - woohoo! A total of a 1/4 mile-ish. Hey, I'll take it. Loggin' the miles...or fractions thereof :)
Still also working the PT stuff 3X per day - my calf is SO sore. It is crazy sore, I didn't realize how much I didn't use it, until I did :) Also, the tendons and ligaments on the bottom of my feet are feeling this new walking stuff too. I know it is NOT fracture point pain, I know what that feels like. This is just my body getting back to normal. This is how I know I'm not ready to jump up and run off on a nice easy 6 mile loop. Easy does it, easy does it.
Patience = the new endurance sport! |
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| | Similar to yesterday. Started with 30 min on the elliptical to warm things up, then since I didn't have enough time to do 30 min on the TM before spin class started I just did 15 min, but ran on the 4's instead of the 9's. 1 hour spin class. Holy moly I don't remember sweating that bad in quite some time - must've been too far from the fans! Back to the TM to finish up my 30 min walking. 15 min with only one 1 min run on the 9 this time. Still at my 6% and 3.7-4.0 walking speed at 5.5 'running' speed. I guess uphill an 11mm isn't so bad, right? please make me feel better about this one....
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Another morning in the saddle. Spin class. Instructor asked what kind of workout we wanted: easy, medium, hard, or extremely hard. I yelled back "I didn't come to the gym to be pampered!!" No one refuted my comment - so it was a good, hard class!
25 minutes on the elliptical
30 min on the TM. All at 6%, walking at 4.0mph and running at 5.5mph. 3 min walk, 5 min run, 5 min walk, 5 min run, 5 min walk, 5 min run, 2 min walk to bring the HR down. Wiped it down, and got the heck out of dodge. Oh, I did get the last 2 min of my 5 min run up to 6mph - wow, I was cruising, hahahaha!
Oh, got a reply from my PT - short version? There is little to no difference between running and walking at 6% incline. If it feels better to run, do it. Best.Answer.Ever. Now to make my body willing to run at a 6% incline....it is NOT easy! |
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| | MileS - yes, two :) nice! Spin class - early morning, with a heavy gut from Flemmings last night (hubby's work took us out!!), but it was oh SO good!! Out to the elliptical to warm up the feet and calves for running - 30 minutes L12 TM time! 6% - will I ever get used to it? run 7 min (5@ 5.5mph, 2@ 6.0), walk 3 - repeat 3X. adding up the times, it puts me right at 2 miles - awesome. I really needed those 3 minute breaks. I don't know if I will ever get up to my full 30 minutes without pain to be able to start dropping the incline. Then, I got to go back to the gym - and get paid! Yes. I got paid to go to the gym, awesome! One of my neighbors who has a foster child through the company I work for, asked me to take her daughter to the gym and help her exercise for an hour a few times a week. Really? getting paid to go to the gym? please...no...don't twist my arm! :) I walked on the track and had her do intervals (walk one lap, run a lap and then until she caught up with me) for 20 minutes. Then we did planks 30/30/30 sec with 20 push-ups 3X. She said she felt like jello afterward, so I think I did a good job :) If anyone has any suggestions of things for her to do (cardio max is about 20 minutes right now and hasn't done resistance stuff before) I'd love to have some suggestions. So I don't kill her :)
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| | I did it, yes, I did it! But, we must start at the beginning :)
Early spin class to get the cardio burn in. First morning in a LONG time my legs have felt tired. Oh, how I love it! Spin wasn't easy, Danielle is probably one of the toughest teachers at the gym - and I LOVE her classes! Got kids off to school then went back with 2 little ones in the daycare. A tender mercy today: only TMs were open, no ellipticals. So, I decided to skip my normal warm-up there and just go for it on my hill climb (always a 6% grade!). Figured I could do 40 minutes total and get 30 min of running in (which is what I have to get to in order to start pulling down the incline). Yeah, okay this IS happening! So, I did. 7 min running (5 min @ 5.5 then 2 @ 6.0) with a 3 min walk break at 4.0mph. Repeated twice. Next two 10 min sets were: 5 min @ 5.5, 2 min @ 6.0 then 1 min @ 6.3. I was definitely ready for the 2 min break at the end of those ones! Only a problem came with 3 min left in my last set of 8 min running, the day care called my name. Crap. Oh well, they will have to wait for 3 minutes. With 30 seconds left they called my name again, fine! I'm coming this time, just give me 30 seconds. So, I didn't do the last 2 min walk - grabbed the diapers then went down, except it wasn't a diaper change. Baby was getting tossed from the nursery for biting! Little stinker. He doesn't bite at home, because his siblings give him what he wants when he whines. This is going to take some work! Any suggestions on how to curb a 19 month olds biting issues would be greatly appreciated. I'd planned on and was looking forward to masters swim, but now had an outlaw on my hands. Not even chuck-a-child would take him! So, I called a neighbor in desperation and she said she'd be happy to take the naughty child, and even his big brother for the hour while I swam. Ran (read: drove as fast as the law would allow) the kids practically home, went back to the rec center and changed and got in the water as fast as I could, but still missed the first half of class. Even though I only got 35 minutes in, it was a GREAT class and I actually learned how to do breast stroke properly - it is deceptively HARD! I could barely get through the 75 doing it - the right way, not the way I'd done it all my life. My arms/shoulders/back and inner thighs will be sore tomorrow! Totally worth driving the kids to the neighbors and going back for. So, I'm happy on 2 accounts - I did my 30 minutes on the TM at 6%! Granted, I think it needs to be consecutive, but I still did it! Also, if I would've gotten on an elliptical to warm-up I would've totally missed out on my running today, because of the outlaw. Thank you everyone at the gym for using the ellipticals this morning :)
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Too tired to wake up early - this has been a theme as of late.
Went and sat in the day care to observe my little outlaw. Caught him in the act and he got some 'bite juice' (vinegar). 2 hours of sitting in that day care is boring - no wonder he starts biting people! :)
No workout, but I think it was a good thing for my foot to have a day off. Felt really good - nearly forgot about it - by the end of the night. |
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I wanted to avoid the daycare today, but I seriously can NOT wake up in the mornings lately.
Spent the first hour watching my little outlaw in the daycare. He was having a great day and had NO problems at all. So, I left in confidence and went to the TM for the second hour to finally get a workout in. HA! I was at 19 min when they called me back and he was sitting in the time out chair. He got some bite juice and had to wait another minute in time out, apologize, then we left...with our heads hung low...
My neighbor has a TM and so I asked her if I could use it for just a bit and she said it would be fine, so I got another 30 minutes in, but man alive...I'm getting tired of this mess.
10 minute sets on the TM @ 6% incline. 5 minutes @ 5.5 mph, 2 min @ 6.0, 1 min @ 6.3 then 2 min walk @ 4.0 - 8 min running and .75 in distance covered each set. Repeated 5X. Total of 40 min running and 10 min walking.
Thank goodness for the weekend. I think I'd better start liking waking up early...at least until the little terror stops biting! |
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| | Stupid gym. I can't wait until I get to run outside on Saturdays and avoid the headache there!!! In order to get an 8:00 spin pass before 7:30 you can swim or do lift, but if you do the 7AM spin or anything else you have to wait until 7:30 to get a pass. Well, when it is 6:45 and there are only 4 passes left, you know your chances are slim to none. So, I played the game and took my lift pass and figured I'd just give it away and/or ditch class - two can play this game! BUT, just as that happened the wicked aerobics director of the West walked up behind me "but, they have to DO the lift class!" yeah, yeah...fine, whatever. She even sought ME out on the TM (I decided to get a 10 min session in before class) and make sure that I was planning on coming to class and said "well, we're setting up right now" "oh, well class doesn't start until 5 min after, right?" "yes, but it is best if you set up beforehand, because you need a partner...blah, blah, blah," "Okay, I'll be there by 5 after." Whatever. So, I went to lift class and did everything she couldn't - HA! Take that!!! So, with tired legs and arms from lift (I think she was trying to challenge ME personally! - yes, it is always all about me) I snuck out (thanks to a partner who offered to put everything away, she knows how crazy spin gets!) before she could say anything and didn't stretch, but went right into spin. Allison was crazy hard and I swear gave us about 10 seconds of recovery every 5 minutes. Holy cow, my legs were burnt. This is why I wanted to run first, but dumb stupid rules made me do lift! After class I headed out to the TM for my 'long run' of the week. I wasn't sure this was going to happen. I was spent. I just kept thinking...you would be doing around 18 miles today if you weren't injured so suck it up and work it out! I modified my normal 10 min intervals, because today is long run day. All, again, at 6% incline: I ran 1.25 miles at 5.3-6.3mph and then walked .05 to recover - this took me to nearly 15 minutes, so I decided to do this 4X and finish with 5.0 miles. Between set 3 and 4 I walked .15 to even the mileage out to 4.0, then I could finish my last 1.25 with a total distance of 5.25 (between walking and running). Speeds were the same for all of the sets, a little slower than normal, but longer. Good pseudo long run, right? Well, since I'd done my 8 min before lift I had a total of 5.75 miles of running and wanted to round it out to 6.0 - but I was tired of that D$%# 6% incline. I swear my PT is just laughing his head off thinking about me trying to run at that incline!!! So, since this was my 3rd day of over 30 min with no pain (so far) I decided to try 4% just for the last quarter to get a taste of what next week has in store :) Oh, my DREAMY!!! Do you know how easy a 4% incline is?!? I was cruising along at a 8:27 pace and felt incredible. I was at a decent pace!! I'm sure I couldn't do that pace for a long time, but 4% feels SO much nicer than 6%!! I can't wait. So, I got a good 3 hours in at the gym. I certainly hope all this cardio and crazy incline work will help me to get back into the groove again quickly when I'm allowed to run outside. I still hate hills!
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Okay, I really had to think about what I did this morning. Since I can't remember I'll just say this: 5 miles on the TM in an hour (with walking breaks), ran 1 mile at 6% then 4% then 6% then 4% then 6%. All the 4% miles were under a 10mm. Felt like a dream to run at the 4% - really felt flat honestly.
Got home and did 60/60/60 planks and 20 push-ups. At the end of set 4 (I was going to do 5 to do 100 push-ups) I heard my baby playing with/flushing the toilet upstairs. He'd flodded the thing with TP. stinker! So, I shut off the water to the toilet, cleaned up the water on the floor, unclogged the toilet and turned the water back on. Came back down to finish my sets and within minutes I noticed water dripping on the floor...from the ceiling...nice. A big bubble had formed under the paint. I figured it was from overflow water, pop the bubble and all will be well. HA!
I'll have to post pictures of the mess that ensued, but suffice it to say that the leak of water from the toilet went MUCH further than expected. I now have one 8 foot hole along a drywall seam and another 6 foot hole along another seam, the baseboards removed in the bathroom and fans drying out the space between the floor and the ceiling. SO.MUCH.FUN.
I am drenched in drywall and mess and water, my house is a disaster, hubby is home from work for the day and I've got someone coming over in a few hours to give me an estimate on repairing my ceiling in the family room/kitchen. What a wonderful start to the week :)
Oh, and I never finished that last set of planks and push-ups. Just think, you never know what kind of a mess the gym and daycare save you from until you can't go there anymore. I just think if that little stinker wouldn't bite I could've slept in, gone to masters swim, not have a hole in my ceiling and water damage to deal with.... Only good news is, I just keep laughing at it all and am beside myself about the craziness of it all! At least it was clean toilet water, we're now drying out and I've got great neighbors and hubby that came to my rescue when it got so big I was afraid it was more than the flood issue and shut off the water to the house. Also, I now get to learn how to do drywall!! yay.... | |
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| | I need a recovery day. Still have a headache from the craziness yesterday. I hoped a good nights rest would help it, but no beans. So, I'm taking today to take care of everything that got put off yesterday. No gym time thanks to the biter :) |
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Oh, I really needed todays workout! Had a hard mental day yesterday, but having a great dinner and going to bed early has made today SO much better...so far.
Woke up at 5AM ready to wake up, not tired! I guess going to bed early does help. When I got to the gym Kelli was there and I was SO happy! I've needed a good chatty run lately, thanks Kelli! It really made such a HUGE difference to have you there! I did one mile @ 6% at 5.5 mph, then I graduated to 4%! YAY! next 3 miles under 10mm. I would start at 6.0mph then increase the pace the last 1/4 mile.
Spin class (didn't have time for all 5 miles before class, because I still have to walk .1 between miles to recover and I left my water in the car so I had to run out and get it before I started). I love this class. Danielle is a crazy teacher! awesome muscle work and butt in the saddle for the first 30 minutes!
Went to the TM to finish my last mile before heading home, I was late, so I figured I'd push the pace a bit (still @ 4%). Started at 6.0mph and every tenth I'd increase speed a tenth. I figured I might just be able to nail a sub 9mm...so I sped up the last .2ish so I could. I think I was about 1-3 seconds over, but since it took some time to ramp up to the speed and incline I needed I'm callin it a sub 9mm!! Been a long time since that happend :)
Thanks to Kelli I found where elevation gain is on the TM! over 1200 feet in 5 miles today, nice! I can't imagine what the 5 miles at 6% is!!!
At home I did my 60/60/60 planks with 20 push-ups 5X. I made sure all the bathroom doors were shut before I started - I'm a quick learner :) |
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| | Yee-haw! Guess who got the TM to 6 miles in an hour at 4% incline? and yes, that was with a 1/2 mile of walking. I love it! 4% incline - 1.25 miles, then .1 walking; repeated 4X. Running speed varied from 6.0-7.0. I always start slower then increase the speed the last 1/2-1/4 mile. When I had my 5 miles of running done I noticed I still had 5 min left on the TM. I could totally bust out another 1/2 mile before the hour was up. So, I decided to 'practice' my 2% incline :) I started at an 8:00mm and went progressively to a 6:59! I had just less than 4 min by the time I decided to do this. Oh, how absolutely marvelous it felt to open it up and run fast!!! I can't wait for this week to be over so that I can run FAST at a 2% incline - YAY! The distance clicked to 6.0 miles just as the TM turned off...awesome :) *sad day when you are impressed with getting 6mph on a workout!* 1153 feet of elevation gain along with those 6 miles, lovin' me some hills...
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Spin class, not my favorite, but a pretty decent outdoor ride. This teacher doesn't really push too hard, but keeps it more like a normal outdoor ride on flat/rollers. Good times and I kept nearly falling asleep - I think it is the only time I've wished they'd turn the lights ON in spin class.
4 TM miles at 4%, one at a time with .1 walk breaks between each mile. I would start the pace at 6.1 and end at 7.0, sometimes increasing throughout the mile and other times just the last 1/3 or so. Even with walk breaks I was staying about a 6mph pace. If I did my math correctly, the AP for my running portions was 9:15. Not too shabby :)
I did drop it to 2% for the last 1/2 mile again. Man, it really does feel SO much easier to run a 7:30 at 2% than an 8:34 at 4%! Crazy how big a difference incline makes.
Now off to prep the house for drywall repairs today... |
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Don't even ask about what happened today...seriously, just one issue after another and I held out hope to get to the gym clear until 8PM. Then I found out they closed at 9, sigh. Whatever.
I am grateful that days like this are rare. My husband is always willing to work his tail off and do what is asked of him and he earns enough money for me to stay home with my kids and I really shouldn't complain. I was just bummed all weekend about missing my ME time. Sometimes it is hard to be a mom all day with no me time breaks or hubby help. |
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Funny how all weekend all I wanted to do was run and never got to, but when my alarm went off at 4:45 this morning so I could do my run and a spin class this morning I had every excuse in the WORLD to sleep. I'd even gone to bed early! So, my compromise to myself was one more hour, then I could get the run in, I'd just have to bag the spin. Sounds good...especially snuggled up under the warm covers in my cozy bed while I'm half asleep! :)
Got to say hello to Kelli while she was on her way out. I should've gotten up, then I could've chatted while I ran. dumb me. Anyway, TM work was good today - I'm trying to slowly pull down the incline since I'm relased to 2% running tomorrow.
2 miles 4% @ 6.1-6.3mph
2 miles 3% @ 6.5-6.7mph
2 miles 2% @ 6.8-8.0mph
Oh that last .1 of a mile at 8.0 felt SO awesome. I love being able to regain some speed after all this hill climbing. I was just shy of 1000ft of gain this morning, nice to see that vert going down :) So, all these miles were continuous. I didn' stop for a walk break once. I felt great and had only minor foot pain. The same stuff I deal with all the time - tendon issues on my 4/5 metatarsals from the immobilization, nothing fracture related.
Came home and after getting kids off to school and securing the bathrooms and other sources of water (he has recently discovered the water dispenser on the fridge, so it now must also be locked), I did The Shred L3. It has been a long time since I've done the shred, good stuff baby!
My plan is 6/day and then 10 on Saturday - outside!!! This will more than double my YEARLY mileage in one week...awesome :)
Tomorrow I'm trying out the nursery again, wish me (or the outlaw biter) luck!
Last plea...My birthday is Wednesday. I have a good uphill (gentle) route planned that will be 6-7 miles and I'd love to have someone come with me! Smooth was going to accompany me, but since she is now taking ownership of my boot I need some company. I was planning about 9AM, but I'd do anytime - I just don't want to wake up before the sunrise! Don't make me run alone on my birthday...c'mon peeps, help a girl out? | |
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Last night when I went to bed I was sure I had strep. Body aches, tired, swollen throat, stuffy nose, each minute getting worse. So, I bagged getting up early and decided I needed the sleep more. 9 hours later I woke up feeling good - excellent!
Took baby comando-destruco to nursery and left with high hopes. Six miles later I picked him up with no bad reports! whew! Must be my lucky day.
2 miles @ 4% - 9:40, 9:25
3 miles @ 2% - 8:42, 8:25, 8:30
1 mile @ 1% - sub 8:00 - started at 8:00 then went progressively faster each quarter, then the last quarter I increased every .05 to finish with a 7:30 the last .05
Yes, I know I cheated, but I needed to be done, quickly. I figured one mile at 1% couldn't hurt too much, especially if I want to run outside tomorrow.
I wanted to do masters swim afterward, but since I didn't want to leave Buster in the nursery 2 hours (I would be pushing my luck, I'm sure!) I decided to try their mom & me swim class. It is 30 min of water aerobics for mom while holding/playing with baby, then 20 min of a swim class for baby and then 10 min free play. Fartlek LOVED the class, big smiles and lots of fun - the aerobics part wasn't really much to shout about, but being able to workout with my baby was totally worth the smiles on his face. I may have to start taking him every Tuesday!
TT for the 6 miles: 53:20 - AP: 8:53; oh my 8's, how I've missed you!!! 800ft of vert.
So, last chance...anyone in for an 8:30ish birthday run tomorrow? Starting at the District and ending at my house (about 7 milesish). I think there may be a possiblity of stopping by keaders on the drive back to the district for some breakfast.... | |
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BEST BIRTHDAY EVER! Okay, maybe not ever, but it sure was a good one.
Met with Smooth, Karen and Wendy at the District. Smooth went back to my house to wait while we ran home. psst...did you hear that? I ran...outside!!! Geat big snowflakes falling all around, clear roads and decently warm temps. Snow globe run. Great friends. Perfect conversation. Only bad thing was the constant uphill :)
Seven glorious miles. I don't know pace...garmin died, I just loved it all!!!
Went to breakfast with the running crowd at Kneaders. SO yum!!! Thanks Smooth. Couldn't ask for more...nothing more.
I had to do 32 miles for my 32 years, but since running them was out of the question I decided to bike my remaining 25 miles. Talked my husband into joining me. Although it was a bit of a rough go - he isn't quite used to that much time on the bike - seat - well, lets just say it is a good thing we're done having kids :) The weather had cleared out and we had nearly dry roads and sunshine the whole time.
It was the best birthday gift ever for him to allow me to nearly kill him on this bike ride. I had a wonderful afternoon touring the west side of the valley with my man. Even if he may not be able to walk tomorrow, poor guy.
Don't know exact mileage or pace...shortly recharged garmin died at mile 20.
Came home in time to take care of after school stuff for the kids and get to stake youth choir that I somehow got roped into leading, then we took the family out to dinner to Benihana. Because of choir it was late and I swear the kids almost fell asleep watching the cook a few times, but we had a great, peaceful meal - which with my kids is a near miracle!!
Now I'm home and ready for bed. What a wonderful, glorious day. I really have nothing to complain about - except a few pinheads at choir I'd like to bop, but they're kids, what can we say?
If you could ever order a near perfect birthday for me...I think today would be it :) | |
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Yesterdays fun left my legs quite fatigued today. Just don't tell my husband, I've got to save face!! I can't admit it was anything other than normal :)
6 miles on the TM that were horribly slow and felt hard due to the fatigue, but whatever - I got them done and that is the whole point of working my way back, right? All @ 2% varying pace, but AP = 9:13 with the last quarter at 8:34. Luckily Wendy was there and we had a wonderful chat that made the miles fly by...well, almost :)
Came home (baby was good in nursery again today! but, I'm still limiting to one hour) and did the Shred L2. I still think it is worse than L3, I don't know why I just feel like it is!
25 miles so far this week...almost double my yearly total of 36 prior to Monday :) |
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SO SO HAPPY THE BLOG IS BACK UP!! THANK YOU SASHA FOR TAKING THE TIME FROM YOUR LIFE AND FAMILY TO GET MY LIFE BACK TO NORMAL :)
4 miles on the TM @ 2% - 8:57, 8:49, 8:41, 8:30
1 mile on the track 7:30 - Eight weeks ago I ran a mile on the track as my last run before x-rays and a fractured foot. I'm so glad I am where am right now and not back there! It has been a long journey, but I am ready to get back at it.
800M swim. 400 pull, 400 kick, 300 pull, 300 kick, 100 free.
Then I came home and did normal stuff...until the school called. My daughter fell down at recess (just playing with friends, no big story or drama) and hurt her wrist. After spending the afternoon/evening in the insta care x-rays were obvious to me that it was broken. She has a splint and will get a cast Tuesday morning. I guess she just wanted to be like her mom :) |
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WOO HOO! Hit my 40 miles this week, and ended in good style. Got to meet Toby, Chad and Chad's neighbor Richard at the Lehi JRP for a little 10 mile jaunt. I wish it was as easy as it was 2 months ago. Today is 8 weeks from x-rays and unfortunately, those 8 weeks have taken more from me than I'd hoped they would've. Oh well, onward and upward - it's the name of the game, right?
Richard is my new hero! The man has run Comrades, not once but twice. I'm not exactly sure if that is 2 finishes and 3 attempts or 2 attempts and one finish, because he told us the first time he tried it he was the first one to the stadium after the gun 11hrs and TEN seconds. He said it's the only time he's made the paper for running. He is from South Aftrica and is starting to run again after losing 65 pounds. Seriously, I'd love to hear more stories from this guy!
10 miles North, which is the hilly side and I wish those hills didn't feel quite so hard. I hate that I've lost so much - hate. I thought I'd done everything right to jump right back in and it just isn't going to be that way. But, I'm still jumping and crossing my fingers. AP: 9:15 Two miles under 9mm and the last 37 feet were a 6:36 AP - ha, nice! :)
I had a wonderful time with everyone and am SO grateful Toby let me tag along with her today. Since I took my daughter to Leatherbys last night and ate myself sick on ice cream, caramel and hot fudge I didn't eat anything this morning. Got sick stomach about mile 7ish and really wanted to stop. Thanks to some water from Toby I was able to stick it out the last 1.5 miles and not barf. *sigh* I hope it was the ice cream and not eating and not that I can't handle 10 miles. My legs don't feel run down, but it sure was a lot harder than I would've liked it to be - mentally and physically. Thanks to amazing friends!!! | |
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Ahhh school vacations :) My husband has to be out early this whole week to get to his training classes, so I'm stuck getting up SUPER early or using daycare. But, today since all the kids were home I had another option: Street TM. From the dead end behind my house to the end of the street and back is a one mile loop. So, I feel okay leaving my daughter in charge when I can check in every 5 min. They just have to turn on the outside lights if they need me. So, I got to sleep in and wait for the snow and ice to melt on the roads and I got to get outside. Who can not like that situation?
7 miles down and back...down and back...down and back...okay, so it got old, but it was better than the alternative. The wind on the last .25 mile of uphill before the turnaround got worse each mile, the good thing is I got to quickly turn and have it at my back. By the time I was done there were parts of the road where I'd laid down a good few sets of prints, but they had all melted. Crazy how fast it all disappears. Right now I'm hoping if I procrastinate shoveling the walks for another hour it will all melt too :) Haven't shoveled ALL year - why start now? :)
TT: 1:02:03 AP: 8:53 splits: 9:15, 9:01, 8:47, 8:46, 9:06, 9:00, 8:07 - had to nail a fast finishing mile! Felt good until I stopped, then I started coughing like nobody's business and the cold I've been denying I have hit me full force. Between breathing hard and coughing I swear I almost passed out because I couldn't get the oxygen in. I hope that when this chest cold goes away I can run faster and easier. | |
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Due to casting appointment early this morning life was hectic and we were all running late, but the good news is that Lauren is happy with her purple cast and is now taking signatures :)
Spin class (10 min late), good hard effort, because I had too and Allison is a slave driver!
Mom and me swim class. They had us walk backward in the lazy river. I think if I am ever injured again I am going to do that for my x-training, holy moly is that hard!!! |
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I'm getting really tired of this...really tired of it. I just want life back to normal. A good 10 mile morning run, weights and an aerobics class at the gym and then home. But, my darn child thinks he needs to bite or hit and the daycare ladies are starting to hate him :( I just want normal life back! You know what else? I'd like my little gym back. It's been a year now since it has been closed - I still miss it.
Since hubby has to leave SO early for his training I've been trying to use the day care and I haven't minded sleeping in either, but I think this is now going to have to change. I'm going to have to get up early or forfeit exercise - period. I had a feeling when I heard all the screaming kids and commotion in the daycare this morning it wasn't going to be a good day, should've listened to my inner voice. Dropped Nathan off in his class at the gym (a kids exercise class that he LOVES!) then dropped off Baby.
I've been having issues with tendons in my foot. I am 100% positive it is not anything to do with the fracture, except that my foot was immobilized and is now trying to work itself back. I self-diagnosed that I am flexing my toes when I run which is causing the tendons on the top of my foot (especially over the 4/5 metatarsals) to ache. I talked to my PT about it this morning and we put a plan together to get it gone. I need to start thinking about trying to rub sticky gum off the bottom of my foot when I run and balance out my effort on the outside of the foot, because I'm leaning too much to the big toe side. I think I'm subconciously doing this to protect the fracture site even though it has no more pain or tenderness. Grrr...why can't I just be back to normal? So, strengthening my toes and calf are on the docket. Also, getting rid of it quickly. Tendonitis becomes chronic if left unresolved too long - so I'm knocking this one out.
Long story longer....because of all this I nixed running yesterday and was going to do the elliptical today to give it one more days rest. HA! Remember my biting baby? yeah...15 minutes, FIFTEEN minutes into the elliptical I was called down. Silently praying it was for a dirty diaper....nope. He'd bit a little baby sitting in a bouncer because he wanted to play with the toys on the bouncer. Stinker butt!!! So, I put him in the stroller and decided I'd walk on the track while Nathan finished his class. Well, I could run slowly with the stroller (fast at ALL and it would shake uncontorolably!) so, I did. Nathan's class was up on the track so I ran 3 laps with my little runner then he left and I finished 2 miles.
When I picked up Nathan I wanted to do at least one more mile - he wanted to come with. So, I snuck him on the track (it says 16+ only, but no one complained or called me on it) and he would run a couple laps with me then rest in a corner. I decided to do 2 more miles to even it out to 4. Four miles and 15 min elliptical is almost an hour of workout. Nathan was a great runner and finished over a mile and little Adam just had to sit in the stroller!
Came home and did the Shred L3. I'm really tired of working around life. REALLY tired of it. I just want to get back in shape and all the forces that be are pushing against me and I don't like it! Not one bit. Not to mention since I broke my foot I've gained 5+ pounds. I'm getting really discouraged and just want life back to MY normal - pretty please? |
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Early morning, I don't understand why the four o'clock hour is SO difficult - I think it's a mind barrier!
45 minutes on the elliptical - L8 reading "Unbroken" 3.88 miles. When I would read about Zamperinni's races I would find myself going faster and faster and pushing harder right along with him! Good book.
4 miles on the TM 2% first mile at 9:31, then progressively faster every mile to finish the last one under a 9mm, I don't know how fast. Went progressive each quarter then every .05 to finish at 8:00mm. Wish I could say my foot didn't bother me. Ice, heat, ice, heat, ice, heat...stretch, repeat.
Ab ripper X at home - and maybe a nap if I'm lucky. | |
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Another early morning, but I like that I have my whole day afterward - I do like that. However, I had to reset my alarm clock to 5:00. 4:45 was just too crazy! :)
Spin class - a really good, hard, consistent effort. Usually this teacher is kind of a blah teacher, but he did a great job this morning!
20 min on the elliptical - had to get just that bit extra cardio work in.
Shred L2 at home before kiddos got up. Glad to have it done, now if I can keep the energy level up for the next 10 hours....
As a side note, I'm wanting to try a tri workout tomorrow. 10-12 running outside, 20 mile bike loop (with some decent climbs), 1 hour swim. Anyone game? Even for just a portion? I was thinking about running the unopened corridor out here in Herriman, bike loop up to Kennecott, out to Old Bingham, then back through Daybreak, then swim at the rec center out here. Anyone? anyone? anyone? |
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Okay, so I'm a pansy. I know it. I admit it. It may not make it any better, but at least I acknowledge it :)
I was awoken at 6AM by a BIG gust of wind against my bedroom window. I panicked. No way was Jessica (my poor tag along) going to run in this wind, and there was NO way I was going to ride in this wind - I'd get pushed over. So, I'm panicking, can't sleep...trying to find a way to do this...GOT it! We can go to the Olympic Oval and run, then they have spin bikes on the side of the track we can use, and Kearns 50M pool is covered this year and we can go next door and do laps. Perfect. I still couldn't sleep though.
Called Jessica when I got up and proposed my plan to her - she was in! I was SO excited, and to have company too. Jessica had never run more than 9 miles, but has done a lot of tris (mostly sprint) and I knew she'd tough it out.
We ran 10 miles w/out stopping. Jessica was a trooper! We started out at a good pace, but slowed as the miles wore on. I expected this and I was just happy for the company. She did an awesome job and toughed out a GREAT run. Only 7 more laps and I would've netted 12 miles...I just couldn't stop :) So, I told her I was going to push the pace and grind out a quick 7 more. Ran those probably 8-8:30ish pace, totally guessing. I went to the car and grabbed my water bottle I'd left there and when I came back Jessica had finished another 7 laps too! She is so awesome.
After a quick snack we jumped on the spin bikes for 80 minutes. Kept the resistance like a slight uphill and tried to keep cadence higher. I got tired about 20 min in, but the last 30 minutes went quickly!
Then, off to the pool. They were making you swim the short way, so I was still stuck in the 25 pool, but whatever. I would alternate 400's with freestyle, then free with fins. I tried to do breaststroke, but only got 100 in then was ready to go back to free. I finished with 2000 in the pool (I don't know if it was yds or meters). 1 full hour of swimming, plus breaks every once in a while in the water to chat or grab a drink.
I was exhausted! Holy Moly that took a lot of work. Stopped at Subway on the way home and I don't think a sandwich had ever tasted so good! I feel like I ran a marathon - minus the sore body. The biking and swimming really help keep the cardio and workout going, but eliminates the pounding on the body. I finally feel like I got a great Saturday workout in! It may have taken 4.5 hours of work + transition time, but man was it worth it! I feel like a million bucks for being able to accomplish this. Helps me feel not quite so much like a pansy and a gimp :) | |
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Got to run with the Birthday Girl this morning. I probably shouldn't have brought chocolate to the gym, but we all love it too much :)
Because of the tendonitis I've been battling in my foot (due to not keeping up on my PT exercises as I try to re-enter the running world) I decided to try just 4 miles/day then 15 on Saturday. I've got to start getting the long runs in! So, I'm going to try and keep the speed up more than I have been since the miles will be short.
4 miles @ 1% incline - Progressive each mile and fast finish last 1/4 ending at 6:40mm. TT= 34:10 AP: 8:33. Not too shabby, and I could actually talk through it as well. This gives me confidence that my speed is coming back despite my best efforts to repress it.
Spin class, good solid effort. She actually goes for the full hour so I don't have to spin during stretch. Which made things nice since I wanted to jump on the elliptical for a few to finish 2 full hours.
20 min on the elliptical, good effort - still reading Unbroken. I have until Friday....read, read, read.
Home and then got Ab Ripper X in to top off the workout today. | |
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Got to the gym and Kim was ont the track. I decided to join him for a couple miles...if I could keep up. It was a little difficult, but then I settled in and things felt great. I could even chat just a little bit :) Kim said he could figure out what pace we were running by timing the laps on the clock, I told him to not tell me. Because I could tell it was faster than I'm used to and I knew my mind would get in the way "this is too fast, I can't do this" - he finally told me on the last few laps (for me) that we were averaging 7:30-7:40mm. I'm not sure I completely believe it, because I really don't think I can run that fast and still talk and not die right now, but that is what he said.
He was just about done as well, so I hit the TM for the last 2 miles and did 8:00mm pace for the first 1.5 miles, then increased .1mph each .1 mile and then the last .1 I did at 6:30. Wow, it feels good to feel some speed!
After getting the kids to school I braved the daycare with baby. Spin class went well, and I didn't get called to the daycare. Spin class was B-R-U-T-A-L today! Allison rarely does decent recoveries, but she is recovering from surgery so she didn't spin and just taught today, so it was even worse! We did the last 15 minutes at 8/10 effort with no recoveries, just changing what we were doing. My legs were dead! Awesome :)
Then took baby to mom and me swim class. He always has such a good time and loves the water. The little water aerobics we did seemed a lot harder, maybe because my legs were just dead. Anyway, we had a great time. I love that little stinker!! |
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Due to the foot I decided I should stick with the 4/day plan. Ice and IB always take it down to more than tolerable levels, but it is still there - more than I want it to be!
A little speed work this morning - all at 1% incline:
10 min warm-up @ 9:13 pace
1 min on/1 min off 6:18 (9.5)/ 9:31 (6.3) repeated 8X (just over 2 miles worth)
.8 cool down @ 8:34, progressive the last 1/4 mile.
TT: 32:40 AP: 8:10
20 min elliptical to finish up before spin class
One stinkin' tough strength spin class. Not as horrible as Allison yesterday, but Danielle has her own special torture classes :)
At home: a new twist on an old classic: 60/60/60 planks, 25 push ups; 90/90/90 planks, 25 push-ups; 120/120/120 planks, 25 push ups. Yeah, I'm good with the planks now for a few days!
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| | 2 miles to start out on the track. I didn't want to know the pace, but I think it was decently fast. I finished in less than 18 minutes, but more than 16...so, lets say 8:30. 3 miles on the TM. 1@ 8:34, next @ 8:27, last @ 8:20 with a progressive last 1/4. TT: 25:20 AP: 8:26 1 mile to finish up on the track. I meant to track time, because I wanted a fast finish, but I didn't. The effort was harder than the TM so I'm gonna call it a sub 8 - no idea really. Home to get the kids off to school then back to the gym. Fartlek got a thumbs up for daycare behavior! Even a smile out of the ladies with "good job!" Spin class. Not as hard as yesterday, but hard enough! Legs were tired, I was done - so I left :) Now after a long day and a short nap I'm going to play racquetball with the hubby! woot woot!
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| | Being nice to the foot in prep for a long run tomorrow. Spin class - not the most difficult, but still okay. 45 min on the elliptical Had to get home and showered - got to read Dr Suess to the kids at the elementary for 2 hours this morning!! Fun stuff, I loved it. I would really enjoy being a 'book on tape reader' - even if no one liked my voice :)
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Sixteen glorious, beautiful and fun filled miles!!! Toby was kind enough to drive to the end of the Earth for this run, and I hope it was worth it for her. I picked up Chad, then we met Toby and shuttled up to Highland HS to meet the speedies to do and out and back up Emigration Canyon. After 4 miles up I was having flashbacks to trying to run at a 6% incline on the TM, luckily before I'd go into convulsions I'd get a nice relief in the form of a roller and be able to push on!
Turned around at 8 miles up and Toby and I were definitely ready to head back down. Paul was in for a couple more and continued the uphill climb. We had a nice relaxing downhill 8 back to the car with just a couple stops for water/gu.
Simply a wonderful morning and although the sun never came out there was no wind and it wasn't freezing cold. I had a lot of anxiety about this run, but at the end I felt good and it gave me confidence that I can do this again - with a lot less anxiety about it. Those first few long runs back are always hard.
Hubby doesn't have Garmin installed on the computer yet (thank you Fartlek for frying the motherboard, another one of his destructive signature moves), so I don't know pace. I did glance before I turned it off at the end and I noticed we were sub 10's going up and around 9's coming down. So I think we were around a 9:30 AP. Not too shabby for that crazy climb! I'll take it.
I'll also take my foot feeling pretty decent. It feels better than after a 4 or 6 miler, so I'm not going to complain at all. I'm going to try and maintain around 40ish a week through March and ramp up the long runs in April before Ogden. I feel like recovering that base mileage and getting the foot back in order is more important than pulling high mile long runs right now. I'll definitely finish - maybe not in the time I'd like, but I'll do it. Blah. Another bunk marathon. I don't think I'll ever get that BQ - running life is just against me right now. I'll just keep running the same speed and expect to get there when I'm 50 :)
Thanks again Toby! I had an epic run this morning and I'm SO glad you were able to come along! I can't wait for warm weather and more long runs! | |
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| | okay - the plan. I'm now going to try and maintain 35-40 miles/week this month and get this foot under control. Then I will have 7 weeks until Ogden to build from 16 - 22 miles to not die at the marathon. I think this is the best plan I can take right now. So, my daily miles will be low, but I think in the long run it will be best. sigh. 4 miles on the TM with Kelli. Oh how I love a nice leisurely stroll on the TM while chatting with Kelli! She is amazing. 1% incline, 8:34 for the first mile - except the last quarter I went to 8:00 while Kelli took a quick pop stop - 8:27 for the 2nd mile, 8:20 for the 3rd mile, The 4th mile I went progressive every quarter, until the last one I went every .05 to end at 7:30mm. (TT: 33:45 AP: 8:26) I really didn't feel fatigued or taxed at all during the run. All good signs! Foot is there, not horrible, but lets me know it is there. Spin class. Not my favorite teacher, but a good workout. Home and Ab ripper X for some fun. I then had 30 min till the clothes were done washing so I decided to go do the recumbent bike I'm 'renting' from my neighbor for a bit and read - just until the clothes were done, then I'd shower. HA! Finally got into my book and had to just keep going. 75 minutes later I got to a decent stopping point :) I'm now paying .15/day for the book, because it is on a long wait list at the library and I can't renew it. I'm almost half way done. "Unbroken" interesting true story!
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| | four more miles...they will add up in the end, right? *sigh* it took all I had to get out of bed this morning, baby decided to wake up screaming for about 10 seconds every 20 minutes for about 3 hours last night - it was an awesome night. ran on the track this morning, because I didn't want to stress about time/pace and just enjoy the miles. we were running the correct way on the track so I got a beautiful view of the sunrise each lap. It made me antsy to get outside again. I kept the pace high, it wasn't easy, but it wasn't hard either - maybe, comfortably hard? So, I'm going to say it was sub 8:30mm, even though I swear when I added time on the clock it said over 40 minutes. Either I don't know how to properly add time, tell time when I start, count laps or guess my AP by effort. I swear I wasn't running slower than 10mm!!! Anyway, finished up the last 30 min on the elliptical then went home to get kiddos off to school. By the time I raced back in the rec center spin passes were gone. I was even there before 9 - which is difficult with pre-school drop off! Oh well, I had my book and thought I'd spin on the bike on the track, but it was being used so I went to the elliptical and spent another 55 minutes there. Took Adam to swim class afterward, he always loves it there and I like the additional 30 min of workout it gives me while he thinks I'm just playing with him :) Good times.
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Didn't want to wake up, but I knew it just had to get done - so I did it. I've been SO lucky that sometimes the only open TM is always next to Kelli. I think she intimidates too many people by looking so cute and running so fast all the time :)
Decided to do hills today, ha. hills in 4 miles. 1 mile warm-up 1% @ 8:27, then I waited until the minute mark. Pace consistent @ 8:57, then I increased the incline .5 every 30 seconds until 7%. Took a 2 min recovery flat, then started at 7% and decreased every 30 sec to 1%. Total of 12 minutes (1.3) miles of climbing. I failed to noticed the vert.
After another 2 min recovery at 1% and 8:57, I took the speed up t o8:27 to finish out the 3rd mile. 4th mile all at 1% and increased speed every quarter (started 8:20) and then the last quarter went progressive every .05 of a mile to finish at 7:30 pace. Felt good, nice to put some speed in after hard hill climbs.
Got to go to spin today! yay! Danielle is my favorite teacher and her strength class Wed mornings is the bomb. Jello legs for sure.
Home and shredded it up with Jillian. L3, so lots of plyo moves; glad it is only 20 min :)
Had to get some reading in while the bread was raising, so I finished with 60 min on the recumbent bike while reading. Dang that Luis Zamperini! Every time I think he is finally going to be okay I turn the page and the guy is up to his eyeballs in it again! I honestly think I could beat his mile time before I could endure all that he (so far that I've read anyway) has gone through! Seriously, that man is resilient! |
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| | Mandatory sick day.... Yesterday about 11AM I picked baby up from a nap and he was HOT, uh oh... Well, nothing would really break the fever all day (even alternating meds) and the night was long and sleep was fickle. Finally a 2AM warm bath helped bring his temp down to 103.5... I think I finally slept restlessly from 3AM-7AM while he tossed and turned next to me in bed, but at least not crying or screaming. Doctors appointment this morning (with a broken fever, thankfully!) revealed blisters on his throat: hand, foot and mouth disease. Nothing to do now but get fluids in and hope the fever doesn't come back. 24 hours from fever break he will no longer be contagious, now I just wonder about the rest of the household.
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Heaven help me. My head is pounding, my eyes are drooping, my legs ache to go running....
Why can a child be happy and awake all day and then scream and cry all night? No fever back, but the little guy is obviously not happy - especially at night! Got about 2 hours of sleep before the every 30-60 minute screaming started. I really need some sleep! I'm excited to get out tomorrow morning since hubby will be home. I already feel like a caged animal not able to go anywhere :(
Seriously? How can he be awake and playful and happy right now after 2 nights in a row like that?!? I don't get it, I'm just waiting for nap time now.... |
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| | First, just let me say NINE glorious hours of sleep!! I was in heaven this morning when I woke up! Little did I know what my body had in store for me... I had originally planned to back off on a long run this weekend and do my tri class at the rec center and just 8-10 miles total. With the past 2 days off I've been itching to not see my weekly miles in the 20s, so I changed plans. Thank goodness for beautiful, wonderful, inspirational Toby who was willing to put up with my whining for another week. Met Kim, Scott, Rob and Toby at the JRP and we headed South first to Bluffdale to get the 'bump' over with. I felt decent on the run and was having a good time just plugging along visiting. Even the way back felt okay - wind at our back and things were good. Only problem? We were only at mile 7. By mile 10 I was exhausted, it felt rather SGM-ish, plugging along all my mental energy to just put one foot in front of another. Crap, I was exhausted! I was breathing SUPER hard and could hardly talk while just pulling 9:30ish miles, what was wrong with me? Well, thanks to Toby I pushed through and turned around at mile 11 - only 4 left to get back to the car. Four is easy, stop in one mile and get a drink at Mulligans and gu and I can get through this. I did my best to stay mentally strong, but I think poor Toby was more than aware that I was ready to kill over at any given second. The last 3 miles I made us stop every mile so that I could just catch my breath and recover enough to go on. Toby's water belt and her good attitude saved me! Eyes could hardly focus, plodding along, head spinning, side aches, I just wanted to lay down and curl up in fetal position until someone came back to get me. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger! right? Well, I wasn't dead and I knew I had to get back to the car. Pushed through the last 1.15 without stopping and I was done. Hallelujah! I seriously have never felt so crappy, except during SGM this last year. I did it though. I didn't care if my AP was 12mm, I'd finished and that was the biggest plus for me! I wasn't dead, so I was stronger! After thinking about it, I THOUGHT that 2 days off (even with little/no sleep) would make this run amazing, but I forgot one thing...I've been with a sick baby. Just like before SGM, I think my body is fighting an internal battle I can't see or feel. No fever or anything (adults don't really get symptoms, but are carriers), but my body knows it is fighting hard and when I try to push myself through a long run like this I just fall apart. This is probably one reason why although I've done nothing but sit for the past 2 days I didn't feel like I WANTED to do anything. No walks, no nothing. I was fine just sitting around. My body is sick and fighting, it just can't tell me that. So, I push it hard and it pushes back by making me feel like death while I run. So, like I said - I'm not dead, so I must be stronger for this one! I was surprised our AP was as low as it was since I felt like I was dragging through mud the majority of the time. Faster than last week, but felt 10X harder! The best news is that even now my foot feels pretty darn stinkin' good. Not 100% for sure, but I'll take the 80% better it feels. I'm proud of myself for making it through this run and I'm SO grateful I had Toby to drag me along, I'm really not sure I would've made it otherwise - at least without crying :) Thanks Toby - I owe you, BIG time! AP: 9:15, splits: 8:50, 9:15, 9:33, 9:24, 9:12, 9:18, 9:04, 8:41, 9:04, 9:13, 9:22, 9:11, 9:44, 9:33, 9:23.
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| | I really need to go to bed earlier...no baby to blame the tiredness on today, just my drama filled life and staying up too late. 12:30 bed time makes a 4:45 wake up call come waaay too quickly! Because of my lack of resolve to get up, I only had time for 5 miles before spin class. Thankfully, my favorite TM next to Kelli was open and I had someone to chat at - she was climbing Kilimanjaro on her run today, so I tried to do most of the talking. Not that she couldn't - that lady is a machine I tell you! I was breathing harder on a 1%! 2 miles, 1% @ 8:34 - jumped off to grab a spin pass. 3 miles 1% with a progressive run 8:34, 8:27, 8:20 then last 1/4 of 8:20 increasing until 7:30mm finish. Spin Class - I don't know if I was just tired or what, but my normal 'slacker' class seemed really tough today! Sweaty and tired. 1 mile to finish up on the track - no idea on time, but tried to run progressive. I'd say effort wise (take this with a grain of salt, I'd just finished spin) it was faster than the TM miles, so I'd say closer to an 8mm. Who knows - just want 6/day this week for a total of 36 - maybe 37 to round up the .2 from Spectrum Saturday.
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Still got to bed too late, but meh - I guess that is just me :) I got a new pair of shoes Saturday at Wastach Running's anniversary sale. I *heart* them! I rarely get 'cute' shoes, because I'm a big pampered princess with my shoes and my big clunky ones aren't always that cute, but yeah...I like these ones! It will take some time to work into them since they are more heel drop and less supportive, but little by little I hope to move into Elixers permanently and say "Adios" to my Inspires. 
Cute, huh? :) So, I did my 6 today in the new shoes - things went great and I could hardly tell a difference. I'm hoping this is a good thing! 2 miles at 1% on the TM - 8:27, 8:20 2 miles on the track (actually timed them, I was tired of not knowing how hard my effort was!) 7:28, 7:08 - 14:36 TT 2 miles back on the TM @ 1% - started at 8:20 and went progressive every 5 min, then did my last .1 on 6:00mm. I felt awesome! TT: 16:22 - AP: 8:11 Today is my anniversary so my hubby was home so I dashed back to the rec center at 8:30 to get a spin pass, but then due to children had to run in a couple minutes late to class and someone had decided there was an open bike and took it! Luckily, when I said I had a pass the guilt overcame her and she got off. I felt bad and I knew I was late, but I LOVE Allison's class and I didn't want to miss it again this week. Class was worth it! Holy Heavens that lady is a killer on the bike! Then hubby and I took Adam to his swim class. He was tired and just about fell asleep and didn't want to play afterward. Poor kid :( In class she had us do resistance band leg lifts (all directions) so, I feel like it was worth it for me. Good times! 13 years on the 13th today - man, I'm old!!!
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| | I have found the devil...and it's name is Cheesecake Factory! We went there for dinner last night and it was so yummy!! Lots to choose from and even more to glutton myself with. Little did I know this would come back to haunt me. I'm usually pretty good about consuming mass quantities of food and not having it effect me. Not this time. Actually went to bed at 10, so I got almost 7 hours of sleep which seems dreamy compared to what I have been getting. Went to the gym and snuck on the TM next to Kelli. I'm so glad I can always count on her to be there to keep my mind off the dumb TM! 2 miles - 8:34 @ 1% then I jumped off to get a spin pass. The whole time I felt like I was going to puke. Dinner is just sitting in my gut like a big greasy mass of yuck! I thought the break would make it better...nope. 2.5 miles @ 8:34 with a pick up at the end and after 1 mile I took it down to flat, had to find a way to make it easier. I was struggling with the food bouncing in my gut. Spin class - we had a sub, but it was a pretty good class. Still wanted to puke. 1.5 miles on the track. I did 1/4 mile warm-up, timed my mile (7:55) then did 1/4 mile cool down. I got the miles in...now I'm done. Still no puking, but I don't think I'm going to feel like eating today. Stomach is still on overdrive from too much food - or too rich, one or the other. I can't wait to go back to Cheesecake Factory :)
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| | Now, I know this wasn't the plan, but...well, things happen :) I'll give you the breakdown - then the story. You know there is always a story with all my entries! AP: 9:12 splits: 9:26, 9:04, 8:59, 9:09, 9:29, 9:20, 9:05, 8:50, 9:14, 9:18 Spin class - it was a good one! She had us do a basic endurance run. 70-80% effort with your butt in the seat 90% of the time and very little variance on the resistance, but enough to do a few small hills. I loved it! Sweaty mess :) So...this 10 miler, earlier in the week a guy on our Tri team at the rec center asked me if I wanted to run with him. I told him if he could find someone to run with us (I don't like doing just 1 on 1 with another guy) that I would be happy to join him. Well, he finally replied at 8PM last night and gave me his cell #. I gave him mine, but still wasn't sure if he'd found someone else to run with us. I tried texting and sending messages on fb all night, but by 11PM hadn't heard from him. I finally said if I didn't hear from him I was going to just sleep in and do my normal plan. I went to bed and set my clock for a sleep in morning. 5:07 the phone rings and he asks if I got his message....NO! He wanted to meet me 15 min away, so I told him I could be there in about 30 minutes, but that was the best I could do. He said they would wait for me - so up I got and rushed off. It was a BEAUTIFUL morning to be out and the miles went by quickly. George is a tri guy and just ran his first 13 miler Saturday. He is doing great on his training. Unfortunately, when we got back to my car he asked how long it took 1:32, just over 9's, nice pace. Then he turns to the other guy "didn't we do it in 1:27 last week?" Well, if you know me I rarely set pace, I just follow whatever - especially in a new group. I didn't realize I was 'holding them back' or was I? Then I started reflecting on some other things he said and that he'd invited me to run with them on Tu and Th. So, I thought I was doing him a favor, but he must think he was doing me a favor. The only problem is, if I'm going to get up that early on Tu/Th I'll go to BBK's and challenge myself. I know that sounds stupid and maybe 'elitist' but, I'd rather go where there are good solid workouts and people to chase. I'm always the slowest runner there! Anyway, now I'm just really confused. Was I doing him a favor or was he doing me a favor? I'm not sure I'll ever be able to figure it out. Oh well. I may join him in the future, but I guess if he wants a faster pace I'll take it up and show him a faster pace. HA! I don't know...it was all just weird.
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| | You know what I love? Sleeping in. Running outside. Warm weather. Leaving from my front door. Quiet time alone on the road. Running in the light of day. My husband who stayed home to make this all possible! AP: 8:24 splits: 8:16, 9:43, 8:53, 6:45 (it has the last 27.5 feet I ran over 4 miles as a 4:11 pace, not sure I believe it, but it sure feels good! It was the Zamperini inspiration from the book). Can you guess which mile was uphill into the hurricane force wind? The last mile was downhill with a cross wind and I just wanted to see what I could do with opening it up on a downhill slide. Practice for tomorrow. It gives me hope!! Nice little shake out in the wind for Spectrum tomorrow. They don't cancel races for wind, so I figured I might as well grin and bear it...while the wind speed was only 30mph and not 60mph :)
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Spectrum 10K (6.21 Miles) 00:43:42, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 3 | |
What a day! I seriously didn’t think I had a PR in me. Nope. BUT, I did want to hit 7:30 AP for the race. That was the goal. I figured I’d just go for it (knowing the first mile is the fastest with the downhill) and if I burned out…well, then I burned out. As a wise friend once posted “Suicide pace is the only good race pace, and today is a good day to die!”
Got to ride up with Kim, Scott, Smooth, Wendy, Carolyn and Kathy. I love it when life all comes together! Had a good time at the start and found Teena, Annie and Nick. Gotta love a good chat with friends J
No warm-up, but we were off….
Mile 1 – 6:13; gotta love that nice downhill start! Faster than last year by 7 seconds – nice!
Mile 2 – 7:10; I knew the 6:13 pace wouldn’t last, but I wasn’t going complain! At this point I was done looking at times. I didn’t want to play that game in my head – just run. There was a group of people that had caught me (one guy had his SG running center jersey on) and I decided to latch myself to the group and go for it. Also, this is where I caught sight of the next female to catch in the tie-dye shirt…bring it on sweetie.
Mile 3, 4, 5 – 6:54, 7:15, 7:36; I caught the lady and passed her, then she passed me back, then I passed her, then I passed her back. We kept reeling in blue skirt lady about 30 sec in front of us, but neither one of us were going to give up to the other one. I actually learned to drink by pinching a cup and really getting fluid in while I ran. Never stopped!
Mile 6 – 7:35; last uphill and flat push. Tie-dye girl edged ahead and I just kept thinking “you’ll catch her on the downhill” – then Teena came running by – CRAP! She told me not to let her beat me, but I just kept holding out for that downhill. Well, I caught the tie-dye girl on the downhill and mile 6 ticked just as we rounded the corner to the finish…she was just off my shoulder, Teena 7 ish seconds ahead.
.2 finish – 5:56; Well, tye-dye girl decided to start her push to the finish. I didn’t want to burn out still .2 to go, but I pushed too…she just pushed harder and pulled a stride ahead. I just thought “well, let’s hope your chip time is faster!” she was after all, always ahead of me. Then I snapped out of it! NOT letting this go. I pulled in and pushed those legs, I was booking it, pumping the arms breathing hard and I started to pull ahead just yards from the finish. I’d done it! I’d finally lost sight of her over my shoulder when I crossed the finish!! Mental power baby…mental power! I’d made up enough time to finish just 1.5 seconds behind Teena. Awesome.
Looked at my watch – YEEE HAAAW! New PR at 43:43 (official time 43:42, but I didn’t know it at the time), I really didn’t think my fitness was there to hit a new PR by almost 30 seconds, but I did it! I was stoked. I knew last year at 44:XX I was like 7th in my AG, so I figured I was still out of podium reach, but I was happy with my new PR on a course harder than DesNews – and not almost 3 years old! I screamed a gasp when I saw I was 3rd in my AG!! I was just so stoked. A big, competitive race and I’d done it – I’d placed! I was just excited. Everyone seemed to have good races, despite all of our drawbacks at the start. Wonderful group of ladies to hang with!!
Got my award and a prize for having green underwear :) that was courtesy of my 7 year old who had the idea for himself! Afterward I ran 2.3 with Teena and Annie, rounded the mileage out to 8.5 for the day.
Just as I was driving away I got the call I’d been waiting for! Brent (BSRools) and I set a time to meet at Turtle Wall trail head for a good 4 mile trail run. Yeee-haaaw! Could the day get any better?
Went back to the hotel and kids had just finished swimming. They got showered we ate roll sandwich and chips lunch in the hotel then went to meet Brent. I ran while they hiked and went treasure hunting (geo-caching). I ran to the wall and back with Sylvie and Brent, except the last big hill to the parking lot (about .3 short of the full 4 miles). I LOVED it! The uphill was hard, but on trails I don’t feel so much like I need to keep a certain pace, so I’m okay with the slower times. It was GREAT fun! Good chatting with them and beautiful scenery. Then, the downhill….ahhh, yeah, I like it! Brent may have just made a convert of me! Now I can’t wait for the Buffalo run next week!
It was one mile (on the Garmin) from the point I left them back to where the family was, so I’m going to call this a 4.5 mile trail run. I forgot to start my watch for one of the portions of the trail, so the garmin has only 4.0, but between not measuring correctly and user error – I think I’m in the right! :) I was proud of the fact, that although slow I didn’t stop on the way back to the family until I got there. Recorded the last full mile at a 10:30 pace…about the same as with the BSRools clan. Then I hiked to the end with the family and back to the car. As soon as I got there hubby handed the carrier and 24 lb Fartlek over to me. Awesome. So, I trucked him the rest of the way there and all the windy way back. Geo-caching along trails is a GREAT motivator for little hikers! We didn’t hear one complaint until about ¼ mile from the parking lot (and last cache) from the youngest. I’ve got some good little hikers!
Overall I had a wonderful day! The wind didn’t really pick up until the afternoon, but there were places along the trail is wasn’t too bad, others were yuck, but overall it was nice. During the race there was a bit of noticeable wind, but nothing like I’d expected. Overcast and cool, but warm enough for shorts and t-shirt. The gluttony at DD’s Pizza afterward was totally worth all the miles and outside fun!!!
