Running for an audience of One

Tm due to such cold temps! 

TM @ gym

warmed up to 22 degree with WC dropping to 17. Crazy when that feels balmy and warm :)

Ran outside in the snow while it was snowing - going into the wind is always tough, but with it at my backside...beautiful! 

TM at gym...decided to do a terrain run with incline/decline - whew! What was a workout - great way to start the day with my love 

Rex and I went outside b/c the sun was shinning bright! However, with w/c felt like 1

Ice, snow and spots that were clear where we could open up stride and go for it. Nice to get some vitamin D

on TM soooooo bright and early today - worked a 10 and a half hour day today non-stop...eeeekkk

running in snow reminds me of running on the beach - tough running! (but not as warm)

Good to be out there with Rex cheering him on while he trains for Boston

still cold, but some sunshine this afternoon - parts of the path are clear, snow not too bad around the river - 

TM

Slush and ice around the river - but so warm at 39 degrees :)

Shin doing better - sheesh, ready to be running daily again! Here's to a new, fresh week! 

TM...again...ran fast due to frustration at work :) 

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cross country skiing in Dillon MT with Deb - LOVED it

pure sunshine run! 

went out without jacket and gloves...super cold and came back to the house to find girls were ready to get the valentine festivities on!! Family :)

so dang nice to run out in the sunshine - 39, wind chill felt like 28 - but sunshine and clear, dry path was amazing! 

Shin pain

Dang Shin!!

Shin better - felt left i-t band...of course... :(

Do not like these new Asics... shin doing better - i-t band needs to stretch out

Finally found some shoes that I can run in - still shin issues on the right side and i-t band on the left side I believe due to my gait favoring my shin

Wore my compression socks that helped my shin - felt i-t band towards the end of the run, but stretching it out well! Happy to be running - absolutly love the shoes 

Ran Centenial Trail in Spokane

Went in for xrays about a week ago, no broken ribs, just possibly torn musscle and/or cartilage - left side. Still sore after a week off for spring break - going stir crazy, went out and about in the neighborhood - felt i-t band but no big surprise as I have been  sitting my rear end for ever. 

All in all, happy to be moving

Ran with Rex & Shelley in Boston for their shake out run prior to race day - warm temps, but felt good to get out and goooooo! My rib area is feeling so much better! 

ran part of the river....getting back into it

so nice out today - a bit windy, but I felt GREAT! Two days of running in a row! 

felt good to run this distance again - out with Rex

ran on TM in Kansas City - 8:30 pace 

First long run since the fall. Underfueld, wrong shoes and no sunscreen at 75 degrees made for a queezy stomach later on...but was able to fuel later and felt much better! Slow pace - average ended up 9:20

Beautiful country run in Twin Falls 

shake out run before tomorrow's race

Rex, Matt and I went to Rexburg to kick start summer with a half! The longest I had run was one 10 miler, so I was a little nervous to run 13.1...but it was beautiful weather, sunshine, not too hot and felt great. I was ready to be done when I saw the finish line and was able to kick it in at the last quarter to finish strong! GREAT day - Rex won the race so that was a total bonus. 92 people ran the half today

Fun run with district - Ali and I ran together, Emma did two miles!!

Beautiful summer run! 

Ran around the river this morning - Chasing Rex is always a great way to start the day! High five to Matt as well

ran in the wind and rain - whew, good workout and mental toughness 

Good to be out and about! 

So windy - but the cloud coverage was nice and the wind pushed me home! Feeling great ~~

Ran up at Cathedral Pines while speaking at Ali's camp - LOVE our Sun Valley area

Ran up at Cathedral Pines while speaking at Ali's camp - LOVE our Sun Valley area

Ran up at Cathedral Pines while speaking at Ali's camp - LOVE our Sun Valley area

Shake out run after two days off

Glorious run this morning - tons of runners and cycle peeps out and about early. Bone race was today - first time we haven't done it in like five years in a row. I'm okay with that. Happy with my average pace of 8:40 - love summer running! 

Ran w/Alana today! So good to catch up - average pace 8:30

A little warm this morning, but it was lovely to sleep in! 

Okay - I got the flu...very terrible...last week. Then I had shin issues on my right foot - so now after 6 days off from running I went out this morning. Felt great, but was starting to feel my shin so I walked the last three quarters of a mile. So technically I only ran 3.25 ish of the four, but put four miles on my shoes so I am going to count it for now. Hope my shin continues to heal. Lots of dixie cups of ice to rub on it. We take off for Spokane tomorrow and then Canada for a week. Really hoping to log some miles in the next few weeks! 

