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

THANKS LOWELL!!! Spanish fork was a great race and a fun time, Thanks Lowell for recommending it (and co-sponsoring!) I got to run with my friend Stephanie, we were pretty crazy to get up so early for a race on a holiday, but a good run was worth it. I finally feel like I redeemed myself a little from Ogden.

I clocked the  course short 3.04 - and my time on the garmin was 21:53. The official race time was 20:38, I'm pretty sure that my time and AP of 7:15 is much more accurate. Splits were: 6:45, 7:32, 7:18. I finished 25th overall, 3rd Female and 1st in my AG - first time I've actually finished 1st in anything - YEA!! The first mile was good downhill, but then the next two miles were recovering that first drop. It was a little frustrating to think "just push to the top of the hill and you'll get a break" then...no downhill, just a flatten then up again! I did tag some people in front of me and push to pass them, I think I picked off 3 women, and only once did someone pass me. I passed him about 2.5 and I could hear him behind me the whole time, then he finally took a push and pulled back in front of me.

I felt good except some soreness from planting flowers all day Saturday. I taped my ITB and didn't have any problems with it, but I don't think the mileage was enough to push past my normal 'agravation' point.

On the way home I visited my dad and grandma in Provo cemetary, had a 'grandpa treat' of smart cookie company icecream cookie sandwiches and then came home for some more gardening! A fun family BBQ topped off the weekend, now I'm looking forward to bed time and an early morning run with BBKers!

Nice run with BBK group this morning - back at it! Met in SJordan and had a nice easy warm-up then did 3 1/2 mile tempo repeats. I had to leave early to get to a PT appointment so I missed the last 3 - I'm so sad :) AP for the run was 8:33, splits: 9:43, 8:54, 9:18, 8:13, 7:40, 8:00, 8:07, 7:51. miles 4-6 were the repeats with active recovery, I don't know what the lap splits for the 1/2 mile tempos were exactly. The last couple were the return journey with Jody to the car - thanks for hanging with me Jody! It was fun to chat with you this morning.

Afterward went to the PT and got some good news about my strength and form, but bad news about core strength. Still strengthening, stretching and I now have some 'warm-up' running drills I need to do before taking off. Time is a precious thing, and working so much for my ITB gets frustrating, but I know that it will pay off!

Then I hit the gym for some upperbody weights and to do my ITB stuff. 5 miles on the recumbant bike when it was all done. Working on that core sometimes makes me sick to my stomach, not really in the eating mood this afternoon :(

No miles today, but just a lot of work! Did kick-boxing then my ITB stuff, core work, ab's class, my running drills, then finished off with some nice stretching. Now its off to takle the house, primary and kids :)

RUN FOR THE HILLS!! (the title for todays run)

I guess I must still be recovering slightly from the marathon, because I had to give it all today. Parkway Palisades nearly killed me :) We did 4 miles of warm-up then a 1 mile temp, 3 mile tempo and finished with a 2 mile tempo. I've decided this is the week for .1 miles - so I did a little extra to keeep up the OCD. AP for the run was 8:43 Splits - 9:21, 8:58, 9:02, 8:56, 8:44, 8:45, 8:23, 8:16, 8:52, 7:53 (can you guess the downhill?)

Afterward went to yoga and then a nice deep tissue massage to help release ITB and some back work ---aahhhhh, Thursdays are the best day of the week! At least once the morning workout is done!! I would've disagreed around mile 8 this morning as I was thinking about how much I wanted to stop and let my lead legs be done.

Had a fun day with the hubby for his birthday. Went rockclimbing (which included a nice 1 mile hike in), lunch, afternoon laziness, pre-school graduation, dinner at Bennihana and then fell asleep watching catch-up episodes of Prison Break! Gotta love a day off.

Ran with the Ragnar team this morning, it was  GREAT fun!!! Started at the park in Copperton ran past the dump to 11800, stopped at mile 6 (new HS being built) for a drink and to re-group, ran through DayBreak and down that hill before the District I was feeling like I could FLY!! Dropped a couple people off at Harmons, then ran through neighborhoods back to Jeff's house. Good run, good times and good people! I'm really excited about the team and the 2 days I get to spend locked in a van with them and all our stink :)

The only problem was mile 11.5 I felt my ITB start talking and by mile 12 the pain was bad enough I stopped to walk, then decided we were so close to the house I was going to stretch and get back on the run! The last .5 was better than from 11.5-12.0 so I'm thinking the stretching is REALLY going to help over the long haul. Garmin died before mile 1, so I have no splits or exciting paces to reveal :( However, I kept up with Aaron after mile 6 and his AP was 8:32, so since I finished a minute behind him at mile 6, I'm giving myself an 8:40 for the run. Next time I'll charge my Garmin whether I think I need to or not!!!