| Location: UT, Member Since: Oct 14, 2008 Gender: Female Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments: 85 marathons, 5 times Utah Grand Slam finisher (division winner twice).
7 Bostons (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016).
Two 50Ks, one 50 miler (Pony Express).
A handful of AG wins in all distance races.
Marathon PR: 3:57:09 (Boston'08)
Half Marathon PR: 1:48:41 (Bryce Canyon '11)
10K PR: 47:50 (Spectrum 10K '09)
5K PR: 22:31 (Nestle 5K '08)
Short-Term Running Goals: 2017 Races:
June 10 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:13:43)
June 24 - Morgan Valley Marathon (5:49:01)
July 8 - Hobbler Half (2:19:37, 2nd AG)
July 24 - Temple to Temple 5K (27:43)
July 29 - Timp Half (2:08:01, 3rd AG)
Aug 26 - Mt. Nebo Marathon (5:16:16, 3rd AG)
Sep 16 - Huntsville Marathon (4:48:53)
Oct 7 - St. Geroge Marathon (4:57:11)
Nov 4 - Canyon City Marathon (5:30:07)
2018 Races:
Jan 13 - St. George Half (2:19:45, 3rd AG)
Mar 3 - The Woodlands Marathon (5:01:35)
Apr 6-7 - Ragnar So. California
June 1-2 - Ragnar Wasatch Back
June 9 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:19:22)
June 30 - Morgan Valley Half
Sep 1 - Pocatello Marathon (6:00:43)
Sep 15 - Huntsville Marathon (5:37:08)
Oct 6 - St. George Marathon (5:25:43)
Oct 20 - SoJo Marathon (5:29:23)
2019 Races:
June 1 - Utah Valley Marathon (5:44:24)
June 22 - Morgan Valley Marathon (6:15:13)
Aug 31 - Pocatello Marathon (5:38:47)
Sep 14 - Big Cottonwood Marathon (6:03:51)
Oct 5 - St. George Marathon (5:57:46)
Oct 12 - SoJo Marathon (5:55:45)
2020 Races:
Jan 18 - St. George Half (2:38:28)
Feb 15 - Sun Marathon (5:51:54)
May 5 - Conquer Covid-19 Virtual Marathon (5:49:07)
May 16 - Clear Creek Canyon Half Marathon (2:32:15)
May 25 - Utah Valley Virtual Marathon (5:33:110
June 9 - Independence Run Virtual Marathon (5:55:22)
Long-Term Running Goals:
Run happy and healthy all the days of my life. Be an example and inspiration to my family.
Personal: I'm 64, retired RN, happily married, nana to 14 beautiful grandchildren, mother to 6 children (1 daughter, 5 sons) who are kind, hardworking, caring, wonderful people! Wish they live closer!!! :) :) :)
Picked up running in 2005 at age 50, to stay healthy so I can take care of my husband who had endocarditis resulting in AVR and MVR in 2004, end stage renal failure in 2014, kidney transplant on Dec 30, 2015. Six months after the kidney transplant, we discovered that he has a rare auto-immune disease that was probably triggered in 2004 with then the undiagnosed infective endocarditis. The doctors had to make up a name for this rare disease, Monoclono Gammopathy with Renal Significance (MGRS). It is not curable. After desperately trying different chemotherapies, the doctor finally found one immuno-therapy, Daratumamab, that works to treat the MGRS. It is a miracle!!!
Grateful for the gift of life, blessings, dear friends and loved ones!!! Thankful for the ability to move, walk, jog, and yes run!!!!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1463.46 | 96.67 | 22.45 | 2.00 | 1584.58 |
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 111.37 | Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 64.50 | Inspire 5 (5) Miles: 5.00 | Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 286.27 | Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 24.01 | Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 87.15 | Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 228.50 | Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 135.50 | Saucony Kinvara 2 (pink) Miles: 15.00 | Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 370.58 | Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 241.70 |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
It's a wonderful feeling to wake up to a NEW day of a NEW year feeling very much alive!!! :) I got a new Primary class of ten 5-year-olds (7 girls and 3 boys). I think I'm in love with them already...SO CUTE!!! SO PURE!!! SO LOVABLE!!!! SO WIGGLY and GIGGLY!!! :) :) :)
At dinner time, Bryan, hubby and I talked about some goals for 2012. I wanna run at least 12 marathons, read the Book of Mormon and study Preach My Gospel daily, clean the spare bedrooms and downstairs office. I would really like to learn how to swim. Hubby and Bryan said I would enjoy skiing more by overcoming my fear of the steeper runs to which I said: "NO way!" :)
Marathons/races I ran in 2011. Total mileage in 2011: 2400
| 2011 |
Pace |
Finish Place |
Final Time |
| Age |
Gender |
Overall |
| Mesquite TriStates Marathon 2011Mesquite, NV, US • Nov 19th |
9:40 Min/Mi |
1 |
28 |
87 |
4:13:23 |
| Pony Express Trail 50 and 100 Mile Endurance Run, UT, US • Oct 21st |
14:09 Min/Mi |
1 |
5 |
26 |
11:47:46 |
| St. George Marathon 2011St George, UT, US • Oct 1st |
9:04 Min/Mi |
15 |
579 |
1,912 |
3:57:51 |
| Top of Utah Marathon 2011Logan, UT, US • Sep 17th |
9:12 Min/Mi |
5 |
205 |
672 |
4:01:07 |
| Pocatello Marathon 2011Pocatello, ID, US • Sep 3rd |
9:23 Min/Mi |
2 |
72 |
227 |
4:06:07 |
| Park City Marathon 2011Park City, UT, US • Aug 20th |
10:18 Min/Mi |
4 |
56 |
174 |
4:30:14 |
| Sogonapmit Marathon 2011American Fork, UT, US • Jul 30th |
10:37 Min/Mi |
1 |
5 |
16 |
4:38:11 |
| Bryce Canyon Half Marathon 2011Bryce Canyon, UT, US • Jul 16th |
8:17 Min/Mi |
3 |
104 |
253 |
1:48:41 |
| American Fork Canyon Half Marathon 2011American Fork, UT, US • Jun 25th |
8:20 Min/Mi |
2 |
119 |
268 |
1:49:10 |
| Utah Valley Marathon 2011Provo, UT, US • Jun 11th |
9:30 Min/Mi |
4 |
290 |
780 |
4:09:03 |
| Ogden Marathon 2011Ogden, UT, US • May 21st |
9:15 Min/Mi |
6 |
281 |
797 |
4:02:30 |
| Boston Marathon 2011Boston, MA, US • Apr 18th |
9:53 Min/Mi |
206 |
7,729 |
19,332 |
4:19:13 |
| St. George Half Marathon and 5K 2011St. George, UT, US • Jan 22nd |
8:50 Min/Mi |
4 |
253 |
652 |
1:55:53 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| Ran with Karen (Sky) and her son, Brad on canal trail then up on Highland trail to 4800W and back via 1200E. Nice cool temp, sunny blue sky, calm. Easy conversational run. Knee was tight during warm up, same old stuff. No tapering for the Angel Marathon this Sat. which will be first long run of 2012. :) Found out last night that the Orphan Hope Marathon is in the same location/course as the Rocky Raccoon (a week later)...gonna be interesting and fun since I've never run on forest trail before! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 8.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.75 |
| Another beautiful day, 35F, calm, blue sunny sky. Ran with Karen (Sky) and Brad to canal trail west then north on cabela trail. Myrtle. 3 circuits CSE.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 7.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Another perfect running weather day with Wendy, Karen and Brad. We did hills today!!! :) Registered for SG Half last night. Need to book flights to TX and Boston!
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 5.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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5 easy with Wendy, Karen and Brad. Another perfect running weather day. Myrtle. 3 circuits CSE. No running tomorrow, travel day. No tapering for the Angel Marathon as I'm treating this as a long run, lots of hills, net elevation gain of 2840'. My tibia tuberosity not going to be happy! :-/ It's now 10:30pm, guess I'd better go pack!
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| Inspire 5 (5) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Took the car to Costco at 10am to have a the lugs tightened on the new tires we purchased before starting our 7-8 hours drive to Vegas. Had early lunch of two baked potatoes and a chicken wrap from Wendy's in Price.
I wanted to take hubby to Mikano, a great Japanese buffet in North Vegas for an early dinner. We drove around N. Vegas and found the place at 4pm (3pm NV time so had an hour before the buffet closes and reopens for dinner). Ate way too much yummy sushi; hopefully early enough that Id be fine by morning. Got to the hotel and expo at 5:30 NV time. The race shirt (m-xs) was HUGE!!! I asked for a women xs but the volunteer said they were unisex shirts. Grrrr!!! Not that I need another race shirt...but it'd be nice to have a shirt that fits with the amount of money I spent in race fees. I didn't see anyone I know. This is a small race but has runners from all over the country: CA, UT, AZ, CO, FL, NY, NJ, VA, NE, KS, WI, TX, DE, OH, OR, IN, AL, IL, TN, MN, LA, PA, and Canada. Felt so not ready for the race. Went thru the motion of putting the bib and chip on shirt and shoe. Watched TV, read Hunger Games, texted with Teena to try to relax but lower backs were tired from sitting in the car for over 7 hours. Sleep came in broken 2 hrs segments, too bad I didn't pack a Tylenol PM.
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Run From an Angel Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:15:17, Place overall: 23, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 6.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.37 |
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Went to bed at 11pm, woke up at 1:43, 3:45, then my cell alert woke me at 5 at which time I laid in bed waiting for the alarm to go off at 6. Showered, dressed, went down to the hotel cafe to grab a muffin and yogurt. Hubby being the efficient personal race manager (PRM) kept reminding me to eat while I was texting away with Karen and Wendy on the drive to Lake Mead Recreation Area! :) We got to the Boulder Beach Event Picnic area (start of the race) around 7am. They directed us to park the car 1/4 mile down by the beach/dirt. Forgot my Garmin and sunglasses while walking to the start, had to walk back to the car... so not ready for this race.
A beautiful sunrise at Lake Mead  Walking 1/4 mile up from the car to the start a second time.  This event has several race distances with staggered start times: 50 miles=6am, Marathon =8a, Half=8:30a, 10K=8:45a, 5K=8:50a. The course is the same out-n-back with various turnaround points for the different races. There was a friendly atmosphere with everyone smiling and milling around at the start.
Gotta love no line at the port-a-potty and the cleaning stations right outside. :) The race director using a bull-horn instructed us to gather by the timing clock/mat and gave straight instructions to run within the white line of the road shoulder and to put litter in the trash cans at aid stations. The course, entirely on National Park roads, is open to traffic. Running out of the white line as well as littering would result in DQ. I figured in a small race, I'd be running alone most of the time. My PRM thought some tunes would be helpful. It's the first time I've ever run a race with iPod. Putting the iPod in my shirt pocket just before count-down. The weather was perfect: low 40s starting temp, 6mph WNW wind, sunny blue sky. The course is USTAF certified, entirely on pavement, nothing but HILLS with net elevation gain of 2839'. Here's the description of the course from the race website:
Departing the Boulder Beach start line there is a gradual climb of about
a 1/4 mile until you turn right onto Lakeshore Drive. The next 3.5
miles are a series of rollers and flat-ish sections. Then a series of 1
mile long stretches of downhill, uphill, downhill repectively taking you
to the 1/2 marathon course turn around- keep going straight! You'll
continue with another 1 mile downhill. Then miles 7.7 to mile 10 are a
series of rollers with a slight net gain. At mile 10 take a right onto
Northshore Drive. A 1 mile downhill preceeds a series of rollers which
lead you to your course turn around. Heading back you'll cover rollers
for about 2 miles, climb 1 mile back to Lakeshore Drive (you are now at
mile 16.2) Roughly 2 miles of rollers with a net loss leads you to a 1
mile climb. Now you again start the stretches of 1 mile sections going
uphill, downhill, uphill. Mile 22.5- roughly 26 is a series of rollers
again leading you to a strong downhill finish the last 1/4 mile. ** This
course has an 8 hour cut-off. With a 7lbs weight gain and a bum knee, I was in NO racing shape...so I thought I'd run this by feel...hoping to finish under 5 hours...perhaps 4:30 under the best scenario. Plan was to: 1) keep an even effort on the uphills, 2) practice running smoothly on the downhills, 3) walk through every aid station, drink/fuel to prevent hitting the wall like I did at Mesquite. Turned out there were 17 aid stations in all with 5 of them designated as Ultras providing choices of food/gel as well as water and Heed. We had to stay within the white line on this winding hilly road. Some of the hills are a mile or longer. With the earbuds on I was startled a few times when teams of cyclists whizzed by and a group of shinny speedy cars (corvettes and the like) zoomed past. Lotsa hills! There were mile markers (blue ones for marathon) every mile inserted in the orange cones.  There were only couple of places my *PRM* could pull over to snap pictures. Here's the widest section of the course with a median divider and right turn lane. Otherwise the road is a narrow single lane w/ double yellow dividing lines. The beautiful scenery more than make up for the lack of spectators/cheers. 
Mile 1 ~ 9:58. First 1/4 mile is a climb out to the main road, then a slight drop for 1/4mile and level out for 1/2 mile. My hands and feet were numb. Strides were clunky.
