Total Body Circuit Training with Jackie

40 minutes

5 mile treadmill run in 44:45. Went up to 7.5 once today and it about killed me. (I was getting up to 8.0 before the holidays...) Mostly stayed between 6.5 and 7.0 after that. It was tiring and hard today. Watched a few cooking shows on the OWN network. It was boring.  So glad I got the run in.

Will start training for Ogden marathon in about 10-12 days I think. My husband Jeff was looking at Hal Higdon's Intermediate training schedule for me. I guess that's what I'll do.

5:45am Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-52 minutes

4 mile treadmill run in 35:30. Intervals between 6.7-7.5 (warm up and rest at 6.0)

Feels good to get it all done in the morning. Now I can clean, watch TV or take a nap when the baby does:)

Later note: I forgot to add that I lost a toe nail yesterday. My first one! I didn't even know this one was coming off.

Jillian's Burn Fat/Boost Metabolism- 50 minutes

Bryan Kest Power Yoga-52 minutes

It's kind of fun to just do whatever I want each day but I'm excited to start training again.

6 mile treadmill run in 54:45. 

Watched "Kidnapped by the kids" (almost cried) and "Mystery Diagnosis" (fascinating, scary sad...) on OWN.

Later Note: Just ran around the house barefoot for 10 minutes for my 8th grade daughter's science experiment. Whoa I might be sore. Interesting how I never heal struck only midsole. I think I do the same in my shoes but I'm not sure.

Did a new Jillian workout on demand. "6 pack in 6 weeks"- 40 min.

She blends weight training and cardio exercises, all of which focus on the abs. It was okay but don't think I'll do it again. I sweat more when I do her burn fat/boost metabolism. Lots of plyo there.

Ran 3 miles on the treadmill in 25:45.  THAT was a workout.

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 2 - 50 minutes

3 mile treadmill run in 27:15

Can't believe how gross it is outside. Wanna go to Hawaii.

Left at 5:30am. I was still asleep and forgot to turn on my garmin for the first couple minutes. I ran with two friends. We ran up Newcastle and up the trail which I was excited about cause I wanted to try my yaxtrax on the trail. It was cold but beautiful! I actually stayed pretty warm most of the time. There was light snow falling. I  had a stomach cramp from the beginning that I thought would go away but it just got worse. I've never felt that bad on a run. I couldn't wait to get home. I think it was a really bad gas bubble. I need to start drinking tea before bed or not eat a bunch of broccoli for dinner the night before.

Will do Power Yoga during nap time. 52 minutes

Gave Jill's new workout another try since I was sore from it the other day. 40 minutes

Some of my "favorite" moves=

burpies

mountain climbers

plank jacks

double crunches (apparently a pilates move, never done it)

caterpillar (down to extended plank and keep extending...don't drop....freak'in hard!)

spider planks

side plank with knee lifts (top leg stays straight but bring in bottom leg and extend back out, inner thigh workout as well as core and arm...hellllooooo!)

4 mile treadmill run in 34:25 (6.0 warm-up and the rest was between 6.5 and 8.0)

Time 56:12 AP 9:02 Fastest mile was 3 @ 8:25 

We left at 6am and I ran with the same friends as Monday plus Betsy. She had already run 8 miles, met us and ran with us and went home to get her dog and go more. She's training for a 50 miler I guess. If I keep running with her I might qualify for Boston running Odgen. She's fast. It was a tough run this morning but good for me. Lots of hills. We went up past the Buffalo. There's even a light shining on it so you can see it really well in the dark. They must be so darn proud of that thing. Down the hill (fastest mile) and then up and up Highland. Back up toward Albion to run Jill home and then back toward home to run Deb home and Betsy ran me home. She runs fast and talks my ear off. I just listen and try to keep up. My legs are really tired and I'm sore. I think it's from running outside Monday. The last time I had been outside was New Year's Eve.  It's so much harder on my body to run outside, esp. in winter. It's good to be sore right?

Nice to have it over and done with. I need to take a nap when Josie does cause she woke up at 3:30am. She's getting sick again and I think it's an ear infection. I tossed and turned and couldn't go back to sleep until about 4:30. I was nervous about meeting these guys on time and couldn't stop thinking about primary/church stuff. Sometimes I hate being the leader in charge.

Power Yoga 2- 50 minutes (or 55, depending on how long I stay in resting/corpse pose)

Time 1:37:24 AP 9:45 Ugh.

Left around 5:40am and went by myself. It was warmer thank goodness. Never thought I'd be excited about 25 degrees (I don't know exactly what it was but around that). Before I left I looked out the window and my street looked pretty clear so I didn't wear my yaktrax. I regretted that decision after the first mile. It was pretty slushy, icy, snowy and toward the end of my run I ended up on the sidewalk a lot and wishing I had them on. The friends I ran with Wed. told me I would ruin them if I ran on the clean street so I didn't want to wear them if there wasn't enough snow. Whatever...hard to know. It was foggy but pretty with the new snow. There were a lot of hills but that's part of the joy of running around here.

I was excited to run this 10 this morning. It's been about a month since I ran this far I think. I started my training for the marathon today officially! I called my friend in Vegas yesterday who is running Ogden with me and she sent me her schedule which she started two weeks ago, oops. I've pretty much been doing what she has so not too worried. I would like to be able to keep up with her for most of this race but she's faster than me right now so I'm hoping if I use her schedule I can keep up with her. She is trying to qualify for Boston but will be 40 so she needs a 3:50. I need a 3:45 so it's long shot for me. I'll try again at St. George if I don't make it or wait till next year when I'm 40 and my time is 3:50. I really am not expecting to qualify, I'm just dream'in. Will do my best! Excited to have a training schedule with hill training, speed work, tempo runs and all that. Feel'in great!

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52minutes 

Feelssooooooooooogood! Especially after a long run.

I LOVE yoga.

Time 46:01 AP 9:13 TUT (total uphill time) 6:00

I left at 7:15! Yay for light! Went down around falcon and found puddles and slush. I also found myself stripping down there cause I was so hot. It was so warm out this morning. Yay for warmth! There were some big dark clouds at first but they blew away. Coming up the Falcon hill took me two minutes and I ran over to Flat Iron where the hills took me one minute each. Ran around there a few times and then the hill home took 1 minute. Yay for a training schedule!

I LOVE it!

Jackie Warner Upper Body and Ab workout-30 minutes

Time 54:54 AP 9:09 Best mile was the last in 8:24

Beautiful moon out west as I stepped out at 6am. It was crisp and clear. This was 6 "easy" miles according to schedule.  The first half I ran toward the mountain so gradual uphill the whole time. 2nd half coming back down and then to flat for the last 1.5 mile. It was nice to see some light behind the east mountains as I finished up.

I bought myself an LED headlamp with TriplePower 75 lumens. I WILL be seen. I also bought a safety light (red) to wear on the back. I wanted to put them both on strobe light and be really obnoxious to cars:) but I didn't.

Cross training day and I don't  have a bike or a gym membership. I would prefer to swim or bike but..

Did Jillian's Burn Fat/Boost Metabolism-50 minutes

Sweat my butt off!

Time 34:28 AP 8:37:) Splits 8:44, 8:36, 8:50, 8:20

Tried to make it "fast" miles today but my legs felt frozen. I guess they weren't because I don't think I've ever run that fast (outside) for 4 miles! Yay! Now if only i could keep that up for 22 more miles I could qualify for Boston! Hah! Not likely.

It was COLD out! Should have worn my gator. The moon beautiful!

Jackie Warner Upper Body and Ab workout-30 minutes (didn't rest on the tummy tucks and about died!)

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-50 minutes.

Modified for rest day.

Time 1:54:05 AP 9:30 Not bad for a hilly run.

Splits 9:39, 9:26, 10:26, (big hill) 9:17, 9:41, 8:53, 9:21, 9:47, 9:35, 9:34, 9:27, 8:59 :)

Left at 6:30am and it was 40 degrees! Met Deb and Betsy and their BIG dogs. Ran up Newcastle and met Jill (no dog).We ran up Newcastle and turned south on some street to 94th. Ran up that (whoa) and turned toward Dimple dell road. We ran past the road Lysa and I used to come out on but instead of going right toward dimple dell we went left up a steep hill and just went up and up to Wasatch. Tough! We turned around and came back, turned somewhere and ended  up back at the dimple dell trail area and went on the trail there. That was my first time and I loved it! There was a powdered sugaring of snow covering the trail (which is wood chips Deb told me). The sun was rising and the moon was gorgeous up south west. It was so clear and the lights of the city  with the mountains all around...it was just pretty. I loved running on that trail too! We ran there for a while and Betsy left us to go home at mile 6 (She ran 20 miles yesterday).The 3 of us ran down by Smith's and cut through and went up past the library and up highland to home. I ended up running the last 2 miles alone around home.  I was happy to run the last mile in 8:59! My butt and the bottoms of my feet were sore at the end of the run. It's been a long time since I ran 12 miles outside. First time doing long runs in the winter. Fun, new experience!

