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

Rest/Recovery day - I think I slept all day...other than sacrament meeting and 2 hours of playing with my FAVORITE 3 year olds! I really love nursery, so much fun! 

Lots of sleep yesterday and going to bed early helped! Just Lauren, Adam and I went this year. Crowd gets smaller every year and it makes me sad! I love this race!! Best honest 10k/5k course around and since I've done it every year since 2007, I guess it has just grown on me. 

I ran with Daisy (poor Lucy is too old and broken to run! We take her on walks and she LOVES the trails, but 2 miles puts her in a lot of pain for a couple days...) and of course she refused to poop before, so I got to stop and pick up dog poo 1/2 mile in!! But, it did give me good motivation to get moving and catch back up to where I was. So maybe it wasn't so bad. Passed the last person I would at mile 2 and then never caught or got caught the rest of the race. I wish I knew my splits!! But, I didn't start my watch until I finished...classic. So, I only have my race official time. The uphill wasn't as hard as I remember (a good thing?) but man alive I'm slow and my endurance at speed is gone too. Maybe one day it will come back.

Lauren and Adam ran the 5K. Adam hasn't been running consistently like I had hoped he would continue through the summer, but still eeked out a 28:34 good enough at this race for 1st place in his AG 1-9. Lauren luckily motivated him and kept him moving when he slowed down and she finished just 2 seconds behind him (she hasn't run since Payson last year!) which was good enough for 3rd in her AG 16-19.

So I like to think we swept the field...1st 2nd and 3rd 

We skipped the parade this year, but got a camping chair, t-shirts and socks and I won a nice running bag!! I got one maybe the 2nd or 3rd year I ran this race and I've used it and loved it since. I'm SO proud of my new one and that it says Payson Running and not Payson basketball! Afterward we grabbed some breakfast at Subway and went to see Rachelle's new baby!! Oh the sweet goodness of a perfect little baby!! Payson isn't Payson without seeing Rachelle and getting to meet her new arrival (less than 2 weeks old and barely 5 pounds!) was just the icing on the cake. 

Running is good. Not because it is running...but because of the memories, efforts, improvements, motivation and friends I've discovered through running. Time to get back to y'all!

Just another Tuesday ten...oh wait! ha! Yeah, I wasn't ready to get up and run 10 miles after my first speed workout in ages and my first road marathon in almost a year all in one weekend. But, I still got up and met the Newtons and ran a few miles with them. They get me up and moving! I hate having to run so stinking fast, but that is what they are there for and why I love running with them. I want some speed back. I'm tired of being a sloth on the trails. I like trail running, but I need to balance it with roads. Moderation in all things.

9:10AP, but I had a good 7:45 mile in there before leaving the Newtons to head home. Gotta get boys out of bed and off to school...

I then did 90 minute hot yoga. I love it! I feel so renewed and stretched and relaxed afterward. I need to make time to go more often. My SI joints (that ache due to tight mid-glues/hams) would be MUCH happier if I did...

Tired from a 10pm airport pickup Tuesday night. But seeing my niece was worth it! Just did Xfit class and then their HIIT class after. It was a good workout, but I had an emotional morning and felt kind of ignored and unappreciated at class. Whatever. Got a workout in.

Shaggy mountain Thursday. I started early... But not early enough. They passed me at mile one. My SI joints were hurting from tight hamstrings from squats etc yesterday. I was super slow. But I ran faster than last week and hit mid 7s and did a 6:40 for these last .25 mile chasing Kalise!! Man, I remember when those speeds were easy...

1:21 total time (no idea on seconds...)

Had to split the long run to get all of life in today.

Mike meet me at 5 to do shaggy mountain loop. It was about the same AP as yesterday, which was nice because it was more consistent not just a fast finish. Plus I felt good and not like I was pushing with a 7:50mm.

Got home, got work wrapped up from last night when the internet went down. Long story... Then got kids to school. I did have to go to Greg's to complete work to drop off the bibs, but we got it done by 9.

So then I started my 10 miles. Chatted with Becca at first, thought maybe I'd only do 8... Just out and back on Porter Rockwell. But at mile 3.6 it was closed! Grrr... So I ended up running the nasty hill up Bangerter and then toward Suncrest. It was kind of nasty! But, coming down was fun 😊 I did stop at Chevron to get ice and water. It was hot. I also stopped at 3 miles from the park on Porter Rockwell to fill water again. I was hot and I should've brought salt stuff...I just had one gu when the trail was closed. My final mile was 8:22mm and I was impressed with myself that it didn't feel nasty. At least it was shady. I had to go quickly to drop off the bibs for work, so I took off as soon as I finished. My AP was 9:33 for the ten miles. I was hungry!

Ate Zao, drove home, took a nap, drove to Cedar City. I'm working the half marathon Saturday.