I'm not crazy...I'm just bored!!

18 hours in the car.

Left Fargo at 4:30 AM...5:30 their time. Drove through all of ND...Then Montana...Cut through W Yellowstone and into Idaho. That was a beautiful drive! Finally through Pocatello where we thought we might stop overnight with Lowell if we were tired, but pushed through to SLC! Made it in almost exactly 18 hours including stops from Fargo to Becca's door. 

Rain storm galore! It was sincerely frightening. White knuckle driving, hydro-planing, flooded underpasses that were closed and then having to drive over a flooded on-ramp to get back on the freeway. I was more scared than I'd ever been in my life driving through that moving water! But, we got through it safe and sound. I even saw a dingo in ND...but Becca thinks I was seeing things. She didn't see it run across the road!

Bozeman, MT was my favorite little city we drove through! I could seriously live there...yup, true story. In Yellowstone we saw a bald eagle eating a dead deer carcass on the side of the road, a coyote cross the road, a squirrel run into the road and SO much beautiful scenery it took my breath away...when I could see it through the rain :)

Grateful that we got home safe on a long and scary drive. That storm we drove through is the one that just caused all those tornados in OK! It was a doozy, that is for sure...and I'm glad I didn't have to drive through tornados!

This was definitely the best road-trip ever and I honestly didn't want it to end :) I could've driven a few more hours before dropping Becca off. I'm glad we get to do it again June 1st for Thelma and Louise half in Moab!!!

50 minutes on the spin bike. My hammy has come back to tell me it isn't happy with me. It isn't terrible, but something that I need to pay attention to now and take care of or it is only going to get worse :( So, since it went away after Big Cottonwood half, I'm going to do the same treatment and cross my fingers that it is gone in a few days again.

Finished up with 2 on the track. Not a lot, but enough to warm-up and since I didn't make a reservation at the day care I couldn't get in until 10:00, so my workout could only be an hour 15 min max...and I was out of time.

Stretched and rolled at the gym with the boys. We played a fun zombie game Nathan made up in the racquetball courts beforehand too...I think that counts :)

Met the Newtons at Daybreak Lake for our usual Tuesday after the marathon walk around the lake (3 miles) and chocolate milk and donuts. It was a great recap of the race at Ogden and I told them the fun at Fargo :) I was going to run before and after, but my little hammy just told me that if I don't want things to get worse that I need to give it some time and rehab. So, I opted out and decided to just do the gym.

Oh spin class...how I have missed you! Allison gave me a good butt kicking which is just what I wanted and needed today.

After spin I wanted to run a bit and do some circut training. So, I did :)

one legged weighted bridges, hammy rehab on the ball and with the band. Squats with the band, monster walk, push-ups then I would run a mile, afterward I did reverse sit ups, elbow up flys, overhead presses - repeated 4X

first mile easy on the track, 2nd mile pushing a little more (8:30ish pace), 3rd mile on the TM starting at 8:30 then progressive to 6:00 AP: 7:50; 4th mile on the TM starting at 7:56 then going progressive to 6:00 AP: 7:10

picked up the kiddos then did rolling and stretching. Feels good to have a good workout under the belt...small, but good.

Such a slacker lately. I think I'm just needing some recovery...hopefully the mojo isn't gone, just recovering. I was supposed to meet Becca for an early morning 10 mile run, but I woke up with a still achy hammy, headache and gut ache so I weasled out of it and went back to bed.

As karma would have it, my friend that was supposed to hike with me this morning cancelled. I had told the nursery at the gym that I wouldn't be there and that Adam was getting a break, because he'd been a little turd the past couple days. So, I couldn't go to the gym. I finally decided to just take my boys and Lucy up the canyon anyway. I packed Adam (3) on my back with the water bag, hopefully that helped the calorie burn. Nathan (6) walked himself and we let Lucy run around and just enjoy a nice little hike out.

It was a BEAUTIFUL day! Just perfect up the canyon, a little wind, but nothing horrible. We hiked an hour up and made it to the 2nd set of picnic tables in Yellow Fork and then took a break, ate some swedish fish and pretzels, then packed up and went back to the cars. Two+ hours out on the trail just loving life! I was really glad I got out and was able to enjoy something other than the gym walls with my boys. A morning I don't regret!

Yesterday I worked in the front yard all afternoon and today it was the back yard. I'm only 1/2 way through it, but there is always tomorrow. I'm exhausted from so much crazy yard work! I guess I shouldn't have put it off so long, but I'm loving the way the yard looks after I get through a flower bed :) Now I just need another garbage can! I'm out of space...

Shaggy Mtn loop with the Newtons. I am still a little fatigued and sore, but I figured since they were off their goal marathon in Ogden Saturday I'd still be able to keep up...nope. I was dragging behind as usual :) I felt okay on the run though and only took one walk break for about 30 feet. Not too shabby for that loop! My AP was 9:19, but my last few splits were 7's - goes to show you how slow my other miles were :)

It was COLD this morning. It took me a long time to defrost after the run this morning. Even turned on the trusty heated blanket, haven't done that in a long time. I was still cold when it was time to get kiddos up for school. Even with gloves my hands were just frozen.

After I got kids off, I made a last minute decision to just get my butt out the door and do spin class. I knew it would kick start me again for the day, and I was right.

Heidi had a great spin class and I was sweating buckets and I loved the cadence push at a little higher resistance. I need help with hills on the bike, so any little bit helps.

Then, I was back outside all afternoon to try and finish up the yard. Got lots done, but now it is time for spring planting....I need a kneeling pad! But, my hammy feels better with all the stretching it gets in the afternoon. My arms look like a cat attacked me, compliments of moving the honeysuckle vine.

don't bother me, I'm tired and ornery and took my baby to "Day Out With Thomas" up in Heber City. Excuses, excuses...

Got home and headed up to Snowbird for a fun overnighter with the family!

I know, I know, everyone is surprised NOT to see a race here! I had a weekend off and I've been ditching my family so much for running lately that this was THEIR weekend. So, I stayed up at Snowbird, slept in, had breakfast, went on what we could of a walk/hike with the skiers and snow (thought maybe I'd see Krong and North out enjoying the spring ski!). 

Then we came home and got to painting/staining our 6 year old redwood playground. It was a family work day/activity. It was nice to see everyone working together making a mess and loving it! Something we don't always get around our house :) I don't think my boys will be destroying it now that they've put so much work into it. Ahhh, the joys of a good work ethic.