I went to the rec. center because I slept in again!   I only had 45 min. left till the daycare closed so I ran 3 miles fast on the treadmill, then ran stairs for 10 min. and did some weights for my legs (to see if I can fix this painful knee).  I wish I was running outside!   I did 10 on Sat. and my knee was bugging me.

Ran with the group today, watch alarm did not go off so I only made it for 3/4 of the workout.  We ran a sick hill relay then a nice long cool down.  I could never run like that alone so I am always so thankful for the group, only did 5 miles!  I did my first road bike ride in a couple months today, felt so good except for the hurricane force winds.  We did 18 miles, can't wait for spring!

Rest day, bouldered 2 hrs. at gym.

Slept through alarm again, I was so mad!  I was even going to go at 5:15 and get the extra miles in.  Not only did I sleep in but I woke up to snow!  I ran around a bit till I found the group then did a 2 mile tempo run with them, felt so hard!  Then we did a mile or so cool down and I stayed after for another couple miles to get a full 7.  My left ankle and knee are still bugging me from the Moab race.  Makes me wonder if I really want to do a 50k trail?? 

Rest day (from running) -Rode my road bike on my trainer for 45 min. guessing around 16 miles?  

I really wanted to do the 20 mile run with the BBK's but my husband failed to inform me he was going snowmobiling at 6:30 a.m!  So I decided to go skiing with my boys and run later.

I wanted to do a trail run so I left the boys with my brother after skiing and did a run in the canyon.  It was suppose to be a long trail but after 20 min. I started to see Mnt. Lion (or very large dog) tracks in the snow and got super scared!!   There were no other human footprints and no one else in the area so....  I turned around and ran back to car as fast as I could carrying a very large rock in one hand and my car key (as a weapon) in the other.   I then drove back to the city and ran another 6 miles on the canal roads (I figured I was pretty safe from animal attacks there).   It was a great run but not as long or hard as I hoped for.  

just ran 5 boring miles on the tredmill, I hate that thing!   I really tried to go fast as possible to get it over with.  I don't know how you guys run 10 miles on that awful thing!

skied instead, yahooo!

I missed the running group yesterday so I made myself run alone, in the dark today!  It's so hard to get up when my body knows it's really 5 not 6 a.m.    I felt terrible today too!  I did not sleep well,  and I have not been drinking enough water at all lately and I hope that's why I felt so bad.  I made it about 7 miles then went home and tried to go back to bed, no such luck in our house!   I did run into Peggy out on the road and another friend so that was kind of fun.  

Met the group and ran some hills, lots of hills.  I like hills but I had had enough by the end.  I was late agin so I did 5 with the group and 3 extra after.  My 3 after were pretty slow with some more hills thrown in.  I read some 50k training plans yesterday and they said to get really used to hills, even walking hills so that's what I did.  I need to do some long runs back to back as well, soo fun!  I hate training, I only like racing but I guess it's the price we have to pay right?

Rest day, climbed 2 hrs.

I was going to do the long run with the BBK's but decided to ski one last day instead.  We went backcountry for 6 hrs!  I am worked!   We hikes superior and skied the backside into upper days 3 times then took a run down flagstaff.  The snow was fluffy and deep, best day of the year!   I can't believe what a workout that is, I really thought I was in pretty good shape but it felt super hard!  I've given myself 10 miles.

I don't know why I feel so bad on Mon. mornings but i always do!  Is it all the junk I eat on Sunday?  I took it easy, did 5 miles in 45 min.  around my neighborhood course.   My legs feel a little heavy from Sat. but not sore.   I'm going to take it easy this week and bike alot because of Moab on Sat.

I finally made it to running group on time!  I just need to get there at 5:15 for extra miles now!  We did 6 miles of hills, sprints, fartleks and other fun stuff.   I felt much better then yesterday but still dehydrated.   I have to make myself drink more somehow.   I came home and even had time to stretch and do some sit-ups and pushups before the kids woke up, yea!  

rest day, climbed 2 hrs at the gym

I slept in today and rode with a cycle club tonight-20 miles, they said it was an easy ride but they were not taking it easy!!  We did 20 in an hr. I was pooped!  not smart to do right before Moab when i'm trying to take it easy but i was the only girl on the ride and couldn't let them drop me!  Adding my biking miles is really going to mess up my running total milage- any ideas?

I need to do an easy run tomorrow now to get my legs running again.   I'm nervous about Moab.  I want to get a good time but I don't know if I'm in fast mode right now.   I should juts take it easy and run with my brother but I know I won't be able to do that mentally.   Oh well here it goes.

Do you know how bad I wanted to do my little easy 3 mile run today?   My baby woke up at 6:30 am.m so i missed my running time.  I waited till the other 2 were awake and made them go on a bike ride while I ran along side.   We ran around and around horseshoe cir. till i made 3 miles.  They were tired and getting bored so I'd have to push them and pull them and race them and anything I could do to keep them going.  It was kind of pathetic but it's so nice to be outside and felt so good to do an easy run.  Off to Moab.

Well the Moab half is over and it wasn't pretty.   I was hoping to get under 1:40 but that wasn't in the cards.   I was one min. faster then last Moab but 10 min. slower then my last half.  I'm not sure what happened but my legs were like lead!  I just had no umph!     I usually feel great on this race and try to sprint through the finish but this time i almost crawled through.  I did not take it easy enough the week leading up to the race.  i did not over run but i backcountry skiied and biked really hard which was really dumb.  I was so thirsty the whole race too, I could not get enough water.  I am o.k. with my time which was 1:44:37 I am just upset with hoe bad i felt, I was mentally gone too, I wanted to quite and just walk so bad which i haven't felt in a while.   I went out really fast (for me)  my first 4-5 miles were around 7 min. miles and my last couple were 9 min. miles- not good!   My husband says I'm taking this way too serious but it bothers how bad I felt.  Seems like a lot of work to have a bad day.  Oh well, I have another race next Sat. so I'll try again.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated and advice on what to do this week to try to recover and get ready for next sat. too.  I did see Kelli which was nice but she took off and I could not catch her.   My brother who weighs 250 did his first half in 2:45 I was very proud of him. Running along with him to his finish really made me remember what running is all about and why I love it so much.  It's really about just pushing our own limits whatever they may be and over coming them, right.  

Rest day.  I got myself  a little post race massage, wow!  I should do that more then once a year or two it felt great!

I went to running group today but i should have probably just run a couple miles alone.  Luckily Kelli and Walter were taking it easy too so I was not completely alone.   I still feel a little sore and tired from Sat.  

rest day, climbed 2 hrs. at the gym

Darn this snow!  I love snow but once you've had spring it really stinks!  I just went to the climbing gym and ran 6 miles on the tredmill and did a yoga class.  I'm trying to take it easy for this race on Sat.

rest day, skied at snowbird!

