ShufflingSista

Family went to new Washington Community Center and I jumped on the treadmill for about 4 mi. while the kids swam and Jim trained Jiu-Jitsu.  That's my idea of Family Night (j/k).  It's a nice gym.  We have a week's free trial and I think we'll be getting a lot of use out of this place!

9:14 pace, speed is slowly coming back

Pump class at gym this morning. 

Tonight at 10pm my family is doing the Chelsi 5k Run/Walk which is a memorial run for Chelsi Petersen who passed away last month.  Today would have been her 21st BD.  She comes from a wonderful family.  I've gotten to know Lisa (Chelsi's mom) the past few years as our 2 boys played sports together and Lisa & I have been Room Moms together at school.  Chelsi was in her Freshman year at BYU and was an amazing athlete and track star.  My heart aches for the Petersen family.  I think having a run on her BD is a great way to honor her and show her family lots of love and support on a tough day.  You can check out info about the race at www.runforchelsi.com

 Evening Update:

Went to Run for Chelsi 5k to show our support for the Petersen family.  Jim had to work so it was the kids & I.  Lots of friends from the ward & neighborhood there as well.  It was a great turnout, hundreds of participants.  We did a couple laps around the neighborhood that Chelsi grew up in and people were outside their homes handing out drinks, cheering, playing music, etc.  What a wonderful support for the family! They had a fun raffle at the end too.  The community stepped forward and donated so many items, including 21 gift cert's for Pizza Factory each worth $21 since it is Chelsi's 21st BD today.  I hope my kids remember this event when they get older and the special occasion that it was.  I hesitate to even mark this as a "race" because I ran/walked with a good friend and we weren't being competitive AT ALL.  The point was to just be there.  It wasn't even timed, nor were bibs given out.  I just wanted to socialize and take it all in- slowly.  Saw Clyde & Logan cruising into the finish- FIRST of course! Yay! Go FRB!

Got 'er done. Better late than never (evening run).  On the treadmill at the new Washington Community Center.  Really liking that place.  My free week trial membership is coming to an end, I think they may have hooked me.  I can run while kids swim & rock climb and hubby trains jiu-jitsu.  Doesn't get any better than that!

Full disclosure.  I have decided NOT to race Bryce 1/2.  Sad about it, but the reality is my training has NOT been up to par the last couple weeks and I don't want to spend the $ going to Bryce for the weekend and risking injury.  SO- that's that.  I have scheduled a 10-12 miler with the Sole Sisters that I can take slow and not hurt myself doing as I build back up to where I should be pre-marathon.

I'm tired, hitting the sack.  Tomorrow's FRIDAY!!!! Yippee!

Really good training run today.  Went out and did 11.25 w/ Soul Sisters.  We were keeping in the 8:30-9:15 pace range.  I got in 1 mi. that was 8:25 so I'm counting it as my marathon pace mile on the log.  I felt really good during the run (best I've felt in awhile) and when the group quit at 9.5, I even added on 1.75 more.  We ran by the river and it was so nice and cool.  That makes a huge difference for me!  As hard as it will be for me to read those Bryce 1/2 race reports I think I made the right choice not racing today 'cause I wasn't ready.  I think the training run I did was more beneficial to me today. Saw Wild Bull on the trail getting in his 14 (he races Deseret News Marathon next week) He was looking good!

Great converstation as always with the girls.  Kids, polygamy, jobs, celebrity sightings, etc all game for conversation.  We're always looking for $ on the road and today we scored almost $2.  These girls have collected $130 in the last 2 yrs. just picking up change on their runs.  Its a hoot.  We joke that we look kinda like a 5k coming down the road (8 of us today)

I need to find a race to do before SGM so I can stay pumped.  I prefer local since it got complicated (and expensive) when I was considering taking my family to Bryce for the weekend.

I feel good about this week, like I'm finally getting close to where I was when I started slacking off in June.  Its been a busy summer, taking on a new job & everything else that summer brings with the kids out of school, etc.  I'm happy to be getting back on track w/ my running!