Mile 2 ~ 9:24. Slight incline the first half then an uphill and downhill the second half. Saw couple of guys who look like Kenyans doing their warmups (probably for the 5Ks) on the trail parallel the road, running towards the start.
Mile 3-4 ~ 9:37, 9:24. Gradual uphill for these two miles cresting at mile 3.75. Gu'd at mile 4. Legs finally woke up.
Mile 5 ~ 8:59. Downhill for 5/8 of this mile then uphill. Right knee creaked a little.
Mile 6 ~ 9:49. The road sign shows a 8% grade for this uphill mile. Passed one woman who appears to be in my AG and a pack of 5 runners. This is at the crest of a lookout view point area with gorgeous views of Lake Mead and the surrounding mountains.
Mile 7 ~ 8:59. First half of this mile was downhill then a slight incline and flatish for the last 1/4. Knee seems to warm up a bit.
Mile 8 ~ 9:10. Finding my groove on this winding semi-flatish stretch and soaking in the sun, gorgeous scenery and enjoying the ipod (The music my PRM loaded for me range from Amy Grant, instrumental church hymns, Phantom of the Opera, LDS pop songs, Barbara Streisand, YoYo Ma, Sissel, MoTab and little bit of Conference talks).
Mile 9-10 ~ 10:07, 10:08. Uphill climb to the highest point of the course. Gu'd at mile 9. The course turned off a road that went down and passed Lake Las Vegas.
Mile 11 ~ 8:48. The steepest downhill of the course. I took note that it would be quite a climb on the way back. Saw the lead runner at mid-hill running as fast or faster uphill as I was downhill. WOW! He was cruising. He went on to win it in 2:54:33
Mile 12 ~ 10:39. An uphill climb of 250' for 3/4 of this mile. One of the nice things about an out-n-back course is you can see and count the runners ahead of you. There were over 20 men and 7
women that I counted and congratulated/cheered as they ran towards me on their return.
Mile 13 ~ 8:57. This is mainly downhill with a slight incline at the turnaround. Ran the half in 2:06:xx. Gu'd at mile 13. Mile 14 ~ 9:35. At the turnaround, saw another woman right on my heels. I was determined to not let her pass me. Mile 15-16 ~ 9:45, 9:43. These two miles were half up and half down. Just concentrated on even effort. Slowed to cheer on the runners coming up...should've taken advantage of the downhill. Mile 17 ~ 10:22. Most of this was a climb back up to the highest point of the course. Felt some side and head wind as the course turned south. Gu'd at mile 17.2.
Mile 18 ~ 9:14. Quads started to ache. Concentrated on reeling the runners ahead who were strewn about 1/2 mile apart. Passed 2 women and a handful of men over the next couple miles. Mile 19-20 ~ 9:31, 9:22. These were the backside of mile 6.5-9ish. I was pleased that my legs were still holding out ok. The sun was beating down on us getting warm.
Mile 21 ~ 10:53. Had to walk 3x(10-30 seconds each) on part of this short but steepest climb of the course where I had cruised down at a 8:48 pace 3 hours earlier. :) Got passed by a Japanese runner wearing cyclist top. He was cruising...where did he come from?
Mile 22 ~ 9:33. The gradual downgrade helped the legs and lungs to recover. My energy was spent and thankfully at the mile 22.2 aid station, the volunteer gave me an Expresso gel which literally *woke* me up. Mile 23 ~ 10:32. Another uphill mile where I picked off a couple more roadkills. Just 5Ks and two uphills to go...I can make it.
Mile 24 ~ 9:22. Looked at my watch and realized if I kept my pace under 10mm I may be able to finish in 4:15. That became my goal. :)
Mile 25 ~ 9:37. Quads and shins were screaming with pain. I was determined to pass one more guy ahead. Skipped the drinks at the last aid station.
Mile 26 ~ 10:09. There were two inclines on this mile that did not feel like downhill 4 hours earlier but now appear to be major uphills! How cruel!!! Just get it over with...I'm so DONE with hills! :) 0.37 mile ~ 9:39. I did not nor dared sprint to the finish...my shins were ready to seize up any moment. Crossed the finish passing Yolanda who had started her marathon 2 hours ahead. She was the 2nd woman I saw before the turnaround. She walked over 100 miles at the ATY 48 hr. race a week ago. WOW!!! :)
After getting my chip cut off and collecting my medal, I talked to the Japanese fellow who flew by me. He ran a 3:42 chip time but started late so his gun time was 4:12 and placed 3rd even though the 1st & 2nd guys ran chip time of 3:59 and 4:11 respectively. He was really bummed. Went to congratulate the 52 yo woman who beat me in my division, she's from Canada. Our division (50-59) has the most runners (13 women, 15 men). I felt good for my effort, 5th out of 39 women (the 4 women who beat me were all younger than me) and 23rd overall of 95 runners.
The medal for all the different race distances was the same...kinda lame.  They had wash clothes and lots of food for the runners at the finish picnic area: chili, chicken noodle soup, corn chips, all kinds of baked goods, hot chocolate, banana...
In the afternoon, my PRM and I went sightseeing and walking on the Memorial Bridge and Hoover Dam. The bridge was near finish when I was here on Oct 31, 2009 running the Hoover Dam Marathon. It's fun to come back and walk on this finished project, a most amazing engineering marvel. It was VERY WINDY.  
It was a FUN trip with a NICE 26.2 training run! :) :) :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 26.37 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I always sleep like a baby the night after a marathon. Slept in. Emailed my missionary son. Checked out the hotel. Went to the 9am Sacrament Mtg. in Henderson NV. We saw that chapel just right off the College Dr. Exit on our way to Boulder City Fri., so perfect timing. Picked up lunch at St. George. Got home in time for hubby's interview appt. Legs were sore/stiff from sitting on the 7.5 hr drive. I'm the luckiest girl to have such a wonderful hubby who'd drive me to and support me in my crazy marathon running. :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Today's all about recovery which I must take seriously if I were to meet my 2012 running goals. :) Walked/jogged a measely 3 miles with 1 mile on the elliptical. 5 min. each of biceps, triceps and core. Foam roll and stretch. Ouch!
Marianne, Emi and Devin are coming tomorrow. I am SO EXCITED!!! :) :) :) It'll be the first time I get to see/hold my newest grandson who was born July 29, 2011. Did I say I'm SO EXCITED?!!!! :) :) :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Continue the theme of recovery. Ran 4.5 nice and easy with Wendy, Carolyn and Karen. Walked .5 to loosen/warm up the quads. Myrtle. 2 circuits CSE. 20 reps of biceps, triceps x 3. Foam roll and stretch. Less sore than yesterday.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Cold WINDY run with Wendy, Carolyn and Karen. Only had time for 4.5. Having so much FUN with Emi and Devin! :)
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| Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Ran the rail trail and paved portion of canal trail with Karen. Temp was in the high teens. Legs are feeling good. They're building what appears to be a restroom at the west end of canal trail. Can't wait for the entire trail to be completed! :) Good dentist checkup and cleaning. Myrtle. CSE. Having a ton of FUN with Emi and Devin. :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 7.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Love the sunny sky which makes it not feel so cold!!! :) Ran the dirt part of canal trail with Wendy, Carolyn and Karen nice and easy. No soreness to speak of. Tried to help Carolyn decide between the 5K or Half for SG next week. Emi is such a delightful toddler...SO so so much fun playing with her! Devin is a sweet cuddly baby...LOVE love love his chubby cheeks and toothless smile! :) :) :) :) :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
| The gang only wanted 10-11 so I ran to Karen's for extra mile and met Wendy, Carolyn and John on our way to Alpine park. Gu'd and drank from the fountain-of-youth where we turned back. Lots of runners out, saw Emily and Bryan Hansen. After dropping the gang off, I picked up the pace a bit. Nice running weather. :) :) :)
FUN outing and shopping all day with the fam. DVR'd the Olympic Trial Marathon so I could watch it tonight. Hubby and Marianne were good to not tell me the results. :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 13.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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Had a JulieC-TM-accident moment resulting with 4 quarter size owies on my knees. Thankfully my daughter-in-law Marianne was ellipticalling next to me and stopped the moving menacing TM in time before further damage was done. :) When we got back on our machines, Emi who was watching "Jungle Book 2" in the room and saw the whole incident said: "Be careful mama and nana!" :) :) :) Hubby and the boys went skiing today. We had the family and cousins over to our house for a nice Chinese dinner tonight. After dinner, Jeff and Jenn gave me and hubby a present...two baby bibs that says *I love grandma* *I love grandpa*....so HAPPY they are expecting their first baby, our 7th grandbaby, on Aug 14. WAHOOOO!!!! :) :) :) :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Brrr!!! T was 11 when we headed out. We (Karen, Wendy, Carolyn and I) ran the rail and canal trail. Got a little out of breath running uphill with cold wind. Tummy was grumbling, barely made it home before explosion. Owies on the knees still oozing and sore when bending and burns when showering! Could not get warm and had a headache all day. Hope I'm not coming down with something!
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 2.75 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 7.75 |
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Marianne's parents came at 8:30ish to drive her, Emi and Devin to Oregon. I hate goodbyes!!! :( Missing them terribly already! :( Am glad they get to spend some time with their other grandparents. :) :)
Went out for solo run after they left. Ran into Wendy and Carolyn as they were finishing their run. It's a much warmer morning than yesterday. Knees and upper arms sore. Picked up the pace for couple miles. I don't think I'll be able to run 8:45 AP for 13.1 on Sat. Stink! :)
Owies on knees still oozing... got stuck to the running tights...ouch. Going to wear shorts today to let'em dry and scab over! It burns bad when exposed to air/water and when bending/straightening knees. But I'll live!!! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 7.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 5.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.75 |
| The knees' owies still oozing, sore, swollen and red. So I opted to run on the TM wearing shorts, watching the movie, Running the Sahara . After the initial warm up miles, I STOPPED the TM to go turn on the ceiling fan. NOT gonna make the absent-minded mistake of stepping on a moving TM again! :) :) :) We've also moved the elliptical a little ways from the TM yesterday.
Cannot believe the Spring like rain we're having. Sat. forecast for St. George is looking good. With the banged up knees and a head cold, I'm just going to enjoy running SG Half and not worry about time.
Scene of Monday's TM accident. Space btw the TM and elliptical is widened a little.
Ceiling fan switch is on the wall around the TM. 
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 9.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 45 min elliptical
10 min recumbent bike Knee owies still oozing and red but I think it's getting a little better.
Karen and her family picked me and Carolyn up at 2:30ish for the drive down to St. George. Arrived at her mom's house where they had prepared a wonderful spaghetti dinner for us. Went to the Expo at 8pm. So great to see Walter, Misty and meet Bill. Got to Karen's sister's house before 10pm. Took a Tylenol PM at 10:30pm and went to bed.
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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St. George Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:53:23, Place in age division: 5 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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I set out to have FUN this weekend and I DID!!! :) :) :) :)
Karen, her husband, Mark and two youngest daughters, Abby and Grace were so kind to let me and Carolyn ride down with them and stay at her sister's house in Santa Clara. Us girls giggled all the way which kept our driver, Mark, entertained the whole time! :) :) :) We hit the sack around 10:30pm. The Tylenol PM did magic, slept like a log for 7 hours. Woke to sound of heavy rain at 7am. Luckily temp was 35 and NO wind when we drove to the Dixie Center. Saw lots of friends: RAD and her kids, BeMo, Rob & Mindy, Kelli, JoseJ, Walter, Toby, Collette, Suzette, Lowell, Annie, Auhna... I had no time goal other than to have fun running with Karen. She wanted to run sub-2 so I suggested that we lined up between the 1:55 and 2:00 pace groups. We spotted Lowell and Suzette standing by the guard railing while we were walking amass to the starting mat. They jumped in to join us and we found ourselves behind the 2:10 group where Carolyn was. Ran a little with Lowell and the gang then Karen and I took off at the first turn where there was some passing room. Mile 1 ~ 9:14. Knee owies hurting. Clunky strides. Crowded. Ran a little with Toby.
Mile 2 ~ 8:54. Nice and easy. Skipped the first aid station which was too crowded. Mile 3 ~ 8:38. The mile markers came up short. Saw the 1:55 pace group about 1/4 mile ahead. Mile 4 ~ 8:25. A bit too fast but feeling warmed up and good. :)
Mile 5 ~ 8:58. Beginning of a gentle incline. Walked thru the aid station. Saw Collette. So glad I kept my light jacket on because even though it got warm at times, there was a constant shift of wind...with the light rain off and on, it would get chilly. Also glad to have the gloves off and on throughout.
Mile 6 ~ 9:18. Uphill. Kept smelling burning stove smoke, started to cough a little so I took the inhaler.
Mile 7 ~ 9:31. Big hill. Took gu. Had to walk to the aid station table off the road and waited for a cup of water. Told Karen if I slowed down to just keep going. But she didn't we both kept a steady effort. All those hilly trail runs we did together really pay off. Mile 8 ~ 8:13. Steep downhill. Took short quick strides and passed lots of people. Karen didn't chase after me. Mile 9 ~ 8:44. Caught up to the 1:55 group. Passed them but only to be passed again when I stopped to drink at the aid station. Mile 10 ~ 8:28. Ran close behind the pace group. Wanted to pass them but decided to be patient and hope Karen will catch up. Mile 11 ~ 8:51. A slight little incline and sharp turn onto the road. Walked to drink at the aid station. Caught back up to the pace group but could not pass them due to 5-6 runners deep/abreast.