Thanks for reading my novel about my wonderful day. Trail running rocks…I want to do more of it! I’m looking forward to a good year, I’ve been through too many injures to now not be smart about them. Tackling the beast….I’ll chase down that BQ and chew it up and spit it out, just watch. |
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| | just one mile around the track while waiting for spin to start...slow, slow and slower. My quads are nice and sore after an amazing Saturday! So, in order not to push the envelope and keep myself injury free I went with a no-impact day today to heal it up well. Spin class - bring it on! Nice sweaty mess, despite the soreness overtaking much of the first half of class effort. Masters Swim - 2650 yds and a great workout. Coach said I've got a nice looking stroke and helped me on my 75yd sprints at the end of the workout. 1:10 for a 75 isn't too bad. Stretching and walking it out on the docket for the rest of the day!
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| | 10 early miles on the frozen tundra we call the roads. YIKES! I swear I almost died a couple times. I was nervous about running on the ice and snow this morning, but with chunks of snow frozen in the ice on the road it was doable. Chad joined us (George, Todd and I) after about 1.5 miles and watched the garmin to help me pace at 8:50 so I could convince my brain I'll be fine at Riverton. With sore, tired legs and in the ice I exceeded that (taking off the first super slow mile), so I now know I can hit it and feel comfortable at the race. Thanks Chad! AP: 8:50 splits: 10:01, 9:16 (getting used to the ice skating), 8:44, 8:42, 9:10 (the hill), 8:39, 8:27, 8:18, 8:32, 8:24. Got home and shivered for about 30 minutes. Nice after burn, right? Spin class - gotta love Allison's class. Had a diaper pass around. Allison (teacher) needed one, so I gave her mine, but then 5 min later guess who was called to come change their baby? HA! Darn Murphy! So, another lady in class gave one to me. Awesome mothers, we're always supporting each other when we need it. Took baby Fartlek to his swim class and got a good arm workout there! Fun times :)
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What is it with my kids?!? Seriously, another night where baby was up every hour screaming for a good 3-5 minutes. Sleep? Not last night. Nothing would stop him either: rocking, milk, walking, cuddling, leaving him alone. Ugghh, I was worn out by 3:30AM and turned the alarm off and just tried to sleep the best I could. Then my oldest woke up puking...nice. By 8:30 everyone was up with a smile on their faces like nothing was wrong - except me! So, my morning was pretty blech. Just wandered around doing what I had to and trying not to fall asleep. Put baby down for a nap and decided I wanted to move...so I went for a run on my outdoor TM (up and down the street which = 1 mile round trip). Kids were outside playing (except baby of course) and so I'd swing by every 5-7 minutes to say hello and make sure all was well. It was nice to run in the afternoon and get a short, easy shake out to a rough night/morning. Still tired, but at least I'm happy now! AP: 8:38 splits: 9:03, 8:40, 8:48, 8:03. The first mile probably wasn't really that slow. I stopped to talk to the kids and realized when I took off again I hadn't stopped my watch. Meh, oh well. ***Just got to see the Spectrum Pics. I stole some from Teena and Tie-dye girl :) You can see the sprint finish in the background of Teena's finish line pics. I really wish I could take a good running picture.***
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Got to bed late (is anyone surprised?) trying to get the family ready for a ski day! I had good intentions of getting up and doing just 4 or 5 beforehand, but the justification of a taper-ish week and a full day of skiing anyway took over.
So, no running, but an AWESOME ski day with the family. So much so that I think we will be back next Wednesday! It was so nice to have warm weather (especially since I forgot my coat!), blue skies and a small crowd. |
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| | Another sleep in day. Skiing and then racquetball date night wiped me out. I think I was dehydrated. Either way, I just wanted to sleep this morning. So I didn't go to the gym, but did my outdoor TM again while the kids stayed home doing chores :) Took Lucy with me, she used to run 13 miles with me and not complain, but I haven't taken her out a lot and she is getting old. She runs slow, but I pulled her 3 miles! I like running with my puppy. It was windy out there, and it is garbage day in our 'hood. Not a good combination. I spent some time stopping to pick up trash that had blown out of the cans. I guess you could call me the neighborhood garbage lady :) up and down the street, picking up garbage...with the dog in tow!
AP: 9:00 splits: 9:14, 9:30, 9:35 (drop off Lucy), 8:18, 8:22 (more like it!)
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Buffalo Run 25K (16.5 Miles) 02:34:50, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 12 | |
Holy stinkin' moly. I don't know how you trail runners do it! This was tough, I'm not going to lie, but the end result may be that a new little trail runner has been born :) Thanks to Smooth, Karen and especially Larry (our escort) for taking me up there. It was nice not to have to worry about a long drive home. It was also nice to talk with the ladies beforehand and get all the stories out afterward. I got to run with Catherine for a little while at the start, but then at one point I turned around and I couldn't see her anymore. Shoot. So, I pushed on. I was surprised that I ran all of the first 5ish miles without stopping, I did walk the BIG hill just before the aid station. The aid station came a little earlier than expected, I had only taken 2 small swigs from my water. So, I threw back a Gu and just kept the water I had. After the aid station the beautiful downhill started - whee!!! I finally caught and passed some people I'd been eying for quite some time. Wait...not so fast...the switchbacks started...my complete incompetence on trails was horribly obvious here. I was walking as fast as my legs would go and I still was breathing harder than running downhill. It was TOUGH WORK! I was impressed with all the people I'd flown by on the downhills plodding by me UP the hills... Got caught behind 5 horseback riders - blech. They couldn't move, but did their best to be courteous and not hold me up too much. Gave me a good mental and physical break. No excuses once they move Rachel- you got a break! Only a couple of hills, but mostly flat back to the aid station. My legs were feeling spent, tired, blech. But, it was mile 11 - only 4.5 left, easy peasy...you can do this. Refilled my now empty water bottle, threw back another gu and I was off. GREAT aid station workers - especially nice to see Maurine, wish I could've visited more and asked about her race! Then, the crazy "I'm going to die" downhill section - this was the first part I'd walked up in the race and it was CRAZY downhill, so steep and rocky I couldn't just let the legs fly. Then it flattened out and I struggled, sand and heat and fatigue setting in...walked most of the hill out of the valley. A lady running near me said "all down hill from here on out" THAT made my day! Mile 13 clicked...only 2.5 left and downhill, awesome. HA! That flat/downhill around the back side of the mountain took forever! Mile 15 clicked and I still couldn't see the finish. One curve I went around I just KNEW I was going to see the tents...nope. I screamed, yup. Out loud. I kept passing people and passed a lady in yellow that flew up the switch backs, helped me feel better and push on. Still couldn't pass lady in green that walked the last hill with me. She was staying the same 20-30 seconds ahead. Shoot. Finally saw the tents, but I knew it was longer than the 1/2 mile to 15.6. At least I can see it now, right? Tried to fly down that last hill as fast as my aching feet would take me. I just wanted it D O N E! As I approached the blue tents where I thought the finish was, I saw people with the yellow bibs (25Kers) running back up along the fence...no, it can't NOT be the finish...Noooo. Yup, last 1/2 mile push was uphill, into the wind to the finish. Dang that took a lot of mental power to push through. I actually took a 10 foot walk break and had to regain myself mentally. I was done. Past my goal of 2:30 finish time, and out of placing in my AG I was sure. Just walk it in. "SHUT UP BRAIN! You out sprinted tie-dye lady last week and do you know what kind of crap you'd give yourself if you got passed now?!? MOVE THOSE LEGS!" So, I did. Crested the last hill and sprinted to the finish. What a crazy, crazy race. I seriously don't know how y'all run 50's and 100's on trails. There was no earthly way I was turning around to do the 50K! I was DONE. 25K is good enough for this pansy :) I got some liquid refreshment (coke, gatorade, refilled water, chocolate milk) and chatted with Catherine and Eric (both had AWESOME finishes!!!), saw MattVH finish his first 100 miler (complete and utter AWE!!) and chatted at a few others I'd passed, gotten passed, passed, gotten passed along the route. Then went back to see Smooth and Karen come in. Karen was taking her last strong push to the finish and Smooth was just behind her. I helped (or hindered if you count that she kept trying to talk to me when she couldn't breathe) Smooth to the finish and after cooling down and getting our feet back under us got to visit and hang out. I won a prize in the random drawing - a black diamond headlamp. VERY nice! Now I can be the annoying runner with the flashing light on their head :) It does do solid too. Got some veggie stew (couldn't eat the buffalo...didn't want to give them another reason to come after me!) and a bit more liquid. Listened to the awards, and I didn't see any of the people I was chasing go up there in my AG. So, that made me feel better. Chatted with Scott, Jun and Fritz (1st place finisher on the 50K!) and then headed home. Saw the official results on the way out and I was surprised I was so close to the top! Proud of a top 10 finish in my AG and 14th overall. Not too shabby for my first trail race. The scenery was beautiful and I enjoyed the views even when I was tired. I honestly can't wait to try out another trail run...just maybe not next week :) AP: 9:21 (race stats have it as 9:59, because they did it off a 25K, not adding in the extra mile they made us run!); splits: 9:19, 10:14, 8:43, 7:40, 7:41, 11:10 (aid station stop and first BIG hill), 6:40 (gotta love that downhill!), 10:54, 12:30 (switchback nightmare), 10:22, 9:46, 8:04, 11:03 (I can't figure out WHY this mile is so slow...it should be in the 8's like the rest of them around here. Kind of makes me mad I went so slow.), 8:26, 8:43, 8:22, 9:08 (last uphill .5 to the finish). **demoted....just looked at 'official' results. Somehow 3 people jumped in front of me in my AG and 4 in the overall women. This makes me feel like crud, shoooot. Whatever..** 
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| | 1 slow, shake out mile around the track before spin started. Spin class - good times on sore legs! Masters swim class - 2300 yds, kicks, pulls, drill, speed - a little bit of everything and finished it all up in almost exactly one hour. Nice. Why is it that every Monday lately I can hardly walk up and down the stairs? Mondays must hate me :) I'm trying to take it easy on recovery again this week, because I just think that when I am sore and hurting it isn't a good idea to push my body to run and pound out the miles. I want to stay healthy and uninjured this year - that is my main goal. So, the x-training is nice to get a good workout in and not pound the crap out of my body!
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10 mile loop with George and Chad again today. Good times and a great shake out for my legs. I never look to see how fast we're going and it always surprises me when I'm done. George ran 13 (3 around the lake before joining us) and finished in 1:56 - a new PR for him. I think he'll surprise himself at SLC half. I had to let the boys go the last 1.5 miles, the hot fudge brownie sundae I ate at 9PM for FHE last night was just too much and my gut was getting weak. Still managed sub AP for the last 2 despite wanting to puke. AP: 8:21 splits: 8:05, 8:12, 8:26, 8:30, 8:55 (the hardest hill, I was determined to go sub 9 - nice!), 8:37, 8:06, 8:03, 8:18, 8:13 Spin class - again more puke gut, should've found more time to eat something before spin! blech. Couldn't push as hard as I'm used to, but still a great workout! Baby swim class - Adam almost fell asleep. Not much of a workout today, didn't want to bounce him all over while he was sleeping on my chest, and I didn't want to puke either :) Then he did a bit of swimming and had fun playing on the slides. Still feeling blechy, but I think if I eat something it might just help. *PM* blechy feeling lasted all day and gave me a headache because I didn't want to eat much. Then I had 2 children's music classes to attend. Did NOT help! Had a big RS thing to do in the evening that took all my energy, but found a friend who wanted to run just one mile afterward. So, I ran with her. First time she'd run a full mile w/out stopping - 9:52, not too shabby!! I convinced her to do another but 100 yds in she could feel her knee starting to hurt (old injury) so we stopped, but I was impressed she was ready to try one more!
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| OEOHFPPE Miles: 10.00 | Awesome Elixers Miles: 1.00 |
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| | 5 early morning miles on the TM, good times chatting with/at Kelli :) even if we did have to put up with stinky man. AP: 8:38 splits: 8:49, 8:49, 8:41, 8:34, sub 8:30 (progressive last quarter) I did do about 3-4 min of 8:00 in there somewhere when Kelli went on her quick bathroom break. Spin class - man this was hard today. I'm just spent and need some sleep. ha! Now off to the slopes. Last ski day, hanging out with the 2 older kids! Good times - hopefully.
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| | 1 mile on the track Spin class - holy hill climb, I think I biked up Big Cottonwood Canyon! 1 mile on the track, called to nursery; thankfully baby just had a stinky diaper. BUT, the diapers were out in the car and I decided to just call it and go home.
I needed a rest day today. Yesterday skiing all day and waking up early has just worn me out. I did get 8 hours of sleep last night, but I'm still just dragging and tired. My body is telling me it needs a break and although it makes me feel like a failure, I'm going to try and listen. I could've pushed through any amount of miles today, but I hoping that listening to my body and backing off when it needs me to will prevent injury and over-training (ha...yeah, with my measly miles lately). Anyway, so today I'm a big failure and didn't get the miles I'd planned in. I'll still top out at 40 this week, but it was choice of functioning at home today (being sick Tuesday and gone ALL day Wednesday things are a disaster around here) and being an active part of my kids life or killing myself over miles. I hope I chose the better part today.
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| | Easy six around the 'hood. Took Lucy, so I was dragging her back after about mile 2! Oh well, she hasn't complained since :) Ran into a friend, Mike, on my way down the Cove hill and chatted with him about his first 50 miler finish at the Buffalo run - good pace with him. On my way back into the 'hood saw my friend I ran 1 mile with yesterday and knew she was on her 1 mile loop on my TM loop, so I joined her. Not the fastest run of my life, but a good shake out and good company as well. I'm really nervous about the half tomorrow, I know I can do it, but this will be a pacing challenge for me. Especially if the wind comes in as forecasted... I just like my pace miles to be super easy, and I don't think anything below a 10mm is going to be easy in that wind tomorrow.
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Riverton Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:54:57 | | Met early and ran 3 warm-up miles with Kelli, Paul, Rachelle and Craig. We ran an AP of my exact pacing pace. Awesome. I finally felt the confidence I could do this. Race was a crazy start and times were off gun times, no chips. Hollie and I had a few runners with us (the doc that casted my daughter's arm last month was with us! we'd discussed the race at the office, so he came looking for me. How neat was that?!?), but we started out a little fast to bank some times on the easier miles. I knew the headwind from mile 7-9 was going to kill us all and that banking an extra 10-15 seconds for each of those miles would be WELL worth it, and it was. We got enough time to walk through water stops and not die on the headwind/flat/hills. Excellent! Hollie struggled a bit and at mile 11.5 gave me the sign and said she needed to drop back, so I pull along alone encouraging all who passed me! It was nice to have an easy finish and not be pushing for time. I was SO excited as the clock came into view and it was clicking 1:54:40's. I just knew I was going to get the prize for closest without going over. Too bad Bill got 1:44:59.8!!! Dang, gotta admit defeat on that one. My HUGE 2.6 second early finish had nothing on his .02!! Afterward chatted with some people that had been pacing off me, and I didn't know it. I loved hearing how encouraged they were by me and how well I paced it through the hard miles. I LOVE pacing! I wish I could do it every weekend!! Racing is over-rated :) Then Kelli, Paul and Rachelle were taking off for a few more miles...sure, why not. Ooops. As soon as I started I could tell the 2 bottles full of water/gatorade wasn't happy in my tummy and that my legs had stiffened and were tired. Crap. Oh well, once you start running NO whining! I just plugged along at the slow creeper pace :) There was one point that if I hadn't been so far away I seriously would've just stopped, but with Paul and Kelli dragging me along I just put my head down into the wind and plugged along. Finished with 4.1 miles, add to the 3 before and the 13.1 race - 20 miles today. Holy Crap...how did that happen?!? I feel great now, and like I had a wonderful morning. I'm glad it all turned out well. The doc that ran with me finished just 20ish seconds behind me and Holli was right behind him. So, we all had a great day and I'm proud of myself for not wimping out and finishing a 20 miler today!
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early up and out - missed Kelli at the gym, darn spring break! :) 8:41; 8:34 (had to get off to grab a spin pass) one on the track - sub 8mm, but I didn't see the seconds so I don't know how 'sub' 8:27, then progressive every quarter mile for the last one and every .05 the last quarter of that mile. I think the AP was around an 8:10. Finished the last .05 at 10.1mph - I like that pace, but couldn't do it much longer than that! :) Spin class - I liked her routine this morning. Good sweaty times. Home and got ready and off to the dentist for early morning appointments. Cavity free check-up for all of us. Then I picked up 'work' and I'll have him until 4PM tonight. I think we're going swimming (fun) this afternoon though. ***Oh, I'm putting a plea out there. I need some help on workouts. Someone? Anyone? I won a free entry for the SLC half on 4/21 and so I want to race it as a test run for Ogden. But, I need to get some 'workouts' in and not just these normal ol' runs I've been doing. Any suggestions? I'd like a PR and I think with how things have been going I'd probably earn one if I worked for it the right way. I'm really feeling lost. Feel free to message me as well if you don't want to put it all out there on the comments.***
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| | decided to meet back up with the BBK's - I've been getting up early on Tuesdays anyway, so why not get a 'workout' in? 3 miles warm-up with the group 9:23 AP (funny, because we were running sub 9's and the leader looked at her watch and came almost to a halt "we need to slow down" - it's nice to have someone regulating pace for you!) 7 mile progressive run out and back. Goal was to hit 30 sec/mile faster by the finish. Since all the BBK's had raced Saturday I had the upper hand :) nice to lead the group instead of drag behind. Finished quite well, and surprise of all surprises, even kept my tempo going the 2nd half which was the uphill portion! Nice. 8:59, 8:23, 8:19, 8:24, 8:04, 7:53, 7:55. 1 mile cool down with the group 9:04 came home and took Lucy out for a quick jaunt to placate her today 8:30 AP for the finishing 9 miles 8:24 Now I'm off to spin class and mom and me aerobics/swim class. Enjoy your day!
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| | Taking on my SW that Jake suggested to hit my goal for SLhalf. I kept psyching myself out about it. I swear that my brain is my biggest obstacle in hitting my goals. Thankfully I tricked it well today :) Slept in. Getting up early Mon and Tu I was tired and didn't want to get up early, so I made my daughter babysit while I snuck out to the gym after I woke up whenever I felt like it! 9:15 is a beautiful time to wake up :) On the way there I started getting nervous. I couldn't do this, I'd done 12 the day before and spin class. Legs were tired, I needed an energy drink to get moving, I forgot breakfast, blah, blah, blah...I really hate my brain sometimes. I told myself "listen, you had a wonderful rest last night, you don't like running with food in your gut, you don't need chemicals to run and you can run faster than 7:30's on the track and you do it all the time. Now just go get it done." *deep breath* plan was 1 wu, 3X2mile @ hmp with .5 recovery between each set, 1 cd.
1 mile warm-up on the TM 8:49 (1%) - I just left my stuff on the TM then started the timer on my phone and went to the track. I chose to do my SW on the track, because numbers psych out my brain. I see a 7:30 on the TM and think "I'm dying, I can't run this fast, I'm tired, I need to slow down." BUT when I'm on the track I have to run by feel. Then I check the time at the mile split and the final time. This works much better for my brain. First set: 7:05, 7:03 - TT: 14:08 Schzam, I got this baby! I can slow it down next time.
back to the TM for the .5 recovery @ 8:49 (1%) - the track is 11 laps, so I can't make a nice even 1/2 mile on the track, plus on the TM I know I'll run slow enough to really recover. 2nd set: 7:16, 7:14 - TT: 14:30 slowed it down a bit, still felt good .5 recovery @ 8:49 (1%), I think the people around me are getting confused at why I'm doing this on/off thing :) 3rd set: 7:17, 7:03 - TT: 14:20 the first mile was hard, and the second I held on. My brain tried to talk me out of the second mile, but I just said "you have to start getting comfortable with the uncomfortable!" Obviously, I was able to pick up that second mile. Another reason for running under my own pace/effort on the track. I wouldn't have picked it up that much if I was on the TM! 1 mile cool down @ 8:40 (1%) started at the 8:49, then sped up to 8:34 the last half. I felt really good about this workout! I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hit the 7:30 pace on the repeats, but I did it and never got close to it! I averaged closer to a 7:10 for the speed. This really helps me feel confident about SLhalf. Now, that 3rd set wasn't easy, but the other 2 were. Once I fell into the pace that 3rd repeat after the first mile I felt like the pace was comfortably hard. I was getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. I CAN do this. Stretched for a good 10+ min then came home Ab ripper X - I hate it, but I love it! :) Thanks Tony.
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Eight, horrible, painful and slow miles... WHEN will I learn that eating like a glutton is NOT good for me? when? blech. So, I went to a celebratory dinner at Ruby River with hubby last night. He's been working really hard to pass a certification test and passed with flying colors, so we had to go out! 1 Bloomin' onion, 1 lettuce wedge DRENCHED in dressing, 1 steak with gorgonzola cheese on top, 1 jacketed yam with cinnamon butter and a few steamed veggies later...my gut was NOT happy. It all tasted yummy, but I am paying for it today. Reminiscent of my Cheesecake Factory night! The only positive thing I can take from this is that my body has fundamentally changed. I used to eat like this all the time, with no ill effects (except increased body weight) and not blink and eye. The fact that this makes me sick for the next 24 hours and I want to eat NOTHING, makes me feel good that I've treated my body well and it likes to be treated that way. I need to learn that I can't do crud like this anymore! But...oh, how I love to eat :) Met Chad, Christine, Kim and George for 8 miles on mostly trails around the daybreak area this morning. Kim knows some really good single track sneaky trails around! It was good fun - except that I could hardly keep a 9mm and had to stop and heave multiple times :) I'm looking forward to doing this route next week and not be so distracted by my gut. Went home and caught a 45 min nap before rounding up the troops for rec center time. Spin class - I was at the effort level she asked for, because I would've puked otherwise, but I still didn't feel like it was the workout I was used to. Masters Swim with Lauren (my 11yr old daughter) - timed 200 = 3:30; feels good that I was able to maintain this from when I was timed a couple months ago and haven't been swimming much. Lauren finished in 4:00 - ahead of 70% of the women in the class! Nice work my sweet girl, you rock! I did have to take pride that I can still beat her, it won't be long until I can't anymore. Then we did a workout with mostly pulling - that is always hard for me. Finally home and I still want to just puke - blech. I really should learn a lesson from this! We'll see... :)
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| | 16 miles in what I thought would be nasty weather, but it turned out nice - well, wonderfully tolerable :) Started at 11400S and I-15 (wal-mart) then ran up to daybreak, around the lake and a little extra loop, then back down. I hate to admit that I really didn't like the up and REALLY enjoyed the down. But, I was feeling the effects of not really eating yesterday around mile 14. I was spent, but kept plugging along up the last 2 rollers back to the car. It is nice to have the long run out of the way, and I got to get a long run in with Kelli! Amy also came along and I am SO grateful they were willing to go slow for little ol' me. Glad to top out a 50 mile week (even though it was in 5 days) and feel like I can do a nice road bike ride tomorrow and take 2 recovery days :) excellent! AP: 9:10 splits: 9:14, 9:34, 9:07, 9:16, 9:33, 9:38, 8:59, 9:11, 9:04, 9:06, 9:11, 8:47, 8:41, 8:51, 8:47, 8:41, 8:51, 8:47, 9:44 (those last two uphills were nasty!)
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| | 25 miles on my new spiffy bike - outside, in the freezing cold. My toes never warmed up, took 30 min to thaw when I got home! George and my neighbor Jessica rode with me at 7:30 this morning. I only felt like I was going to die a few times :) it is SO different to have a n.i.c.e. bike! I kept forgetting where the brakes were. My legs are already thanking me (especially those little aches I've developed this week) for not running today. I was going to run a 5K afterward, but decided to shower and join the family at the Easter egg hunt. Problem? my husband took off with both sets of keys to his car (mine were in my purse in the family car he had). Crap. So, I threw on my bike shoes and pedaled off as fast as I could. The park is only 1.5 from home, so I knew I could make it fast. Plus, without having to park I could probably do it faster on the bike anyway :) I was about 100yds from the 4 yr old area (the kid I was going to go watch/supervise) when the horn went off to start. So, I got to watch the egg hunt! Awesome :) Then I rode home just in time to start work. I hope that this is a good predictor for the day! I need a good day today - lots to do and little time to get it all done.
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| | Sleeping in is a double edged sword...I had a wonderful rest and enjoyed being lazy, but then the day was slipping away and I wanted less and less to get out and run. Fine...lets just buckle down and do it. Kids home from school and I have an extra kid as well (watching one for my neighbor who is out of town), so I waited until after lunch when I could put baby down for a nap and my daughter could supervise the others while I ran on the outside TM :) Decided to do speed work today and Wednesday, I was scared...I don't like the outdoor TM for speed work. I was going to fail, too much wind and the street I run up and down is relatively flat, but is like a V - I live at the top and the end is at the top. So, it is downhill into the wind then uphill into the wind turn and you get downhill with the wind at your back and uphill with the wind at your back. Because I did a 1/2 mile recovery it would switch if I got to finish into the wind or not. Either way, it was harder than the track at the rec center! I just had to remind myself - what doesn't kill me makes me stronger and you can't control the weather on race day. Just do it and stop whining! 1 warm up mile: 8:58 5 X 1 mile repeats: 7:07; 7:14; 7:30; 7:25; 7:25. all the repeats had a 1/2 mile recovery in between that I ran about 8:30-9:00. AP: 8:02 I was running late to pick up the brother of the extra kid I had from the airport (he was visiting his dad in Vegas), so I kept trying to talk myself into doing just 3 or 4 repeats. No one would know, you have a good excuse. But, then I thought "you're only cheating yourself!" The people on the blog don't care if you even DO your speed work. They'd be just as supportive if you went out for a 2 mile shake out run. No one is going to judge you - if you want this then YOU DO IT! No one can do the work for you and you can't cheat it. Your performance doesn't lie. Plus, I heard a quote that said something to the effect that quitting is the easy part - anyone can do that; it is sticking with it and getting through the hard part that makes you resilient. Okay. I CAN and WILL do this. Didn't have time for my last cool down mile, but I got all 5 speed work miles in!
After the first two repeats coming in low again, I debated...I was tired and felt like I was sprinting. It was NOT comfortably hard, it was hard and my breathing showed it (or maybe it's that I'm carrying around 20 extra pounds from Easter weekend!). I wanted to do a mile comfortably hard and keep my breathing under control and see how the numbers came in. Well, that was my 7:30. Right on the money. THAT gave me confidence as well. I can do my speed work comfortably hard and hit the pace I'm aiming for. This is probably better in the long run anyway. I can go faster, but shouldn't I be aiming for the pace I'm shooting for and keeping things more comfortable? Or do you go faster if you can and hope your speed work translates to a faster race? Hmmm, maybe a question for someone with more knowledge than I.
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10 miles with Chad, Kim, George and Robbie. With doing speed work late in the day yesterday and then doing 10 early morning and knowing I had speed work again on Wednesday was a little overwhelming. So, I lagged behind and kept my pace and not the group's pace. I just wanted to feel good and enjoy the GORGEOUS sun rise!! Even stopped for a drink at mile nine. AP: 8:46
Spin class - wow, I haven't sweat that much in a long time. Didn't help that I still had capris and a t-shirt on.
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Speed work again today. A little intimidating...5 mile tempo, outside on a gradual downhill. I had the course marked out in my mind and was hoping to keep a 7:20ish pace. But, I worried with 10 yesterday and a stomach not fully cooperating (I think it may be some of the meds/vitamins I'm taking at night that make me feel cruddy in the morning), I had my doubts. I was solo, and that played tricks too, but it was time to put on my big girl panties and get 'er done. 1 mile warm-up to get a little further west so I could do the full 5 miles without having to cross Bangerter (I didn't want to have to run over the skybride for my last tempo mile!). Yes, I live in the boonies...5 miles west of Bangerter. I had a friend once say that if the directions to your house in any way included Bangerter you lived too far West. That warm-up mile was a 10mm pace - awesome, this is going to be great :P Ready or not.... 7:13 - most aided downhill mile, so a little fast but not too worried. 7:20 - ahhh, settle into pace. 7:15 - still feeling good, and have a flat stretch here where I'm able to still keep pace. 7:13 - this is really happening and I feel okay! Pass the rec center and wave to Kelli on the TM :) 7:04 - good drop at the beginning then fighting to the finish, because I know I'm done. Finished feeling good and like I could've kept up a decent pace around there for at least a couple more. Good confidence booster since this was my biggest speed push before SL Half. Then, the hard part...4.5 miles of gradual uphill home. Craptastic. I didn't want to push any pace, but just run feeling comfortable. HA! When I looked at the AP at the finish it was 9:53...yeah, I like the downhill :) Sour stomach all the way home. I think the meds and/or vitamins I'm taking at night are giving me the yucky gut. I didn't feel it on the speed work, but all the way home - blech. Glad I was able to successfully complete the speed work AND I feel good about it. Now I'm going to go to the gym and do masters swim. A good end to a good workout. I'll probably grab a short nap first :) a couple of fun updates from swim: 40 second 50yd swim. awesome! learned to dive in from the platform and NOT lose my goggles!! my hair in my bun on the top of my head stayed dry under my cap today - my sauce of awesome to the swim day!
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 10.50 |
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| | I honestly was really excited to run in the rain today. I had my rain jacket out and I was set! I haven't had a good spring/summer rain run yet - and I don't want it to come during a race :) The rain had all dried up and it was just a bit windy on the run, but I still wore my cute pink rain jacket. Met Chad, George and Christine for our urban trail run. Good times out on the trail, but I was a little whiny this morning because I was so tired. 4 days of getting up early has taken it's toll. But, all the runs have been worth it so I won't complain - just whine a bit about being tired :) Hung with Christine and it was SO much nicer than last week's puke fest. I'd love to run this route in the daylight when I can actually SEE, head lamps are okay, but I'd like to see the scenery. Great recovery run AP: 9:16 splits: 9:19, 9:23, 8:56; 8:45; 9:30; 9:27; 9:34, 9:13 - some of the slower miles were Christine and I trying to navigate our way on the trails in the dark...good times :) Went home and caught a nap - MUCH needed! 75 minutes...aahhhh. Spin class - wow, great continuous hill ride! sweaty and tired. Masters swim - new 200 PR: 3:17! Yipee!! Fun workout, felt strong...after I warmed up.
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| | nuttin'....yup....nuttin' but sittin' on my big ol' fat patutie! Great recovery day :) I had some glimmer of an idea to do yogaX, but kept putting it off then had Kindergarten orientation I'd forgotten about...so yup, nuttin'!
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| | FABULOSO long run!! Met Toby, Chad and Karen on the JRP in Lehi and I was a bit crabby and whiny when we started (yeah, I know...not ME!?! :) ). Went North first and Karen entertained us with her crazy story...it really was crazy! Hit the hills well and due to the mud got 6 in before heading back. The downhill back is always a welcome relief. Back at the car took my famous Jet Blackberry GU...2X caffeine really makes me happy :) after about a mile I felt the kick in my step and the happy smile on my face. Yup, I was lovin' it! I felt Waaaaay to good to be at mile 15! Chad got a couple phone calls that helped relieve him from some of the 'women talk' for a few minutes. Poor guy, stuck with us crazy ladies. We need another guy to level out the estrogen factor for Chad :) About 15.5ish Chad had left a bag: "this is MY stuff - don't touch!" but, he shared with us - so nice! I downed some water then we took off to finish 16 to turn and head back. My garmin is dumb and is always behind the rest in mileage so I pulled the 'lowest garmin' rule and made everyone run to 16 with me. When we turned, since I was still feeling so fabulous, I recruited Chad to run fast pace with me back to the water (.65) I averaged 7:35 for the jaunt, it was awesome. Finished off the water then we headed back to finish up. Jake had challenged me to do a pick-up mile the last mile of the long run. I was wondering if I'd really be able to pull a MP mile after 19...but, I was feeling great and decided to shoot for two! I put on my big girl panties and took off...I didn't look at my Garmin, I just wanted to run comfortably hard. Well, the miles both came in at 7:30! Awesome. After catching my breath I even felt good enough that I could've taken another 3 or 4 - easy pace. I haven't had a great long run like this in a LONG time, I have my company to thank for it! I wasn't all that talkative today, but I loved listening to their stories and just being with a wonderful group of people!!! TT: 3:01:01 AP: 9:03 splits: 9:40, 9:21, 9:35, 9:33, 9:29, 9:21, 8:48, 9:20, 9:18, 8:43, 9:07, 8:46, 9:44, 9:08, 9:13, 9:10, 8:15 (fast .65), 9:27, 7:30, 7:30, 6:20 (last 40 feet over 20 miles the Garmin recorded...nice!). Had to run home and didn't get to chat afterward, because my hubby was called into work and I had to race home to pick up my girl and get her to a swim meet in Sugarhouse in 50 minutes. blah. I had to cancel my coaching gig for volleyball that I was supposed to do, but it was worth it to watch her complete an awesome swim meet. Kind of glad it turned out the way it did now. Spent the evening watching Hunger Games and eating popcorn and chocolate covered raisins - they ARE fruit...right?!? :)
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| | Pull back week for me...plus a race Saturday :) 6.2 in honor of Boston, I did the 20 Saturday so I did 6.2 at around MP today to honor all those courageous runners out in the heat (I was grateful for the TM). 3.4 @ 8:13, 1.6 @ 8:06, 1 @ 8:00, .2 progressive finishing at 7:30 - all at 1% incline. TT: 50:30; AP: 8:08 Felt harder than I thought it should, but I had to remind myself that this doesn't mean I can't run my Goal of 1:38 Saturday, it will be downhill - don't stress, you're prepared. 1650 yds of swim at Masters in about 40 min. Did swim, kick, pull - good class! I always feel really rested and recovered when I swim after I run.
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| | BBK run, brought George and Chad with me this morning. I think they enjoyed it :) 5K warm-up, good chad about the Boston Massacre yesterday with Chad. SO proud of all of you that ran it and took it down in that heat!! Any finish time was a good finish time - period! 5K tempo, this was my speedwork for the week in a final push for SL half. The first portion of the first mile recorded on the Garmin (I didn't reset it from the warm-up and then we did about a 1/4 mile add-on to let the 'slow group' get ahead so we could chase them to the finish) was 6:54, 2nd mile was 7:29 (hard uphill here, glad to see it was 7:30!!), 3rd mile 7:11 (downhill recovery from the uphill, I backed off a little in effort to recover some), then the last split was .4 of a mile to the finish and my AP was 6:41. How in the heck that happened I don't know. I honestly felt like I was burning out and slowing down! Chad came back and ran me in the last .15 and it was nice to have someone to pull me in. The next 5K I opted to go with the 'slow group' so I could do a recovery. I'd done my SW for the day and just wanted the miles now. My stomach revolted...nearly threw up. I don't know why I keep getting this 'sour stomach' thing, but it is getting annoying. I've never had GI/gut issues before and I'm sick of this...literally. I still kept a decent pace until the very end, but man, I need to figure this out and make it GO AWAY! Maybe I just need to eat in the morning? Added a half mile on the end to make it an even 10, stretched and came home. Another good BBK workout in the books! Now I'll go to spin and take baby to his swim class. Taper down now to Saturday... AP: 8:26 splits: 9:34, 8:33, 8:34, 7:51 (.7 of this was speed), 7:29, 7:11, 7:52 (.4 of this was speed), 8:41, 8:54, 9:40
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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I had to sleep in today...waking up early the next 3 days in a row just might kill me :) Thankfully my neighbor could watch my little terror so I didn't have to take him back to the gym today. He got written up for biting again yesterday. 6 on the TM - progressive. Started at 7.0 for 2 miles, 7.1 next 2, 7.2 for 5th, 7.3 and then progressive every 1/4 mile to the finish (and every .05 the last quarter). Pulling the end at a 7:30. TT: 50:45 AP: 8:27
Went to swim and coach had us doing different strokes, not just free. I've never done fly before in my life, but did it for 50 today. I felt pretty cool, but probably looked like a big DORK! Oh well, good arm workout for sure today. Swimming always seems to help recover well from the running. 1900yds total
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Oh boy, the fun never ceases around here! I went to bed last night sipping on lemon and honey tea, hoping and praying I'd wake up without this sore throat. No beans and no voice. No fever, just a minor cough and a wicked sore throat. Nice... The weather is going to be good on Saturday so something else has to come up. The good thing about it all is that this isn't my BIG race, Ogden is. So, if I get all the cruddy stuff out of the way now I'll have a good Ogden, right? Today and Tomorrow I'm working full time (training for work). 9-5 baby. So, I get the 'real' life of you working folks. Getting kids off to school/sitters/lunches and runs all in and ready to go out the door by 8AM. Holy moly you people deserve a medal! I missed my baby and hated sitting in a classroom with 13 idiots. Okay, they aren't all idiots, but I just hate this training...really hate it. Anyway back to running... Met Chad (everyone else wimped out!) at 5AM for our urban trail route. Due to my sicky-sickness Chad was nice and ran pokey slow with me (well, slow for him - fine for me) so I didn't get kidnapped and murdered on the trails. Thanks Chad! AP: 9:12
I got home in time for a 20 min nap before go time and finally now at 7:30PM I've had a chance to blog. Sigh. Racquetball date tonight, after I run the kids out to my mom's house 20 miles - one way - so she can watch them tomorrow. I don't know how you guys do it! Oh, and I did end up seeing the doc today and he gave me some magic mouthwash (I thought he was just being silly about the name until the Pharmacist called it the same thing!) and an over the counter herb that has been clinically proven to shorten the duration of colds/flus. Well heck, what have I got to lose? Meds in and fingers crossed. I was going to run and/or spin tomorrow, but I think at this point my body needs rest more than miles.
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| Cookie, Cookie Miles: 8.00 |
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Salt Lake Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:36:41, Place overall: 28, Place in age division: 9 | | KAMIKAZIE!!! Yup, that was the plan :) I still have no voice and am coughing up crap like a bad smoker, but I decided if I was going to go for broke and blow up, I might as well make it a fantastic fail! What did I have to lose? Life was crazy and my poor husband who went to work at 9AM on Friday still wasn't home when I woke up at 4:30 to get ready to leave. He said he was close though, so I knew the kids would never even know no one was home for a while. Luckily my neighbor Jessica offered to drive so I could leave the family car for him to get everyone to 9AM soccer games. Only one problem...I was being cautious and locked the front door when I left and we always lock the garage door (into the house) at night. So...he got locked out. It took about 10 minutes of doorbell ringing and phone calls to wake up my daughter (no one else even woke up!) so that he could get in the house. I tell ya...the fun never ceases :) Jessica and I met Toby at trax and had an adventurous ride to the start (isn't SL always that way?) we got a fast pop line, I gargled with my magic mouthwash so I could drink without feeling knives in my throat, dropped our bags then lined up. We still had 10 min to show time so we made our way to the front to give Andrea and Allie and Emily a little pep talk (ha!) before the race and then we went off to find where we really fit into the crowd...the BACK! Once we crossed the line I just took off, I knew it would feel hard and breathing would be labored, so I just ran. Ooops...first mile came in at 6:42! Oh boy, Plan Kamikaze was in action - full force. I did catch the 3:15 pacers and Jose was with them so I decided to slow it up a little and hang there. It felt good now - not so kamikaze :) still couldn't talk and breathe, but hey I knew that would happen. Then we hit some good downhill and I just let it fly, blow up or not I was just going for it. I really felt good and in control and like I was running right where I should be and the miles just ticked by. I didn't like the extra out and back in Sugarhouse park, not that it was hard I just wasn't expecting it and it messed with my mind a little. I figured they had to have changed the course later down in the line because of the extra nearly 1/2 mile loop, but I didn't know where. I was hoping they'd dropped the mile 12 hill, but figured I couldn't get THAT lucky! I did take all the effort I could to give a shout out to Andrea and Emily when I got to see them on the turn, but it is hard to talk, let alone yell. I hope they heard me :)
I took a gu at mile 7 and I never stopped running. Not a walk through an aid station at all. I'm getting better at the drinking on the run thing :) well, okay just don't look at my white shirt in any of the race pictures...I had a drinking problem and red powerade is unforgiving. shirt, legs, arms - a very pretty sight I was! Just after mile 9 ticked off I saw the shadow of someone with a pace sign just over my shoulder. What the?!? REALLY?!? They started pacers at 1:40 so my only goal was to NOT let the 1:40 pacer pass me and I'd nail my PR...so what the heck was this?!? I'd been watching my splits and KNEW I was on track for a 1:35ish so why was he here?!? Someone asked "you 1:40?" "yeah, but I'm about 3 min ahead right now" THREE MINUTES AT MILE NINE?!? What kind of pacer are you? Other than a bad one?!? I said out loud (you have to understand how much effort it takes me to talk right now let alone when I'm running a 7:20mm) "Three min ahead of time at mile nine? that sure plays bad head games with some people!" A girl in pink in front of me said "but, it can inspire and push others" - oh SHUT UP! He is there to run a specific pace and his response of "well, that's just what the race has given me" is NOT a good answer OR inspiring. What about all the deflated egos of the people who were shooting for a 1:40 and couldn't keep up with his 1:36 pace those first 9 miles and gave up back at mile 5? Man...okay, I'll get off my rant now. I didn't see him until the end of the race after that, he pulled back and ran slower. Made me happy to put him in his place (am I a little bi*&$y today or what?!?) So, shortly after that I saw Rachelle at Liberty Park and it was SO nice to see her and have someone personally cheering me on. Gave me the push I needed to get through the park in good style. I didn't feel any fatigue or remorse about my kamikaze start until mile 11, but at that point I was at 1:20 and I knew that if I simply ran 10mm for the last 2 miles I'd still hit a PR! Awesome sauce. So, I just let myself let go of thinking about numbers and just do what my body would let me do. I climbed the hill in good fashion and never felt like I was going to die, which is good for me on hills! The crosswalk counter at the top of the hill was counting down from 18 when I noticed it and I told myself to get to the top of the hill by the zero. I made it! Turned to see the finish line (that had moved up from the gateway to East of the Energy Solutions Arena - thank you loop around Sugarhouse!) and I had a nice gentle downhill finish. Turn it on and give it what you got, and I did. Final .15 I recorded on the Garmin came in at 6:04 pace so I guess I can't hate the Kamikaze start too much :) The 2 near 8mm on mile 11 and 12 weren't quite what I'd wanted them to be and they were the result of the Kamikaze start, but I still don't think I regret it - yet. Finish time was 1:36:41, so an AP of 7:22 for the race. This is a 4+ min PR for me from the last time I raced a half. So, I get a new PR in my book and the knowledge that I CAN hit it better and harder if I'm not sick :) I just have to kamikaze the start and I'll be great. splits: 6:42, 7:13, 6:50, 7:06, 7:27, 7:40, 7:19, 7:29; 7:19; 7:24; 7:32; 7:56; 7:52 (my horrible mile 12 hill was a faster AP than the straightway on State St...awesome); 6:04 for last recorded .15 of the race. Feelin' good and now I just need a new head that doesn't have a sore throat, ringing ears, headache, stuffy nose and coughing fits to nail the full at Ogden. Thanks for enduring my novel race report. I'm a happy girl with a new PR today :) Thanks also to a great support crew: Toby, Jessica, Smooth and Lowell - you guys are amazing!!! Thanks for sharing this race and special day with me. Top 30/2800 females and top 10 in my AG - I won't complain!
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 13.10 |
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| | Although I'm still hacking up a lung frequently and have my deep sultry voice and a little bit of sore hangover from Saturday (but nothing terrible!) I got up and out this morning to start my BIG mileage week before Ogden taper. I can't believe this is the last week of high miles for Ogden, the butterflies are starting to come up...and I'm hacking them out :) Did my normal ol' big Herriman loop up through the Cove, up Emmeline, down Juniper Crest (love this speedy downhill!), then made the trek back up 13400S home - that is always the worst. Up hill there and up hill home. This is the tall tale route: uphill both ways! :) Just ran what felt good and didn't look at my watch, pleased to see a decent pace especially for the uphills. Only stopped twice to wake up the peacefully sleeping residents while I hacked up a lung or two. The air smelt SO good this morning and I got a beautiful sunrise and the temp was perfect with just a slight breeze. You really couldn't ask for a more perfect run!! I'm glad I got out and got it done. AP: 8:57; splits: 9:59, 8:24, 8:27, 9:08, 7:43, 8:32, 9:20, 9:35, 9:22. The last 3 miles that were uphill home were still faster than when I ran them uphill after my tempo a couple weeks ago, so I can't be too upset. The 7:43 was the super-de-duper downhill, you can't help but run fast there. Now I'm going to take the morning and x-train in the yard with the lawn mower, shovel, rake and weed killer. Fun, fun, fun!
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | I'm sick and tired of coughing so much! I wake up in coughing fits at night and am not really getting a decent amount of sleep, which is paramount for me this week being the BIG mileage week for Ogden. Poo!
Got up early to join Chad and George for our classic 10 mile loop. I really would like to run WITH them sometime. I haven't had a good pace on this loop for a long time. I know neither of them ran yesterday and they aren't sick, but my ego keeps taking a hit that I can't keep up. After I let them go I had a coughing fit at the corner of the lake and after losing a lung or two I actually felt okay and picked up my last mile, but not intentionally until the last quarter. Felt good to finally open things up and not feel the drag. Working in the yard yesterday for 4.5 hours (up, down, rake, mow, pull, up, down, rake, dig, dig, dig, weed, up, down, rake, spray) was NOT the best idea. Sunburned and my glutes and quads and feet are lovin' me today. But, how else does it get done? I've got another full day on Wednesday too...
AP: 8:54 splits: 8:58, 9:13, 8:55, 9:02, 9:32 (a huge microburst wind threw a cloud of dust at us just as we went up the 'big' hill on the route - took any wind in my sails right out and I crawled to the top), 9:10, 8:42, 8:26, 8:44, 8:13 Went home and slept for 30 minutes before getting kids out the door. Spin Class - holy hannah that lady doesn't know the definition of recovery! :) usually I love it, but not today (yes, I'm whining!) Baby swim class with Adam. He loves it! Except that I had him stand by the pool while I hopped in today and he decided to hop in himself! I screamed and grabbed my sinking baby. I thought we'd passed off "wait until mom is ready" - guess it needs a little review. Thanks for the heart attack son! I hadn't gotten enough adrenaline from my morning workout.
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| | On advisement of an honored source I decided to nix my plan for this morning. I've been tired and fatigued, not really sore or achy, but just tired. I think this cold is catching up to me, plus this is my normal week for low energy and I haven't been sleeping like I should. I don't want to hit a 'recovery hole' that I can't get out of before Ogden and I want a good long run on Saturday so I need to start taking care of myself. Rolled out the legs last night and I went to bed feeling okay. I figured if when my husband woke up I felt good I'd go out for a short 5K while he was getting ready. When I woke up I felt better than I have for a couple mornings, so I decided I'd go out for the 5K loop. No garmin, just run and be relaxed. When I got home I sent hubby off to work, then decided to take Lucy out for the 2+ mile loop because I was still feeling okay - especially running just nice and slow, whatever I felt. I'm glad I went, I'm still a little bummed I'm not going to hit my high mileage this week, but I really think that feeling good is more important than the numbers game. Preventing injury and being able to hit my long run goals have to be weighted in the decision. I came home and got the last kiddo off to school then did p90X stretch. I haven't done enough of that lately either. Now I hope I can rest and recover well today and be ready for the 8 urban trail loop early tomorrow.
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 5.50 |
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| | 8 mile urban trail loop, faster than I've done it before...which I won't complain about. Not saying it was easy, but I had to keep up or risk dying as I ran alone. Could've been worse. Came home and took Lucy out for her 2 mile loop, felt good until the last 1/2 mile...could've done without the black spots and feeling like I was going to fall over. I had high hopes/dreams of getting to do spin class and masters swim today, but I'm just run down and need to stop. I'm spending HOURS a day out in the yard getting things spring ready, fertilizing, weeding, hand tilling and planting the garden, planting new trees/bushes, putting together new hoses, fixing sprinklers. Dang it, I'm just tired. So, today should be my last day out in the yard and I might be able to fold laundry and do dishes tomorrow while it snows :) I think I'm taking tomorrow off - period. Anyone want to watch my kids so I can sleep all day? Oh, and you can clean my house too! :) AP: 8:54 splits: 9:51, 9:24, 8:37, 8:28, 8:41, 8:44, 8:54, 8:36 Lucy's loop: 9:19, 9:40
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| Cookie, Cookie Miles: 10.20 |
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Thanksgiving Point Half (13.1 Miles) 01:43:34, Place overall: 28, Place in age division: 11 | | Oh I am SO over hills! SO. OVER. HILLS. No, I've never liked hills and yes, I'm whining (sorry, bad attitude day). This course was a BEAST. I've never run anything quite like it before. I've been through Thanksgiving Point Gardens so I knew what I was in for, but holy Hannah! I tell ya, by mile 9 I was cussing the rolling hills under my breath. Rollers all OVER the place. Not a good uphill, not a good downhill, just up and down and up and down every 20-50 feet. It is pretty in the gardens and I'm sure as you drive your cart along the golf course, but man alive it is NOT fun to run! Okay...I'm done now. Met Smooth, Toby, Catherine, Karen and Lowell for a 5 mile warm-up and well, since I was the late one (yes, bad day all around) we only got 4.5 in - which left just enough time for a potty stop and a quick breather before the race. AP for warm-up: 9:09
My plan was to hit MP for the race. I'd been cautioned about the difficulty of the race course and told that getting into the 8:10-8:15 range would be sufficient effort. I lined up and started around the 1:55 pacer, but quickly decided if I caught up to the 1:45 pacer and stayed in front of him I'd be golden. Well, poor pacing again as he caught me around mile 4-5 and said he was almost 2 min ahead of time. We leap frogged a lot through the gardens, but then I finally left him just as we started the golf course trail. I never heard from him again until mile 8 when he said ":45 ahead of pace." As I'd seen my splits I figured he must have said 1:45...but who knows. I didn't care, I'd already decided I was just running MY race - screw the bad pacers. Oh, as a side note, the 2:00 pacer came in at 1:53...nice.... Anyway, I was tired of the course hills and cussing it, but I kept seeing my paces come in despite the bad terrain. It was giving me confidence and hope. At mile 11 I almost decided to slow down to 8:30's, but by then I had my ego to deal with and all the people around me. So...I carried on. I was pleased with my finish time and effort that seemed honestly a bit too hard for MP, but I'm trying to remember the terrain difference. AP: 7:58 (I got the course at 13 even, so my AP according to the race is 7:54) Splits: 7:35, 7:38, 7:39, 7:47, 8:12, 8:11, 8:11, 8:12, 8:07, 7:55, 8:20, 8:08, 7:41
After everyone came in and we got to chat with Jun, Lily, Julie C and lots of others we all headed off for our last 4.5. I got a chance to run a bit with Smooth, then finished up with Toby and Karen. I felt good, but run down. The legs are feeling the miles. AP for cool down: 9:49
Overall I felt good about this run, but I still need that mental boost to hit Ogden the way I should. C'mon Rachel...you CAN do this...you can.
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 22.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | wimped out on the running today. I've been carrying around too much emotional baggage this weekend and just wanted/needed to sleep. Also, it was one of those days where you know the little aches and pains that are hung over from a long, hard run Saturday will thank you in the long run if you don't pound them into the ground? yeah. there was that too. Spin - holy hannah haven't sweat that much in a spin class in a long time. Good workout. Swim - 1800yds total, 500 kick, 800 free broken down, 400 pull hard. Felt good! Now I'm feeling guilty for not running, but 10 with 5 at tempo tomorrow should be enough to remedy that guilt :) and hopefully these lingering aches will disappear!
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| | booo...I'm sick of not running now, but was threatened to not run today. Doctors orders. I didn't think I'd have to say anything or make a big deal about it, but I guess I do. I've had a neuroma in my R foot for a couple weeks (around SLC half) and I honestly didn't think there was anything I could do for it. After getting fed up with the 'rock in my shoe' all the time I started researching what I could do and I found out I could get a cortisone shot - awesome. So, I called and made an appointment for Monday afternoon. I thought I'd be able to run through the shot and it would be no big deal...nope. Doc told me that if I run on it while I can still feel the pain of the injection that I can risk rendering the shot ineffective. Crap. So, no running today; however, the good news is this afternoon it feels SO much better! I walk without feeling it. I'm excited! So, the day 'off' was worth the pain free Ogden...definitely. I did do spin class today, again, and Allison really is an awesome teacher. Great workout! I did nix some of the standing climbs because it bothered my foot a bit. Took Adam to his swim class and had a great time! Can't wait for tomorrow's run. I finally am missing running and want to get back at it!
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| | Aaahh, nice to see some miles back! Met Chad and Paul for a good morning run - okay, I used them, I'll admit it. I knew the pace would be fast, that I'd keep up and that if I was meeting someone I'd actually get out of bed. But, don't we all use each other this way? I hope the answer is yes! 7 mile loop from Chad's house UP to my house then a beautiful 3 mile descent back down...awesome! I love not having to run uphill home. It did feel kind of weird running by my house, but driving to the run. Oh well, it was worth the downhill finish and the 20 min extra sleep to not run down there. The most exciting thing on the run was the mouse that tried to attack me and eat me. He ran out into the road right by me - I screamed like a girl (yes, at 5AM) and it kept running next to me and trying to cut in front of me. GET AWAY! It finally dropped back...Chad and Paul were just laughing at me. Yes, I'm a girl. AP: 7:57 splits: 8:29; 8:22; 8:18; 8:33; 7:24; 7:23; 7:16; 7:22 (last .15) - the 100+ft/mile uphill was the first 4 miles and honestly I'm darn proud of those splits for my uphill times! I don't always keep a good pace uphill, but those ones make me happy! Then the three downhill...well, after you've put so much effort into running the uphill, it is hard not to give at least 80% of that effort and run fast downhill. Again, I just felt good!
Quickly went home, showered and went to a doc appt with hubby at 7AM, then home and got kids off to school then back into gym clothes and off to the rec center. So, I'm calling this my AM and PM workout :) a 3 hour break is good enough to do that, right? 6 miles on the TM - 8:06, 8:06, 8:00, 8:00, 7:53, 7:48 pace until the last .3, then went progressive to finish at 6:58 for the last .10. TT: 47:50, AP: 7:58 Nice MP tempo for 13.15 miles, just a little broken up. Felt good though, and even on the TM I was talking to my neighbor and laughing. This is a good sign - especially since I was at a 1% incline (okay, so I dropped it down to .5 the last 3 miles). Masters Swim. Got there late (started the run later than normal due to normal kid issues) so I only had 30 min to swim - I think I did 1200 yds...with some chatting involved :) did my timed 200 at the end of class in 3:35. Which isn't my best, but for the end of a hard workout...I won't complain! I used to do 3:45-4:00 on my speed trials, so I'll take it!
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 6.00 | Purple People Runners Miles: 7.15 |
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Urban Trail loop with what is becoming a nice big crowd! I love having lots of new stories and fun to throw around. I actually kept up today and didn't get too far behind...just on the daybreak hill, but that doesn't surprise me. I did make everyone stop a couple times for a drink - this cough/cold that is hanging on makes my throat dry. I really love this loop...and the people I get to run it with! AP: 8:51 splits: 9:46 (I really can't believe this was SO slow!), 9:08 (the hill..how was that faster than the first mile?), 8:44, 8:23, 8:52, 8:26, 8:46, 8:42. Came home, took Lucy on her 2 mile loop - that poor dog drags SO slow after about 1/2 a mile. I gotta whip that puppy into shape! Then got kids off to school and went to the gym.
Spin class. Did intervals of strength, endurance, speed, agility (jumps). Excellent workout! Then I did some arm and core weights with Kelli - she always does the best workouts, so I just tagged along for 20ish minutes. Went home and mowed the lawn, watered all my new plants, fertilized and round-uped the yard. Whew! Now I have my Saturday chores taken care of. Blech...still putting off bathrooms that MUST be done today....ugghhh.... ****Brent of BSRools is embarking on his Ironman Saturday! Feel free to send him a little FRB love, I don't think it would hurt :)**** SATURDAY RUN: I'd like to do a good hillish long run, with MP tempo after your legs are nice and tired from the uphill :) So, I wanted to see if anyone would like to meet at In N Out Burger at 12600S and Bangerter Hwy at 6AM on Saturday. We'd run up to Yellow Fork Canyon and then turn and come back. I do SO much better with company :) Also, I can put out water at mile 4, 8 and 12 (4 and 12 is the same spot) for anyone who would like to come. Let me know if you are interested...it will be fun!