Fun to run with people, to talk and listen to fun stories and leave the music at home. Jill ran one marathon 10 years ago and told us this morning that she's running/training for the Provo marathon. Deb is running Ogden and Betsy is training for a 50 miler. Betsy is fast so if I feel like pushing it I stay with her. If I want to hold back I hang with Deb. It's nice to have a mixture of speeds going on.

Just drank a BIG glass of chocolate milk. Yummo! Gotta shower, make blueberry muffins (trying a new recipe with whole WHITE wheat and greek yogurt) and plan my sharing time for tomorrow! Have a great day!

Time 54:40 AP 9:07

Splits 8:49, 9:08, 8:18, 9:28, 9:18, 9:41

Speed work was on the schedule for today. This is what it said to do:

2miles GP (goal pace)

2 miles Intervals

2miles CD (cool down)

 My friends from Vegas put this schedule together and I don't quite understand why they did it this way but I tried it. This was the first time I've done speedwork. I ran around the 1 mile block by my house to do all this. I need to figure out my garmin to help me in more detail but I haven't yet.

2 miles GP (9.0)  1 mile 8:49 2nd mile 9:08

2 miles Intervals -I decided to do mile repeats so I did 1 mile faster than goal pace and then recovered for 1/2 mile and repeated. So that ended up being 3 miles total.

1 mile cool down.

I think I'd rather go to the track next time. Deb and Jill said they'd come. Might try Yasso 800's there.

 Time 59:59 AP 10:00

6.....SLOW.....MILES..... @ 6:15am

TIRED TODAY IN EVERY WAY

 CROSS DAY

Decided to ignite my fat burning potential and do Jillian's Burn Fat/Boost Metabolism today.

54:00

Ab hold/Plank 2:00 (next time I'm do'in it before this workout)

Time 34:44 AP 8:41 "Fast" miles

Treadmill run this morning. Didn't feel like putting all the layers on and going out in the cold.  Watched the news and listened to music on commercials.

Did Jackie Warner Upper body workout (weights) and ab workout. Killer! amazing how much harder it gets when you increase the weights and don't modify or stop on that ab workout.

I registered for the Spectrum 10k race in St. George that's in March. Need to register for the 10 mile race that's in February (President's Day weekend). I just checked my training schedule and I just happen to have a 10 mile run that weekend so PERFECT! I'm a little neurotic about following my schedule.

 Rest/Stretch day

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-52 minutes 

I "let go of what (I ) was holding on to...with deep, flowing breaths."

LOVE IT!

Is it safe to do a long run outside tomorrow? The forecast now says Hazy instead of Smog for Sat.

Time 1:54:55 AP 9:35

Pretty good pace for such a hellish hillish run:)

Met Deb and Jill at Michael Way and Sterling Dr. We ran down past Falcon, up to 94th and right on 17th. Went down past the library to Sego Lily and turned left. We ran all the way up Sego Lily which I have never done. I called up to Jill who was in front of me (Deb was way back with her dog) "Are you trying to kill me?" We seriously ran up that steep hill for 2 miles. Went all the way to the top and then down around to Eastdell. Stayed there for a minute but then turned right (at the elementary school) to run up toward Dimple dell where Lysa and I used to run. Instead of turning right to go to the trails and Dimple dell road we turned left and went straight up another hill for almost a mile to Wasatch. My butt and hammies were feel'in it. Jill pushes me cause she's been running with Betsy who pushes her. We turned @ wasatch and came back down and over to 94th. Down 94th to the light at Eastdell and went over to Albion (Jill went home here) and kept going to Alta Canyon (I think). Down around Key bank and up Highland and around the mile block home.

It was just foggy and cold. I miss the sun. 

So grateful for a HOT shower and now my nice husband is making me an omlette.

Have a great day!

Time 50:47 AP 9:39

HILLS. And steep ones! 7:00 TUT

Ran down around Falcon and then over to Flat Iron. I overdressed this morning. Just prepping for 5 degrees on Wed:) It was foggy, breezy, snowy, slippery. I was afraid to let loose on the downhills cause even with my spotlight I couldn't see every ice patch. Didn't seem snowy or icy enough for the yaktrax though.

Will do BK Power Yoga 2 (50 min) while Josie naps later.

I still love my Kinsei's more. (wow, up to 600)

Time 1:07:15 on the treadmill. "Slow" run today.

Watched an episode and 1/2 of "Heavy" on A&E. My sister told me about the show and all I have to say is WHOA! Made me grateful that I was physically able to run 7 easy on the TM today.

Grateful for a new month. One month closer to Spring even if it's colder than it's ever been out there today. I was feeling down and a little angry that I had to get up and run 7 miles today. Asked myself what I was thinking signing up for this marathon and training in the winter. Training last year with Lysa starting in May was so nice! I think I'm crazy for doing 2 marathons this year. Just having a little breakdown. I need to refocus and be grateful that I can run! This weather is just so depressing and it doesn't help to talk to my friend in Vegas who's training for Ogden as well.

Cross training day

Tried the Just Dance 2 Intense workout on the wii for 40 min.I was sweating, but not enough. The program didn't work the way I thought it would and it annoyed me. The dancing part was fun but not enough of a workout.

Did Jillian's "winning combination of core-focused cardio circuits and ab-toning exercises." Otherwise known as the "6 week/ 6pack" on demand. 38 min.

4 "Fast" miles on the treadmill in 34:55.

Warmed up for 5 min and then ran between 6.5-7.0 most the time and 8.0 the last .60. I was trying to do a tempo run but I don't even know what I ended up doing. There are so many different types of speed work that it confuses me.

Jackie Warner Upper body and ab workout (weight+cardio)- 30 min

So glad my 11 yr old is finally back to school. Has been home all week with influenza (doctor thinks) . Still not totally recovered but not contagious.

Rest day

BK Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes

Left @ 6:30 and it was 33 degrees. So warm! I went with Deb and Jill. Up Newcastle and up to La Caille (trail) where we turned left on Wasatch. Went a ways and left went left down toward Creek Road. All the way down Creek to Highland and back up to Newcastle. We were @ 9+ there when Deb left us to take her dog home. Deb and I went back up Newcastle and back up to La Caille (trail again) and turned right and SLOWLY ran up to 94th. My legs were burning! I love the burn! (kept telling myself)  I really couldn't believe we were going back up (way back on Newcastle for the 2nd time) @ mile 10. I told her that Lysa and I were always looking for flat or downhill @ this point on our long runs. She said she just goes on auto pilot and doesn't notice the inclines. What!? Anyway, so happy to get to the top of Wasatch @ 94th and come down, down, down, to Highland where we get another hill @ mile 13 where I was supposed to be done. Ran an extra mile home on flat ground and so appreciated it! My average was around 9:57 I think but my daughter was playing with it when I got home and kept pushing the start button. Need to stretch my butt and hamstrings!

Time 53:10 AP 8:52

Intervals outside @ 6:20 am

1 mile WU  in 9:12

.54 in 8:06 and .47 in 9:29

.50 in 8:12 and .50 in 9:33

.50 in 8:06 and .49 in 9:52

.51 in 8:16 and.49 in 9:13

1 mile CD:)  in 8:41

BK Power Yoga 1- 52 min

Time: 1:08:53 AP 9:51

7 SLOW, IN THE SNOW

Left @ 6:15, went alone with my music. It was definitely a yaxtrax morning. Certain back roads were icy so I aimed for the snow. Best place to run was on the snow packed tire tracks. It was beautiful with the snow because it was lighter out. The sunrise was great with the clear blue sky. The sun is rising sooner. Yay! I see a light at the end of the tunnel. I didn't finish my run in time to drive the carpool so my husband drove and I finished shoveling the driveway when I got home.

Registered for the Dam 2 Dam run in St. George (Pres. day weekend) I guess we run @ Sand Hollow State Park in Hurricane, UT. I'm doing the 10 miler, Jeff's doing the 5. Should be nice to run in warmer weather.