Ran Chrissy's neighborhood. Shin is feeling so much better - hope to extend my runs after this to longer miles! 

Ran in Spokane - stomach is really acting up as is the shin.  I will take tomorrow as a rest day (trying to ease this dang shin back into running) and hopefully my belly will be better by then as well. We are in Pentictan BC now with Clark and family - so nice...

Trying hard not to be frustrated --- my right shin is killing me. I was able to run 1.5 without issue, but then my shin began its pain....finished at Skaha Lake here in BC so Clark, Jill, Rex and I were able to strip our socks and shoes to get into the lake, nice beach sand, which does not seem to help my shin (uneven ground). Well, I start another graduate class today - so I shall ice lots, then have more beach time in the late afternoon/evening. Hopefully I can play, but sitting in the sunshine on the beach isn't too bad either. 

Shin doing better...just didn't want to push it. Ice every two hours or so seems to help

Shin doing so much better! averaging about 8:30 pace - good to run with Clark, Jill and Rex in beautiful British Columbia

Ran two then walked a mile with Chrissy - long day of driving ahead - just needed to shake it out. No shin issues. So ready to get those miles back up there -- hard to move forward with caution 

no shin issues - however, after 8 plus hours in the car the day before, my legs felt HEAVY

Felt refreshed and ready to go this morning - again, hoping to start logging more miles..would really like to do City of Trees Marathon in October -- 

nice to be out with all the other runners this morning

Shake out run - feels good to be feeling good - every runners dream! 

Tried out a longer run today. My knees and shin held up great. I was slow coming back (9:20 average pace for the second half...8:50 pace for the first half)...but I will take it for sure! 

ran 3 then ran/walked 1 with Chrissy

Drove over to run Sunnyside with Alana - so good to catch up and run with her. I felt I was not hydrated at all - struggled on this run, but we still kept it under 9 for the average pace (8:5 ish )

Nice quiet run around the river -- totally unplugged

Ran up blackhawk with Alana - dropped her at the church, I drove up a mile to run up three to the top and back down - I.LOVE.THIS.RUN. We will be doing this again ~~

Whew---glad Rex was with me. Struggled at the end of the run. Last two miles I had to stop and stretch out my right leg - i-t band issue?? not sure where that came from - possibly my hill run on Thursday - gets me every time. Over all happy girl to be running

Whew, nice and slow 8:50 pace for three miles. I was nervous b/c the back of my right leg was sore yesterday as well as my shin, ankle...and so much more. BUT the shake out run was worthy 

Slooooowwww run around the river this beautiful, 52 degree morning! Ready to take a rest day - feeling my ankles, shin, etc. 

Running in Boise with Matt

average pace 8:50 - in Boise - happy to have Matt there to push me. Super tired legs from tons of time on our feet

ran in Twin - super tired from the conference this week....

Felt my shin the first mile - kept running hoping it would loosen up - no dice. Super sore even walking downtown Boise (yes, back in Boise) so hopefully I rest during training tomorrow and can run again on Tuesday - WHY oh WHY my shin on right leg again....!!!!

after a week off, I put new shoes on and ran 3 miles. Shin is doing better - back of my right leg I pulled something so it seems a little tender. I ran three then walked/jogged from time to time the remainder .75 home. I will simply keep it short and work my way back. 

I believe I have a bit of a hamstring issue going on - however, I ran 3 this morning and felt good. I-t band on the other leg/knee seems to be keeping itself near, but not painful...just going to slowly add miles. I just want to run for my pure enjoyment of running - so I shall be patient 

nice and easy today...trying to get consistent runnnig while taking care of my weird issues that seem to be plaguing me latley 

went to go for a three mile run and felt good that I did the extra loop to finish with 5, progressing faster as I went along - everything felt good...I'll take it, I simply love to be out there running

8:30 pace for a short run. Didn't feel i-t band and shin is behaving - still have pain behind my right knee only when I try to cross over...weird. 

looped the river this morning as the multitudes were gathering for the eclispse 

Felt amazing today - love great running days! Back to early morning running - dark outside but refreshing for sure - cooler temps of 50's in the morning. Also, average pace of 8:19!! Simply thrilled about that! 

8:50 average pace - all of me felt good and had a 90 min. massage afterwards! 

feeling too many things - i-t band, etc. .... not sure if I should run the Pocatello half next week

fast shake out run

Wow. I love this half marathon, I just was not in a good place to run it. i-t band issues on both legs, I have been batteling with my right leg and hamstring for about 4 weeks now. I was good the first five miles, then it went south from there. I had to stop and stretch every half mile after that. I tried to hobble/run for the remainder 8 miles...the last four were brutal. However, I do love running and will get to a better place. Just need time to heal and strengthen up. I think where my milage had been sooo low the last few weeks, I became too tight.