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| Cookie, Cookie Miles: 10.16 |
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| | I wasn't sure I could do it - like always. I was tired, worn out from running crazy all day yesterday and a tough racquetball game 9-10 last night. But, I knew I wouldn't regret it, I just had to do it. Tackled the hi country hill loop -over 900ft of gain in the loop, 200-250ft/mile for the first 3 miles. My wonderful hubby went to work late so that I could sleep in and run in the daylight when I wasn't afraid of the mtn lions eating me. No, really. They take down horses that live in hi-country frequently, so they certainly wouldn't hesitate to nab me in the breaking dawn. I can't find my mace and Lucy can't run that far anymore, so I'll only go with someone else or in the light. Anyway, just went out to tackle them. Felt decent (for hills) on the uphill and then when the downhill hits it is just amazing! A friend that lives on the upper loop I'm too much of a pansy to tackle yet, (but will!) drove past and kept me company for about 50 yds. That was a nice break in the toughest part of the climb. After the toughest climbs you get a little reprieve before hitting an Ogden like hill for about 1/2 mile. I decided on the break I was going to push and try to tackle it like I want to tackle Ogden. I didn't look at my pace, just kept the effort where I thought I could maintain the Ogden hill. You do get a good 100 yd downhill, but then it flattens out - just like heading to the dam at Ogden, so again I went to Ogden in my mind and just tried to keep a comfortably hard pace. I was happy to see the splits for those miles come in at 7:56 and 7:32. I really can do this...I can and I WILL! My confidence and resolve is growing daily. There are 2 other short, but steep hill climbs on the way home and I resolved to tackle them with a good pace as well and I did. I really felt good heading on home, the only way I get downhill home :) Got home and kids were ready to go to school and hubby headed out for work (until probably midnight tonight...whatever). Now I've got a day to fill with family fun and housework again :) That is what I get for being lazy the first few days of the week! AP: 8:30 splits: 9:20, 9:32, 9:28, 7:56, 7:32, 7:35, 7:24 (last .3) -I think this is by FAR the fastest I've ever run this loop. The slowest split only 9:30? I'm usually a LOT closer to or over 10mm. ***DON'T FORGET ABOUT MY AMAZING SATURDAY RUN! A gradual uphill (2-3% overall) for 8 miles, then you turn and get to run MP (if you want) back down. Best 'last run' for a full I've ever done! Let me know if you're coming and I'll drop water for everyone at miles 4,8,12 - Meeting at In N Out Burger on 12600S and Bangerter Hwy at 6AM. *** c'mon guys...I need some company :(
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| | I was SO excited to have such a big group this morning! Paul, Kelli, Amy and Kim all came to tackle this run with me. We started late (and I'd told everyone we'd leave early, but it was MY fault I we were late!), but headed out at 6:05, dark and COLD! I only had a running skirt and a t-shirt. SO bitter cold, I left my stinky jacket that doesn't zip up on - it was a pain, but I was thankful for it. I really wanted to pull sub 9mm up the hills, but I barely missed it! 9:00 for the climb to the top, but I think that is the fastest I've EVER run those hills in my life, so I'm not going to complain. I did drop my jacket at mile 4 when we stopped for a quick water break, but I was nearly warm by then. After using the pop at Yellow Fork we headed down. Goal was to run MP miles on the downhill grade after burning them out and having fatigued legs from the climb. A shorter run and tempo, but hopefully more realistic. Paul humored me and said he'd run MP (7:45 -7:50 was my goal) with me. Well, the miles down the canyon kept ticking away 7:25-7:35; crap Rachel. SLOW DOWN! But, I then decided to just go with it. Now my goal was to not lose pace. Hold it. You set it, now hold it! No falling off pace when the course doesn't have such nice downhill. We again stopped half way down (mile 12) for a water break and did a re-group. I thought for sure that next mile would tick in slower...nope, hangin' on! All right girl, you can do this. I then decided I was just going to run comfortably hard. I can talk and not feel like I'm gonna die, but still pushing pace. Miles still came in on time! Finally the last 1/4 mile I was done. D-O-N-E. As we turned to go to the cars my garmin said 15.81...last .2 stretch to the finish. Hang in there and give it your all. Still had to do a turn, but then we clicked 16. Whew! I was happy to see that my AP had pulled down so much and that I'd exceeded my MP goal. This is starting to sink in. I CAN do this...and I WILL do this. My body can do a 3:30, I just need my mind to let it. Perfect 'lucky' run in the bag. Now...taper time baby! Let the madness begin :) AP: 8:15 splits: 9:23 (why such a slow start, I swear it was faster than that! blech); 8:56, 9:01; 8:38, 8:40; 9:02; 9:09; 9:09 (1200 ft of elevation GAIN at this point, the last 2 miles were the worst at 200+/mile); 7:24; 7:26; 7:28; 7:36; 7:24; 7:36; 7:26; 7:35; 6:52 (last 31 feet recorded...see I tried to push a strong finish). I think I like running downhill :)
As a side note, this morning has been crazy! I got home, sent dad and boy #2 to soccer; showered, got me and 3 other kiddos to the game; went to flag football clinic to make sure son #1 could do 11:00 clinic instead of 10:00 assigned time; back to son #1's soccer game to drop off all the boys with dad; took daughter to volleyball to coach while dad finished #1 soccer then took him to flag football; had back to back volleyball games (lost one, won one); dad got back with 3 boys to watch last volleyball game; then volleyball pictures...then, finally...HOME! Then to clean out the car from the mess of the morning transitions (between cars and uniforms and blankets and treats etc) and now, finally at 2:15 I finally get to sit down! WHEW! I don't know how you "soccer moms" do things. It takes 2 people, 2 cars and a lot of coordination to run a family of kids to their crap ALL day on Saturday. Luckily, when we got home the neighbor wanted to take the 2 oldest swimming and baby is napping now. I might just get a few things done before I have to leave again at 4:30 for a tri clinic and work. Nap anyone?
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| | Slept in. Man, the best thing about a taper is the sleep in excuses I can come up with! 6 miles on the TM - 50:30 AP: 8:25 first 4 at 8:34 while I chatted away about yummy cake and Ogden nerves with Wendy. She left, so I plugged into the ipod and picked it up. 8:27, 7:47 w/a fast .2 finish at 6:58 - all at 1% Then, I had decided to skip spin and run first because I have a book I'm trying to get through. It is a good book...it is time! So, I went to the spin bike on the track and did a good push 65% effort for 50 minutes while I read. I miss spinning and reading. Makes both things a lot easier and more enjoyable. Planked it out to finish it all off 90/90/90 - now off to quell this tornado that is ripping through the house from the weekend....
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| | Happy 5th Birthday to my 2nd oldest son! I was glad to have company on the early morning loop. Got me out and going this morning, but I'm tired now! On the run I had toyed with the idea of running a few tempo miles after the HS, but decided I'd decide when I got there :) So, we just took it nice and easy and had a wonderfully relaxing run until 12600S and...THE hill. I hate that hill. Just so you know. Every time we've run up it I feel like it sucks the life out of me and the flat/slight uphill for the next mile feels like drudgery. Well, we started running up it and the same ol' thing happened, but then I caught myself. "Rachel, what in the crap is wrong with you?!? You CAN run hills and this thing is a baby. Short and Sweet then it flattens out. Why do you chicken out of it and let everyone pull so far ahead each time?!? Pull your head out and let's go!" So, I did. I charged ahead and put my money where my feet were :) Left everyone (but Chad, until he let me) behind and I felt like a gazillion bucks. It wasn't going to get me today. No way! I like this new found mental toughness and belief in myself. After about another mile and about in front of the HS I was feeling tired. Why the crap did I feel so tired? This is way too hard of an effort for out 8:30's! Crap. HA! Then Paul told me the last split was a 7:55 (on his watch). Oh, well now that makes a little more sense. At least it made me feel good that I wasn't killing it for an 8:30! This was the beginning of the downhill and I decided since I'd accidentally hit MP that last mile we should just go for it. Paul stuck with me and just let me beat myself into the ground :) It was harder than I would've liked it to be, but afterward it didn't seem all that bad and I realized that I need to give myself some credit. Most people don't go out and bust out a 4/10 mile tempo 3 days after a hard workout and have an AP just 15-20 seconds faster than their MP for their last two runs. I'm doing a good job and if it felt hard...great. Get used to it, the whole 26.2 miles of Ogden isn't going to feel like a party, but you CAN run that fast when you feel like crap and want to throw up (bad dinner choice last night...I don't think curry likes me). Confidence. I'm finding it everywhere now. Finished nice and strong along the last flatish mile. I really can't complain much at all about this run. AP: 8:17; splits: 8:47, 8:36; 8:24, 8:24; 8:29; 8:39; 7:58; 7:47; 8:02; 7:48. Oh, and the hill was in the 8:29 mile - BAM! Bought some balloons to surprise my birthday boy at home. He was already up, but I think he liked them! Got all kiddos off to school then went and did Spin class (new teacher and it was GREAT to have some different workouts. I really liked a few of them! - tough class, good times). Then met up with hubby after his workout and we took baby boy to his swim class. He loves the water! That is all about my workouts....but only the beginning of a CRAZY day. home, showered, spotlight and pick up birthday boy, get older boy from school, pick up 3 friends and go to chuck e cheese (heaven help me I hate that place!), hubby took car to get brakes done (made appointment at dealership across the street and told 1.5-2 hrs, perfect!), played and ate kuk-e cheese pizza (I did salad bar and just a piece of kuk), hubby went to get car since no updates, oh, they just started working on it. WTHeck?!? GRRR! Never cross a mother scorned, especially one with 6 kids all running around chuck e cheese with no tokens and disgusting pizza! Since I refused to spend another dollar at that dump the kids had fun treasure hunting all around and found enough tokens to not only entertain themselves, but earn 50 more tickets each! See, a tight wad mother raises resourceful children :) A full 4 hrs after dropping it off we finally got the car, packed up and headed home (had to re-arrange with parents since their kids were now home 2 hrs later than promised!), had to miss volleyball practice (got some to cover coaching for me, but Lauren missed out), people started coming in and out like crazy while we were trying to do cake and presents and the phone was ringing every 10 seconds and AAAHHHH!!! mom's head was about to explode. finished with donut cake (kripy's of course) topped with bugs/snakes/frogs, packed back in the car, off to chick-fil-a for dinner (shove it down in 20 min or less!) then raced to get to "The Avengers" in time. Got sat down with birthday boy's fav treats, soda and popcorn. Baby who hadn't had a nap made life miserable for dad and I the whole time, finally fell asleep about 2 min before the credits rolled....awesome. Home by 9:30 and kids finally in bed and asleep by 10:30. whew...seriously, I'm SO glad this day is over. What a stressful rat race! too many things going on and going wrong. Birthday boy loved it though, so he went to bed a happily fulfilled 5 year old. Please don't make me go to chuck e cheese anytime in the near future...please! oh, and could someone please tell me how to detox from this ONE horrible day of eating. I think my thighs grew 5 inches today. blech.
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| | NOT in a good mood today. I just want to be done and sleep. best to just leave me to my own devices. Almost didn't go to the gym, but I sucked it up and just did it. 6 miles on the TM 3 miles @ 1% 8:34, 8:34, 8:27 (until .25 left and the nursery called me. I was SO ticked off I didn't want to deal with baby and his problems and I didn't want to have to take him and go only 3 miles in...grrr, I was just starting to feel better!!! So, I wanted to just finish the last mile before I went down there. 10mph pace (6:00) for the last 1/4 mile until I was done with the 3 miles - didn't feel too hard!). Luckily it was only a diaper change. I really might have just left him there and ran away today if it was anything else!) 3 more on the TM @ 1% - 8:20, 8:13, 8:00 with another pickup the last .25 at 6:58 pace. Walked a cool down to finish the show I'd been watching. TT: 49:50; AP: 8:18 Don't ask me to do anything else today, I'm done. Dumb party hangovers!
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| | Feeling better today, a good run with friends helped too. Urban Trail loop with George, Chad, Paul, Christine and Kim. You know what I discovered today? Hills are a lot easier on 'fresh' legs. That Daybreak hill wasn't nearly as bad as it usually is and my split on the hill was 8:30...nice. Amazing how you can run faster and feel better when you don't beat yourself to a pulp every day!! AP: 8:41 splits: 9:03, 8:47, 8:31, 8:16, 9:06, 8:44, 8:49, 8:12. I really need to slow down :) It's taper time and I'm lovin' the ease of speed! now onto the x-training for the day: yard work and maybe a bike ride with baby in the baby seat on the back while brother is in school.
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I'M FREAKIN' OUT HERE!!! SOMEONE TELL ME IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY!!!
My husband was just diagnosed with strep. Yes, I kissed him yesterday, why? I'm not sure :) I'm SO sad and upset I really don't know what to do. I feel like even if I get on antibiotics today (which it sounds like the doc will be willing to do) I'm still going to be kicked down a notch from trying to fight this thing. Please, someone save me...p l e a s e... ***Well, the anitbiotics were called in and I'll go pick them up momentarily. I refuse to get sick! Since hubby was home I got the lawn edged and mowed early so that the grass would be taken with the garbage today and wouldn't sit all week. Then did the rest of the misc yard work that needed to be done so that Saturday will be a free day. The best part about hubby being home is that I put baby down for a nap, sent the 5yr old to play and took off on a bike ride! YAY! I finally got out on my bike again. I was going to do a short sprint tri at the gym, but with baby's bad behavior recently I was lamenting having to take him again this week! Thank you daddy - sick days are welcome...just as long as you aren't sick! :) So, I did a 24 mile bike ride instead. This is the same ol' loop I've done before, and my goal was to not stop, but keep pace. I did end up having to stop a few times for construction, and accident and lights, but otherwise I carried on. I don't know how crazy people like Brent can ride 20mph! I tried to keep a good uphill pace, but the downhill was hard to pedal too! I had a crazy headwind on the downhills and I would get tired pedaling downhill. How crazy is that?!? Anyway, on the flat without a headwind I could pull a 20-22, but it was a comfortably hard push. wow. Maybe bikers aren't such cheaters after all :) I had an average of 16.2mph for the ride, topped out on one downhill at 35.6mph - yeeehaaw! I was just glad my average was faster (just barely) than Jake can run a marathon...hasn't always been that way!
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| | A beautiful, amazing, wonderful, needed run with Smooth, Karen and Slick (for a bit!). I really needed just a nice, easy relaxing run with some good peeps. Kept reminding me how much I enjoy running for the social aspects of it all. Thanks ladies for listening to me unload all the family secrets :) I can't wait for Ogden! It is always a party at the top!!! AP: 9:18 I still had my watch set to bike from yesterday. I realized this and changed it about 2.5 miles in, so I can't give true splits. But, we did 8:40's and an 8:16 on the way down the last couple miles - excellent!
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| | slept in. I really need to get to bed earlier! 5 miles on the TM - 4 of them just chatting with Wendy and Emily. I was going to do 6 with 20-30 min of easy bike while I read, but I got called to the nursery. I was afraid it was baby being a turd, so since I was at exactly 5.0 miles I just called it. Luckily he just HAD a turd :) but, it was late enough it wasn't worth going to the car to get diapers change him and still get done on time. whatever...so I just left. I'll do 6 tomorrow instead. TT: 42:30 AP: 8:30 splits: 8:34, 8:34, 8:34, 8:34; 8:20 all at 1% I'm going to be a bad blogger this week, so please keep me updated through comments here. On my mother's day gift from my son he said my hobby was "computer" whaaaa?!? not running...computer. I think I need to shut it down :)
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| | man alive sometimes this taper thing kills me! I'm ready for it, just bring it on!!! ugghh...waiting. Had good intentions of going to bed last night, until my 5th grader's History Fair report took over life! Since when did a child's project become a parent's burden? I guess maybe it is my fault since I didn't let her use the computer more (we password protect the computer) to get the final draft done earlier. Lots of editing to do...and adding to get to 4 pages. Final project was sheer perfection -for a 5th grader, even if I did have to stay up until 1AM to help her. I'm a hands off mommy (lots of help and support, but I will NOT do things for you!), so I don't do much...ever :) Still got up early to meet Chad, George, and Paul and RunGR8 for their morning loop. Nice new scenery, 5 mile loop. I saw the first mile come in at 8:30 and figured I was good...kept the effort similar, but ended with an AP of 8:00 after 5 miles. Those boys make me run too fast! Yes, I'm blaming it all on them - no responsibility on me at all, I was just keeping up and chatting and enjoying the perfect weather. We even had a good uphill mile in there, what the heck guys? Can't I run slow? :)
Since I got kicked off the TM early yesterday I wanted to get one more in. Paul took me on a loop (this is his 'hood) and it ended up more like 6.7...so I decided to finish off my .8 so that I can save my .2 for Saturday :) Again, I ran too fast. This wasn't supposed to be a tempo! I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing that I'm running so fast and it just feels nice. I won't say it is easy, but it feels more like what an 8:20-8:30 pace usually feels like. I guess tapers really do work :) AP: 7:59 splits: 8:29, 8:01, 7:55, 7:46, 7:52, 7:57, 7:50 (.8)
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| | mixed bag of emotions today. tired, sad, frustrated, confused, doubting...I don't know what to make of it. Well, maybe I do, but it is nothing the men on the blog would like to read about :) I was afraid this would happen after getting my mother's day gift from myself, but I'm still just driving myself crazy about it. PLUS, I need more sleep...lots more sleep. decided at the last minute to wake up and get my run in. Did the 2 mile loop with Lucy to keep me slow and it sure helped, but my legs felt like bricks and didn't want to move. after one mile, like clock work Lucy started dragging. Poor girl she must be going through a mid-life identity crisis :) came home, got my oldest son up and the other 2 were sleeping, and I ran while my daughter biked to choir practice at the school. came home again, got oldest son's stuff ready for school then had just enough time to do one last mile. did some pick ups to prove that I could make my legs move - just 3 Fartleks between well spaced light posts on my outdoor TM. I really need to snap out of this...energy drop, emotional crud...who knows where I can get a hormone shot? and a nap? AP: 8:09 splits: 8:28, 8:54, 7:49, 7:25 One more day of running...a rest day...then, the big day. *relaxing* *breathing* *I can do this*
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| | Last run :) Took Lucy to relax and enjoy myself and not go too fast. I was dragging the poor girl home the last downhill stretch that I wanted to pick up for fun. She is only used to 2 miles :) Massage this afternoon to pull all the built up crap out of my legs and then I'm just waiting, waiting, waiting for Saturday. I'm SO excited, I just can't wait!! If ANYTHING goes wrong, you'd better just be ready to hear it from me. I'm not taking any excuses this time - I'm gonna do this! Watch out baby...I'll see YOU in Boston :) AP: 8:45 splits: 8:32, 9:08; 8:35 - finished the last 1/3 in the low 6's, felt good! but Lucy almost got road rash from being drug so far. Poor middle aged girl.
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| | If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn't run hard enough. "Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough." - Hal Higdon "I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it." - Steve Prefonatine "I run with my head, my heart and my guts, because physically, I don't think I've got a great deal of talent or ability. I started at the bottom and worked up." - Steve Jones Enjoy your pain - you've earned it! Just a little motivation for y'all ... and me! later dudes.
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does the smile on my face say it all? 
More to come later - yay for the 'big girls' 2nd in Athena, but 9th in my AG isn't too shabby either! :) *********************************************************************** Friday afternoon I said good-bye to my family and headed up to Ogden, dealt with some traffic, but I was enjoying the 40 new songs I'd downloaded :) Met Toby at the expo, grabbed my number, double checked that they had me listed Athena, looked around (blah expo this year) and headed off to check out the course with Toby. It was nice to see where we'd be going since they'd changed it just a bit from previous years. We went to dinner at Slackwater Pizza and Pub - and I can just say YUM! Then we drove to THE hill on the course and decided it wasn't all that, so Toby drove me back to my car and we went our separate ways to sleep. I really had a wonderful evening visiting with Toby and chatting out all the race nerves. She has been SO great to put up with me during this training cycle!! Thanks for everything Toby! I stayed with my Uncle in Farmington and I hadn't been to his new home there, but he was excited to have me stay. I felt SO bad when I got there - he made me sleep in HIS bed and he slept on the couch! I didn't realize the other bedroom was his storage room. He said he usually falls asleep on the couch anyway, so I told him I'd be outta there by 4:15 and he could sleep the rest of the night in his bed :) What an awesome family I have!! I woke up to a text from bye-wing sending her love and support, it made me smile - even at 3:45 in the morning! Then I got a text from hubby who was just going to bed after working from home all night, poor guy! He had a whole Saturday of kids to do starting in just 5 hours. I slept the first 5 hours of the night, he got the 2nd 5 hrs :) Then, my secondary alarm went off...glad to know everything was in place. Didn't have to do my hair, because I'd had my neighbor do my fancy crown braid again. I LOVE it, out of my face, off my neck and people rarely forget the amazon with the basket braid on her head as I fly by :) Ate a yogurt on the way to the race, met Smooth, Toby, Chad, Kelli, Karen, Maynard and lots of others at the Marriott. When we got to the buses a beautiful empty bus pulled up right in front of us! Score, it must be our lucky day! We all climbed on and Toby and I got the short seat...not the short bus, but the short seat :) Great chatter all the way up! The worst part of the marathon for me was over...the bus ride! It is always fun to hang with the other crazies at the start and to chat out all the nerves and to send good wishes while we are all still standing and smiling! Made a couple trips to the pops and on the 2nd one Toby got out her sharpie. She had told me she was bringing it, so I was prepared with my motivation. So, onto my R arm went this: "The task in front of you is NEVER greater than the strength within you." in sharpie! I'd heard of people doing this, but thought it silly...let's just say I've changed my mind about that. Just typing the quote out still brings tears to my eyes knowing how much it helped me along. I didn't realize how close it was to start time, because normally the line is out on the road by the field so you can see it, but this time it was down the road! I almost missed it! Stuffed my bag, said good bye to my ladies, tried to hand my bag to the big brothers truck until they said "oh, you don't want that back?" wait? what?!? Toby had also convinced me to run without my cell phone, so I'd put that and my car key in my bag. I NEVER put anything in my bag I wouldn't mind losing and now you're not going to give it back? I quickly realized that this was the donation truck and I needed to go one more down. Whew...crisis avoided! Then I ran to the start. Shoot, 30 seconds...crap, 10 second count down and I'm still at 5:00 pacers!! I was running in the grass on the side of the road (which is ironic, because I'd worn bags on my shoes to keep them dry while waiting and now was running in 8 in deep, wet grass...nice) trying to get up to the 3:25 pacers, but just couldn't get there in time. I went over the mat with the 4:00 guys and took off. Mile 1: 7:08...yeah, too fast, but you see, I have this mental thing with pacers. I hate them. I know, I know, I pace...BUT I hate pacers they play mind games with me. If I can't keep up, I give up. I have a really hard time running my own race and going faster/slower when needed around them and I get easily discouraged. So, I wanted to catch up to the 3:25 guys (fastest pace group), and be in front of them and hopefully stay there if all went well. I figured A+ game on I could finish with 7:45-7:50 AP, so this seemed reasonable to try. Then, they wouldn't psych me out! On my way there I passed the 3:35 guy (no 3:30) and I said "no offense, but I don't want to see you again for another 3 1/2 hours." The people around him started chuckling about "what? we're not good enough for you?" made me laugh...but guess what? It kept them away! When I got to the 3:25 group I saw Kim and told him he'd chosen a good group. I stayed there, then I started singing "super bass" under my breath and the guy next to me glanced over. "yes, I'm singing for y'all" I said. Then I saw him glance at my bib on my skirt and I can't remember what he said, but then said "I'm Preston" HA! Well, I'm glad he cheated on my name, because I would've felt bad if I'd have been running with him and not said anything to him. To my credit, he was wearing a different shirt than at Thanksgiving point :) Mile 2: 7:35...still a little fast, but I was having a great time chatting with Preston, watching Kim fade into the crowd in front of us (he couldn't let a girl beat him...so he took off :) ) and we pulled just slightly in front of the 3:25 guys which is right where I felt good! I think Kelli passed us this mile too...flying by and I was just happy she had her ipod :) Mile 3-8: 7:46, 7:40, 7:45, 7:47, 7:46, 7:48 - honestly, couldn't give you play by play here. I was just enjoying the company, the run and the beauty. I had my arm warmers covering my garmin, so I couldn't see and wouldn't psych myself out about pace I was running. My goal was to enjoy it and run by feel. I knew this. I know what it takes to get to the end and how to run comfortably hard. One point when Preston glanced at a split I asked "that wasn't faster than 7:40 was it?" "no" "faster than 8:00 though, right?" "yup" - I didn't want to know the number. I was in a good zone and just wanted to stay there. He then said we were TMing the mile splits. THAT was awesome news! Mile 9: 8:02 - first Gu stop, so the run was faster, but I actually stopped to choke it down and make sure I got some water IN my mouth to wash it all in. I decided to use whatever they gave out for the first one... YUCK! I didn't even look until it was in my mouth...espresso or something flavor. Whatever, wash it down and go on. Caught back up to Preston and enjoyed the rollers, lake and view!
Mile 10: 7:36 - I think this is the mile where I lost Preston, I don't know how it happened, but just all of a sudden he was gone. I didn't know how or where he was, but figured he was right behind me, but I never saw him again. crud. Then I had another bad thing happen this mile. The dumb 3:25 pacer caught me. what the heck?!? My splits were well below 7:50's and I figured they were just ahead like always. So, I finally asked after trying to keep up with him for a while and feeling like it was a little too hard. He said they were 3 seconds ahead of time. What?!? I was SO confused. Finally I said something about how confusing that was, because I knew my splits were lower than a 7:50 pace. Gun time? nope, chip time pacing. okay, fine...what time do you have?!? 1:15:30...ahh, I'm at 1:14:30...makes sense now. I was a full minute ahead of them. It still jarred me a little that I couldn't keep up with him like I'd wanted to, but when I knew I still had a minute I just plugged on and tried to run my own race and not let them in my head. Miles 11, 12, 13 (13.1) - 7:50, 7:46, 7:48, (1:41:30) - these miles were lost ones too. I kept telling myself...look, you're not losing the pacer, he isn't getting that far ahead. You CAN still see him. Relax, run your race. I passed Shelly here who was doing a relay and she said "you are flying. can you keep it?!?" I simply said "I feel good, I feel really good!" and I did. I really felt like this was MY race! Goal for the half was no faster than 1:42...either I'd blow up from going out too fast or have really underestimated my abilities :) I figured 30 seconds wasn't too far off, I was feeling great! Dropped my arm warmers knowing the hills were coming up and now, I could see my Garmin... Miles 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 - 7:57, 8:13, 8:05, 7:41, 7:43 The hill, which is a hill, but compared to Veyo or the hills I run at home? nah. I know what it takes to get up that bugger and it isn't bad. Short and sweet. Peak and enjoy the rollers and flats till the dam. I still hit it in 8:13...not too shabby. The next 8:05 was my next gu stop at mile 15ish, I had my jet blackberry - my secret weapon gu :) I don't know why, but my body responds really well to the 2X caffeine in that one. I'm really proud of the next two miles on the flat/rollers being what they were. I had a mental battle here, but reminded myself of when I'd run the half prego (35 weeks along) 2 years ago: I was exhausted and wondering why in the crap would I do this to myself? I shouldn't be running a half, I'm pregnant, carrying a viable life at this point! I should just stop and take the bus down. But, I told myself that I just had to get to the dam, if I got there then, I could re-evaluate and see how I felt and if I wanted to quit. I started loving the downhill and finished SO strong! My best miles were the last few! Remembering all of that reminded me that all I had to do was get to the dam and then the easy part would come. I'd fought so hard to this point, and I knew that the task in front of me was NOT greater than the inner strength. This was mine! I still can't figure out how the 3:25 guy kept getting further away, there was even one point I wanted to time how long there was between us, but I forgot :) I passed Kim again before the last aid station. I knew his foot was bothering him, but I still harassed him a bit :) I crossed the dam and FLEW (dropped to a 6:30ish pace for a bit) down that first hill of the canyon...aaahhh!!! I had made it. Mile 19: 8:01 - seems slow, but I walked and popped my last GU here. Another jet blackberry, it was surreal to take my last gu - have empty pockets and be headed to the finish. It was almost over, and I was still feeling good and strong. A slight fatigue, but nothing bad! As I passed the mile 19 mile marker (theirs, not when my garmin went off - I know my watch is always .2 or more over and when splits started getting off I timed by THEIR mile markers, not trusting my watch. I knew better!) I noticed my time was 2:28:3X - no way! no way! I had 7.2 miles in front of me and if I simply ran for one more hour I'd be done WAY ahead of my 3:30 goal, not to mention that 7.2 mph is and 8:20 pace (thank you TM running), I was still hitting paces better than that. I had this thing IN THE BAG! No one could take this now. I was feeling good and on my way! Today was my day!! Mile 20: 8:06 - doesn't seem too bad, huh? oh trust me...this was the beginning of the end. cue tears and frustration! My knee just froze on me about half way through this mile. I couldn't figure out what what going on. It felt like my patellar ligament, just below my knee, and the darn thing wouldn't allow me to bend it. I tried to fight through it "it is all in your head, quit this Rachel! Just forget it and run" then my knee would buckle when I'd land on it and my arms would flail and it was all I could do to stop my momentum and not fall down. I shouted "NOT NOW!" the frustration was immense. I'd just had my high and knew I'd conquered and now this?!? what the hell?!? I went to the side and stretched (simple quad stretch and banging it with the side of my hand did the trick) as I watched people I'd worked hard to pass fly effortlessly by. Mile 21: 7:55 - I'm really surprised at this split. You should see the graph on my garmin :) it is up/down/up/down/up/down - nothing consistent. More flailing as I tried to do a strong hip drive through, but then I figured the only way I could run was with a straight leg. If that was how it had to be, then it had to be. So, I ran with my left leg in a good stride and my R leg straight...no bending. I couldn't bend it. There would be times I could feel the pain subside so I would start bending it a bit and try to relieve my left quad, but it would quickly come back, so I would go back to peg leg. Mile 22: 8:53 - much more stopping and stretching here. walking through aid stations and this is where Teena passed me. I really had thought she was in front of me. No way do I run faster than that girl! So, it really surprised me when she passed me and said "is that you Rachel?" "yeah, my knee won't bend." She gave me some encouraging words and took off looking amazing! My goal was now to keep her in sight. I knew I was slowing down, but you see...I had this thing on my arm that kept telling me I could do it. I would remember that even though this task had now changed, I could still do this. It was great, but you know what?!? this fight and strength inside of me is greater!! Screw you stupid knee...I don't need you! Then, I thought about Amy . Ever since I'd read about her knee I had thought about dedicating this race to her. I wasn't going to say anything until I'd completed the goal, because what if I failed her? What if something happened and I didn't get it?!? What kind of idiot would I be then? I'd look SO foolish. Well, I'd finally decided to tell HER what I had in mind. Friday morning I'd texted her this:
I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can't
run, what they'd give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them. I know they
would do the same for me. I then told her that this race was for her. Her motivation and determination to get to Boston and run despite the pain in her knee was what I needed. Little did I know how much that would really come into play during my race! Amy had run 26.2 miles on a bum knee that she shouldn't even have EVER run on, let alone run Boston on. But, she had defied the odds and not only qualified for Boston, but run it! If she could run 26.2 miles in horrible pain for that honor...I could do this. I CAN. I can run, and this was for her even before my knee decided to be dumb. Buck up Rachel...run. You got this! Mile 23: 8:13- how in the crap I was still pulling off these fast miles I don't know. If you only knew or could see how I was running you'd probably pee yourself laughing. No joke. It was at the end of this mile, well their mile 10 mark for the half marathon, that I saw 3:03 on my watch. Really?!? All I had to do was run a 30 min 5K. I was limping along at a good clip and few people were passing me, I was keeping pace with most people around me and Teena was still only maybe 50 yds or so ahead. I could see that bright green! :) Here we go... dig deep. Mile 24, 25: 8:22, 9:05 - I walked twice in mile 25. The pain in my left inner quad was so much that I had to relax it and give it a break, it was doing the work my knee couldn't, but I was getting there. Every step closer to the finish. Mile 26: 8:38 - I passed where Toby and I had eaten dinner the night before and I knew I was close, SO close. Just keep on going. I usually am so exhausted and that stretch down Grant street is horrible, but this time it was different. I saw the finish. I knew it was there and I knew what I had done and how hard I had fought. I KNEW that I'd found that strength deep down to conquer the task ahead of me and for once, it hadn't beaten me. Nothing could stop me now. I kept my eyes on that finish and plugged away. Last .20 (.36 on the garmin, pretty short for Ogden :) ) 2:55/8:06 AP - When I passed that mile 26 marker I looked at the garmin - 3:28:16. Could I do it? Could I get to that finish in less than 2 minutes? yes, lets do this...give it all you've got and leave nothing out here! As I ran through the crowds I started passing people and I would put my arms out in a call for a little more support and noise. No talking at this point...I couldn't. But, I needed some cheering to get me there, and they responded well! When I got to that final chute I put my hands up in victory! I knew I'd done it! I had my BQ and honestly that was all I was thinking about. I'd done my 3:30, my goal I'd trained for - even with the last 6+ miles of pain and limping! I'd given myself enough of a cushion that nothing COULD take it away from me. Yes, I could've ideally finished 3:26ish, but who freakin' cares?!? At this point, I didn't. I finished with my arms and head held high. That task in front of me was nothing compared to what I brought out of me! I'd found that inner strength and punched a hole in the wall with it! :) Booyah! I looked at my watch and saw 3:30:03...crap. three seconds? shoot...I really hope I waited more than 3 seconds to hit stop on my watch. that would really suck to finish JUST over 3:30...crap. This now makes me laugh! I walked to get some water and at the first place I grabbed a handful of ice and threw it down my bra. yeah, I was hot. I'd thrown a lot of water over my head those last miles, but that felt good! I grabbed a bottle of water and dumped it on me and in/on my face. Spit some out and just stood there. Coke?...ahh, I'll take one of those. Well, I guess I must've attracted some attention just standing around throwing water on myself and not walking, but honestly I thought that was the end of where you had to walk and that you had to go onto the grass right there like in past years. So I'd stopped to be able to cool down and get a couple extra water bottles before I had to go onto the grass and walk back if I wanted more water. Well, an official came up to me and asked if I was okay "yup! I'm good" still elated. "Do you need anything? ice?" "I'd love some ice for my knee." "okay, there is some back here, let's walk on over." "you okay?" "yup! never better." "okay, I'll just lean on YOU then." hmmm? I'm fine...aren't I? got the ice and he said "you sure you're okay?" "yeah, I'm good" "well, why don't we walk on over here and they'll get you taken care of and get that ice wrapped on your knee." "okay?" then he lead me into the med tent. If I would've had any strength left I would've run away...I don't like the med tent! I didn't want to be there!! But, I guess I looked like death or was wobbly as I walked or something, because that guy wasn't taking my "I'm great" answers for all the Reese's in the world! So, I got my first trip to the med tent...awesome. It was dumb and they couldn't find anything wrong with me. HR, BP and everything were normal...for crazy people that had just finished running 26.2 (or .36) miles. They poked around my knee, but couldn't find anything horrible there either. See?!? I said I was okay. I sipped my coke and enjoyed my time on the lounger, then headed out to see my peeps and talk to them! Ran across a few of them and then decided I wanted some chocolate milk. So, I headed back into the corral, because I now realized that the ending chute lasted much longer than last time and I'd missed it ALL. They didn't want to let me in "no re-entry" well, I told them they'd drug me into the med tent and hadn't let me get any chocolate milk and I wanted mine! The security guard looked at me with a look of disbelief. THEN I waved my yellow slip that the med tent had given me "MED TENT!" He finally relented and let me back in - heck yeah baby, don't mess with me! As I went to get my chocolate milk I saw Toby and was elated to hear about her sub 4 that I'd been telling her she'd get! Then we saw Karen and I heard about Smooth. crud. I hate bad news :( After getting our bags and me having a full out cramp in the foot of my arch AND my belly (I call it my hernia cramp and get it from time to time - a long vertical line just to the R of my belly button) that sent me to the ground hollering in Utah cuss words (I'm sure everyone thought I was an inspiration to run a marathon at that point) we went over to the results/awards table to see official times! Got to be there for the awards for overall and masters and watch some awesome peeps claim some big checks - size and value! :) Then, the wait began for the division awards. I'd switched just a few weeks ago to Athena. I'll never weigh less than 140 pounds, I think my bones and organs weigh that much! But, I'd noticed the top finishers were around 3:30...well, shoot. That is my goal, could I take home an award? Is it worth claiming 'big girls'? I'd decided it was and so I waited...and waited...and waited. They do a strange thing in Ogden with Athena. They register you in your AG and Athena. If you take a prize in both, you get the prize for both (as the 1st place Athena did- man that girl is amazing, Kelli knows her and so as we waited I got to chat with her...for an hour or so. LOVE her! She is just like me, tall and proud - not 'big' but just big :) ). So, I didn't know if I'd won an Athena prize or not. Britta (the 1st place) had finished in 3:11, so when I heard that I figured there was no hope. When they finally handed out prizes at 1PM they still didn't have Athena results and someone had to go get them. What the heck?!? Anyway, after another 15 minutes of waiting - GREAT news. I'd taken 2nd! I got a trophy :) I'd already gotten everything I'd wanted for the day and that was just the topping to it all! Happy to be a big girl :) The top 10 in my AG sure didn't hurt my feelings either, but the trophy...that was awesome - and worth the wait! I know this is a little novel and if you don't read it - no worries. I think it is all for me anyway. If you do read it, congrats on getting through it all and thanks for coming along on my epic journey with me. This is certainly a day I hope I never forget. Unless it is because I eat too much; you know they say that people with higher caloric intakes are at a higher risk for alzheimers, right? Then, it would be worth it! I am just amazed and grateful for ALL the support I've received from all of you, my peeps! :) My phone got so many text messages it wouldn't receive any more - okay, some of that may be due to the fact I have too many pictures taking up too much memory so I can't store too many texts, but still. I am SO elated this weekend. You work so hard for something and dream about it for so long. I still can't believe I can put that BQ after my name!! The best part is I couldn't have done it without all of you! Keeping me motivated and going, I love this blog. Sometimes I wish I could marry it :) Okay, maybe as a second marriage, I love my husband too much to divorce him. My family has been through so much dealing with me to achieve this! The first thing my husband said is "now can you relax a little?" HA HA HA - no. SGM is coming up and I'm going to fix this knee problem and get my 3:20 I know I should be able to hit. Find your limits...then exceed them. I know I can. If SGM is faster and I don't have the knee problems taking 4 min (which should've been closer to my finish time) shouldn't be a problem or out of my reach? right? oh yeah. Onward and Upward baby...watch me, just watch me :)
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| | For all y'all who actually read ALL of my report - you deserve a medal! :) Spin class - I asked the teacher to be nice, but he wasn't. luckily, I can adjust my bike to whatever level I want :) Saved by a poopy diaper with 5 min left of class. Masters swim - new teacher, good workout. love doing the no impact cross training. my legs feel almost functional...until I go downstairs :) 1300 yds with a finishing fast 200 @ 3:35, not fab, but hey the way I feel today I'm not going to complain! My endurance is gone :) What's grosser than gross? digging in your swim bag to pull out your suit to hang it up to dry and you grab the wettest thing in there and it is your shirt from spin class...nice :)
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| | I ALMOST feel normal today. Not a ton of soreness, more like after a long hard week of training. So, I feel like this is good recovery. I still will hold off on the running for a couple more days, but I have to admit it is killing me! I'm so grateful for my running peeps :) A funny conversation led to one of the best 'runs' I've done in a long time this morning. The regular Tuesday crowd: Chad, Paul, George, Christine - met at the lake and we walked the 3 miles around the lake (I wore my flip flops to discourage any attempt to run) and then all partook of the delectable dunford donuts and chocolate milk. Chad earned two for being less than 120 pounds :) It was great to get a good shake out walk and rehash the race in all it's glory! Poor George, I don't know if he is now scared to death to do a marathon or really wants to - it could've gone either way. We all told him that he definitely could do SoJo this fall! Went to the gym and did spin class - maybe I wasn't trying as hard as normal, but Allison didn't kill me like she normally does. Controlling my own resistance is awesome :) 1500 yds at masters swim with 1000 of that pulling. It was nice to float the legs and still get a good workout! I learned how to stroke correctly with my arms...wow, a couple inches makes a HUGE difference. Proper form is good in all sports :) Anyone have fun plans for this weekend? (yes, runs or rides)
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| | I'm feeling SO good. Almost like I have fresh legs - it is KILLING me not to run, but then I sleep in and all is well :) Spin class again, good effort, but boring class. 1 mile on the track - don't be mad, I just had to try :) I kept it nice and easy. No time, just had a good little run. 30 min on the elliptical @ L8 - watched the NCAA indoor track and field finals. Wow, the only race I watched was mens and womens 3K. The men's time was 7:48 and the Women's 9:15 - holy smokin' smokes! wow! It was neat to watch them and yell at them to dig and not give up :) hope everyone around me was wearing headphones. finished with what is going to become a MUST DO after every run. no questions asked. I struggle with these and I think a lot of my dumb injuries come from not doing these few, simple exercises. side to side band steps; lunges; big toe/little toe heel raises; one legged squats (off a stair - one leg straight going down and focusing on knee stability). I just did one set and it only takes like 3-5 minutes. This MUST become apart of my everyday routine to strengthen the weak stability parts of my legs or I think I'll end up with crap like I did in Ogden again and I don't want that! Find a way and make it work. ******* So, this has nothing to do with running, but I just had to share since y'all are my peeps that support and keep my spirits high. My dad passed away 5+ years ago, Just over 4 years ago my mom remarried a great guy. He wasn't my dad by any means, but he was a really nice and generous guy. Always thinking of others and never complaining about a thing - even when he was in terrible pain he'd say: "if I felt any better I'd have to dance naked in the streets!" Yesterday afternoon he passed away from a 10+ year battle with blood cancer. It is hard for me. I feel a little removed from the situation, but then now worry about my mom again being alone. I worry about how things with his 3 children that were SO close to him are going to pan out with my mom still wanting to live in their father's home (her name is on the title, just well, you know...). I worry about my kiddos. My oldest daughter remembers losing grandpa and now she loses Don, and my 2 older boys (baby doesn't realize much, he's only 23 mo) have really only known him as grandpa so they're losing someone special and important to them. Just a lot of heartache, frustration, worry and helplessness right now. So, don't get mad at me if I run :) it is my therapy after all! :)
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Urban Trail Loop - didn't know how well/if the legs would fare on the run, but was willing to wake up at 4:15 for some company and a little shake out run. Had a great time chatting with Chad, George and Christine. We just went easy the whole time and it felt GREAT! Christine took off at 4 miles to cut it short, so I had to then keep up with the boys, but since all the hills were over it wasn't too bad. Stopped at the Rec Center to do my strengthening stuff as I've prescribed for myself daily. I could then also use their stretching machines. Enjoyed a few minutes there as well. AP: 9:08 splits: 10:00 (ha! no wonder I was feeling good), 9:35, 9:11, 8:58, 9:10, 8:40, 8:52, 8:41 - nice little unintended almost progressive run.
Anyone have a good Memorial Day run planned? I'd like to do a nice group run (no races...too poor and too tired from Ogden) if anyone is up for it.
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| | Met some of the Tri group up at Corner Canyon for a trail run. Awesome stuff! I need to find a way to weasel into the boys club and make them slow down for me, because I'm really liking trail running!! I had no idea where we were going, so I ran in the back letting others lead. We went from the equestrian parking lot to Ghost Falls, then up to Jacob's Ladder. When the garmin hit 3.0 miles we turned and headed back down. I know the Garmin was probably off, but whatever - it was the only tool I had with me. 1400ft of gain and kept the uphills around a 12mm. Not too shabby for my first real trail run! The downhill, well that is always fun :) I think I'm going to go to the rec center and read/bike then do my exercises and top it all off with a good lawn mowing. Hoping to find time for a nap.
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| | What a lovely morning! I was grateful the rain stayed away and that I got a good run in with QP :) I had to take her on my new favorite Urban Trail Loop. Due to family obligations for my husband and soccer games we still had to get up early, but it was worth it! I thought I might need my gloves or a long sleeve shirt, but when we got there it was actually perfect temps. Absolutely no complaints about the run, and the beautiful scenery that I actually got to SEE (it wasn't dark) was really nice! AP: 9:53
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| | Had a lot of stress to get out this morning. 21.5 miles on Queen of the Hill ride from Infinite Cycle in Riverton up and over Camp Williams to Saratoga Springs and back. 16.2 mph average. Got home as quickly as possible and changed into running shoes and headed out for 12 with QP. Ran down the trails to Kelli's house, picked her up and let her take us on the Mtn View Corridor that will open next Saturday. I've been wanting to run it forever! So, this was my final chance before it opened. They will have a bike path, but it won't be quite the same :) LOTS of hills. A giant one to start, then rollers for the next 3 miles. We took the 'easy' way back. I was easier, but man alive for going downhill it didn't seem like it. Good SGM practice! Then we finished at Monarch Meadows Park with 12, walked to Kelli's house and she gave us a ride home. Thanks for the awesome run ladies! Dream come true for me! AP: 9:42
Well, that got the stress out and I was a much more pleasant person to be around for the birthday dinner, viewing and ice cream afterward :) ice cream makes everything better...especially Leatherbys! Tomorrow...funeral. Let's just say there aren't enough miles....
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Met Chad and George early for our typical 10 mile loop. I started out with the disclaimer that I hadn't been running fast lately and I liked it. Well, I guess Chad decided he needed to change that :) I didn't notice the pace until we turned on 12600S (and my garmin was dumb for the first 1.5 miles and so I only have after that), made it up the hill and we were hauling. I wasn't ready or asking for a MP tempo this morning (especially after yesterdays ride and hills), but I stuck with it. I had a moment of mental weakness, ready to just drop behind - I can't run this fast. Then I thought "you idiot, you can run FASTER than this, and it is only 10 miles and the hard part is over!" So, I just buttoned myself to Chad's shoulder and kept up with him and decided to NOT think about how fast I was running, but to just enjoy being out. Seemed to work well. The downhill 1.5 miles later didn't hurt either. After a mile or so of silence on the run I told Chad that since he was the only one not breathing hard and he was the one forcing us to run so fast he had to do the entertaining and tell us stories. I was glad. I got to know Chad a little better - he had a fun weekend :) I guess if I shut up and listen to others talk once in a while I might learn about THEM! I did stop for a drink at the lake with just like 1.5 left, but it helped that last little bit finish strong. I felt great when I was done and happy that I hadn't wimped out mentally or physically. Funeral activities and birthday dinner for my husband the rest of the day. I really hate funerals, they are just SO emotionally exhausting...I need a nap! AP: 7:55 splits: 12:18 (first 1.5), 7:44, 7:57, 8:26, 8:17, 8:13, 7:56, 7:58, 7:29, 7:20 (last .50)
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| | Slept in...I needed it! Spin class, good hard sweaty workout. Did a lot of HIITS...I hate to admit it, but I like them :) Decided 1/2 way through spin class I wanted to do a brick before swim. A quick transition and then 2 miles on the track at a good pace. So, I stopped, changed shoes, wiped down the bike, grabbed my stuff and hit the track as fast as I could. Timer was 3:00 on the dot. Started the run. The run actually wasn't too bad. I could feel some fatigue in my legs but it wasn't terrible. First mile: 7:34, meh...I can do better, it is only 2 miles then you get to swim. So, I pushed a little harder on the next one and I finished in 14:34 for both miles, second one was a 7:00 on the dot. Nice. As I was walking my cool down lap, to then go swim I heard my name called...crap, nursery. Adam's been so good lately I thought it was just a poopy diaper. Nope. No swimming for me, and another write up for Adam. I copied the masters workout on my phone with full intentions to come back during nap time. Well, about 1:00 I abandoned that idea. My kids have been through a lot with family in town, funeral craziness and dad and I going out a lot with family and friends and for his birthday. My home is a disaster and who do I think I am? I can't just be satisfied with a 1:15 workout? I HAVE to do that extra swim? Why can't I just put my kids and family first and clean up the house and get the stuff done I need to here? I don't need to abandon them for a swim, it doesn't really make sense. Just stay home, love them, play with them, mop the 2in deep scuzy floor and stop trying to be athlete of the year with 5000 workouts a day. Just be a mom and be here, they won't always be around. So, guilt trip mommy is staying home and burning probably as many calories mopping the watermelon my kids spilled ALL over the floor last night while dad and I were out than I probably would be if I went swimming. Happy Wednesday!
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Urban Trail Loop. Someone ate too much spinach yesterday, because the run was a lot faster than normal, but I won't complain :) It started out same as usual, but then I started whining to Paul about how the hill was not my friend and well, internal dialogue kicked in and I had to kick some trash on the hill. Then, the last mile I was just ready to have it over with...I guess :) AP: 8:24 splits: 9:22, 8:56, 8:10, 8:12, 8:34 (going up and around a fence, I stop and walk the steep downhill, but never stop the watch), 8:05, 8:15, 7:35. Then I went to the rec center and got my swim in from yesterday, but there is a masters class AT 6:30...perfection. So, I did their workout. 1500yds in the 40 min I was there (including instruction time, talking time, rest time etc). Went back for spin class at 9 - then Fartlek only has to be in the nursery for an hour and he usually behaves that long, and he did! Glowing reports today. Spin class was one of the toughest I've done. I'd heard Kelli talk about it before and wanted to try it - I'm glad I did!! Increasing intervals by 30 seconds alternating sitting and standing AND increasing resistance. You start with 30/30 (sit/stand), then 60/60, 90/90...you get it. Amazing. Sweating all over tarnation! I'd decided to do a mini-brick again. So, I'd set up my stuff and shoes to be ready for transition. I got to the track ready to run in 1:55! Did just one mile, but hard effort - ended up 6:53...nice. Even on deader than doorknobs legs. I like it :) I'm going to try to do these more often, even just one mile to get the legs used to transition. finished up with my runner's exercises. Forgot about them this week.
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| Cookie Monsters - Take 2 Miles: 8.00 | Awesome Elixers Miles: 1.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy day :) Ran up Corner Canyon with some Tri peeps again today. I really like making this a Friday tradition. It is a great run, and I felt a lot stronger today too! Met at the equestrian center and then went up to Ghost Falls, but then went South to the other side of the gully. I liked this trail better. It felt more flat...until I ran down it! Maybe my legs are getting used to hills after all. Great run down, felt more like I could open things up and really run! Until I miss-stepped and got my first battle scars on the trail. Now I feel like a true trail runner...a little hard core :) The water bottle in my R hand saved my hand from getting torn up and my arm from breaking...so I'll take it along next time too. AP: 9:46 splits: 10:59, 11:31, 11:08 (turn around 1300 ft of gain), 8:20, 9:06 (fall, didn't stop the watch), 7:33 (more like it!). Now for my regular outdoor morning of lawn mowing and yard work. Race the garbage man!! :)
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| Cookie Monsters - Take 2 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Holy Crappy Crap Run... yeah, one of those. I think I just over did it yesterday, was dehydrated, and didn't get any sleep. I worked from sun up to sun down yesterday and probably got 20 minutes off my feet. Most of it outside, it was a beautiful day, but the sun can drain you! Add to that a touch of soreness from the Canyon run yesterday...yeah, it wasn't pretty. I'd decided to run from my house up to where the closed part of Mtn View Corridor starts (avoid the BIG hill) and then work on those rollers out and back, then come home. I thought it would only be 12 miles, but at the turn around I was at 7. Figured I'd get out of the last mile or so and have to have hubby pick me up on the way to soccer, I was good with that :) To be honest when I started out I felt slow and sluggish, but figured it would fade. I did have my hand held water bottle which saved me! I passed some people cleaning up a yard where someone had run over 2 trees and a light pole...that road is infamous for those kind of things happening. A wide and major road through the neighborhoods, but only 25mph...people rarely go that slow. I didn't stop to ask, because I didn't realize exactly what had happened until I passed the car on the tow truck and ran over the sand soaking up the gasoline. It was crazy! The light pole was obliterated...AND 2 big-ish trees. Wow...anyway, I digress. When I got to the corridor I saw 2 ladies with dogs in front of me. When I passed them I said "good morning ladies" one of them nearly died of a heart attack! I guess I've got soft foot falls :) The miles home were sluggish and slow and I kept waiting for the downhill to come. I'd get little bursts of it, but the grade really never seemed to relent...I was tired, but as I kept looking at my garmin, I kept doing the math and realizing I had MORE than enough time to get home...no free ride today. I need a good pick up song on the ipod...nothin'. With just 1.5 left I had 10 min to still get home before my 2 hours that I'd budgeted for 12 miles, crap. I was easily going to make it...even at a 9mm pace. So, I begrudgingly finished the run, I felt like crap and I still do. I'm glad tomorrow is a rest day. AP: 8:49 splits: 8:51, 9:03, 9:10, 7:50, 8:19, 8:46, 8:41, 8:39, 8:38, 9:19, 9:38, 8:33, 8:47, 9:04 After I got home I looked at the elevation profile and realized that I reach the high point in this run just 3 miles into the run. Those rollers on the corridor that I was positive were rolling up....nope. DOWNHILL rollers on the way out (South). This totally blows my mind! No wonder I felt sluggish on the way home, what I thought was downhill is the uphill part. How the crap does that work? Man, rollers really screw with your mind! So, I've decided to make this a regular run. PERIOD. I will conquer these rollers, because they remind me of SGM. It is downhill, but every time you go down all you see is another UP. Mark my words...I will beat this road...oh yes, I will! If anyone ever wants to join me on this run it really is a good SGM trainer :)
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 14.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS! (yes, it is long...but it will make you feel better about your day when you finish!)
So, I learned it takes a lot longer to get out of the house for a ride than a run...should be self-explanatory, but when I'm setting my alarm clock I always think I'm super woman and can get ready a lot faster than I EVER do! I was going as fast as possible to get to the Queen of the Hill ride this morning, because as per above...I was late. They give you 10 min to get ready before roll-out time though, so that helped. Pumped up my tires (kind of ... more later), and I was off! I had talked to Danielle about how to get my speed better and I was working on it and feeling strong, but I kept feeling each rock I was rolling over more and more...crap, yup. First time for everything - lets just say I learned a LOT about changing a flat tire, the right kind of tubes to buy, how to PROPERLY use my CO2 gun for the tire, how to put a back wheel back on the bike and chain AND that when you fill up your tires it is always a good idea to CLOSE the valve that you have to open to pump them up, if you don't...you get a flat! The sweet, wonderful, amazing and nice women that rode with me stopped and got a quick lesson on how to change a tire too. I was grateful that Kristie (Ironwoman!) was there to show me the ropes. I'm also glad running shoes don't get flats! But, then I felt like a pile of poo. Because yesterday I was asking if we could really get back in time, because I needed to be on my way home by 7:30 so hubby could go to work. Everyone was saying "you don't have to wait, just go ahead and you'll be fine...but it is a no drop, so we will all regroup." So, I was already feeling like a bum that I wouldn't be able to wait and regroup with everyone...but what happens?!? I get the flat and 6-8 people stopped and helped and waited for me and in turn sacrificed THEIR ride and miles so I could be helped...when I was the one that was going to ditch them last night. What a piece of poo I am and what wonderful women they are! SO giving and self-less, not me...I'm all about sticking to MY time schedule. After the tire change got to the top of Camp Williams and enjoyed the ride down...I thought we'd still do the full ride, but when I got to 2100N I couldn't see anyone. They'd turned a lot earlier. Crap, now I was alone...with no tubes or cartridges left. So, I turned and finally caught them at the Maverick in Riverton. As we were crossing the street, I realized I'd forgotten to change gears and was in downhill beast gear...which is really hard to pedal from a stop, but I was powering through it, unclipped. Then..whamo! My foot slipped off the pedal and my crotch slammed into the seat (yes boys, it hurts us too!). Man, oh man...are we done yet? I should've stayed in bed. Got back to the shop (where we start) at 7:25, perfect. But, with only 18.5 miles. Oh well...it is about the experience, right? Got off my bike and walked it the 5 feet to the car, then...whamo! the pedal scrapes across my leg...right over my battle wounds from Friday's trail run fall. REALLY?!? Man, oh man...I really should've stayed in bed. I thanked Kristie for her help (and now owe her at least one good tube) and set off for home. Ride. over. thank. you. I got home feeling like crap! My emotions were on a high low (figure that one out!) and all I wanted to do was eat a dozen dunford donuts on the couch and watch tv. I did NOT want to go to the gym, face the ladies that hate me and baby in the gym, get on a TM for an hour and try to feel good. nope. no. way! But, I let routine take over and got in the car and just went. My 5 yr old started crying "I don't want to go to the gym!" I replied "I don't either! But, sometimes we just have to suck it up and do what we need to do. So, we're going to the gym." Positive reinforcement :) I decided to break up the run - 3 miles on the TM, 1 track, 3 TM, 1 track. Give me a bit of a break from the monotony of the hamster run. 3 miles @ 1% TT: 23:45 AP: 7:54 splits: 8:34, 7:41, 7:41 (except sped up to 7:03 last 1/4 mile) 2 on track - no idea on pace, but I'd guess around an 8:00, because the 8:20 on the TM when I got back on felt slower. So, somewhere in there. I decided to do 2, because I was enjoying it and I didn't want to have to END my run on the track. 3 TM miles @1% TT: 23:25 AP: 7:48 splits: 8:20, 7:41, 7:41, except the last .35 I went progressive to 7:03 then 6:30 the last .10 Chatted with Wendy as I cooled down a .10 on a walk, then did my exercises (2 sets) and grabbed my kids before the nursery sent them to the orphanage for abandonment, because I was over my hour :) I felt SO much better when I was done. I felt functional and happy and baby didn't even get reprimanded ONCE in the nursery! They said he even was having a conflict with another child and he came and got a teacher to help! WOW, he's learning! Running is my favorite. Biking and swimming are fun x-trainers and a break from the run, but running makes me happy and is my primary religion :) I don't get those endorphins anywhere else...and I don't get flats and have to remember to pack 500 things for a run! I JUST RUN! blah. well, that all said...I signed up for the Utah half tri (half ironman distance, but not an 'ironman' race) in August. I guess it is a good thing I now know how to change a tire...and how to pump one up and not be an idiot!!! There will be more rides in my future, until then anyway :)
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 8.00 | BIKE MILES Miles: 18.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Regular ol' loop with the Regular ol' crowd...but I love it. Carolyn (George's neighbor) came today as well. I ran most of the run with her and had fun talking about Jr High, HS and college. We went the same places! Small world, but I'm old so she only knows my little bro-in-law.