I was too tired and lazy to blog yesterday so here's my report.  The day was perfect!!!  The weather was perfect, shorts and tank top weather finally!  I had a good friend to run with, the course was awesome (2nd favorite race, ever!).  If you have not run on the island you have to!  The trails were so nice, singletrack, a little sandy, a little muddy, a little steep just what you look for in a trail race right!   I felt great too, way better then last weekend in Moab- not sure why.  I slept better the night before, I rested better the week prior, I ate better the morning of the race and I think I just love trail running!  If I was not in the potty when the gun went off I think I could done even better (my only complaint about that race, only 2 porta potties, ouch!).  There was also only one aid station which turned out to be just fine, I carried water and gu and it was all I needed.   So I started the race in the back of the pack -due to the potty stop and had to do a lot of passing.  The first mile or so was uphill and there was not much room to pass.   I also decided after Moab to take the first 1/2 easy and last 1/2 fast.    I ran with my friend and we chatted and it was so nice, the scenery was beautiful and we actually did see a whole herd of buffalo.   I tried to keep it slow but it was very hard, I hate getting passed.  I remembered every one was passed me to see if I could pass them later.  Around mile 7 or 8 there was a huge  hill, lots of switch backs, it felt great though, I don't mind the hills (thanks to peggy and cheryl!)  I decided at the top of that hill I would take off and see what I could do the last half.   I finally caught and passed everyone that passed me and then about 8 more women and 2 more the last mile.   I felt great and wished I'd gone faster at the start (but mabye i would not have felt so good at the end, who knows!)  I looked at my watch a couple times the last few miles and I was under 7 or a little above.   I don't know the rest of the splits because I'm not that high tec. and there were no milage signs to go off of.   I ended up 9 women overall and 4th in my age group, I think the results are not up yet.  I'm not sure how many were racing either.  It was overall an excellent day, I will do that race for sure next year, mabye even the 50k if I'm feeling really tough.  It is just two laps of the course i did.  Today I cannot imagine doing that course twice unless I walked a lot, all the hills for sure!  I'm just happy I felt good and am getting scared for my 50k in May. (the race was 16.1 miles and we did an easy 4 to make it 20 after the race).

I rode my bike on the trainer this morning 30 min. i'm guessing 10 miles i really have no idea.  i read that a nice slow paced non impact workout the day following a race is the best way to recover, we'll see.  P.S.  Good job to all of you who ran Riverton, you are all so dang fast, I'm proud to run with you all.

Can you actually catch a sickness through the blog? Because I woke up this morning with a terrible sore throat and just know it's strep again.  RAD gave it to me, somehow!  I'll blame her anyway-just kidding.  I do feel sick though so I decided at 5a.m. to sleep instead of run and i did till 8 am!  I must be sick, yuck!  I will hopefully be back Thurs..

I felt sick again this morning so I did not run outside (plus it was a total blizzard!).  I got into the gym to run on the tredmill in the afternoon.   I ran 2 easy then got bored and anxious and did 2 more fast.  Felt great, legs are feeling recovered and ready to go.   Still just a sore throat in the a.m. 's.  Don't know what that is?  Then I climbed for 1 1/2 hrs. till it was time to get the kids.  I'm praying for SUN! 

Woke up to go to running group and felt really sick.  I ended up in the E.R. later in the day with some issues.  The nurse did some tests and said "are you a runner?"  I thought wow, you noticed, thank you"!  It kind of made my day that at least by my heart rate and blood pressure she could tell I was a runner.  Even if i haven't felt like it this week!  It does sure make me feel good to know all this running is doing my body good.  Just thought I'd share that.  I think the diagnosis was not strep throat like I thought, but yes to akindney stone and some other things all at once,  not a fun day!  

I was going to run 10 today but the weather was crappy!  I woke up to snow (again) and was still feeling the effects of my cold.  I forced myself to go out anyway but only went 6 miles.  I ran nice and slow and despite the weather it was good to be out.  I want it to be spring so bad!  I have no more motivation to run in cold and snow.  Knowing Utah it will be 80 next week and I'll be complaining about the heat!  I have to kick it up for the next three weeks and start getting some 40 plus mile weeks.  

I was going to run today but got a call from a friend who wanted to do a road bike ride and I couldn't resist.  We rode 20 miles,  kind of a mellow ride just so nice to be out in the sun, yea!!!    Now if it would last more then 1 day.  Think I may ski tomorrow instead of running group- have fun everyone, I feel like I have not seen you all forever!

I was going to ski but due to avy danger we ran instead.  We ran up signal mnt. it ended up being a 6 mile run but took 1hr. and 30 min.   It was muddy and snowy and steeep but so fun.  I really need to increase my milage though or I'm going to be in trouble!

Made it running group but not to the early miles (maybe next week).  We did 2 5k's ran the first one  semi easy-had a nice chat with eric.  We did 24 min.  The next one i ran hard and chatted with Michelle, we did it in 23 min.  Then I did 2 extra to get to 8 miles.  I went skiing the rest of the day and am now very worked!  Hope to get in 12 at least on Sat. then bump up the milage next week.

I ran with a group of BBK's today.  It was a great run, great weather, great company-made it go by fast.   We were also going really fast!  We finished in 1:30 and I think our avg. pace was 8-8:15.  I was excited to keep up since the last time I ran with them I did not!

The weather was so nice to day I had to take advantage of biking weather-it looks bad the rest of the week.  I only had 45 min. so I rode hard and did lots of hills.  Made it 13 miles before I had to come home.  I don't know why biking feels so much harder then running, my legs felt tired and heavy.  

I finally made it to the early miles today and was able to get 9 total.  I'm trying to get high miles this week since I'm 5 weeks from my 50k.  I'm doing a 24 miles run on SAt. though so I don't know how hard to push it.  I felt terrible today, stomach ache and just yucky!  Luckily we ran pretty slow and mellow today.  I think it's the antibiotics I'm on right now.  

Did 6 with group, not hard, not easy, felt much better then Tues.  Decided to only do 6 b/c of the long run this weekend.  I'm excited but scared!

Ran the West Rim trail in Zion with Mindy. We decided due to snow and mountain lions to start from the park and run 13 out to Lava Point trail head and 13 back. It was steeeeep, long, snowy, muddy and hard! It was also beautiful and very fun. I did not eat enough in the a.m. and felt low on energy all day. I carried a camel back which hurt my shoulders and bugged me all day-can't decide the best way to carry water. We stopped at 13 and ate a clif bar which really helped, I needed some real food. I ate a yogurt and banana in the a.m. and it was not enough. I also had aome power gel and some jelly beans which were fun to eat and kept my mind off the tired legs. It was to much uphill walk-running and not enough just running. The downhill was so great but from Angels Landing down it was so steep and my legs were done! I think Sapper joe will feel nice and level after this run.

ran 4 miles after taking the whole week off, felt slooow today.   It's so hard to take time off to recover, I feel so weak when i start up again.

Long-semi slow, sunny bike ride we did 20 in an hour and 30 min.  Riding with friends who like to visit while they ride, what?

Felt terrible this morning but wanted to be outside running again.  First mile was so bad, I actually had to stop and walk for a min. I think I'm getting strep again, I feel sick!  The run got better and better, my avg. pace was 9:00 so I felt o.k.  By the end I felt great, funny how that works.  I have a sore throat now (the air was cold today) but feel o.k.  I need to do another high milage week, for me that's still only about 35-40 miles.

I'm still feeling really tired so I decided to sleep in and run later in the day.  Luckily my Mom was around to babysit!  I ran 6 miles on the BST up behind the capital.  It was a beautiful day, so green up there!  The hills are steeep though.  I forgot how much I like running in the sun instead of the dark!  i took it easy because my heart is still skipping beats and i felt great.

Met the BBK's ( only a small, lonely group of us) at Daybreak.   We did a mile tempo and 2 2 miles tempos and i stayed after for some miles.  I'm still to tired to go early.   I felt good, our pace was pretty fast, 8 and under every time I looked.   A beautiful morning, perfect temps and Daybreak is a great place to run- nice hills, no traffic and cute little houses to look at.   Off to Moab to do another long trail run this weekend. 

Ran the Poison Spider bike trail while my family 4-wheeled it.  I would so much rather run-even in the rain!  It was a beautiful day, perfect weather, sprinkled on and off, just enough to cool me off.  My Garmin stopped working but based on the book and my time i think I ran 10 miles.   My left knee was bugging me a little and my right ankle is bruised from some new shoes-hope they all heal up quick!  I wanted to keep running but I had to get in the car and help with screaming kids.  I love running in Moab, I always want to run forever because it's so beautiful!!