Time: 44:32 AP 8:55

5 @ 5am. 23 degrees and overcast. First 2.5 miles WU (WAKE UP) and second 2.5 I couldn't feel my legs or butt (so cold) but tried to run faster. First half was uphill, second half down. Splits are as follows:

9:15, 9:33, 9:03, 8:12, 8:32

Singing with the band @ my daughter's 6th grade Valentine/50's dance during lunch so I had to get this run done early.

re..he..hest

Time: 2:18:39 AP 9:54

Hardest 14 miler I've ever done! Not that I've done so many but, it was freak'in hard. I went with Betsy and Jill so I didn't have slow Deb to fall back on. I'm putting my splits just for fun cause there's one I'm really proud of.

9:12, 9:18, 11:09 (trail) 9:50, 9:08, 7:58 !!!!!! (never seen this on my garmin for a 1.00), 10:58 (she took me straight  up the steepest trail ever!) 11:56 (wait, maybe that was it) 9:57, 10:00, 9:50, 9:33, 9:46, 10:06 (the trails kicked my butt so hard I seriously barely made it home.  legs, butt and feet were killing).

So...we went up Newcastle and up trail to La Caille. Betsy is a pro at those trails and I'm just trying to not break my ankle. Every step on the trail is a workout for me. At least it was in the condition they were in this morning. At La Caille we went up Wasatch and turned left up Cottonwood Canyon (south). That whole mile was TOUGH. We turned around (up @ the fork where the buses are and north cottonwood) and came back down and Jill was booking it this time. Ran down 94th and took our first left after going past Wasatch. Went down this hill and my garmin beaped and I saw the 7:58 and couldn't believe it! So happy! We went toward Dimple dell and I thought we'd run where we had before on a not so tough trail. Well, Betsy went down dimple dell to another trail head that took us straight up the side of the mountain. Of course she raced up like a mountain goat. Jill left us here and went home. Betsy and I continued on for I think about 4 miles on the trail and it did my body in. Straight down ( I was so worried I would fall or break something and she just raced through there. Very experienced trail runner) and straight up and I walked at one point (11:56). The trail leveled off but it's just so hard on my body. I feel like it's working muscles I never use with every step. Holy cow. Getting back on the road just felt easy after that but my body was so tired from it...it was seriously the hardest thing I've done in a long time.

Anyway, I sound like a wimp. I know it will just make me stronger and I did enjoy the challenge some of the time  :). Betsy did most of the talking and for the last 4 miles I noticed my face was FREEZING. When I tried to talk my mouth was numb like I had been to the dentist. I felt like such a retard when I tried to talk that it was making me laugh. My water was frozen and slushy by the end. I'm so excited to run a race in St. George next week! I hoping it will be so much warmer and no snowy trails! So grateful for a nice hot shower after these long runs in the cold!

Had to get ready to help @ the school with Valentine parties for 2 hours. Now I need a serious nap.

Did long run today cause I'll be in Midway tonight for GNOO (girls night out overnighter).

Cross day

I'm so tired.

Jillian's Burn Fat/Boost Metabolism kick my butt workout! 50 minutes

Time 46:07 AP 9:13

TUTOP (total uphill time on purpose) 7:00

Slept in a little (kids out of school) and ran with some light this morning. Beautiful sunrise. Ran around the parks for some hill time.

Jackie Warner Upper body and ab workout- 30 minutes

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Time 1:17:22 AP 9:40

8 slow miles. Last mile was 8:49 though getting home just in time to wave goodbye to my oldest daughter as my husband drove the carpool. 

Left a little after 6am and it was 40 degrees I think. Great weather. There are few things that are more gratifying to me than running outside throughout an entire sunrise (darkness, then outline of the mountains...light and more light with pretty blue...moving into my favorite...pink and blue sky and clouds). Gorgeous!

BK Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes

Cross training day

JM Banish Fat Boost Metabolism-40 minute Cardio Circuit broken into 6-minute circuits. Most challenging circuit for me is #5 *jump sqauts *cross country *scissor kicks (like jump squats but you come up and scissor the legs) * skaters (recovery) and *STANDING MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS (high knees with arm punching up).  Love the jumping jacks and jumprope and the walking plank she does during the floor circuit.

20 minutes jogging on step while watching Oprah. 10 minutes at advanced level- 5 minutes at intermediate level and 5 minutes cooling down stepping not jogging. Oh my gosh, while I was stepping I heard something and looked toward my sliding glass door, which was open a little for some fresh air and a huge, ugly, brown dog was trying to get into my house! I freaked and screamed and yelled at him to get out and get away! Scared the !&*# out of me! Stupid dog! Why is it even running around in my yard? I had just let Puddy (Lysa's dog) back into his yard before I started exercising. What's up with the dog thing today?

It is so dang windy!!!

Just read this. The dream is moving farther away.

http://racingnews.runnersworld.com/2011/02/boston-announces-new-qualifying-times-registration-process.html?cm_mmc=Facebook-_-RunnersWorld-_-Content-Blog-_-NewBostonStandards

Treadmill run @ 6am. Tried Yasso 800's (marathon goal 4hrs)

Time 53:55 AP 8:59 (I think)

1 mile warm up @ 6.0

4X800's (1/2 mile) in 4 minutes so I ran around a 7.5 for 4 minutes. Jeff says that's about an 8 minute mile. (4th time tough)

Recovered @ 6.5 for 1/2 mile

Last mile I started @ 6.5 and worked my way up to 8.0 for the last bit.

Rest today. Race tomorrow.

Garmin time: 10.04 miles in 1:29:29 with AP 8:55

Splits: 9:10,8:53, 8:58, 8:54, 8:49, 8:59, 9:06, 9:05, 8:35, 8:40, 7:45 (232 ft)

51 total and 14 women in my age division

Jeff and I dropped Lizzie off at the soccer field and got to Sand Hollow State Park in Hurricane, Utah @9am Sat. He was trying to catch the last shuttle for the 5 mile run which was supposed to leave @ 9:15. It was raining and had been pouring down since 4 am that morning. Gray clouds all around and no let up in sight. When we arrived they told us they weren't doing the shuttle and the 5 and 10 mile race would start together @ 10am. We sat in our car for an hour waiting...I decided @ the last minute to not wear my big, awkward raincoat, Jeff kept his on. 

This was not a big race, I really have no idea how many people there were. 100? (Hey I guessed right) Jeff and I ran together for a bit but then I headed off. (He's only worked his way up to 3 miles so was hoping to finish this 5 mile race). I had on two shirts and my tights, shorts, a hat, buff band to cover ears and gloves. When we started raining I didn't even notice the rain anymore. It was just me and my music and the person ahead of me I needed to pass pretty much this whole race. I took it easy though to begin with.

We ran around a big body of water. We started on gravel, then to road and then back to gravel for a while. Got a few rocks in my shoes but left them there. Figured I'd just get more. The 5 milers turned around @ 2.5 and we ran out and around a point and turned around @ 5. When the first runner looped around I high fived him and said good job. A girl was close behind him and I high-fived her and said good job!!! I thought I recognized the 5th or 6th woman that looped me coming back and I realized who she was when I saw her again @ the end of the race.

There were water stations at mile 2.5 and 5 and ? Anyway, at 5 I drank for a minute and passed up a few girls I thought for sure would catch me again but didn't. On the way back I stayed right behind a tall guy for a while, just tried to keep pushing myself. My goal was to stay under 9 for AP every mile. I passed a few people on the way to the finish and then just gave it my all the last few miles. There was a head wind and rain the entire time of course so I feel like I did great. It was tough but I just pushed as hard as I could at the end. Jeff was there cheering my in!

They gave us chocolate milk, mini muffins and fruit cups. They also gave us a card with our official time and place. When I was getting my card I saw this girl again I thought I recognized and realized I've read her blog on marathon mommies. I read about her race @ Ogden marathon last year where she qualified for Boston. She had a lot of pictures and I've read this blog entry several times because she tells in detail about what she did that helped her qualify. She inspired me to try and qualify. I told her so. Anyway... good race!

Time 58:37 AP 9:47

Ran 6 miles in St. George. Left before the kids were up. Wanted to try out the path but it was closed because of construction so I ran on the stupid road. Took it easy. Cold out but not rainy. It rained all day Saturday and all day Sunday:( The soccer fields were complete mud cause the tournament was at a sod farm. Nice. We could tell everyone who was in our tournament the whole trip home cause their cars were covered in red mud.

Time: 1:03:47 AP 9:07

5am run outside cause had to be @ school for choir @ 7am. Crisp and cold. Partly cloudy with moon and stars. That's all I remember...I was half asleep.