Last week, we did this loop at a sub 8mm pace, I FELT like I was giving the same energy today, but moving at a 10mm pace. I guess I should've eaten yesterday. I was busy and forgot until 7:30 when we had dinner...oops. So, lack of fuel and hydration I think played the greatest part of me feeling like crap today. Oh well, I got it done. I'd forgotten to switch the garmin from bike mode after yesterday's comedy of errors. So, my garmin showed me in mph...nice. A 7.0 mph bike ride is pretty slow :) Oh, well. No splits - bike mode only has one total lap. BUT, it shows my AP at 8:36. Not too shabby for a craptastic run! I bought trees and flowers yesterday that I need to plant before it gets hot this morning, so now I'm done...except for the yard work.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Slept in...oh, how beautiful 9 hours of sleep is!!! Spin class, good stuff...not a really rough class, but still good. 3 min transition 1 mile on the TM 8:34 @ 1% 2 miles on the track (11 laps/mile) - on/off for the full 2 miles. Fast miles were 30 seconds (some closer to 27, some closer to 32...so I'm going to say 30) and the slow 45-50. This was a great speed workout. I stole it from Kelli yesterday. I've always thought about doing this, but just went for the simplicity of the TM...well, Kelli gave me the courage to do it today and I was grateful for the break from the TM. 1 mile cool-down on the TM 8:27 @ 1% exercises for running (3 sets) with 30:30:30 planks on the ball at the end of each set. I would've done more, but was running out of daycare time. Finally got everything planted in the yard and can now take care of the tornado that has hit the inside the last couple days of outdoor work. Heavens, I don't know how y'all can keep this up!
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 151.00 |
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| | Urban Trail loop with Chad, Paul and Ronnie aka Todd Newton. besides not getting the message that we weren't meeting until 5:30 (I got there at 5:00 and slept in the car for 20 min), it was just a wonderful usual loop. AP: 8:44 Lagoon...ALL day. Left home at 9AM, returned 11:30PM.
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| | Got home late from Lagoon (11:30) then had an early morning appointment (7AM) and work from 9-3. So with packet pick up and a date with hubby...there was no time for anything but life today. |
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Utah Valley Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:52:31 | |
What a race! I didn't like the 2:45 AM wake up call, but the riding
there with bye-wing (her 1st half!!) and then meeting some friends at
the buses was a great time! Took the long ride up to the start and made
our way to the pops. They quickly announced the bag truck was leaving in
15min. What the heck? The race didn't start for like 30-45 min! Oh
well, time to get our cold on! After quickly getting bags on the trucks
we lined up at the back and the gun went off. We were about 5 min behind
start time...wonderful placement! Not much weaving. Just before
we started and after the crowd had cleared, a space blanket came
floating by and Danielle grabbed it. I jumped in the warmth with her and
then she was going to throw it away...oh no, not this one :) I decided I
needed a cape. So, I tucked the extra long (seriously like 7+ feet
long) cape in the shoulders of my tank. Plan was to drop it at the first
aid station, but then I got attached and decided to keep it! 
I
ran with Robyn and Danielle for the first few miles and then Robyn
dropped behind with a friend. I had told my friend Julie that I would
pace her, but couldn't find her at the beginning, so I tried to just run
with Danielle and keep her pushing. I was having a great time despite
that fact that no one was talking to me. THIS is the big downfall of
ipods if you ask me, but then again I'm a BIG talker...anyone that knows me knows that! :)
Saw Lowell around mile 3, he offered to carry my
cape...nope, I still liked it! :) Mile 6 station they were handing out
gu, but the water girls were WAY behind. I stopped and filled about
10-15 glasses to help out and told Danielle to go ahead and I'd catch
up, but she stayed and helped for a while, then I caught up after grabbing one for myself. Then around mile 8 I spotted Smooth on the side with her
boot cheering everyone on!! It warmed my heart like no other!! I gave
her a big sweaty hug, posed for some pics and had to sprint to catch up
with Danielle...again. 
Shortly
after that Julie's sister ran up next to me and after a few good looks
at my face asked if I was Rachel. YES! She told me Julie wasn't too far
ahead and what she was wearing. I was off. Since I had my cape on I ran
up next to her and said "did someone order a superhero?!?" Julie is a
sweet woman! I just love her to pieces and think the world of her. She
has a 7 week old baby and just moved into a new house. Her little Ty is
adopted and they didn't know until 2 days before he was born that they
were getting him! She hadn't trained over 6 miles and has been working
like crazy and not sleeping for the last 7 weeks, but she was doing
great. You can read her blog HERE
- that is how I got to know her, I was her blog stalker for about a
year before I ever commented. I'm glad we are friends now! If you want a
real tear jerker read Ty's adoption story posted! Anyway,
Danielle and Julie's sister caught back up to us and slowly pulled
ahead. I helped/entertained/talked Julie's ear off the rest of the way and
she finished in a 1:56!! Which for the amount of training and crazy last
7 weeks?!? amazing! I told her on the last stretch as she felt like she
was fading "I may look like a super hero, but you are the REAL
superhero!" I finished in 1:52:31, feeling GREAT. Well, except for the
stomach that had been bugging me the whole time. Rumbly and
sour...blech. But, whatever, I was having the time of my life! I waited a
few min for Julie's family to show up and took some pics with her, then
went back to run bye-wing in for a strong finish. 
Just
as a side note, I have to say how much I loved the little kids
(especially girls) that would look and point at me, then get their mom's
attention to show her super girl! :) Made my day!!! Then, as I was
running back to get bye-wing if I saw someone struggling I'd say "you
need some super power to get through this!" and offer them knuckles.
They'd always just look at me with a smile and give me some knuckles. I
loved it! Helping people get that last kick to the finish is always
rewarding! Bye-wing finished strong and under her estimated goal
time! I will let her tell her story on her blog. I was SO proud of her
and what an awesome job she'd done on her first half!! Now, she has
another one in 2 weeks :) gotta love it baby! After going and
watching the marathon finishers for about another hour (I LOVE watching
and cheering at a marathon finish, I seriously LOVE it! CONGRATS to you
all!!), we grabbed our bags and headed back to the car. They'd had the
halfers park at the Provo Towne Center and they had buses back, but we
decided to walk the 1.5 miles back. I hope it helped bye-wing work out
some of what will be some lingering soreness. Pain we enjoy! Great
Race. Great Day. LOVED my cape (despite that it was probably a pure
annoyance for anyone around me...it was long and it was windy. I did
really try to be conscious of it and pull it in when I was in a crowd,
but then it would turn into a sail...good resistance training!). Loved
running with family and friends and seeing them all! I didn't get the
miles in this week that I'd hoped for, but sometimes there are more
important things than miles :)
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| | Hubby is out of town, a little good and a little bad. It is nice not having to rush home so he can get off to work and kids are off school, so I don't have to worry about them; however, I worry about my kids being home alone while I'm away biking and running. If something happened to me they'd be orphans! I worry a lot. QoH (queen of the Hill) bike ride early this morning. I forget the "feels 10 degrees cooler on the bike" rule sometimes. I was cold. But, I got through it! Wasn't too bad once the sun came up. Did this one faster than I have in times past which feels good. I was at 16.8 mph. I really wanted to break 17, but we took a different way home and I couldn't power down the hill like I normally do, and I forgot to stop my watch a couple times on re-groups. Oh well, gives me something to shoot for next time! 21.3 miles up and over Camp Williams. Came home and my feet were still numb and cold! Changed into running shoes and took off for an 8 mile loop. I'd decided to do the Pumpkin run route from my house, which is basically the trails in Herriman, HOMM ran them as well. (as a side note, someday I want to run the HOMM course - mile 16 is at my house, so I want to follow the signs weaving through all the trails to figure it out!) My feet were finally 95% back to normal when I stopped at the turn around for a drink...mile 4! It was cold.
Nice decent downhill to start (with a few rollers thrown in for good measure) and then a good uphill push home, and I added the cove loop on as well to push past 8 and ended up at 8.5 exactly with a nice downhill finish, excellent. AP: 8:05 splits: 8:31, 7:40, 8:01, 7:43, 8:13, 8:41, 8:20, 7:33, 7:57 (last .5) I'm quite impressed with myself that 8:40 was my slowest mile, I really thought I'd be more in the 9's! I might take the kids swimming this afternoon and do a few laps myself...we shall see.
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 8.50 | BIKE MILES Miles: 21.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | 10 mile daybreak loop with the Herriman Highlands Group (yes, I've taken it upon myself to name the group. No one knows it yet, but me). Chad, Paul, George, Ronnie "Todd Newton" and myself. I was SO tired after 15 minutes of getting ready I still couldn't open my eyes all the way in the light, I almost fell asleep putting my shoes on as I sat on the floor and barely made it the 10 min. drive to the meeting point. I really need to get to bed earlier. I could have stopped and fallen asleep on the side of the road at any point during this run and really wanted to run with my eyes CLOSED! :) I don't think I've ever really caught up from Saturday's 2:30 wake up call. Anyway, it was a bad run and I couldn't keep up with the group. Someone was always willing to hang back with me though, awesome groupies! Then the last 4-5 miles my stomach was cramping up on me. Blech. I just wanted it over with SO bad. Finished up not loving the run this morning and dreaming of going home to sleep. Plan was to go do lap swimming this morning afterward until I had to pick up my work at 9:00, but I was just too tired. So, swim got knocked off the schedule today and I didn't get it in yesterday either. Maybe tonight...ha, famous last words. AP: 8:25 splits: 8:35, 8:23, 8:15, 8:25, 8:53 (the hill mile, surprised it isn't a 10!), 8:45, 8:16, 8:15, 8:15, 8:09 - a little progressive finish. Nice. I think what I need to realize is that somehow I've gotten faster these past few months. Since my recovery from my fracture things have just gone really well...and no aches/pains/injures to speak of (knock on wood)! I think this is a good sign and I hope I can keep getting crappy runs to clock in under 8:30! :)
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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I kept waking up in a panic last night. I guess I was nervous about getting up in time for the ride at 5:30. The last time I woke it was 4:30, I had 10 more min to sleep...relax and wait for the beep. Well, I woke up at 5:29 - crap! I guess my body just needed the sleep. My friend called me at 10:40 last night as I was crawling into bed (see, I TRIED to get to bed early), just having a rough day - daughter's wedding and her father will probably pass today. She had a lot to talk about. The only good thing is that I knew the ladies were riding up Rose Canyon, so I got ready and left from my house and just rode up and down 6400W until they came by. Kind of nice not to have to drive anywhere :) Climbed Yellow Fork and I was the one in the back - okay, so the other ladies are crazy riders and really good, but still. The nice thing is they would wait for me, but I wouldn't need to stop so I didn't make their stops long. I truly believe the bike is the great equalizer. Old can compete with young and 'big' people have more weight to drag uphill, but on the downhill...we FLY! :) it all evens out in the end. I ended up doing the Rose Canyon Climb, the climb up and over Kennecott, and then from the Rec center a gradual, but constant climb home. My mph were only 14.7, but we did just mosey on a few of the flats. Either way, it was fun stuff and I got 24 miles in without even having to drive anywhere and I slept in an extra hour! The plan was to head right out for a 5-6 mile run, but my friend again called. Dad was rushed into emergency surgery. Anyway, after another listening session I finally got out (about an hour later) for my run. During my time in the house my garmin said it had lost satellites, but I know it just automatically reconnects so I didn't think about it. If it shows you how much I look at my garmin, I didn't look to see where I was at until past mile 3. It never re-connected to satellites! I had no distance or speed...just time. crap. Well, I figured I would just run until about 54 min and hope I hit 6 miles. I had to keep winding through the neighborhood to get to 54 minutes. I finally stopped at 53:30 right at home and called it good. Pulled up map my run...I was at 6.83 miles. Whaaa?!? I don't believe it. This is a hard uphill run and there is no way I did it at 7:50 AP. Nope, don't believe it. Well, since I was so close to 7, I checked to see where map my run would hit 7 and I grabbed Lucy and ran the last .17 down the street, then walked home. Did that in 45 seconds which brings my TT: 54:15 and my AP: 7:45. Again...I don't believe it. I know yesterday I talked about how much faster I feel like I've gotten and how even hard runs seem to be faster, but I just really don't believe this. I looked at the point where I read my 26 minutes on my watch and map my run says that is about mile 3.3 and not remembering seconds or knowing exactly where I looked, I'm guessing, but it says that was around an 8mm and I don't run that fast up that hill. I'm telling you! I've NEVER run that fast up that hill (except with Paul and Chad 6ish weeks ago, but we only did 1/2 of the hill). I just don't see it happening. So, I don't know what went wrong, or if I really did just run that fast, but I just don't believe it. On a side note...for some awesome 'super girl' pics from Saturday - look HERE
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 7.00 | BIKE MILES Miles: 24.10 | LUCY MILES Miles: 0.30 |
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| | Urban Trail Loop with the Herriman Highlanders (Chad, George, Paul (no Ringo), Ronnie, Christine and Charles dropped in). Nice chatty run and felt good and easy. I figured I'd probably be up around a 9mm. I really don't know how I'm running so fast (for me) and not feeling it. AP: 8:39 splits: 9:10, 9:02, 8:37, 8:15, 8:51(this is where the trail starts and I never stop my watch as maneuver around fences and such, so it kind of surprises me it was slow...but I don't think it was all running slow), 8:36, 8:29, 8:12. Nice progressive finish. Now I've got baby's 2 year well child check. Man, I can't believe it has been two years since I had him! Time flies. I guess I've still got a week to make it officially two years, but still. I do have an appointment to meet bye-wing at the newly opened reservoir for a swim in my new wet suit at noon!! yipee!! let's hope it fits.
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| | Poo. seriously, a crappy run. crap, crap and crapier. I don't know if I'm not getting enough sleep (probably most likely), I'm getting sick (kids were sick last weekend, so probable) or I just can't run long anymore (my deepest fear). 6 miles up corner canyon - 1400 ft of elevation gain in the 3 miles up. A decent 11ish pace on the way up and I didn't really open it up on the way down, but kept it steady. I forgot to start my watch for the last mile, so I don't have stats completely. I was tired and feeling weak, but had to get my long run in! 5 miles - from the equestrian center parking lot down to the PRT and then down to the park where it starts, around the park and back up. Stopped at mile 4 and thought about just being done. I had to will myself nearly every step. I was going to do another 2 out and back on the part to the point, but I decided I needed fuel. So, I'd finish up at home. Famous last words. Was practically falling asleep in the car. When I got home I thought I'd just crash for 20 min until the kids started bugging me and then take them out on their bikes to finish up the last 4ish. Nope, slept for TWO hours! For the next 3 hours every time I'd stand up I'd get light headed and couldn't really focus. So, I sat in my boys' closet and helped them clean (chuck, donate, keep...chuck, chuck, chuck, donate, keep...repeat). Long run = fail. AP (for the PRT): 8:37 splits: 8:29, 8:19, 8:46, 8:35, 8:54 - I can't believe I was that fast. I seriously felt like I was running through mud. I was SO tired and exhausted!
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| Cookie Monsters - Take 2 Miles: 11.00 |
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16 bike miles from my house to mtn view corridor and then to the end of the unopened section toward Lehi and home. With a little extra loop up to Blackridge and around the Cove on the way home. My friend Steph who is doing Spudman with me is killing the bike! She is going to kick my trash!
Not everyone can be a hero. Someone has to stand on the sidelines and cheer."
-Will Rogers Today, I got to be the cheerleader! Lauren (11) had her second tri and although I could've raced, I decided to make the day hers. I had such a great time standing at the top of the hill behind South County Pool and cheering on runners. I'd yell "no walking! Dig Deep! Finish strong! Put it all out there! You got this! Top of the hill baby!!" as I rang my cow bell. I loved the smiles and the people that would start running again. My favorite comment was "you need to get paid to do this!" No, your extra push I can see you giving and the smile on your face is the only reward I need! I know what it is like to be on the other side, and I hope not a single runner got by me without feeling motivated. I did that for the adult race as I watched bye-wing and her son finish, then again as Lauren and bye-wing's two younger ones raced. I also followed Lauren along, cheering at the swim, T1, bike, T2 and run. My niece took 2nd overall! What a rockstar! My 8 yr old nephew took 1st in his AG and Lauren took 5th in her AG! For not ever really practicing and just getting out and doing it (she swims on the swim team, but doesn't really run and doesn't bike except for fun), she did an awesome job! I am so proud of my little triathlete. I want to be a cheerleader more often now :) Perfect morning. perfect.
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| | After a rough last weekend as far as running goes for me, I'm back and little more rested and hopefully ready to go this week. I'm still debating whether or not to race AF on Saturday. If I'm doing it, I think I should just push it all out and race...but that requires tapering, which I'm not sure I want to do. But, if I don't race I'll just pace 1:45 with Kelli. Poo...I don't know. Met at infinite cycle for Queen of the Hill ride. Because of that lady that died due to crud in the road on Redwood last week everyone is really nervous about doing Camp Williams, so we rode up 12600S to Rose Canyon/Yellow Fork, then at the bottom of the canyon (my house) we did another climb up the Cove. Finally, we got the long nice downhill back to the shop. I really try to pedal hard and not just coast on the downhill. I can't stand being a 'cheater' :) 22.5 total miles - 15.5 mph, not too fast, but 1400ft of climbing will do that to you. Drove home and changed shoes then took my new tri jersey out for a little run. I've gotten used to running in the shorts, but needed to see how the jersey would do on a run. I figured it would be a slogging run like the past few runs, but at least the pace was decent. I was especially surprised when my first mile came in at 8:43 - that uphill first mile is usually closer to a 10! Then, it just got better from there. Besides the super lucky stop at the skate park to pee (a city worker was there and unlocked the bathrooms for me!), I had a rather uneventful run. AP: 8:01 splits: 8:43, 7:46, 7:41, 7:49, 8:10, 8:31, 7:23 - I'm kind of proud of the pace on this run especially because I didn't feel like I was pushing it, just out for a normal ol' run. with nearly 600ft of climbing it was no easy run either. The first mile was definitely the biggest with 167ft of climb. Helps me feel like I'm going to be okay at Spudman.
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 7.00 | BIKE MILES Miles: 22.50 |
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| | The regular 10 mile loop with just George and Ronnie "Todd Newton". We had a great run and a great chat as well. At one point I was in the middle flanked by these 2 guys. I told them I felt like a rockstar out on a run with her 2 bodyguards :) Good times. I was surprised when the pace came in. I hadn't looked at my watch the entire time, just felt comfortably hard. I'm really liking my new AP :) AP: 8:12 splits: 8:24, 7:58 (up and over temple hill), 7:57, 8:22, 8:33, 8:23 (Mavrick Hill and gentle uphill these last 3), 8:06, 8:03 (downhill fun, but the 8:03 we had to run 1/2 mileish on a dirt road and I think it slowed us a bit), 8:18 (flattens a bit), 7:57 (last push to the finish - I let George and Ronnie race it out). The garmin has my last 36 feet at 6:14...nice finish. Came home and slept for another 2.5 hours. I was tired :) I think I need to taper and sleep this week for AF...maybe.
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| | Sleep, sleep glorious sleep! I finally don't feel like I'm going to fall asleep all day. Amazing what 9.5 hours will do for you :) I was going to get up early and go bike with a group, but they decided to go at 9 when I have kids awake and no hubby. I thought I could do the spin class at 5:30 then run on the TM afterward, but when the alarm went off and I got up I decided sleep was more important. Crawled back into bed and figured I'd find a way to get to the gym in the morning...late morning. Got a sitter to come over at 11:00 I went and did the spin bike for 60 min. Good solid push and pace, not as great as outdoor, but hey...better than nothin'! Don't you love it when you can just feel the sweat? 8-12 beads running from your hair line down your face and neck? oh yeah...love the sweat! :) Went to the TM for a few miles to top it all off. 5.0 miles @ 1% incline - TT: 39:33 AP: 7:55 splits: 8:00, 7:53, 7:47, 7:53, 8:00 stretch and home.
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| | Urban Trail Loop with the South Valley Newtons - a force not to be reckoned with. Yes, there has been a slight name change...but I believe it to be for the better :) I thought this would be a nice easy run for the final miles before AF Canyon. HA! I swear I didn't know we were running that fast. Oh well. Big group, lots of fun and a couple water stops along the way. Daybreak is doing construction by our fence where we hop...they better not take it away :( the big tree and fence you have to duck through are gone. Brownies and chocolate milk afterward - an awesome perk to go along with an awesome group! Chad, George, Kimberly, Christine, Paul (in spirit today), Charles and James. Come one, come all - best loop in town!!! AP: 8:04 splits: 8:49, 8:44, 7:56, 7:49, 8:18, 7:40, 7:52, 7:24 Open water swim at Blackridge this afternoon.
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| Cookie, Cookie Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Just an easy little jaunt on the bike this morning with a friend that is trying to get used to biking and get some more miles under her belt before conquering busy roads. Nothing more now until tomorrow...then, lets hope I can FLY - without my cape this time :)
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American Fork Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:30:41, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 1 | |
HO-LY-COW! I seriously, truly, honestly didn't think I had this in me. I'm going to blame it on Chad, yup...going to blame it on him :) Had a great day yesterday celebrating baby Fartlek's birthday (Adam, no I didn't really name him Fartlek :) ), and I guess Five Guys, movie popcorn and treats and cake and icecream are good race fuel! Or, maybe I could've run faster eating better :) Getting up at 3:20AM is never easy, but the ride down with Kelli then the bus up with her and bye-wing was beautiful and I had no complaints. It was finally cold up at Tibble Fork! When I got off the bus, my sister drug me to the wrong side of the parking lot...I didn't know why, but whatever. Then she pointed up - they had a big movie screen type inflatable up and it was printed with pictures that had been submitted as to who we run for (this was a cancer survivor/fight race). They had used a picture my sister submitted of her and my dad with some wonderful words under it. It made me cry! What a perfect way to start out a race, thinking about my dad and how stinkin' proud he would be of me for doing what I'm doing and how he is with me at every race and on every run and always there when I need him. Being in Heaven does have its advantages :) I wore orange ribbons on my bib and in my hair for Lymphoma fighters too. After cowering in the back of the starting line up with Kelli, I put my big girl panties on and joined Chad at the 1:30 pacing spot. I don't like being able to see the line on the ground...I like to start in the back. BUT, I knew that if I could just hold onto Chad's pace for a few miles (I'm used to clipping onto his shoulder and letting him drag me at a fast pace on runs!), that I could at least beat a 1:35 when I started to fade. The gun went off, and yup...this is a downhill course! YIKES! SO downhill. I doubt I'll be walking well tomorrow! I was chasing then passing Peggy and Cheris from the BBK's. I had a moment, a 'remember when' moment. Very vividly I remember watching Peggy from across the track (I was doing the same 800's, but was a half or more of a lap behind!) and thinking how effortless she made running look and how I longed to someday be able to run that fast. Wow, well guess what? Now you are. CRAZY! Mile 1-3: (XXX?, 6:30, 6:31) Watch lost satellite about mile .68, finally got back on track after 2nd mile, but I don't know how to figure out pace. Then, mile 2.5ish? I'd had it. It took effort and mental energy, more than I thought I'd be able to give, to keep up during mile 2. I bargained with myself to just hang in until the 5K split, then fall back. You can do this.... Mile 4-6 (6:25, 6:26, 6:38 - 10K: 41:12) Well, before I got to that 5K mark, the downhill had picked up again and my breathing was under control. Chad was managing pace/time and I just hung on. I asked him to tell me what the 10K split was...yikes! An unofficial 10K PR by almost 2.5 minutes. Hmmm, I'll take it :) I was feeling good and enjoying the ride. Miles 7-10 (6:52, 7:00, 7:07) Hmmm, did the downhill stop? why yes! :) Just past mile 8 after about 1/4+ mile on the golf course flats I told Chad I was dropping back. My breathing was too hard and it was time to plug in and run my race. Cheris passed me in mile 9. I kept looking for the downhill. I was gazing far ahead, trying to see heads dropping down, but no luck. Had to tough out the flats. We finally got a nice downhill for .10 and then we hit mile 10 marker. Just a 5K left. I was at 1:08:XX...did I have a 22 min 5K in me? I honestly didn't think so. Mile 11, 12, 13 (7:36, 7:17, 7:29, 7:00 (last .19 recorded to finish)) 11 had a HUGE hill, not long, but big. I crawled up it licking my knees! ugggh, after downhill uphill is SO hard! I knew I was slowing down, but I refused to look at pace. It was run how I feel time and the best part was people weren't passing me. I was passing others. So, if people who run this time are running slower than I am it has to be a good thing! I could still see Chad ahead on the long stretches, but lost him on the last couple turns into the finish. I was SO elated to see 1:30:XX on the clock as I came through. I'd done it! I was SO excited. Honestly, I was just happy it wasn't 1:30:01...that might have killed me after Ogden :) The only problem I had was a nice silver dollar size blister on the ball of my L foot from about mile 3. I'm glad I didn't stop before the finish, I think I probably would've realized the amount of pain I was in and not get going again! Only gu'd once at mile 6-7ish, and never walked through an aid station. I did get pretty adept at using 2 hands though - water AND gatorade :) At the finish line I finally took my shoes off at the aid tent - a nice silver dollar sized blister I'd been feeling since mile 3. Popped and bleeding, fun times! I've never run fast enough to get blisters before, but I love war wounds.
Kelli and I grabbed our stuff and drove up to Highland for the Wedding Bells 5K. All had finished running, but I think we got to see everyone and say hello! What an awesome thing to do on your wedding morning. Maybe I should get married again :) I also got to hold Carina's cutie pie little guy for a while. I love cuddle time! I was excited to meet Bonnie and Dean and well. We went to brunch after all the visiting was done and I had just a spectacular day!! Just before we left for brunch, I got a text from my sister that I'd taken 1st in my AG!!! I was SO excited! A PR and 1st in my AG in a Utah County race! YIPEE!!! Chad had picked up my award, so after dropping Kelli off I went and picked up my certificate, ribbon and movie passes!! So, since I won movie passes, does that count as a cash (equivalent) prize? :) 
Oh, one last point of info...this is the first race I've ever done where my AP has been in the 6's - 6:56!!! Not even a 5k or 10K in the 6's. Yes, I love downhill :)
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| | Legs still sore and cussing me when I walk, so I decided to play it safe and not run. I want to, but I think I might just do too much damage if I run. Darn recovery. Another low mileage week I guess. Got up early (despite wanting to sleep) to meet some friends for a bike ride. Well, they'd said the wrong meeting place, but when I got back home and looked on FB I figured it out. They were climbing Rose Canyon though, so I figured I'd just bike from home and meet them. They were right at the end of my street when I got there - perfect. Then on the way back I'd said I was going to cut through the neighborhood and grab my water. Due to traffic they couldn't turn when I did, then lost me and waited, but waited at the wrong spot. So, I was chasing them while they were waiting for me. Finally at a point along Bacchus when I could see a good stretch I knew they weren't in front of me. I waited and saw them coming behind. So, I totally ditched them. What a crazy ride! Anyway, then we finished at Herriman HS and all went our separate ways home. I did a big loop home and finished with 21.0 miles. No pace, because I stopped the watch and forgot to start it, so I was about 7 miles behind that on my garmin. poo. Oh well. At least my legs feel functional now.
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| | Heaven Help Me. I probably shouldn't have run this, but well I did. My legs are still sore and fatigued and my legs gave me the proverbial finger when I started running! I did loosen up a bit, but overall - ugghhh, it was a mental test for sure. I'd told the other Newtons there this morning that I was finally going to get to see my old friends - the 9mm paces - again today. They tried their darndest to make sure that didn't happen. The closest I got was 8:56. I was still WAAAAY behind everyone in the group. Dang Newtons. They're like gravity (hence the name) - always pulling you just a little bit faster. I can't wait until I reach terminal velocity! :) There was, however, always one of them that was willing to slog along in the back with me. I was grateful for the company, but wasn't good company myself. Too much cardio effort to really chat much. I just wanted it done after about mile 3. AP: 8:34; splits 8:56, 8:31, 8:33, 8:40, 8:55, 8:46, 8:26, 8:10, 8:26, 8:18 I think tomorrow...I'll bike.
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| | Holy Hannah! Seriously, I don't know what possessed me to do this, but I did it. One down...a lifetime to go. I rode Suncrest. Not just once. A double traverse. A group of riders sent out an invite to ride from Riverton to Suncrest (up the Draper side) then over to Alpine/Lehi, turn and go back. I thought it would be a good alternative for a killer workout since my legs aren't liking me running on them lately. I was done by the time we got to the Chevron at the BOTTOM of Suncrest. But, I do what I set out to do...so I plugged along. You can't stop pedaling. Nope. You will die and never be able to start again. So, the only option was to keep going. I've run suncrest before and honestly I wanted to get off the stupid bike and just run it up...it would probably have been faster!! But...I couldn't stop :) When I finally got to the top I wanted to yell out like an amazon, but I refrained - and did it inside :) Then, we went down the backside. Oh yeah...easy ride! The bottom came too quickly. At Timp Highway we turned and went back up. It was then I'd decided I didn't want to go down the back side and back up, but just the one ascent was good. Darn. Too little too late. The Alpine side was manageable and I could actually talk a little on the way up. Maybe I was warmed up too, but it wasn't nearly as bad as the Draper side!!! The last hill climb to the top was the worst. I just wanted it done. Then, we got the free ride down. Wheeee! We went back a different way...down 14600S to 1300W, up the S curve then back to the cars. 30 miles. The longest I've ever ridden! My bike butt will be sore tomorrow :) Good thing I'm only running!!! I'm really excited that I was able to tackle this and just get it done. Now I feel like I can do anything! I may be slow, but hey...I get it done. Legs actually feel better now and I almost want to go run :) too bad I have to work. Running will wait until tomorrow.
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| | I'm getting some killer miles in this week...whatever. I guess it is all in the name of recovery, but the numbers sometimes get to me. I'm still feeling tired legs, not much soreness, but the ride yesterday probably didn't help the tired legs issue. I also have a couple little aches that aren't resolving how I'd like them to, so more rest (sleep) and less muscle/impact on the legs = swimming tomorrow. Met the Newtons for our Urban Trail Loop. We had a good little crowd there and had a good time discussing the benefits and drawbacks to the new Obesity medication that was just FDA approved. On NPR on the way home they said "diet and exercise aren't effective." What the...what?!? man alive...anyway, back to running. I forgot to switch the garmin from biking mode after yesterday, so this run was a 'bike' on the garmin. Thus, no splits - just an AP, which kind of bums me out. I really think I had some 9's in there this morning!! Now, I don't get to see them :) But, I enjoyed my time the last couple miles just running with Christine and getting to know her better. I let the boys duke it out for the win today.
AP: 8:52 **********************RHPC RUN********************* If any of you would like, you're more than welcome to do the RHPC (Red Hot Pink Chicks run on July 7th. Just a fun get together, down on the Provo River Parkway. We're planning on starting at 6:30 from the Riverview Park in Orem/Provo. We do a half distance, but there will be no markings or whatever...so do what you want (more or less). We have a pot-luck feast afterward if you'd like to bring anything to share. We will provide paper products and a big jug of water at the end, but no trail support. If you want more details let me know and I'll happily provide them. Oh, and guys...you are more than welcome, hey even ENCOURAGED to attend. IF you can handle the pink :)
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| | This week is more like RADswimming and RADbiking :) So, since my calf wasn't too happy yesterday the last couple miles I decided to be nice. I haven't hit the pool like I should, but figured it was no big deal. So, since I had a free day and hubby home (we're jetting off for camping here quickly) I thought I'd go and swim. I did some math a figured out the IM swim is 3.86KM or 4221.3 yds. Since all our pools are yd pools I needed to figure out how many yds I'd be swimming at the half IM in August....I wanted to do a timed test swim (no stopping!). So, 1/2 of 4221.3 is 2110.65, then it is easier for me to keep track in touches (25yds, not a full lap - just a length), so divide that by 25 and I got 84.4 'touches'. Ahhh, perfect. I'll do 85 and call it good. I started out at the pool and the first 20 flew by. BUT, by 40 my goggles were hurting my head SO bad I had a headache and felt like my head was going to implode. I needed to fix them. In order to simulate my IM swim I didn't 'stop' time or swimming, but in the deep end I took my goggles off, and dog paddled to the other end (no touching the bottom! I'm in the middle of the lake :) ) - still moving. I did this back as well to give my head a little extra break, then got back at it. Just before 60 they pulled the lap lanes. Crap, crap, crappy crap. I ended up stopping at 60 and having to walk over to the other side of the pool to swim the 'short' way. I asked the guard and he said it was 22yds not 25. poo. So, I watched time and it was one minute exactly before I got swimming again. As I swam I figured out I'd need to do 3 laps and 9 yds extra to make up for the shorter distance. Well, I had 1/2 a 'touch' I'd added on, so I could throw the 9yds into that 1/2 a touch and just add 3 more. Poo. 88 now instead of 85. I was getting tired. My face and hurt, my throat was dry (too much breathing out no water in) and I wanted to throw up. I was SO done. I just kept thinking of feeling like that in the middle of the lake with no where to stop...had to carry on. I did do one more goggle rest/dog paddle lap as well (around 70). Then, the last 8 touches I could finally see the light and I picked up speed to just get done! Best 300 EVER! :) When I finished I was at 45:30, so taking away the minute for the detour I did 44:30 - almost exactly the 45 min I'd predicted. Now, to move up from that! Things I learned in the pool today - I need new goggles. Ones that don't hurt my head. Secondly, I need more endurance work in the pool. I can get through 1/2 the swim no problem, but around the 2/3rds mark I really struggle. The end is always better, because it is the end. But, I need to get more used to swimming without stopping and breaks. Very wonderful, educational day in the pool. No running workout by any means, but a day when you learn and grow in any sport is a good day! Oh, and as a side note...this half IM isn't going to be as 'easy' as I thought! People that complete full IMs....holy whoa, they are awesome!
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| | Ever have a destination run? Somewhere you've always thought would be awesome to run? Well, the first time I remember going to Logan (just a few years ago - when I was a wee baby runner) I passed Mantua lake and thought "Man! I'd love to live here and wake up and run around that lake every morning. It is just gorgeous up here!" Every year we go on a campout with my hubby's family and this year we were at Box Elder CG - just about a mile away from Mantua Lake (reservoir). I wasn't going to miss this for all the fire in the world...oh wait, I almost did! :) I'd figured out the lake was 4 miles around on map my run - and that there was a nice running path around the lake, bonus! It looked a little tricky to get there from the campground, but figured I'm not directionally challenged and had 11 miles to burn to get there for at least ONE loop around. As we left about 3PM Friday afternoon we saw the first wisps of smoke from the fire. As we drove away (stopping a couple places on the way out of town) the sheer numbers of fire crews passing us and the billowing smoke was enough to start calling neighbors and getting on Herriman city's FB page. When we got to the campground I was about ready to turn around and go home, the evacuation area was 2 blocks West - but extended past us Northward. I live at the end of a dead end street...where there is a nice dry field, connected to the evac areas. If the fire jumped Rose Canyon Rd and headed North we'd be right next to the fire, because that field would be gone in a matter of seconds. This freaked me out the most. Thankfully, calls and texts from neighbors kept me dealing with things and some logical reasoning from my husband and some peaceful prayer helped calm me down and we decided to stay put. This didn't stop me from being glued to hubby's phone on FB all night (frustrating, because I couldn't see all MY friends stuff and comment, but still at least able to see news and city reports). The last call I got was around 9PM and my neighbor told me it looked like it had settled and she was no longer worried at all...and it all had stayed South. The only problem was, that by this time they'd thrown our neighborhood into the evac area. Well, we didn't have to leave, but if you left you weren't allowed back into the neighborhood. Some friends who were working or had hubbies working late got 'locked out' of the 'hood and couldn't get home. I think they did this more for crowd control than anything. If you know your way around you can sneak through my 'hood to the evac zones and to good views of the fire, so closing down the neighborhood just helped the emergency crews keep the people out that shouldn't be there and roads open for them to use more quickly. All this info really helped me sleep with peace of mind that all was going to be okay.
What didn't help me sleep was that 2/4 kids went to bed saying they felt like they were going to barf. Dumb camping treats! My kids aren't used to free for all junk food tables, they don't handle their sugar well :) So, any sound they made I woke up afraid they were going to barf in Paul's tent! (Prlman loaned us a tent big enough for the family! Thanks Paul!) Luckily, after 5.5 long hours of 'sleep' no one had barfed and I got up and ready for my epic lake run! I made my way straight there, no detours or back tracking - booyah! Beautiful little dirt path to follow around, peaceful fishermen on the shore and I got to see the first light on the lake from the East side of the lake. Then, due to being close to the mtns I got to watch the sun rise....4 or 5 times on my 2nd loop of the lake. The last loop I went the opposite direction and my SIL that was with her family fishing, hoped on her bike and rode while I ran. Great company! But, it was getting hot, I was out of water and I hadn't eaten. The last few miles felt like a death march. I'm so glad I had Annette there so that my pride wouldn't let me quit! :) AP: 8:50 (not bad for a nice little meandering 15 miles! - oh, and flat...SO flat!)
When I got back to camp my Father in Law got my breakfast ready for me and I had bacon, french toast, milk and orange juice. What a way to do it right! I'd missed all the food prep drama (and work) and gotten a great run in and waited on at breakfast, and ate in peace since kids had already eaten! Score a win for mom!!! The rest of camp was pretty uneventful, until around 10ish when we saw the news that our neighborhood was out of 'lock down' and we would be able to get home! YAY! We also took our youngest 2 on a walk and found a little beach next to the creek that ran through camp. I waded in and sat on a log and let my legs get a bit of an ice bath...awesome! We packed up and headed home. Bellies full of junk, bodies caked in dirt, skin all bitten by mosquitoes (oh, they were bad! my poor daughter went to the doc today (sunday) due to swollen ankles that hurt to walk on from them!), and a full 24 hrs of fun in the out of doors! Oh, and I got to check off an epic run from my bucket list. Mantua Lake - awesome run! try it sometime.
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| | Mojo is gone. My legs still feel heavy and getting up in the morning is less and less appealing every day. Even Saturday wanting to do my lake run SO bad, I contemplated just bagging it and sleeping in multiple times. I need to find a way to take a break...without taking a break. I did the bike ride with the Triple Threats this morning (Nancy, you should come sometime! we meet at Herriman HS at 6AM). I rode down to the school, because I figured I could get down there in about as much time as it would take to load up the bike, drive the 3 miles, unload the bike and get ready. Good climb up Rose Canyon - you can see the car that pulled off the road and started the fire!! Crazy! I'm honestly impressed with the small burn area, it could've been SO much worse, but it was contained and stopped quickly. At the top a couple girls had stopped to fix a bike and the ones with me weren't going to do the Bacchus loop on the way home. So, I rode back down about a mile, caught the girls and rode back up with them. I got the 3 tough hills twice! At the top there was a group of guys and turns out a few of them were from the BBK's. Fun little 'run into'. Down the canyon, then we'd decided to do the loop, so I waited for the ladies, and we turned left onto Bacchus. Then at the top (7300W) I waited again...for 10 minutes! No ladies. I finally figured they must've turned around thinking they didn't have time. So, I busted through the last little bit of the hill, and enjoyed the downhill back to the HS...and then home. Once at home, I asked my daughter if she wanted to go for a bike/run to practice for her tri on Saturday. She agreed. I had her do 3 loops around the school (3 miles) while I ran a mile with Lucy and the jogging stroller. Then we met back at home and she ran a mile with me. I headed out with the stroller for one last mile, but when I got back I told my baby "time to go inside" he said, "no, again" and pointed down the street. Man, I created a monster in that kid, he'd have had me run 20 miles if it was up to him. So, I did one more to make it 4. Somewhere after the first 300yds of my 3rd mile my garmin lost satellites...what?!?! so, I don't have the last 2 miles so I have no idea how fast I was going. Whatever, just a good shake out.
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| OEOHFPPE Miles: 4.00 | BIKE MILES Miles: 27.00 |
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| | I think running right now is all I can do. Speedwork just ain't happening! Regular 10 mile loop with the Newtons, Paul finally came back to us...I knew he'd eventually see the light. George and Chad were cruising and I was just sitting back trying to not whine about it all. I wanted to go to the track and do some speedwork, but like I said...just getting the miles in is all I can do. AP: 8:35 splits: 8:43, 8:38, 8:32, 8:44, 8:54, 8:39, 8:33, 8:08, 8:34, 8:25 Oh, picked up a smoke bomb on the road today. It was purple, my kids are gonna love me! Oh, and purple is my signature color :)
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| | Don't make me feel bad about this decision and tell me all the fun stuff you're doing today (running, biking, racing). I needed a day off. I'd like to see my mojo return sooner than later and I needed sleep after not getting to bed until 1AM trying to clean my house for a BBQ today. Nothing, slept in and I'm playing with my family all day.
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| | Another slog through the miles. Even with my break yesterday everything still just felt like I was in slow motion and running through mud. I'm really sick of this...really sick of it. I want to feel good again and I want to feel like I WANT to run and enjoy it. poo. Urban trail loop with the Newtons. A good crew this morning Chad, Paul, George, (no Ringo), Ronnie, Charles and James. I pulled the 'female' card today and the rest of the girls got to sleep in. AP: 8:33 splits: 9:16 (wow, finally a 9!), 8:51 (this was up the hill..what the heck?), 8:32, 8:13, 8:24, 8:14, 8:29, 8:24. I guess I made up for that 9, but still. Welcoming the rain! This morning it was SO hot and humid...I think Becca brought Texas home with her! :)
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Cub Scout Camp - I almost got up early to go running first. Fail. |
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| | RHPC HALF!! We forgot how long a half was (and really wanted water at Vivian Park) so, we made it 15 instead. Crazy, crazy, crazy day. Hubby didn't get home until 3:30 and asked me to be home as close to 9 as possible, because he needed to go back in then. Poo. So, I gave up riding with Kelli and went solo so I could bust out of there. On the way down I saw Chad pulled over on Center St in Orem. He'd gotten a flat, so we abandoned his car and I took him to Sasha's house. We didn't get the run started until 6:30, but it was great to see everyone! Becca is now IN town - yippee!!! Smooth, Karen, Larry, Maynard, Lily, Rachelle, Kelli, Wendy, Heidi, Scott, Eric, and Amy. 
We took off at the sound of Maynard's gun, ran through the sprinklers and it was on - like Donkey Kong! I was just going to stick with Becca as long as I could. Rachelle and Lily were running our pace too, so we just had a fun little chatty group the whole way. Rachelle really killed us, pulling crazy up the canyon! That girl is rockin' the runnin' scene! I got to bang elbows with Lily as she cruised along with me in the back - that girl hasn't lost a step! I think I was the only one breathing so hard it chased all the boys away :) The group decided to go to Vivian park (an extra mile-ish) to get water and bathrooms - totally worth the extra push. Then, we went down. Holy cow...speed pacers down the canyon! So much for taking it easy :) We passed a few others and Scott passed us (he also went to Vivian), then Sasha and crew blew by us like we were standing still! We saw Chad on our way up, so he didn't get the honor of passing us! :) We almost caught Kelli and Amy, but we decided to stop at the ever flowing fountain and drink/bathe in the water :) The last couple miles were sludging to the finish, for me. Well, until I got a good boot of energy about a 1/4 mile from the finish. My son was supposed to be at the church for cub camp at 7:30 and Lauren had her tri that she needed to be there around 8 to get set up. It was 8:35 and my husband was calling me to tell me he was driving David up to Millcreek for camp. They'd slept in! Can't blame him after only being asleep for 4 hours, but shoot! He dropped Lauren off and so now she was at the Kids Tri all alone...no parent whatsoever, and then had to drive the 30+ miles up to camp, because the leaders thought since I wasn't going David wasn't so they didn't call to check. Poo, double poo. Then, here I was being a self-indulgent mother down in provo running and chatting with friends as my poor little family suffered. So, I sat around and ate and whined and took some picture then left - and dropped Becca off on the way home to get some extra chat time in. Hubby wasn't going into work at 9:00...so I now had time. I wasn't getting home to see Lauren's tri either way, I was just too far out at that point. Now looking back everything was fine and turned out great, but I sure felt like a selfish runner trying to be a mom this morning. I think I called it when I talked to Kelli this morning and said "I probably shouldn't even come!" I knew something was amiss. I'm glad now though that it seems to be water under the bridge. My daughter may need to have a session or two on being left all alone at the tri with no support while every other kid had families there, but oh well...just add it to her tab already :) I couldn't believe our AP when I saw it! Those girls are fast, no wonder I felt like I was done - they tricked me into running a tempo! AP: 7:58 splits: 8:59, 8:21, 8:28, 8:15, 8:26, 8:27, 7:53, 7:50, 7:37, 7:20, 7:24, 7:32, 7:39, 7:42, 7:37, 6:17 (last 40 ft recorded...yeah, a little adrenaline never hurt!) - oh, I did notice my 1/2 split 1:45:00 - well, garmin said 13.15 at that point, but I figured with bad tanget running it was pretty accurate.
Some pics from after the run: The Great passing of the Red Hot Pink Chick(en) - Kelli was nominated as the bearer for the next year!
The lone, brave Men in the chicks group (big welcome to newcomer Larry aka Prez Smooth)
 The whole gang (minus a couple that had to jet...myself NOT included!): 
Smooth Sandwich!! :) since 2009.
Kelli and her crew; Wendy and Heidi:  Kelli and her man! I think this is a really nice picture of both of them. 
Smooth and Karen - love these gals!! Karen really needs to become a FRBer. 
Did I mention Becca is back?!? She is freezing in this cold Utah weather...but I think she likes it :) 
When I got home I picked up Lauren and was proud to see she'd taken 12th/26 in her AG. More behind than ahead...always good progress! Came home so hubby could finally get to work (2 hrs late) and then did yard work with the kiddos (lawn, weeds, garden) and cleaned out the garage. It has needed to be done for a LONG time! It is nice to have it cleaned out, oh and I moved all the heavy crap solo...so it counts as x-training :) Have a wonderful weekend. I don't feel like I hate running as much as I have all week. I'm glad a good group run brought some mojo back...or maybe it was Becca. Thanks to everyone who came out to support the RHPC run this year. It was meager and not as well organized as usual, but it was still great to get together for a wonderful run with amazing people! We really need to do this more than once a year. Oh, and I do have to say that my favorite comment today on the trail was a guy as we were going down and just after Sasha passed us was: "wow, everyone is SO fast on the trail today." I shouted back: "it's fastrunning day!" :)
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Well, all bike rides fell through this morning and I'm too much of a chicken to go by myself - I just know I'll die. So, I slept and waited for my running date with Becca. We should've gone earlier since I didn't have the bike to contend with, but hey - I need some heat training...right?
We started about 8:15 and it was already hot so the choice to go up and down Rose Canyon probably wasn't the best one. But, oh well - gotta love the hills! :) She got a good tour of the burned out area and we stopped a couple times to gawk around...yeah, thats it, we weren't hot and tired we were just looking at the scenery.
Once we turned and came back down it was SO much better, but I stil had to stop once to get a drink and cool down a bit. I was going to go a little further down the street to do 7.5, but as we neared home and I saw 7.25...well, I decided to stop. I was good.
It was a wonderful run with Becca! I sure do miss running with her all the time, I think I'm moving to Texas :) We stretched and chatted afterward, just a good time!! Thanks for driving all the way out Becca, lets do it again soon! :)
AP: 8:24 splits: 8:55, 9:16, 9:20, 8:35, 7:41, 7:30, 7:34, 8:21 - last quarter. I slowed down that last quarter purposefully. I was tired and hot. Becca however was still shivering cold in this freezing weather compared to Texas! :)
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 7.25 |
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| | Urban trail loop with Becca. I miss having a go-to running buddy on call and always available! Perfect little jaunt through the trails. It was a nice 'back at it' run after girls camp break the last 3 days. Too many cougars and no one to run with :( AP: 8:37 splits: 9:00, 9:00, 8:32,8:27, 8:30, 8:25, 8:44, 8:18 Now we're off to Park City for the weekend...maybe I'll get to see some of you up there!!
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| Inspire Yellow Racers Miles: 8.00 |
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Ran the Park City Marathon course backwards. I surprised I remembered as much as I did and didn't get lost - I won't admit I did once :) Made it up to the big white barn at exactly 4.5, so I figured it was perfect time to turn and go back. Loved the downhill...as always. AP: 8:44 Afternoon hike. Thought it would be 4ish miles...turned out to be 6! From base of Canyons resort up to Ambush, then connected with Mid-mountain and finished on the Alpine Lake Loop - jumped on a gondola and enjoyed the ride down. Glad I don't have 30 extra pounds to pack around all the time! My baby in the hiking backpack was a good enough reminder that I don't want to do that ever again. At least I got to take him off!! All of my kids 11, 8, 5 hiked it with little complaint and were awesome troopers in the rain and with just Keen type sandals on. Dad gave shoulder rides to the 5yr old occasionally, but they all did an awesome job! Love my kiddos. QP and her family were the ones that tricked us into it :) but, I wouldn't have traded it for the world!
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Run on the PC trail again, but went with QP up to the soccer fields then a short loop around that neighborhood I discovered on my unspoken detour from yesterday. QP on the run and MR on the bike, a GREAT water boy. Good times and great memories. AP: 9:10
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Didn't get back from PC fun until midnight and due to crazy circumstances didn't get to bed until 2AM - so I slept in, and then it was my son's birthday today (big #8) and so I played with family and didn't get to any exercise. Oh well, since I ran Sunday I guess this was my rest day.
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| | Gotta get back on the bandwagon sometime! I've had a nice, yet crazy
break for sometime now and I need to just get back at it. So, I ended up
with a great excuse today. QP wanted to do a JRP run down in
Lehi with Smooth et all, so I made some calls and got it all arranged
for 7AM. It was about 9PM last night my husband reminded me that he
doesn't have a car so he'd be taking mine to work. Crap. Now what? No
car and I won't be done with the run in time for him to get to work.
Well, I always had my bike. I've always thought that riding down to
Lehi, doing a run, then riding back would be awesome...so, now I "get"
the opportunity. I tried to leave an hour before to give myself
enough time, but that didn't happen. I had 45 minutes. I figured it was
mostly downhill with just Camp Williams on the climb, I could do this.
Well, I didn't. I scared everyone because I was late and they'd already
sent out a search party for my dead body :) It took me an hour...so I
was 15 minutes late. 17.2 miles in just under an hour so I averaged 17.4
mph. Changed my shoes and QP threw my bike on her car rack,
because they had an open spot since MR was being water boy and biking
while we ran. Then with Smooth, Wendy, Becca, QP and MR on the bike we
were off. It is a darn good thing that Becca and I weren't left to our
own devices and we stopped and re-grouped, we both were on a roll with
speed. Dang. We didn't realize how fast we were running until we'd look
at our watches and slow ourselves down. We did 4 out and back South on
the JRP - great run!! I loved it (after my legs switched from bike to
run). QP got some good pictures of treasures along the way - hopefully
she'll post them soon. AP: 8:26 splits: 9:15, 8:23, 7:56, 9:07,
8:58, 7:53, 8:13, 7:43 - see? you can totally tell when we'd regroup and
run with everyone, then we'd just slowly take off and then tempo it on
and then realize what we were doing and stop to regroup again. After
the run I got back on the bike with QP and MR and rode the trail North
to Redwood, with the little extra side road that they've now added about
3/4 to a full mile of that goes north just before you hit the top
parking lot. QP and MR turned and went back to the car and I rode home,
but decided to ride the newly paved, but unopened Mtn View Corridor.
They have the stretch from the end to Redwood poured cement now, except
maybe 20 feet at Redwood and 50 feet at the connection point. So, I'd
have to get off and walk my bike, but it was all good. I'm sure the
construction workers thought I was crazy sauce! Rode the corridor to
Providence (where it is opened) and then took off up to Emmeline, and
down to the Cove then home. I had played stupid somewhere along the
route and started when I was stopped and stopped when I was riding, so I
don't know exact mileage, but using map my run to make up what I didn't
record it looks to be about 16.5 miles. A good ride home! No average,
since I messed it all up. A great start to hopefully, a great week! Oh, and my longest ride to date...except it was in two parts instead of one.
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| BIKE MILES Miles: 33.70 | TTT #1 Miles: 8.00 |
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I had a huge big day planned and I was excited about it, but unfortunately it turned out to be an expensive and epic fail.
The 8 early with Chad at tempo certainly didn't go the way I wanted. I know it was a lot of uphill, but I was breathing SO hard and had to stop at mile 2 and at 4 to drink and regroup before setting off again. This, more than anything, showed me how much my slacking has taken me down a notch from where I was just a month ago. poo.
The idea was to push the pace on the uphill what I could, then tempo my goal 10K pace on the downhill (6:50). I think we did 7:50-8:00 on the uphills, then the first downhill mile was 6:46 - perfect, but then I dropped off as the downhill did. 7:01, 7:05 and then as Chad drug me widing through his neighborhood - up and flat and just little downs I fell apart. I tried to remind myself "uphill finish at Des News" but it didn't seem to help: 7:30 was the final call for the last mile of 'tempo' - whatever, I guess I just need a big kick in the pants like this to refocus my attention and training. AP: 7:34
Came home and grabbed a little nap until my sister came and picked me up to ride the tri course at the rec center with them. My front tire was completely FLAT. poo. I pumped it up trying to avoid a tire change, it was down from 110psi to 80 in just the ride (on the car) to the rec center. I pumped it back up and crossed my fingers. I got through the nearly 13 mile ride and it was at 60, but it held out.
Since my friend was then coming at 11 to do a mini-tri workout I decided to stop pushing my luck and change the tire. Perfect. We loaded up her car and headed to Blackridge. Did a 1500M swim (her first in a wet suit and she rocked it!) then pulled the bikes out. Guess whos front tire was flat...again?!? Well, one last tube and one last cartidge left to go. Fail. BUT, I finally found the tiny little thorn that you couldn't FEEL on the inside of the tire (I checked each change!). Okay, so I borrowed Steph's tube with promise of quick replacement and got her cartridge out, but there was only a gun...no cartridge (you use CO2 cartridges in a 'gun' to instantly fill tubes on the run). So, I at least had a tube. We went back to my house and got my pump to fill up the tube, but the tube had a hole in it!! Before I even put it in my tire it wouldn't inflate. Well, I called it. Obviously, karma didn't want us out on the road today. I also then missed my last 4 miles I was planning on, because by this time I'd wasted the full 3 hours we had to just swim 1500M. Whatever - FAIL!
So, I had 2 big fails today and well, I'm feeling it. Kind of down about it all. Then, I take the bike to the shop to make sure it wasn't the skins or just the thorn and the handlebars needed to be re-wrapped and I now needed new tubes and cartridges! $75 later I got out of the shop. They are going to put in the new tube so that I don't have to waste another one if it wasn't just the thorn, and I don't get my bike back until tomorrow. Oh well. At least it should be ready to go for my mock half IM on Friday.
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| | Eight good recovery miles on the Urban Trail Loop with the Newtons...well, trailing far behind them all (except a couple who took pity on me and ran 'slow' with me). Picked up the bike from the shop, and it looks like I'm good to go now. With 3 extra tubes and 4 cartridges I should be good! AP: 8:45ish - garmin died after 1.8 miles, but Paul gave me his finish time and I added a minute-ish for his lead to the lake.
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 8.00 |
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| | HO-LY COW! Time for some 'honesty time' - first off, I really thought that a half iron-man wouldn't be all that hard. No, really. I mean c'mon if you can run a marathon you can do a silly swim and bike and then a half marathon. I could do it in my sleep! Well, let's just say that I got slapped upside the head by the Half Ironman today. Brent had invited me along to this course preview and I knew it would be well worth the effort to get there and do it. So, I hired a sitter to watch the kids and invited George (who is with the Newtons and also doing the half) to come along as well. I was warned the bike would be a good 20mph average, and I knew I typically rode at 17ish, so it shouldn't be THAT hard to keep up...right? (slap) George met me at my house, but something went wrong in communication and he didn't have swim or run stuff. So, we took a 15ish min detour to his house to get his stuff. I knew we'd be late, but figured we wouldn't need to bs at the start and so we could just jump right in the water. Which MAY have happened if yours truly had realized that the exit was PROVO Center Street and NOT OREM Center Street. Another detour. Thanks to a friendly runner we got turned around and headed in the right direction. We ended up 25 minutes late. Threw the wets suits on and headed out on the swim until the last person from the group (after they'd turned) came past us and we turned as well. I think we got maybe 800-1100M in on the swim. Then came the bike. Holy Cow! This is where the underestimating came. In my rush I hadn't brought the fuel I'd packed on my bike and I bonked hard. About 5 miles out from the turn around I started feeling nauseated and tired. I needed something. Which after 90 minutes of hard, consistent effort is about right! duh Rachel! I pawned a Gu off a wonderful, amazing lady and we started back. My butt was D.O.N.E. however, the only way to get back was to ride on...so I did. At 1 hour I'd averaged 18.7mph, at 2 hours I'd averaged 18.25mph, and then I crashed again. This time coach Keena came to my rescue and shoved some Gu Chomps in my hand. A welcome treat! The last 10 miles of the ride were just crazy. I'd stayed with one lady for probably the last 15 of the ride and we had good chats and then got lost together on the way back and had to pull out our written directions and follow them backwards! Grateful I had them!! I'd lost George when I'd caught up to and stayed with this lady, but luckily he had a partner in crime as well that he got lost with :) My final average was 17.8mph which is still not too bad, but I know we slowed down and stopped a LOT more than we should've those last 6ish miles because of being lost. So, I'm gonna say I did a solid 18mph ride. Which, for my first LONG bike ride is pretty darn good. In some confusion of transitioning to the run I fell over on my bike when I was stopped and scraped up my knee and leg - SO embarrassing! I rode my bike back to the car in shame and waited for George to come in from the ride, so we could get just 6 miles of running. A quick change (and LOTS of water) later we were off on a nice hot 11AM 6 mile run. I was SO grateful for the shady parkway!! And lucky that it wasn't horribly hot like a couple weeks ago. I was surprised that the first mile came in at 8:45 and George was keeping up well! At our turn around on the parkway I waited just a bit for George (he had the battery in his watch changed and they didn't waterproof it! So, after the swim his watch was waterlogged and so I didn't want to abandon him) and then we made a quick bathroom stop. All the water from the bike needed to be released. Then we finished off the run and I was VERY surprised to see the AP at 8:17. Wow, it certainly didn't feel that fast! splits: 8:35, 8:15, 8:17, 8:17, 8:04, 8:16 - hmm, most consistent run in my life EVER! Then we were done...and D.O.N.E! This Half IM is going to be a lot harder than I had anticipated. I know I will finish, but 6 hours of pushing yourself physically is hard work. I know that sounds dumb, but it really is that hard! You don't know how hard it is until you've actually gone out and done it. I'm telling you - I underestimated the half IM! Take my advice and don't do it! :) It is a monster...not to be messed with. Okay, mess with it, just don't underestimate it. I'd say it is like someone who has only ever run 16 miles saying "oh yeah, I could do a marathon and qualify for Boston." I need to have my bike 'fixed' - well, just adjusted to ME. A new seat, for sure! and I need to fuel better on the bike. I think if I anticipate the fueling instead of using reaction fueling (when I've hit a wall), I will do better on the bike. Also, the heat...ugghh, running in the heat. I'll need ice at every stop :) and I think I may take my water bottle...I was told they don't have a lot of aid stations. I am just SO SO SO grateful that Brent allowed me to come today. It was an eye opener and I have learned a LOT that will help me tremendously over the next month to prepare. Thanks Brent!!!