An easy slow 4 miles, I feel so crappy on Mondays!  I knew I had a terrible day of cleaning the house and car after the trip so I took it pretty easy.  My stomach is also messed up due to the antibiotics again so I didn't feel great.  I'll go hard tomorrow.

I slept through running w/ the group yesterday so I had to make up for it today.  I usually climb Tues. afternoons and lately after running I'm to tired to climb well so I just climbed Tues. instead.    I ran 10 miles of trails today well can you call the canal trail a trail, close enough.   I have been slacking on the liage and my race is almost here so I thought I'd do 10 today and 10 tomorrow and see how that goes.    I also have to run long on Sat. then time to taper.   My knees felt great, feet felt great still just kind of slow and tired feeling.   It took me 1:30 min to run 10 miles- ouch.

I gave myself 10 threshold miles because it was my threshold!  Got there early for the "warmup" which was faster then my normal pace, 3 miles at 8.30 pace.  Then we met with everyone and did 2 more 5k's.  First was super fast, limit Julie said we did it in 22 min, 7:40 pace (I think).  The third one- i was feeling yesterdays run kick in and my legs were tired.  I tried to keep up with Julie for the whole lap, it was a little slower around an 8 pace.   It was a good workout, it reminded me why I go to running group, to get my butt kicked!

Did an awesome mnt. bike ride up rose canyon Fri. p.m. with hubby.  Felt great, i love mnt. biking!  I forgot how fun the downhill is!

Decided to sleep in and run by myself today.   Was up to late to get up before 6 a.m.   I ran my temple loop, 10 miles.  I tried to keep my pace under 8:30 and I was most of the time, under 8 all the way home from the temple.  My legs felt tired from this week but the temps were great and I was happy to be running.  This was a really high milage week for me, not for you other BBKers I know.   Excited to start tapering for my 50k in 2 weeks!!

I got into St. George, I don't know if I'm excited or not!!??   I may be so sick of running by October!  I rode my bike 10 miles today with 2 kids in the trailer.  Up to daybreak, around the lake and back.  Remind me to never do that ever again!  It was so hot and so hard!  A babysitter is so well worth the money. 

I really have no idea how far we ran today.  I was in a time warp!  We ran on the track and I forgot my Garmin.  We just kept going around and around.  Some fast laps, some slow.  Felt kinda sick today, not sure why.  I just took it east, I'm going to try to do a long trail run thurs. to break in the new shoes.  Just a fun relaxing run with good company.  The stairs were fun too, thanks to Eric and Cheryl.

My alarm did not go off andI stayed up late (went to angels and Demons, awesome movie!).

So my punishment was a run all by myself, in the hot sun, and having to pay for a sitter.  I went 3 miles up 98th to a trail that went for about 2 miles then back.  I could have gone farther but a big dog scared me away!  I am getting scared for my 50k.  I did not train enough, not enough miles and now it's too late.  I'm feeling tired and slow and unmotivated and it's bad timing!   

Did a nice mellow, road bike ride today.  Legs feel tires, so much for tapering!  I should have stayed in bed then did yoga but oh well it was such a nice morning.  Going to the swell for some canyoneering this weekend, not very restful either.

Ran the JRT with the BBK's.  Took it very easy, only 4.5 miles.  Felt great, nice to see everyone and hear about Ogden.  Walked half a mile with the dog and stretched when I got home.   I like taking it easy!  I'll do a short trail run thurs. and try the new shoes.

I got to try out my new LaSportiva trail runners today on the pipeline trail in Millcreek.  Lucky for me my Mom just moved to the mouth of the canyon, yea!  My shoes were awesome and trail was so pretty!  All the flowers are out and it smells like heaven!  It was so hard to only do a short run, I wanted to run forever!   Legs felt great and I'm excited for Sat.  My right knee was bugging me a little in a new strange place, above my  R knee cap.   i hope that goes away in a hurry!  I use to many exclamation points! 

I'm leaving town for a couple days so I need to blog so I don't forget.   The race is over and it went well, better then I thought.  The course was hard though, everyone agreed it was a hard course which made me feel better.  I was in second till mile 5 then got past by 2 women who were flying down this scree hill and I never saw them again.

The weather was great, not too hot, overcast and windy.  Do not do this race on a hot day, there is no shade.  We took a big loop up over the oquires down into the valley and all around some dirt roads then back up and over down some canyon into Camp Williams.  It was a lot more walking/hiking then I would like, but it was too steep to run.  We gained 2,000 feet in the first 4 miles and lost it all by mile 9.  The hills were steep and rocky and the flats were out on hot, gravel roads.  i learned to run ultras you need to master the art of the speed hiking and shuffling.  Mile 18-22 were back up and over the Oquires again, ahh.  The views were amazing, the flowers were beautiful and we saw even saw some wildlife.  There was mountain lion poop all over so don't run up there alone!

I felt pretty good till miles 29 and then the pain started.  My toes, ankles, knees and hips all started to hurt.  From 28 down was all down hill but by then my legs hurt.  I had good music and met some cool people to talk to to pass the time.    I met a guy whos done several ultra who told me it's all about making your body to run when it does not want to.   He's right.  

It was fun, I probably would not do that course again, although some people loved it.  The Moab or antelope 50k would be much better.   I can almost imagine running a 50 now, I'd just have to slow down even more.  I don't know if I want to run that far tjough, this may be enough.  100's no way!   It was fun, glad it's over, time to rest!

I do need to mention I really tried to carbo load all week and drink a ton.  I also had a good breakfast, and kept making my self eat and drink all day which really helped.  Besides the pain after mile 29 I felt good.  They had HEED to drink at the aid stations and I loved it,  I need to get some.  It was really good!  I carried my own water in a hand bottle carrier and it was great, filled the bottle at all 4 aid stations.  

I tried an ice bath for the first time after the race and so far feel o.k. Only one little blister and no injuries, yea!    

Great bike ride with the group, felt good to the sore legs!  I rode then climbed 2 hrs.  trying to pack it in before the tonsils come out tomorrow!  I'll miss running with everyone for a while!   Don't get to fast with out me like you did last time.

Made it to the mail box and back today and felt like I was going to faint.  I am in bad shape!

did a quick 45 min. ride right before the rain started, felt so good to be out!  Can't wait to ride with the group again when I feel up to it.

I finally ran today, yea!!  2 weeks after the tonsillectomy I finally felt like I could run.   I feel terrible in the mornings so I waited till afternoon and ran in the rain.  I only did 3 miles but I felt good, so great to be out again.  I have a 28 miles run in two weeks- that is not looking like it's going to happen.  I have to get back in shape fast!

Great road bike ride outside, so nice to be out when it's not raining, rode 27th to Herriman to 40th and back.  Felt good.

Finally running again!   Did not take my Garmin but I ran for 60 min. felt good, hips hurt a bit.  My mind is more ready to push it now then my body.   Beautiful weather, great run!

Have to get to 15-18 by next week. 

17 mile road ride out to the mine and back-beautiful ride, felt great, kinda slow but I'm not that fit yet.  Rode 17.5 miles in 1 hr. 5 min. lots of long hills!

Just ran an easy 5 today-with a little 2 mile sprint when I met up with the goup, I always get sucked in to running to fast with them!

Did an amazing, hard , wet, snowy trail run up Logan canyon with my brother today.  We got from 7,000 ft. to 10,000 ft. and ran through mud, snow and water the whole way-besides all that it was beautiful and soo fun!  I feel like a kid on the trails, playing in the mud and water.  It was so wet we eventually just ran down the river the last few miles to try to clean our shoes off a little.  My legs were tired near the end, not fully recovered from the 2 weeks off yet.