Here's to finishing, loving on Rex who ran the marathon and qualifed for Boston with a 3:11 finishing time.  

8:57 AP

8:52 AP - felt good

Again, trying out dang I-T band...issues

Shake out - trying out the hamstring

Nice AP 8:45

Beautiful full moon (almost, waning now). Love going out early with Rex

Ran in pure sunshine on a beautiful fall day. Teacher in-service so I went out after dropping girls off at school. 38 degrees and slightly breezy. 8:42 AP

felt great AP of 8:45

AP of 9:00 a little slower this morning - snowing on us this morning ~~

Cool morning - 29 degrees felt like 21 with a breeze :) Working on building back my base, without i-t band issues or shin issues or hamstring issues :) Looking forward to running five days a week consistently, and slowly adding up miles. 

Windy, cold morning run with Rex. Felt good to run this distance - nice easy pace of 9:10 

Woke up to 3-4 inches of SNOW!! Wet and heavy and tough to run in :) Happy times for sure

22 degrees - feeling yesterday's run in the snow - but the sun was shining through all the fall leaves and remaining snow! 

Slept in this morning - much needed! But I knew I had class until late tonight so I got a quick (8:25 AP) run in the sunshine after school today. Still only 48 degrees, but pure sunshine that was good for the soul. 

Ran river loop. 

Good to be out running with Rex on his birthday! 

running in Sun Valley - went and hiked/ran trails for another 4 miles in my shoes :)

AP of 8:48 - beautiful run - crazy how fresh my legs were from taking two days off in a row!

nice and easy after yesterday's fast run and lack of sleep for multiple days catching up with me! 9:10 AP

After being out for a few sick days - felt good to be out and running again!

I was out really sick all week -- hate when that disrupts my lovely running - really feeling my right shin...

Running in beautiful St. George, Utah. Again, my shin was on fire the last 1.5 miles of this run, but the sun was shinning at I pushed through - 

Logging that I tried to go out and run. took me longer to get ready to run in the dark cold than I was able to run. Shin still an issue, ran a quarter then walked back the same quarter. Seriouly counting the walk back a quarter now that I think about it. Praying for my shin to heal up 

Shin really hurt by the end of this run. I iced and will ice when I get home tonight... really just want to run with out issues... :(

No shin issues and was able to run after church in the sunshine!! Praise Up!

early morning run in the wind and rain

So nice to feel good on a run - zero issues today! Feeling GREAT

finished running up Grandview for the extra push this morning

rannthe turkey Trot with Rex and Jill after the crown of people and small opening I was able to open up and run with average pace of 8:15 for the run. Pretty happy about that

Ran out in the county! Beautiful 8:40 AP

8:30 AP

15 degree run around the river - amazing what a little wind can do when it is cold outside! Happy to have Rex out there with me!! He is my love ~~~

Feels good to be out running this distance - Rex and I showed and then went to stand on the corner of the finish area to cheer on all the 5k Christmas runners!! Love encouraging new runners and supporting them on their journey!

Beautiful morning to be out!

one on TM and one outside - too icy 

Ran w/Rex after church - waited for the temp to rise and pure sunshine at 22 degrees!! Felt strong, AP was 8:41 - Looping river three times is 7 miles spot on! 

Ran a quick loop of the river at 8:25 AP...feeling my shins a bit - may take tomorrow off

Lovely run with Rex - AP 8:26

Winter running is BACK! Snow stings the eyes when you don't wear your glasses :)

running in snow is a little tougher work out - but I do love winter running with Rexter

Winter running with Rexter - love of my life. Good to be on break from school - 2 weeks baby!

Four miles up at Targhee cross country skiing - I worked my tail off

Too cold outside - on the TM with yoga afterwards

Twin Falls hills - YES

Lovely river run with Rex on the Merry Christmas eve

Christmas morning was delightful with the girls - Rex and I drove down to the river where someone had cleared a path around it. We looped three times, giving us a 7 mile run. Slick and snow, took it nice and easy. Love winter running

Spokane running in the snow - such a great workout!

Went with Chrissy to her gym for an ab/cardio work out. Days later, my abs are still sore. Got some sprints in during this time. GREAT work out

Good to be home and run on dry pavement around the river. Sun was shinning - but temps required full bundle and face coverage for the run! Excited to head into the new year with a solid running base ~