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| | Kelli and I drove up to Park City and met Smooth for a nice little tour of the marathon course. We did miles 11-20 then looped back the short way to the car. Some runs are hard workouts, some runs tax your body, some runs are quality time in your shoes, some runs remind you why you run. Today, I remembered why I run and how much I LOVE being with these lovely ladies! I could've spent all day out there...okay, maybe at breakfast in the AC and with endless french toast coming my way, but still :) I'd forgotten what an uphill drag that course is. I guess I'm just always having so much fun with Smooth I just don't notice. I can't wait for it again this year! Just a ton of FUN! I seriously have no agenda for that race, but a good time with Smooth - and it never disappoints. We got into some heat the last 5ish miles, but my fatigue may have been due more to the workout yesterday and lack of water and fuel than actual heat. Either way, a short stop at a convenience store solved all the problems (Gu shot too!). We just had a wonderful lovely run and I can't wait to do it again!! Thanks Smooth and Kelli for a wonderful morning, I loved it!! AP: 9:40
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| | This is going to be a meager run week for me...but hopefully worth it! I'm racing DesNews tomorrow, so I didn't want to do a hard run, but wanted to get the body moving. So, I opted for our classic Monday AM ride. My house to Herriman HS, then back up Rose Canyon, down to Main St, around the Kennecott loop and back to the HS on 11800S then home again. A good, challenging ride. Averaged 15.5 mph - not too bad for the hills. Now, if my legs will rest and work for the race tomorrow...uugggh, I hate racing nerves!! AND short races, but I need a new 10K PR. Your half marathon pace shouldn't be 7 seconds faster than your 10K pace - this MUST change....
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Deseret News 10K (6.21 Miles) 00:44:22, Place overall: 67, Place in age division: 14 | |
I had some high hopes for this race. Despite the last month of lack luster training due to loss of mojo I had finally started feeling better and like I was getting it back. I even woke up with NO heel pain from PF (I had a touch, but nothing horrible or to even mention honestly) so, I knew this was going to be a great day.
I got the kids up (4:10AM!) and drove to my mom's home to drop off kids and pick up my sisters. We were a little late leaving their homes, but I was grateful when we got there with 20+ min to spare. Enough for a pop stop and a little jog to warm up the legs and lungs.
Took a gu a few min after they said "10 min to start" then found Paul and lined up near the front! I was going to do this!! Things were going wonderfully until mile 2.5ish (I have splits, but as you'll see have yet had the motivation to get off my butt and remember when I am off my butt to get the garmin and plug it in. Also, I was in biking mode the first .41ish of the run and had to change it while running - stopped it instead of lapped it at mile 1 - the list goes on and on...so I know I'm not getting much out of it anyway).
As I got to 2.5ish within about 3 steps I encountered SEVERE heel pain. I felt like my fascia was going to rip off the bottom of my heel. I finally stopped after mile 3ish and stretched about 10 seconds to see if that would help. It did a little. I was SO ready to hit the parade route after stopping 2 more times to stretch. I knew it would take my mind off the horrible pain.
No such luck! I was SO depressed that they turned us early this year (first time in my 5 runnings of this race) on 300E. I whined inside my head the whole time "why did you take away my parade route! That is my favorite part! Where are we going now? I want my parade route back!!" I guess it kind of got my mind off my aching R quad from running one legged to try and take the pressure off my L heel - and the L foot pain. Then, we merged back in on like 700S and I could see the runners going up 900S, so I knew we were finally back on the right course.
I finished off the race and did what I could. Around mile 4 or 5 I'd determined this heel thing wasn't going away and that I needed to change my goals to just finishing in the best time I'd be given in this situation on this day. People had been passing me like crazy the whole race and it kind of broke my spirit, but I did my best given the circumstances.
I finished and was surprised to see the clock only at 44:15ish, I thought for sure I was more like 48+...but due to garmin issues I had no real idea where I was! I had to wait for final official results to see my finish time. I know on a good day I could've pulled a 42:xx here, but it wasn't today. I will have another day, there will always be another race.
After my finish I walked back to run in with my kids doing the 5K. My 8 yr old came in first and I ran the last .5ish in with him, then walked back and saw my 11 yr old daughter coming. Ran her in, turned and walked back for my 5 yr old and he was with grandma and the baby in the stroller. Then, I ran him in and waited for the stroller crew just behind us. I was SO proud of my 8 yr old! It isn't timed, but I think he probably ran under 30 min and he was the first finisher from the family with his 'twin cousin' just 10 feet behind. When I was waiting for him I said "C'mon David!!" (not wanting to walk/run any further than necessary) and the whole crowd around me started cheering "YAY David! You can do it David!" It really energized him! The crowd really supported the cute little guy running his heart out at the end. The same thing happened with each of my kids and it was amazing how it energized them! Yup, we get a lot from the crowd!!
After we got settled near the marathon finish line I finally hobbled over to the med tent and got an ice bag and an ace bandage. I sat there and got to watch the awesome first finishers come in and congratulate them! I love knowing all the cool fast people :) I sat and waited for Becca, as the clock ticked on I got more and more guilt. I'd told her I'd run back a few miles and run her in. She was going past her goal time and I just started crying! I felt SO bad, she was running along having a hard time and waiting and looking for me and never seeing me. I was broken at the finish. I was probably feeling bad for myself too...but it was a mixed bag.
I finally saw Becca come in and I just started bawling again. I was happy to finally see her and to see her finish! We all sat and chatted for a while, but when I had the stroller I felt like I was in the way, so I noticed the massage line was gone...I went and got one. I had them work just on my calf to try and release my heel a bit. Even though it didn't seem to work, it felt good either way :) Becca shortly came and joined in and bye-wing and her family left.
I had to sit and wait for my mom and bye-wing to bring car seats to me and Becca was nice enough to go on the wild goose chase for the bus and sit and wait and drag car seats and kids on the bus to get back to my car! AFTER she'd finished a marathon!! Between me gimping around and her post-marathon legs and 4 kids I'm sure we were a good side show :)
We ended up at Einsteins and then chatting in the parking lot for a while, it was wonderful! I finally got home and crashed. I was SOOO tired and exhausted. My older boys didn't sleep, but the rest of us did. Then...I woke up.
Even before I put my feet on the ground I wanted to cry. My little foot pain was HORRIBLE. I was zero weight bearing and I spent the next hour crying and bawling as I tried to shower and get ready for my nephew's baptism. I also had my 4 kids to get ready too. It wasn't pretty...at all. I grabbed my grandma's cane to help me be mobile. I can walk on the ball of my foot...but that is all. No heel weight. Craig finally got home and helped me pack up and get off. We were only 20 minutes late. Luckily, my family loves me and waited patiently for me. I tried to just sit and relax the rest of the night, but kept watching the clock waiting for my motrin shot again.
After dinner and fireworks it was again 11PM and I was taking my niece to the airport at 4:20AM. Another night of no sleep. I couldn't wait until 8:30 to call the doctors office. |
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Got up at 4:10 and then just a minute later my cute neice says "Rachel...It is almost time to go." She was worried I wasn't getting up :) What she didn't know is that I just had to brush my teeth and I was out of there - and hoping my foot wouldn't hurt when I stepped on it (wishful thinking, but it did feel better!) We got on our way and I was SO tired! Talking to her was the only thing keeping me up. Once I saw her through security I went back to the car...crawled in the back seat and slept! I slept for over an hour and paid my airport fee for it, but any fee was better than what I would've paid with if I'd driven home...well, tried to.
After I got home I went to sleep again, then got up in time to get my 8 and 11 year off to their first day of 3rd and 6th grade! This is last year I get to send my daughter to elementary school...CRAZY!!! Before I left I'd called Dr Brinton's office and he was out until Monday...crap! So, I asked for a doc with sports injury specialty and they said they'd get me in at 11:00. Perfect. Got the kindergartner to his testing appointment, picked up the sitter and headed off.
Well, the doctor was a douche bag. He told me to rice it and stay off it for a week - with no help of doing so. Just rest it for a week. He said it was a tear of the Plantar Fascia (hello...I'd figured that out!) and to rest it for a week and come back if there was still pain. Really?!? How exactly do you expect me to keep my foot up for a week with 4 kids - one of them a 2 year old?!? I asked him to help me with something I didn't already know (respectfully). He said he could put me in a nursing home for a week, or admit me to the hospital, or give me a wheel chair (um, I have a 2 story home!) or put me in a full leg cast - IF I wanted it. Also asked what kind of pain meds I wanted. What the heck?!? I wasn't there for a band-aid I wanted some answers and some help as to how to be functional in daily life. How to heal from here, how to get back quickly, how to heal in the best way possible to get back a soon as possible. He couldn't answer any of them. He finally suggested a splint and said I could get crutches instead of a cane without a rubber bottom that was 10+ years old and made me look like an 80 yr old woman - thanks doc. I was SO frustrated and cried the whole last 10 min or more of the appointment trying to communicate what I wanted - not just a band-aid fix, but some answers to what was wrong with me and how to best and quickly heal.
The nurse came in and did a splint on then told me they didn't have any crutches in their office or in the hospital pharmacy (the office is at Riverton hospital), but I could pick some up at Smiths, most likely. She then came back with a wheel chair to take me out to my car. I was SO frustrated I stood up, grabbed my cane and said "I'm fine!' "you don't want help with the wheelchair?" "No! Are you going to follow me to Smiths and help me in there so I can get crutches?" "well, no" "then I will do it on my own...thanks!" and I walked out.
I went to the car and cried and screamed and cried some more. I called my sister (QP) because I knew she was stuck in a car driving and couldn't avoid me. She was nice to commisserate with me and suggest I just call my PT. I'd called him earlier, but he hadn't returned my call yet. So, I tried again. He was there in appointments and I broke down (surprise, surprise) to the receptionist and she said she would have him call me asap. Well, when I called my sister back I decided to just drive over there and see what I could do. My babsitter was SO nice and said she was good to just hang out...love her!
When I got to TOSH, I contimplated stopping at the desk, but decided to be bold and self-centered and just hobble on back to his corner. I saw Joel and started crying and babling all over again. So, basically...I cried my way in. He actually TOUCHED my foot (the doc didn't even touch my foot, I know they're ugly...but c'mon!) and I finally got some answers and hope.
He thinks that the swelling is more painful for me than the injury to the PF. So, if we can get the swelling down then I should be able to walk pain free within 72 hours. This is good news for Spudman on Saturday! He said it is impact caused not calf tightness caused, because I can rise up on my toes pain free. This means that when the swelling is down I can bike! He did a cold compress thing on my foot while elevated to help swelling, then did a steroid patch with a battery and light on it...crazy weird! He also told me to keep the foot at 90%+ with a splint (doc said just neutral foot) to aid the calf and PF in healing properly to be able to return as quickly as possible once pain free. See?!? ANSWERS!
So, 4 hours after my journey began I finally got to Smiths and picked up my crutches and splint (also Papa Murphy's for a work-free dinner!). I got home in time to see the kiddos get home from school, take the sitter home then sit and enjoy first day of school stories and papers as I sat on the couch.
I'm still sitting here and hubby is helping me all night. Kids are in bed and hopefully, asleep. Now, I'm going to get to bed and heal. So, don't expect many other posts from me for a while.
As far as Spudman goes, PT gave me clearance to swim and bike, but I can ONLY walk the 10K if I am pain free Saturday morning. No running allowed. And I have to get some soft arch supports before that as well.
As always, I'll get through this. With some hope from the PT I am no longer in the bawling mode and am ready to tackle this and get it gone. Now, if only my house will survive me sitting for another 2 days... :) |
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| | walking on the heel today. not 100% pain free, but I can walk on it which feels amazing to not have to hobble around. I hope this bodes well for continued quick improvement. As of right now I am planning on doing the swim and bike of Spudman tomorrow competitively and then walking the 10K as per Dr's orders. I have a friend coming up to watch and cheer me on, so she said she would walk with me. This will keep my brain from convincing my legs they should run. It will be a fun race regardless of the fact that I've been dreaming of having a spud to add to my collection for months now. poo. oh well. Bigger fish to fry down the road and I don't want to mess things up even more. I will be a good patient. |
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Spudman Triathalon (31.94 Miles) 02:43:33, Place in age division: 24 | |
What a crazy week! I woke up Friday and refused to use my crutches. It wasn't too horrible to walk on, just felt like a bad case of PF, not like I was going to die when I walked.
I got ready and headed off to Burley around noon on Friday, met friends in Tremonton and then headed up. Got everything set up and ready at the transitions, all the walking on grass and just walking around really kind of bugged my foot - especially the tendon on the outside of my foot, because I was compensating from my injury. So, when we went to wal-mart to grab a few things my friends decided I needed to sit in the wheel-chair. It was SO stinkin' squeaky!! I just laughed and laughed the whole time. Especially when I remembered I needed yogurt for breakfast and it was clear on the other side of the store! Oh memories I will never forget!! I love these girls and Burley!! Steph, Jen and I have been friends since...well, forever. Steph did the tri and Jen was there just to have fun with us. We'd all go up to Burley as teenagers and be delinquents up there for a week during the summer - Steph was born there and her grandparents live there.
We grabbed some good drive-in food and shakes (of course) then crashed at grandma's for the night and caught the end of opening ceremonies.
The next morning came too soon...as always. Jen was our chauffer and took us to our transition stations to get the final touches arranged and tires on the bikes pumped up, then she took us to the start and we squeezed into our wetsuits - ready for the start!! I'd KT taped my foot to make sure I'd get some extra support, and put some arch supports recommended by the PT in my shoes. I was ready. The tendon on the outside of my leg was bugging me more than the heel! But, I knew I'd have the swim and bike to warm it all up. Pain point was the name of the game for the day.
We got in the river with about 7 min to our wave start. I could tell the KT tape wasn't going to last the swim, but I had hope. Then, before I knew it we were off! I've never been so molested by strangers! :) kicked and grabbed all over, but nothing horrible...just worked my way through the crowd of swimmers and didn't drown! There wasn't anything good to sight - no bouys or anything, so I just stayed with the crowd. Well, at one point I was clear in the middle of the river almost past the boat - oops. Swam more to my left. Well, then before I knew it I hit a rock with my hand! I was on the shore - oops. So, a little lost time on the swim due to not swimming a straight line. Next time I will improve that one! Hit the right shore to exit on and swam as much as I could then stood up in 10in deep gravel - yuck. got through it and limped to the bike. KT tape did come off about 1/2 way through the swim!
Swim time: 21:11 (.93 miles), 19th/94 --T1 time: 3:32 (58 seconds slower than the fastest) 31/94 -- yeah transition time could've been faster, but I enjoyed chatting with Steph! :)
Pulled the wetsuit off put bike stuff on and took off. Steph came when I was about 2/3rds of the way done getting out of there. I did slow down my pace and take a second to chat and say hello before I took off on the bike. I carried my bike the whole time on the grass on recommendation from a friend who said a TON of people get thorns from that transition area. Set my bike down on the gravel and I was off!
I didn't get it. SO many people seemed to just go slow at the first. Was I making a mistake pushing now? Well, if I was whatever! I didn't need to save anything for the 'run' so the bike was it for me. I had to put it all out on the line here. Passed people like crazy on the bike and I loved it! I felt like I was hauling. There were a few groups of people (like serious pros!) that passed me on the bike, but they didn't just pass me - they BLEW past me! Crazy how fast they go! I was over 20mph and they passed me like I was standing still! I leap-frogged with a couple ladies at the first, they both passed me at one point, but I caught one of them about 10 miles out from the finish- I never did see the other one, but only one passing? yeah, I'll take it! I'm still just a wee baby on the bike. Jen and Steph's family had gone to where the bike crossed their street and cheered for us, it was a VERY welcome sight! Oh, and blocks in Burley aren't like here. We went to 600S then to 600E (from 50E) I swear that was like 15 of the 24.5 miles!!! Mental game for sure. Oh, and I really do need a new seat - butt hurt!
Bike Time: 1:13:46 (20.21mph average) 8th/94 (only 3:30 back from top finisher) ---T2 time: 2:11 (24th and 48 seconds behind 1st; WAAAY too much whining and crying while I put my shoes on!!)
Made my way into the 2nd transition, racked my bike and then started whining. I didn't want to walk the 10K. I wanted to run. This is MY sport of the tri. This is where I excell, this is MY time. But, I couldn't. I couldn't do it. My stupid broken body made me have to take a rain-check on the race part. I should've been happy I could just be out there, but I wasn't. I wanted to race. The bike had put it in me and made me realize I was really doing a great job. Now I had to just be done and give up competing and it killed me to the core. KILLED me!
With the inserts in my shoes I actually didn't feel a ton of pain in a slow jog, but the tendon on the outside of my leg hurt more than my heel when I'd walk. So, I took a 9:30-10mm pace. I quickly caught up to Kevin - my gimpy friend :) He had a knee brace on and when I passed him he was readjusting it and I said "Man, I guess the gimps should stay together!" He laughed and said he was supposed to walk the run too. So, we 'walked' together! He was going in for his 3rd ACL replacement on Tuesday. After exchanging injury stories and getting into the flat stretches of the run we just got into a groove. Passed mile 3 at 30:30 - with our couple walk breaks we were doing just fine on our little 'walk'. Steph passed me here and she was running strong! I was so proud of her - this was her first tri and she was going to kick butt!! I think I probably could've finished faster, but it was SO nice to have company that would commiserate with the annoyingly SLOW pace on a race and being injured it was worth the couple walk breaks Kevin needed to take to hang with him. He did make a stop just a quarter mile out from the finish and I told him to finish strong and I'd see him at the finish. I thnk he ended up only 20ish seconds behind me. My finish time for the run was 1:02:51 - so depressing!!! But, I've got bigger fish to fry and have to save the foot. Jen yelled at me as I was coming in and said "you aren't supposed to be running!" I said back "this isn't running!" :)
So, my final finish time came in at 2:43:33 - blech. I was 24th in my AG, Steph finished 12th!! I really think that I could've easily finished the run 15 min faster on a normal day. Looking at that I would've taken 5th in my AG and 1st in Athena. Poo. I know it all depends on who comes out on what day, but that dumb slow run at the end really frustrated me. REALLY. I'm still kind of hung over and frustrated about it, but whatever. I need to recover and then I'll be able to kick it hard at the half IM and take my rightful place in a race, right?
I was really good about pain on the run, and it was worse walking around Friday than at any point during the run. So, I let the pain determine the pace. At the end when I'd left Kevin, I did try to pick up the pace, but the foot rejected that idea so I slowed down and all was good again. So, even though I didn't walk, I really did let my pain scale rule what I did. The foot actually didn't feel any worse after the race either.
We went back to grandma's and showered and then stopped by Jack in the Box on our way out of town for lunch and headed home. I was back by 5PM! My friend across the street was having a reception for her daughter at her home Saturday night and so I went over there and started helping get stuff recovered after the wind/rain storm that had just passed through. I spent the whole night over there helping with it all until 1AM. My foot was sore after being on it all night and forgetting to put my splint on when I went to bed. But, again the tendon on the outside hurt more Sunday AM than anything. After the race I put my insoles in my new Altras I got at DesNews and I've been wearing them around for support since, and it all seems to be helping. I hope just one more down week will be enough to get rid of all this!! Fingers crossed. | |
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Didn't want to get up early, so I went to the gym. Haven't been there or taken biting Fartlek there for over 6 weeks!! It was nice to sleep in.
Spin class. Allison kicked my trash good. I stayed as long as I could to get over an hour of spin in. Probably a good 18ish miles worth. I had a nice big sweat puddle to mop up afterward - excellent!
Did a weight set afterward. Lots of stability stuff while doing arms, legs, shoulders etc. then did transverse abs, planks and side planks. Then a good stretch out. Oh, I also did a 2 min cardio burst (like a sprint) after 2 sets of groups of exercises. Probably 4 or 5 sprints.
I am resolving to not be a slug and not take this injury lying down. Honestly, ever since I got my BQ I've had a hard time staying motivated for anything. I need to realize I have a half IM coming up soon and I know I've got the running under me when my foot heals, but I need more bike. So, why not get it in now? c'mon Rachel. Chin up, stop eating yourself into a mind oblivion and having pity parties because you can't run. Get off your butt and just DO IT! |
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Got up early and did a nice ride. Climb up Rose Canyon, then out to Mtn View Corridor - out and back, then back home. Got pulled over by the cops this morning :) yup. true story. I guess you can't be on the unopened sections. I've now been black-listed as warned about this. I don't think I'll be on the corridor anymore! Now, I'm off to the gym for a weight session and a swim. Good weight set - 3X arms (shoulders, back, triceps), 2 min cardio. running legs set (lunges, band walk, calf raises) 3X, 2 min cardio. Core set (on the ball, with a weighted ball, free standing) took off to get to the pool so I could get done with only a 1 hr charge at day care. 30 laps - 1500 yds - 1.3km - .83 miles -- in 33:30. I was hoping to get a full mile in, almost there! But, had to get out to get to day care or I'd pay for an extra hour and have only used 10 minutes of it. Still, good workout!
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20 miles with a friend from TTT (triple threat triathletes). It was just her and I, so we busted out the miles and didn't hang around too much. We both got home in plenty of time to get our brand-new Kindergartners off for their first day. Always fun to see them grow up, but I still cry!
Yoga X - I need some yoga. So, I am pre-blogging this to keep myself honest. I WILL do it! | |
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| | Another ride. I just have to say, when I run I don't really notice the day light slipping away so quickly in the morning, but when you need light to ride? You notice that 6AM is just too dark anymore to start. poo. I don't want fall and winter to come yet. 22 miles with Heidi, another TTT friend. She was a great person to ride with...I really like her and she runs too! Yipee! Who can't use another running friend? Good course and we kind of took it easy on the flat/downhill parts and just rode next to each other (what you could) and chatted. But 15mph for the ride isn't bad either. Especially for getting a good chatty ride in. Oh, I miss my running peeps. The foot is still getting noticeably better each day. It really is more like a stinky case of PF now than anything. I'm sure a lot of runners run all the time with the amount of pain I'm in now (which isn't a lot). But, I don't want this horrible "I can't walk/function" pain to come back when I jump back in, so I'm going to wait until Monday to run again. The amazing news is that tomorrow morning my family (8yr old, 11 yr AND hubby!!!) are going to do a triathalon. I'm impressed my hubby was willing to do it. It is a super sprint distance - 150M swim, 4.6 mile ride and 1 mile run, yup just ONE mile! I guess they only have like 30 people signed up. I should do it :) ha! Whatever. I'll be the cheerleader this time and watch and let them have the glory. I really am excited to see my hubby do it! I hope he likes it :) even just a little bit. So, that is at 8AM - then my 8 yr old is getting baptized at noon. It will be a crazy morning! So, today I have to do everything (yard work, house work, ironing etc) to get ready for the party. Blech. Worst part of a party! This also leads me to my next question...anybody willing to ride with me on Saturday? I want to try and get a good 3 hours in to get my 20 miler worth of cardio done. I know it isn't the same, but I've got to trust my body that it can run Park City and I was going to run a 20 tomorrow before the tri, but I just can't bike in the dark like I can run in the dark. Poo. Anyway, I'd really love some company in the evening if anyone is willing!!
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| | What a day! So, we woke up early for the tri and got some sweet spots in transitions. They started the youngest kids first and despite having to wear a life jacket for the swim, David (8) did a great job! He was probably the slowest swimmer, but he put his whole heart into it! Then he had a great transition into the bike and was 2nd out (behind his cousin who has taken tri classes all summer and has done 4 or 5). After seeing him off I watched Lauren start her swim. She is just a great swimmer! She got out and into the transition area in good time. My kids feeling good about wearing their Keen sandals to bike and run in was really to their favor in the transitions. David came in from the bike and headed out on the run VERY quickly, he was still in 2nd behind bye-wing's son. I ran (yes, ran!) over to the finish to watch David bring it home in the run. Watched Andrew finish strong, then saw David push through the .6 mile run to maintain his 2nd position! Since he started the swim last, I knew he would get 2nd despite the staggered start. While David finished, my husband started his 150M swim. I was SO excited that he was even willing to do this and humor me :) As I headed back from the finish Craig was just getting out of the pool. I harassed him a bit about walking, but the swim wore him out. At least he was still moving and not ready to quit...yet :) I watched Craig fly off on the bike, Lauren come in and then she took off like a shot on the run! I wanted to run with her, but decided that was bad form and to just sit back and yell and cheer for the family. Went to the finish to watch Lauren finish the 1.3ish mile run while Craig finished the bike and started the run. When I saw him he was walking. I said "c'mon give me a little run for the camera!"...but, he was tired. I again, was just happy he was still going and trying! Lauren finished strong and ran the whole time. Her card said she finished 2nd overall and 1st in her AG with 4 threats. So, we had to wait and see if anyone would beat her time. It took the next girl more than elapsed swim start times to come in, so I felt confident that she would maintain that 1st...but she was nervous! A little bit after Lauren finished, bye-wing came sprinting into the finish! I think she had the 2nd place overall time - after her daughter :) 1st in her AG though!! Her first first place finish! Woot woot!! Then Craig came into the finish and ran probably the last tenth of a mile after walking the rest. He gave it an awesome strong finish! I was so proud of my sexy, amazing husband that hadn't trained at all or ever even dreamed of doing a tri finishing in great style. When we got his card and it said 1st in his AG I was even more proud!! His first words to me were: "I'm NEVER doing this again!" I don't know...maybe next year he will come back with some training and defend his title :) We stuck around for the great awards ceremony where we cleaned house! Our family took SO many 1st place medals they ran out!! Craig was the last AG they gave awards to, so he got cheated out of his 1st place medal. They said they would have it for him when we go to pick up t-shirts next week though. So, the finishing run down: Bye-wing- 1st AG; B-w's daughter - 1st AG; B-w's son - 1st AG; Craig - 1st AG; Lauren - 1st AG; David - 2nd AG; B-w's friend's son also took 1st AG! Seriously...we cleaned them OUT! Not a single person in our family walked away NOT being a winner :) We're just awesome sauce like that. Distances: 7-9yr olds: 50M swim, 2.3mile bike, .6 run (this was David and his cousin's distance); All others did: 150M swim, 4.6 mile bike, 1 mile run. I think the run was longer than that. My daughter's time was 13:30ish on the run and she typically runs a 9mm in races, so I think it was closer to a 1.3 or 4ish. After we loaded up all the hardware, we took off to grab our 6 foot sandwich for the baptism lunch and get home to shower and get all dressed up for the special occasion. Had a wonderful afternoon with family and friends celebrating a special day! Then...I crashed. After cleaning up I went to bed. I got just over an hour nap...with interruptions about every 20 min. I didn't get to bed until 1AM from cleaning for the party (knowing there would be NO time before the party!) then got up at 6AM. Whew, I was tired! Then, I met a new friend that I'd found through Brent's connection to Di, Heather. She actually helped run the tri this morning, so we met there and then she wanted to do the ride with me and so she drove out to my house and we took off just after 5PM. We rode down to Redwood, up and over camp Williams, down 2100N in Lehi to meet Skip for a tour of Saratoga. We had 18 miles then, and added another 18 with Skip when got back to the park and ride. Heather and I decided to take the Frontage road (on the W side of I-15) home to 14600S and then West to 3200W, up to 12600S then the final climb home. It wasn't easy, but it was SO awesome! My new bike seat is A+! My butt was sore, but not done. I seriously could've gone a good 'nother 20 miles! No joke. I felt great. The pace was slower than my other 56 mile ride, but we had more climbing on this one...and more downhill. I seriously slogged through the last 15-20 miles of the ride last time, but this time I'd fueled and watered well and my butt wasn't killing me and my handlebars were adjusted properly. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I now have confidence that I can make the IM work. 54 miles total with 2000ft of overall gain in 3:15 - so about 16.4mph Honestly, I think I could've pushed the pace home a little more. But, Heather is gaining her climbing legs back and it was getting dark as we were climbing home, so I didn't want to be alone and I stuck close to Heather. Safety in numbers! Afterward we chatted forever at my house. You know you've made a good new friend when you can chat away for hours like you've been friends for years. Good times! I am SO grateful for the company and new connections I made today. Lots of good athletes out there and I love networking with them all. She is training for her first marathon, so I'll get out with her on the road (running) soon :) Home and ready to shower and go to bed. After writing this novel. Again...all for me, you guys don't have to be subject to reading all my craziness. But, as always you're more than welcome to! Now...enjoy some pics from the Tri! My athletes ready to race!!
 Lauren taking off on the run!
Craig bringing it home!!
Winner cousins with their medals!
Winner winner! Craig borrowed the medal from Lauren for the pic...had to have proof!
My winners!!!
Tri family fun! All of us hanging out and having fun...almost :)
Someone was excited to be baptized! :) We clean up pretty well, huh?
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20.5 miles on the bike, a little slower than I'm used to, but it was great fun with friends. Got to climb the best part of Rose Canyon twice. Pushed the first part, then when I reached the top I turned and went back to where the last of the ladies were and rode up again with them. Better than just sitting at the top.
Now, I'm off to take kiddos to school and the plan is to ride my bike (mtn bike with baby seat) to the gym, put baby in day care, run 3-5 miles on the TM to test out the foot and finish up with a good weight set then bike home. There are some advantages to only having one child at home - I can bike to the gym again!!
I have miles today! yipee! All TM's were full when I got there (Baby LOVED the ride!), so I did the first mile on the track. The turns around the track were a little painful due to the shift of weight, but I got it done and went to a TM. Three more at 8:34 pace. Harder than I remember, but still doable and I could chat with the ladies next to me. The last quarter I pushed the pace and didn't feel a noticeable difference in the foot - another YIPEE! Ended at a 7:00mm. TT: 25:45 (for 3) AP: 8:34
Did a good weight set: Shoulders, upper arms, chest and back. Core and leg work for running. Then we rode home. A little slower, but we got it done.
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| | Miles, Miles...glorious miles. I told Chad this morning that I didn't care about pace, but I was just there for the miles. I proved myself right :) The first 3.5 or so miles I ran with Chad at a good clip for the hills and road. Nothing spectacular, but enough that I felt like I wasn't starting from scratch...even though I really am after almost 2 weeks with no running. At 12600S we waited for George and Christine (we'd passed them while she took a second to stretch) and we switched pairs. George and Chad took off on a nice tempo and then Christine and I plugged along. She wasn't feeling well and had to stop and walk a bit every mile or so. No spectacular speed, but again, I was just there for the miles and didn't mind hanging out. Finished the 10 mile loop in good fashion and enjoyed it, until George came driving back in his car :) He was worried because we were SO far behind! Nice to know our peeps have our back if anything ever happened. Oooopppps! Next time I won't get far enough behind to have a sweeper crew come out. Foot did really well, I still iced it and took some Ibuprofen when I got home as a precaution, but things went well! I'm glad it seems to still be getting better despite getting back to running. I think I'll meander through this one with little issues in the long run. After getting kiddos off to school, I got trains out in my bedroom for baby (all else is practically unbreakable, or I don't care much about) and took a little nap - excellent! AP: 9:14 splits: 8:39, 8:54, 8:52, 9:18, 9:50, 9:40, 9:11, 9:07, 9:20, 9:33
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| | Wanted to sleep in, but had an early AM doc appointment...blech! So, I did get to sleep until 6:10. Got kids off to school (ugghhh!!) then rode the bike with baby to the gym. Spin class - holy sweat buckets batman! Good climbing and then cadence on the climbs. Loved it. Checked in with nursery and baby had been a turd, but they said they were okay keeping him. I talked to him and asked if he wanted to go home or play with friends. He said play, so I let him stay, but jumped into the pool for just a quick swim. 40 touches (20 laps; 1000yds) - in 25ish minutes. Jumped out of the pool and changed, but baby was in time out when I went to pick him up. Boo. I'm getting so sick of this...really sick of it. They said he was fine until about 3 min before I picked him up. Whatever. Rode the bike home, always a good climb! Rest day for the foot and it feels better yet. Still not 100% pain free, but it is getting better. So I'll keep taking care of it and taping on runs.
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| | Urban Trail loop with the Newtons...well, some of them. George and James took off, but that is to be expected. Chad hung around with me and my dragging pace today. Which wasn't bad, but slow for this crazy crowd! I did start out pretty slow, but I'm telling you I could NOT see the road today! We start out on a canal road and it was dark and my head lamp was not cutting it! I thought I was going to die. I stepped on a gazillion rocks and almost twisted my ankle, then I'd step in holes and almost do the same. Crud. Then, because I was watching where I was going so intently, I gave myself vertigo. Blech. Seriously, I need to learn to run again. Foot felt better than Tuesday! So, I'm not going to complain or rant on about it from now on unless there is a problem or things get worse. I'm still taping/icing/Ibuprofening it, but since it is on an upward swing even with running I'm feeling good and confident it should carry me through from here on out. Calves a little tight when I got home, but getting back to running will do that to you. AP: 8:50 splits: 9:23, 9:11, 8:47, 8:21, 8:47, 8:48, 8:49, 8:31. Ran the last .2ish low 8/high 7...felt good to get some turnover going!
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| | Rest Day for the tri tomorrow! YIPEE!! Blackridge baby. |
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Blackridge Triathalon - sprint (18.5 Miles) 01:21:50, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1 | |
The morning started off well enough...until I got about 1/4 mile away from the park (I'd ridden my bike over, because I only live about a mile away...why drvie?!?). I then realized I was an idiot and didn't have my helmet on my head!! What the!?! yeah...I'm brilliant! Went back home and all the cars I saw driving in I thought...there goes my good transition spot...and your next choice...and your next choice... grrrr.
Luckily, after I dropped my T2 stuff at the park I'd run into a friend and she took pity on me and took me up to the reservoir for T1 (the first transition is at the reservoir and you drop your bike there, but the 2nd transition is at the park where the finish line is - they take a drop bag that you fill with your swim stuff down to the finish and since you finish the bike and start the run there...your bike stuff should already be there). I got my body markings and a bike spot in the transition way at the back, but at least it was on the end. I hate not being on the end. Chatted with friends and fellow racers, tried to figure out if I'd registered Athena or not (I decided to just go with it and good thing, because I had!), and froze my tush off. It was cold and windy.
The race director gave the most hillarious, motivating pre-race speech ever (they always have pre-race meetings for tris to give any last minute details and course reviews)! It was crazy!! Something I'll never forget...my motivating speech to Escape from Blackridge! Then, we hit the beach to start the swim waves. I grabbed a quick gu on the way down. I knew I was going to need a boost! They started Elites first, then younger to older men's groups, then they did Clydesdales, Athena and relay all together in a wave. So, the Athenas were the first women to start the race. They had no women register as Elite.
Swim time: 9:28 - 6th in my AG and 1st in Athena
The swim was over and done with quickly. What I didn't like is that they didn't have a mat at the water's edge, you had to run up the gravel/dirt (only covered with a thin fake grass mat) up to the parking lot and then through the parking lot to the T1 area before crossing a timing mat. So, my swim time was also some running/hiking/ouchy foot time!
I had taped up my foot the night before with KT tape, because it feels a lot better when I do that on a run. I'd alcoholed the skin and heated the tape, I knew that sucker wasn't going anywhere! But, it still fell off in the water. I've really got to either get 100% over this or figure out how to get the tape to stick before the half IM - in 2 weeks! So, the hobble up the gravel and in the parking lot was only made worse by my unsupported foot.
T1 time: 1:34 - 4th in AG and 1st in Athena.
The transition went really well. Socks and bike shoes went right on and since we weren't in the sand, and run far enough out of the water I didn't need my water bucket to wash off my feet!! Grabbed glasses and helmet (I remembered this time!), threw the crap in my drop bag and I was off (but, I left the water, because I was on the end and if I would've dumped it - it would've gotten all over everyone else's stuff they had laid out! I wasn't going to be mean, but I didn't want to go all the way off the pavement to dump it either - so I left it out of the bag and just donated it to the cause). As I ran in my bike shoes to the other end of the trasition (like 30+ rows down) I was grateful I'd gotten the spot I did. It actually ended up being beneficial to be on the 'wrong end' of transition and run in my bike shoes down the length of the area, than in bare feet with my heel aching. See? it all works out in the end!
Bike Time: 46:03 - 19.45mph for the 14.9 miles (I mapped it, I didn't have a garmin and I don't know what they were calling it). I had the 7th overall fastest bike time! This is a tough biking route! Only one Athena beat my bike time by 40 seconds...more on that later :)
The bike was rockin' I love the downhill start! Gives you time to roll into it and get going. I was passing guys like crazy, and this is where I first realized that I was the first female out on the course! It was awesome to hear people cheering! "Yay! First Female!" I knew there would be people behind me in waves that would be faster than I was, but I got all the glory...and it felt good :) I worked the hill up to Kennecott well, I just kept pushing and telling myself "This is a sprint like a 5K! You keep going, no time to rest or recover or go slow...GO!" So, I did. Oh, and I loved chicking guy after guy on the bike too :) Only one guy passed me on the downhill, but he was a Clydesdale...can't argue...gravity likes him more :) I took my 2nd Gu at the High School, I figured I was about half way through the time it would take me to finish. I had the wrapper and just couldn't come to terms with chucking it on the ground. The first house that faces 6000W past the cemetary still had their garbage cans out from Friday, AND it was open! So, as I rode by, I took aim and BOOYAH! Scored a drive by basket as well :) We have an easy, but decent climb back up to the park and on the last turn off Mirabella in front of the stake center and then up Butterfield Park Way I passed a couple guys and I said "C'mon! Last Hill!! Make it Count!! Don't get chicked!!" One guy just laughed and said "too late!"
I unvelcroed my shoes and unclipped before the dismount area so that I could make a fast 2nd trasition. It seemed to work well!! Oh, and my new lock tight laces...no more tying shoes!
T2 time: 0:43 - there were only 2 females with faster T2 times! rockin!! But...one of them was the other Athena!
Here I'd been lulled (okay, not really, I was running scared!) into thinking I was first female and rockin' it when as I jumped out of the transition area there was a female that had an A on the back of her leg (they body mark you on the back of your calf with your age or division, so she had an A for Athena - I had my age, because that was what they asked me when they marked me! I wasn't trying to hide or anything). What the?!? Where in the world did she come from? Well, it got me running! I could tell from the first few steps she wasn't a strong runner and she had to be my only threat at 1st in my division at this point, so I had to dust her! Grabbed water and threw it in the general direction of my mouth at the aid station right out of the T2 area and I took off.
Run Time: 24:04 (3.2 miles, a long 5K) 7:30AP 11th overall fastest run time, 1st in Athena :)
Okay, I'm just going to say it. The run sucked. I'm sick of being injured. My heel hurt and since I haven't been running I felt like I was running through mud!! Okay, some of it may have been the jello legs from the push on the bike, and some of it may have been the nasty hill you have to run up the first 1/2 mile. I don't know, I just didn't enjoy the run like I normally do. It just never felt right and I never felt like I got into a rhythym and could push myself like I wanted to. Turnover was crappy, breathing was hard, lots of hills and trying to forget about the pain in my foot. blech! I was still passing people, but the run is supposed to be MY thing, where I finally kick it in and show these triathaletes who is boss, but I just didn't have it. I hate being injured and not having MY thing working well. HATE IT!! HATE IT!! HATE IT!!! Okay, rant over.
So, the last little downhill before your final climb to the finish I thought I could hear a female breathing behind me. Shoot. But, then a teen boy (who I had 6 min on due to wave start) passed me, so I figured it was him. But, I kept hearing it on the right. Looked back and there she was. Poo. I wasn't going to cross the finish line first feamle! She was running strong though, so I just did my best to hold on. You have to run up a dirt path then turn onto grass for your final 100M of the race, and it kind of stinks, but I did my best to turn it on and finish strong. The girls finish time was only 3:05 ahead of me, so she was only 5 seconds ahead of me on the line which it seemed more like 10-20 from my point of view. Oh well, they still announced me as 2nd female :) that was fun!
After looking at results posted I was really pleased that I ended up in 5th overall and 1st in my division, but I also would've taken 1st in my AG by 2 min too!! So, it wouldn't have mattered where I started, I still would've come out on top. Awesome!
I had fun chatting with other racers and getting to know some people in the tri world, got my awesome medal for my 1st place and ear buds and a waterbottle in raffle/random prizes. All in all it was a wonderful day and I'm really proud of the hard effort I put in...even if the run was the worst part. Stupid body.
My little 8 yr old also did a tri with his cousin again this week and he took 3rd in his AG!! There were like 20+ kids and cousin was 1st and he was 3rd! Awesome little guy! He really has the racer spirit! Now, he just needs to learn how to swim so he doesn't have to wear a life vest in the swim :)
Lauren (11) had a swim meet as well on Saturday. She improved all of her times despite not going to swim all summer! I told her now big things are expected of her that she IS swimming! :)
I love my little family, even if they do make me batty 99% of the time. That 1% is enough to keep me going! :)
Sorry...no pictures as usual. My support crew was obviously off doing more important things than supporting mom at her crazy race (like usual). Maybe someday my fan club will come watch one of my races and take pictures of me...someday. | |
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Want to run a marathon for $10? well... you can! My friend posted these codes for the Utah Marathon 10/13 (yes, week after SGM), that makes the prices for ALL events only $10. Yup, true story. Paid $10.84 for a half registration. Can't beat that! PLUS you can run on the Fast Running Blog team that Jake set up.
I'm going to run the half that starts at 7AM, then meet the family (I'm assuming I can run a sub 2hr half at a recovery pace the week after SGM) for the 5K that starts at 9AM and run/walk with them. Fun family time...for CHEAP!
Here they are, I don't know when they expire. I did it today hopefully it will still work when you sign up! Come have fun!!
Marathon: FAMILYMARATHON
Half: FAMILYHALF
5k: FAMILY5K
Bike: FAMILYBIKE
Kids: FAMILYKIDS |
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| | Beautiful birthday ride with my friend Heidi! Rose Canyon climb to start it out, then out to Redwood via 12600S and out to Saratoga, then back home through Bluffdale to cut out some of the major road crossings. Dropped her at her home, then rode the last little bit home. Finished up with 54.5! Garmin died at 22miles, so no pace...just a great day! Don't forget to look at the $10 codes for ALL races for the Utah marathon I posted yesterday. Who can pass up a $10 race?!?
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I don't want to swear on the blog, so I won't. I'm sick of not feeling it on the run...sick of it! I just want a nice, easy, run again...just one, is that too much too ask? FABULOUS run this morning. Chad, Ronnie and George. I need to stop running with them, I'm just too slow lately and I feel bad holding them back while they take turns waiting for me/running with me. At 2 miles figured out I didn't change my garmin from biking. Whatever. The AP for that section was 8:16 - things started out well. The last 4 miles I just wanted to puke. Should've just done it. Then I could've stopped at 7-11 and gotten a slurpee and walked back to the cars. Oh well. Pushed through and finished, not in good fashion, but I finished. Got in the car and took off...got turned around and had to pull over at the round about to puke. Ahhh, a good couple minutes of violent puking always makes one feel better. THEN I stopped at 7-11 on the way home and got my Slurpee! The best part was seeing Kelli on her run and pulling over to chat...30 minutes later my husband called wondering if I was coming home. Ooops. Sorry Kelli, you had to warm-up all over again!!! Thanks for the vent session though. I really need to get a run in with you so I can vent more :) AP: 8:48 splits: 8:16(avg for the first 2 that were on bike mode), 8:28, 8:53, 9:07, 8:56, 8:30, 8:34, 8:59, 9:09 Someone please tell me how to get back to my normal running self, I'm SO depressed and missing it!!
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Okay, okay...before you go worrying about the miles, let me explain.
First off, I throughly got put in the dog house yesterday and I'm going to try this rest thing again. poo. I hate, hate, hate seeing no miles!! But, I really think my foot will heal better and faster this way. Yes, I'm still doing PC...how can I not?!? :)
So, last night at RS a group of ladies in my ward that are the running recruiters (everyone must be too scared of me, so no one will run with me!) in the ward finally asked me to come run with them. They never ask me to come run, I tell them I can keep up with them (they are slower - 11-12mm), but they just laugh and honestly sometimes it hurts my feelings that I am a runner, but no one in the ward will run with me! I understand my pace and miles are intimadating to them, but still - sometimes I just like to run for the social aspect and I don't care about pace. So, since I finally got my invitation to the 'elite' running group of the ward I couldn't turn it down. Besides, they were only doing 4 miles at an 11-12mm - no biggie :)
So, we started around 9:30 and our first mile was around a 10:30mm, not too bad for them and I was just enjoying the company. Well, at 1.6 miles one of the ladies had a HUGE sugar drop (she's had a few of them this week) and she all but passed out. She laid there on the grass and I was the only one who had thought to bring water. In my handheld water bottle I always keep jelly beans, chomps or something of the like incase I end up near dead on a run and need something. It is how I use all the free samples I get :) So, I had some OLD carb boom chews (they're HARD and rip your teeth out if you try to chew them!), but it was all we had. So, I gave her 2 and she said she'd never felt the sugar recover SO quickly - even with skittles. Good endorsement, huh? :) At that she still laid there for about 20 minutes recovering until she felt ready to walk. Thankfully, it was at the bottom of the big hill up to the Middle school and around to the Park, so we got to walk the hardest part of the run! Score.
When she was finally ready to run again, the pace was closer to a 12mm, but I just jogged along with the crowd enjoying the chatter and friends. We finished running 4 miles right by my house, so we walked down to Natalies house at the end of the street, made sure Amber (the one who had the crash) got home safely, then I walked with Lori back to my house. It was 11:30!!!
Holy Crap, longest 4 mile run ever. But, it was better than just sitting and watching Shark Week :) The total running time for the 4 miles was 46:00, so an 11:30AP. I'm certain that this isn't considered running...for ME. Jogging, yes. Running, no. So, see? you can't get mad! I wasn't running :)
Took me an hour to unwind and feel ready for bed. Thankfully, Wed is my sleep in day.
Rode the mtn bike with Adam (baby) on the back to the Rec center this morning. Did a wonderful sweaty spin class, then jumped in the pool for 1500yds (60 touches). Did each 500 in 12:00, 11:30 and 11:00. Nice progressive swim. Not as fast as I once was in the water, but not horrible. I'd like them to be 10:00.
Picked up baby and miracle of all miracles...guess who didn't go to timeout ONCE?!? Oh yeah! A good day in the nursery. I can hardly believe it! He certainly got a treat after we rode home. When we got to the house, I got off the bike and I said "did you have fun on your ride?" He looked at me and said "more?!?" that kid! I tell ya, he loves to be outside. Always has. Even as a newborn he would only calm down when we'd take him outside and rock or walk with him.
So, no more running this week. I need commando points :) I will put my body on an important list and try to heal up this foot. It has gotten to a point where it has stopped getting better. Not worse, just not better...and it ain't gonna cut it for SGM. I will keep up fitness/cardio with bike and ellip and then some swim. I can do this, I just need to be healthy, and it isn't worth rupturing my PF, right? |
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Bike ride with Adam to the rec center
sweaty pools in spin class
1500yds in the pool (10:20, 10:30, 10:10) improvement from yesterday
no time outs for Adam in nursery again! Even helped a little guy that got hurt. bike ride home and he asked for more :) |
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Park City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:59:35, Place overall: 100, Place in age division: 18 | | What an awesome race! Rode up with Kelli, met Smooth and Karen and waited in the lobby to avoid the cold! Foot felt marginal, but I knew I'd be fine - all taped up and ready to go. No National Anthem or anything this year...we were just off. Catherine came up and said hello (she is running the slam this year!) and we ran for a mile+ together, then I waited at a corner for Smooth and Karen. Chatted away the miles from 2-13 with Smooth all about my crazy life and how to deal with everything that seems to be drowning me lately. What an amazing friend and mentor she is. I just don't think I can ever say enough about how much I love and respect that woman!! Karen had found her cousin in the crowd and the 4 of us were just peas in a pod running along enjoying the day. Somewhere in these miles I found the real reason why I love marathons so much. Marathons are actually BUFFETS! SO much candy, pretzels, fruit!! All you can eat!! You just have to run from table, to table, to table :)
Saw Maynard and Scott on our way up to Deer Valley, did the loop and missed our wet wash cloths! boo. Just before going over the pedestrian bridge, there were a bunch of people sitting around a fire pit (not lit) and cheering us on. I said "mind if I sit a minute with you?" they just laughed...until I sat down. HA! You should've seen the looks on their faces...priceless. Then came Empire St Hill. This is my Queen of the Mountain push on this race. I never walk it! So, I ran my mini hill sprint up the mountain and felt like a million bucks! :) Then, I waited for Smooth and Karen. Nice little rest break. The downhill wasn't as nice to my foot as I would've liked it to be, but I got used to it after a couple miles. The foot really prefers the uphill. Maybe this is a sick joke to make me run hills...and like them! At Park City Resort aide station (by the Alpine slide) we passed Larry Macon...not Bacon, but close. He has run 903 marathons and is over 70 yrs old. Awesome. When we stopped at the aide station Smooth's hubby Larry brought us a cooler of ice! Oh sweet heaven! With my bra and shorts full of ice we ran off...then the COLD water dripped down my legs, yikes! Made me stop and laugh for a good few minutes and Smooth and Karen were laughing too. We just had way too much fun! Along the golf course Lowell called from Hobble Creek, Toby finally texted me back about how she did, my neighbor doing her first tri texted me and we chatted with Larry Macon. When we ran this with Kelli last month I told her "I don't remember any of these hard hills around here!" Well, guess who didn't realize they were running up and down hills again? Yup. Too much fun and excitement. Especially at the yard sale where we stopped to shop for a bike :) didn't have one, so we kept running. Just before the barn we passed our broken leg friend for good. We'd chatted on the way up to Deer Valley and he said he had a SF in his femur. He was from SC and I told him to come to my birthday part at Myrtle Beach Marathon in 2014 (all invited...open invitation!! Marathon on your birthday? doesn't get any better!). We also finally passed the girls who were from BYU. One was running her first full, with never running more than a half for training - crazy girl! The other took up running ultras after breaking up with a boy that was an ultra runner. I told her she should've told him "I can do that...and better than you!" Well, she said she did :) awesome. She'd signed up for the same ultra he'd done, stalked his time from the year before and she had totally beat his time! woot woot! I still think she should've printed out the result and sent it to him on his mission for a little closure :) After the barn I walked a bit with a guy who was dealing with his 4th full with ITB issues. Poor guy. I feel his pain! Smooth and Karen had left me in their dust. So, I decided to pick it up and push the pace for a bit to catch them. It felt great to open it up to 7:20ish pace for a good 1/3-1/2 mile! Then I ran with them and texted a bit more, and decided at the next aide station I needed to stop at a pop. So, I ran ahead to gain some time, used the pop, ate at the buffet table, then pushed the pace again to catch up. After getting some speed in them my legs protested a bit about the slow. Should've just stayed with Smooth! But, I wasn't going to leave her the last 2 miles of the race!! No way! We'd come this far...I was finishing it out with her. Larry (Mr Smooth) met us with about 3/4 mile to go and ran in with us! It was wonderful to have him by her side. A Perfect ending to a good comeback marathon for her. We all encouraged and reminisced along that last windy path to the finish, grabbed hands and with Karen's 2 sweet girls crossed with arms held high! Okay, so I couldn't raise one of my hands too high, because I was holding Smooth's hand, so it was like at my shoulder :) hehehe. After some chocolate milk and a final buffet table, a beautiful medal and quick good-byes we met Kelli, Amy and Scott (Kelli and Amy rocked it!) and then I got in the car with them and took off for home. Right away I took off my shoe and stretched my foot. It didn't feel nearly as bad as I had anticipated...almost good. I kept waiting and waiting for the foot to feel bad, but even in the morning Sunday and today it feels good! Seriously. It hasn't felt this good since before Des News! I guess I just had to run it out of my system :) I had a wonderful time at the race, and although this is the longest I've ever spent on a marathon course, it certainly takes rank up there with some of the best times I've ever had with my running peeps! Sometimes it isn't all about the finish time, sometimes it is about the journey. No more running until Half IM - even though my foot feels okay. I want to hit training for SGM hard after Labor day. I know it will be a short push, but I want to be 100% by then!!! Thanks to all my peeps who made this race the most wonderful morning a girl can have!! Totally worth the 4AM wake up call :) SMOOTH, KAREN, KELLI, AMY...and Scott for the ride and enduring the stink and chatter of us 3 girls in the car! Oh, and Larry!! I can't forget Mr. Smooth...the ice?!? Oh SO wonderful! He got my favorite person of the day award for that!! Can you do that again next week at the half IM? I'll be running that half marathon about noon!!
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Slept in and rode with Adam on the mtn bike to the rec center. Met a TTT peep for a bike ride. She was nice enough to let me tag along on the slow machine (mtn bike) with a 30 pound dead weight on the back! Went up to Kennecott, down to the HS and back to the rec center. That uphill climb on a mtn bike with Adam on the back? Holy Moly that was worth about 10 miles!! Good training I guess :) Then I hit Masters swim. I don't know how much I swam, but hit my last 100yd with a time of 1:41 - excellent! Good recovery after Saturday's marathon. Foot still feels good - surprisingly good! I guess I just needed a marathon to run it all out :)
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Decided to skip spin class. I didn't want to push my legs that hard...especially after yesterday's climb fest.
So, I did the spin bike on the track and just read for an hour at a good flat/cadence. Sweaty goodness, but not overdone. I hope.
I hate figuring out how to taper for an ironman. What am I supposed to do for x-training, but to keep my HR up and the legs fresh. stink. I'll probably figure it out...next week! :) |
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| | 1 hour of spin, easy - not in a class, just by myself...while reading :) Bart Yasso has some really good adventures in his book! I'm nervous about tomorrow. I told a friend I would run her last long run with her. She is running the Half Crazy marathon on 9/1 as her first and needed someone for her 10 miler. She runs slower 9:30ish, so I should be fine...but I don't know if I'm destroying my recovery/taper or not. Blech. I'll still have 48 hours to do nothing and get it all put back together. That is enough time, right? ugghhh. I hate taper! I'm SO nervous about the Half IM Saturday! I just don't know what to expect and I think I'm going to die....