Mile 12 ~ 8:14. I don't know where this comes from. Legs feeling fine. Breathing nice. Good to finally run at tempo pace on flat trail. :)
Mile 13 ~ 8:06. Passed the 1:55 group at the beginning of this mile. The pacers whom I never met or talked to, hollered: "GOOD JOB! GO girl and don't let us catch you!" :) Concentrated on reeling in people. Saw Kelli running back on the course about 0.2 to the finish. She ran a little bit with me. THANKS, Kelli!!! :-) Felt like a million bucks when I heard Teena and all of Karen's family cheering me in. :) :) :) After crossing the finish, I turned and waited for Karen. She came in at 1:55:35. SO SO SO PROUD of her. Carolyn who hasn't run much the last few weeks and was going to run the 5K until we convinced her to run the Half finished in 2:07 thanks to the pacing expertise of Kim! :) So so so happy and proud of Carolyn! :)
Am very pleasantly surprised to see that this is my 6th St. George Half with the fastest finish time. I think the course is a bit short. My Garmin registered 12.98. However, I think this course has more elevation net gain and so many more turns than last year's. AND, I am SUPER HAPPY that I finally broke a *standing trend* in this race of always finishing 4th in my AG! :) :) :) No, I didn't take podium...but for some silly reason I feel much better not being 4th! Some old lady from NM beat me to it by 8 seconds, whew! :) :) :) :)
Waited under the frozen yogurt tent (because it was raining hard and I was freezing) for Lowell and others. Finally left and met Lowell, Suzette and their spouses, RAD and Karen's family at Cracker Barrel for a nice lunch and chit chat. Took a nice hot shower and headed to Karen's parents house to pick up the little girls. Left St. George around 2 and didn't get home until 8:30 because of the scary blinding snow storm! :-? Mark was kept awake and alert with our story telling...THE END!!! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 13.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Ward Conference today. My choir sang "Let the Holy Spirit Guide" with Dillon on the violin. They called up two members on the spot to bear their testimonies. Wendy was
one of them. She is as humble, sweet, kind and Christlike as anyone I
know. Her testimony touched me so much that I was bawling and could
hardly look at the music. Thankfully the choir sang
beautifully and Dillon played so well. It was a perfect number just before hubby's talk on the guidance and companionship of the Holy Ghost. My Primary class gave me not 1 but 3 spontaneous *circle bear hugs* that about knocked me over!!! ♥♥♥♥♥!!! I SO SO SO LOVE and NEED the Sabbath! :):):)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
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Gung Hey Faat Choy!!! Happy Chinese New Year!!!
7 nice easy chatty miles with Wendy, Carolyn and Karen (Sky) on canal trail. :) :) :)
Core and hip stability exercises while watching Monk! :) No soreness to speak of except for the knee owies, so couldn't do the donkey whips and fire hydrants! Note to self: start wearing the Ascends on trails in case I need to wear them for the Orphan Hope Marathon in 19 days. Still trying to figure out what races to run in March!
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 7.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I've been wanting to invite my running buddies for a home-gym workout. Today's the day... with the wind and icy road this morning... perfect time to stay indoor. We rotated every 20 min. between the machines and watched two episodes of Monk. We also did Myrtle and Pfitz's CSE. It was SO FUN! Karen and I convinced Carolyn and Wendy to sign up for UVM. YAY!!!! :) :) :) Trying to decide between running the Red Rock Canyon Marathon on Mar 10 or the Buffalo 25K on Mar 24. What I would really like to run is the National Marathon on Mar 17. But it's too much money to travel to D.C. since we're going to TX in Feb and Boston in Apr. The closest marathon is Sand Hollow; but it's 16 days from Boston...too close...what to do?!!!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 with Karen, Wendy and Carolyn. Wore the Ascend hoping to run some trail, but the canal trail was too muddy. Ran up to Highland via Suncrest to Hog Hollow trail head. Got two pre-blisters on the 4th toes. :)
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| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 5 with Karen, Wendy and Carolyn. 3 by myself at mp. NICE weather.
Myrtle. 3 circuits of CSE. Watched My Name is Khan, heart warming movie. Finished reading the second book of the Hunger Games, depressing book, very well written, but I don't think I want to see the movie. :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran to meet Karen for a sunny windy hilly run down 3rd west, up rail trail and Bull River. Really enjoy these great outdoor running weather. Knee owies healing up nicely. Am sure the blisters will get calloused in time for the Orphan Marathon.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 6.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 17.50 |
| Karen had to be at her daughter's futsal game this morning so we had a tight schedule. She needed 15 miles. I needed 17 and the rest of the gang needed 10-11. So I started half hour earlier and ran 1 mile to Karen's house. We ran 3+ miles together. Got to Wendy's house where John (Zeus), Wendy and Carolyn were ready to join us. Ran up to Alpine with a stop at the fountain of youth. To not loose track of time I wanted to keep a 9:30-9:45 pace and not stop the watch even when waiting for traffic and at the drinking fountain. Temp was in the high teens, calm, partly sunny. Fingers were frozen for 16+ miles...should've worn ski mittens!!! :) Got Karen back in time! Success!!! :) Didn't even know my face was chocolate-Gu-smeared 'till I got home and hubby got an *extra sweet* kiss! :)
17.5 miles in 2:43:43. AP: 9:29. Splits: 11:31 (waited for Karen outside her home), 10:09, 9:43, 9:28, 9:25, 9:23, 10:04 (traffic light and beginning of uphill) 9:31 (not bad for uphill), 9:06, 8:55, 9:31, 9:51 (gu'd & pit stop), 9:00, 8:44, 8:48, 9:30 (traffic light), 8:55, 8:21. Glad I got in a 50+ miles week since the week in Texas with the grandkids will be a step down week! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 17.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 2.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
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Nice temp, calm, cloudy sky. We ran 1.5 mile to access the canal trail, muddy at some spots but no biggie. Wore double socks with the Ascend solved the blister problem. :) Ran the entire dirt trail round trip while the gang peeled off for their desired distances. 4 with Karen (Sky), 6 with Wendy & Carolyn, 2.5 tempo by myself. Myrtle. 3 circuits CSE. Bicep tricep w/ resistant bands.
Need to sign up for some March races before fees go up. :) Pretty sure I will run Lake to Lake (for SG runner series), Red Rock Canyon Marathon and Riverton Half. |
| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 9.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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Another beautiful day running with friends. We took a new route running south down 3rd West, turned east thru the Woods to the cemetery where Carolyn and Wendy turned back (they wanted 5). Karen and I continued east to Cedar Hollow then north up on 1200 E, then turned east thru the CH7 neighborhood to Freedom Elementary where we got a drink. Turned north on 4800W to SR92 where we turned west to head back home. Ran Karen home for her 9 miles. Ran my last mile home solo at mp. It was a nice route with some good rolling hills. Potluck lunch at Wendy's house, good friends, good food! :) :) :)
Shopping at Ikea mid afternoon. One stop shopping for toys, games, stuff animals to take to my TX grandkids, and a nice chair for my new bathroom. This is the first time we've ever shopped at Ikea. We ate dinner there, had yummy white fish, carrots and mashed potato for 4 bucks. Did you know kids eat free on Tue.? Wish I knew that when my grandkids were here! :)
Yoga and movie tonight. :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
| 76 days to Boston!!! :)
New month!!! :) Shoes with over 500 miles started to nag at the top of tibialis last couple weeks. Got 2 new pairs of Elixir for a song over the weekend. Ran 10 miles in them yesterday and immediately could tell the difference! Gotta LOVE new shoes!!! :)
Nice running temp with cloudy sky. 5 with Karen on Bull River and paved rail trail, 4.5 by myself to Smith and back! Didn't eat or drink other than a cup of EmergenC pre-run. A little dehydrated, mp felt harder than it should.
Mrtyle (10-15 reps). 3 circuits CSE (30 reps or 30 sec. hold). Bicep tricep with weights and resistant bands!
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| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 9.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Blustery day!!! Opted for home gym with Karen's company. She did 25 min on the bike and 25 min. on the elliptical. I did 20 min elliptical and 6 miles on the TM. Finished with 12 reps Myrtle.
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.25 |
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My friends are so nice to run long with me today. We started at 8:15 after their kids are off to school. Ran a different route today. Cold, no wind, lots of icy spots! We ran on the dirt shoulder quite a bit...good thing I wore my Ascend. Ran east via SR92 and south to Highland. Explored the dirt canal trail and the neighborhood that Karen used to live 20 yrs ago; all over the gated community south of golf course, turned around at the creek north of Lone Peak. Gu'd and pit stop at Mtn Ridge Jr High then west back to Karen's. Wendy and Carolyn got 12, Karen got 13. After bidding them goodbye, I continued on west to end of canal trail and home for 15. Only had an EmgenC, one Gu with sips of water...am femished and a bit dehydrated. Off to finish packing and head to airport. Plan on running the kid mile with my granddaughter and 5K with my daughter tomorrow morning in Kingwood Tx. Will take it easy next week, sorta mini-taper for Orphan Hope.
:) :) :) Have a great weekend, fellow bloggers! :) :) :)
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| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 15.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Lake Houston Bridge Fest 5K
Woke up numerous times, finally got up at 6. Took one look at what Larissa (my daughter) was wearing, immediately ordered her to change into the cute RHPC shirt and skirt I brought over for her. Jade wore the race shirt, a cotton T. Put on a light jacket and grabbed couple of umbrellas then headed to pick up her neighbor, Beth and her daughter, Grace to the race. It was raining cats and dogs, thunder, dark. We got to the YMCA and parked fairly close. They had already closed off the road. The kid mile was supposed to start at 8. But due to the thunder storm, it was posponed till 9:15. We had 2 hours to sit around and visit and eat waiting for the thunder storm to pass.
Plan was to run the kid mile with Jade and Gracie (both age 9), then run the 5K with my daughter. But found out they have asked the adults to cheer the kids off-course and encouraged the kids to run the 5K with their parents. So after sitting inside for over two hours, we walked outside and got the kids lined up. There were 66 kids running the half mile race and 15 min. later 178 kids running the mile race. The official gave some instruction of where to turn around, a prayer was said, then the gun was fired. Oh man, I was so itching to run, instead we stood behind the start line, cheered and waited for them to run back. Jade did awesome, 8:38 and took 11th in her age group (9-10 female). Excellent for her first ever race. So so so so proud of her :)
15 min later, I lined up with Jade, Gracie, Larissa, Beth and their friend, Julianne, Jill and Rhonda for the 5K. I let Larissa wore my Garmin, giggled while hubby was beaming with pride. A prayer was said, then gun went off and a huge downpour began. It was SO FUN running in the heavy rain storm. We stayed together for about 100 yards weaving around people and having a great time. Larissa was the fastest among our little pack. I'd run up to her and she looked at the Garmin and panicked when she saw that it read 7something and said: "Am I running too fast?" I said: "No, that's current pace, your average pace is probably in the 8s and you are doing great." She said they've never run that fast ever. She's only started running the last couple months, 2-3 miles, 2-3 times a week with her friends running in the 11-12mm. But I know she could run much faster than that. I ran back and forth to get Jade and Gracie. When Gracie started walking, her mom didn't stay with her, I debated whether to stay. But I didn't want Jade to walk, so I told Jade to keep running and don't let her mom get away too far.
We ran up the Lake Houston Bridge to the other side and turned around. Saw the first runner soon after aid station #1 around mile 1.2. Jade took a water. I pointed to her that the winners are coming towards us...so let's run to the lane divider and cheer them on. She would weave around those round metal bumps lane dividers and watched for familiar faces. She saw her music teacher then her mom. At the turn around, she said, "FINALLY!" I noticed her shoe lace was untied and she was slowing down. I asked if she's ever run 3 miles before to which she said, "No!" She was such a trooper...she tried really hard to stay with me. Whenever a boy would pass us, I'd say, "Don't let that boy beat you!" Other adults passing would point to her un-tied shoes. So to ease the minds of the adults, we stopped to tie her shoes. That took at least 30 seconds, it was hard to untie a dead wet knot. At mile 2, a little boy around the age of 6 was running with his dad passed us. He was wearing a matching blue and black shirt, shorts and shoes, SO CUTE!!! I could tell his dad was a runner...none of this wearing race cotton-T stuff. Soon we passed them and I heard the little boy crying and saying: "I'm going to fall." He didn't want to run any more. So I ran back to hold his hand, while his dad held his other hand. Together we ran and encouraged him. He stopped crying and Jade was saying kind words to him. With 50 meters to go I told him, we'll let go of the hands and it's up to him to run strong and fast to the finish. I told him and Jade to raise their arms when they cross the finish. I peeled off to get around the timing mat and high fived the kids. Then I went back to look for Gracie. So so so so proud of my daughter and granddaughter. We were completely soaked from head to toes. We waited freezingly for the rest of the girls to come in; then went inside the YMCA building to grab some refreshment. Our shoes are still wet 2 days later!