Did the greatest road bike ride of my life today!  Up and over the Mirror Lake highway, 22 miles up and 22 miles down.  It was tough, my legs were dead near the top of the last climb-we reached 10,784 feet, ouch!!!  So fun, so beautiful but so hard!  I think I could really become a bike racer one of these days when I can't run anymore.   There was a race today but it started late and I had to be done early so I woke up early and rode in the warm sunshine-everyone who  raced raced in the rain-ha, sorry!  I also saved $55 entry fee, yah!

Ran an easy 3 around the neighborhood.  It was so nice outside but I felt so crappy!  Mon. runs are always so hard for me, not sure why?

My hubby had to go to work early so i slept in and did a nice trail run in the afternoon.  I got a babysitter so I could climb for an hour then run.  By the time i ran it was soooo hot!  I did not go far as I wanted because I thought I would die of heat exhaustion!  There is no more running in the day from now on! 

Rode with the bunners bike group, nice mellow ride.  My legs feel like lead and I'm so tired!  I think I overdid it last week.  I need to recover and get healthy so I can really start to train hard the next couple months!  I don't think i'm quit over these dumb tonsils yet!   I really want to run with the group tomorrow but my husband is golfing early, early thurs.  I miss seeing everyone and am so not motivated to run alone right now.

Did an easy 5.5 this beautiful morning, felt better and better as I went.  I also got attacked by a duck-seriously chased down and attacked by a mother duck on the canal road!  I was screaming and running as fast as I could, which was luckily just faster then the duck!   Went to the health store and got some new vitamins and some meal replacements to try to boost my return!

Did a great trail run with Allen today up Rose Canyon-Yellow fork.  It was beautiful and muddy and we got lost- a classic!  It is such a great trail.  this is the first time I did the whole thing the right way, now i know it's 7 miles exactly.  Now I want to go see how fast I can run it.  Allen was so great to run with-so funny.  He did great, even with a bum leg.   It took us 1 hr. and 35 min. but we did get lost for a little while. 

Rode the Prison loop bike ride-finally felt great!  Avg. pace was 16.8- 17 miles in one hour, 20 miles in 1:10.  I think Mon. are much better biking days then running days, ann easy smooth transition from the weekend.

ouch!! I have not been on the track yet this summer and was reminded how not fun it is!  It was fun to see everyone and have some company to run with and help push me.  We  went a lot faster then I ever would on my own.  We did a nice warm up then some fast 400's and then some really thing and some other sprint things (I'm not a very technical runner).  I felt kind of sick, I need to try eating in the a.m.'s or not eating cake and ice cream right before bed, that might help too.   It was good to see some miles or seconds in the 5 min. mile and under range.  I think I will force myself to do more track workouts till St. George. 

skip running group to do an awesome bike ride with my husband and friends for his birthday.  We did the Wasatch Crest trail into Millcreek-pipeline and down.  All i could think of the whole time was what a cool run this would be-in the fall maybe!

A great, beautiful trail run up at the cabin-felt better and better as  I went a long.  Did 10 miles on mostly dirt roads-sooo nice!  Lots of steep hills, so not so fast.

Nice quick 3 miles on the dirt roads around the cabin before we packed up to leave. I never wanted to leave though!

Had a great hill workout with the BBK's!  It's a love hate relationship really,  I really love going and seeing everyone and getting pushed but it's so hard!  We did hills and sprints and repeats and I don't even know what else but it was hard.  I had a great time with Julie, Cheris and Kelli-you guys are sooo fast.  I'll try to get up the will to come more often!

I rode with a friend and missed the Bummers but we had a great mellow, long ride.  Legs feel tired from mon. and Tues. still.  I maybe should rest Wed. but biking is so fun.

Ran on my own today, I went climbing all day and that only happens once a year so i didn't want to be tired.  I ran 6 around close to home-miles ranged from 7:30-9:30.  Felt good, I just listened to my ipod and went whatever speed felt good.  I have a very long run planned for Sat. that covers 4 ski areas so I am resting tomorrow!!!

Tried to run from Albion Basin to Brighton ski resort to the pfiferhorn-made it from Albion to Brighton to Alta to snowbird then got caught in a huge rain storm that we were not prepared for! So we did a soggy run down Snowbird and down the Quarry trail till we hit 15 miles then hitchhiked to our cars.  Great trails, great scrambeling, great views!!  Too much hiking, not enough running but still a great day.  Next time will just try from Red Pine to Lone Peak.  

Short workout, felt great though and was not ready to stop when I had to go.  We did a track workout, a warm up, some 800's and 400's, a two mile lap and some more cool down stuff.  I had to get home early but I felt like I could keep going today.  I finally feel good again, Sat. I felt like I had a lot more in me when I was done-that's a great feeling to have, I better enjoy it.  I did also eat this morning which helped, a little breakfast shake on the way to the track.   I'm off on a anniv. trip somewhere for the next week, I hope I get some running in!

Great ride today, temps are so nice!  I slept in and rode with some neighborhood friends.  They felt fast today and I felt tired!  We did 19 miles in 1.10 min.  It's hard to ride Wed. after Tues. track workouts!

hiked 6 in Yosemite-yea!!!

Hikes 18 in Yosemite, climbed half dome- took 14.5 hrs. long day!  Felt good besides the heat, yuck!

hiked 7 in Yosemite and ran 3 of it with Matt, so fun to run with Matt.  He's really fast and great on the trails too bad he hasn't got the addiction yet!

Well a week off with lots of hiking and only a little running did more bad then I thought.  Todays workout was hard!  We did a small warm up then 3 -2 miles repeats.  Up a very large hill.  I felt sick this morning-too many brownies last night!  I felt better as we went a long.  I actually felt great on the uphill and somehow was slower then everyone else coming down.  I need to work on my faster downhills!  It was a great workout, kicked my butt-I def. need to go to group more.  In the afternoon I took my boys on a 2 miles hike up the canyon-it was great.  We went so slow I did not feel a thing, I almost feel asleep!

Did a nice group run this morning with Teena, Julie, Shimeele and some other people I don't know.  Fun group, nice run but so humid and yucky!  I felt good, ate a bannana before the run which helped till the very end when i got hungry!  I should have had a gu or something at mile 7 or 8.  I felt good we were not pushing it very hard 8:30-50 avg. pace.   

4 easy miles around my house, Mon. run like always felt tired and sloggy!

Took my girls to girls from girls camp on a 5 mile hike, got lost (my fault) and ended up taking them 7 but ran 4 more around the trails trying to find the route.  Tired, hot and high elevation.  they were not very happy!

Went and ran the correct Blackhawk trail at Payson lakes, great trail! One of the prettiest trails I've ever done, very scary though to go alone in the early a.m.!   Felt great but could feel the altitude for sure.

I found out I was not going to get to do the midnight 50k I had planned and was already mnt. biking Sat. so i knew I could not run then so.. I set out t 9p.m. and ran for an hour in the dark.  It was actually really nice to run at night, cool and quiet.  I may do that more often.  I just did 7 around the neighborhoods-did rustic roads hills a few times and the south jordan rec.center loop.  Felt good but I go slow on my own, avg. pace 8:30.

I really need to start getting up earlier and doing the warm up because 2 laps around the track does not work when the workout is this hard and fast!  We did 4x800's with one lap recovery in between.  I pushed it harder and harder each time.  First 3 800's were done in 3:30 then the last one in 3:22, my legs were already jello!  Then we went out to the roads and did a 2 miles tempo run and a 1 mile tempo run.  I can't figure out my garmin to tell how fast those laps were but our avg. pace was 7:30, it even said the fastest time was 5 something, ouch!   I really want to go fast at St. George so I'll have to really up it the next couple weeks.  After that I want to do more long and slow races it's so much easier to go slow!

missed my ride this morning so I loaded up the kids in the trailer and one on his bike and rode for an hour.   I think one hr. going that slow with three kids equals about 30 miles!  It was hot, they were heavy and my 6 yr. old was slow.  Once again I should have just gotten a baby sitter, but i guess it is good for them to get some exercise too right?