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| | Well, I did it. I did the 10 miler just 2 days out from the half IM. I would never even think about doing this when I would be racing a half marathon, but I guess I'm just that crazy :) I have to remind myself I'm not really racing Saturday - just getting the experience. It is kind of like your first marathon. You just have to sit back, relax and enjoy the journey. Alicia is running her first half 9/1 at "Only Half Crazy" half out here in Herriman. I actually runs right in front of her home. She is going to do great! She ran strong and consistent and pulled out the fastest mile of the bunch at the end (maybe it was me dragging her, but she kept up well!). I think if all goes well she could finish under 2:05, but I think that would scare her...so I won't say it :) The Newtons were nice to stop and wait for us and Chad and Ronnie ran a bit with us at first, but I decided it would be best to loop the island at the lake and take the long way around the lake to add 2 miles onto the 8 mile Urban trail loop as opposed to tagging them on the end. So, we said good-bye to familiar faces and went at it alone. It was a wonderful morning and I'm grateful I got out for the easy miles. I could tell they were easy, but unfortunately I thought we were closer to a 9:20 than a 10:00. Poo. I've lost too much and need my foot to heal so I can get back at it. SGM is pretty much going to be a stink fest if something doesn't change...soon. Foot is a little behind now in the healing process, but I think by tomorrow it should be about where it was yesterday. So, I guess I can't complain too much. AP: 9:56 splits: 10:31, 10:23, 9:55, 9:46, 9:29, 9:41, 10:12 (started the trail part and the change of surface I think made the difference), 10:06, 10:04, 9:16. Now it is a waiting game until the Half Ironman Saturday! Provo Boat Harbor. 1.2 miles of swimming, 56 mile FLAT bike ride, 13.1 run. It will take me about 5-6 hours. Longer (and harder) than any marathon I've ever done....nice. I'm going to die, but like Chad said - it won't be such a bad way to go :)
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Utah Half IM (70.3 Miles) 05:44:03, Place overall: 20, Place in age division: 1 | |
Holy heavens Batman! I will post more tomorrow. I am tired, sore and hungry :) I have to say...I'm a dumb runner. I thought a little swim and ride before a half wouldn't be so bad to take on. HA! I'd challenge anyone who thinks it is easy to give it a shot and see how they feel 5 hours later. Holy Heavens Batman.... I am pleased with how well I did. The course was long - 1.5 mile swim (instead of standard 1.2), 56 mile bike was accurate, 13.6 mile half marathon (at least! Some had it at 13.9!!) makes for a long race. I brought it home for the big girls (Athena) today, but would've placed 6th in my AG if I'd have stuck there...it was worth the medal :) Pictures and report tomorrow, if I can stand up out of this chair.... ***Okay, so I was thinking the WHOLE run about how to describe how that half felt. Here is my best attempt: Think of the worst bonk you've ever had...put it at mile 20 in a marathon...THEN run another 13.1+ miles. Yeah, almost there :) *** Oh...and yes. I'll be back again next year! You'd better believe it! ******************************************************************** I don't know if it is better or worse to wait to write the report! I guess we'll see how long this one ends up :) I was nervous as all get out. I had a hard time sleeping Friday and butterflies all week. I thought I was over being nervous about races! Got up at 4 and headed down to Provo. Got a decent transition place and waited around with the Triple Threat Triathletes (TTT) and found Brent and Ericka. I just didn't know how it was all going to go, worse than my first marathon! Before I knew it, I had my wetsuit on and was getting into the water. Here is where I saw Matt, it was SO nice to have other FRBers there to share in this crazy!! I knew the swim would be my biggest struggle. I'm not a horrible swimmer, but just slower than most. I just plug along though, and it doesn't bother me or make me nervous...just slow :) So, I took off with my wave start (45ish min late!!! ugghhh...wasn't looking forward to 45 min later of HEAT on the run, but it was cool when we started). We had 2 loops of the harbor and I felt like I swam pretty straight and did well on my sighting. It was hard when we turned to swim East...with the sun right in front of me I couldn't see the buoys! I just followed everyone around me until it came into sight. On the second loop, there was a guy WALKING...what?!? was I seeing this right? Yup, due to getting molested I had to do a breast stroke kick and my feet hit the bottom. You could totally walk the swim...crazy! This dude was really just walking along the bottom...cheater! :) The last push toward the dock where you exit seemed SO long. It just wouldn't end...and I couldn't see, because it was into the sun again. Just kept plugging along until I saw people standing up. Whew! finally done. It was SO great to have my TTT peeps there cheering like crazy. Swim time: 46:44 - this was a little disappointing to me. I wanted to be closer to 40! But, afterward I found out it was measuring (to those with swim garmins) closer to 1.5 miles instead of 1.2!! 500 extra meters? yeah...nice. But, made me not feel so bad about my slow swim time. T1 time: 1:50 - this seemed to take forever! Especially peeling that wet suit off. But, if you had to stand around and put socks and shoes on wet feet in a race, wouldn't you feel like time was just ticking on without you?!? Yeah, transition times always seem to take forever. Before I knew it, I was off on the bike. Whew. The hard part was over. I've done this bike ride before. I can do it again. Here we go. I had opened and taken a couple cliff blocks before the swim, and after a few miles on the bike grabbed a few more. The bike is where you must stay on top of your fuel or you will bonk hard! Been there, done that...don't want to do it again. Around mile 10 I passed my first TTTer. With a good shout out to each other we had a little more to keep going. Somewhere around this same time a lady in a purple jersey passed me...well, kept up with me :) We really leap-frogged the whole time on the bike and we chatted quite a bit. I felt like she was my friend on the bike! We were in different AG so we were good knowing we weren't competing and just helped each other. I loved purple lady! They had an aid station on the bike which was WAY weird! Full bottles of gatorade or water and you had to grab them out of the volunteers hands. TONS harder than a cup!! You're going 20mph and trying to grab something...slippery! :) I still was SO grateful for the extra water, I was worried about running out so it was nice to have a drink and to spray it all over my face and hands as well. My goal was to not see any bikers coming back until I hit mile 20 (out and back course). Well, it was past mile 19, but before 20 that the first place guy came the other way. Made me feel like I was on target! Plus, I was 15 min back due to wave starts, so I wasn't going to complain. Pedal on!!! I felt strong and passed quite a few people. At the turn around it was fun to see everyone behind me. I got to cheer them on and hope that I could stay strong enough they wouldn't catch me :) 2 of the TTT relay teams were in front of me, but other than that I was out front. I hate running scared. The other ladies were 3-6 min behind me due to wave starts. Brent was a lot closer than I liked at the turn around! I knew I had to kick it in or I'd get those -1000 commando points when he passed me. Around mile 40 I got tired of the bike. I was ready to be done. I kept thinking...it is like having the 5K left in a half marathon. You're mostly there, and tired...just push through!! My butt was done and I wanted to run :) Foot felt great and I just wanted to get my legs running instead of pedaling! I had done well on my fueling and anytime my legs started to feel heavy I would pop some cliff blocks or a gu, or just some of the electrolyte drink I'd packed along. I also brought some small graham cracker snacks in case my gut got tired of the gu and blocks. Good thing too. Next time I might try to do a pb sandwich, gut gets tired of gu, but you need fuel. SO much easier to eat on the bike!
About 1-1.5 before the finish on the bike I saw a crash and it put a pit in my gut! A guy about 20 feet in front of me just passed out on the bike! He swerved to the R, hit a curb and flipped into the field. He and his bike were facing me...so he flipped pretty good! He was unconscious and not getting up. I hit my brakes, but then saw a volunteer just 50 feet ahead running back. I decided to continue on the tenth of a mile to the intersection where the cop was directing traffic and let her know. I told her he had passed out and was unconscious and not getting up. She got on her walkie and called an ambulance. I'd done all I could do and continued on to the finish...shaken up! Then I saw my family just a bit later and I broke down! tears, hyperventilating and all. Finally, it was time to get my butt off the bike and run. YES! I had this, just a half marathon in front of me. I could wake up and do this any day, right?  I was blowing the family a kiss...not trying to hide! :)
Bike time: 2:51:38 (19.65mph) I was hoping I could hit 20mph...SO close! Next time :) T2 time: 1:17 - slower than I would've liked, but not too shabby looking at other participant's times. I got headed out then remembered I should grab a drink before I head off, I didn't know when the first aid station would hit. So, I went back and got a drink. Probably added 20+ seconds, but it was worth it! ....gotta get going to my son's doc appointment...stay tuned.
I know you've all been waiting for the final installment. Pins and needles, I'm sure! So, I get out of T2 and I'm on my way, running and passing lots of other folks. Assuming that the jello legs that I'm used to from the bike will fade in a mile or two and I can kick into normal running gear and get this baby over with. HA! The jello legs faded right into lead legs. I felt like my cardio was still fine, but my legs were just done. I don't know if my fueling was off on the bike, if I pushed too hard on the bike or if I just wasn't as ready as I thought...especially for the heat! It was close to 85 or so when I started running around 11:30...started. running. I had asked Craig to bring a big cooler of ice (like Larry did for the marathon last week) so that I could fill up my shirt...and boy did I! The way the course was, the family only had to move 100 ft and could see me at mile 2, 6, 8 and finish. I was SO grateful for each handful of ice, encouragement, shouts and smiles from the kiddos! Kept me going. The second loop was the hardest. There are 2 out and backs and then 2 loops, so you cross people 4X that are in front of and behind you. I was gaining on the people I knew in front of me, but didn't seem to be putting any distance between the people behind me. I knew I was going slow, but I thought for sure I'd finish under 2 hrs...like 1:50-1:55 or so. HA! This was one time it was good I didn't have my garmin, it would've just depressed me. I did get to see Craig and MattVH on the 2nd loop! They'd recognized me on the first loop, but I got to see who was cheering me on the 2nd time around. Each aid station had water, gatorade or heed, ice and a couple had people standing there with a hose to spray you down. Oh, it was nice! I kept dumping water over my head, shoving ice down my shirt (yes, sometimes I was hot enough I'd take it out and suck on it or eat it) and the hose brigade would shower me down. Only way to survive running at noon!!! I don't know how you AZ people do it day in and out at 5AM! The last 3 or so mile stretch to the finish felt like such a drag! I did feel like I picked it up around mile 12ish for a bit, but then faded during the last half mile. Which I found out later the course was closer to 13.6-13.8!!! ugghh! Kelli was with me on this last push. I kept singing over and over "my body tells me noooooo, but I won't quit! 'cuz I want Mooooorrrree!!" I just had to get to the end...then I was going to lay down. Not walk, not talk...just lay down on the grass 2 inches on the other side of the finishing mats and lay down and nap. Yup...that is all I wanted to do.  Since most of you only see the back of me anyway in a race, I decided to use this picture since you'd recognize me better this way :) hehehe
Problem came when that last stretch I started to feel zings of cramping in my calf. I thought of Kelli again last week on the course. I just had to keep moving before it got too bad! I wanted this done so bad....I swear that half marathon was like 50 miles long!!! I finally could hear the crowd at the finish line and pulled my way through and pushed to the finish! I was done!! I had done it!! I didn't stop 2 inches over the line and lay down. The cramp wouldn't let me, so I did my Smooth walking around the finishers area until it calmed down enough that I could let them take of my timing chip. I had no idea of how well or what time I'd finished in....I was just done! I hadn't stopped running on the run when I saw lots of others walking and I had only been passed by 2 or 3 people and I passed a gazillion! Especially the 2nd lap when a lot of people were just on their first lap. But, I didn't care. I was done! Run time: 2:02:37 - stinky 2 hour half marathon! I guess if it was over a 1/2 mile too long, I did run a sub 2hr...but still kind of ticks me off!  My 8 yr old racing me to the finish!!
When I finished my boys raced me to the finish line and walked around with me...and ate treats with me :) I sat with my family, got a professional stretch session, chatted with TTTers and cheered in those that followed closely behind. I was ecstatic when I saw my finish time and placing! I know lots of people think that since I'm tall and lean I shouldn't sign up for Athena, but hey...I don't make the rules! My TTT group all think I'm a big sandbagger, but just because I'm willing to admit I weigh over 150 doesn't mean I'm cheating, does it? This has really been bothering me. I don't make the rules about weight in Athena, but they all say "well, there should at least be a HEIGHT limit!" What the heck?!? I'm still dragging around all the weight, so why not if I can? Am I really being considered a big cheater when I sign up for Athena? I'm really conflicted about all of this. I guess they got to me.  "WHATEVER! I'll race Athena if I want to!" :)
Anyway, I was happy to be able to take podium and place in my first half. My purple jersey friend from the bike passed me on the 2nd loop of the run and I couldn't keep up with her. Looking back now I wish I would've given more and kept up with her! My run time would've been under 2 hrs. I did find out her name was Rachel too! That just really made my day. Purple Rachel sisters on the half! I'm hoping some of the race pics will have her in it! Overall I had a great day and I'm ready to take the challenge on again and someday do a full. But, it will take a lot more training to get there...a lot! I am SO grateful for my health and strength that got me through this race, my family and friends that were there supporting me along the way and all of you that were in my thoughts as well. If any of you are 'dumb runners' like I was and think that since you can run marathons with little to no build up, so a half IM would be nothing....do it. Go ahead, try it. We'll talk afterward :)
Me posing alone on the podium...none of the other big girls were willing to show! :)
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| | Don't laugh...I know I'm an embarrassment to the running community right now. It is sad. Where did the runner in me go? The one willing to get up at all hours of the morning to run in any condition with any little pain? Hello? Hello? are you out there? I want you back!! I was going to run with the Newtons this morning, but I woke up, got dressed and was hobbling on my foot. I thought about it and decided I was going to bail. I'd do shorter, faster miles at the gym to hopefully save the foot. I think I was just making stuff up so I could go back to bed. I'm tired! When I woke up at 8 my foot felt a lot better...see? all mental excuses! Did 3 miles on the TM - 8:34, but then after a while I decided during the commercials I'd drop the pace to 8:00. Felt good! Not as hard as I had anticipated. The last .3 I just increased from there ending at a 6:58AP for the last tenth. It felt good to hammer out a little faster pace than I'd run in a LONG time. I need to get back to running...I miss it. AP: 8:20 TT: 25:01 Went to the spin bike (oh, my butt is sore!!!) and did 30 min of good cadence flat spinning while I read about Bart Yassos adventure in Antarctica. How cool would it be to be a member of the 7 continents club? I'd take that over 50 states!!! :)
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| | Rode my bike with Adam on the back to the rec center. I added 2 miles, because on the way there I realized I forgot my Ipod and key (to check in and pay for day care), so I went back home to get it. A lot easier to go home in the car! 6 miles on the TM. Started at 8:34 and then on commercials for Price is Right I would speed up. Started 1st commercial at 7.2, then 7.3 etc etc until I got to 7.6 and I stayed there for my commercial breaks. Then, the last 1/2 mile I went progressive starting at 7.6 and ending at 9.0 (6:58) for the last tenth. AP: 8:20 TT: 49:57 30 min of swimming with Masters swim. Talked to much to get a full 45 minutes in. Oh well, it was nice to just relax and swim. Did pulls, kicks and swim. Biked the 3 miles home for a total of 8 miles on the mtn bike with baby on the back.
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| | Urban Trail Loop at 5AM, dang that is early! tried to keep the pace at a good clip, but it was hard to see when we got into the single track trail and I didn't have my head lamp :( Went to get new batteries this AM and I didn't have the right size. The best part of waking up early to run is to see the sunrise, but I was back home before that today! AP: 8:14 splits: 8:22, 8:04, 7:58, 7:55, 8:38, 8:03, 8:44, 8:08 Then I skipped the gym in lieu of yard work since it is going to rain this weekend.
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Pocatello Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:59:56 | | I was SO grateful for the hook up I got to pace this half marathon! Lowell has asked me to come up and do this race, but between Park City and SGM? nah. I never knew there was a half though! So when offered to pace the 2:00 slot I jumped on it. Quite a few other fabulous runners from SLC joined the marathonpacing.com team to pace this race as well and I was privileged to drive 4 of them up to Pokey as well. We met at my home at 2PM on Friday. Rachelle, Julie C, Jonathan Crampton (runs Utah Race Pacers) and Blaine Hawkes (runs Lehi Round-up) and I all crammed into my little Honda Civic and drove up to Pocatello. Great company and fun stories all around. We had a shift to work at the expo booth with specific instructions on how to talk to racers about pace teams. It was a lot different than I was used to, but it was nice to talk to the runners and get to know them before the race. A lot of people thought they'd have to pay for it! Crazy! Anyway, we also got to go to the pasta dinner for the race and it was okay food...well, the salad and vegetarian lasagna were okay :) Afterward Rachelle and I decided to hit the streets of Pocatello and go get frozen yogurt (ice cream for me) and any extras we needed. Then we settled in for a night of restless sleep. It rained nearly all night and the thunder through the thin plexiglass front of our room didn't provide a lot of sound insulation. But, it made getting up easier. Out the door by 6:10 to meet the other pacers in the lobby and take a shuttle to the park...then the bus to the start. Meh, no pressure race. As long as we got there. Besides the rockin' early 90's music on every speaker in Pocatello it was all rather uneventful. Except the fun chatter! At the start I was a little overwhelmed with the number of people following me like I was the mother hen. Yes, I had my 2:00 pace sign, but give me some room people! I guess I should've been a little better about chatting them up beforehand, but when the marathoners started running by I wanted to go and cheer them on (the full starts at 6:15 and the half at 8:00 AT the 13.1 mile mark so we got to see a few marathoners and fellow pacers fly by). I guess I get a FAIL for pre-race chatter :) I did chat with them for about 10-15 minutes BEFORE the runners came by and the couple minutes before the start when we lined up though. That counts for something...right? The race started with no gun and as I was chatting with my peeps in the group I turned and there was 15 feet of no one in front of us. Crap! GO! So, we went and I continued my chatter the first half mile. The interesting thing about this pace group is that they don't allow you to run with a GPS. Just a stop watch. That is all. The director doesn't like the false credibility given to garmins and such and doesn't want to deal with mixed feed back of pacer garmin v runners garmin, so he just says you don't use one as a pacer. I had a pace band and had to time my splits by the mile markers on the road. I knew the first mile would be a guessing game until I saw the split and if I needed to speed up or slow down. This was my biggest worry! That first mile and getting the pace locked in my legs. Thanks to Rachelle in front of me and gauging off her 8:24 pace for 1:50 I hit the first one right on the money. Excellent! Not every mile would be that smooth, but it worked for the first one to lock in the pace. My gripe was that the mile markers were all for the marathon. None for the half, so we had to play mathematician as we ran to add the constant pace for the .1 of a mile to the time when we hit the .9 markers each mile. Have I ever mentioned my brain doesn't work when I'm running? :) I had a fairly large group to start with and some really amazing peeps and we all had fun chatting along the way and sharing stories. With a tail wind, sometimes the sign would blow off my shoulder, so I would hold it. This poor guy who was always right off my L shoulder got jabbed with the stick a couple times when I had it in my hand instead of up. So, it turned into my cattle prod :) We ate hills for breakfast and was cheered on by a train flying by on the tracks next to us! That was probably my favorite part of the race!! The train rumbling by and the wind you felt from it and just the energy it put into me! That mile was probably a little fast :) I cautioned my runners at the first GU station that if they hadn't trained with Gu (lots of first timers!) to NOT take any! If they did they would most likely meet my friend porta-John - from one end or the other, so just don't do it! We then discussed gu and fuel and had a good conversation about how to properly fuel for a race. I hope they remember it! About mile 8 or 9 (after a couple good downhill miles) I was about 40 seconds ahead of pace. My group nearly all still with me, but I told them we were walking through the aid station and to actually get fluids IN. A few of the guys (the one always getting proded!) took off ahead and trying to maintain pace I let them go. They were running strong and pulled enough ahead I lost track of them! Shortly after there was the most significant hill of the course under the freeway. Because of the staggered start of the race there were lots of marathoners shooting for 3:40-3:45 around us. It was fun to be able to pick them up and help them too. I did this for one guy on the hill. He was walking and I said "C'mon, don't give up now. You can follow our pace - you've come this far!" and I convinced him to power up the hill with us. He said "thanks SO much for that!" at the aid station and took off. The last few miles of the race are now in town on the road and not nearly as scenic and beautiful as the first part, but there are more crowds to cheer you on. I'd tell the spectators "We won't tell your loved ones you cheered for us too!" :) They'd always laugh at that one. I love to get the crowd involved. By this time I was down to 2 original groupies. Joette (Lowell's friend that he entrusted in my care) and another girl (I don't remember ANY names!! Emmy maybe?) and they were plugging right along! I totally lost track of miles between 8 and 12! We'd come to a mile marker and they seemed to come SO fast and I'd forget which mile we were at and have to wait until I could see the sign to read my pace band for where we should be! We'd lost our cushion and were about 40 seconds behind pace - shoot. Too much fun. So, I didn't walk the next couple aid stations and utilized the flatish downhill to pick it up. By mile 12 (11.9) we'd made it up and were right on track! During mile 11 There were a couple marathoners that I helped and pulled along (one poor girl that puked twice!). They could no longer maintain their 8:30's they were shooting for, but our 9:10 was doable. It felt great to not only push my half crew, but to help struggling marathoners as well. At mile 12 my last 2 ladies left me in their dust...so I grabbed walking marathoners and halfers and convinced them to run! Then, they'd leave me in their dust :) So, my last half mile was really pretty lonely. As I came trotting into the finish chute with huge crowds I was all alone and just said "all my groupies left me in their dust!" Got a few good laughs. According to the timex I crossed at 1:59:56 and later saw that it was also my official chip time! Excellent. I felt like my first non-garmin, high stress (guy is super organized and a little crazy about making sure pacers are RIGHT on), unknown course pacing job turned out well. Rachelle and I took off afterward to run back on the course and find Smooth and Lowell and to get some extra miles. Only problem was my legs were locked in at 9:10 pace and hers at 8:24 and neither wanted to compromise! :) So, I got left in the dust again...except when she was nice and would come back for me. I just could NOT get my legs to go faster! About mile 1.25 or so, we saw Smooth running strong! What an animal that lady is! Park City in 5:00 2 weeks ago, then 4:27 was her finish for Pocatello full today! I'm so impressed with how well she is coming back - like she didn't miss a beat. When we got to the finish chute for Smooth I turned back and went to collect Lowell and harass him a little bit. Great fun afterward! I also saw 2 of my runners that had started with me...behind the 2:20 pacers. The girls had just had different issues that had pulled them back. Broke my heart! BUT, they all finished! At the finishers corral they have BBQ sandwiches and Baked Potatoes - holy cow! What a feast. Too bad I'm not a pork fan and wasn't too hungry. I did eat 60% of the potato though, except I may have eaten more sour cream and butter than potato :) Said good-byes to Smooth and Lowell and then Bronwyn (the 2:10 pacer) took Rachelle and I back to the hotel. We weren't sure how strict the Noon check out would be and with only 20 minutes left we discussed the possibility of getting a shower pacer. If you dropped the soap and lost too much time it might just turn into a bawling DNF! :) After saying good-byes to new, amazing fellow pacers that we met we packed all five of us (3 had paced the FULL) into my little Civic and started for home. We stopped in Tremonton and then again in Kaysville. Kaysville was supposed to be a quick, you'd hardly remember we stopped stop. Oops! Krispy Kreme's drive thru was SO slow!! I think we spent 20 minutes there. We asked for free donuts for waiting so long and we got them! They were all consumed (as well as the ones purchased) by the time we got back on the freeway. Should've just gone in and stretched the legs! It was a wonderful weekend/Day away from home with great company. Fun stories shared all around and memories to last a lifetime. I'd definitely go back and pace this one again! No question. No question. Hopefully, I'll get the opportunity to do so as well.
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Payson Onion Days (6.2 Miles) 00:44:38, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 2 | | I don't have much time to write, so I'll finish up later...but I was pleased that I set a course PR for myself today. With mediocre training I expected worse than last year when I was feeling fast and great! Kamakazie just seems to work well for me :) 6:48 first mile and an AP of 7:11? yeah... I just decided, why not? Family came and did the 5K. My little 8 yr old took 4th! SO close to placing!! I had a great time visiting with Rachelle and thanks to all you speedy UT county ladies that stayed in bed this morning :) it was nice to place behind Jen Hughes for 2nd in my AG! She only beat me by like 6 min!!! I did some cool down miles before awards and then waiting for the parade to start, so a total of 3.8 to round out to 10 for the day.
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After Onion Days push yesterday, I wasn't sure my legs wouldn't turn to lead at the mere mention of hills, but I knew the Newtons would push me! So, I put together a hill workout for us...I asked NOT to be reminded that it was my idea if I started to whine :) We did 1.3ish to the bottom of temple hill on 4000W (the road in front of Oquirrh Mtn Temple). Then we did hill repeats over the top and back - I've decided to call these crosswalk hills, because we go from crosswalk to crosswalk. You push the uphill (about 1/4 mile) then recover the downhill on the other side; turn and the crosswalk and repeat. A total of 6 repeats - or 3 out and backs. After that fun we ran easy to the top, around the temple and to the 'temple track' on the South side hill. We divided in groups (fastest and slowest together, then 2 middles together - so Chad got stuck with me and Paul and George teamed up). Each partner ran a different direction on the loop, so each way got done and then we raced to see who could win! Fun times. The 2nd time Paul and George came really close to redeeming their first round loss, but Chad pulled it out for our team. He always ran the anchor :) Then we did another mile-ish out and back to recover, regrouped at the fire-hydrant by the temple for the last part of the workout. A tempo mile. Now that our legs were nice and tired you got to push out a tempo as fast as your legs would go. Last year when I did this with BBKs I did a 7:11 mile and was pretty impressed with myself. I was hoping to at least hit that today. Thank goodness I didn't! I hit a 6:51 mile!! Woot Woot!! Now, that made me happy. A 20 second improvement from last year, I can't really complain - especially with the race yesterday. We then had 2.8 left to finish up 10 miles and just looped the inner island on the lake and headed back to the cars nice and easy. I was getting tired and felt like I needed fuel. Good thing we were done, because I sure was! Paul had brought donuts as his re-entry fee into the group after a long sabbatical, so we chatted and stretched and I got the inside scoop on his proposal :) I still wasn't ready to eat...if I did it would've ended up in the gutter!! But, I took one home for me and another for hubby (to bribe him since I was a little late) and I enjoyed it bit by bit through the day....mmmm, donuts! Glad I got this workout in, I've wanted to hit hills hard for a while now...and I've got it in the bank. Tomorrow...I'm sleeping in!! AP: 8:24 splits: 8:42, 8:14, 8:17, 8:35, 7:49, 8:52, 7:24, 8:32, 8:56, 9:03 - love to see lower splits on hill repeats! I will conquer them eventually. Afterward went and spun the legs out at the gym on the bike for 45 minutes - good, consistent, but easy effort (comfortably hard). Then did side walks, lunges and planks (front/side/side 60/60/60)
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| | Slept in. Heaven. Rode the bike with Adam down to the rec center. Wanted to do just 4 miles, but I hate the TM. So, I did one mile on the TM (8:27) then one mile on the track with a good push (7:01), another one on the TM (8:20), and finished off with a speedier one on the track (6:51). TT: 30:39 AP: 7:40 I would stop the TM, wipe my face and head right out to the track, so maybe 10 seconds recovery, but not too much. It was nice to see some good speed come out of the legs after a hard workout Mon and Tues. I'm not such an embarrassment to the running community anymore :) Finished off with my 'runner helps' exercises. Band walking, big toe/little toe heel raises, lunges, weighted stability bridges alternating leg lifts. I would do one set, then sprint one lap around the track. Did a total of 4 sets and 4 sprints. Didn't add that to my mileage for the day, because .36 miles would just screw everything up! Gotta keep miles even. Finished off with 10 min of good stretching on the machines. Then I rode home the long way with Adam, probably about doubled the mileage home. So, about 9 miles on the bike total.
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| | Urban Trail Loop. My legs are nice and heavy from pushing some good workouts this week and having 4 straight days of running in who knows how long! I've got to get them back for SGM though!! Only 4+ weeks left, which really means two. I can do this, I can do this! I hung in the back with Paul and just kept a nice even effort. I was happy to see a little progression, especially on the uphills. The slower miles in the middle must have been the change in footing from trail to gravel etc. Only thing I can figure anyway. Chad had asked if I wanted to do 3 more afterward, but after my 8 I declined. I can tell that my legs aren't used to the pounding and I'm not injured, but I felt like if I continued on and did push more miles that I could possibly open things up to injury. So, I just went home to sleep. It was only 6:30 and the sun wasn't up. I got an hour of sleep before I had to wake up kids...blissful! Especially since I've turned into an old lady and went to bed at 9:30 last night too! AP: 8:48 splits: 9:05, 9:00, 8:37, 8:25. 8:41, 8:42, 9:08, 8:48. After kids got off to school I did P90X Yoga and wow, I forgot how hard it is (especially with at 2 year old crawling all over you)! BUT, it was so worth it afterward. I feel nice and stretched out and not tight and sore anymore. Perfect. Ready for an easy day tomorrow...then 18 on Saturday. Anyone want to let me tag along?
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| | Finally felt confident enough in my foot (PF) to try out my Altras for a little run. I bought them at the DesNews expo, the day before my PF blow up! So, this was my maiden run and I have to say everything went well and felt great. Just some good TM miles chatting with a friend. 8:27AP 1% incline, as always. Hit the pool for the remainder of my 1hr15min daycare time. Got a full 30 min of swim in with 20 min of straight pulling. It felt really weird to swim without the paddles after using them for so long. I got tired of counting, so I have no idea how far I swam. Oh, and I rode the bike to/from the rec center with Adam - so kind of a mini sprint tri this morning. Trying to psych myself up for an 18 miler tomorrow....
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| | Whew, am I glad that is done! I always get lots of anxiety about long runs. Paul was kind enough to let me tag along and make him run 18 miles today. I knew I'd keep the pace honest trying to keep up with him! Met at Tiffany's booth at Gardener Village, and let me tell you! That girl is amazing! If you get the chance, swing by her booth there or Sundays at Wheeler Farm. BEAUTIFUL pictures and flowers! She puts the pics on cards, coasters and framed. I wish I had $1000 and I would redecorate my house with just her pictures! I love them!! Definitely a gifted artist. We headed North and took a little detour to Paul's new house. They are currently renovating it before move-in time and he has done some really nice work himself. We didn't have keys so we just had to peek in windows, but I was impressed with all the work! We passed the Never Bear and got to my old condo on 3900W and took a little detour past my old unit. They still have the curtains I put up with our new flooring and carpet in 2004. I guess they were timeless :) We finally hit 10 miles a bit after 3300S and turned around to head back. No detours home. On the way back I was starting to get hot. We'd started at 9AM, so by now it was 10:30+ and I was feeling the sun and heat. I kept reminding myself it is better than SGM has been the last 2 years, so suck it up! But, I still made Paul stop 3 or 4 times to enjoy the free water put out by SL Running company. Every few miles they had complimentary coolers of water and Gatorade! I think I owe them a shoe purchase now. Our stops were brief, because I wanted to do this without stopping...more race like, but I just had to get that water. I was hot. A couple times I stuck my head under the spigot or dumped a cup or water on my head. Felt good and kept me going. Mile 16 my legs were done, I struggled here a bit mentally and physically, but Paul just kept truckin' along and I knew I had to get back somehow. Running is faster than walking, so I just wanted to get it over. I think that is what happened the last mile. I just kicked it in and got it over with! Almost hit a sub 8...SO close! But, a tempo mile at the end of an 18 when I'm struggling? yeah, I'll take it. Especially in light of my stellar training lately! HA! We finished a little early and had a good cool down walk back to the market and it was then I really started to feel the heat. I needed some good heat training - that is certain! Stretched and recovered a bit in the booth and got to hear some good stories to go along with the awesome pictures. Good times! Now, since my hubby's rock climbing partner cancelled on him I get to go rock-climbing this evening. I'm tired, but hey...he helped me out this morning so he deserves some time out. I think this may be my fastest long run...I guess I can't complain too much. A flat, honest run and still keeping a decent pace. Maybe I can tackle SGM after all. AP: 8:27 splits: 8:37, 8:19, 8:24, 8:36, 8:22, 8:33, 8:27, 8:23, 8:24, 8:21, 8:16, 8:33, 8:28, 8:42, 8:34, 8:32, 8:35, 8:02
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| | Conquered my new hill route. When I looked at the elevation afterward, it made me depressed...only 400ft of gain in .75 miles. I know that is a big hill, but when I felt like I was dying at the top I was sure I'd climbed about 1000ft and it had been well over a mile. Poo. I hate it when a route I've built up in my head isn't all that. Especially when my split time is SO slow!!! Whatever, I got it done and it didn't kill me...so I guess it just made me stronger :) 2 miles to the hill: 8:39, 8:57 Hill: 11:32; down hill, back home: 8:40, 8:21, 8:32 - didn't push anything, just enjoyed the run. Just after mile 6 clicked I saw my friend running and decided to go a little bit with her, she is slower, but I had a good time with company and just relaxing! 11:35 Then a little after mile 7 I took a short cut home so that I could get there before hubby had to leave for work .6 = 8:57 pace. Rode the bike with Adam to the gym and did .4 on the track before spin. Great spin class with lots of climbing. I love climbing in spin!! Better than speed anyway. Great puddles of sweat = great class! Got the bike cleaned off and to the TM as fast as I could. Did a push speed mile on the TM in 6:45. Did the first half at 6:57 pace, then went progressive every tenth until the end and finished at 9.5mph. Rode the bike home with Adam and then had to get back out the door to take my son to a Dr appointment. Physical exhaustion to start the day, mental exhaustion for the next few hours = spent mama! Now if I only had time for a nap...
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Tempo Tuesday. I hate making my own workouts, because I know what I'm in for! Did our regular 10 mile loop, but threw in tempo miles (just as fast as you could take...since Chad hung with me and George was still sore from his first 20 miler Saturday I guess it was as fast as Rachel could handle). 2 mi warm-up, luckily temple hill was in the warm-up. 1 mile tempo then a half-mile recovery repeated until we were at 9 miles, then the last mile was full cool-down. warm-up: 8:52, 8:31 - legs felt heavy and I wasn't so sure I wanted to do this today! 1st tempo: 7:10 - okay, not too shabby for a flat mile. 2nd tempo: 7:50 - don't get on my case too much about this one! It was all uphill with the Maverick hill on 12600S. I didn't finish until I got to the top. I didn't plan the workout with the course, I just did it. So I'm pleased it was a 7:50, good for a full mile hill sprint for me. 3rd tempo: 7:44 - I think my poor legs were just tired from the hill. I don't have any other reason it was so slow. Well, the elevation says 156 ft gain over the mile, but I thought it was flat...hmm. Either way, the effort was there! 4th tempo: 6:52 - ahh, downhill! Can you tell? I thought it would be faster though, closer to 6:20 oh well. I guess the legs were tired. 5th tempo: 7:20 - I actually felt the strongest on this finish. Maybe because I knew I was done. I don't know. It is a pretty flat mile and I was just happy to be done with the tempos and on the finishing stretch home. AP for the run: 8:12 I thought about going to the gym, but decided to sleep instead :) Got a little nap while baby played with trains on my bed. Gotta love just having one kid...and a big empty bedroom so he can't get into or destroy anything! We then had a good little bike ride to run some errands around the 'hood and go to music class...maybe 4 or 5 miles.
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| | Last night I was contemplating what to do. I had my route and everything all planned out and I was ready to tackle it, but my shins/calves started getting a little achy. Nothing big, but putting in high miles after a near nothing month and with SGM coming up I get super sensitive about little niggles. My contemplation was this: I had arch supports (super feet) in my shoes from the start of my running days until after SGM last year when I finally took them out upon recommendation of my PT, because I would constantly get shin splints and he figured that I was probably over compensating with the supports. Since taking them out I haven't had any shin issues! Then, my PF came up. So, my PT had me put in SOFT arch supports - the super feet were too rigid and giving shin splints, but my arches must need a little more than what is in my shoes. So, since Aug I've had new arch supports. Now that my miles are going up my shins are getting achy! Poo! I rolled and stretched really well last night before bed.
I didn't want to run outside in case they got bad and I felt like I needed to stop, and I was tired and wanted to sleep in :) So, I went back to an old pair of shoes w/out the supports and went to the TM. Amazingly, my shins don't ache now and my calves don't feel horrible either. So, was it the supports gone or the rolling/stretching last night? I don't know. I'm confused and don't know what to do. Should I try no arch supports for the long run Saturday and see how my PF does and hope that all will be okay or should I keep the arch supports and deal with the shins and just roll and stretch if it is bad afterward? I'm in a quandary!!! Any advice is welcome. Rode the bike to the gym with Adam. It was cool enough we both needed jackets :( 3 miles on the TM: 8:34 (1%); 8:34 (2%); 8:13 (1%) 1 mile on the track not timed, but similar effort 3 more miles on the TM: 8:20(1%); 8:20 (2%); 7:45 (started at 7:58 and went progressive the last half, so I'm kind of guessing) 1 mile on the track again, not timed, but similar effort Walked and chatted a few laps with Jena stabilization exercises - band walking, big toe/little toe calf raises, lunges, weighted bridge leg lifts, 20 push-ups (girls), side arm raises, X hop. Repeated 3X with a sprinting lap between each set (11 laps/mile...so not enough to put into mileage). 10 min of stretching calves/hamstrings/feet. Bike home with Adam, didn't wear MY jacket home, but Adam still needed one. It is getting cool :(
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| | Urban Trail Loop and Kelli decided to come join us this morning too! It was nice to have some female company! Kimberly has been coming more, but I always love a run with Kelli! She was nice enough to go slow and hang with me this morning. After the run I did 3 extra with Chad, the worst part was up and over temple hill! Y'all know how much I love hills. But, the last mile everything finally just clicked in and I felt great! Perfect pace and I just could've gone another 4 or 5 exactly like that again. AP: 8:42 splits: 9:12, 9:00, 8:32, 8:07, 8:50 (hit the single track...so much for that progressive, like always), 9:11, 8:57, 8:35; 3 after: 8:49, 8:43 (temple hill was faster than the first mile?!?), 7:43...and that felt good?!? Crazy run!!! Came home and it had been SO cold all morning I just buried myself under 3 blankets and shivered for a good 20+ minutes. After I got kids off to school I took another little nap while baby played trains :) He needed more help today putting the track together, but I still got a little rest. Did a new yoga video (I've had it for years, but never done it), a little less crazy than p90X and more stretching. Not as much as my old yoga class though...I miss Wendy's Thursday yoga class :( I just can't find a good substitute!
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| | Two @ 8:34 on the TM in my Altras. Someday I'll get brave and take them outside on a short run :) 30 min swim. It was nuts in the pool today! They had all the lanes closed for swim lessons, I don't get it... THEN they had zumba water class going, I don't get it.... I swam the short way under the diving boards half way, then I'd turn at the first lap lane and go back. Then zumba got over, so I went on the outside of the lanes the long way. Then the geriatric class started so I could only swim half way the long way. Finally, they put in an additional lap lane and I could swim normal laps. crazy! Constant (practically) swim for 30 minutes, couldn't figure out distance if I'd tried! Biked to and from the gym with Adam and then picked up Nathan at Kindergarten. He and his friend rode scooter and Adam and followed on the bike. Wonderful morning!
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| | One of my worst runs ever. Honestly. Not so much the pace, but the way I felt. All I can say is I didn't puke or poo and it didn't kill me...so I must be stronger for it. Met Skip in Provo/Orem to run the river trail. My initial thought was to do 10 up the canyon then try and tempo down. Just not the day to do it. There were times on the way up in the VERY dark (5AM start), that I got a little dizzy, but I figured it was from the headlamp. When we got to Vivian he said we could run the highway or up Southfork. I didn't want to run on the road (I'm a chicken) so I chose Southfork. HA! I had NO idea what I was in for. We ran up to a campground/park to the bathrooms and water. Fighting a head wind the entire way from the start. At one point before we got to the canyon it blew my visor off!! I've never had that happen. Strong wind. It was nice to turn around, and it was finally light enough we didn't need the head lamp. I knew the way down would rock! As we ran down Southfork I was perplexed...this was STEEP! I didn't really run up this road did I? It certainly didn't feel that bad on the way up, but this down is amazing. Looking at the elevation, not surprised...200ft gain/mile approx for those last 3 miles. My AP at the turn around (10.3) was 8:47mm Around mile 11.5 I started feeling crappy. My gut was just not happy. I started getting a headache, lightheaded and I just felt weak. I figured when we got back to Vivian I would pop my GU and be fine. HA! Didn't work. The miles just got harder and I stopped talking. I can only concentrate on one thing at a time and that was keeping my feet moving despite my head yelling at me to stop. I was dragging and felt like I was running 10mm, my head felt like it was going to implode and I wanted to puke. Finally got to Nunn's park and stopped for water. Poor Skip had to deal with my horrible run! The distance between Nunns and the bottom of the canyon has never seemed SO long! Just enduring. I did have to stop a couple times when I was sure the puke was on its way up. Luckily, it never made it. We stopped at a bathroom by the ever flowing water and that seemed to help a little, but I was still just exhausted with a pounding head and unhappy gut. Misery, but at least I had good company :) I'd met Skip at the Harmons in Orem and it is UP that 800N hill at the bottom of the canyon and I was NOT looking forward to that, but I knew my 20 miles was almost done so I pushed on. At the light at the top of the hill I hit 20 and started to walk. Poor Skip was just getting moving and ready to run the last 1/2 mile back to the cars. So, we compromised. I walked 200yds or so, then we picked it up and ran another 1/2 mile. When we got back I laid down in the parking lot and put my feet up on the lamp post I was parked under. done. I'd done it. Despite Skip asking multiple times if I wanted him to come back and pick me up, I had resisted and finished it! I still felt just as horrible, but I was done. Put it in the books and it is now signed, sealed and delivered. I had to pull over once on the way home, because I was so light headed I didn't want to kill myself. And yes, I had water, gatorade and chocolate milk when I got back to the car (despite not wanting the milk!) so I was refueled a bit. I was just in a bad state. I don't know why :( Came home and caught a 1 hr nap before taking my little guy to football, where I laid in the grass trying not to puke. He did a great job and there are many things that happened that made me smile BIG! He is trying SO hard lately to work on a lot of things and today he made friends and jumped into a group all by himself. That isn't easy for him, he is very introverted like his father...definitely NOT from me! :) It still took me another couple hours to eat anything solid, but I'm feeling a bit better now. I have to remember to eat on Fridays before a big run. I didn't eat, because I was busy with kids and house, until 7:30 yesterday. My body needs fuel...I guess :) Anyway, when all was said and done with and I looked at my splits I was really surprised. I'd known the 1/2 AP, but didn't realize how fast I'd really run those downhill miles (or how hard the uphill really was!). I guess if I can deal with a suffer fest like that and keep a decent pace I shouldn't be too frightened of SGM. Maybe that is why I had this run today, to make my brain understand that I CAN do hard things even when I don't think my body is working properly. I'll try again next week for those solid tempo miles, but I'm certainly NOT upset about the pace of this run given all the circumstances. Can't wait to read all the good reports sure to roll in from races!! AP: 8:25 splits: 8:46, 8:48, 8:38, 8:40, 8:33, 8:19, 8:18, 9:25 (hello hills!), 8:56, 9:18, 8:13 (ahhh, downhill!), 7:50, 8:04, 8:02, 8:16, 7:52, 8:05, 8:07, 8:02, 8:07 (for the hill UP on 800N...no way!), 8:11 (last 1/2 mile).
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| | My 2 year old has decided that 5:30 is a wonderful time to wake up, crawl in my bed and tell me he wants some milk. Nice... After trying to go back to sleep for the last 40 minutes until my alarm went off (which I wasn't really successful at with baby crawling all over me), I got up for a nice little run. I did the big Juniper Crest Loop - 8 miles. But, I did it backwards...well, the way I least prefer. I went downhill for 3 miles, up the biggest nasty hill that I love to hate, then a little down/flat home. The last mile is always mostly uphill home, can't help it, but it wasn't too bad. As I started running I had Boston swirling through my head. I talked to hubby last night and he said that I could register. This may be the one and only time I do Boston, and I think I'm okay with that, but it is BOSTON! Maybe I'm in the minority here, but when I started running and finally figured out WHAT a marathon really was (without having to ask or google it) and how fast you had to run to even have a shot at getting to Boston, it was a dream. In 9th grade I'd been voted by my gifted and talented (yes, I was a nerd) group "Most likely to run Boston" because at the school's 1.5 mi fun run just a couple months before I decided I wanted to run it and ended up taking 1st place in the school. Nope, didn't run track. Never ran more than a mile for PE, just didn't want to be one of 'those girls' that walk/runs because they don't want to mess up their hair or get stinky. Anyway, at that point in my life I had NO idea what it took to run a marathon, let alone Boston. But, as I've grown in the running world I want to run Boston. Just once. I want to live up to SOMEONES ideal for me from more years ago than I care to admit. I don't want to be President of the US like I was voted most likely in HS, but maybe, just maybe I can run Boston :) There are many other reasons that I want to do Boston this next year and not put it off, but once I do it, I don't think I'll do it again. Once in a lifetime here! I'll be happy with that. Cross MA off the 50 states club...and move on. So, now I'm waiting for my confirmation email. I figure since they re-opened it today and it is qualifiers under 5min over qualifying time, I'm in like Flynn. I've got the fastest of the slowest qualifying times :) 4:59 over a BQ. That darn one second! I could've registered Friday if it wasn't for that darn one second! Anyway, now I sit and wait.... So, I digress. The hill went a lot better than I thought it would and in my mind it was my own little Veyo. SGM is heavy on the brain lately. My first few downhill miles I thought "I can't run a full faster than I did in Ogden, I'm just not there. Besides, right now you're probably running an 8:30 and this is how marathon pace should feel! You can't run 7:50s for 26 miles, you'll die. You're just not there right now." Well, when I got home and looked at my splits I'd actually had a 7:39 and 7:48 mile when those thoughts were going through my head. I guess if that is how MP should feel like I was berating myself for...I should be okay :) Can you tell I've got a lot of heavy on the brain lately? Since very few of you even read my crazy ramblings anymore, I'm just letting them go today! Got home and felt a lot better than I really thought I would after Saturday and starting my last week of heavy training for SGM. I can do this! Only 3 weeks left... AP: 8:31 splits: 8:17, 7:39, 7:48, 9:00, 9:40 (hello hills!), 8:29, 8:39, 8:33 Rode the bike with Adam to the rec center and did spin class. Sometimes I can't understand exactly what the point of Bill's workout is or what exactly he wants us to do. So, I just fake it pretty well :) Good workout either way. Hit the TM for one speed mile afterward to get the legs moving: 6:35 (started at 6:58 and went progressive until 5:58 for the last .05) 60/60/60 planks, push-ups and stretching. Grabbed Adam and took the long way home. Past my sister-in-laws new home and around the stake center to home. Beautiful day to be outside, and surprise, surprise...guess who fell asleep on the bike on the way home? Yup, my 5AM friend! Thanks for putting up with my ramblings today...lots on the brain.
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| | Did the regular ol' 10 mile loop with the Newtons today. We stuck together for the first mile, but when the temple hill came I got left in the dust. Thankfully, Chad was willing to poke along with me, since George seemed to have a vengeance for the course today and wasn't even going to stop to regroup and Ronnie just kept up his pace. I always feel like a turd when I'm the back of the group. I don't know why. I know I'm slower than most of the group, but I hate feeling like someone has to not get a good workout in just to hang with me because I'm the only girl and they are nice gentlemen and won't leave me to the mtn lions :) It turned out not to be a very badly paced run. You know me, I never look at the garmin unless I have to, so I didn't know time/splits until the end and that is when I figured George just had something to get out of his system today! AP: 8:08 splits: 8:26, 8:02 (temple hill), 7:52, 8:17, 8:51 (Maverik hill), 8:30, 7:52, 7:43, 7:52, 7:50. I really feel like I fell into a good rhythm on the way home, which is kind of nice to see that my splits were good 7:50's on the way home without trying to push anything or think about it! Nice to have some speed coming back. Chad and I did have to stop at practically every light and George and Ronnie breezed through, so that made the separation greater, but when Chad and I came rolling in Ronnie stood on the sidewalk as he walked home and cheered us on, funny boy! Just as perspective their AP was 7:46 for the 10 miles. Sheesh boys! It isn't a race...most days :) Came home and after getting kids off took a little nap, which was nice because hubby was working from home! Then he had to take off at 9:45 so I got ready and Adam and I took a little bike ride to and from Music class. I figured 10 nearly tempo miles was a good workout for the day.
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| | Tried to recruit some people to run my mother of a hill with me today, but only Chad was brave enough to try it out. I thought starting at 6AM we'd have a little daylight by the time we got there...nope. Stink. But, sometimes it is nice to not see what is ahead of you! For the 3/4ish of a mile for the mother of a hill it took me 8:36. SO slow, but dang that hill is nasty. Then I tried to push a little bit of a low 7's pace for the downhill, which seemed about right on the Garmin, but because my mile splits are half uphill half downhill they don't accurately reflect that effort. Then at the bottom of the Cove, we went back for more and did the hill loop one more time. I actually finished it in 8:33. Now, this is kind of guessing from the garmin data, so I can't be 100% sure it was faster, but at least it was approximately the same effort. Which for the second loop, I'll take! Finished pushing the downhill again and then got to just cruise on home, with just a little extra loop to finish at 7 miles. AP: 8:44 splits: 8:34, 10:44, 8:04, 8:14, 10:04, 7:40, 7:45 Grabbed a short nap before getting lunches made and kids out the door, then loaded up Adam on the bike and went to the rec center. I did 40 min on the bike, then my PT strengthening exercises: Band walk, big/little toe calf raises, lunges, skull crushers (for the flabby arms), one legged weighted bridge lifts. Grabbed Adam from the nursery then took him with me while I sat on the machines to stretch. Then we rode home. I had to break the gloves out this morning...l/s shirts, now this? sigh, I don't like cold :(
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Urban Trail Loop with the Newtons. Chad, George, Kimberly and Ronnie. At the top of the hill in Daybreak Chad and I were all alone. We hadn't hit that fast of paces, so I was wondering what had happened to the rest of the group. Especially George, he doesn't like to be too far off the leaders. Turns out Ronnie is babying an Achilles issue that popped up on Tuesday and George ran another 6 miles the afternoon after his speed work on Tuesday and now has lead legs and they just wouldn't move. I was happy to be feeling good! So, at the re-group I ran with Kimberly. It is rare to have female company at the Newtons so I wasn't going to pass it up! Had a great run with her and when we hit the trail Ronnie spotted a skunk...so we let the gentlemen go first :) We had a great chat and at the next re-group George joined Kimberly and I at a little slower pace. I was loving not having to race with the boys back to the cars. The last 1/2 mile I decided to just push it out and picked up the turnover and my legs felt great. I thought after a good hard week of runs that my legs might not move, but they did and I felt good. Always a good sign! AP: 8:34 splits: 8:49, 8:25, 8:16, 8:20, 8:58, 8:30, 9:01, 8:13 Came home and grabbed a little nap before getting kids off to school. My TTT group was meeting for a ride at Butterfield Canyon at 9AM. I was planning on going to the gym and just doing an easy spin, but the desire for company overcame me. I rode with Adam on the mtn bike to the canyon and met everyone there. I was hoping someone would be nice and hang back with me and Adam on the climb. I figured I'd only make it a couple miles before everyone else turned and came down. Heidi was nice and stuck with me (we started a couple minutes before the group) and we had a good chat when I could talk and before I knew it we were at mile 3 up the canyon. It started to get steep, but I pushed on the best I could. At mile 3.5 I told Heidi I was done and pulled off the road and she continued up. I caught my breath and grabbed a drink. I turned around and asked Adam how he liked that ride. He answered "more?" you little stinker! I guess I'm not done yet. So, I slowly made my way up another 1/2 mile on the bike having to stop a few times. One big hill I had to stop and walk up to the top, because I couldn't counter Adam's weight on the back and I was going so slow and it was so steep, I felt like I was going to pop a wheelie and fall over. So, I did the smart thing and stopped :) After hitting mile 4 I walked the bike up about another 1/4 mile a little at a time looking for a good pull-out to wait for the ladies to come back down. Luckily, Heidi was one of the first ones to come back and so I hopped back on with her (after having Adam turn my pedals while I lifted the bike and shifted my gears UP, no way was I going back down in a super low gear!). The downhill for the first couple miles was crazy and I felt like I rode my brakes the whole way! The last couple miles I still didn't have to pedal, but it wasn't quite so scary. Just a few minutes after Heidi and I got down the rest of the crowd came screaming down the canyon. We all stayed and chatted and ate some very yummy cinnamon rolls (Adam really liked that!), then after a little more chatter I rode home just in time for my kindergartner to come home. A great run and ride this morning with great people! I'm glad I got to ride downhill home...that is all I'm going to say about that! About 14 miles on the bike total. 
Adam and I as we waited for the others to come down. The climb up the canyon was beautiful, but the company was even cuter :)
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Slept in...finally! Rode with Adam down to the rec center. Just a short run to move the legs. Easy day before the last SGM long workout tomorrow. I just jumped on at 8:27 pace and ran. Listening to my ipod and enjoying the time running. All of a sudden I looked at the clock and realized I'd been running for almost 30 minutes. Shoot. I was only going to run 3, maybe I'm close. I was at 3.2 miles! I didn't even realize it! I would've thought I was maybe 1.5. Gotta love it when those miles just fly by! Especially at a decent pace (for me anyway). Bumped it up to 7:53 pace to finish off the last .3 miles then wiped up the TM and headed to the pool. I could've run forever! :) Now, to explain what happened at the pool will take a story and little confession. I've been missing female running companions :( Seems like most of the time I end up running with guys. What happened to all my female peeps? :( Either I'm to slow for them, schedules don't match or we're too far. I've been feeling really abandoned. Maybe it is me and I need to get outside of what has become my comfort zone. I don't know. Either way, I was whining to my hubby and came up with an idea. I'd look through the Ogden marathon results and find females that finished w/in 10 min of my time that lived in Herriman, Riverton or South Jordan. Stalking skills at their finest :) Well, I found someone that lives in Herriman that finished just 2 min after me! Score! I knew this was my new running buddy!! But, try as I might, I couldn't find Rebecca Strain anywhere. She didn't even have many results on Athlinks. Poo. I was SO close. Where is my running buddy? :( So, with all this fresh in my mind, as I go to the pool I see a lady (about my age) sitting on the side with her kids and she has a Big Cottonwood Canyon Marathon shirt on! This is her...I just know it! (see, I'm still stalking!) So, I ask if she is running that tomorrow...half or full (full)...Oh, I'm waiting for SGM. Well, we end up chatting about running! She is a trail runner and does Squaw Peak 50 and so hasn't run Ogden, but this will be her 10th full in SGM this year! So, it wasn't my long lost buddy Rebecca that I'd been searching out, but still! A running buddy! :) I don't know what her schedule is like or if anything will ever work out, but we talked about tri training, trail running and lots of other stuff. We both proposed the idea of running together sometime, because we don't like to run alone. She said she wasn't quite up to my speed, but runs more like 3:45 in fulls. Hey, pretty close! I told her that we could hit the trails and she can kick my trash there. That was the perfect plan. She prefers trails, but hates to run alone! Bonus! Then, in the mix of all this she asks if I run with the BBKs (after telling her my name). I said well, I get their emails and used to, but I haven't been running consistently with them for a while. She said she recognized my name from their emails! Awesome! See?!? We were already connected and didn't even know it. So, since we already had each others emails sitting in our inboxes we said we'd email and set up a time to run trails together...after SGM :) Maybe she was just humoring the crazy lady that struck up a conversation with her in the pool, but it seemed like she was as excited about having a new running partner as I was. I guess time will tell. Only problem? I don't remember her name. oops. great way to start, huh? I think it is Stephanie, but I'm not sure. I do remember her email and already sent one out to her. She hasn't ever run with the BBKs she just met Cheris at baseball, so we wouldn't have ever met before this. Crazy! Anyway, I hope I found a new friend :) (what a loser story, huh?!?) So, long story longer I chatted my time for swimming away and thought "well, that's okay, I'll just pay for the extra daycare time." Jumped in the water and swam for about 5-8 minutes. Then all of a sudden it dawned on me that it was FRIDAY! Early out day for Kindergarten and I had 20 minutes to get out of the pool, get Adam out of daycare and then RIDE my bike home to be there when the carpool dropped off!!! Crap! So, I jumped out of the pool. Hardly worth even getting wet. Oh well, I got a few laps of pulling in anyway. When I took my cap off my hair wasn't even wet...seriously?!? Swim for 7 minutes? Not worth it! Quickly changed, Grabbed Adam got on the bike and got home as fast as my legs would carry me. Still had about 5 minutes before carpool came - score! They were about 7-10 minutes late though :) Anyway, crazy morning, but I think the lack of the swim was worth the pay-off of a new possible female running buddy! No offense to any of the guys I run with. I just need some girl time. ***PM*** Family Fun Run for the Elementary School Fund raiser. All my kids ran a mile and since they were all in different waves I ran with each of them. I didn't want to start out in the crowd, so I walked across the field and met them 1/2 way through the first lap. I only had my flip flops on, so I just ran in them. At least 2.5 miles total and all my kids did a GREAT job on their runs!!! Such a proud mama, always a proud mama :)
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| | I really don't know what to make of this run. Is it a good thing or just a good day? Went to redeem myself in Provo Canyon from last weeks disaster run. Rode with Chad and George down to Sasha's home. Headed up the canyon with the lovely familiar head wind. I just tried to keep up. It wasn't until Sasha pointed out the 100M markers on the road and our time that I realized how fast I was running. I even said "I'd better let you go, I'm going to fast." But, Sasha said the uphill speed doesn't matter, so they kept with me...rather, I kept up with them. Pace didn't drop! :) The other 3 were doing 20 today and I only wanted 16 with the last 8 downhill at MP tempo to lock it in for the legs and build confidence for SGM. Well, after bidding them adieu at Vivian and wishing them luck up South Fork (enjoy!) I did just .25 extra out and back to get ready for the downhill tempo. Threw back a gu, grabbed some water, chatted with some ladies (c'mon...you know me!) then put my big girl panties on to take on the canyon. I should mention that I glanced at my garmin...8:02AP for UP the canyon! What the heck?!? I don't run uphill that fast, and it didn't feel that hard of effort either. I would've put it more 8:20ish. This is when I realized the pace up the canyon didn't really slow much at all from my 'I quit' moment. Crap, if I'd run MP UP the canyon...what was I going to do down? Goal MP of 7:50 was definitely possible, I can do this...I can. I didn't look at the Garmin on the way down. You know how that plays head games with me. So, I just ran a comfortably hard pace, or a little more so. Better effort than the up effort, but still sustainable. I kept thinking "if this is only a 7:50 there is NO way I'm running that pace at SGM!" But, I just tried to plug into my music and enjoy the downhill ride, the beauty of the canyon and the bazillion other runners on the trail :) I decided I wanted to stop at Nunns, got there...nah, I'm good. I'll go to the ever flowing water. I thought about how this week these miles were flying by and last week it felt like crap and drug on FOR-EV-ER! Definitely a better run week. At the water fountain I looked at the pace...holy crap. I'd dropped the AP to 7:38 and my splits were around 7mm. Nice. I had 3 more miles (exactly, strangely enough) and decided to push on and try to keep it up. So, after a short chat with another lady at the fountain, I got on my way (can you blame me? I'm a talker and the guys were running FOUR more miles...I had time). Within about 1/4 mile I regretted not stopping at the bathroom. about 1.4 later it was painfully obvious I needed to use the bathroom. I kept looking along the park (I was on the West side of the river, so there was a little park area) for a pit stop and couldn't see one. Ah! finally spotted one. Nope...false alarm, crap...literally! :) I knew it was only 1/2 mile or so to the start of the RHPC run and I KNEW there was a bathroom there. So, I kept up the tempo to the bathroom and the door was even open. Beautiful! When I started back I had .5 to go to hit my 16. This made me happy, because I knew my detour to the bathroom had made it so I didn't have to finish up the back road to Sasha's house :) It took my legs a bit to get back into it, besides now going a slight uphill my legs I think thought I was done at the bathroom. Nope, just a little more! I ended with just .1 up the hill and then I walked the rest of the way up! Marvelous :) I had kept a pretty good consistent pace (except the last mile) on the tempo on the way down, but even the last mile wasn't horrible! I think I might just be able to pull it off. At least match my Ogden time, I hope. But, SGM is a beast I have yet to tame...so we will see! I'm going to try and Neg split. Take the first half 'easy' and lock in for the 2nd half. You know...the way a marathon SHOULD be run? When I got back, Chad and Sasha were already there! What the heck? I guess I'd talked waaaay too much :) doesn't surprise me. They passed me while I was on my bathroom detour, and my long walk up the hill didn't help matters. Anyway, we still had to wait a bit for George, so at least I wasn't last. Had a nice visit and chat with Pachevs and was grateful for their hospitality in post run fueling! I now have a track workout brewing in my head...maybe Tuesday :) AP: 7:33 splits: 8:23, 8:20, 8:08, 8:04, 8:02, 8:05, 7:50 (turn around); 7:26, 6:55, 7:00, 6:58, 7:03, 7:04, 6:55, 7:09, 7:21 (last 100 feet over 16 miles recorded at 7:06...so the finishing pace was good!).