Larissa finished in 28:06, 11th out of 79 in her AG (30-39 female). Jade finished in 30:55 13th in her AG (1-12 female). There were 630 total finishers. The overall winner was 18 yo male in 16:07. The overall femaile winner was 16 yo in 18:24.
It was a fun fun memorable run with my sweet daughter and granddaughter. Later in the afternoon, Larissa and I went to the grand-opening of the Fleets Feet in Woodlands and got her a pair of running shoes. Her friends came over and gave her a foam roller for her 33rd birthday (the next day 2/6). :) |
| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Ran 1.25 mile with Larissa, then 6 by myself around the neighborhood road and greenbelt trail. It's perfect running weather with T in the low 50s, slight breeze, partly cloudy. I saw blue birds flying and heard birds singing. Happy day! :)
Earlier in the morning, we made breakfast for Larissa's b'day. After breakfast, Bryan and his two friends, Christina and Rachelle performed their violin and violas for us. They left for Houston Rice University to do an audition for the German International Summer Festival at noon today. So proud of their awesome performance and talents.
Just got a call from Fleets Feet that I won a pair of Saucony shoes. They said I can choose any Saucony, so may be I will take the Kinvara! :) I will go pick them up when I go pick up my race packet on Friday evening. Sweet!!! :) |
| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Was so tired that I overslept. Did not get up early to run with Larissa and her friend. Felt colder this morning even though the temp is the same as yesterday may be due to the cloudy sky. After the grandkids were off to school. Papa and I walked little Luke to his neighborhood pre-school. Then I went for a short run in the Kingwoods Manor neighborhood. The cement road, side walk and bike path felt hard on the legs and joints. Left quads and right knee pretty sore. Spent the afternoon taking the little ones to the mall and shopping. By night time I could feel a cold coming on...must've caught Baby Jett's cold. |
| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Woke up with a frog in my throat and achy back. Larissa had a busy morning practicing her violin numbers at the church. Papa and I babysat. Nice day out with partly sunny sky, temp in the mid 50, slight breeze. To give the legs/joints a rest from the cement road, sidewalk and Greenbelt pathway, I wore my Ascend and ran on the grass and dirt. Definitely more work and slower on the thick crab grass, yet soft and nice on the dirt. Legs are leadly dead. Left quads and hip and right knee are quite sore. It's gonna be a slow slow long run at Orphan Hope this Sat. Am looking forward to my first ever forest trail run though, should be fun! :) |
| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Up at 6 to run with Larissa and her friends, Beth and Julianna. Temp was in the low 40s, calm, full moon w/ a ring around it. Walked for .25 mile to Julianna's as warm up. Did some gentle stretches and off on the cement road we ran. The girls wanted me to observe their strides and gaits. They wanted to know about running form, intervals, cross training and anything about running in general. Larissa and I did couple of intervals of 1 min. on/off. Before I knew it, we were done. I really wanted to run some more. But not feeling well and short on time, I decided to walk home with Beth and Larissa instead. Got the grandkids out of school at noon so we could spend the day in Houston, visiting the Discovery Green Park and Weather Museum. Not feeling well, achy and a little chilled. Picked up Brandon from this office in downtown and went to edge of Chinatown for a very nice Chinese dinner. Feeling tired and achy by the time we got home in the evening. It started to rain at night. |
| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running today. Woke up with tight chest congestion, back ache. Raining cats and dogs. Papa, Larissa, Luke and I went to Lex's kindergarten to have lunch with him. Took Papa to the airport before heading to Fleets Feet in the Woodlands for packet pick up and got the Saucony that I won. They only had two Saucony models in my size. Luckily, Kinvara2 is one of them. I'm going to love running in them! :) It rained all night last night and most of the day today. The Race staff said the trail is going to be very muddy tomorrow. Weather forecast says Temp will be 32 with 12mph wind making it feels like 29 at 8am and warms up to 42 (real feel 38) by noon. So, looks like a muddy messy cold long run. May be that's what I need to loosen up the congestion!?! Am coughing up a bit after taking a decongestant this afternoon. |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Orphan Hope Trail Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:46:26, Place overall: 41, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
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I signed up for this marathon for couple of reasons. It is close to where my daughter lives and her birthday is 5 days prior to the race...so I can come celebrate her b'day and spend time with the grandkids. Another reason is the proceed of this race goes to building Safe House for the Orphan Hope International whose missions is to minister to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of orphans everywhere. The race sponsor/organizer is the Masterpiece Fitness, a non-profit women's minstry in the Spring/Woodlands area. They base their minstry on Ephesians 2:10 "For we are God's masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." GOOD enough reasons for me! :) Got up at 5:30 after a sleepless night. Forecast for temp at Huntsville at 8am is 28 w/ 12mph wind...too cold for the grandchildren so they stayed home. Larissa and I left the house shortly after 6 for the 75min drive to Huntsville State Park where the trail marathon, half marathon and marathon relay take place. Got there around 7:15, did the pop, checked in at the little lodge. It was very cold and windy. The race staffs had us go outside to make announcements and did warm-up aerobic dance, a first for me. In fact there are lots of firsts for me today: 1st ever trail marathon, 1st ever Texas marathon, 1st inaugural Orphan Hope Marathon, 1st time hubby did not accompany me, 1st time my daughter come to a marathon, 1st time I sustained an injury during a marathon. The start and finish is right by Lake Raven. The course is a 13.1 mi loop (x2 for marathoners and marathon relay) east then south to the south boundary and north to the northwest boundary of the State Park around Lake Raven. The course is entirely on forest trails, rolling hills and lots of turns with two turnaround points (like an out-n-back where you can see those ahead/behind you). There are no mile markers, 5 aid stations (repeated 2x for marathon) that are located about 2.5-3.5 miles apart, 6 port-a-potties at the start/finish and 2 at one turnaround point. I didn't have my fuel belt that carries fluid, nor my hand held which turn out to be a big mistake. I wore my green windbreaker so I could carry an extra pair of socks, the inhaler, bandaids. gloves, gu and cell phone in the pockets. I wore s/s top, capri pants, compression sleeves, running cap, sunglasses, double socks in the Ascend trail shoes. I looked like I was ready to go for a hike. I did see a marathoner with trekking poles. After the National Anthem and prayer, about 400 runners gathered around the start/finish banner and with a 5,4,3,2,1 we were off. Somehow I lined up right behind the fast guys and was quickly passed by all the runners. I could not breathe, my legs and feet were lead. I fumbled around with an ipod shuffle Larissa has loaded and loaned me. With zero experience in running forest trails I ran cautiously, picking up my feet and watched for roots, downed branches, pine cones and rocks. There are a few muddy spots that I either hopped over or walked around. Did I mention it was rolling hilly and a few wood plank bridges to cross? I rolled my ankles slightly and tripped a couple times but kept my feet moving and never fell. Not sure where perhaps between mile 6-10. My right foot hurt bad with every foot-fall. At first I thought it was tendonitis that finally thawed and hurting since my feet were frozen. I tried to walk and stretch the feet a little. I tried to land lightly but pretty hard to do with clunky trail shoes. A runner in Fibram Five passed me and I envied him. Every foot fall felt like my foot would shatter to pieces. Walking didn't help and eventually the feet just went numb. I was coughing, hecking up a storm and needed to take 3 puffs from the inhaler. My nose ran faster than my feet. :) The aid stations were too far apart. I needed to pee bad, and finally got to one at the turnaround point around mile 16.5 First time I got to sit down, I thought about taking off one pair of the double socks to see if that's what causing my foot to hurt, but instead swallowed two ibuprofens w/o water. I thought about pulling out of the race but how? I was in the forest. The aid stations were too far in between. In fact when I entered an aid station, I had to yell for water which comes in tiny 6 oz cups 1/2 filled. The young volunteers handed out peanut M&Ms. I had to ask for Gu, water or Gatorade. After they got me a cup of fluid, they would say, KEEP GOING! Geeweez, there are hardly anyone running close by. We were pretty strung out especially after the half. The forest is so peaceful and beautiful. The are couple of stretches that are straight with soft clay or sand and pine needles. I would pick up my pace and run like a road runner passing a few runners. At around mile 10 (23) is a levy looking single track that's right next to the lake and one can see across the lake where the lodge is. I imagined Larissa watching from there so I waved. It was also very windy at this stretch. At the half point, back to the start, a few spectators including my daughter were cheering, I forgot about the pain or to shed my extra gear. The volunteers yelled at me to "run down and turn around". I ran down to the start/finish mat only to be told that I turned around at the wrong spot, the timer guy asked for my bib# and said he would delete it. I guess the marathoners and relay runners aren't supposed to cross that mat until finish. In retrospect, I should have just called it quit. To run the same thing a second time over was hard because 1) I was depleted, 2) my foot was killing me, 3) the course got more muddy 4) the half marathoners are gone so less runners on the course and I had to rely on the orange tapes to keep me on course. I don't know how in the world the RR100 people can run their loops 4 times. I thought about Crockett's agony running in the dark and over 24 hours and his enduring the pain to finish. It gave me the umph and courage to keep going. Incidently the ipod shuffle had enough music for about 2 hours so I got to listen to the same songs again which was actually helpful. Larissa had uplifting music, serene as well as upbeat music that came at the right time. At one point, the lyrics came on: "My mouth is dry, my legs are weak....HEART ATTACK!!! You give me a heart attack. I must've died and gone to heaven..." So funny because right at that instant I felt like dying and the runner in front of me had his bib pinned on his back with the number 44 (double death). I burst out laughing. :) I tried to run with a smile...I think it helped. There were couple of people cheering on the rollers about a mile to the finish. They remarked, "You are STILL smiling!" I was so happy to finally see the lodge. I had both ear buds on and did not hear a girl sprinting past me at the last second. She beat me by 2 seconds. As soon as I crossed the finish, my daughter was right there and the first thing that came out of my mouth was: "I did something terrible to my body! This is the hardest thing I've ever done!" Not something you should say to a new runner...I think I scared her off from ever running again. :) The outside of my right foot hurt so bad that I was limping around before stopping to have my chip taken off. I limped to get my food. I was shivering uncontrollably. The wind did not help. Everyone was bundled up in coats. I went to the park bathroom and had the hand-dryer blow warm air on me to stop the shivering. I took 2 more ibuprofen and was able to walk normally to the lodge to check the result. I took 1st out of 6 in my F50-59 division, 41st out of 82 total marathoners. I went to pick up my award only to find that it was missing. The race staff figured that the woman who took 1st in the same AG for the Half marathon must've inadverdently took it. So they had me write down my info and said they would try and get me my award. When we got back to the house, my granddaughter had made and posted a *Congratulation* sign on the garage door! So sweet! I took off my shoes and immediately felt a lump on the bottom and outside of my right foot. Upon examining it, I found a swelling about the size of an apricot at the base of the 5th metatarsal. I fear that it is fractured. I just hope it is an avulsion fracture not the Jones fracture or stress fracture. I will go to the doctor when I get back to Utah. I will heal. This trail marathon could've been a really fun and enjoyable run if I was feeling well or more prepared. I have no regret for running and finishing even though I got injured running it! :) I will post my splits and may be some pix later. My half time split was 2:14:12. Now off to get more ice for the foot.
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| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 26.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Swelling in foot increase. Pain is surprisingly less, perhaps the edema acts as a cushion or natural splint? Thanks to wheelchair assist and golf-cart deliverance, I made it to the gate and got on the plane wonderfully. Propped my leg up on the arm-side food tray on the flight home. Cold not better; but so nice to be home in my own bed! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Thanks to Lowell and his networking, the Spanish Fork Half RD emailed me the name and number of a podiatrist that his running group recommended. I called him this morning and got an appointment this afternoon. :)
Dr. McKell took history of how I hurt my foot and asked: "You hurt your foot during the marathon?" "Where was this at?" "You kept running with a hurt foot?" Hehe! :)
He had me push my foot against his hands in various resistance; positioned tuning fork on different spots of the foot; examined the edema and palpate the length of the 5th metatarsal; pin-pointed the ouchie spot; did 3 views X-ray of the foot. The verdict: stress fracture at the base of the 5th metatarsal. The sentence: NO RUNNING for 2-3 weeks. I have to wear THE BOOT in my waking hours. I have to see him in 2 weeks. The prognosis: he says the sf site has a relatively good blood supply so it may heal quicker...good news!!! :)
My cold actually feels worse than the foot. Head hurts with every cough. Lots of icky expectorant. But, I think this is the peak of it, and I should start feeling better soon! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Funny how tired one gets or feels with doing absolutely NOTHING!!! Karen and Wendy picked me up to drive to the District for their run with RAD on her birthday. The sight of them in running clothes and me in winter coat and the hideous BLACK BOOT about brought me to tears! Snow! RAD's cute boys' smiles put a bright spot in my heart. I sat in RAD's family room reading and watching the little boys play and waited for the girls to return from their running. They came in drenched w/ sweat and melted snow and the familiar post-run happy glow. We then piled in RAD's van and headed to Kneaders for breakfast! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rachel!!!! Got home, sat and read and fell asleep....prisoner to the boot....feeling very very tired! :(
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| With the company of Karen and Wendy.
