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Nice walk with the hubs in beautiful Eden.

I am surprised that I feel pretty dang good. Some moderate right hip tightness but that is it. Nice. :)

1500 meter swim: Nice and easy. I can tell that I am out of swimming shape -- but that is to be expected. :)

I feel really good today. My legs feel fine and the right hip tightness is very mild (barely noticeable). I feel as if I could run with no problems. The physical therapist in me is being more cautious acknowledging that 26.2 miles of racing definitely takes a toll on the body. I am committed to waiting at least a couple more days before running/jogging. Possibly waiting even until Friday. :)

Happy Monday, All. :)

45 miinutes spin bike: moderate to pretty decent resistance

ST: core (needed that) :)

My body does not feel like a ran a marathon on Saturday. Does that mean that I did not push hard enough?? But I really struggled the last few miles. I don't get it. But I will take it. :)

morning:

elliptical: 45 minutes (15 minutes easy, 15 minutes moderate, 15 minutes hard)

ST: glutes/hip

evening:

circuit training ---

3 sets of:

- jump rope (double feet) x 75 hops

- box jumps x 10

- lunges x 50

- bicycle crunches x 25 (each side)

- dumbbell T pushups x 10

* My goal is to get to 6 sets of these in less than 30 minutes. Lots of work to do to get there.

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On a side note: My internship deals primarily with patients with spinal cord injuries. However, I worked out a deal with another therapist that whenever there is a cancellation I can help him out. He deals primarily with individuals who have traumatic brain injuries or amputations. I had no idea how deeply I would fall in love with working with individuals with amputations who now are learning how to use a prosthetic or manage a residual limb (I had one patient that I helped in home health care, but not at this level). Wow! I did not see that coming. I have talked to my clinical instructor about this and she is arranging for me to spend a couple Tuesday mornings working with prosthetic companies and learning about the various prostheses. I am the luckiest girl in the world!!!

30 minutes elliptical

3 easy miles

14.2 miles on the Wahsatch Steeplechase course (except for the little section that we got lost on) with my Ry.

Felt even more difficult than last time!!!! Hoping that is a byproduct of the marathon 6 days prior. Starting to wonder if I have any business running this race!! It'll be a challenge for sure. :)

Finally finished our run and headed to Moochie's for a yummy sandwich when we got word that my hero (my grandpa) had just passed. He had become suddenly ill a few days prior. Our family had made arrangements to head to Richfield the next day after the kids' track meet.

There is a giant hole in my heart that I don't know how to deal with.

I have been asked to speak at the funeral this Thursday. Each time I sit down to write I cannot stop crying. Can hardly believe how lucky I am to be his grand-daughter.

Until I see you again, Grandpa. Peace. I love you the mostest.

No running for me today.

Only Sophia and Oliver wanted to compete in the USATF youth development meet at UVU. Sophia had just run super hard on Thursday running the fastest mile in her entire school other than one boy who she has been trying to beat all year. She cut the gap to 2 seconds this time which is awesome!!!! Not bad for a tiny little 5th grade girl! Unfortunately it took a small toll on her today. She still ran tremendously but was off by quite a bit compared to two weeks ago. She also started running with the Murray Track club so it has been her first week in a LONG time that she has run every day. :)

Sophia (11):

1500 meters, 6:27.03 (1st)

400 meters (Not sure of her time -- once again they have screwed her time up with this one. She won her heat but there were two heats and they had some smokin' fast girls in the other heat ... so I'm guessing she was third or so overall.)

800 meters, 3:13.93 (3rd). She was definitely worn out!

Oliver (10):

100 meters, 15:06 (1st). Head wind.

200 meters, 33:11 (1st). Head wind.

** We really need to get Sherm (Oliver) some running shorts. He has been running in his big baggy basketball shorts. He is SO much fun to watch. The muscles in his face are so relaxed and they move with his lips when he runs. It looks freaking AWESOME!!! :) :) :)

I miss my grandpa. Everything reminded me of him today.