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| | My amazing husband let me sleep in!!! I've been looking forward to and giddy about this day for a good couple weeks! I have 9AM church and am SO over not getting a sleep in day EVER. So, he was wonderful and took baby and kids and guess what? I slept for TWELVE HOURS!! Oh, yes. I went to be just before 11PM and didn't wake up until 11AM! Oh, I woke up a new person. No little aches and pains, a happy disposition, ready for the day and to eat! I am serious...I need this every day. every. day. Too bad that isn't reality. Then when I woke up and checked my email, guess what I got?!? MY BOSTON ACCEPTANCE LETTER!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO stinkin' excited!!! I never thought this would happen! It will be my once in a lifetime trip, so I'm going to try and take it all in Saturday through Tuesday and love every minute of it! SGM may be done in 2 weeks, but then I've got Boston...yes, Boston! :) I am SO EXCITED!!!! YIPEEE!!!!
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| | Had good plans and intentions on meeting Kelli at the rec center this morning. After getting woken up for the 3rd time by my lovely 2 year old, at 4AM I turned the alarm off. I would pay for daycare and run later. I missed chatting with Kelli though :(
Rode the bike down to the rec center. Overcast and chilly. Didn't think it might rain, oh well. Thankfully I'm not a witch and don't melt in the rain :) most days. 3 miles on the TM in 24:45 (8:15). Started at 8:34, 8:20, then progressive to 7:30 to finish the last mile. 1 mile on the track, a little speed work: 6:36. 3 miles back on the TM in 24:15 (8:05) Started at 8:20, 8:13, then progressive the last mile to finish the last tenth at 5:53. 1 mile on the track, push out the speed again: 6:45. Not as fast, but I guess that is acceptable. Total time for the 8 miles: 62:21 AP: 7:48 Then I did my PT/strengthening workout: band walking, big/little toe calf raises, lunges, Shoulder raises, skull crushers, weighted bridge with leg raises, heel/toe walking around the track, reverse crunch. Repeated 3X. Then a good stretching of the hammies and calves. Rode home with Adam and luckily avoided the rain. It is getting cool. If SGM was held in the weather this morning it would perfect. Praying for a cold front to come through Southern Utah in 11 days.
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| | With the good comes the bad, right? I was excited for this morning's track workout! I was ready to put these legs to the test. But, they weren't ready for me. almost 3 miles warm-up - felt a LOT harder than I thought it should.
Did a little track warm-up (after hopping the fence): sprint the curves, recover the straights for 2 laps. Then We did push a 200, recover 200 - 2X; then push a 400, recover a 400. Then, the fun began. 6X800 with a 400 recovery. I was ready to blow away these 800's! I'd had such a great summer and things have been going well. Oops. 3:24 - hello? remember that 1 mile yesterday? you ran that at a faster pace than that! 3:12 - more like it! Hitting the groove now. 3:22 - whaaa? 3:23 - again? I guess this is what I settle for. 3:21 - a little better, lets hit the last one HARD! 3:23 - whatever. I'm done. So, very disappointing. I really thought I could hit them 3:10-3:15. I don't know if I really just can't do it or if I was tired. The rain and dark I'm sure didn't help either. Oh well. I know that I should at least be able to hit a 3:30 like Ogden, so I need to just be happy with that. 3 miles cool-down. Total 11.5 miles AP: 8:03. Another MP day, shouldn't complain about that.
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Early Morning run with Kelli. It was SO worth it to get up out of bed! Seminary and back AP: 8:40. Looking at my splits it cracks me up that my first mile was a 9:30! Poor Kelli having to drag along with my slow butt!! I did (obviously) redeem myself after that though. Just had to get through the uphill :) Instead of then going to the gym, I took off on a BEAUTIFUL hike with a friend. Threw Adam in the backpack and took Lucy out and we headed 2.5+ miles up Yellowfork just exploring. The carpets of multi-colored leaves were awe inspiring! Acorns falling, quiet, clear, just moist air with the chill of fall. Seriously, beautiful! Total of just over 5 miles hiking and a memory full of beauty to last a lifetime!
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| | Urban Trail Loop with the regular crowd, plus Paul! I was happy to see him! He can never say when he is coming, because if he does, then something will go wrong at work and we will miss out! Chad, George, Kimberly, Paul and I all set out at a nice easy pace and Paul told me the fun stories from Big Cottonwood Marathon pacing. At the lake George and Kimberly took off while I was grabbing a drink, but we caught them by the trail and so we just continued on through the fence. From there on out we were all together chatting, laughing and telling good stories. It was a good low-key run. No one out for a sprint or to be chased, just easy. The way I like it! AP: 8:39 splits: 9:05, 8:43, 8:17, 7:52, 8:51, 8:44, 8:55, 8:49 - it is always strange to me how much my progressive run splits change when we hit the trail! Crazy!
Came home and was going to sleep, but decided to wait until kids were off to school and shower first (I was cold and it warms me up so I don't spend the next 3 hours shivering!). Then, after they left I made a yummy omelet for breakfast and jumped on FB while eating. Ooops. Heidi (my hiking companion from yesterday) saw I was online and asked if I wanted to go out for a bike ride up Rose Canyon and out to the HS. Well, given the option to sleep or ride...I'll ride! So, Adam and I got on the bike and headed out. Heidi is super nice being willing to slow down for the extra 30 pounds I have to haul on a mtn bike! But, I made it up the canyon and to the HS then we parted ways and both went home. I'm really enjoying Heidi. She is my new exercise crush :) We get along well and I enjoy spending time with her and she doesn't mind my slow tag-along (Adam). We already have another hike for Monday on the calendar. Total about 14-15 miles on the bike. I'll sleep when baby goes down for a nap :)
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 8.00 |
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| | I have been SO tired all week. My legs just feel tired and heavy and I'm grouchy. Plus, I'm getting a cough and stuffy nose. Oh, heaven help me. So, I decided yesterday when I looked at the fact that I already had 35.5 miles in for the week I was sleeping in today and taking the day off. My poor kids have been living out of the clean clothes pile in the laundry room all week because I haven't folded clothes and my house is a disaster area. I'm supposed to leave around 4 this afternoon for my 70 mile bike ride in Brigham City tomorrow and all I want to do is sleep. So, I'm giving up the gym and just getting house/mom stuff done today. 35.5 miles this week and a 70 mile ride (easy, not racing) will be plenty for this week. Can't do anything to help myself, but I kind of feel like I'm starting to hurt myself. So, nuttin' today! And I'm gonna enjoy it!
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What an awesome ride! This was my first cycling event and I got to do it with one of my oldest besties! Steph did Spudman with me and just recently bought her own bike and decided to celebrate her 33rd birthday by riding 70 miles with me! It was an all women's ride and since it was witch themed, I of course dressed up. How can you pass that up? :) I decorated my car windows for Steph for her birthday and it was fun getting honked at all the way to Brigham City! ("honk for the birthday witch" on the back window) We picked up packets and I decided to buy the biking jersey, which is my first. I finally won't look like a runner on a bike :) They had THE best t-shirts for the race EVER! I love it! Long, women's cut, cute but simple print, soft, I could go on and on, but I think I'm going to live in that shirt from now on. I need just like 5 different colors now :) Since this was just a ride and an un-timed event they just gave us numbers, and I wanted 153 so I had to sing for my number. The guy was more red than I was! It was just fun from the beginning! We stayed with Steph's family in Tremonton and we got up nice and early, but realized we both forgot essentials and had to stop by Wal-Mart and got out late, so we got to the park a little later than expected, but still with enough time. Who leaves their water bottles at home on a 70 mile bike ride?!? ME! We had time to get a few pics before hand, and I even decorated Steph's bike for her birthday ride! :) Helga was looking as beautiful as we were!
 Then I caught up with the gaggle of TTT girls that were at the ride (thanks to me! :) I saw the post on another friends page and shared the "first 100 women FREE" entries with them). We got a few good pics at the start line! They had music, an announcer, fun decorations, and a pair of emerald green bike shoes! SO awesome! Just a fun environment full of strong, beautiful women!
 Then as we waited for the start they said the witches were flying over head! The RD had hired a helicopter to come fly overhead and take pics! How stinkin' awesome!! So, as the helicopter was hoovering overhead they had us take off! I didn't even hear "go" everyone just started riding. It was crazy, but Steph and I took off on our adventure (the pic of me in my TTT cape on the bike waiting for the helicopter). 
Then as we were riding the helicopter stayed hoovering over the course and taking pictures of everyone for maybe 20-30 minutes! It was SO awesome! The weather was near perfect (a little chilly at the start, but not too cold) and then we actually rode past a house that was abandoned and they had someone taking pics and they'd put a witch on the porch! So, we were flying by the witch house! Seriously FUN race! Steph and I just chatted along and we had some other ladies around us that we'd chat with and it was just FUN! Then, the first aid station at mile 19ish. Jars of PB with spoons...since when were you allowed to just eat a spoonful of PB?!? YUM! I decided to dip my rice krispy treat IN the PB on the spoon :) They had red vines, granola bars, tootsie pops, fruit snacks...oh my YUM! And you can eat when you ride so it was a buffet fest for sure! The second leg was the scary one. If you look at the Elevation chart, it looks like a witch's hat! _____^____ flat, PEAK, flat. Well, that peak was coming up! I don't have pics of ME on the hill, but we turned a corner and then could see the hill/mountain...holy schizz!! The closer we got the better it looked, but still... it was going to be quiet time while we worked up that hill!! They say it is a Cat 2 climb (if that means anything to anyone) and about a 7-10% grade for 3 miles....fun times. Here are some pics of others on the hill (I haven't seen one of me): on the first one, if you look in the middle of the screen (down in the valley) you can see the main road going across; that is the road we approached the hill on....and this is almost the top, almost.  This one is AT the top (well the photographer is) and you can see the road again in the valley below. This was a wicked hill!! BUT, I never stopped and climbed the whole way! Booo-yah! 
When I got to the top, I didn't want to stop...I wanted to enjoy the downhill! Besides, Steph had kicked my trash on the hill and had gone down as well, so I was all for just enjoying the backside of the mountain!! From there we went past ATK and felt like we were out in the middle of no-where for quite some time. Long, open, lonely roads. I'm glad I had Steph to keep chatting with...now that quiet time was over :) At mile 45ish we got to the 2nd aid station and they had the wonderful same picnic there, but I mostly drank gatorade and water. I'd dropped the water bottle somewhere along the way that I'd bought at walmart (it was just a little small for my cage) so I was ready for some liquid. My little bottle that stayed put had to be rationed :) By the time we got back on the road my butt was done. My legs were fine, but the fact I hadn't been on my road bike since the Utah Half IM was painfully obvious. Steph and I just kept pushing and chatting along, despite the invisible wind! It felt like there was a decent headwind, but flags weren't blowing, the weeds on the side of the road were still...it was crazy! We kept plugging along and passed 5-7 riders on our final stretch home. When you could finally see Logan canyon in the distance it was a welcome sight! (The ride started/ended in Brigham City). It seemed really far away, but the garmin said 10 miles...we can do this. We got back in civilization, crossed the freeway, turned South and knew it was close! After winding through some neighborhoods we made a turn and BAM! There was the finish!!! My Garmin said 67.3 miles and I started it late on the ride, so maybe closer to 67.5ish, but we were done! Steph felt a little cheated for not hitting 70, but when I offered to take a spin around the block she declined :) They had a great finish line, but not a ton of people were there. I guess after 70 miles you get a little spread out :) We finished in 4:15 - that is ride time, not including buffet stops. So, about 16mph average for the ride, which isn't too shabby! I certainly didn't feel like I was slacking on the ride. They had a huge selection of candy bars, nuts, trail mix, dried fruit, chips and more. We were certainly fed well. Steph's family had come up to see her as well as the folks we stayed in Tremonton with. It was SO nice to just relax and visit and watch my other TTTers come in! Everyone did a great job and had an amazing day. The first team to come in (as individuals) did it in 3:30 (again, ride time - not stop time), so I felt like we actually did a pretty good job for a couple first timers! Most of the peeps I knew there came in after us. That Witches Hat really took it out of your legs in the middle of the ride. We then drove together back to SL and I dropped Steph off at her house in time to clean up and get ready for a night of birthday fun. I really had one of the best times ever on this ride! Even though I had to set my alarms on my phone and make calls to get kids up and where they needed to be all morning/afternoon. I would certainly do it again! Anyone who would like to tag along next year if you sign up before midnight tonight it is only $45!! :) Almost better than a marathon...same amount of time exercising and chatting/eating, but my legs don't need nearly the recovery! My butt on the other hand.... :)
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| | Slept in. Kids off track, so I got to do a trail run with Heidi! After about a mile she could feel a migrane coming on, so we just power hiked to the top, then ran down. Total of 2.5 miles on my garmin of running. It is SO beautiful up there!! I can't wait for next week to hike all week with her! Kids had swim lessons so we all headed to the rec center. While one was in swim I finished up my 6 miles on the TM in my Altras. TT: 27:00 AP: 7:43 splits: 8:00, 7:47; 7:35; then progressive the last .5 to finish before swim was out. Gotta love taper week! Just sleeping, relaxing and enjoying it all!!
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| OEOHFPPE Miles: 2.50 | Pink Altras Miles: 3.50 |
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| | I had gotten up, done my run, come home, showered and was back in bed before anyone else (including hubby) had even woken up. Oh, the joy of taper week! :) Ran 5 miles, just 2.5ish with the Newtons. I cut back up to the lake on 11800s instead of making the full 10 mile loop. Then, I took the long way back along the lake and finished with a nice little walk back to the car. Excellent! The moon was out; bright and full, casting my shadow on the path and with my headlamp dead I just enjoyed it! The stars reflecting on the lake, the moon shadows and the peaceful stillness of morning. Gotta love a good run! I was contemplating how I felt this run V other runs I did just before Ogden and as I ran along the lake I thought....this pace, this feels comfortably hard. I think I could handle this one. I thought for sure after climbing the hill up there I would've been dragging slow about an 8mm, but I was at a 7:45mm. Can I do this? Will my legs and lungs (full of crap thanks to allergies) allow me to really do this? I'm not sure. BUT, I'm going to let them decide Saturday morning. Start out nice and even and comfortable. Enjoy the Veyo climb and then hang on to the finish. We will see where I'm at around half time and I'll know what I have left to give at that point. I just hope the heat stays away until 11AM! :) AP: 8:09 splits: 8:01, 8:15, 8:32, 8:12, 7:43
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| | Slept in, kids were still asleep so I snuck out for a little 5K jaunt. Gotta love taper week! Did the stake 5K route, which means a big nasty uphill. Okay, not really...more like the slow painful never ending kind. I still don't like it :) 1st mile mostly down, 2nd mile starts the climb, 3rd mile is the last half of the climb and some downhill to finish it off. My splits are perfect reflections of this! AP: 7:46 splits: 7:52, 7:58, 7:32 (6:33 pace for the last .05 to the door)
I was surprised that middle split didn't go over 8mm. I guess that is a good thing. Only problem is...I'm supposed to keep this pace for another 23.2 miles? Oh heaven help me...
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Kelli was wonderful enough to meet me in the daylight at my house and run a quick little jaunt with me! I had a wonderful morning run and got home in time (okay, really stopped talking in time) to get a shower, get to swim lessons, lunch with my mom, Sams Club, Costco, Music, Work and home by 8:30PM which is when we ate dinner. Whew. So much for getting packed today. I'm going to bed. AP: 8:23 splits: 8:34, 8:22, 8:45, 7:55 (7:39 for the last .10 of a mile I'm not recording)
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 4.00 |
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St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:23:55, Place overall: 127, Place in age division: 4 | |
Seriously, the best race ever! My biggest goal was just to finish happy, I needed a good SGM. After last year chewing me up and spitting me out, I just wanted to finish happy and with a good mental race! A good time would just be icing on the cake. I had my BQ, acceptance to Boston and I didn't need the pressure. So, I just started and kept things comfortable. There were times I forgot I was running. Relaxed and enjoyed it!
Highlights:
Meeting Bart Yasso at the hotel and riding the shuttle and bus to the top with him!
Mile 5 hug and personalized poster from a great friend who lives on the course!
Hitting mile 20 feeling like a million bucks! I just FLEW down those nice downhill miles.
Never looking at the garmin. Okay, once...on the mile at Veyo I saw the split was 8:45, but that was it. Just kept even effort and enjoyed the journey
Hitting a new PR! 4th in Athena! Taking Podium with winners to get my award!
Walking back to the hotel with Kelli and Scott...then Bart Yasso too!
Riding the high all day and not feeling TOO drug down and knocked out. I'm sore, but not as horrible as it has been in the past.
Being called 'Wicked Witch' by the 3:25 pacer...loved it :) he finally asked my real name at mile 18, just before I made him eat my wicked witch dust!!
I'll fill in the details later...when y'all don't have to spend 5000 years reading it!
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 26.20 |
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful trail run with Heidi. We've been trying to find the 7 mile loop that goes around the canyon for the last few hikes. Well, we finally did it!! I was SO excited, when we got to the view point it was amazing and I can't believe how high we'd hiked! We power walked up through some steep stuff and then did a gentle run down, where we could. Some of it was so steep, walking was just enough.
Finished the 7 mile loop in 1hr 45min. I love this! I think this 7 mile loop is going to become a frequent trail run for me now. Just a hop and a skip from my door! |
| Inspire Yellow Racers Miles: 7.00 |
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3 mile walk around daybreak lake with Christine. We got back to the cars just before Chad and George finished their 10 miler. Then we all had donuts and chocolate milk :) best part of a marathon! recovery! :)
Then I went home slept longer and then did music class and went to lunch with BBK's. Perfect day! Love having the kids off track and just relaxing. |
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More sleeping in! I love this. Went to the gym and did the spin bike easy for about 90 minutes while reading. Only planned on 60 minutes, but I had to finish the book.
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| | A nice spin effort dripping all over while I read the 2nd book in the series I finished yesterday. A good YF book: Uglies and now I'm in Pretties. 60 min of sustained effort. Then I did just 2 miles on the TM. Legs are finally starting to feel good again. I'm still going to be taking it easy, but it is nice to know they will still move if I ask them nicely :) AP: 8:15, splits: 8:34, then went progressive every quarter to finish at 7:30mm.
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Another fun morning on the spin bike! Gotta love getting that reading hour in :) I showed my daughter I was 2/3rds of the way done with the 2nd book and she said "What?!? When do you read?" I told her I do it at the gym...I don't think she'll be so supportive of me running off to the gym now that she knows I just go there to read :)
60 min good hard effort on the spin bike. May or may not have gotten a good couple drops of sweat on the book. Gotta love public library books. |
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Utah Half Marathon and Fittest State Festival (13.1 Miles) 01:47:11, Place overall: 21, Place in age division: 7 | | Met at Allie's house in the 'elite staging' area. SO nice! I rarely get to knock on people's doors before 6AM and get greeted with a smile :) Met Devra and then Andrea and Jake came, James was sleeping. I did my best to wake him, but failed. Allie, Devra, Jake and I ran the mile to the start line and tried to find the bag drop. I'd just left everything in the car, I was traveling light. After taking so long to find the bag drop that we missed the awesome lulu lemon free stretch at 6:30, we headed over to the start. Shoot. Maybe next time :) There we ran into Preston and I was excited to hear he was just along for the ride and was willing to run slow with me. I kept looking for Brooke, I was thinking I'd just love to run nice and easy with her and pace her through, but I couldn't ever find her :( stink. Before I knew it we were at the front and it was time to go. We hadn't started that far back, but man did it get clogged up fast! We were weaving around running around an 11mm. Finally broke from the crowd and Mike Powell caught up to us and ran and chatted for a while. Before I knew it, we were headed up 900S. It is the honorable mention to Ally's Sunnyside UP route. So, I didn't whine in her honor...just plugged along with coach (Preston) keeping me going. This was quiet time. Breathe or talk, I chose to breathe. You'd think the hill would end, but it didn't. It just kept going and going and going. Somewhere along the way a lady told me I was 19th female. What?!? no way! This put a little bug in me. I wanted more. My legs felt good and there were 2 women right in front of me. Oh yeah, I can do this. I passed both women and when we turned around just before the zoo and I got a 1/4 mile taste of slight downhill I felt like I could conquer the world. Then, more uphill... That was the story of this course, more uphill. I had seen the course and I know the U and downtown enough to know what I was in for, but dang all that uphill gets mentally defeating after a while. Especially on legs that are already a bit fatigued from SGM the week before. The nice thing is LOTS of people running this race had done SGM, so I felt like I had no place to whine about it...just keep going and enjoy the fact that I CAN run! Those 2 ladies passed me back again sometime in the next few miles, but by then my conquering spirit had left with all the energy from my legs. I was just tired and fatigue had set in. Oh well, just sit back, relax and enjoy the company of coach who kept a close eye on the garmin saying I'd be pleased with what we were running. I just trusted him on that one. At the U we ran through/by Ft Douglas on a little back road I'd never been on before and I loved it! Beautiful! Then, after the U hospital as we headed toward the cemetery. It was a GORGEOUS view of the valley, sun on the lake, clear fresh skies, clouds just beautifully perfect for a crisp fall morning. Wow. Wish I could've bottled that moment/view up. At Shriners hospital we had another wicked uphill jaunt for 100M or so, my legs had finally gotten used to the downhill and now back up again! Then, we finally got some good downhill to City Creek Canyon and the Capitol. The race had great organized aid stations and the volunteers were friendly. Cheerleaders every so often were a fun comedic relief too :) At the top of State St on the Capitol grounds they had a band, which was wonderful for your death decent down! Holy Crap! All those 10 miles of uphill recovered in one short 1/4 mile of downhill. Coach and I both screamed for a good 20 seconds as we started that hill. YIKES! At this point another woman flew by me. She was certainly using the downhill to her advantage. Ahhh, finally down and I knew we just had to wind our way down to library square...but 2 miles worth? HA! I forgot the theme of the race...more uphill. Yup. We turned East and got to hit ANOTHER 1/4ish mile hill UP the Avenues. Holy Moly, I'm done. I don't know how you crazies live there and run those ups and downs all the time! I'll take my long forever slight uphills out here in the SW corner and you can keep your twisting sharp up and downhills in the NE. We went to I street, then fought our way back. My legs were so done. The downhill of City Creek had successfully tightened my hammies and I couldn't do a full stride out. So, running downhill hurt, because I couldn't extend my legs fully and I was fatigued. Ready to be done, feeling the miles from SGM creep back into the legs. Coach was good and reminded me the faster we run the faster we finish. So, I just kept it up and worked my way there. At our last turn onto State Street there was a Drum Band with those huge Asian drums! It was SO stinkin' awesome! Totally worth the $10 registration fee right there!! Energized me enough to get down the last 1/2 mile or so to the finish. As we turned the corner we plugged it in for the last sprint to the finish. I wish I could've given more during the race, but I knew that I did what my legs would let me. I wasn't 'racing' this one, but I felt like I wasn't just taking a nice relaxing jog either. A good push for tired legs, but not killing myself. I backed off when needed and other than the uphills kept a conversational pace the whole time. I was pleased to see 1:47 on the clock, especially knowing all the uphills I'd conquered. As I stared up 400S at the U, I just thought "boo-yah! I ran UP that!" Love those endorphins! AP: 8:09 splits: 8:09 (funny, first mile is my AP!), 8:28, 9:23, 8:34, 8:27, 7:57, 8:18, 7:54, 7:38, 7:49, 7:56, 7:57, 7:42, 7:01 (last bit to the finish). Now, the fun part came. I wasn't cool enough to REGISTER for both races, but I did the 5K too. When I had the $10 codes, I talked hubby into bringing the kids up for a fun run too. With the 1/2 and 5K start 2 hrs apart I knew I could be there for their race too, so it would be fun! Well, the 1/2 started probably 10ish minutes late...which I'd forgotten, but I still headed right over to the start line to find the family. Found hubby and the stroller easily enough, but none of the kids running were with him. He said they'd all lined up ahead. Okay... Finally found Lauren and asked where the boys were "up there!" What? We were already only 30ish feet back from the start. Please don't tell me they went to the FRONT! Well, low and behold. I glanced up and there they were. Toeing the line! My 8 and 5 year old...with Jake :) Allie and Devra were even behind them. They had started the 10 second count down before I even found them and with 2 seconds left all I could do was damage control and hope the didn't get trampled. The bad mom in me wishes they would've! Natural consequences...right? Anyway, they shot out with the starters and in about 5 feet were swallowed in the crowd. There was one boy who fell and folks were jumping over him and going around, luckily, my boys kept their feet down. I'm telling you. I was SO embarrassed! What runner doesn't teach their kids not to line up at the front unless you are staying at the front?!? Uggghhh!! I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or just bury my head in the sand and pretend I didn't know them! :) I wanted to pull them back and to the side, but I didn't have time at the start, so I just did the best I could. Needless to say, on the way home they both got a good talking to about NOT lining up at the front like that in a race with adults! My kids are awesome, but not that awesomely fast...and obviously, not that awesomely SMART either :) So, I ended up run/walking the 5K with my 5 year old. The first mile of the race was ALL uphill! My hubby (lined up with the WALKERS!!) caught up to us and was wondering when the hill would end. I just smiled knowing at the top of State St he'd still have to turn East and go up another hill into the Avenues :) The worst part was the 5K CROSSED the half route. They were going straight down State and we turned onto State. I would've been SO mad if I was a halfer at that time. There was a near solid wall of people streaming around the corner and you couldn't really just run through it. So, the halfers had to stop to let us by. Oh man, the craziness that ensued after that. So, like I said...the halfers had to turn UP into the Avenues too. That is the way I'd gone on the course and you don't change the course mid-race just because the 5K joins. Well, because of the 5K confusion there were a bunch of people with half bibs going down State at that point that had missed the turn, not realizing the 5K just joined in on the route at that point. So, I started telling them they missed the turn and they said they were told NOT to go down that street or that they'd gone up and were told to turn around. I finally said "I finished already, and that is the way I went! You need to turn there and go to I street, the 5K joins here." But, only 2 people listened to me. The cop directing people was on the phone, hopefully getting the confusion worked out. I felt REALLY bad for the halfers then!! At the finish line (after) I heard from a couple of them that they'd run almost a mile too long due to the confusion. Not well organized if you ask me. Oh well, I tried. My little 5 year old kept passing my 8 year old who usually runs faster than his 11 yr old sister. I don't know exactly what was up with him, but he eventually got a little back on the downhill and pulled ahead around the 2 mile mark. My 5 year old and dad with the stroller kept leap frogging us and I kept encouraging him when he wanted to walk. For a little guy he did a GREAT job. He always says "I can't do this!" I then have to remind him that he has done this 3 times before and that he'll be fine. He makes me laugh. When we got to the end I peeled off so that I didn't go over the finish mat twice and really screw things up for the timers. Little guy finished in 41:30, my 5 year old was just 15 seconds in front of him and Dad edged him out by just 9 seconds due to chip time. Lauren, my 11 yr old was the best finisher of the family taking 7th in her AG and doing a 32:04, not bad for a swimmer that doesn't run...except in races. Not sure I can really count my 5K of 41 min as running, but I'm going to anyway.
So, we all had a great time and despite the uphill my hubby still survived. Everyone loved the post race pasta and ice cream. I could barely stomach the pasta, but the bite I had tasted good. They were handing out fliers for Thriller and my hubby thought it was for the zombie run and he just said to them "I'M NEVER RUNNING AGAIN!" Ha! Made me laugh, he knows he will. He does whatever I tell him to do :) Well, here it was 9:50 and we had 3 different commitments to get to in Herriman at 10AM. This wasn't going to turn out well. So, I didn't have time to wait for people, visit, chat or check out results. I just had to run the mile back to the car and get home. Hubby took the kids to the other car and then I told him where to meet me so that we could trade cars and he could go to help family move while I took David to football. The best part was, even with a banana in one hand, a half eaten creamie in the other, medal around my neck and lovely slow legs that were tired and sore and hammies that were all cramped up and not extending, I still made it to the car before he drove there. I even had time to knock and see if Ally was home or not, drink, finish my banana and creamie and get my sweatshirt on. Oh yeah, I'm cool like that :) On the way home, I was thinking I'd probably done too much too soon. I was more exhausted as I passed the mile 21 sign along where the marathon joins with the half than I was at SGM mile 21. My legs were cramped, sore and my feet were achy. Poo. This would take recovery. All I wanted to do was lay down and sleep. The rest of the day was worse than marathon hang over, I'd certainly beat myself up well. Luckily Sunday morning I woke up refreshed and it didn't feel quite so bad anymore. I still think I need to take it easy this week, but I'm glad I just don't feel like a train ran me over anymore!
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| | 60 minutes on the spin bike while reading Specials third book in the series. Only one more to go. Hopefully, the 4 people in front of me on the library list get their books fast. I'll probably be done with this one by tomorrow.
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| | Another day on the bike. Good sweaty workout. Almost done with book 3. My mom took my kids last night, so I was going to get up early and run with the Newtons, but then I thought "when do you get a chance to sleep in w/out kids?!?" So, I turned my alarm off and went back to sleep. Bad rationalization, but it was nice to sleep with no little feet in my back or screams or yells for breakfast in the morning...aaahhh.
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| | Will I ever run again? Maybe when I'm done with these books and feel some motivation to get up early :) 55 min on the bike - darn swim lessons and no daughter to watch the baby, so I had to be done on nursery time. Blech.
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| | I was SO excited when I got Rachelle's email that she wanted to run in the morning in Lehi. I knew my body wouldn't like getting up early, but I figured I could come home and sleep. I'd be fine. I mean, how could I turn down that offer?!? :) So, I met Julie and Rachelle at Willow Park in Lehi. Oh, I know this stretch of trail all too well. I was the only one with a head-lamp, so they had to run slow with me...haha, suckers! :) We ran a little further than expected, but it was good fun and I felt great! Good company and letting out all my whiny stories from St George's Saturday night was very therapeutic. I think I talked the whole way back! I think I was the only one breathing hard, but I had the adrenaline to keep me going. It was VERY worth the drive down there for some fun company, even if I did had to ditch my Newtons. They were only running 3 to taper for SOJO marathon, so I don't think they can complain too much :) AP: 8:12 splits: 8:44, 8:14, 8:03, 8:31 (found the mud on the trail and slowed down a bit to not kill ourselves!), 8:13, 7:52, 7:52, 8:09 (last .5 mile)
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| | Another day on the bike. 60 minutes of fun spin time reading. But, I also got to chat a little with Sara. Best of both worlds! Gotta rest those legs for the marathon tomorrow :)
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SOJO Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:28:39, Place in age division: 11 | | What a wonderful morning! I know doing 2 fulls back to back certainly isn't the smartest thing to do, but I've tried to keep my weekly miles minimal so that I wouldn't kill/injure myself doing this one. I was only 'officially' registered this week anyway. I knew that Smooth and Lowell were running this one, and I just wanted to relax and have fun with them! Mission accomplished! Smooth came to my house and since the start is closer to my house than the buses I made my hubby get up and take us to the start line. It was nice to sleep in, even with a 7:30 start and just feel like I was out for a nice little Saturday run. We met Lowell and Marci there and I also got to see all the Newtons who were using this as their fall race. I was SO excited for everyone! It is always fun to share in the pre-race fun before a big race. With a couple pop stops (in the 25 min we had -lines were short!) we had the National Anthem and then lined up. Go time. We were treated with a beautiful sunrise and great company as we started out. It is nice running West and being able to see great views of the entire valley in the early morning. There was much too much singing going on to not feel like you were having a good time! :) The big hill come at mile 6ish, and we just slowed down and took it in stride. Other than the stinky compost from the dump, the air was clear and nice...and the wind was blowing like crazy!!! That was fun, especially since the wind always seems to come from every direction out here. No matter which way you run, you end up with a headwind. Larry played paparazzi for us along the way and at the half we not only got to see Smooth's beautiful newest grandbaby, but we picked up Karen as well! Just a bit later Kelli passed us in her car and we got a good honk and wave. We also met up with another lady that remembered us from Park City and Nanette Palmer who was running with her. Turns out Karen and Nanette know each other from when they lived in Minnesota and Nanette just had her Pony Express 100 record beat yesterday. It was great conversation!! The miles just flew by and with a popsicle stop at the bottom of temple hill (thank you spectators!) we actually walked and ate our popsicles up some of the hill. HA! Awesome, I'm tellin' ya. By mile 19ish I was getting tired. My legs were done and I could feel the fatigue. Luckily, the crowd would stop and walk through the aid stations and I had a bunch of TTT peeps at mile 20ish that I got to stop and say hello to, then the next aid station I saw the Dr that casted Lauren's arm when she broke it and he is a big runner and ran with me when I paced Riverton half, so I chatted with him. Every time I'd start getting tired we'd find a new friend or get to the aid station to walk/talk through. Smooth was doing great and besides having fatigue as well, she kept me happy and chatting and I was just enjoying every minute! Between Smooth's positive vibes and Lowell's crazy singing and stories you couldn't get bored or feel bad. With a 5K to go, we thought that it might be possible for Lowell to get his 4:25 BQ. So, Karen and Smooth send Lowell and I off to chase down the clock. I worked all the magic I could...even getting Lowell to run after the water cup I'd gotten for him from the aid station, but it just got thrown back at me :) But, it was the end of a marathon and we just missed it. But, I know that the last 5K Lowell gave all he had and that we did what we could, which is all you can ask for, right? The last .1 of a mile, Ronnie was waiting on the side for me and as I ran Lowell in I got the run down on all of the Newtons and how they'd done. 4th overall for Chad - awesome sauce!!! Ronnie finished 3:33, which for that course today was a GREAT time! George running his first full had hit the wall at mile 22, but still was able to pull out a 4:02 finish time. He is a great runner and will do nothing but knock time off that PR! Smooth and Karen finished just 90ish seconds behind Lowell and me and we were quickly reunited at the finish line! SOJO certainly has the best finish line food! I'm glad I didn't race it, because I know I couldn't eat like this after a 'race' - but just a fun run? oh yeah baby! Chick-fil-a sandwiches and biscuits, fat boys, snow cones, apples, bananas...almost anything you desire! Totally worth the entry :) Lowell, Smooth and Marci all placed in their AGs so they will get a free entry to next years race. So, I guess I'll take another fun run next year. My legs were sore and tired yesterday, but after a good meal last night and a good nights sleep they are feeling much better. I'll still need some recovery time, so I won't be jumping right back into miles, but taking a marathon slower (despite the time on your feet) sure doesn't hurt as bad as racing one! After at least :) It was a perfectly wonderful day with amazing friends and I'm SO glad I had the opportunity to do this race today.
The Newtons that ran the marathon. Ronny, George, Me, Chad. One of these things is not like the other... :)
I don't have any pics with Smooth yet, have to wait for her to post what Larry took. Stay tuned - there are going to be some good ones!
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| | Another week of recovery...dang, I can't get out of this on/off taper cycle!!! :) Oh well, it was worth it. 60 min on the spin bike, 30 min with a pro next to me talking about lots of fun and interesting stuff. Almost makes me want to be a biker :) almost. 10 min in the pool, then I called to the nursery for a poopy diaper. I only had 15 min left anyway, because I'd talked for the first 25-30 min I was at the gym (dumb, I know, but it was good). So, I just grabbed him and called it good. Did some stretching of the hammies as well, they are some tight mothers right now!
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| | 3 mile walk around the lake with the Newtons recapping the marathon Saturday. It is tradition. Instead of our Tuesday 10 miler, we do our 3 mile walk - with donuts and chocolate milk afterward. Despite the rain, it was still a great morning. Especially since my 2 year old had been up since 3AM anyway, and finally fallen asleep just 15 minutes before the alarm went off! "Mom! Mom! Mom! Outside...Boom!" "Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Water!" every 10-15 minutes for 2 hours...so.much.fun. Went to spin class at the gym to get a good sweat on and I wasn't disappointed. Allison works you hard, that is for sure. However, I'm not sure I like the new bikes and all the numbers I now have to stare at during the workout. Blech. Hamstring stretching and home...then, the fun had just begun.
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| | 40 min on the spin bike 2 miles around the track - I didn't want to know pace, so I just ran. Had my Altras on and didn't feel anything too crazy. Trying to slowly break into them. 1000yds of pulling and 100yds of kick at swim. Good workout for the morning. I'm ready to run again.
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| | Urban Trail Loop in the snow with the Newtons. It wasn't too cold, but the snow was WET. I thought I might have overdressed, but at mile 7.5 I'd decided I hadn't. Like normal, I had a wonderfully progressive run....until I hit the trail. Then I tried to kill myself a few times. Chad was ahead a good 60+ seconds and heard me scream when I stepped in the puddle and nearly twisted my ankle .15 later. Such a klutz! AP: 9:09 splits: 9:11, 9:04, 8:50, 8:45, 9:26, 9:15, 9:39, 9:03 Some of the slowness could've been due to the fact that I stopped stopping my watch around mile 4 as well. With big wet gloves on I didn't want to risk it, so I just let it go. Meh, a run is a run. With about a 1/2 mile left my legs were certainly letting me know that they were fatigued. Maybe after recovering from Halloween Half quad pounding this Saturday I can get back to some semblance of a regular running schedule. Came home and got my wet clothes off before the chills set in, but I was still too cold to sleep...despite trying...for the next hour or so. Finally pulled my lazy butt out of bed and got my kids to school and off to the gym. Did Heidi's spin class - holy mountains batman! A great class and I enjoyed learning how to ride the new bikes. Fun stuff. Only 17.6 miles in the 60 minutes, but with all the climbing I'm calling that a success.
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| Purple People Runners Miles: 8.00 |
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Halloween Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:59:40 | | Another crazy Halloween Half in the books. It is always a fun time meeting and chatting with TONS of friends at the start and the warming tent as we wait and wait and wait for the 9AM start after getting on the buses at 6AM. SO tired. But, the company and excitement is always good! Catherine and I were the 2:00 pacers and the end of the 1st wave. They did different pace waves this year so that they could open the highway (the canyon road) between the waves and not just do a hard close for an hour as everyone came by. So, we had to do sweeper duties for the first wave, because when we came to the road it was the cue for the officers to close the race course and let cars through. If you didn't make it through with the pacers you had to wait for 15 minutes until the next wave came through. That would really stink for anyone really wanting to get a decent time. When we started we tried to be the last through the line, but people continued to stream through. I stopped and went back to the last person and explained what was going to happen. Then every group I passed I made sure to tell them what was going to happen if they didn't keep up with the pacers. Just over 2 miles down the canyon at a 9:10 pace - that was all you had to keep!! I felt like I did my due diligence in warning and encouraging people to make it through, but when we got to the highway there was a trail behind us of a good 50 feet or so, but then there was a gap... I knew that when that gap hit the highway everyone else would be cut off. I think there were only a handful of people behind that gap, but they were there. I shouldn't feel bad, they were warned and warned about the waves and to pace yourself properly for the wave starts, but well it just didn't completely work. I still feel bad they had to wait. The course started further down the Alpine Loop than in years past...by about 2.5 miles. Less canyon pounding, but they threw in a really nice out and back along the frontage road just before Nunns Park....UP the canyon about 1.3ish miles. Ugghhh! Even just poking along that hill wasn't fun to tackle. I hope everyone had seen that change on the course map and that no one was expecting their normal crazy downhill course this year! They would've been a little disappointed. Catherine and I had a few different groups that tagged along with us. Allison was our first tag along and she was doing great, but she stopped at the first water station and since we hadn't banked our time on the downhill canyon miles (we wanted to be closer to AP for the road closure issues) we didn't have time to walk through and I never saw her again. Catherine stopped there at Vivian for a pop stop and so I was on my own for the next mile-ish until she sprinted her way back. Pop stop = tempo run when pacing :) During those miles I picked up the jail bird, the ghost and Dolly Parton (okay, not really her costume, but the balloons in her shirt made it look that way!). We all had good chats and conversation, but when we hit the out and back with the hill, we dropped them all. The ghost and jail bird hung on REALLY well and they were determined, but it was just too much after a mile or so. The sheet on the ghost was making a really good sail so he was working nearly twice as hard as well! The next miles we just kind of passed through a lot of people and didn't get a huge crowd, but around mile 10 we picked up a couple people that did really well sticking with us to the end! The tall pirate was running his first half and all the women in his family had encouraged/inspired him to do it. Yes, he was ahead of all of them! Then there was a lady in a red jacket and she hung tough those last miles too. At the final turn to the finish I could tell we were early. I knew how far out the finish was from there and we still had 90-120 seconds to get to the finish. So we slowed down a bit and walgged to the end (walk/jog). Then about 50 feet in front of the finish we ran backwards and stopped a bit to encourage runners to beat 2:00! We got a few to pick it up and push through for a strong finish. Then, the finish line cameras were in view and we had to finish running :) About being early enough to fudge the last .10 of the race: There were NO mile markers! People said they caught them every once in a while, but I only saw 8, 11, 12, 13 AND they were off. Like .20-.25 early. I don't like to trust my garmin, especially on this race because of the canyon so I was relying on the mile markers! Stink. I didn't know who was right and who was WAAAY off. Well, my garmin finished at 13.06 miles, so they had to be off a lot more than I thought. Anyway, I know it isn't a good excuse, but we just tried to keep our overall AP at 9:09 and if the course was long/short we couldn't help it. So, the course was short - nothing I can do about that. I finished in the correct AP for our pace time and that is all I can do with no mile markers and faulty garmins. Even with that 1:58:40 isn't TOO terrible, right? I once heard that 30 seconds either way for a half is acceptable. So, I'm acceptable! The finish didn't have much of anything good :( chips that weren't all that good and fresh fruit. The apples were YUM!! I could've eaten 10 of them...at least. I wanted an orange, but they weren't cut. I didn't want to peel an orange with gloves on or cold sticky hands if I took the gloves off. The bananas were cut up though...go figure. I grabbed an apple, said good bye to Catherine and ran back on the course to run in with Danielle (my ride) who was pacing 2:20. Along the way I saw Steph and Heidi my friends from the old 'hood where we grew up. Heidi was running her first half and Steph was her support. I ran maybe a tenth of a mile with them before the sideline crowd got too dense and I peeled off to run back again. On my way back I saw Rachelle and Julie walking back to their cars! I'd only gotten to see them for a second at the top, so it was fun to chat for a bit. Then right on cue came Danielle! I joined her for her last mile into the finish. We passed a couple teenage boys walking and I harassed them into running again. Danielle and Laura, I think, were embarrassed by my prodding, BUT we never saw them again! They took off, you gotta know how to get them going :) Then just before mile marker 13 we came to an older guy walking. I said to him "c'mon finish line! no more walking!" It took a little bit, but he got into a run again, then admitted he hadn't done any of his long Saturday runs. I simply replied "well, you've run .25 mile, right?" "yeah" "you have less than that left! You KNOW you can run that much! Who cares what is behind you and in the past, you can make the finish with no more walking!" He then admitted that I was much too positive :) Oh, and our tall pirate that finished with Catherine and I remarked that we had waaay too much energy for him! All good comments as far as I am concerned! So, I got a good couple miles extra in and made a few more good memories. The last 2 were slow, but hey...a mile is a mile, right? Afterward we returned our singlets, grabbed my bag and rode the bus back to our car. A little stop at the cupcake shop and we were on our way home. Another Halloween Half in the bag! Thanks to everyone who made this one a fun one for me! I loved it, as always! Well, except the anxiety about not knowing my exact pace and if I was on time or not, because the mile markers were obsolete and/or wrong. Oh well, despite the worry we still brought it home on time and had a great race.
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| | 60 min on the spin bike. 1000yds pulling and 200 yds kicking in the pool. Another recovery week. Quads aren't as bad as they usually are from Halloween Half, but knowing what I've put them through this last month I'm just going to take another easy week.
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| | 10 miles with the Newtons. A new loop though, because it was just Chad and I until sometime during the night George decided to join us. We went from his house UP the Mtn View Corridor past the Jr High, Emmiline to Butterfield Park, down to City Hall via Main St, then Herriman Parkway back to his house. The first few miles were rough...LOTS of uphill. About 400 ft in 3 miles, oh I love me some hills. The only good thing about the route is the last 6 miles are nice downhill miles! I had dropped water by my house, I woke up hungry and thirsty and was afraid to run w/out any so I dropped it for all of us. That was our only stop other than a couple times we waited for George - he is still working on recovering from the marathon. I can't blame him. I remember it was a good month before I ran and didn't feel fatigued after my first full! AP: 8:21 splits: 8:40, 8:52, 9:20, 8:41, 8:26, 8:17, 7:57, 7:58, 7:53, 7:46 - nice little progession on the way home. I didn't think I was running that fast. I would've said 9:20s up and 8:20's down with an average around 8:50ish. Man, my pace estimates aren't what they used to be. Is that a good thing?
Home, to the orthodontist with the eldest boy (he desperately needed his teeth looked at and there are a couple things we need to pay close attention to and possibly take him in for), then rushed him to school and I went to the gym to read and spin a little. My boy had embarrassed me enough at the appointment with his bad behavior that I needed a little vent. Totally worth paying for daycare for only a 45 min day care session. 35 min on the bike, 5 min stretching the hammies/calves. home, shower, music, Costco (big dinner on Saturday for the youth of our ward I'm doing), dinner prep and house cleaning before/while kids did homework and swimming so that we could eat and carve pumpkins after dad got home. A busier day than I've had in a LONG time! I'm ready for bed. Another long day tomorrow.
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| | Met Rob, Chad, Rachelle, Smooth, Karen and her friend (I forgot her name, but I remember Smooth said "I want to call you Lisa!" and that is all I can remember) at Willow Park for a Spooktacular Halloween run! I ran with Rob, Chad and Rachelle on the way down and barely got to say hello to Smooth, but figured when we turned I would chat and finish up with her and her group. Well, she tricked me and didn't run the full 4 out, so I never got to see her again :( poo. Chad and Rob took off for some tempo miles back and Rachelle and I just had a great chat on the way back. My legs got tired around mile 7 though. I can tell there is still some good fatigue in there. Rachelle had some super cute little treats for us at the end! How fun!! I had a great time and it made it totally worth getting up and going down there. Probably won't take care of the gobs of candy I won't have the self-restraint to not eat today, but it at least put a dent in it! :) AP: 8:13 splits: 8:53, 8:18, 8:09, 8:12, 8:12, 8:04, 7:59, 8:01
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| | Urban Trail Loop with the Newtons. Got a good SOJO recap from Ronny and had a great morning just chatting. Except I've exhausted all my stories with Chad...too many runs together this week :) Ronny peeled off early due to a knee problem, so it was just Chad, George and I for the remainder. I really love that little trail loop! The last .10 in the parking lot I told Chad to bring it and had him push me to a strong finish. I dropped him just at the last turn...ugggh, so close. Someday :) AP: 8:44 splits: 9:15, 9:12, 8:39, 8:18, 8:36, 8:49, 8:54, 8:07 - garmin says I was down around 5:45 the last 'sprint' with Chad. Went home and slept for an hour before I had to get up and get the kids off to school. They were pretty much ready and just eating breakfast by the time I got brave enough to get out of the warm bed. Did spin class at the gym. Heidi's Thursday classes are always a good push! I love her classes. 55 min and 21 miles. Stretched, chatted and came home. I'm hoping my little stinker of a 2 year old sleeps this afternoon - and I can too! When I woke up to get out this morning so did he. I put him back to bed, but then when I went downstairs he got up again and wanted milk. I was late to group, because I had to put him back to bed twice. I thought he'd at least sleep in - nope. Up when I got home at 7AM. What the heck kid?!? I swear he doesn't need sleep. Luckily, between my hubby getting ready for work and my daughter getting ready for school there was someone to entertain him while I grabbed my morning nap. Now, I think he needs to sleep this afternoon.
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| | Did 60 min of spin bike/reading in the morning at the gym before I had to head home for Kindergarten pick-up. Afternoon met Dianna at Yellowfork and ran the 7 mile loop. It was a beautiful afternoon and the dogs had a great adventure. I did learn one thing - I don't ever want to die by being run over by a cow. Those things are BIG and scary! One came thundering down the hill toward the trail and then tried to stop on the trail about 3 feet in front of me. Holy Moly! I'm just glad the cow didn't have a calf! The dogs came right back to us and we all sat and waited for Ms Cow to get back up above the trail with the rest of the herd.
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| | I had a moral decision to make today (well, I made it on Friday, but still). I had planned on running the 5K for a BBKer that had recently been diagnosed with brain cancer. He has fought well and is astounding the doctors with his recovery and progress. The race wasn't a financial benefit for him, but would go to Huntsman Cancer Institute. As much as I support him and want him to know my heart and love goes out to their family, I knew I wouldn't be 'missed' by the crowd there. My daughter asked me Thursday if I had any races on Saturday "ummmm,well...no, not really, but yes...why?" She said that they were combining the adult and kid iTri classes at the gym and she wanted me to go to class with her. My 11 year old daughter wanted me to come with her. How can I refuse that precious time? I've been doing races/runs every Saturday for the past 5 weeks and will be gone next week for LV Ragnar. There will come a time very soon that she won't want me around. I thought about it longer than I probably should've then told her that I would choose to spend time with her at the tri class instead of with running friends. I felt like my support would be put to better use with her. Not that Dean doesn't care, but I know if he was presented with the same situation he wouldn't hesitate to spend the time with family, because he knows how precious and fleeting the time is. So, with confidence I slept in and joined my daughter for the tri class. We started in the pool - 30 min to do as many 200yd sets you could. We swam them race style up and back then under the lanes. Good practice! I got 7 of them in - 1400yds. I might have been able to sneak one more in, but after my first lap one of my daughters friends who was doing the class with her mom for the first time was on the side of the pool fretting and on the verge of tears. She only feels comfortable swimming backstroke. It was overwhelming to her to see all these kids (even her age) doing free-style so easily and, I'm sure, was afraid people would laugh or make fun of her. I gave her a little pep talk and we got in the pool together. I waited for her on the first lap to get down and back and feel confident enough to finish the next 3 laps. She did great and ended up finishing 3 sets. Lauren did 7 sets too. She was trying to beat me, but I hung with her! She is a great little swimmer. The bike...oh, the bike. I think of everything in the tri world this is the one that gets me. I hate the computers on the bikes now too...just too many numbers to deal with in my head! I set up my bike next to Lauren and we had 30 min to get in as many miles as we could. Well, I prefer to ride with some resistance. Probably more than most people, but then the teacher had us ride hills too. Poo. I could barely keep up with Lauren on mileage. Then I noticed I'm dying and breathing hard and she still can breathe with her mouth closed! Well, I made her add some resistance on and then not cheat on the full turns on the hill adds. I finally caught up to her miles :) She did more than most of the kids, but I was at the bottom of the rung for miles on the bike. Still 11 miles in 30 minutes is a good 22mph pace! I think pretty darn good. I don't understand how some were getting 13+, that really isn't typical for average riders to go 26mph+. Anyway, my own snobby rationalization for being the bottom I guess. Finally, it was time for the run! They had us running on the track and every 3 laps we would signal to the teacher that would record a tally mark. My goal was to get 4 miles in the 30 minutes. I finally figured out that when I had 11 tally marks I would have 3 miles. So, I asked for my 5K split on the next lap 23:13 - 7:30 pace. I pretty much stayed consistent with that pace to finish the 4 miles with just 7 seconds to spare. 29:48 for the 4 miles. 7:29 pace...just under MP and not even 10K pace. Yeah, I was tired - I guess :) more rationalization. Lauren got 36 laps in (11/mile), so just over a 5K in the 30 minutes. She and her friend (the one from the swim story) hung together the whole time and kept a good solid pace the entire time. Way to go girls! They counted every time I lapped them - I think it was 13 or 14 or something like that. So, we both finished almost a sprint tri and I had a wonderful morning with my daughter! Her friends mom wanted to go outside for a few more miles so I tagged along on the next 4 outside. It was a wonderful morning! The girls had fun hanging out at the rec center afterward while moms ran off too :) We were going to meet at frogurt afterward, but they didn't open until 1:00 - poo. But, we had a great time regardless!
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| | This is going to be a week of odd miles...so I started it out right! Just did 1 hour on the TM, started at 8:37 pace for 15 min, then 8:29 for 15 min, 8:20 for 15 min, then 8:13 for 7 min and the last 8 min I did starting at MP 7:47 and the last 3 min went progressive to 6:56. I had exactly 7.2 miles in the 60 min, so an AP of 8:20. All at 1% incline. I love running. Today I am grateful for my able body that just loves it. I didn't want to spin or swim today...I wanted to run. I plugged in, sat back and enjoyed it! I wish everyone ran, then everyone could feel this good all the time too. Then I did some good resistance stuff - my normal routine, plus. side steps w/band, big toe/little toe calf raises, lunges, one-leg lift bridges, then a sprint around the track and back-ups (opposite of sit-ups). Repeated 3X Then I added some elbow raises, overhead presses and skull crushers X3 for good measure. Stretch and get out of the gym.
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Oh HAPPY DAY!!! Guess who is back for a week? oh yeah baby! Becca! So, I found a sitter and met her at her sister's house in Draper for a run. We ran up to PRT then along the trail for a few miles and turned back. Man, it was hotter than I expected - we both wanted water, but all the fountains are turned off. We passed a school holding elections and we decided to go in, hoping that with voters in there we wouldn't be considered a safety risk. When we got back I didn't have time to chat, I had to go get baby for music class. But, we've got plans this week! Plenty of chat time. It was like we hadn't missed a beat. Same old chatting and fun. I missed Becca. Only problem was I ditched the Newtons for this run. My plan was to do the normal 10 with them and then add 6 or 8 with Becca. Well, baby wasn't very nice last night and had me up more times than I'd like to count. So, when the alarm went off I decided the 6 or 8 with Becca would be enough - I was going to sleep! I guess if I have an alternative, I won't wake up early :) Sad part is, once I got up and called them (and they called back) I couldn't really get back to sleep. It took a long time...with lots of guilt. Should've just gone. AP: 8:15 splits: 8:56, 8:42, 8:25, 8:10, 8:23, 7:54, 8:08, 8:08, 7:55, 7:48 Plan to do a 15ish mile ride this afternoon with a friend in my new ward boundaries that is a cyclist! I'm excited to have a workout buddy, and not be the only crazy one in the ward. She is doing her first tri in 2013, but has knee issues. So, she won't ever be a huge runner, but I'm still excited! 16 miles with Kristy on the Mtn View Corridor. Good times! I hope to be able to keep up with her next time :)
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| | Another fun morning with Becca. Have I mentioned how much I missed her? :) 6 miles on the JRP. Man, it was windy this morning. We started South so that we got the uphill and wind done first and could enjoy the 2nd half. I'm glad my watch was in bike mode those first three miles...no splits to admit to! AP for the first 3 miles was 8:53 AP for the last 3 miles was 8:04; splits: 8:23 (the hill), 7:57, 7:51. Now, I'm done for the day. My arms and legs hurt from my Monday workout at the gym and my house is a disaster! So, I'm taking the full day and WILL stay focused on cleaning this pig sty of a home!
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| | Becca came out early and we went on my classic 6 mile loop. My stomach wasn't happy with me. I'm glad Becca was there to help me through my misery...it always loves company! AP: 8:57 Afterward I got kids off to school then we went to Kneaders for breakfast! YUM! Went home and packed up for Ragnar, my mom came to help with the kids and Kimberly picked me up at 3PM and I was off for a long drive down to Vegas.... Picked up the 6th van member in Cedar and then went to St George for dinner. DD's Pizza! My favorite! I was SO excited. It is just a little mom/pop restaurant and they had a sign on the door that due to family illness they were temporarily closed until further notice :( SO sad! I don't get my pizza AND there is something wrong in the family. We had to do Brick Oven instead. It was good, but still sad about DD's Pizza. Got into Vegas late and just crashed on the air mattresses with plans of a big breakfast in the morning and lots of fun.
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Ragnar LV - #8 runner (5.56 Miles) 00:40:50 | |
Woke up and went to a nice big breakfast at Lumberjacks. Yum! We definitely ate well our last meal. Then we did some errands and shopping and I picked up Krispy Kremes for the team when we drove by and I saw they were HOT! :) 
After getting dressed, cleaning up, decorating and packing the truck we were off and away to the first exchange. Van 1 had started at 6AM and we had until about 1PM before we started running. While there I got to chat with Burt who had finished 2 legs already and was ready for some more Ragnar action, and my neighbor who was down for the race as well. Rachelle's first van hadn't even started yet! Yeah...she was on a fast team :) 
(helping Jeff and Jason load the truck...or just standing around talking...you decide :) )
I was the 2nd runner and was SO ready to run! However, the wind stopped me in my tracks once I got started. They said sustained winds of 30mph with gusts to 59mph...yeah, I was happy when I turned and it was a cross wind instead of a head wind. Something different about Vegas Ragnar is that you run through town...and there is no traffic control. You MUST wait for the lights. Kind of messes up your pace, so I 'cheated' and stopped my garmin when I had to stop for the 2 lights I didn't make. Also, my veggie omelet I'd had that morning kept threatening to make a re-appearance...yuck. Too many big meals in a row! I was happy it was over. Never became road kill, my biggest goal. 