50 min. bike (30 min P2, 20 in. E1)
105 min. elliptical (incline 15-30, resist 4, RPM 50)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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The cold is not better or worse. I am convinced that running helps with getting over a cold faster. It's been ONE week since the marathon and the injury. This is the longest I've ever had from not running in 6 years. I have been very fortunate to avoid injuries having completed 35 marathons and other distance races the last 6 years. 20 min bike
40 min elliptical 10 min bike The boot is so high that it hits the back of my knee/thigh on the recumbent bike. Will make some adjustment next time. Am getting around fine in the boot! :) Attended Bryan's concert with the Philharmonic. We sat by Elder and Sister Groberg. Pres. Uchtdorf and his wife, Pres. Samuelson and Dean Jones sat in front of us. The concert was fabulous. The last number took up the entire second half of the program is Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, A Hero's Life, wonderful tone poems depicting, the hero, his adversaries, his wife, his deeds of war, his works of peace and his retreat from the world and fulfillment of life.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Choir was supposed to sing last week when I was in TX. Well, they couldn't get in the home where we hold choir practice and store the music. So, we sang today instead. My 5 yo Primary children are so cute. They were curious about my boot. They did not understand HOW I could break my foot running. They asked if I won the race. I didn't have the heart to tell them someone stole my award. :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I was alarmed to see my right lower leg has atrophied when I removed my boot after church yesterday. This morning my hubs and sons confirmed that the right lower leg is indeed skinnier and smaller than the left. I panicked and texted Teena, RAD and Lowell. Felt much better after talking to RAD. I was ready to throw the boot in the trash. Hubby did remind me that it was a 200 bucks boot that I'd better get my money's worth by wearing it! :) :) :) :) 20 min. bike 60 min. elliptical (10 min backward, 40 min gradual increase incline to 40 and back down, 10 min backward) 10 min. bike Here's the plan: I will focus on the healing of the foot and not worry about the atrophy of the limb by wearing the boot faithfully. Next week when I see the doc. I will ask him what limitations I have. Until I get the okay to run, I will do exercises to keep up the cardio and core strength. Any suggestions are welcomed!!!
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Reluctantly put on CoreLINE, the ugly black boot, but excited to get on the machines. 30 min. recumbent bike 105 min. elliptical (15 min backward, 75 min w/ incline increase, 15 min backward) Myrtle 3 circuits CSE Good sweat fest and NO coughing! YAY!!! :) :) :) The swelling at the sf site has decreased significantly. It is now the size of a grape and just slightly tender to touch. Heal baby HEAL!!! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 30 min bike (P1), 4 sets 25 reps biceps/triceps x2
120 min elliptical (30 min CWL1, 90 min progressive incline and reverse) watched 2 interesting documentaries to pass time.
Myrtle Abs & leg lifts Foam roll & stretch
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| With the company of Karen and Wendy! :-) 50 min bike (30 min P2, 20 min E1) 105 min elliptical (incline 15-30, resist 4, RMP 50)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 40 min bike 60 min elliptical (20 incline, 2 resist, 55-60 rpm)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| 2 weeks post marathon foot injury = 2 weeks of zero running = 1 week of xtraining!
Movie #1: the Owl and the Sparrow
30 min bike 80 min elliptical Potty break. Movie #2: Smile 30 min bike 90 min elliptical Costco trip I'm certain my running friends are having a wonderful day of racing and running! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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7 weeks to Boston 16 days post marathon injury Day 8 of cross training
45 min bike (E3, resist 4-16) 8 miles 120 min elliptical (manual, 17 laps) 4.05 miles
- 20 min forward, incline 30, resist 3
- 20 min reverse, incline 25, resist 3
- 20 min forward, incline 35, resist 3-4
- 10 min reverse, incline 20, resist 2
- 20 min forward, incline 25, resist 3
- 30 min forward, incline 20, resist 2
2 documentaries: Food Matters. A day around the world on July 24, 2010. (I think I started that day running the midnight moonlight marathon with Teena!) Myrtle 3 circuits of CSE
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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60 min sweat fest on the elliptical, watching Man on a Mission, a GREAT running 55 min documentary I highly recommend!!! :)
Here's the good news from the follow up visit at Dr. McKell's this morning. He examined the foot and had me push against his hand's resistance. The only discomfort/tenderness was at the base of the 5th metatarsal when I pushed my foot outward. Another X-ray was taken to compare with the ones 2 weeks ago. He pointed out the area where little calouse has formed at the base of the 5th metatarsal. He said I am healing at a very good rate. Generally bone fracture takes 6-8 weeks to heal...but for a healthy person such as me...it can heal as quickly as 3 weeks. WaHOOOO!!! :)
His recommendation is that I should remain in the boot for another week, mostly when I'm up for lengthy period and when outdoor. When indoor/at home I need to wear sturdy shoes, NO bare feet. I can begin walking this week. And if no pain or discomfort I can introduce running in the mix next week! How much and how soon is entirely up to my own judgement. He cautioned the risk of re-injury, so I need to take things slowly. He said to see him in two weeks but if things are heading the right direction then there's no need for another visit! We then spent the next 5-10 min talking about running and bare foot running and my son's residency in Cleveland! :) :) :) :) :) So, here's the plan of action. I will continue with my cross training on the cardio stuff and add walking on an incline treadmill. I think I will borrow RAD's post-boot-TM workout! :) THANKS RAD for being my *trail blazer*. Hope I'll heal well enough to run Spectrum so I can complete the SG Runner Series. And may be... may be well enough to run/walk Buffalo 25K that I have signed up for! :) If all goes well...I can do Boston with a goal to finish! :) I'm SO happy! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
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Leap Day ~ 1st day of rehab sans boot! :) :) :) Morning:
45 min bike (15 min E4, 30 min P4) 6 miles
60 min elliptical (2 miles) - 35 min forward incline 35, resist 3
- 10 min reverse incline 25, resist 2
- 15 min forward incline 30, resist 3
60 min TM (incline 6%, walked 10 min at 3mph, increase 0.1mph every 5 min ending @ 4mph) 3.5 miles AP: 17:11. Afternoon:
Remove old wall paper from family/living room...another test of patience and endurance. :)
Evening: Too tired to do CSE...so did Yoga instead!
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Foot is a bit achy tonight. Should've kept the boot on while biking and ellipticing. Wearing an old pair of Mizuno Nirvana (the sturdiest shoes I could find) the rest of the day was not helpful either. Stink! :(
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
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Wendy came over with yummy homemade bread and soup and to keep me company while we exercised!!! :) What a wonderful wonderful wonderful friend!!!! :)
Since my foot was a little achy last night, I wore the boot doing the cross training. 45 min bike (C4, 5 miles) 66 min elliptical (incline 25, resist 2) 3 miles 46 min TM, at 6% incline. 3.1 miles AP: 14:52
- 15 min warm up walk @3-3.5mph
- 5 min jog @ 4mph
- 5 min jog @ 5mph
- 5 min run @ 5.5mph
- 6 min jog @ 5mph
- 6 min jog @ 4mph
- 4 min cool down walk @3.5-3mph
Myrtle 15 rep 3 circuits CSE (30 rep, 60/60/60)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 3.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.62 |
| I'm afraid 11 days of cross training on elliptical that is too big for me with one boot on has done more damage than good. My left biceps femoris and the ligament proximal to the knee are inflamed. It was hurting fierce last night. Being an idiot, instead of taking a rest day, I got back on the thing hoping it was just a fluke!
70 min elliptical without the boot. - 15 min incline 35 resist 3
- 15 min reverse incline 20 resist 2
- 15 min incline 30 resist 3
- 25 min incline 20 resist 2
70 min TM. Felt the pain more while walking than running...what the? Abandoned the initial plan of walking @6 incline and just selected two pre-programed workouts.
- #1 ~ 30 min (max incline 6, max speed 6mph) 2.09 miles
- #2 ~ 40 min (max incline 10, max speed 4.5mph) 2.53 miles
Foam roll and stretch. Paint the wall panel in the living/family room.
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 4.62 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Hubby was SO excited when I asked if he'd go for a walk with me! :) :) :) I suggested the 5K route to Smith Marketplace and back. He held my hands especially over icy spots. ♥♥♥ LOVE the nice leisurely walk with great conversations. He said we needed to fuel at the turn around so we stopped to have pancakes, eggs, muffins and hot chocolate at Burger King. After we got home, hubby did his strength training in the form of shoveling snow. I did 3 easy circuits of CSE, foam roll and stretch!
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| Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| My 5 yo Primary children say the funniest things! :) :) :)
"Sister Lew, I know how to spell BYU!" "Really, you are learning so fast, spell it for me!" B........" :D :D :D
"What are some of the things Heavenly Father bless you with?" Child A: "He bless me to not bite my brother!" Child B: "He gave us this earth." Child C: "He gave me treats."
Child D: "What did Jesus give you?"
"He gave me my husband!" Child E: "But he didn't come to church today. I saw you but he wasn't there!" Child F: "Her husband is really old. He has to go to a lot of other churches!" :) :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| What a BEAUTIFUL sunny day! Marching forward on the day after March 4th!!! :) So very very very very kind of Wendy and Carolyn to keep me company on my first day back to running on the road. It was like I had to learn how to run all over again. It's been 23 days
since the stress fracture. Although the right foot is pain free, I
have definitely lost quite a bit fitness and muscle tone on the right
calf. I have gained some weight as well. However I kinda like the look of the skinnier right calf compare to the left *man calf* as Steam8 would call it. :) We walked one mile to Karen's house to see if she'd join us since she didn't answer the text..., she wasn't home. We proceeded with my Day 1 of *Pete Pfitzinger's Return to Running after Stress Fracture* program. We'd run 5 min. walk 5 min. run 5 min. walk 5 min. run 5 min. etc. I didn't have any watch on. Wendy kept track of the min with her Garmin. When we reached the west end of Bull River, we turned and headed back continued with the run/walk 5 min. We covered 4.5 miles in about an hour. Wendy said the average pace was 13 something! Not bad at all! I feel so blessed!!! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Day 2 of Pfitzinger's Returning to Running After a Stress Fracture program. According to his 7 weeks schedule, I'm supposed to do water running today. May be I'll do water running tomorrow when the weather is supposed to be stormy. :) This morning was windy, cloudy with temp in the 40s.
Walked 5 min. with Wendy to meet Karen. We did the 5min run/walk west onto Bull River to north end of rail trail then turn south and west back up on 3200N. We had to run up the steepest part into the wind...I felt SO out of shape. When we got to my house, we had 2 min left on the run so we kept going and looped around the small block behind my house which added another 0.25 mile for a total of 6 miles in 1:17:22 AP: 13:03. Foot felt fine during the run. Felt some tightness on the plantar fascia during the walk. Left iliopsoas is a bit achy. Foam roll and stretch. 3 circuits of CSE. Paint Eric's bedroom. I signed up for Spectrum.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Karen took me to the LC for some aqua workouts. 60 min water aerobic class. The instructor worked us hard. We did 8 sets intervals of cardio stuff ~ dolphin, rocking chair, jumping jack, xcountry skiing, arms straight up out of water with legs bicycling below was the hardest for me cause I kept sinking and swallowed water. I think the fear of drowning got my heart rate up! :) :) :) We did jogging/bicycling between sets for recovery. We then worked our core ~ obligue, abs, scissors legs, toe touch front back. Then she had us take off our floatation belts and held the foam bar bells out and in while keeping the body still horizontal to the water surface like planks, good stuff. We then finished with several sets of triceps/biceps 15 slow reps keeping the foam bar bell submerged...water resistance is tuff stuff. My arms are going to be sore!!! After the aerobic class, Karen and I got in the other pool where the water comes to waist deep and we jogged several laps for 30 min. Glad I had my good ole fashion water aerobic shoes on. I think it was a good full body workout without impact and much more fun than solo water running; plus we got to visit while we worked out. :) THANKS Karen for taking me...I had a lot of FUN!!! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
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Day 3 of return to running after sf. Walk 3 min, run 7 min with Karen and Wendy. Temp mid 30s, sunny blue sky, calm, perfect running weather! :)
7.25 mi in 1:21:38. AP: 11:25 (a 90 seconds improvement from two days ago, may be due to short on time and the longer run ratio)!!! :) Not gonna worry about pace right now. Nice to finally feel like a runner again, although stamina still lacking and a lot of work ahead. No pain in the sf site, some tightness in the legs while sitting in the temple soon after the run, as expected! Need to do some foam rolling and yoga tonight. Today is International Women's Day which is celebrated in Russian, Europe and parts of Asia! Happy IWDay to all you wonderful women out there! :) :) :) :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| OK, I'm playing it smart and sorta following the program. NO running today...at least not on land! :) Karen picked me up early for 25 min of lazy river jog/walk before water aerobic class. We walked against current for 3 laps then jogged with current for many laps. Aerobic class was awesome today. I loved sprint intervals at the shallow end of the pool, running in full sprint is my cup of tea and you don't even break a sweat! :) I also like ski moguls, dolphin, xcountry ski and pumping swing. I do not like arms up bicycling, I kept sinking and panicked. :} Legs feel rested... so hope I can do the walk/run/2min/8min for 8-10 miles tomorrow! Keeping my fingers crossed.