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52 min. Oh how I've missed you BK.

Time 45:11 AP 9:02

Left at 6:15am. Went down around Falcon park and up Falcon Way and then back down and back up.

Jackie Warner Total Body Circuit training-40 minutes

Time 2:31:17 AP 10:05

Nothing like running 15 in a foot of snow. Okay, most the time it was slush on the busier roads but there were a few times we were in a foot of powder. Today was about getting the miles in. Left @ 5:45am and ran with Jill and Betsy. Jill left us halfway through cause she had to get home. My feet were wet @ mile 3. It was great. We went down Highland to Creek and up to Danish (yes the super steep hill) and up to Wasatch to 94th. Down 94th and took first left and went toward Dimple dell. Turned left and went down to Eastdell. Ran a minute there and Betsy turned left to take us up to the top of that neighborhood over to Sego Lily. All the way down to the library and toward home. She wanted to run all the way up that road, it's Petunia and turns into something else. anyway, I said go ahead but no more hills for me. We ran toward home and up Falcon (one last hill) and around the hood for the last few miles. I was wiped out! Never been so happy to get to a hot shower!!!

(1pm) Time 49:08 Treadmill run/ Interval training with hills

(6:30am) Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 50 minutes

Sore calves, feet and achilles from Saturdays run.

Rest (from running, still cleaning galore) before my 16 miler. Have to rearrange the schedule for this week cause I'm going away for some R & R!!!

Time 2:36:54 AP 9:48

Left @ 5am and met Betsy and her dog Diesel. We ran almost 3 around home before we met up with Deb and her dog Hobbes and ran 8 with her. Went up Newcastle to the La Caille. That trail was my slowest mile cause it was pretty slick in spots. turned left on Wasatch for about .75 and turned left to go down Danish to Creek and up Highland. ran Deb home and stopped by my house to drop off my hat and headlight. sydney and Lizzie hadn't left for choir so I hurried and did Sydney's hair, sent Lizzie and Sydney off to choir, said goodbye to Jane, refilled my water bottle. Went back out with Betsy (who had gone home to drop her dog and change shirts) for 5(+ a little)  more. Legs were very tired at the end but today's run was so much nicer than Saturday's! Weather was great except for a headwind here and there. So grateful for clear streets on this long run. My feet were still sore in spots from Sat. run so I was a little worried but made it through okay today.

Need a nap today but still need to finish cleaning for our trip and have to host the 8 and 9 yr old girl scouts today. Yipee!

St. George run. Beautiful!

St. George run. Sunny!

Time 53:49 AP 8:58 (I think)

Treadmill run-Yasso 800s

 .50 Warm-up

Ran 800 meters (.50) in 4 minutes (7.3 on TM)

Recovered for .50

5 reps - last .50 was between 7.0-8.0

Slow treadmill run

1:19:50 AP Just under 10

Farthest I've ever run on the treadmill. Watched "Brewster's' Millions" on demand.

It's my daughter's 9th birthday today! Party!

Cross training day

Jillian Michaels-Banish Fat/Boost Metabolism-45 minutes

Brayn Kest Power Yoga 1-50 minutes

Time 43:48 AP 8:46 Splits: 9:10,9:14,8:58,8:14,8:12:)

6:15am outside. It was nice to start with daylight and no headlamp! NICE WEATHER!

Jackie Warner Upper body and ab workout- 30 minutes

Rest day. I just have to say that I got two new pairs of running shoes yesterday! Woo hoo!

Time: 2:32:38 AP 9:32

Splits 9:49,10:03,10:07,9:25,9:53,10:22,8:53,9:17,9:34,9:36,9:10,9:54,8:44,9:16,9:39,8:56!

Left @ 7am and went ALL BY MYSELF! Weather was great! I could have gone at 6am with Jill and Deb but didn't want to go that early and kind of wanted to go alone. My husband and I made a plan that I would run to the school in Draper where Lizzie had soccer practice this morning and he would drive me home. So...I ran around here for a 1.5 and then went up, took the road north of Newcastle and went all the way up and around down and turned left and went over to 94th. Went up Eastdell and turned left just south of the school (this is the route Lysa and I would run last year). Went up to the where the rooster crows and I start seeing lots of horses. Ran up to the top of Dimple Dell trail head and turned down dimple dell road. took it all the way around. Saw more horses and a REINDEER (fenced in). I had to stop, it was so cool. Ran all the way over east of the cemetery and to Lone peak elementary and over to Wasatch. Went down wasatch to 17th and turned right. Up a hill and all the way back to 106th. Turned left and went down to Carnation(10 east) and ran down to 123rd. Her soccer practice was a Sprucewood. Jeff and Lizzie passed me and honked and I still had a little under a mile to go when I got to the school so I ran down 123rd and turned right before 7th onto a side road where I finished. FUN FUN! Jeff drove me home. We stopped at Maverik for a chocolate milk. Now I'm going to eat some yummy oranges that came straight from the trees in CA yesterday! They are scrump!

Goodbye Asics Gel Nimbus, RIP (except for maybe a few more TM runs).

Time: 49:28 Interval training

TM run-HILLS

10 incline 8 times for appr.1 minute

Watched "Uncle Buck." Ha! Free movie on demand. 

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-50 minutes

Love the new shoes!

Time 1:05:55 AP 9:25

5:30am. Just me and the birds...in the dark. Wore my headlamp. Ya I heard the birds today cause I left my music at home. Quite a few hills in this run. More than usual on an "easy" Tuesday run. Might be taking the Mizuno's back cause my right foot is annoyed. I think the midsection/arch is too narrow for my feet. Someday I'll find a shoe I like and can stick with. Maybe.

Cross training

Jillian's Banish Fat/Boost Metabolism (kickboxing, plyo, strength training) -50 minutes

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 2- 50 minutes (harder than usual, fell out of revolving lunge pose early on the left side cause my qaud was tired from previous workout. probly should do yoga first next time.)

Time 52:08 AP 8:41

I was expecting rain or snow but the weather was great at 6:15am.

Yasso 800's - 5 reps I think I'm supposed to be doing these on a track but I did em anyway.

WU 1 mile in 9:05 

.50 in 8:29 (my goal was .50 in 4 min. I was running up hill the first two speed laps so I was a little over 4)

.50 in 9:31 (recover)

.50 in 8:48 (still uphill)

.50 in 9:21

.50 in 7:58 (down and flat)

.50 in 8:55

.50 in 8:00

.50 in 8:48 (recover :))

.50 in 8:02

.50 in 8:16 (just finishing up fast)

Rest tomorrow. Spectrum 10k race in sunny St. George on Sat!

BK Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes. Because "there's nothing more important than this!" Now I can get up and take on the rest of the day:)

Garmin time is 49:51 with AP 8:00. Official time was 49:49 with AP 8:01 so not sure why it says 8:02 but whatever.

PR! Splits-7:36,7:44,7:58, 8:04, 8:19,8:32, (ha ha, slower and slower) 7.11 for .23 (sprinting to the finish)

It was fun to run a race "with" my husband and we're both excited we'll be running the St. George marathon for the first time this year!!

It was a beautiful drive to Ivins with the sun rising and the big red mountain rocks at Snow Canyon. Weather was cooler than I thought it would be up the canyon. There were rain clouds and some wind at the start line, but it never rained. 

I guess we should have started more toward the front cause I spent the first 1.5 or so miles trying to pass people.

At mile 3 I noticed a cute, little, older lady in front of me that I was hoping to pass. I just couldn't seem to catch her. I sped up coming down that last stretch before we turned to the finish. I sped up more and started gaining on her. Then I sprinted to pass her. I did beat her by about 2 seconds. Kind of sad that I can barely beat a lady 20 yrs older than me. She was amazing!

It was a fun race. I'm too tired to write more details. Jeff had a great race and I'm proud of him! Oh, I think I saw RAD and Teena (teeny) Marie after the race but they have no idea who I am so I didn't say anything. Just admired from afar.

Jeff drove back to the trailer at Temple View Resort and I ran back. Had to run 17 miles today. It was a nice run but I took it way easy. The last 3 miles were tough! Time for the 10.8 was 1:53:23 AP 10:30. Fun to run on a paved path for most of it. Wish we had more of those here.

Time 58:45 AP 9:47

Treadmill run on very tired legs. No speed work today. Although I did speed up to a 7.0 on the last mile.

Much needed Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes

Time 1:17:23 AP 9:40

8 easy, slow miles. Legs still tired. 5:55am and cold again. Just me, some falling snow and  singing birds.  I wore my new Brooks thermal running pants I got at Wasatch on clearance. Glad to finally have warm pants to run in. No more freezing butt! Going to trade my Mizuno's for a pair of Brooks Launch @ shoe store today.