My husband is gone to scout camp so I had to run around the block. 10 times equals 5 miles.  That way I can keep an eye on my house and listen for my kids screaming.  I did 5 miles and tried to keep it slow and easy.  I felt terrible-my legs are still really tired from Tues. workout.  I felt better and better as I went along so at least that was promising.  I'm racing Sat. so I just wanted an easy run anyway. Avg. pace was 9.

Damn those 20 seconds! Sorry for the language, I don't usually swear but "dang it" does not cover it!  I really wanted to go under 1:30.  Dang it to the big puddle of water I stepped in when I got off the bus in the a.m. and soaked my shoe!  Dang it to my small bladder that made me stop 2 times to go potty!   Other then all that it was a good race.  

The weather was perfect, cold even just how I like it.  I even ran in a long sleeve for half the race.  I'd never done this half before and despite the poor organization, no food and crappy shirts it was great.  All down hill (except for one mile) and sooo beautiful.  I knew I had to stay under 6:50 the whole time and I did except for the hill and when I had to go potty.  I also got a bad cramp in my stomach at mile 7 and it slowed me for a while.  I cannot drink and try to run every time I do I get a stomach cramp.  When i trail race I carry a water bottle and just sip when needed and never get cramps.  I think from now on I will carry my own water.   I also really wanted water and twice grabbed gatorade instead, yuck!  

My splits were

1.6:42

2.6:55

3.6:40

4.6:49-Felt great first 4 miles was even trying to go slow down the hill to save energy

5.7:14- Potty break

6.6:54

7.7:20- cramp in stomach-ouch!

8.7:21-Hill

9.6:54

10.6:57

11.7:01-slowing down, legs starting to hurt

12.6:36-realize I'm close to my goal so I go as fast as I can!!!! 

13.6:30 

1 mile warmup, 2 cool down-mostly walking-too painful to run. I was really going to not do any more half's if I got under 1:30. Now I'm mad and want to do it again, ahh!  Running is so addicting!  I had fun despite being all alone which was a bummer.  Great views, great music.  Oh well I really should be happy, it's only 20 sec. right! 

P.S. I almost forgot a THANKS to Angela Lavery who let me run in her place.  Sorry RD who said I couldn't run (at 4:45 a.m. after driving down to Provo).  I did anyway. 

Did a nice slow bike ride this morning to get my legs moving, out 27th west and back.  No Garmin, no watch just nice and easy. I am so sore I can barley walk up and down the stairs.  Got in some nice stretching after as well.

A quick easy three to get the legs moving, still pretty sore!  My Quads and soles are killing me, time for new shoes?  I was not ready for the BBK hill workout today, maybe Thurs.

Really wanted to run with the BBK's today but my husband had to go row at 5:30 a.m. (he's helping his friend attempt to swim the English Channel).  So I talked my friend into coming up Rose Canyon with me to do my favorite 7 mile trail loop.  She rode her mt. bike and i ran and it was great!  Beautiful day, beautiful trail.  My legs felt tired though, and I need do do a long one tomorrow!

I'll be gone Sat. so I had to do a longer run today.  I hate doing long runs alone, and early and when it's windy.  I was NOT motivated, I ran slow and felt pretty awful.  I tried to do a hard 7 mile trail run followed by a long run today instead of one 19-20 miler.  I'm not sure about this though.  My knees, hips and stomach all hurt.  I still feel kind of tired from last sat. but that should not be!!   Oh well, I'm doing 34 next Sat so i need to recover for the next 2 days! 

Decided to ride today instead of run.  It's so nice to be on the bike when the weather is so nice.  Just did an hour ride, I'm guessing 16 miles.  I forgot my Garmin.  I rode out 118th to the mouth of Butterfield and back.

I actually showed up for the early miles this morning with the BBKS and I liked it.  Other then my legs were done 1/2 way through the main workout.  We did a 3 mile warm up then some hill/strait away  repeats, 5 of them, yuck.  Then we just reversed the order and did 5 more, more yuck!  I bailed out at lap three and ran with Dean, Cheris and Michelle M. which was much better.  At the end we did 1 marathon paced mile which seemed so fast then a little cool down.  It was  a hard workout, and my legs are tired.  Was going to climb today but I mopped the floor instead-it's all I had the energy for today.  I don't know how all you die hards run 10 miles everyday.  

Felt sick last night so i slept in then went to the gym.  Did 3 on the tredmill, felt yucky the whole time.  Did 30 min. on the bike, felt great, tried to push it did 9 miles then some stretching.

I woke up at 5:15 a.m. fully prepared to go run with the BBK's but checked my e-mail on the way out.  I got the e-mail I'd been waiting for saying the big 34 mile Teton run was on for Sat. ahhh!  I'm so excited and so scared, I hope I make it!  So... I went back to bed, in my running clothes and everything.  I stayed up too late and just needed a really good reason to stay in bed and rest.  I'm going to need the rest more then running today!

Teton Circumnavigation Run WY.

Wow, what a day! 34 miles, 8,000 feet elevation gain, 9 hrs!!  It was the most beautiful run I've ever done, in a place that I love!  I gave myself a 36 because we got lost more then once and My Garmin was not working.  The trail is 34 miles but I'm just guessing on our 2 mile detour.  Getting lost on a  34 mile is a really bad thing!

We started late 8 a.m. at the Death canyon trailhead.  We ran a counterclockwise loop around the Tetons.   Death canyon to Jenny Lake (13 miles) mostly flat beautiful trail!  Up cascade canyon (5) miles, all runnable and sooo pretty.  Then we turned Left into cascade fork and up to Hurricane pass, sooo steep.  Lots of fast hiking through here, too steep to run.  There were lakes, waterfalls, streams and springs everywhere!  We would stop periodically and just fill up our camelpacks and drink away, nice cold, clean water.  I  can't imagine heaven being any better then this place!  From Hurricane pass to Buck mountain pass was long, windy, and steep.  I was getting really tired and kind of sick of running, we were only at mile 28 now so there was not really any choice but to continue.  Finally the summit of Buck mt. pass meant all down hill, yea!!  It was steep though and a killer on the tired legs.  The trail ran right on the edge of a huge cliff for almost a mile, So cool!  We reached Death canyon and knew we only had 6 miles left but they were the longest 6 miles of my life!  The trail was mostly dpown hill and flat but I was really tired.  I tried to just listen to my music and keep a good quick pace going.  We got to the car in 9 hrs. and 4 min.  It was a great run!  My longest yet and I felt it.   My last 50k had only 6k feet vertical and this had 8k which felt like a lot more!  It also took 3 hrs. longer, yuck!  

I'm not sure I'm ready for a 50 miler yet.  We hurried to Jackson and ate lots of pizza and drove home.  It's sun. now and I feel great.  I'm not sure what the difference is but I'm hardly sore.   We definitely did not beat any speed records and that must have helped my legs a lot.  I'm trying to keep moving today and gets lots of fluids and food! 

p.s. if any of you BBKers out there read this you all did awesome at Hobblecreek!!!!  and Kelli you'll be back soon!! 

Was planning on running today but we were out really late at the BEES's game so I just slept in and went climbing and did some yoga.  It was a good decision.  My legs feel great now and I can't wait to run again, maybe one day of biking first.

Biked with the Bummers today, it was so good to get out and ride, beautiful weather!  My legs very very tired though!  I'm not sure how I'll get through Thurs. and Sat. runs?