AWESOME lunch with my AWESOMEST peeps at Tuscano! THANKS RivertonPaul! :)
Hope y'all have a great weekend! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.25 |
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What a gorgeous day, sunny blue sky, calm, Temp in the high 30s. Wendy was so gracious to run with me. We got a late start because I couldn't decide what to wear/bring. Whatever happens to those days when I just laced up my shoes and went for 10-13 miles in the middle of the week w/o carrying anything. :) Anyway, I ended up wearing tights, l/s top, light jacket with one flask of water, a gu, and cell phone. We did the walk/run/2min/8min per Pfitz's R2RafterSF. Got to the *fountain of youth* during the run cycle and stopped the watch at exactly 1:00:00 and 5.4 mile. Quickly used the bathroom, ate gu, drank and turned back home with the same walk/run/2min/8min. All the uphills were in the run cycle...nice...but sure could feel the lack of lung power! When we got to the house we still had 2 min left on the run cycle so we kept running and finished with 3 min walk stopping the watch at mile 11.25 in 2:03:00 with AP of 10:57. YAY!!! Legs and feet felt great. Am so so so SO grateful the 足 is healing and I am able to 走. :) :) :) THANKS Wendy for being such a wonderful, faithful, loyal friend keeping me company with uplifting conversations and from the temptation to run farther! :) :) :) :)
Going to do some yard work, shopping, preparing for Sunday's family party at my house! Hope I get some yoga in tonight!
Hope y'all having a FANTASTIC weekend! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 11.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| My internet was down yesterday so posting today (Tue.)
Did the walk/run/2min/10min with the girlfriends. Nice weather but a bit windy. We ran/walk the same route as Sat. Wendy and Carolyn turned around at the school where we got a drink so they got 8 miles. Karen needed to run 8-10 more so she and I kept going to the Alpine Park where we gu'd and drank at the fountain of youth then turned back. Legs and foot felt fine so when we got to my house at mile 11.5 we kept going to finish up the running cycle at 12 miles in 2:05, AP: 10:23. Karen got a drink and gu at my house then went for some more.
Can definitely feel the accumulative mileage on the legs (11+miles on Sat.) and very tired partly due to less sleep the last couple days (daylight saving messed up sleep). Foam roll and stretch.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Yesterday I overdressed so today I wore shorts but should've worn capri as it's cooler this morning with the wind at 20mph. Did the walk/run/2min/12min with the girlfriends. We went west and south to 3rd west then up on rail trail. Going east uphill on 3200N was tough with the headwind. Got to Karen's house at mile 5.58 in 1 hr. right at the end of the run cycle. I went in her house to admire her new wood floor while Carolyn and Wendy kept going. When I came out, they were 0.25 mile ahead so I picked it up to catch them (felt good to run faster) and ran the last 0.25 mile home together. 6.5 miles in 1:08:20. AP: 10:31. The last 1.5 mi was 9:30...wahoo!!! :) House painting project is coming along. Today we'll finish up the small hallway and the three doors. Will prep the laundry room and Larissa's room. Hopefully we'll get it done before company comes on Thursday. :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Everything I've read about over-use injury comes from over training which in reality is under recovery. So, I need to play this game smart. I chose Wed to be my *rest* day because according to Karen, the Wed. water aerobic instructor is the BEST. Karen and I got to the LC 25 min before class so we could do some shallow water jogging. I like doing this because it loosens up my achy running muscles. :)
Today I was able to do the abs intervals with my toes above water! YAY! And I did not go under water when we did the dolphin. I'm getting the hang of this. My body is loving this water workout! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Karen, Wendy and I wanted to run some place new; so we ran up Center St. crossed SR 92 north onto the dirt road straight up Traverse Mountain. Plan was to run 7 miles with the walk/run/15 min/2 min. but due to the nature of the terrain and elevation gain, was only able to do one cycle of the run/walk. Got to the top of dirt road (470' vert) at mile 2 where it forked east and west. We took the east trail that traverse behind IMFlash. Saw some deer. My breathing was rather labored during the uphill climb. I had not use my inhaler for over a month. Wondered about the sage brush and windy condition.
The eastbound trail is rolling for about 0.6 mile then veered uphill. We turned around at mile 3 (185' vert). One day we will run further up to the peak (wonder if that is the famous benchview peak that ScottW runs) but not today. The view of the valley and lake is awesome. Running down this rather rocky trail was a bit scary. When we got back to the fork at the dirt road we decided to take the westbound trail that passed thru the archery range. Made a mental note that we should not run here on weekends as we might become "targets"! :) Saw some quails. At about 0.8 mile the trail took a downhill turn. The trail is quite free of rocks so I opened up and cruised down. All of a sudden I felt my heart pounding strangely as if it would jump right out of my chest. It was a very frightening feeling. The only other time I experienced this tachycardia was last winter when I had crested the 1200W hill and was running on flat terrain at recovery pace...it felt like I was experiencing a heart attack. It caused enough concern that I went to see the doc. the next day and was determined that I actually experienced asthmatic attack. Anyway I stopped at the bottom of the hill where the trail forks east and west. I waited for Karen and Wendy to catch up to determine which direction to go. I told them of my heart pounding and Wendy put her hand on my chest and could feel my heart pulsating rapidly. I did not feel any dizziness or shortness of breath. It was just a rather uneasy and frightening sensation. So I walked a bit to let the heart settle down. We took the east bound trail that eventually joins back up to the dirt road. Running the last mile home on pavement felt hard. It didn't help that there was a strong south headwind. Hope not a mistake to run the traverse mountain bench trail and no damage to the healing metatarsal! With that said, it's a great trail with beautiful view and ideal preparation for the Buffalo run. Wish we had discovered this trail earlier over the winter and ran it to prepare myself for the Orphan Hope forest trail run! Company coming this afternoon! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 7.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Hubby and Paul went skiing at Deer Valley. Nadine (Paul's wife) and I worked out at home. Did a quick and short run. Threw some running clothes in the duffle. Took Nadine to Costco and lunch at La Fuente. Got home with 20 min to spare before John and Wendy came to pick me up for our drive down to SG. We picked up Carolyn and drove non-stop to SG and made it in time for the 6pm soccer game that Rachel (Wendy's daughter) and a few of the girls from my ward were playing in. After the game we drove to packet pick up where I discovered my driver's license and credit cards were missing from my jacket pocket. The last time I used the credit cards was at Costco and LaFuente. I called hubby who called the restaurant. We drove back to the soccer field and searched, the bathroom was locked so couldn't search there. By 8:30pm everyone except me was starving. We went to a Mexican restaurant. I was too stressed out to eat, so had a dinner salad. Got to Wendy's niece's house in Hurricane around 10ish. Had a sleepless night.
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Spectrum 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:50:52, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Couldn't fall asleep and didn't have any Tylenol PM. Carolyn was my roommate. She was quite as a mouse. Had a sleepless night. Got up at 6:15. Dressed. Left the house in Hurricane at 6:55 to pick up Kathie from her hotel in SG at 7:15. It was so GOOD to see Kathie! :) Got to Ivins with lots of time to use the pop...good thing because the dinner salad did not agree with my tummy! My friends insisted that Kathie called Teena (my cell died) to ask her to bring her inhaler as I didn't bring mine and my asthma was acting up last night and this morning. Got on the bus with RAD. Windy and a bit chilly at the start. Teena, Annie and Nick found us..so did Jon and KellyA...so fun to see friends! :) :) :)
Very apprehensive about this run for several reasons: 1) I'm still rehabbing from a metatarsal stress fracture, 2) stressed out with loss of my driver's license and credit cards, 3) tired and out of shape, 4) have very little experience in 10Ks. The last time I ran 10K was 3 years ago at DNews (49:31). I've run Spectrum in 2008 (49:15), 2009 (47:50) and Payson Onions Day (51:43) taking 1stAG in all three by pure luck! :) The only reason for this run is to complete the SG runner series...so no goal... hope to walk/run to the finish in one piece.
Lined up with Kathie, Nick and Annie. It was wonderful to have Kathie there to keep me warm. :) The race started on time. I was ecstatic to find myself running with Kathie, Nick and Annie. It was rather crowded. I held back the urge to weave around runners until Kathie said that we "should do some tangent"...then I found an opening and took it. The downhill felt great. I just ran easy and rolled with the gravity down the first mile. Mile 2 flattened out a bit and I started to feel warm so I walked on the slight incline taking off my jacket and tied around my waist. There were some headwind but wasn't too bad. Walked and drank through the first aid station. Mile 3 was downhill, the foot felt fine, however the breathing started to feel labored. Passed a little boy in mile 4, and asked how old he was...9, running his first 10K and ahead of his parents. We hung together a bit. Mile 5, quads started to complain, feeling tired but fought the urge to walk. Skipped the last aid station and kept praying with gratitude in my heart. I seriously could not believe that I was running instead of walking or limping. After the last turn and could see the finish, I just focused on the finish line hanging on with dear life. Teena and RAD was walking back about 100m from the finish on the left side. RAD jumped in to run me to the finish. I could hear Teena's kids cheering but I couldn't return their cheer...felt like I was going to puke! Felt a bit dizzy when I saw my Garmin stopped at 50:50! I seriously could not believe I did it!
Splits: 7:52, 8:22, 7:57, 8:10, 8:27, 8:52, 7:30. Official time: 50:52, good enough to take 2nd in my division. I wanted to do some cool down jogging with Teena, Annie and RAD but felt completely drained with jello legs and tight quads so I skipped it. Better safe than sorry. After the award ceremony, we drove to SG to watch the girls' soccer game at noon. Grabbed lunch at 2:30 before the drive home. Am very very very very grateful for the support of my wonderful running friends and the blessings and joy of being able to run! :) :) :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Time to do some hill work. Am so so so so out of shape! :(
1 mile warm up @ 2% incline from 6 to 6.6mph 5 miles at 6.6 mph increasing incline by 0.5% every 0.25 mile from 2% to 10%. Had to hang on with dear life the last 0.5 mile. :)
1 mile cool down @ 3%incline at 7 mph 7 miles in 64 min AP: 9:08
Myrtle 8-15 reps 3 circuits CSE 5 min plyo
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.30 |
| Sunny cold morning, slush and black ice at some spots. Easy run with the girl friends down 3rd West and up rail trail. Wendy and Carolyn peeled off at mile 4. Karen and I continued up to Cabella's. Gu'd at mile 8. Ran her home for her 10 miles, then I ran 2.3 more by myself. Legs are definitely tired and struggle with the uphills. Foam roll and stretch.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 12.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
| 5 glorious hours of skiing with my sweet hubby at Deer Valley! Beautiful day on the slope! :) After I got home quickly shed the ski garb and put on short sleeve top and shorts for a quick run in the sun. :) Legs felt good and wanted to run more but better be safe than sorry. AP: 9:10 (10:00, 9:05, 8:55, 8:52, 8:38) A wonderful dinner and movie with my honey in the evening to complete a perfect day! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 4.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| I was feeling chilled and achy last night at the movie and thought it was from skiing and the theater's AC. Woke up several times through the night with stuffy nose and mild sore throat. It's weird how it just hit me so suddenly. Was hoping it was allergy. Took my inhaler before going for the run. Weather was beautiful, sunny blue sky...however my run was anything but beautiful. I was a huffing and puffing, by mile 4 everything hurts, knees, hips, quads, shoulders even my neck! ICKY!!! Karen and I made it to Highland city park but the drinking fountain was not turned on so we went inside the Mtn Ridge JH seminary building. If I didn't have Karen's company, I would've asked to use the office's phone and call my hubby to come get me. On the return, I just wanted to lay down and die. It felt like the last 5K of a marathon. :( :( :(
Went to the Driver's License Dept in Draper to get a duplicate of my DL second time this week. The first time they would not accept my tax return as proof of my SSN. It's such a hassle....long lines and wait. Thought I saw Rob Murphy there. I wasn't sure if it was him. He was standing in the next counter from me and overhead him saying he lost his DL jogging. :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 9.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Went to the temple in the morning. Try to stay indoor as much as possible and rest hoping to shake off whatever it is that's making me tired, congested and diarrhea! ICK! Ran 5 recovery miles as per schedule on the dreadmill...stopped every mile to stretch and drink. It did help loosen up the congestion as my nose was running faster than my feet. :) Tried to do CSE without success...too tired. Only did 8 reps of Myrtle, foam roll and stretch. Took 2 buffs of the maintenance inhaler before bedtime so I could breath but it made my heart raced...just can't win! Tomorrow's Buffalo Run is going to be interesting!