Cross training

Carried 8 40lb bags of salt from the car to the basement and poured in softener container.

Jackie Warner Total Body Circuit Training-40 minutes

Jogged on stair stepper while watching Biggest Loser-40 minutes

Time 1:12:21 AP 9:03

Left @ 6am. Was going to do speedwork/yasso 800's but there was too much wind. With some hills, the wind, snow flurries in my face, and soreness from yesterday's x training, just tried to push through it all and run fast. Love the Brooks Launch. Least expensive shoe I've bought. It's a lightweight shoe and it felt great to run in. I love the color. BLUE!

BK Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes

 GO COUGARS!

Time 1:55:49 AP 9:39

Left @ 6:30am and met Jill and Deb. Ran lots of hills. Guess it's good for me. Would someday like to run the JRP where it's nice and flat. Jeff would do that with me but not these ladies I don't think.

Chocolate milk and now a nice hot shower! Thinking of those running the 50 miler today. So amazing to me. Hope they're doing well. Excited to read race reports.

Time 44:40 AP 8:56

I actually ran farther cause I stopped my garmin to fix my ipod. Ran for about 4 min w/o it and fast too. I hate that. I went later today because my 13 yr old doesn't have school. There was a little blue sky and sun at the beginning of the run but it quickly disappeared. Hills were on the schedule for today.

Ran Falcon hill twice for a total of 3 1/2 min. Ran over to Flat Iron and ran those hills 3 times total of 3 min. Then ran up 17th which took appr. 1 1/2 min. So TUT (total uphill time) 8 minutes. Tried to run the whole run as fast as I could but it got harder at the end and the cold  wind didn't help. Got home just before it started rain/snowing.

Came home and couldn't find my weight lifting dvd. I started doing Jillian's 30 day shred (8-10 min) until my 18 month old pulled my weights dvd out of the VCR (why do we still have one of those?) that sits right under the dvd player. Apparently one of my other kids took my weights dvd out and just set it on top of the player so she grabbed it and stuck it in the VCR. I watched her pull a Monster's Inc dvd out of there and decided to check for the one I was looking for and voila!

So...Jackie Warner Upper body and abs cause after spending way too much time searching for it I didn't have time to do the whole thing. 30 min

Time 1:06:06 AP 9:27

"Easy" 7 @ 6am. I really didn't want to get up and go. Sometimes I wonder why I'm doing this. Why am I training for another marathon? Am I crazy for trying to run two in one year? I think I am. But I'm still gonna do it. I'm glad I got up and went this morning. Beautiful sunrise and clipped thumbnail shaped moon. I didn't even check the temp (thank goodness I dressed warm) but it was COLD!

BK Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes

cross training

JM Banish Fat/Boost Metabolism-50 minutes

Time 53:25 AP 8:54

6:15am and WARM outside! Woo hoo! Tried to do speed work but then pooped out because of stomach issues and then super tired legs. What's up with that? Maybe the plyo yesterday. Can't decide if I should do yoga later or take a nap. Feel a cold coming on.

Rest day

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1 -52 minutes

Need to run 18 tomorrow. Thinking about trying the JRP. Sick of running around here.

Time 2:58:53 AP 9:56

FIRST TIME RUNNING ON JRP! LOVED IT! 

First 9 miles were on JRP and next 9 were around home. Wish I could have stayed on JRP the whole time. Maybe someday.

Jeff and I left @ 6:30am and drove down to Gardner Village to run on the JRP. He needed to run 9 so we ran 4.5 out (north) and back. That was my first time running there and I really liked it. Jeff has run on JRP quite a few times and I wish I had tried it sooner. The sun rise was beautiful and the river, geese and other birds were really cool. There was a black bird with a bright orange spot on each wing. Is it mating season cause they were puffing up and making a ringing sound, like a cell phone ring. They were everywhere. The JRP run was slow and easy cause Jeff's just getting back in to running. It was fun to run together. His ipod died so we ran w/o music which I liked. Heading back south there was a head wind.

We then drove toward home and Jeff dropped me off at some park @ 114th and 17th. I used my music for this second half of the run. I ran east and hello wind! I basically ran part of my regular long route backwards. I ran up to the road that takes me over to dimple dell road. Ran that whole road and walked the very last steep part up to where I turn left and go past the trail head and down and turn left and go past where the rooster crows and down the Eastdell, turn right and then left down 98th? down the 17th and to Falcon where I finished under 3 hours. Not too bad.

It was windy but WARM!  Wore short sleeves and knee pants. Too bad there's a storm tomorrow but it'll warm back up. Gotta go shower for soccer games! Husband and kids are making "Good Eats" guys ice cream today. Excited to try it! Hope this makes sense and not too many errors cause i'm in a hurry! Good day all!

Time 54:33 AP 9:05 (I think)

Treadmill

I slept in this morning because I don't feel good and I'm really annoyed that it snowed.  Have a slight cold.

Switched between TLC and music.

1 mile warm-up @ 6.0

2 miles @ GP-6.7=8:57 pace

1 mile recovery, blah. didn't feel good -between 6.2 and 6.5

1 mile intervals -6.2 for 1min. 7.0 for 1min. and 7.5 for 1min. x3

1 mile starting @ GP and sped up a notch every .10. So went from 6.7-7.5 and finished at an 8.0 for 25 seconds.

3 sets of plank- 2 min, 1 min 30 sec, 1 min 15 sec.

Time 1:07:31 AP 9:39

Ssssllllooooowww 7 @ 6am outside. I dressed too warmly. Almost don't need my headlight anymore cause sun was coming up around 6:10. At the end of my run the sunrise was beautiful but being overtaken by gray clouds from the west. I'm trying to not be depressed about the forecast but can't stop thinking about how I don't want to run 20 this weekend in the snow.

BK Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes. Salvation.

cross train

Jillian Michaels- Banish Fat/Boost Metabolism-50 minutes

Time 52:58 AP 8:49

Tempo run on treadmill

1 mile warm-up (6.2-6.7) and the next 5 @ 6.8-8:49 min mile. Sped up gradually last mile to 7.5 and then did 8.0 for last 20 seconds. Supposed to be "comfortably hard" but at times it was DANG hard! Good for me though. I realized yesterday that if I were to qualify for Boston at either marathon this year I need a 3:50:59 time cause I'll be 40 in 2012. After this year I'll need a 3:45 flat. So it's either this year or...like 5-10 yrs from now. Again, just a dream, but something I've been thinking about nonetheless.

Just found out I'm staying at the Marriott right across from the bus loading area for the Ogden marathon. Sharing a room with my friend from Vegas! Woo hoo! AND Jeff (my husband) just registered us for St. George marathon this morning! Woo hoo! (Lys???)

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 50 minutes

rest day = cleaning, baking, staying in pj's all day. 

I keep thinking...where will I run 20 miles tomorrow? This weather SUCKS! 

Just watched the video on the STG Marathon website and I'm so excited to run it!

Time 3:17:33 AP 9:53 I'm actually impressed we got in under 10. Tough run.

HOLY COW! Glad that one's over. Heavy snow for most of this run.

Positives about this run: 1) I ran with Deb and Jill. 2)It was light out when we started @ 6:30am. 3) There was no wind! 4)I heard some birds to remind me it is spring! 5)Very hilly!

Negatives: 1)Ran in my old shoes cause didn't want to ruin my nice new ones. 2) Wet feet for the majority of the run. 3)Sore right foot for majority of run. 4) Blister and sores cause of wet feet for majority of run. 5) Very hilly!

Deb (and dog Hobbs), Jill and I ran the first 8 miles together. Up Newcastle and then up trail (mistake because running through the snow for that 3rd mile greatly contributed to wet feet problem but I was just following the crowd who were not planning on running 20) to Wasatch. Turned left and went up Wasatch and then turned down to neighborhood and down to Creek (don't know names of all the streets). Left on Highland and back up to Newcastle. We ran Deb home (not sure why cause she's running Ogden and hasn't done any runs over 1.5 hours but whatev) and Jill decided to run 20 with me. How nice! She's running Provo marathon 4 wks from today. We ran down past Falcon and up to 94th. turned left @ 17th and ran over past the library and then aaaaaaaaaaall the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up Sego Lily (huge hill). through the neighborhood and down to Eastdell for a min and then back up toward Dimple Dell. Turned left to go up to Wasatch before getting to the DD trail head. Back down where we came to Eastdell and down to 94th. Refilled my water @ 7-11 where I really wanted gatorade but didn't have $. Ran back home and Jill finished with me around home and then I drove her home. Fun! fun!

