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Beautiful Corner Canyon with Ry :)

mountain biking: 60 minutes

trail running: 30 minutes

Hey, quick question: Does anyone know what you call a man who never passes gas in public?

Answer: A private tutor!!!!! :) :) :) (Get it??? "Toot"-er!!!!)

Here's to a good week everyone! :)

STINK!!! Set my alarm for 5:30 p.m. instead of 5:30 a.m. and had no Sophia to wake me up for a run because she had a meet on this evening (which she ended up doing amazing at). :)

2 miles easy with Smo

5 miles by myself with 5 x 800s in the middle (3:26, 3:26, 3:22, 3:20, 3:16)

8 miles: 6 with Ry, 2 with Smo

7 miles (5 miles, AP 7:31 by my lonesome, 2 easy with Smo)

14 miles (long run for the week: 9 with Ry and 5 by my lonesome, AP 8:21)

Really missed my 2 miles with Smo today. Tomorrow is the All County Championship meet for her and we decided for her to rest (she wanted to run but was having some aches in her left calf muscles so I made her rest just to be safe). I think it paid off because she had an AWESOME meet. (See tomorrow or her race report.)

TODAY, however, was the All County Championship meet for the twins (they separate the meet into two days: 6-10 year olds today, 11-18 year olds tomorrow).

The twins did FANTASTIC!!!

Livvy ended up doing better than she was expecting and placed in the top 50% on all her races which was AWESOME!!

Sherm took one first and two seconds. If we could talk him into training the way Sophia does he would be unstoppable (of course, I am slightly biased). :)

50 meters, 1st place (7.62 sec)

100 meters, 2nd place (14.3 sec)

200 meters, 2nd place (30.61 sec)

8 miles, AP 8:15, with JohnnyV and Josh on the JRP before Smo's track meet. Great company!!! SO FUN TO RUN INTO KATHIE AND KIMMIE ON THE TRAIL!!! :)

Sophia KILLED it today in the All County Championship meet!!! She set a personal best in both of her races and looked AWESOME. :) :) :) To read her report look here http://sophia.fastrunningblog.com/blog-All-County-Championship-Meet/07-13-2013.html .

Smo's results:

The mile/1600 meters, 1st place (6:21.3)

800 meters, 1st place (2:51.58)

It's really fun to watch her in the mile because often times they combine the 11-14 year olds and get it done in one swoop. When they do that Sophia looks SO tiny. Not only is she 11, but she is a small 11. I think it is because she is so tiny that the crowd loves her so much. Today not only did she take first for her age group but the only girl that beat her was a 14 year old. She passed up another 14 year old in the very last second. My heart was beating so fast!!! :) :) :)

So here's the crazy thing: I've been looking online at how fast an 11 year old girl should run a mile. On several sites the break down percentiles for 12 year olds (Sophia is 11 and 4 months). All of them same about the same thing, here is an insert:

RUNNING TIMES FOR GIRLS

On average, girls tend to run slightly slower than boys of the same age. A 12-year-old girl will fall in the top half of her peer group if she's able to complete her mile run in 11 minutes, which is more than two minutes slower than the median time of her male counterparts. For a girl to fall into the 75th percentile and achieve a time that could be considered truly good, she needs to run the mile in nine minutes and 15 seconds. The time gap between boys and girls narrows as the runners get closer to the top percentile. For a girl to be in the 100th percentile of her peer group she needs to run the mile in six minutes and 22 seconds, which is less than a half minute slower than the top tier of boys.

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Maybe I am being just a silly momma but DANG I am in awe of my Smo!!!!! (I know I sound like I am bragging, and I am not trying to sound that way, but I can't help myself!!!)