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Antelope Island Buffalo Run 25K (16.51 Miles) 03:24:05 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.51 |
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I signed up for this race back in Dec. thinking it'd be a great training run and talked Karen into signing up as well. Have never run this course before and was very concerned about the technical/difficulty of this. Kelli gave me very good tips and answered lots of my questions which helped tremendously. Well, things have changed the last couple months. Since my stress fracture 6 weeks ago at the Huntsville (Orphan Hope) Trail Marathon, the longest distance I've done was 12 miles. I debated whether I should run it...but with 3 weeks to go before Boston, I feel that I need to get a 16 miler in if I were to finish Boston at all. Every single run in the last 3 weeks have been tough...although there is no pain at the sf site...I was running very slow and out of breath. Kelli texted me last night and helped me so much to decide on what shoes (my old old Inspire) to wear and what to carry (handheld bottle and Gu). I also carried bandaid and inhaler. Picked up Karen at 6 and RAD at 6:15. So glad hubby was driving cause I was so tired...should not have taken the inhaler at bedtime! Got to packet pick up just before the line got super long. After using the pop at the start, the 50K runners started their race, we went inside the tent to stay warm. The winner of the 100 miler, Carl M (I think) just finished! WOW!!!! It was so fun to talk to him! There is such a laidback easy going and happy atmosphere at trail races that you don't see in road races. I LOVE IT!!! With 5 min before start we went back to the pop lines where the RD gave us briefing...made one more trip to the pop (the tummy issue persisted from yesterday to this morning, nice!)...then went to line up at the start. The temp was perfect in the low 50s, partly cloudy and just a light breeze...perfect running condition. The first 3 miles is a steady climb. I walked A LOT. It was fun cheering the 100 milers and a few 50Kers coming the opposite direction. Fritz was the first 50K runner. He was running so strong and fast! WOW!!! Very exciting! :) Mile 4 level out and some downhill with good footing so I ran a little but had to walk when I could not get enough air. I took 3 puffs (the 1st puff could not hold it in, have got to learn how to inhale that darn thing). Karen got quite a bit ahead. Mile 5 was another climb before reaching our first aid station where I took a GU. Maurine working feverishly at the aid station, called out my name! :) It was SO GREAT to see her! She had run the 50K the night before and without sleeping a wink now working at the aid station. What an AWESOME girl! Karen waited for me. I ate one GU, Karen filled her water bottle, then we left the aid station. The next mile plus are switch backs where we walked a lot and I visited with couple of ladies in my AG. One of them, Clea, seems to know everybody as she cheered on the ladies down below us. It was great fun, beautiful scenery. Every time I tried to run, my breathing would get labored. I must've blown at least a cup of snot. My ears were so plucked up from the congestion that it was messing with my equilibrium. Took 2 puffs of albuterol after 2+ hours into the running (err walking)!
I must've swallowed a lot of air as my guts were getting distended and a side ache up and down my left ribs. Karen's talking to me helped distract the discomfort. My feet were getting achy but NOT the same pain I felt at the forest trail marathon 6 week ago, HOORAY!!! We passed by a few mountain bikers and group of equestrian riders. We stopped to read a sign explaining the raising of wild horses on the island back in the days of the pioneer settlers, very interesting. I ran and passed a few runners on the downhill stretch with good footings for a little before the breathing or lack thereof forced me to walk again. Very discouraging...Karen even walked back to get me...she is such a great friend! :) We ran passed a group of scouts who stood by to let us pass...such courteous boys and leaders! :)
Somewhere with about a mile to go (I lost track of mileage or time as I didn't dare see how slow I was going), Fritz came whizzing by on my left to his winning finish of the 50K!!! WOW!!!! :) :) :) SO AWESOME!!!! :) That motivated me to keep running passing a few runners. Karen was a good 2 min ahead. I was hoping to run all the way to the finish when I saw a tent where a group of people were cheering, among them my hubby and RAD. To my disappointment, we had to turn right and run on an incline into a headwind...I don't know how far...but I was SO SO SO SO GRATEFUL RAD was there running alongside me. I started to have an asthmatic attack, I could not get any air in or out! It was as if I was drowning...very frightening! RAD's presence gave me comfort, I walked a bit and regained enough strength to run with the help and guide of RAD to the finish. Upon crossing the finish, I took 2 puffs of the albuterol and got inside the big tent. A very kind lady named Brooke who I found out later was a doctor told me to take another puff of the albuterol. I was feeling dizzy, shaky, tingly fingers and toes but did not dare to sit down for fear of cramping up. Finally got my breathing under control and went to get something to eat. The buffalo stew was YUMMY!!!! It was GREAT to see ScottW and jun whose mother was running the 25K. Got to congratulate Fritz! I think it was Jim Kern who handed me my finisher mug (with a carton of chocolate milk in it). I had hoped to see Huans32 or Maynard...but no such luck! :(
It was a hard but great workout! I had fun. The scenery is SPECTACULAR!!! I couldn't have done it without Karen and Rachel. I would run this again hopefully on a day with no asthma/breathing issue. Now 4 hrs after the race, I am feeling spent, my ribs hurt from the labored breathing and coughing. I cannot sleep as my heart rate is still up. Feeling some dizziness...not sure what it is from. My left ITB is bugging...need to stretch. My feet are just a little sore. So glad tomorrow is Sabbath and I can REST! :) THANKS again Rachel and Karen and Kelli! 
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| Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 16.51 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Woke up feeling like a freight train has run over me...SORE galore!!!! Didn't help or may be DID help that the weather outside was frightful...hurricane like wind attacking...dragged myself out of bed while hubby headed to the ski resort. Due to the hurricane, my tv has no signal, so got a Netflix document (the Amazing Human Machine, or somethin' like that) to ease the pain of attempting a "resurrection run" on the dreadmill. First attempt failed miserably!!! So... climbed on the elliptical to do a warm up mile which took 30 min. very pathetic! Then got on the dreadmill for another attempt starting at 3mph and up the speed 0.1 every min. My breathing sounded like a freight train... wheezing, coughing and Darthvader incarnate! My quads were angry with me! Stopped numerous numerous times to drink, stretch, catch my breath. Would've quit if not for wanting to finish the 1hr. 36 min documentary, yep that's how long it took to do 1 mile on the elliptical and 6 miles on the mill. Sigh!!!
Feeling like an elephant in quick sand...what in the world happened to my body??!!! :(
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Cool cloudy morning with slight breeze. Ran with Karen (Sky) on bench loop with 1.5 on canal trail. AP: 10:09. Quads not happy on even the slightest decline. Breathing hard, spitting lots, coughing some, blowing snots. I found out that Utah has the highest pollen count right now in the whole country. My apricot tree has loads of popcorns on it. My cherry willow and crab-apple trees are laden with red and pink blossoms. The poplars and maples are all budding out. Hmmm, I must have allergies triggered and exercise induced asthma!!! :( Karen kindly suggests that I take my Symbicot inhaler every morning. Guess I better. :)
Hubby and I went to see the Hunger Games; then Mexican lunch; then shopping for rocks. We ordered 5 tons of rocks to be delivered tomorrow which means I get to have a back-breaking job tomorrow and the next few days. Eeeek!
Dinner and Chamber Orchestra concert tonight. Hope I won't cough too much during the performance!
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Very windy morning!!! Took Symbicort before heading out. We (Karen, Wendy & Carolyn) headed east to the canal trail behind Smith and ran south down the unpaved road to the bottom of Dry Creek. My legs were a bit wobbly. My friends helped me cross the creek, then we ran up the other side of Dry Creek, southeast to Highland following the unpaved canal trail to road east of Highland Park. Stopped at Mtn Ridge JrH to drink and Gu; then headed west on the road and back on the trail to Dry Creek. Can't wait for the trail and bridge to be completed...it will be SO NICE!!!
Legs very heavy and tired, breathing labored, lots of spitting and nose blowing. This allergy thing is so miserable! If weren't for my girl friends' company and help, I wouldn't have made it. I'm really worried about Boston. :( Helped hubby spread landscape rocks along the 4'x200' fence line...back-breaking job!!! Wendy was so kind to come help us. My knees, legs, feet and arms are now very sore. I think I need a new body! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
| T 40F, partly sunny, breezy, lots of pollen and field-burning smoke. Took Symbicort before heading out. Ran with Karen south on 3rd West, north on Rail Trail then east to Bull River. Fought the urge to walk on the uphill into the wind...chugging along ever so slowly. Nose blowing and spitting fest again, but less coughing. Legs were sore first few miles, felt okay the last couple miles. Finished spreading the rocks. Tomorrow we'll shovel horse poop in the garden...joy! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 8.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran 6.5 by myself. Still breathing hard and feeling tired. :( Not sure if the Symbicort is helping as I still have copious amount of nasal drainage...the nose is running like a faucet. Took a generic Claritin before working in the garden and yard. It is supposed to be non-drowsy but I kept dozing off in the temple later in the afternoon. Hope I didn't snore! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.20 |
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7 weeks post stress fracture, 2 weeks of asthma city, 16 days 'till Boston!!! Desperately need a miracle long run!!!
All my runs in the last 3 weeks since the injury have been slow and hard. Right now my biggest hurdle is breathing. Thought I was just out of shape but the root of the problem is my asthma. Even at rest, my breathing is inhibited and I have zero energy. I desperately needed at least one 18 miler to give me a little confidence before heading to Boston. Not sure if I got it today! Sigh! :( My guardian angel, Lowell from Pocatello, signed up to run the Riverton Half this morning; but agreed to run 18 with me. I forewarned him that I could barely hold a 10mm pace. He replied: "I'm here to run with you; not to run a race. The more time it takes the more lies we tell!" What a terrific friend! :) I did not sign up for the race, could not justify the $50 for a race that I didn't need and in no shape to race. So for the 1st time in my life, I ran bandit carrying my own water and Gu!
Met Lowell at 8am at the Riverton City Park to run 5 miles prior to the race. We ran out and back on the last 2.5 miles of the course. Thought it's a good idea to run into the wind first. It was a bit chilly with the wind. Lowell let me wore one of his windbreakers. Breathing was labored right off the bat. He tried to teach me a few songs but I could barely breath, let alone sing! :) We did have a nice chat! The turn around was at the top of the "S" hill. We saw a "pioneer" woman weeding and said hello to her twice. Saw the aid station by the cemetery and made a mental note to look alive when we'd run pass it again some 3 hours later. :) We made it back to the Park just as the race was about to start. Ran 5.1 in 50:50 (10:15, 9:50, 10:09, 9:40, 10:00) Quickly threw the jacket in the car and jumped in with the 5K runners. We caught up to the 2:30 pace group at the 12600S traffic light. Was so fun to see Nancy, Misty, Carrie (the gal who ran Sogonapmit w/ us last year) and chatted with the back of the pack folks. The first two miles were nice with the wind to our back. I knew immediately that we were running a bit fast for me but I didn't want to loose Lowell so I tried to stay with him as best as I could. Those two miles came in at 9:26, 9:28 (the only miles in the 9s all morning)...was great while it lasted. Soon I was huffing, puffing, gasping for air when we turned east and south facing the wind. Had to take 2 puffs of my Albuterol. Lowell walked with me to make sure I got my breathing under control. The best part of the morning was seeing RivertonPaul (actually he saw me first) around mile 3ish cheering! :) SO GREAT to see him!!! THANKS Paul for the cheer! You are AWESOME!!!!:) :) Gu'd at the first aid station which would be my 8+ mile. At the top of the first hill in some condo neighborhood, an elderly couple with couple of children were waving flags. They told us that they've been praying for us. It was the sweetest words ever heard. We stopped to have group pictures taken with them. Lowell was so great to chat with everyone we passed. We made a few friends we leap-frog'd with: Ms prime#17 (Teena's favorite #), the FAMOUS couple, Kathryn from Sandy, Mark from Hawaii, two young ladies and others I can't remember now. We stopped to take pictures at the trail head at South County Park, we "soared" down the parkway next to the golf course. The real tough part of the course was miles (6-8.5) on the JRP, gusty dusty headwind taking my feeble breath away, leaving gritty sand/dirt in my mouth. I coughed, sputtered, stopped, walked, gasped, nearly got hit by an oncoming cyclist whom I didn't see. Tried to duck behind the 2:20 pacer girls, one of whom was so skinny that it was useless. At the top of the hill just past mile 8, we did some "jump shots" for the camera guy. :) We spilled out of the JRP onto 14600 S and felt an immediate relief from the wind. Took my 2nd Gu at that station. We walked with Kathryn who also ran the Buffalo 25K last week and was struggling. Stopped to fill up my water bottle at the mile 10.5 station, chatted with the volunteers. With the wind to our back, my breathing and running got better. It didn't last long once we got to the "S" hill...walked again. I read the sign explaining the naming of the "S". Made Lowell turned back to read it and took two pictures (one of myself, and another one with Lowell taken by Mark). The "friends" just shoke their heads and smiled as they ran past. Of course we soon re-passed them! Hehehe!!!