Ran with the BBK's, early 3 miles then hill workout with Cheryl.  It felt hard, my legs are still tired!  The easy miles felt great and it was a beautiful day.  Headed home instead of doing a couple extra miles to hit 10 and sat in traffic for 45 min.!!!  Someone ran a red light on Bang. and got hit head on by a semi.  

Well i missed the 20 miler with the group that I was hoping to do today.  We got invited to go on a hot air balloon ride Sat. a.m. and couldn't pass it up.  I did get in 10 miles on some trails up at the cabin that night.  It was not 20 fast miles which i needed but it was so pretty and I felt great.

I have been sick for a couple days so I totally rested yesterday and slept in today.  I did go the gym for yoga and did 3 on the tredmill.  i felt pretty good, I feel like I'm getting a little better and sweating a little will just get the rest out-right?   I'm doing a trail run tomorrow and group on thurs. then off again on vacation.   These are supose to be y high milage weeks and It's not happening that way.   I have a 25 miler in 2 weeks so hopefully that'll make up for my slackin!

I was going to rn but still feel sick and biking sounded easier today.  Did 20 fast miles with some friends.  Legs felt good but my lungs were burning and now I'm coughing, oh no.  

I put the whole 10 down under threshhold because it was!  I got there (to meet the BBK's) just in time to start out on their 2nd 5k.  So I did not get a warm up.  I ran with Dean and Jody and we finished in 23 min.  With a few min. cooldown we started out on #2 5k.  I ran with Jody again (thanks Jody).  We did not talk much, we were breathing too hard!   About the same time 22 min.  I really needed a warm up, I could feel things starting to hurt that don't normally hurt.   The last 5k we only ran the first mile fast then did the last 2 slow (8mm).  I did a little extra to hit 10 and was done.  I did eat 1/2 a banana this morning which helped but I really need to warm up.  Now off to Lake Powell for the weekend.  I hope i can find somewhere to run!  

After three days of no running and no sleeping i was going crazy!  We finally got the baby to sleep all night in a strange place (Lake Powell) and so I got to run.   The only road around was a long hill, a three mile hill.  It felt hard!  I was hot and tired and lazy from lying around for so many days.  I tried to stay at marathon pace but the hill was too steep and long, pretty run though and  I got to jump in the lake when I was done, yea!!

Made myself get up and run with the group which was hard since we got home late from our trip.  We did some speed work on the JPT and then some hill stuff and a cool down.   I felt good today, a lot better then yesterday.  I can finally keep up comfortably with some in the group that I have not been able to keep up with.  I just hope i can do that for 26 miles, not sure about that.  I have to run a lot of miles this week since i was sick last week.

Was going to run but decided to sleep in and climb today instead.  I'll do a long one tomorrow.  I'm all about the rest days!  My knees need them!

My Mom said she missed my kids so I decided to sleep in today and do a trail run later while the kiddos played with Grandma.  I ran 10 miles up Milcreek on the pipeline trail.  Up Rattlesnake to the end of the trail and back.  I stopped my garmin to tie my shoe and forgot to start it again (I hate when I do that!).   I'm guessing 9 or 10 miles.  I ran for 1 hr. 20 min.  It was hot and /i pushed it fast to get back to the car.  Wasatch 100 is tomorrow, yea!!!   I get to run the last 25 with my friend Ryan M. and see if it's something i want to shoot for or not.    

I'm resting up today for my big run tonight.  Well "BIG" run is all relative.  I'm doing 1/4 of the Wasatch 100 tonight as a pacer for my friend Ryan M.  I meet him at 1a.m. at Brighton.   I can't wait!!  It's online all day so you can watch the runners progress in real time.  I'm so jelous!!

WASATCH100- Well it was a strange but amazing race.  I ran the last 25 as  pacer with my friend Ryan M.   I met him at 1:20 a.m. at Brighton and ran with him through the night to the finish.  He as in o.k. shape for someone who just ran 75 miles.  Most people actually looked o.k. a few looked like death!!  The call the Brighton aid station "THe Morgue" for a good reason.  From brighton the trail is steeep and sandy and dark and cold and everyone is out of it!!!  Ryan kept lying down and falling asleep.  My job was to keep him awake and moving.  We ran into a bull moose in the dark and were scared to death!  The first 8 miles went on this way.  Up and down and up and down and just trying to stay awake.  He was not very talkative at this point and i tried my best but soon ran out of stories.  Each aid station was like heaven!!  We ate pancakes, sausage, brownies, candy, etc, etc.  It is a rad race when you eat brownies at aid stations!  At one point around 3a.m. I fell asleep while running and endo'd off the trail.  It was enough to keep us both laughing for miles.   we also ran into some awesome crazy guy who had camped out in the middle of no where all night to cheer the runners on.  He had beach balls, a radio, a hawain shirt, ect.   He made us so happy , I think I told him I loved him.   Finally the sun started to rise and ryan got some more sausage and he was a new man.  We put on our ipods and started to run, really run.  I  was having a hard time keeping up which was a blow to my ego!  Ryan was on mile 90 and he was cruisin!!  We did the last 17 in good style and it was hard terrain.  Very steep up and down, very rocky and dusty.  I really wanted to do this race until those last few miles.  It never gets easy, ever!  The last mile is on the road in Heber and it's uphill!   To summarize it was an awesome thing to be a part of.   I cried at the finish because I was so inspired by all those runners who made it!  What an accomplishment.   I am in, I just need a couple years and some 50 milers to see if I am mentally tough enough.  A beautiful, amazing course though, so fun to see how all the wasatch mts. are connected.  Ryan finished in 31 hrs.  in 54th place.  Our friend Jared got 4th in 22hrs!!  He's a maniac! 

 I just wanted to add for future reference.. The miles from Brighton to Ant knoll were steep uphill, lots of walking, and soft sand.   From the top of LCC it's steep downhill and rocky-would be very painful after 80 miles of running-bring ski poles for this whole section.  Climb out of ant knoll is aweful, so steep and slow.  Then there is some runnable sections, flat and nice trail, to pot bottom.  Then it's steep again, on a road and very hot-you'd have to save something extra for this next section.  From pot bottom to the end it's up and down, up and down-felt like we were running in circles for hrs.!  This would be mentally very hard!  Then finally at about mile 95 it's downhill again but steep and rocky-my ankles hurt!   The last few miles were nice, downhill, soft and heavenly.  Then out to the road and about a mile to the homestead.  I would really want to finish in 26-28 hrs. before the heat got bad again.  Yea right, that's a long ways off!  I may be dreamin!

Ran with the group today although I really did not want to and probably shouldn't have.  I am sore and tired from this weekend and i have some little pains in my knees and calves that need some rest.  We warmed up, did some 2 mile repeats that i ran way to fast trying to keep up with Kelli.  Then we did some hill sprints that I took really easy. And some more cool down miles to the car.  It's always fun to see everyone and chat but it hurts sometimes!

I did some good stretching today and decided to do an easy run down the JPT with the jogger and the baby.  Man that is hard!  I just did 4 easy miles at 9-9:30 pace but I forgot how hard it is to push the stroller, yuck!  Finn had fun but I think I'll wake up early next time and go alone.   My right calve is hurting and one spot on my right knee cap.  One more hard track workout tomorrow then I need to take it easy.

Ran with the group today, hopefully one of the last torturous track workouts of the year!  I ran from home and met the group on the warm up so i got in the full warm up which helped.  We did 2 laps on the track then started the Yasso 800's.  I luckily had Julie to ran with and push me along or I would have quit.  We were suppose to do 8 but I only did 6 then ran some slow laps instead.  My right calf is still bugging me from the weekend.  We pushed it pretty hard, at least I thought so. Juie is really fast and it was probably slow for her.  We came in at 3:26 almost every time.  I ran home slowly then stretched and fell fine tonight.  I'm rested tomorrow so I can get a good one in on SAt.   