Here's the (shortened version) song I sang as we ran: "The sun'll come out...tomorrow...so you gotta hang on till tomorrow...come what maaaaaaaaaaaay! tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you're only a daaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Time 48:38 AP 9:43

Slept in cause this cold/allergies came back Saturday night. Just feel tired and headache and sort of a sore throat but not bad enough to not run.

Walked Josie around the mile block to soak in some SUN before her nap and then had to run on the treadmill.

Interval training-HILLS

Ran a total of 9 minutes at a 10 incline during this 5 mile run.

3 sets of plank- 2 min, 1 min, 1 min

After talking to Jeff @ lunch today I'm realizing my goal for Ogden marathon is to finish at 4 hrs or under (I already was planning on this). Then continue with speed work and training to qualify for Boston at St. George. It seems unrealistic to expect to cut 40 minutes off my marathon time from 1st to 2nd marathon in less than a year. I guess it wouldn't be impossible but... I think I could do it at St. George. I can't believe I'm typing this...saying it out loud...whatever. WAAAAAAHH!

Time 1:28:20 AP 9:48 

9 recovery miles @ 5:30am.

It was cloudy but the birds were singing loudly.

It was warm even though it looked like it might storm:)

Smelled like rain.

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-50+ minutes of salvation

Time 1:21:56 AP 10:15

Holy Cow that was hard. It was beautiful outside except for the wind. I left @ 12:30 and took Josie (18 mos) in an old jogger stroller that I borrowed from a friend. This was the second time I've ever run pushing a stroller. I prefer running without children. I needed to get up @ 5am this morn but I was too tired cause my 5 yr old was up with nightmares. It was great to be able to run in the sun and she slept the first half of the run, it's just hard to push that thing, especially with wind and hills. I'm glad I went. Legs are tired. I normally x-train today but I had to rearrange the schedule to rest tomorrow and do long run Friday cause we have to be in Springville for a baptism @ 9am on Saturday.

Loved the sun, the green, the flowers and Josie was great for sitting so long in the stroller. Oh, I ran past a girl (twice) doing yoga in her driveway. Mat, music and all. Lys, come over tomorrow and we'll do some Bryan Kest out front. I think we should start at 3pm for the biggest audience (I live across from a school). Really though, I have actually wanted to go outside and do it on sunny days but I've never dared. She inspired me and I think I might try it. Way to go girl!

Time 1:50:00 AP 9:10 ( hills)

Splits: 9:21,9:15,9:15:),9:28,8:50,9:43(huge hill),9:26,9:07,9:27,8:38,8:46,8:44. Tried to finish strong and it helped there were no more hills the last 3 miles.

5:30am. Cool temps, but no wind and no snow so I was happy. Looking forward to days of wearing less clothing while running...like...next week in St. George for SPRING BREAK!!!

Good luck to those running Salt Lake Half and Full Marathon! Excited to read race reports!

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes. Loveloveloooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvve!

Jillian Michaels Banish Fat/Boost Metabolism=sweat my freak'in butt off!-50 minutes

Time 53:58 AP 8:59

6:15am treadmill run. Opened the windows so I could hear the birds and smell the rain.

Yasso 800's

1 mile warm-up @ 6.0-6.5

.50 @ 7.5-7.6 (around 8mm) and .50 @ 6.0 to recover. Did this 5 times but the 5th time I recovered @ 6.0 for 30 seconds and gradually sped up to 8.5 to finish off.

3 sets of plank: 2:00, 1:20, 1:10

now for SPRING BREAK IN THE SUN!!!

Time 1:06:22 AP 9:29

Beautiful morning in St. George. Stayed at Las Palmas condos and had a great view from our condo of the beautiful greenness and red mountains. 80's all week and swimming at the pool everyday. Great vacation! 

Ran by myself around the condos and golf course (Sunbrook) area. Guess I should try the mountain bike trails right there but didn't. Ran up big hill back to the condo toward the end.

Time 59:51 AP 9:59

St. George run with my sister. She's training for her first half marathon in June. This was her long run for the week. Fun to run with someone else. Super fun to run with Ashley! Perfect weather. Ran up a couple of big hills. Good job Ash!

Time 3:17:48 AP 9:25

Beautiful. Long. Lonely St. George run. Jeff dropped me off in Veyo at 7am and the sun was rising.  I ran 9 miles of the marathon route, beginning with the big Veyo hill. It was me, my music, some cows, horses and road kill. That right turn around mile 7 was gorgeous as you turn and see snow canyon and run down a big hill. I tried cran rasp (I think) shot blocks during this run and liked them. At mile 9 I got to the top of snow canyon state park and got on the path. Very hilly path. There were some very steep downs and ups, esp toward the end. Maybe that trail is more meant for bikers. That was a long spell on that path. I think I was there until around mile 17? Turned to go toward Ivins on that path for a minute and then turned right and and left ran under the road and took a path down toward town. I refilled my water at a park around there. Took the path to Dixie drive which took me down past the condo. I stayed on Dixie cause I didn't want to run up the big hill. Ran to the fun park and had Jeff pick me up there. 21!!!!!!! Weather was perfect. It was cold in Veyo, I had on long sleeves over a tank and shorts on. I took off the long sleeves @ mile 10. The sun was up for most of the run but it was wasn't too hot. Always a nice coolness in the air. Loved running in St. George all week!

Time 46:24 AP 9:16

Did Bryan Kest Power Yoga first today-52 minutes (no yoga all last week, blah!)

Treadmill run. Will be doing a lot of those this week because I have to be at the school every morning at 7 for choir practice in prep for the performance. It'll all be over thurs.

So, ran a 6.0-6.5 to warm up for first .50 and then ran @ 6.5 the rest of the time with 5 minutes of TUT (total uphill time) 10% incline. Did a hill every mile and didn't slow down. Man it seemed like it took me forever to recover each time. I have a really hard time eating "clean" while on vacation (all last week) and I too much Easter candy yesterday.

I miss the sun and the 80 degrees:( At least it's nice and green here.

Time 1:14:53 AP 9:21 Recovery run

7am school choir+cold and snow=another afternoon treadmill run

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-52minutes

Jillian Michaels Banish Fat/Boost Metabolism-50 minutes

Just read a list of 5 things to do to tone your legs. Interesting that the first thing on the list is:

1. EAT WELL 2.squats 3.lunges 4.step ups 5.wall sits

I've done all these exercises and they are awesome! I'm just realizing more and more that I can exercise till the cows come home but if I don't eat "clean" I won't reach the goals I'm striving for.

It's almost warm outside today when the wind isn't blowing.

Time 54:58 AP 9:10

5:15am outside progressive tempo run

Haven't been up and out this early in a while. Had to cause today is one of the busiest days of my life! The weather was great. Smelled like spring. The moon was a bright clipped thumbnail and I could barley make out some light behind the mountains. The birds were singing loudly! Legs were a bit tired from yesterdays cross training.

WU 9:51, 9:40, 9:39, 8:55, 8:30, 8:25

Was supposed to leave @ 7am to run with friends but there was a FOOT of SNOW on the ground this morning. I was completely shocked! Had no idea it would snow that much. I texted them to go without me cause I didn't want to do another long run with wet feet.

So...10 mile TM run this morning in 1:37:30 AP 9:45. Longest TM ever but ya do what ya have to do.

Next 10 miles in the late afternoon with my husband. There was some blue sky out west and very dark, stormy clouds east. We ran right into a snow storm with a head wind. It didn't last long thanks goodness and the blue sky reappeared. Later it got quite warm and sunny and gorgeous! The trees are so pretty with the blossoms. It was cold and windy one more time for a while and then cleared up. CRAZY weather!!!!

So the second 10 took 1:35:27 in 9:33. Splits= 9:22, 9:44, 10:15, 8:48, 10:25(huge hill), 9:12, 9:44, 9:55, 8:59, 9:04

Last long run before the marathon. Next week's 14. I don't know if I'll do another spring marathon. This winter training is killer.

Time 46:36 AP 9:19

Interval training-HILLS (on purpose between both parks)

BEAUTIFUL morning. Love this weather.  Feeling great after my third 20 miler (sat). Only did one 20 miler in my training for my first marathon. Looking forward to Ogden.

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52mintues

Time 1:15:54 AP 9:30

This started out as a recovery run and ended as a race to get home to drive my daughters carpool.