(Kimberly handing off to me! LET ME RUN!! :) )
AP: 7:20 splits: 7:24, 7:35, 7:01, 7:00, 7:28, 7:45 (last .57)
I was pleased with my first run and pace. I loved the gentle downhill! Like running down 13400S...perfect. When our 4th runner was out we went to cheer her on and some guy started yelling profanities out his window at us because he was trying to sleep...I guess he didn't want any more cow bell :) That is the bad part about running through town. At the van exchange the sun was going down and we were getting cold...SO cold. We knew the horrible wind and cold was going to put a damper on our night run. We went to Jason's deli for dinner where I ate light, just a salad, and then we went shopping at Target. I had warm running clothes, but no warm clothes to wear afterward. I got some fuzzy pants and socks. The pants were only about 5 inches too short for me :) High fashion baby...high fashion. 
(the team, less one runner running, at the exchange after our first runs)
We found the next major van exchange and it was just a dirt parking lot. No where to sleep. They'd cautioned against sleeping next to your vehicle, because someone might try to park on top of you! So, with no grass (except on the private property of the hotel near us which we were also told NO to sleeping on) we hunkered down in the truck. All 4 girls packed like sardines in the back...on our sides and we had to switch sides in unison. It was tight, but warm! The wind was crazy and we were all a little panicky about running in the wind and cold. The 2 guys used the truck seats to sleep, but somehow didn't get any blankets to use! So, they were cold and didn't sleep well. I guess the bag of blankets got put under the truck outside. Silly boys! They should've just looked. 
(Hillary, Kimberly and I sardined in the back of the truck...no we didn't squish together for the photo. We slept that close :) big and little spoon at the same time!)
(Melissa and I, we couldn't get all 4 of us in one picture, again same story on not squishing together :) - oh, and who wears their visor to sleep?!? duh. I guess I was really ready to run!)
We got a few good hours of restless sleep in (typical Ragnar) and then all woke up ready to go...just had to wait another hour+ for the 1st van to finish their 2nd legs. The only good news was the horrible wind had died down! YIPEE!! It was going to be cold, but at least not crazy windy.
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Ragnar LV - #8 runner (31.54 Miles) 04:48:00 | |
Just after midnight we started our 2nd legs. We followed a van out of the exchange that said "Never Nudes" on it....RACHELLE! So, I texted her and sure enough, it was her. Too bad her team was too fast and never wanted support :( They left us in the dust at the exchanges and I still didn't get to see her. I ran my 2nd leg feeling great! Since it was night hours we could shadow run with our team. Kimberly and I both wanted more than just our measley 14ish miles, so we offered to run with anyone that would take us. She got the girls, I got the boys :) The nice thing about this overnight route is that it was an out and back on Las Vegas Blvd. They closed the road (South of Vegas, so not IN the city) so it was only Ragnar traffic that went in and out of the 17 mile stretch. It was a little chilly when I started, but at least I didn't feel like I was going to barf again! I was passing people like crazy and loving the night run! Then above my ipod I heard a deep, strong rumble...what the heck?!? I looked over...a train. Just between the road and I-15 rumbled a train, made me smile. I blew a little kiss to my daddy in heaven who was watching over me and felt supported through the rest of the run. It will be 6 years next week since he has been gone. Too long...seems like just yesterday I would go on hikes with him and get big daddy hugs. I sure miss him. 4.68 miles - AP: 7:34 splits: 7:25, 7:38, 7:41, 7:17, 7:53 (last .68) - it was definitely uphill. Some rollers, but nice uphill for most of it. I passed off to Jeff and I was going to run with him. I wanted just a short drink first though. After I got done with my drink Jeff was gone! I ran fast to catch up with him and could hardly do it! DANG! He took off SO fast. Luckily I still had a sprint left in me and caught up to him. He settled into a perfect easy pace for me! I loved it. Jeff is deaf (and the team I was on was all interpreters, I'm not one, but know enough ASL to get through a conversation), and trying to sign while running isn't easy...especially in the dark. You can't look at the road infront of you and this road had a small shoulder and rumble strips on the outside of the white lines. You couldn't even really run next to each other - let alone sign AND run next to each other. So, I just stayed behind him off his left shoulder. He had been having some ITB issues (along with 2 others in the van) and after about 1.25 miles he was ready to throw in the towel. I told him he should try to go on. I would take over if he needed, but that I believed he could do it and just try. He did, and he finished with that same wonderful pace! I was really proud of his effort. He is a great runner that has just started discovering what he can do. 3.37 miles - AP: 9:04 splits: 8:05, 9:55, 9:16, 8:53 (last .37) Kimberly ran the next 2 legs (the reverse of Jeff's and mine) with Melissa and Hillary. They also are just starting their running journey, so it was a little slower with some walking due to ITB pain, but they finished in good style! Give me a minute for the rest of the story.... Okay, I'm back :) I know I had you on the edge of your seat! So, our last runner was my turn to shadow run again. Jason is a wonderful, gifted runner...but doesn't run! He hasn't run since Ragnar Wastach Back and we did 9 miles on our leg and he was pretty good about hitting 9mm the entire time. Kimberly and I now are riding him hard about training and actually RUNNING and not wasting his gift :) We had a good 80 minutes to just chat, he asked me how I got into running and well...he got the WHOLE story. He kept saying afterward "I can't believe it, she just talked and talked the whole time. I was dying and she was just chatting along!" He did have to answer some questions toward the end of the run after I finished, but that was probably only about a 1/2 mile worth :) Yup, I'm a chatter! We got a beautiful sunrise and view of Las Vegas in the breaking dawn. Oh, it was gorgeous! I love a good sunrise run!
8.31 miles AP: 9:23 splits: 9:03, 9:08, 8:58, 8:59, 9:04, 9:03, 9:46, 10:32, 10:51 (last .31) you can see he lost it a bit there at the end, but still...with NO training?!? yeah, Jason needs to run! With Jason finished we headed to the last major exchange to eat and sleep before our last legs. I was just ready to go run more! That last leg just made me SO happy and it was just a perfect run. I wanted more and didn't want to wait! The whole van wanted to punch me. They were tired and ready to sleep and be done! :) When we arrived at the HS I was excited to be able to change my clothes in a warm place and brush my teeth and wash my face and rinse off. Uggghh, nope. They were charging $1 to get IN the building. I thought using the bathroom would be free. I didn't want a full shower or to sleep...just a warm bathroom, but alas. It wasn't to be. Well, after eating I decided it was worth it. I was cold. So, I looked in my wallet...the only money I had left was change .98 cents. Yup, that was it. I just rolled my eyes. Well, Jeff went and got me a $1 so that I could go in. SO nice! But, he then made it known to all the team that he had paid me to change my clothes! :) HA! I guess it IS legal in Vegas. I went inside and used the bathroom as my personal changing/washing area and it was nice to have warm water and flushing toilets. I got all prettied up for my last leg of running. Rachelle texted me back at some point and told me she was in the gym sleeping! I told her to come in the bathroom to see me...and that I was just brushing my teeth. We had a good chat, I finished up and she got called to get out to the van....almost time. I did get to see her again and say good-bye, but it wasn't long enough. When I got done with the beauty session I crawled into the truck bed to try and sleep for a couple hours before our 3rd legs. The boys had decided to take sleeping bags onto the football field and Melissa took a bench in the truck, so there were only 3 girls in the back. SO much nicer...a little room to move. I smiled an evil smile when I heard the marching band start practice out on the football field :) It didn't bother Jeff, but Jason had a fun time trying to sleep through it!
After a couple hours poor Hillary was in SO much pain with her ITB she could hardly shift positions to sleep. So, we all kind of woke up and started chatting about our last legs. We finally decided that Jeff would take my 4.4 miler and I'd take his 9 miler. Melissa would take Hillary's 3.3 miler and Kimberly would run Melissa's longer leg of 7.5 AND her 6.2 miler. We had a plan and we were ready to run! Met with van 1 and watched their triumphant finish...then took off. Nobody was going to be a hero, but we were going to finish it! Kimberly's first leg ended up being completely unsupported and a mile long. But, she felt like I did at the end of my 9 miler earlier in the morning, so it was all good! Jeff took off, but as we passed him on the freeway he indicated that he was done. We found a way to sneak onto the course and I ran the remaining half of his leg for him since both of his ITBs were screaming. That last little uphill was rough! Yikes. Glad I didn't have to do it all. 1.45 miles - AP: 8:45 splits: 8:27, 9:27 (last .45) 
(taking off to finish Jeff's leg) ready to run baby! At the exchange I waited for the team to bring me my visor (I'd called them when I realized I'd forgotten it and asked them to meet me) and a drink. The lady there kept looking at me, then said "we called your team #, but got no answer!" I simply responded that my runner was close and waited for my stuff. As soon as I got it and thanked Jason I slapped the bracelet on my wrist and said "Well, here she is!" and I took off. HA! I would've loved to see that lady's face :) The leg that I picked up...holy wow. 1500 ft of elevation loss! I couldn't believe it. SO downhill it was crazy! I thought for sure something was going to break on me. There was a little uphill around mile 4 and I felt like all of a sudden I couldn't run. Gravity wasn't working with me anymore! I was tired, but just kept running. I thought for sure I'd gone at least 1/2 way...looked at the garmin and it was only 3.2 miles. Uggghhh. I was ready to be done. I just knew the faster I ran the faster I'd finish! I'd asked the team to try and find somewhere to pull over and give me water, but they never came :( Luckily, there were a couple tables with water cups on them, so I just grabbed some. I finally saw the truck and tried to flag them down...to no avail. I wanted a drink! They finally saw me and I was lucky I was on an ASL team! I signed "water, please." They drove down a bit and Kimberly ran it out to me. Perfect. I only had 2 miles left...I can do this. Well, I finally passed the "one mile to go" sign at 8.6....ugghh...really?!? Where the heck is the dang exchange?!? I was tired and done. I wanted to stop SO bad! But, I just kept pushing forward. I was glad my legs had held up and I didn't have any aches and pains from the crazy downhill, but I was done. The view flying down into the Lake Mead Valley was breathtaking! Sun was breaking through the clouds at certain points, and well, it was just gorgeous. The view was the only thing taking my mind off the pain and suffering. Yet, even at the end I didn't care anymore. I just wanted to be done! I finally spotted the exchange point and at 9.73 miles I was finally done with "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger" on my ipod. Fitting, huh? :) 9.73 miles - AP: 7:07 splits: 7:06, 6:54, 7:00, 7:30 (uphill bit), 7:04, 6:59, 6:47, 7:00, 7:12, 7:41 (last .73). You can see I died at the end, but I was still pleased with my splits and AP for how much I'd done the previous 24 hrs. My team was happy to see me exhausted. They kept saying I was the "Olympian" on the team. I would laugh and tell them they had NO idea how far from the truth that was! But, it was a nice compliment still :) So, the team was happy to see me cussing my creative cuss words and ready to finally be done and not have that chipper positive attitude any more! Driving to support Kimberly on her run we took a detour to an overlook at Lake Mead...SO beautiful. I wanted a 'peak jump' shot...so I got out and attempted to jump, twice. Well, I got a decent picture anyway :) 
(my 'peak jump' attempt at Lake Mead) During the drive to the exchange from Kimberly to Melissa we realized it would be night hours (3:45PM - 6AM) and that we'd need safety clothing (head lamp, tail light, reflective vest) AND that we could shadow run. My legs were SO stiff and sore and starting to stiffen and cramp. Since after 5 min my bad attitude wore off and I was Miss Positive again, I remarked that I was ready to move my legs again! Well, Melissa was worried about this one, because her knee and groin we bothering her really bad. She said her goal was 13mm if I wanted to come along. I figured I could probably keep up. So, I threw on my gear and we took off together when Kimberly came in. Holy Smokes, it was probably one of the worst uphill stretches in the whole race. But, it had rollers and the downhill was really hurting Melissa. We probably ran a mile or more of it, but the rest we speed walked. Our 14mm was well earned and it really helped me move out the lactic acid so I wasn't SO horribly sore. We also had a really good, uplifting, personal chat along the way with a few tears shed. Then, we were treated to one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen! Made the whole trip worth it. Even though it ended up 4 miles instead of 3, it was still perfect. 4 miles - AP: 14:26 splits: 12:21, 14:38, 16:18, then the garmin died. Yup. But, Melissa had Edmondo on and it tracked it just over 4, so I'm going with that. Jason had the task of finishing up the last leg. We drove to the finish and after forever finally parked and walked down to the finish line. About 100 yds from the finish Jason passed us. We cheered for him and tried to run after him...nope, didn't work. We were cold and had blankets around us. THEN they had the runners go through a sand volleyball pit with the net STILL up! What the heck?!? are you trying to kill people?!? It was dark and hard to see the net too. ugghhh. Anyway, so we said "Jason! Wait for us." he replied "hurry up!" Then I just laughed and said "did he just tell me to hurry up?!?" I'd just run 37+ miles and he was telling ME to hurry up. HA! Good times. We all finally made it to the finish and did our ceremonial finish line photo, got the big medals, some got their saints and sinners (I was just a sinner) medal, and then we went to dinner. Jason's Deli again for dinner. Oh, I'm in love (we all were) with their baked potatoes. Those things are monstrous! The broccoli and cheese one...divine. I ate one all myself and had a small cup of veggie soup and a few chips with salsa. A well deserved meal after Ragnar. We all headed back to the condo to sleep and take our 5 min max (nazi lady from the other van would nearly pull you out naked if you went over time!) shower. Well, I started looking for my purse to pay for gas etc....and I'd left it at the Deli!!! Uggghhh! It was clear on the other side of town. A good 30 min drive away. Jeff offered to take me, because when I called they said they had it and would be there until 11PM. I was SO grateful that it had been picked up and not stolen! Total blessing! Then Jeff was nice enough to take another hour to drive me there and back. We had a good chat and I was happy that I was doing so well with my signing that I was understanding everything he said and I could communicate my stories too. He is good people, and I really like him!
Finally got back and everyone was asleep. I crawled onto the air mattress with Kimberly and I was cold :( I just couldn't warm up. When the other van left at the crack of dawn I took over one of the real beds and finally slept well.
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| | We woke up and some of the gals had gotten in the hot tub, but I just slept longer :) We packed up and cleaned up and then took off for home. I thought we might stop by Pawn Stars, but nope. Jeff and I were disappointed. We had such a fun ride home! You know after you've shared so much with people on your team for these 4 days that life just gets fun. We were all rested and Kimberly and I were convincing everyone that they were runners. We'd get cussed at, but it was still fun :) We ate up the rest of the candy/snacks from grocery shopping and got ice cream in Scipio. Best. Stop. Ever. Told fun jokes and played fun games. I almost didn't want to go home. I'd missed my family, but having 'adult' fun was a nice change from the daily grind of my life. I'm still not 100% converted to Ragnar, but I liked this one a LOT more than Wasatch Back. I think the people/your team is what makes or breaks your experience. I'm glad my team all felt like they had a good experience and that we now want to do Napa Valley! I can't wait :)
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| | My legs aren't super sore from Ragnar and my gazillion miles, but they are fatigued. No major aches, but I think it best to take a few days off to recover before I DO get injured. Met Becca at my gym, she did a TM workout...killin' the speed and miles! I walked at 4.0% incline at 3.5 mph. I did 1.75 miles total in the time I was there. Said goodbye to Becca :( Then did the spin bike for another 35 minutes. Chatted too much and had to pay an extra punch for daycare. stink. oh well.
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| | Still don't feel like the legs are ready for a run...so I did the elliptical for an hour, because I didn't want to spin either. Saw Kelli as I was leaving so I jumped on the TM and chatted/walked with her for the next 10 min until I had to go get baby from daycare.
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| | I felt like I was ready to run a bit today, so I did the TM for 3 easy miles. Progressive starting at 6.8mph and finishing at 7.6mph. AP: 8:27 I was going to finish up on the elliptical, but my friend I hadn't talked to in a while was running alone on the track, so I caught up with her and chatted for a bit. Well...that bit turned into well over 20 minutes. She runs slower, so I'm going to just assume it was around 2 miles. Good chat! Then, I saw Adam walking up the stairs with the day care worker...crud. Well, it was just a poopy diaper - thankfully. Changed him and finished up the last 15 min on the elliptical. stretched a little and headed home. The 'off season' is a nice time!
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| | Urban Trail Loop with the Newtons. I thought there would be more snow on the trail, but there was little to NO snow. Just holes and rocks to twist ankles on...Chad and I both tried! Good pace for the fatigue in my legs. At least it was under a 9mm. I made everyone stop at mile 4.5 just before jumping on the trail so that I could catch my breath and relax for a second....yeah, I'm not still recovering, why do you ask? :) AP: 8:54, splits: 9:13, 9:07, 8:56, 8:36, 9:06, 8:48, 9:01, 8:23 - I always run those first 4 progressive, then I hit the trail and it all goes to pot. At least the last mile was a good pace, even though I felt like I was running a 7:00mm! Got home and had 1 hr to sleep before kids wake up time. Took that long to get warm, even in dry clothes. Gotta love winter running. Well, sad thing is I got them up then scurried back under the covers to get warm again and I fell asleep. Good thing my kids are pretty self-sufficient in the morning. I woke up exactly 1 min past "on time leaving" time for school. Threw lunches together and got the kids to school on time...not early, but on time. It was these short 10 minutes where I decided that I didn't want to go to the gym. My legs are fatigued and tired. 8 miles is enough, right? I'm still in recovery and don't need to pay to abuse myself and break down a broken down body any more. So, I went home and snuggled on the couch with my baby for a couple hours. Perfection.
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| | One hour of spin bike while reading. My shins aren't too happy with me. Not horrible mind you. Nothing that needs meds, but something that I need to pay attention to with fatigued legs and after my crazy last month! Body needs a rebuild session. Oh, and if you haven't, you need to read "Once a Runner" best fiction book written about runners/running EVER. You will sit and nod and FEEL some of the passages as they describe breakdown training, distance runs, interval training, highs and lows of running, races...oh my. Seriously, an AWESOME book! I'm almost done :)
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| | A beautiful morning run with Smooth and Luz! I haven't run with Luz in eons and I soaked up every wonderful minute. No speed or distance records were broken, but I had the most wonderful perfect run. I truly love those ladies! The weather was wonderful too. We got a little sprinkle on the way home, but that was it. I got there a bit late due to my insomniac of a two year old, but the ladies waited for me. However, I didn't realize that Chad was waiting to run into us as well. We did end up seeing him just before Willow Park and got to run a couple miles with him before he headed home! I miss these runs and all the wonderful people I run them with!! It was great to see you out and feeling good Chad! I thought the ladies only wanted to run 6 or 8 so I kept expecting them to turn around, but we nearly got to the end of the trail before Luz asked how far we'd gone...over 5 miles. I wasn't complaining :) It would be the furthest Luz had gone since her last full, she was a little nervous. On the way back we stopped at Willow Park and the scouts that had done winter camp were out in full force. Finally warmed up with breakfast in their guts and playing - not just sitting around the fire. A group of boys were playing 500 with a football as we ran by. Since the football hit the ground, I sprinted ahead and tried to grab it, but another kid got to it at the same time. I said "hey, no! I want the ball...it's mine!" I grabbed it out of his hands and with some maniacal laughter started running away and told them they could have it if they could catch me. The boys all got a good laugh out of the old lady trying to play football. I threw it back to the thrower and then ran off waving amidst the cheers and thumbs up. Oh yeah, I'm cool like that :) I'm the mom that belongs at scout camp. We all finished 10.25 and Luz was on cloud nine about how well her body had fared and how well she felt. Then, Smooth said the magic word "Kneaders" = Heaven! :) Well, 3 hours later I finally headed home. Yup, perfect morning. I owe my hubby BIG time for letting me go AWOL this morning. Too bad letting him out of the Turkey Day 5K I just registered him for when he said "I'd rather sleep in on my holiday" isn't on the table! Anyone want to do a Black Friday Run?!?
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 10.25 |
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| | 6 mile walk and chat with my sweet daughter. We walked to the library and home...had books to drop off, so why not? She took Lucy and I pushed Adam in the stroller. We left the crazy boys behind at home with dad. Funny part? got home and needed to rush off to choir practice at the church, so I drove the .25 mile there. HA! I can walk to the library and back, but I need to drive to the church :)
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| | I think the end of my week is going to be a little heavy on the miles, so I keeping the first part easy. Still not 100% recovered from my Ragnar adventure either. Better safe than sorry, right? 5 TM miles. I was only going to go 3, but I decided I would run 9 songs. First 3 songs at 7.0, next 3 at 7.1, then the last 3 I went progressive to 7.5 each song. When I finished I had .15 left to finish up 5, so I did 7:47 and then 6:53 pace to finish up. A little longer than expected, but I had a great run. I walked to cool down and chatted with my friend on the TM next to me, and then we walked a bit on the track with another friend. I stretched and then was going to leave when I spotted Sara just coming into the gym. She has wanted to do a specific upper body workout with me for a few weeks now, but we've never coordinated schedules well enough. So, I figured I could leave Adam in the daycare for another hour and I went to workout with her. I got my butt handed to me! Back, shoulders and arms. I couldn't tell you everything we did...but don't ask me to pick up my kids for the rest of the week! I feel stronger already :)
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| | 10 mile classic loop with the Newtons...well, George and Chad. It took me until mile 6 to finally start feeling good and warmed up, don't know if that is a good sign or not...maybe it was because that was the first of the downhill miles :) AP: 8:29 splits: 8:17, 8:29, 8:37, 8:40, 8:54, 8:41, 8:17, 7:54, 8:29, 8:31 Then I came home and slept for a bit...I love a good morning nap cuddled in a warm blanket. Oh, also on my Christmas wish list? An electric blanket :) Adam's music class was canceled this week because of Thanksgiving, so he could finally go to swim class! He was SO excited. I was going to do some spin first, but by the time I got my act together and got to the gym I didn't want to pay for just 20 minutes - they charge by the hour. So Adam and I walked around the track and punched the punching bags until class started. A nice water aerobics class for me then swim time for him. Besides being freezing cold he loved it! Then I got to visit with a good friend that moved 6 months ago in her new home and my family and I went out to dinner to my dad's favorite hamburger joint - Ab's - and we got a FAT boy. Best burger around and even my boys ate theirs up and loved it. Dad had great taste in food, knew how to eat and ate well! A wonderful day to celebrate a wonderful man. I lost my dad 6 years ago today. Always a bitter sweet day. I love that I texted my sisters in the morning and then when I checked my email at home later they'd both already sent me a sweet message. Yup, Bye-wing, QP and I have one of the best fathers around...yes, he is still around :) and his kids are pretty darn great too! He left a legacy to be admired. 
Yes, I'm the cute little baby on daddy's shoulders. They love me best :) You can fight over whic one you think QP and Bye-wing are.
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 10.00 |
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Thankful Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:07:50 | | Lovely morning half marathon! Ran with Jason who has run Wasatch Back Ragnar and LV Ragnar....and nothing between. It was his first half and AT Ragnar Kimberly and I convinced him he was wasting his running gift and that he needed to run a half. This wasn't the best to start with, but now all the rest will seem easy! The wind was crazy and around Thanksgiving Point the hills aren't always easy, but Jason pulled through in GREAT fashion for only running 9 miles at the most beforehand. He ran the whole way and never walked. He grabbed water and drank at a couple aid stations and had one gu at mile 8, but that was it. Stellar performance! Now, he needs to do more!!! :) My hubby and kids did the 5K, but results...well, what results? The awards were crazy. The guy couldn't see on his laptop (because we were outside FREEZING!) and he finally just said "here is how this is going to go. If you are here, you won, take a pie." Whatever. I know I didn't win anything, but since they had a bounce house and the kids were happy I froze for the raffle...which ended up not existing anyway. But, we got a Costco HUGE pumpkin pie from leftovers at the 'post race feed' table. Awesome. Everyone had a good time despite being cold. A wonderful morning for sure! AP: 9:41 splits: 9:03, 8:50, 8:55, 9:10, 8:57, 9:55 (aid station stop), 9:29, 10:38 (another stop, but slowing and into the wind), 10:02, 10:01, 10:32 (hills and wind - Kimberly and I tried to make a wind block, but he was slowing too), 11:02 (aid station walk and HILL), 9:39 (ahh, wind at the back and finish line ahead!), 8:06 (finishing sprint the last .2 on garmin). 
Before and After the race. We stayed in Kimberly's truck before so that we could stay warm as long as possible!
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| | Black Friday Run with Peeps! Rachelle, Kelli, Chad, George and Christine all met me at a park by the Mtn View Corridor and we headed for the hills. When everyone took off up the first hill TO the road I knew this wouldn't be a walk in the park! I guess that is what I get for inviting crazy fast people. My legs were a little trashed from yesterday too. Not horrible, but not fresh either. We had a great run and chat and we did the rollers out to Redwood, at the Jr High we spotted Amy and she ran from there to the turn around with us....then we climbed the mother hill back UP from Redwood. Christine was coming toward Redwood just as we finished at the top of the hill. We invited her to come back with us, but she wanted to take on the hill too! So...we let her :) The run back I just ran out of steam. I don't know if I was too hot or didn't fuel properly or what, but I was lightheaded and dizzy. Thankfully, Rachelle was willing to stay back with my slow butt! We chatted and Kelli stopped at the pop and Amy cut off to go home. So, I ate a couple jelly beans I had with me and drank some. I knew I only had the wonderful downhill to finish, so I was golden. Still didn't feel on top of the world, but doable. Finished up 13 miles...rounding out a full marathon in the last 24 hours. I LOVE holiday weekends! Then I drove Chad and Kelli home (they'd both run to the park) and Kelli invited me in for some yummy Great Harvest bread and Hot Cocoa. That girl knows how to refuel! After some more chatting I headed home for a relaxing weekend. Love lazy weekends! AP: 8:35 (for how I was feeling and the 1000ft of elevation gain from the hills I'll take it!) splits: 8:39, 8:47, 8:59, 8:27, 8:22, 8:21, 9:10 (mother hill from Redwood), 8:33, 8:32, 8:48, 8:02 (DOWN!), 8:22, 8:31 Thanks everyone for a wonderful Black Friday RUN! Much more preferable than shopping...uggghh, I hate shopping.
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| | Well, I finally put my big girl panties on and joined the boy's club (Scott and Jun) for a run up Lake Mountain. I had to bring a posse with me, so I didn't feel so out of place. Kelli, Scott (her husband) and Chad and I all carpooled down to Saratoga to meet Scott W and Jun and their friend (Nate?) for the adventure. Now, I'd like to say I got some trail running in on the way UP, but that would be a lie :) Okay, so maybe the first mile or so, but dang it! It gets steep and with my long legs it just got to the point where a long walking stride was easier and faster than a short running stride. I loved it when Jun (who was the sucker that got stuck with me at the back of the crowd) said "I can't keep up with your power walk!" and went into a slow jog. Bonus. I love long legs :) My heart was beating out of my chest and I was working hard, so the fact that I wasn't exactly running wasn't an issue for me! As we neared the last switchbacks I could see we were near the top and my jubilation couldn't be contained any longer! I started yelling wonderful things as I made my way up the last little dirt trail to the radio towers. How enthralling it was to get such an awesome view for the morning effort! I felt like I was queen of the world...once my HR came down. I was the last one up, but made it in 1:07:40...which I was told was a pretty decent, respectable time. Still the last one up, but at least it didn't take me 2 hours! The way down was crazy business! I didn't realize how absolutely steep it was until I went down. Waaaay too steep to run, I felt like I was going to fall on my face just trying to walk down. Kelli and I stuck together on the way down and took it easy so that we didn't die...yes, we were the princesses of the group. After a mile or so the trail finally gets runable. It was here Scott and Jun and Kelli's hubby Scott met up with us and we all had a great chat and easy run down. It was still pretty darn steep and I knew my quads wouldn't be happy afterward, but compared to the top it was at least runable! Finally, the last mile on the approach road came. Perfect downhill running! Just enough to give you the advantage, but not enough to kill you :) I just plugged in and let it fly! Finished the round trip in 1:48:00 - again, a respectable time from what I understand. At least I didn't collapse and die. That was my only goal! Well, as I went to get my key out of my pocket I'd realized it wasn't there. Crap. I'd gotten a phone call about 1+ mile from the bottom, but when I saw it wasn't important I just threw my phone back in my pocket and zipped it up. I thought I'd felt my key in there when I'd zipped it up, but I was wrong...crap. I knew exactly where the key would've fallen out, but I really didn't want to run/hike back up and down. Dumb. I knew I should've just stopped and made sure the key was in there!! Well, luckily, the road was good enough for Scott W's CRV to drive on and sure enough...when we got to the point I knew I'd taken the phone out, there was the key, in the middle of the road just waiting for me! Tender Mercies. Thanks to Scott for driving me up there...my legs might not have made it and $200 for a new key wouldn't have happened! Well, it was definitely an adventure! One I'd like to repeat very soon (except the lost key part). I love trail running and this was a well maintained, flat dirt road (not super technical). The vert was hard enough, I didn't need to add the technical stuff right away. I now know what 2800ft of climbing over 4 miles is like, and in a sadistic way...I love it! :)
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| Mizuno - Oscar II Miles: 8.35 |
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| | I should've run a marathon Saturday...my legs would feel better than they do now :) The descent on Lake Mountain trashed my quads to say the least. So, since it isn't high training time I'm going to sit back and let them heal. Also, my baby has been sick with a cough so I can't take him to the day care at the gym. Well, the perfect solution was me pushing him in the stroller around the track inside the gym. We were both happy and a good steady walk was about all my legs could handle anyway :) 60 min at a good pace. Then I got on the bike with him in the stroller next to me (the bikes are on the track, so I could get away with this!) and I chatted with and played with him as I read and cycled for 60 minutes. Then I stretched and we left. In the grocery store I called my friend to ask her to keep my Kindergartner for a few minutes for me until I got home and she told me that our friend whose son had been battling HLH for 2 years and gone through 2 bone marrow transplants and that we thought was on the improvement scale had passed away last night (Sunday). The rest of the day is a blur of emotion and tears (and oreo eating). I don't know what to say or how to make it better. I want to take all her pain away. I want her to feel whole again. I want her to feel peace. My heart is just broken for her. The gospel is amazing and healing, but sometimes it doesn't stop the pain we mortals feel at times like this. I can only hope and pray that she is able to let the Lord carry this burden and speak peace to her soul. Shoes I never want to walk in. I brought them a bunch of food and treats to eat lunch before they headed down to St George for arrangements. Both sides of the family are there and he will be interned at Veyo cemetery. It will be bitter sweet running by in October, bitter sweet. But, I'll always have that warrior in my heart! He was a true warrior that kid. Fought hard to the end and always had a smile for you. I don't know what more to say, my heart is broken and I just wish I could do more. Sometimes just listening and being a shoulder to cry on is good enough, but I still wish I could do more. No one should ever have to bury a child, no matter how old that child is. You just shouldn't have to do that.
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| | Walking on the track again with a sick baby in the stroller. We're headed to the doctor this afternoon :( He was coughing so hard last night I got thrown up on a couple times. The first 45+ min of walking I would walk some, and then tried to run a bit. I eventually got to run one, walk one. My run was more of a walog (walk/jog), but at least it wasn't walking. My stroller shakes if you go too fast anyway, so it was a good way to keep myself in check. Then after an hour-ish Kelli did her weight set with running between and the last couple she slowed and waloged along with me and the stroller :) Since she was counting laps I know I got 2 miles in with her and so the other mile I'm giving myself for the broken up miles. Not too shabby. Still sore and slow, but it is coming back.
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| | I tricked my Sister in law into taking Adam for me :) okay, she is really just super nice and was willing to take the recovering sicky into her home this morning (all her kids are in school during the day). So, I met Smooth for the Urban Trail Loop! My legs are still not fully functioning from Lake Mtn, but it felt great to get out on a no-pressure easy run this morning - especially with GREAT company. I really wish I lived closer to Smooth and could run with her every morning. The weather was fantastic, except the strong South wind. Except that it blew out the inversion, so I won't complain...too much. Found out later we'd followed Jun's footsteps from a few hours earlier with a mutual friend that I didn't realize was a mutual friend. Such a small running world! :)
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 8.00 |
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Another round of the Urban Trail Loop, but this was an early one with the Newtons - Chad, George and Kimberly. I was working hard to keep up, but managed to get the AP under 9mm. Quite a feat for the way I've felt this past week with these quads! It was nice to have everyone a little sore and worn out. AP: 8:58 splits: 9:36, 9:20, 8:41, 8:47, 9:03, 8:44, 9:07, 8:26 - I actually felt GOOD at the end and almost went home and ran more...almost.
Went to the gym with Adam after I got kids off to school, because I needed to move again to wake up from my morning nap. We walked the track with the stroller (he is doing lots better, but his cough still doesn't sound good), then I did the bike for a bit - maybe 45 min. Then Sara joined me and we did a good core workout while Adam watched a movie on her phone. Perfect.
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| | More baby in the stroller on the track. The fact that he only got 6.5 hours of sleep didn't seem to phase him at all! ugggghhh..... So, I pushed him around and around that dumb boring track. Getting old. However, I started running (because I was bored, but you can't run very fast at ALL with the stroller or it shakes like crazy) and noticed that he was starting to fall asleep when I ran...so I kept running. About 30 minutes later he was finally asleep! I enlisted the help of a lady on the spin bike to tell me if he was asleep or not as I passed. Success! That meant I could do some biking too! Got a good read and some spin time in...about 30 minutes. I'm SO over this kid being sick! He is feeling better, but sleeping and eating are still slow coming back. Mama is tired.
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| | After a LOOOOONNNGGG Friday (curtain project was just too much!) and going to bed with a headache and stressed out to the max I crawled into bed with some Advil in my stomach hoping that Saturday's trail run would do me good. Oh, and did it! Just getting out for a few hours to RUN without stroller and baby and with good company on the trail up to View Benchmark I was just in heaven. I have now placed a pair of trail running shoes on my Christmas wish list! Met Jun, Dorsimus, Jun's brother and someone else I'm forgetting (this is what happens when you don't blog for 3 days!) at Chevron and then we caravaned up to the trail start. I was grateful to drive those 400+ ft of gain :) The trail is MUCH more runnable than Lake Mountain! Some spots where it was steep enough I put my power hike into use, but still working like crazy. Battled the wind, but being close to the mtn it helped. The wind wasn't nearly as bad on the peak as I thought it would be! 
Me hitting the Peak. Yes, Craig had been waiting for like a half hour for me :) Okay, not really, but at least I wasn't last this time. 47:10.
I was SO excited to be at the top, I had to do a peak jump for Scott who had to miss the run! When we started back down I didn't realize how steep the up was. But, at least it didn't kill my quads. I did have to scream for my life a few times sliding on the slick mud, but overall it was wonderful! I now know why these guys do this one a few times a week. I'm in love...totally platonic, but love the same! :) The last couple miles I was right with Jun's brother and chatted with him for a while. I didn't even realize we were done until I saw the cars! TT: 1:25:07, I was the last one down (8 miles round trip). Thanks for letting the pansy girl tag along with the Boys Club!!!
My daughter did the tri class again this morning and I was hoping I'd get there in time to do the bike and run with her...and I did! Despite my muddy shoes and lack of a change of clothes (so I was hot for inside!) I did 30 min on the bike (14 miles - hard push, high cadence!) and Lauren cranked out 11.6 miles in the 25 min time they gave them. Then we hit the track and I just ran with Lauren and kept her moving. She did a great job and finished 3 miles! I really think she was running faster than 10mm, but they said it was 30 min...I think they cut the time short, because last time she did 3.4ish miles and walked some. She NEVER stopped to walk this time and kept a good pace. You should've seen her pick it up when they shouted 5 minutes! Love that girl! While everyone was just waiting around for the coach to tally up the totals (they count your swim laps -200yd course in 30 min; bike miles -25min; and run tallies - every 3 laps). I decided I wanted to push out one fast mile. I grabbed the stop watch and had Lauren time me. I did it in 6:43...awesome. Nice to see some speed come out of my legs when they are tired. At the 'awards' Lauren was given Top female kid award! She'd done overall the most in the time given! I was SO proud of her! Way to go! Then, she didn't even take the candy. She opted for the toy. Mom beamed again for healthy choices. She is on her way! I can't wait to see how she does this next year in Triathalons! A total of 12 miles and 30 min biking with a top award? Yeah, this called for some frogurt! AFTER stopping at the running store for a few minutes to add to my Christmas list :)
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| | I was going to split my short 70 minutes between TM and bike (to read of course), but there was a friend next to me on the TM, and...well, she got me started! Too much to talk about after my son's Dr appt this morning. Before I knew it 6 miles had flown by all at 8:34 AP. But, she left at this point. So, 10ish min on the bike wouldn't have been worth it. I just went for one more mile! Progressive starting at 7:19mm and finishing at 5:56mm. Averaged out to be a 6:50 mile. Not too shabby, I'll take it. TT: 58:30 AP: 8:21 Then I grabbed Adam from daycare and the rest of the day is a blurr!!! But, I got it all done and even blogged the last 4 days! Whew.
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| | Tuesday Ten with the Newtons - Chad and George. It felt good to finally be out on a regular run again with the group and not sore or with heavy legs. They aren't wonderful, but SO much better than they've been in a while. I could hardly keep my eyes open driving this morning. I'm a little tired and need a nap! 4 days of waking up early is starting to show. Had a great run and chat with the group, except that I've got a little PTSD from Mr Treglow and QP. So, I'm now the mother hen. "Watch for R turn car" "Left turn green" "Good to go" I might drive these guys crazy before I get over it! :) Being cautious isn't bad, but mother henning 2 grown men might be! AP: 8:24 splits: 8:41, 8:41, 8:27, 8:51, 8:54, 8:24, 7:54, 7:50, 8:20, 7:53. Nice little run for me! I've been wondering, ever since Lake Mtn, if my speed would come back. Well, it looks okay to me. AND the Maverik hill sure didn't seem as bad as it usually does! I wanted to go do bike/reading time at the gym today, but I'm up for volunteer time in the Kindergarten classroom. So, I'm now showered and changed and ready for the day! ....and a nap :)
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| | Nice, easy little 6 miler on the TM, because I slept this morning! I had stuff to do so I couldn't stay any longer at the gym, but I'll be happy with my six. TT: 50:15 AP: 8:22 - 1-5@ 8:34, my cruise pace (1% incline as always), the last mile I started at 7:24 and went progressive to 6:58.
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| | Nice little run on the Urban Trail Loop. As always, I went progressive until we hit the trail. Someday I'll overcome that! Either way, we had a great run! Kimberly, George and Chad and I all just hung out and had a great time. I really enjoy my morning runs, even if I'm tired all day. At the end Chad and I were together and we pushed pace to the 8 mile finish line. I did my best to keep up and seems like I was hitting low 6's. Okay, it was only for a tenth of a mile, but still felt good!
AP: 8:50 splits: 9:43, 9:21, 8:30 (not hard to do progressive when you start so slow!), 8:12, 8:51, 8:46, 8:57, 8:20 After getting kids off to school and then watching my neighbors kids for a bit I went to the gym for an hour of reading/me time on the bike. Other than Adam deciding he needed to scratch one of the teachers, the 60 min on the bike was GREAT! (I'm getting tired of that little turd's antics!)
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| | Urban Trail Loop again, but with Jason and Kimberly...when the sun was up! The clouds were resting on the Eastern foothills and VB was just barely peeking out of the top of them! I almost ditched this run and did VB. Running through the clouds and then coming out just on top of them? Awesome! Wish I had that kind of flexibility :( Someday I'll have it and then want my kids back home. We did the loop, which is always a little bit more fun in the daylight and had a great time just chatting away the miles. Jason is still new to running, but we managed a 9:46 AP which for someone who has only run over 8 miles 3 times in his life isn't bad. Kimberly then took Jason to get some decent running shoes and clothes so he didn't have to wear cotton t-shirts, basketball shorts and a DI windbreaker to run in :) Tomorrow at 1PM I'm meeting a group of peeps at the Lehi JRP (1500N) if you're like me and can't do a morning run...or want to avoid the snow :)
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Had a Christmas Breakfast I needed to help set up at 7AM...so no early running for me. I also then needed time for breakfast to settle before heading out. So, a few UT county guys decided we'd meet at Lehi JRP at 1PM to go AFTER the storm came and made all the morning runs miserable. HA! Trick was on us! The storm didn't start until noon, so at 1PM we were in the thick of it. Heading South wasn't too bad, but the strong North wind wasn't so wonderful. Still kept a good pace and just enjoyed the company. I was scared of the cold and overdressed, so I shed a layer at Willow Park! Picked it up on the way back. Blaine and Skip were good company and Skip hadn't run for a while, so a few times he took off to get a little faster pace in, but then would get distracted by a dog or something and wait for us. AP: 8:09 splits: 8:10, 7:52, 8:05, 8:04, 8:05, 8:07 (Skip the pacer...right on!), 8:28, 8:12, 8:11, 8:23, 8:11, 7:16 (last .25 mile that I was going to walk in, but the guys kept running, so I was guilted into running it.)
This whole day was so absolutely crazy! It is now 1AM and I have yet to go to bed...I'm going to be tired tomorrow, and my 3 hours at church? I'm already trying to figure out how I'm going to get everything done that I need to! blech. Busy weekends.
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| | Cold and snowy and tired, so to the TM I went. Since Adam's behavior hasn't been stellar lately I can/should only leave him for an hour in the day care. So, it was a short and sweet morning. 1 mile warm-up on the track. 3.5 on the TM (29:30 AP: 8:25), 1 on the track with Wendy to break up the TM run (she was doing 10!), then finished up the last 1.5 on the TM in 12:15 AP: 8:10 - progressive. Grabbed Adam and did some stretching afterward. Now to see what else I can get done in this tornado of a life!!! I feel SO busy lately. No time to breathe.
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I wimped out on the 10 mile Newton loop and met Becca (since she got in town yesterday) at the gym. Kelli was there with Scott, I thought for sure she'd be at home in bed, because my sleep in days are precious!
We started on the track and Kelli joined us for some laps as well waiting for Scott to finish up his workout. 2 miles on the track, no idea on pace.
3 miles on the TM - 25:30 AP: 8:30
2 miles on the track - not timed.
3 miles on the TM - 24:40 AP: 8:13
What a wonderful morning workout chatting along! The only way to survive the TM!!! I'm SO excited to have Becca back for the month :) | |
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| | Shoot. I didn't post this all day, because I thought I could get to the gym and throw down another 4 for good measure to do 12 on 12/12/12....nope. Hubby still isn't home from work, so I'll just have to make up for it tomorrow. 4 miles on the track with Becca while we waited for 2 treadmills together to open up. If I had to guess I'd say we were at an 8:30ish pace once we got into a rhythm. Kim was letting us know the first few warm-up laps were much too slow! :) Finally jumped on the TM to finish up and just plodded along at 8:27 until the last mile then went progressive. TT: 33:00 AP: 8:15 Then while Becca did stretching I did my PT weights: Monster walk, lunges, big/little toe calf raises and weighted one-leg bridges. It is SO nice to have Becca at the gym AND Adam had a good day in day-care. Can't beat a morning like that.
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| | I was going to meet up with the Newtons in the morning for the Urban Trail Loop, but last night I was feeling SO crappy! I've got a head cold, but I couldn't stop coughing and had a headache. Not bad enough to not run, but bad enough that with the gym as an alternative, I needed sleep! So, I bailed like a good pansy runner. Becca again met me, but due to my mom dropping off Christmas gifts I was a little late and she'd already done 3 miles. Stink. We did 2 on the track, 3 on the TM (TT: 24:50 AP: 8:17) then one more on the track. I still had 2 to go when Becca had to take off, but Kelli was out of spin and was willing to trudge through the last 2 with me on the track. It is always nice having company...and being warm in the winter. I'm just getting tired of the track and TM. Too bad I'm too much of a pansy to get up and go outside! Another good day for Adam in the Nursery and the ladies were all very complimentary. I don't know how much longer this can last...
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Running in a Winter Wonderland! The first snow globe run of the season is done...I didn't die. I whined a lot, but didn't die. The pace sure felt faster than a 9:14 that is for sure. The snow really works over your feet. Ran the new Murdock canal trail with Becca in Lehi, not a shabby trail! Can't wait until Smooth can join us! | |
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| | Okay, Friday I did nothing and that post is supposed to be today...Saturday. |
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| | ZUMBA! With Becca, the new certified Zumba instructor :) If I would have gotten to bed before 3AM I would've joined Kelli at the gym for some early morning miles.
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This morning's run with the Newtons was not about the pace per mile...but how many times I screamed and woke up the sleeping occupants of the homes we were running by as I slipped on the ice and almost killed myself :) The first few and the last few miles were probably the worst scream/mile ratio. It was like an ice rink out there! Don't trust 'wet' looking roads...black ice is worse on runners than cars. I kept just trying to run on the snow. Snow = good; ice = bad. The pace was super slow too, because of the conditions (or that is my excuse anyway). Either way, it was just nice to be OUTSIDE! It wasn't too cold and I have to remember that next time I try to chicken out and go inside. Then I went down to Lehi to do another Zumba class! Becca is an awesome teacher.
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| | A nice sleep in day, then met Becca at the gym. 1 on the track 2 on the TM 8:34 2 on the track 2 on the TM 16:40 - 8:20AP 1 on the track We get bored easily...can you tell? :) Stretch and now off to finish up Christmas shopping...
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| Awesome Elixers Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Holy Coldness! It took all I had to get out of bed and not be a pansy this morning, and NOW I'm glad I did :) 16 is bitter cold...at least I think it may have been that warm. Urban Trail Loop with George and Chad. Despite multiple layers the wind bit right through! Questions I pondered on this run: Why is it that your FAT is what always gets and stays cold?!? Shouldn't it keep you warm? But mine is cold for HOURS afterward and even when I can tell my muscles are warm the outsides (fat) on my legs is cold...what gives? Why do you run so slow in the cold? Is it because you can't really warm up? I swear I can't get moving in the cold! Finally, why do I always get dizzy when I switch from dirt to road running? Is it because I don't have the ground to study in front of me so my mind finally relaxes and I can look up? Yeah, all that thinking and a lot of talking too :)
AP: 8:45 After finally warming up I headed off to spin class. I loved the kick-butt workout! 55 solid minutes of sweaty goodness!!
Today is my oldest child's birthday. My baby girl is 12....TWELVE!!! How or when did I get so old? When I turned 12, I asked my parents for a boy/girl party and went roller skating. My 'boyfriend' held my hand on the couples skate. I knew just about everything: what I was going to be when I grew up, who I was going to marry, where I was going to live, how many children I would have, the many ways I would change the world and show people how to do things and, most importantly, who I was! HA! I really think about turning 12 and feel like it was a huge milestone and changing point in my life. Because I was SO grown up. The world was my oyster. How in the world can I have a daughter that old and that can even THINK those kind of thoughts?!? I'm still learning how to be a good parent and there are LOTS of things I don't even want her to remember about me right now! :) Poor girl. Having her when I was 20 (almost 21) really forced her to grow up along side me as I did so. I don't know how I deserved such an amazing child to come into my life and I don't believe I deserve it most days. I guess I should just be glad she is more put-together, mature and forgiving than her mother is. Someday I hope she can forgive me for being such a crappy mother! I do my best, but man alive...that poor girl should only be 6! I should only have a 6 year old, maybe in 6 more years I'll be ready for her to be 12 and remember more :)
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I really didn't want to get out of bed this morning. Today is a whiny day for me. I just want to go to bed and eat the peanut brittle that Paul brought me! It is SO absolutely amazing...oh, if you like peanut brittle you MUST try Tiff's...yuuummmm.
I laid in bed thinking "no one would even know if I didn't run, no one reads my blog anymore, well, maybe because you don't read anyone else's blog you stinker! Maybe I can find a good excuse? I don't want to get dressed, it is late, shoot...I've got to get the kids to school. I don't have time to get ready first, I'll just come home and get stuff done and not go to the gym. Uggghhh, fine...I'll go."
So, I took kids to school, came home got laundry started, changed my clothes, made some phone calls and left for the gym. Just a short 6. Plug into the music and do it.
1 on the track
2 on the TM 16:45
1 on the track
2 on the TM 16:00 (8:20, 7:47+progressive finish)
Then I had to rush off to home to get my Kindergartner. Now I need to do about 5 weeks worth of cleaning, laundry and dishes. I'm tired of my husband working until midnight and playing single mom around Christmas. I'm burnt out and turning into more of a Scrooge than I normally am at Christmas. We finally got a Christmas tree Monday when dad got home at 8PM, but because he has been working so much he never gets home early enough to decorate it! So, I have a tree, undecorated sitting in my front room. NO other Christmas stuff up, because I need to clean first, but between my new calling at church, crazy life and lack of motivation can't get the cleaning done! Stink. So, today is the day. I'm going to get it done. I want my kids to enjoy a FEW days of Christmas anticipation at home...maybe? :)
Sorry I've been such a bad blogger lately. I get FB lazy - check on a lot of you there and just don't get on the blog enough! | |
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| | 6 up and back in Provo Canyon with Rachelle's Christmas Eve run. Met some fun new people and got to see some ol' familiar faces too. I had a good time just chatting and pulling up the rear, oh well, speed eludes me lately. Just after Nunns park the trail is closed...and unplowed. Stink. My calf/ankle/foot was not ready for more snow running. But, I plowed through the super slow uphill snow miles...despite the whining. Thankfully, Becca convinced me not to stop and turn around early. The way down was wonderful, except I felt like crap. I hate my horrible, yucky feeling days. Lightheaded, stomach yuck, fatigue...this is getting old. Lunch at Kneaders was wonderful! It is always yummy and wrapped in my stinky blanket (my go-to blanket when I'm sweaty/stinky and cold) with a hot cocoa in my hands I avoided the uncontrollable shaking. AP: 8:49; splits: 8:48, 8:43, 9:02, 9:22, 10:00, 10:41, 9:04, 8:25, 7:56, 7:58, 7:59, 7:56
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| Pokey Purples Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Christmas Eve run with some folks from out here in Herriman. Kim, Scott, Kelli, Scott and Cory. The guys are in my Stake, and everyone knows Kelli and Scott :) Kim is also on the blog! I was going to go down to AF and run with Toby and Catherine, but with the storm and my 12 yr old babysitting I got nervous about driving that far in bad weather. So, I chickened out and took a rain check....hopefully. Kim's family dropped us off at Butterfield Canyon gate. We did 3 miles up and the first couple miles weren't bad, but by that last mile my foot/ankle/calf was yelling and burning and I wanted to punch someone in the throat, stop and sit in the snow until everyone came back down. I was DONE. But, I was too afraid of getting eaten by a mtn lion, so I kept going. When we turned around it still stunk, because that top mile the snow was deep and not easily runnable....well, if you have the amount of stability in your ankles I do. We finally hit the 'good' snow and I could pick things up. I felt like a dummy head and was whining a lot in my head...it was good no one was around and I was running mostly alone, or just listening to the conversation. When we finally hit the gate and got to run on the road, I finally started feeling good. Running was SO easy! I was in love...and just ran. I started getting those endorphins and feeling more like a runner and not a whiny poopy head. When we finished I was just feeling ready to run! I could've gone a few more, but the hot cocoa and bagels drew me inside. Thanks for a wonderful morning Kim and group! When I got home my dog started freaking out, because I was in my running clothes and she thought she was getting to go out. Well, I decided to warm up and headed out for another one with her, but then it turned into a wandering two. Up by the cove there was a deer in the middle of the road that was injured and a bunch of people trying to help it. The deer couldn't walk and was just stumbling :( poor thing. I wish someone would've just put it out of its misery. I didn't get too close, but took the planned cut back through the neighborhood because it didn't need any extra anxiety with Lucy (my dog) around. I mapped the run afterward and it was 2 miles...should've done another .1 to finish a half today. Too bad I didn't have my garmin. MERRY CHRISTMAS!! To all my runner friends and for Christmas I wish you all a new PR! :)
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| | A wonderfully lazy Christmas!
Sorry that all the comments on here now make no sense :) Had to switch the entry to the 26th when I really ran it! So...just refer all comments to the post on the 26th.
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| | Slept in. Oh, did I sleep. I refused to get out of bed until 10AM. It
was nice, especially since I'm getting sick and my neighbor I spend
Christmas Eve with was just diagnosed with strep...yeah, I really don't
want to deal with that this next week. So, sleep and recovery. With
the snow falling I decided to just hit the gym and call it good. I was
only going to do 6-8, but well...I did 10. By the time I got to 7 I
figured "what is another 3?" So, I just did it. I love having a 12 yr
old at home that can babysit while I run the day away at the gym :) 2 on the track (from my timed lap splits they were around 7:50-8:10mm) 4
on the TM. I went for 9 songs on the ipod. Then I have something to
count down without looking at the TM counter. I was only planning on 3,
but 4 it was. TT: 33:30 AP: 8:22 2 on the track, probably closer to 8:10 or 8:20, but I never timed the laps. 2 on the TM, just wanted to get it done. TT: 16:10; AP: 8:05 Stretched
and came home. Now to go back into hibernation. I got a heated fleece
blanket for Christmas. I could live under that thing! Now that
Thanksgiving and Christmas are over, there is nothing to do but
hibernate for the next 8 weeks (until 2/15...my birthday!)
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Since the Newtons didn't have to work today we went later, which was wonderful! 9AM start on the Urban Trail Loop. The only problem is that NONE of this is plowed. It is all on snow packed trails. I felt like I should've been in the mtns with all the trail breaking I did! Okay, well Chad did most of the trail breaking because he was the fastest :) I think there was probably only 1/2 mile that wasn't in ankle+ deep snow...which meant a lot of effort and a slow pace. I don't think I've ever worked so hard for a 10mm! AP: 10:40 splits: 9:51, 11:13, 10:54, 10:31, 11:02, 10:52, 11:22, 9:36, 7:34 (last 30 ft recorded...see, this seemed like an easy effort compared to the trail with snow!) When we hit the road into the parking lot it felt SO amazing!! I loved not having to maneuver through the snow pack. I looked at my pace, it was 7:30. So, if you take my time and make it a 7:30 pace, I ran over 11 miles! Now, that seems more like it :) Should I blog 11 miles today since that was the effort? I like that idea, blogging by effort and not pure miles when in snow!
It was a nice morning though. Temps weren't too bad and we only had the wind for a little bit into our faces. My feet, however, are frozen. I am grateful for my heated blanket today! Mmmmmm, so snugly warm!!! :) Now back to hibernation. ***Oh, I updated my short term goals for this year!***
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| | I am done with cold, snow, treadmills and everything! So, I talked Kelli into doing a run at the Olympic Oval with me this morning. It was worth the company, but I remember how boring that place can get - and how it ends up killing my knee and hips. It was better than any other option though! Especially since Kelli was willing to tag along with my slow pace and chat. Company makes everything better. I probably should've done another 3 miles, but oh well. I feel bad because I've taken advantage all week of my 12 yr old being home and she has been stuck at home too long babysitting. So, I figured I'd better head home. Kelli watched the time for a couple of our 3 mile groups and we were hanging around an 8:30, so I guess it wasn't too horribly slow, but when the HS kids coming flying by on their sprinting laps it makes you feel like a jogger...oh, wait that is just what they call you! :)
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Well, I was going to just swim today, but I couldn't leave only 43 miles for the week. I felt like a slacker. So, when Blaine asked if I was up for a run, I agreed...but had to do it early.
Met at 6AM and his son was unable to come due to a bad cold. Ran 33 laps or 9 miles and then headed home. No idea on pace, but I'd say it was similar to yesterday's 8:30ish
Grabbed Lauren and my swim suit. New mounatin to climb today. They were doing a 100X100 event at the rec center pool today. It started at 7AM and I didn't get into the pool until almost 9:00, so I knew I wasn't going to finish all 100 in the 3 hours, but I would do my best.
After 25 100's I was done...tired of swimming, my face and ears hurt from dumb goggles and cap...but it had been less than an hour. Crap. 3 more hours of this? Okay, I'll do at least 50! But, that seems wimpy to only do half and it is just under 3 miles (yd pool not Meters), so I settled on 60. That was my goal.
After those first 25 I was tired and took more breaks, my toes were hurting from where the fins rubbed (I'd do kicks/fins/paddles/pulling to mix it up), my hands hurt from the paddles and my throat was dry and hurt. I kept my whining inside because no one was stopping to listen anyway! But, then I noticed I had done 51 laps! My friend Diane let me borrow her awesome little waterproof ring lap counter so I didn't have to do it in my head. I only had 9 X 100 left. I could totally do this! So, I kept at it and busted out my last 100 in 1:45 to just go out with a bang. Well, looked at the counter and it said 59...oh no. That isn't happening. So, I did another 'cool down' 100, to make the counter right. I'm sure it was user error either in my head or on the counter, but either way now the counter verified my laps! The ladies swimming in my lane also think I did 3 or more 100's because of how many laps they swam after knowing how many I had...anyway, it is all water under the bridge. I'm just proud of my 6000yds or 3.4 miles swam today!!! A full mile longer than an IM. Not sure I'd want to jump on a bike for 110 miles and/or run a marathon now, but it was good.
My average 100 was around 2:00 and with fins/paddles it was 1:45ish. So, nothing super fast...slow and steady.
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| | Woke up and my foot was hurting something fierce. With the revolution run tomorrow, I figured I probably ought to take it easy and baby it a little. Outside of the foot, pinky toe side just distal of the ankle. Started Sunday afternoon with no warning. Convinced a friend in the ward to come with me to the gym and bike. We did the spin bike for 45-50 minutes. Nothing spectacular, but it was still good!
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