I finally did a marathon paced run with some bbkers.  I keep doing all my long runs on the trails and end up going pretty slow.  I needed to get in one good fast one so I'd feel better about st. george.  We ran 12 miles on the JRP trail form Cheris's house.  I ran out with Cheris and Michelle and back with Julie.  We did some 9mm and some 8 and some at 7:30.  I felt o.k. going out, windy and feeling tired form the last few weeks.  I tried some EFS gel at mile 7 and started feeling good.  We ran the last 6 pretty fast and I felt great.  It wasn't t hard to keep a 7:30-8 min. pace.  It made me feel less nervous for st. g.  I'm getting excited.

Woke up at 6:30 to ride but it was dark and cold so I went back to bed.  Finally rode at noon with a friend.  It was sunny and beautiful!  We did 16 miles and I felt tired.  I did not eat lunch before which made me feel weak and tired.  I need to rest these legs up for S.G. I feel a overdone.

When I saw another track workout i wan not too motivated to get up.  I slept in till 5:45 then ran down to meet the group.  Luckily Peggy was doing some easy laps so I ran with her.  We left the track and did a quick mile at 7:30 and under.  Then I said goodbye and ran 3 more miles on my way home.  I love tapering!  It's so nice to just run slow and enjoy the morning.

Strange morning.  I woke up at 4:30 with a stomach ache.  I woke up again when my alarm went off but for some reason went back to sleep.  Woke up again at 6, ahh!  I ran out the door to meet the group.  I met them one mile into the two 5k's.  I ran the first one very slow, which felt nice.  I ran the next one with Cheryl and she killed it.  We were suppose to do marathon pace but she was doing 7 min. miles and I just wanted to keep up.  We did it in 22 min.  I felt good and it was fun to pretend we were sprinting to the finish.  I fell lazy with these little workouts lately. 

decided to run some hills today for s.g. I ran down 98th to the freeway and back home.  8 miles.  I tried to warmup then stay at 8 and under the rest of the way.  I should have gone easier but keep wanting to make sure my pace is feeling good for s.g. I felt good till the end then was worn out and hurting in strange places, not a good sign!  My feet hurt, arches, knees.  I'm not sure what's going on, I need to run easy all week next week.

Did a nice easy 4 miles today.  It felt so nice to sleep in and run slow.  It was over to fast, I really wanted to keep going but i made myself stop.  I guess this is why you taper because i'm going to be jones'n to run fast by SAt.

Met the BBK's at Bingham.  Did .4 easy then mile repeats on the hills around Rustic roads. I pushed it too hard and kept it in the 7.20 range and under.  It felt good though.  I felt great and I'm getting worried I'm going to run too fast the first 1/2 of S.G. then be in trouble.  We then ran some easy miles to cool down.

Ran 3 very easy miles this morning.  Perfect temps, it was nice to just be slow and mellow.  I am ready to run though, this tapering stuff just makes me want to run fast!  I've been drinking lots of water and eating loads of carbs.  I'm also trying to get lots of sleep, I'm feeling good so far.

Well it's over and I'm happy.  Everything turned out just as planned or better.  We had a fun time with just the girls, much easier to focus on the race.  Hydrated all week and carbo loaded and was felling good.  I took it really easy the week before and was ready to run.  We brought our own dinner down and it felt good on my stomach.   This was the biggest race I've ever done and my second "real" road marathon.  It was exciting to be at the start with so many people and the lights and d.j. made it all so fun.  We were throwing our bags in the truck when the gun went off, ahh!  I found a hole in the gate and started runing back to find the 3:30 pacer when I saw Cheris and Michelle.  The grabbed me and we started running.  I'm so glad they did, it made all the difference.  I was going to go for a 3:30 then decided the few days before to try a 3:20.  It really helped to startt with them and try to stick with them the whole race.  I also decided to bag following split times the whole race-because i would have been stressed out if I fell behind.  Instead we just followed the 3:20 guy the whole way.  The first half felt great and flew by.  We could have gone faster but was not sure how that would have turned out, probably not good.  I stopped to go potty 5 or 6 times-ridiculous!  I have to solve that problem, I was well hydrated though!!  Every time I stopped I would have to sprint to catch up to the girls and the pacer guy which hurt me.  Veyo hill was fine, we slowed to a 8:20 pace and it felt great.  I took gu at miles 7, 13 and 19 which seemed like a lot but it worked, I also always drank water when i gu'd and I drank Gatorade the other times.  i also always waled when I drank which seemed to work, I actually drank and never got a side cramp.  My avg. pace was around 7:30, slower on the hills.  I felt great at up to mile 16 then my quads started hurting.  By 19 they killed! I was mad cause other then that i felt great but the pain was pretty bad.  not really crampy just sore.  I never felt like i could let go and scream down the hils cause it hurt so bad.  The up hills and flats felt great but there were not enough of those.  At 21 Michelle took off and i could not keep up.  Cheris's calves were hurting her and she slowed a bit.  I knew I had to hurry now or would not beet 3:20.  I gave the last three miles everything i had and stayed around 7 min. miles.  I had my radio up loud and was trying to stay focused, it really hurt though.  I loved the crowd, I even got teary eyed that last mile.  I was thinking of all those cold, early mornings when I did not want to run and I did.  I was thinking of the crappy (no offense Peggy and Cheryl) hill workouts and track workouts.  I was happy they were paying off now.   I ran across the line just in front of the 3:20 pacer who ran way too fast the whole race and slowed way down the last mile!  So fun to see everyone along the course and at the finish!  I was very impressed by EVERYONES times, no matter what they were we all worked hard and did our best and should be very happy.  Thanks to everyone!!  I may not do another road race, ever!!  I am so sore, more sore then I've ever been.  I think I'm aiming for a 50 miler or an ironman next.  I'll leave all the really fast times to you all!

I was going to take the week off but I'm going crazy already.  I decided to rest the legs and bike today.  I pulled the trailer all around daybreak for an hour.  What a great place to bike with the trailer, no cars, not even any other people today.  I waited till 10 when it was warm but I was still cold!!  Not happy about that.  Legs feel great and I want to run again.  Maybe a trail tomorrow?

Finally ran today, yea!  It's been a week since the SGM and I was ready to get out the door!  Mentally I could have ran all day.  Perfect temperature, beautiful, sunny day.  Physically I kind of hurt.  My quads still feel tight and tired.  My hamstrings really hurt and my left ankle hurt (that's new).  I ran till I felt like I'd loosened up a bit, felt much better by the end.  My b-day is this week and I am going on a long trail run up Millcreek with some friends, I'm so excited!  Should be beautiful fall running in the mts.  

I have been running since SGM but only 2 or 3 times per week.  Been trail running up in the SLC area and biking mostly.  I met with the group a few times, they sure seem fast, i thought we were kind of resting?  I need a little mental time off till winter training begins.  I'm going to race cyclocross the next few sat. so I think i'll bike more then I run till Dec.   I did run up Beacon Peak today, I use the term "run" lightly.  It was steep!  I hiked up and ran down.  It was perfect weather and I was so glad to get out and up high before the snow flies tomorrow!   It took me 50 min. to get up and 40 to get down.  I did run a little extra near the bottom to even out the miles.  

Well I was on my way to either run with the group or spin and it started to snow so.. I went to the gym.  Did a great spin class, 1 hr. hard!  My quads are sore form yesterday and I felt tired!  I was so happy when i left the gym and it was still snowing!  