It was warm, cloudy and looked like rain. I ran straight in to a strong head wind to start out. the first 4.50 miles were hills, wind, and ended with a dead end trail at the top of the bottom of the mountain:) I had to hurry home cause that all took too long. Here are my funny splits for "recovery run."

9:53, 10:10, 10:34, 10:49 (hello! dead end trail I had never been on ), 9:41, 8:21, 8:12, 8:18 (flat).

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 2! 51 minutes.

Cross training day.

Morning: Jillian Michaels- Banish Fat/Boost Metabolism- 50 minutes

Afternoon: Bryan Kest Power yoga 1-52 minutes

Time 1:14:24 AP 9:18

Splits. Weird run. 10:01, 10, 9:40, 9:04, 8:33, 8:53, 9:37, 8:35.

Went early and didn't feel too great. Headache and body soreness. I took another route I don't usually take that ended with more hills which is unavoidable around here. I guess I should have done speed work today but didn't feel like it. It was a clear, cool, beautiful morning. Not a cloud in the sky. I was heading east for the first few miles of the run and I turned to head west just in time to see the sun touch the snow capped mountains out west. Pretty pink color. Then later at the end of the run I was heading east in time to see the sun touching down on those mountains. Pretty cool. But the best part of my run was that right when I finished around home I saw my best bud LYSA come around the corner. It was so great to see her! We talked for a while before she went to finish her run. She is an amazing woman, sister, daughter, wife, friend, etc. She is a wonderful caregiver to her family members and she is awesome for that and many other reasons. Love you Lys!

Time 2:10:48 AP 9:21

JRP @ 6:15am with my husband Jeff. 2nd time ever running on the JRP. We started @ 72nd and went to somewhere in Taylorsville (James M Park?). This run was harder than I thought it was going to be. I know sometimes I complain about the hills around home but I'm always coming down/speeding up the second half of the run because of it. I tried hard to finish strong on this run but it was tough! I'm thinking I'm a little embarrassed that I even mentioned hoping to qualify for Boston in the near future. I'll be happy to get in around 4 hrs @ Ogden which was my goal anyway, but the rules change before St. George I found out so...no Boston anytime soon. Unless someone out there wants to be my coach and whip me into shape before St. George. I feel like I need a food coach and a running coach. Anyone?????:)

My fastest mile was a 9:01. I feel like I should be able to run faster than that at this point but...whatever! Can only do my best!

Favorites parts of this run=

*running with my husband

*seeing Teena Marie running with some tall guy. I almost called her name but thought "what if it's not her!" guess I should have cause I'm like 95 percent sure it was her.

*all the geese but especially the family of geese and the 8 or so fuzzy, baby chicks! so cute. When we came upon them Jeff switched sides to protect me from them cause I'm afraid of being bit (by the scary big ones protecting their little ones right)? I thought that was cute. Thanks honey.

*Awesome weather!!!!

And the all time favorite part of this run...

*A woman pushing her little DOG in a baby stroller. Never seen THAT before. So because I saw this today I have to tell you what I saw last night. I took my two youngest daughters to the playground. There was a woman there who took her DOG ON the playground. She walked the dog up the stairs, through the tube and up to the slide. I stood there with my mouth half open but kept quiet cause my 1 yr old was amazed by this dog. The dog sat right in front of the entrance to the two slides that my kids were trying to go down. She was talking baby talk and giving the dog treats. We were all just staring in disbelief and I was waiting for her to take the dog down the slide but it didn't happen. She walked the dog back the way they came and left. Not sure what that was all about.

I'm so grateful to be able to run at all and will stop complaining about not running faster!

Time 1:14:30 AP 9:18

Speed work. 5:30am TM run because of rain and wanted to see if I could pull off these repeats today. Also, can't run during Josie's nap time cause we have an appt. to get passports today.

Mile repeats x 5

1 mile WU @ 6.0 (10mm)

5 Mile repeats @ 6.7/6.8 (8:57/8:49)

Recovery after each mile for .50 @ 6.0

Last .50 I took it up to 7.5 to finish.

Training for a 4 hr marathon @ 9:10 AP for Ogden but hoping to come in a little faster:)

 Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes Need some sunshiny color on this gray, rainy Monday. At least there's a lot of beautiful green grass/trees coming from all this rain!

 And...it's official!

Time 1:22:59 AP 9:13

6 am Recovery run

I wonder if I'll ever get to wear capris/shorts and short sleeves in the morning. It was cool,  but beautiful morning with lots of clouds hanging out over the snow covered mountains. No rain during the run which I was a little worried about and I swear I heard a woodpecker. Kind of excited to start tapering:)

Any suggestions on what do to after Ogden to kick it into high gear to BQ @ St. George? K maybe that's a dumb question to ask on this blog.

Cross training

Total body circuit training with weights-40 minutes

Power Yoga-52 minutes

Plan on walking at least 2 fast miles around the big block with my daughter in the stroller. SO excited to see the sun again while driving carpool this morning! Hope it stays.

I guess I know what to do to BQ. (See yesterdays post) I'm wondering what to do for a training schedule between Ogden and St. George. Ogden is my 2nd marathon and I've been really strict in following a schedule for both marathons I've run. Like, I have the schedule printed and it's on the fridge and I follow it religiously. Wondering if other people do this or if you just try and run at least 8-10 miles a day during the week and a longer run on the weekend. Do I still have a cross training day w/o running and a rest day before long runs? I want to be smart and not run myself into the ground. BUT I'll do whatever it takes to try and qualify!

Time 52:30 AP 8:45

Tempo run 9:57, 9:24, 9:12, (flat and up) 8:05, 7:54, 7:57 (down and flat)

I started out slow and thought this might just have to be a slow run. I pinched a nerve in my back yesterday (left side) and it killed! The weird thing is, it was while I was driving! I turned to look right and BAM! What? I couldn't turn or bend down. I did the best I could the rest of the day. Then while I was bathing Josie it tweaked again! I think I cussed and seriously had to crawl out of the bathroom very slowly. I called to have my older daughter get her out of the tub. She (Josie) was worried about me and kept saying "Mom! Mom!" I was freaking out a little because this has never happened to me. A spasm, a nerve, I have no idea what this is. I slept okay. Got up to run and it was hurting a little when I first started but then gradually got better. So the entire time since this happened I've been praying it would go away. Please don't let this be something serious so close to the marathon. Please let this go away!!!

Well...running this morning seemed to help. I told myself, just run and do what feels good and don't look at the watch. (I did look when I started feeling better) I felt so good! I wore my first pair of capri tights and they're super comfortable. I think that helped me run faster:) The weather was beautiful! I wanted to have a great last tempo run before Ogden. Hopefully the pinched nerve thing will go away. I can still feel it but not too bad.

Time 1:20:01 AP 10:00

8 early and easy with Ashley and Emma. First time running with the two of them! Weather was AMAZING! Wore my trusty capri tights and a t-shirt FINALLY! This was Ashley's (my sister, on the blog) first 8 mile run ever and she was awesome!!! She is training for her first half marathon (Utah Valley) and I'm so excited for her! I'm also excited we can run together and look forward to more runs with these two. At mile 6 we ran into Lysa and it was so fun to run some with her. My sister Amber was supposed to come up from Traverse Mountain to run with us but couldn't. Sounds like we have enough to do a fun running group in the future for some long runs! Look forward to running again with all of you guys! Emma and Lysa are running Ragnar and I was sad to find out Lysa is running with another team because WE need her. We're looking for 2 more runners!!!

Loving this taper and looking forward to next week!

Time 45:33 AP 9:06

TM run-watched the shuttle take off

1 mile WU @ 6.0

4 miles @ goal pace 6.7

Last .5 I sped up gradually and ended @ 8.5 for about 10 seconds.

Upper body and ab workout (weights) 30 minutes

Will try to nap today, Wed. and Friday!

TAPER!!!

Early Power Yoga-52 minutes

Easy 3 Mile TM run in 28:48 (9:36)

Cross training

51 minutes of butt kicking circuit training dvd. 

Hopefully walking outside with Josie if it ever stops raining.

Time 18:12 AP 9:06

WU first.5 @ 6.0

Next 1.5 gradually sped up to 8.0.

2.........2........2,2,2!!!! (cheer)

I like what Scott on KSL said this morning about the weather...UNCLE!