I've only ran once is week and this was my second run.  I've had a cold and 3 sick kids and have not done much.  Mostly been interested in biking lately which is because it's cyclecross season!!  I've only made it to one race so far but I won the women's C class and it was sooo fun!   I've read everywhere to take a couple weeks or  month off at the end of the season and cross train or just rest so I'm trying not to stress to much about not doing much.  This was my longest run since St. George (ouch!) and it felt great.  Besides my burning lungs and throat from being sick.  I really wanted to do 10 but ran out of time today.  I was actually sore after this run, my behind was sore.  It stinks how fast you loose it!!

Met the BBK's and did a hard hilly run in Herriman.  I hope it's just that I've been sick for a week but this workout felt hard!  I felt like we were sprinting uphill the whole time!  Luckily I had fun people to talk to or I would have stopped.

My firend called and invited me to do a trail loop up and over Granduer peak.  I've wanted to do it all summer and it was suppose to snow Thurs. so I went for it.  The first 2 miles are straight up hill-no joke!  We walked fast and it killed my calves.  Topped out in 1:06 better then my 1:15 from 3 yrs. ago.  I could go faster but we stopped to look at the view a few times.  Then we ran straight down into Millcreek-fast.  Then you run across the pipeline trail for another 2 miles- what an awesome trail!  Then you find a small, steeep deer trail that leads up and across the mnt. back to your car.  The whole loop took 2 hrs. and 38 min. with potty stops and viewing stops.  There is a race on this loop in the spring so we'll see if I can beat my time then.  Great run, today I am sore!  I've been slackin since SGM.  

Good News-or scary news? I got into the SG Ironman in May.  I'm excited and scared.  I'll start training in Jan. but for now (like today) I decided to sleep in and take it easy.  I'm kind of sore from yesterday and decided to take it easy today and run tomorrow.

My legs were tired from my run Wed. so I took Thurs. off and ran today.  I felt great, the longer I ran the better I felt. I have a new 5 mile loop that I can add to if I'm bored so I tried it today with some new variations.  It was  a great day to run.

I am up at my families cabin and did not plan to run today but the baby had a long nap so I took off.  I ran in the snow the whole run and it was quiet and beautiful, I even ran into a heard of Elk.   I could have run forever but it started snowing so hard I couldn't see.  

Tried out my new bike rollers today, scary!!  It took 20 min. of riding before I could let go of the doorway.  I really like it, it's very tough and I did not get bored at all.  I  made it about 40 min. before I had to stop and get kids ready for school.  I think I could handle this all winter. 

I really wanted to run with the group today but i had a horrible sore throat last night so i slept in.  I went to the climbing gym for my usual Tues. boulder sessions with the girls and decided to do 3 miles on the treadmill.  3 miles on the treadmill is awful, it seems so long!  I thought i was going really fast too and I was only doing a 7.  I did sign up for the Moab Feb. 50k last night so I better start adding some more miles on!

Started swimming today-thought i better start early since i have not swam in a year.  I forgot how much I like it!  It felt great.  I went to the rec. center and did 45 min. 1250 meters or something-almost a mile.  I wanted to keep going but decided to be done for today and take Finn to a gym class. 

Alarm problems again!  I slept in and had to run 7 by myself, it was at least a little warmer and really pretty out.   I always feel like crud for the first few miles and never want to stop running by the end.

Stayed home and rode the bike trainer and did some weights.  I'm just trying to get used to doing something everyday.

Stayed up in P.C. for the weekend and luckily we were right at the start of the mid mnt. trail!!  I ran sat. with Matt till the snow was too deep to run.   The trail is so great and i want to run it next year when the snow is gone.  I wanted to at least do 10 and was bummed I did not go that far but it was snowy and cold and I did not have much time.  The trail is at 8,400 feet and I hope that is why I could not breath!!  I felt slow and heavy today!!

I don't know the milage, I rode the rollers for 45 min.  Started my HR tracking today.  Warmed up at 120 then did 20 of sprints and stayed in the 130's.  Then did 20 min. of harder peddling, slower cadence and HR increased to 142, cool down for 5 min. and r dropped back down to low 120's, 70 while stretching.   Read some great stuff about training w/ HR last night and I'm excited to try it out.  The rollers are still fun, I never get bored, crashed once but not bad.

Rode 45 min. then stretched, guessing 12 miles.  

Stayed up way to late and had to run on my own today.  It was nice out, great music, a little boring though.  Did a 6.5 mile loop, avg. pace was 8 some slower some faster.  

Swam 1600 in 40 min. felt good.

7 miles with the group, felt great!  We went slow today that's why I felt great.  then 2 hrs. at the climbing gym, yea!  I'll think i'll swim 2 days a week and climb the other, it's way more fun!

 First double duty day.  Rode the bike trainer for an hr. in the a.m. then in the afternoon went for a 1 1/2 trail run up at Brighton while the boys were in ski lessons.  Felt really good, yea!

I think I probably only did 10 ish miles but it was snowy and cold and high up! 

weights today-slept to long to ride this morning

running in the snow is hard!!  We did 6 miles in the blizzard this morning-I was tired in places I did not know I had!  It was beautiful though.

Swam 1800 today in 40 min. felt great, boring but great.  I cannot think about anything b/c I'm counting my laps.  I just need to swim for 40-50 min and whatever I get is what I get.

rode one hr. on the trainer-4 degrees outside today!!

Ran 10 miles in the a.m. then rode one hr. on the trainer in the afternoon followed by a run around the block to see hoe my legs felt-tired!! I can't imagine running 26 miles with really tired legs!

45 min. on the bike then 30 min. of weights.  Did some dead lifts and am VERY sore-what a wimp!

6 with the BBK's.  Great run, nice pace but cold and windy.  Then 2 hr.s of climbing gym-so fun!  I need to stop and swim instead but it's too fun.  Set up my spin class for 6:15 a.m. on Wed. at Momentum if anyone wants to join me.  I have no idea what i'm doing!

swam 45 min.

6 with the group around daybreak, nice run felt good.

spin class then ran 2 miles, easy class so I had to run a bit. 

Swam with the Masters group at Marv Jensen, it was great.  Great work out nice people, swam about an hr. did 2000 m.  arms were so tired by the end!  Decided not to run today because we went tele skiing all day and my legs would not have made it, barley made it any ways!!  So fun and so hard on the legs!!

Swam 1 hr. with a swim coach, easy workout but i learned a lot.  Like..I pull across my body and not strait out, I don't rotate my body enough, I need to keep my hand 12 inch. under water and relax my hand and arm, pull all the way through the stroke past my hip.  It'll give me a lot to work on the next few months.  Came home and did weights with my boys-who really just laughed at me.

Tried out a new spin class at the rec. center-mine starts in 2 weeks, ahh!  It was a great class, pretty hard.  Then i ran upstairs and did a quick 2 miles on the treadmill.   I'm trying to run after every bike ride and it's getting easier and easier.  

quick 4 miles in around home

Great x-mas eve run with the group.  Went for early miles and then 6 more wih the group.  Not fast but I was done by the end.  Then we got hot choc. and cinnamon rolls thanks to "the girls".  I need to do some longer runs, 10 miles seems so far now.

wanted to do 15 with the group so bad today but I'm sooo sick!! The flu hit our house x-mas eve!

Rode for 40 min. on the trainer with tons of interuptions then swam for 40 in. at the rec center during the day.  After being sick for 2 days and having no energy or fluids in my body i did o.k.

Wanted to run with the group again yesterday but i felt really sick again-round 2 I guess. I ran 5 today in the snow then did a new 30 min. training video on my bike trainer-felt good!  My run was super slow and I even had to walk-I had no energy and my stomach hurt!

cold run with the bbk's.  My legs were so tired from the bike and run yesterday!