Power Yoga-52 minutes

WOW! I can't believe I ran another marathon! I still think it's a crazy thing to do. Where do I start. This may be more embellished then people want to read but it's my only blog so I'm writing it ALL here:)

Splits walking through water stations. Bolded the one's I'm proud of- 8:47, 8:58, 8:56, 8:37, 9:14, 8:43, 8:36, 9:11,8:58, 8:56, 8:56, 9:22, 9:00,10:08,(mile 14 hill) 9:58, 8:53, 9:10, 8:52, 9:24, 9:27, 9:57,(mile 21-finally saw Allie)! 10:11,(why so slow after seeing Allie?) 9:16, 10:09,(so darn tired and wanting to walk but didn't) 9:37, 9:25, 8:55 (last .49) The last mile I replayed Mat Kearney's "Hey Mama" and that carried me to the finish line. I stayed with the beat even though it was so tough at that point.

My best friend, (since I was 2 yrs old) Cathy came up from Vegas to run this with me. Her husband and friend came with her. This was her and her husband's first marathon. They have done a lot of triathlon's and decided to try a marathon. She ran with an injured IT band (so running slow for her) that started hurting toward the end but she still beat me by a minute. Tough chick. Apparently her slow pace is my fast pace. She carried me through this marathon.

It was sprinkling when we came out to catch the bus at 5am. We were praying it would clear up and it did when we got to the top. We were let out in a wide open cow/horse pasture at the top where all the POP's were. I was seriously stepping over huge cow puckies, dungs, whatever you call them. There was mud too but I tried to keep my beautiful blue launches as clean and dry as I could:) There were fire pits all over and that was cool. Kept us warm till the start. I saw RAD and glidergirl so I introduced myself and they were really nice and friendly. They pointed out Teena Marie in one POP line and Smooth in another. Cool to see these FRB people in person.

We lined up with the 4hr pacer at the start and the sun was shining BRIGHT! It was a beautiful day for a long run. Cathy and I stayed together for most the run. After the first canyon we came down toward Eden I think and someone was blaring the song "Here Comes The Sun" from huge speakers. That was fun. We were flat for what seemed like forever and then rolling hills around the reservoir. I came upon RAD and Smooth around mile 11 I think. We passed them and I said hi to Rachel again and said "Hey Smooth you don't know me but I know you from the blog!" They ended up passing me at the half marathon water break while I waited for Cathy in the POP and I never caught them again.

We were still ahead of the 4hr pacer at this point and heading up the hill (14). Cathy and I decided to start using music at this point. Coming down the hill the pacer caught up and I stayed with the group coming down the hill to the canyon. LOVED this part. A nice cool wind and some downhill. I was loving this part. I stayed with the pacer until mile 18 I think. He cruised through that water stop and I never caught him again. UGH! I was getting tired!

I was looking for Allie starting at mile 18 and I'm pretty sure I saw her at 21 right? She was so cute and handed me a bag with jelly bellies! What a sweetheart (I was teasing and asked her to have jelly bellies when I saw and she actually did)! There was a guy with her and I said "Are you James?" Yes it was.  I asked if I could just stay with them and James said no, go run so I did. Ran back and gave Allie a hug. Love that girl:)

It was fun to run so close to the river. It was SO high and raging. Nice and shady but  I was getting tired and kept wanting more downhill for some reason. Cathy kept having to stop and stretch but she always caught up with me. I told her not to stay with me if she felt good. She said she was giving it her all! She must have had a little more to give cause she left me around mile 23/24 and I didn't see her again till the finish line. It was nice and shady along the path and it was nice to run with the water beside. The problem with walking through the water stations toward the end is that I wanted to keep walking. I got a yummy, small otter pop at mile 24(?) and just ran through the last water station right before the mile stretch home. The last 3 miles on that path and home I just tried to give it all I had. I wanted to finish strong no matter how tired I was! I cranked the music and got in the zone! I was passing quite a few people. I passed two guys who were walking on the last mile who were cussing/talking to themselves. Looked like they were cramping up. I just pushed as hard as I could. Like I said earlier, stayed with the beat of "Hey Mama" and ran as hard as I could! I was hoping to be closer to 4 but I'm really happy with my time. 23:40 faster than my first marathon. PR!

2 slow miles without music or garmin. Perfect weather. Wasn't raining while I was out, just moist, lush and GREEN! Still feel'in it in the quads.

15 min upper body weights

Time 30:07 AP 10:03

Splits-10:19, 10:06, 9:44

Super enjoyable run outside with some super enjoyable weather! It's been a long time since the sun was shining down on me for a morning run. Felt great!

20 min. circuit training with Marco Reed (on demand)

Going to mow the lawn now and it's 8:20am. Hope I don't wake anyone up.

Time 38:37 AP 9:39

TM run in the afternoon (lazy, wanted to sleep in) followed by Power Yoga for 52 minutes.

50 min. 10 AP

Beautiful morning! Have a GREAT day!!!

1:30:31 AP 10:04

Nice and easy run with 2 of my sisters, Amber and Ashley, and Ashley's friend Jenny. Nice and easy except for when Ashley challenged me to a race up the steepest hill on the route (Eastdell) and I freak'in kicked her butt! Maybe next time Ash:) All of these girls are running the UV half marathon. It's Ashley's first half marathon!!! It was fun to jump in with them on their training. Great weather! Wish it would continue throughout the weekend. Great recovery week! Legs are a little tired right now but I feel great!

 Power Yoga-52 minutes

Time 54:11 AP 9:02

8:57,9:09,8:59,8:56,9:16,8:56

HILLS....STEEP HILLS.... with some resting in between.

Time 1:03:48 AP 9:49

Recovery run. Down granada, up waters, up falcon way, down alta canyon, up highland.

Jillian Michaels 6 week/6 pack-37 minutes

Time 40:04 AP 9:35

10:21, 10:03, 9:18, 8:46

Love this beautiful weather!!!

Total Body Circuit training-40 minutes

I don't have sweat dripping from a ponytail but I agree with everything else.

Time 1:00:01 AP 9:19

Didn't want to get up and go but I'm glad I did. I'm sore from cross training but felt fine running. Don't know if I'll go tomorrow morning cause I'm going to the zoo with the kindergarten:) Yipee!

Power yoga-52 minutes

The weather outside is perfect!!!

Rode 5 miles on my daughter's bike! I didn't realize it was an adult bike and I just needed to raise the seat. I haven't ridden a bike in a long time and it was so fun! It was hard too. I was huff'in and puff'in. I'm gonna be sore in the seat area too:)

Walked 2 miles pushing Josie in the stroller up 2 flat iron park hills. 

Time 1:39:18 AP 9:56

Ran @ 6:20 with Amber, Ashley, Emma and Ashley's neighbor Lori who is getting back into running/training for SGM. Gorgeous weather! Super fun run. Nice and easy. Grateful to be healthy because I'm surrounded by sickies and people who are injured. Counting my blessings!

Congrats to my sister Ashley on her first 10 miler! She and Amber are running UV half marathon. Ashley's first half marathon ever! I might be running it with her cause Jeff has been sick and not running. Jeff was jumping in for my bil who dropped out of training. If he (my husband, Jeff) does run it, I'll be at the finish line cheering for everyone!

Time 1:03:01 AP 9:00:) route = up, down, flat.

Shorts @ 6am yoo hoo!!! Beautiful morning! I was thinking "Jeff should be out here this morning cause it'll be too hot later" and then I saw him at mile 4. It was fun to see him on my run. There were a lot of people out this morning actually.

Power Yoga-52 minutes

Time 1:16:42 AP 9:35

Easy 8 @ 6am with Jeff. So nice to have him with me. He's planning on running the half. I'll be @ the finish line with the kiddos:) Gorgeous morning! 

Drove to the middle school twice this morning cause my daughter slept in so I drove the carpool and then drove her a little later. Can't believe school's out again. Another year gone (they're all growing up too fast),  they're also all home all day.... no more alone time in the pm while Josie naps and I do yoga, etc...etc....it's an adjustment.

Upper body and ab workout-35 minutes

Time 57:58 AP 9:40

Another beautiful morning. Another beautiful run (mostly with Jeff). This past week I've been feeling a "growing pain" in my right quad. I don't know how else to describe it. It's sort of an aching that I have to shake out. It comes and goes. Weird. 

Also, I may not even be at the finish line (UV) this Sat. now cause Lizzie has a soccer tourney. Sad for two of my sisters who trained for it and are now injured so one is for sure not running and the other is still deciding. Glad the third sister, Ashley is healthy and running her first half marathon! Go Ash!

Time 37:14 AP 9:19

9:52, 9:52 (ha!), 9:01, and 8:29

Bee-u-ti-ful day!

Power Yoga-52 minutes and I hear/feel my body thanking me.