We're now running the 2.5 miles that we've run twice earlier and finally felt like I could pick up the pace. But Lowell would stop to talk to those walking. Of course we had to tell lies and stories and made them run with us. We looked so alive that the volunteers did not throw us into the cemetery. The GarnTee Roofing truck was still there. Running northbound on Redwood Rd we passed by the Senior citizens Center and no one let us in, so we took a picture in front to prove that we "were" there! I still don't know why it was a great thing to see the RMAC sign/store. At the corner before turning east, we sang our "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission" song and instructed the volunteers pointing the way that they need to make blinking signal with their fingers. We ran back and around the photographer twice to make sure he got our jump shots! One last left turn then saw the finish arch (for the 3rd time) and sprinted towards it. I peeled off to the side of the arch and stopped my Garmin at mile 13.1 in 2:20:55, my SLOWEST half marathon EVER!!! :) Watched Lowell got his medal, then walked into the big tent to Teena's PT school's booth. The booth was very well done, very professional and so was Teena! :) Went to the award ceremony, cheered Walter, the champ, Tyler, ChadR, Nancy, Keith, Teena and Lowell (both got 3rd in their respective AGs). It was great to see Kelli, JulieC, RAD, JoseJ, AndyB, Rachelle, did I miss anybody? Would've taken 1st in my AG, had I registered. BUT the fun I had running with Lowell and being with friends was priceless.
Had a busy afternoon and evening with friends and family. As in previous runs, I am feeling totally wiped out. It is so discouraging to run so out of breath and devoid of energy. Will I ever be able to feel like my former running self again?!!! I just hope I can finish Boston without any asthma attack and before they close down the course! sigh!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 18.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Had a dream that I was trying to learn to swim and was drowning. I could see my friends nearby chatting away not noticing my dangerous predicament! Woke up gasping for air! Strange nightmare! Very very very windy at my neck of the woods!!! In fact it's still howling. Hubby went skiing and said it was calm and beautiful up in the mountains! NOT fair! I've had enough of that nasty wind so I opted to "run" indoor. Took several attempts and nearly gave up. Intended workout ~ 8 mi w/ 8x100m strides. Jogged 5 mi at 10mph stopping numerous times to catch my breath, then did 0.125mi @ 8mph w/ equal distance RI @ 5mph x8. Legs felt fine but the lungs had a mind of its own...so frustrating!
Took Mary to lunch for her birthday. Came home and crashed on the couch 'till hubby woke me up to sign the tax return papers. It was 6:30pm...I slept for over 3 hours!!! Why am I so exhausted?!!! :( ************ I have thought about getting off this blog SO many times! I feel that I don't belong here and that I have nothing to offer. I am however very very very grateful for my fellow bloggers who are so understanding and supportive, compassionate and non-judgmental. You are some of the GREATEST people I've ever have the privilege to get to know! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for sharing your kind comments, concern and wisdom!!!! Many thanks and love to y'all! :) :) :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran with the girl friends on bench loop...while they talked, I huffed, puffed, blew nose, coughed, spit, walked to catch my breath. Am so lucky to have such wonderful friends, so patient and caring! :)
Promised hubby last week that I'd pruned the raspberry bushes... so I did...for 4 hours!!! I used to love gardening...now it feels like slave labor!!! If the running didn't kill me, the yard work did me in! Today my oldest son turned 31. I still remember when I was 31.....
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Today was supposed to be a VO2max workout day, last one before the marathon, 9 mi w/ 3x1600m @ 5K race pace and jog 50-90% interval time between. Ha! I don't remember the last time I did any speed work. Seriously, every run in the last 4 weeks has been VO2-MAXOUT run for me...no joke! :) Anything under 10mm I'd heaved my lungs out and my heart would combust!!! :) :) :) We were supposed to meet at Wendy's house to start our run at 8:30am. Due to Carolyn needing to be at the elementary school, we started our run late. We ran to the elementary school and waited for her then ran up to Alpine; turned around at the Deerfield Elementary where we got a drink. So, the run had couple of stops and I walked couple times on the uphill. But, the breathing was better, I did not cough up a lung or gasp for air, nor wheeze nor huff like a freight train. I did have to blow and spit copious amount as usual. The last mile was into a strong headwind and I survived! YAY!!! :) So may be taking a Claritin at bed time and Symbicort morning and night is helping...hope hope! Am very tired so I'm going to take a nap this afternoon!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.75 |
| Karen needed 13 so I ran some with her. Colder and windier than I expected. The last 2 miles by myself going uphill into a stiff headwind. Was happy that the lungs co-operated meaning I didn't kill over on the side of the road gasping for air. :) With all the great medical advancement these days, you'd think someone would invent an oxygen tank the size of a match box! :) :) :)
Have come to terms with my slow pace but remain hopeful that I will finish Boston in one piece. If not I'll pick up the pieces and move forward. Seriously, I think my asthma is a blessing in disguise because it slows me down enough to let the stress fracture heals! Our body is a marvelous machine indeed! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 7.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
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Easy peasy on the mill. I love working out with my honey ♥ while watching a funny flix! :)
Myrtle (10 rep). 5 circuits CSE (30 rep). My baby turns 20 today! Wonder if he's having a great day in Taiwan! :) Dinner with friends and concert tonight!
Happy Good Friday, all!!!!
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 5.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| Picked up Wendy and Carolyn at 7:45 to run the JRP. 33F sunny 7mph SSE wind. wore l/s top, light jacket, gloves, capri, 24oz hand-held with elixir tablets and 1 chocolate gu. We ran south to Saratoga Springs and turned around at mile 6.5. The girl friends stopped to use the bathroom at the park where a friendly runner offered me water when I commented that the drinking fountain is not on. He later caught up to us and I ran with him for 3 miles to Willow Park where he went to refill his bottle. We talked about our upcoming races. Found out he is Mark Ellison, I remember him from Crockett's earlier blog. Good chat and nice to have him kept me on pace (I wanted to see if my lungs could handle mp). Legs felt good and smooth to run faster pace! Don't think I can sustain that pace for 26.2 though; may be by Fall.
Got back to the car at 13.1 in 2:03:33 then turned around to get the girls to finish 14 miles. AP: 9:25 (10:01, 9:48, 9:51, 9:39, 9:51, 9:54, 10:00, 9:34, 8:42, 8:45, 8:38, 9:06, 8:50, 9:30) Beautiful day, saw lots of runners, walkers, fishermen, bikers, cute cute baby calves with their momma cows, geese and ducks. When we got home, my neighbor Farmer Carter was burning the ditches along the road in front of my house...huge stinky smoke...now my lungs are so irritated...cough! cough! cough! Happy Easter weekend to y'all! :) :) :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 14.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Beautiful day, 45F, calm, sunny! Ran with the girl friends down 3rd West then east to Sego Lily, loop around one neighborhood and the Jr. High then north up Center. No energy or lung power going uphill. Still lots of upper respiratory drainage. I'm going to die on the Newton hills. Karen pulled ahead (that girl is gonna rock UVM) while Carolyn and Wendy brought up the rear. Myrtle (10 rep). 5 circuits CSE (30 rep). Going to explore City Creek then attend the Utah Chamber Music Competition Winners concert ~ https://umarket.utah.edu/uumusic/ :) Happy Monday!!! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Got home late last night subsequently didn't get enough Zzzzzs; SO NOT wanting to run this morning. If not for meeting up with Wendy and Carolyn, I would've stayed in bed!
We ran east and saw Autumn C. at the corner of 600E with her cell phone on the side walk. Found out she was stretching on the sidewalk in preparation for her run. We invited her to join us. After waiting for her to stretch, she felt obligated! :) She has just started running recently and wanted no more than 3 miles. Told her we'd run to Smith which is 1.6 miles out then turn back and she'd get a 5K and we'd continue west for our 7 miles. Everyone agreed and happily we went! :)
Felt SO sluggish the first mile!!! When the girls told me to just run on ahead, I decided to do some strides. Did 8 x 0.1 mile strides with equal distance recovery where I'd run back to the girls. Ran easy the rest of the way with them. :)
My neighbor's mother, a 76 yo Korean lady who lives in my Stake, went to the temple for the first time today. She was baptized a year ago on April 9. It was so wonderful to be at her baptism then and today to the temple. My heart was filled with overflowing joy for her and her family! :)
I have been SO TIRED lately!!! I'd doze off as soon as I sit down, whether in a car, a movie or concert and most embarrassingly in the temple!!! Why am I so tired?!!!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Ran with Karen (Sky) west on canal trail, south on rail trail, east on 3200N. As usual, Karen kicked my trash on the uphill. Almost puked at the top of the hill by the mink farm...the WORST stench ever! Nose still running faster than the legs! Other than that, it was a beautiful day out...so lucky to have a patient and loving running buddy! :) Karen's youngest daughters were out skateboarding when we ran by her house so they skated alongside for my last mile home...SO CUTE! :) :) :)
Myrtle. 3 circuits CSE.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 1.25 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Last run before the marathon! Heading to Boston this evening! Am excited for many fellow bloggers who have trained so hard and smart and totally primed for a FANTASTIC marathon on Mon. Have a safe and fun trip y'all Boston bound folks! Hope I get to see some of you! :) As for me, this is going to be a fun and very expensive, slow long training run! :)
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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After a sleepless red-eye flight. We arrived at Boston Logan International at 10am. Took the T blue line, transfer to green line. This being our 5th Boston trip, we know how to get around pretty good. Waited for Eric's arrival from Cleveland in the Boston Common Hotel and checked in at noon. We lucked out on getting this room for $134. Located on 40 Trinity Pl, is across the street from the John Hancock Tower where Eric will report on race morning for his volunteer duty as an DPM in the finish line med tent.
As tradition, we head down on Boylston to the finish line then grab lunch at the Japanese noodle shop on the marathon course on Hereford.  We then head over to the Expo which is at the World Trade Center at Water Front this year. I prefer the Hynes Convention on Boylston better. 
The Expo on Fri. afternoon is much much less crowded. 
No autograph from Ryan Hall this year! :) Dinner at Legal Seafood, hubby and I shared a lobster bake while Eric had Cod with lobster tail. We've waited a whole year for this scrumptious seafood! :) :) :)
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| Normally we walk/tour the Freedom Trail on Tue, the day after the race. It's a great walk for post-marathon recovery. But this year, we decided to do this on Sat. because Eric heads home bright and early the morning after the race. 
My legs and feet were dog-tired by the end of the day! :) Not Eric, he ran up all 400 steps of the Bunker Hill Monument and after dinner went to the 8:45 showing of the movie, Hunger Games! I was beat for not having slept for two days! :)
Chow time and party with the gang at the Empire Garden!  L-R: Ryan, Teena, Andy, Becky, Ronnie, Slick, Jeff, Smooth, Larry, Lark, Marcie, Jeff, Mindy, Jason, Abby, Susie, Lowell and Eric! :)  Becky, Teena, Smooth (Oreo girls)! :) :) :)
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Did a little "homework" beforehand to avoid the snaffu we had the
last couple years. In 2009 we went to Sacrament at Boston 3rd Ward
which is a Haitian/Creole Ward...even after talking to the bishop who
assured us that it was English. In 2010 we went to the Cambridge
1st Ward in a warehouse. Turned out it was their Stake
Conference. We found an unlock door and went inside to hold
our own Sunday Meeting. Larry
conducted the meeting. Doone played the piano. Rhett and I bore our
testimonies. It was very memorable. In 2011 we (Lowell, Terry,
Larry and I) went to the Blessing of the athletes at the Old South
Church which. It happened to be
Palm Sunday, a really neat Sunday service. Afterwards we went to the Cambridge 1st Ward with Marcie, Lark, Rhett, Doone,
Kathie, James, JoseJ. The warehouse was no longer the meeting place.
Instead they have built a nice Stake Center. This year I found out that the Cambridge Wards were again having Stake Conference and the Boston 1st Ward (English speaking) holds Sacrament Mtg at 9am. It happened to be their Fast &
Testimony Mtg. An African American sister prayed for the safety and God's help for the marathoners on. A marathoner
bore her testimony of God knows us individually. She was
struggling with enough money to pay for the change of flights; having booked them without realizing the marathon started later than she had thought. God was very much aware of her
plight when unexpectedly she received an envelope with a note: "In as
much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it
unto me" and $700 cash. So glad I went to Sacrament Mtg.
today!
After church, we went to Chinatown to yum cha.
While Eric went sightseeing, I checked my emails and received the
following alerts from BAA :
Update to Entrants in Tomorrow's Boston Marathon®
Sunday, April 15, 2012 as of 4:30 p.m.
Running any marathon involves risks
- The weather conditions that we will be
seeing on Monday, April 16 will involve even more risk. It will
involve an increased element of risk to all participants due to the
heat. Only the fittest runners should consider participating.
- We
have put in place a broad array of services and support for our
marathon participants, but the risks that will be presented on April 16
will be higher than normal.
- Therefore,
in cooperation with the Boston Marathon's Medical Team, it is our
recommendation that anyone entered in the marathon who has not met the
qualifying standards for their age and gender strongly consider not
running, and that they strongly consider deferring until next year.
- Another
essential factor to take into consideration is whether you have ever
run a full marathon in weather conditions involving hot
temperatures-and that can mean temperatures even lower than those that
may be present on Monday. Do NOT assume that any experience you have
in running a cooler marathon will be a reliable guide in making the
decision in whether to participate or defer. You must factor in the
heat.
- Everyone who does choose to
participate should strongly consider running significantly more slowly
that they normally would plan to run a marathon. We have extended the
opening of our finish line in support of this recommendation.
- For
the overwhelming majority of those who have entered to participate in
the 2012 Boston Marathon, you should adopt the attitude that THIS IS
NOT A RACE. It is an experience.
- MOST
IMPORTANTLY-everyone needs to take responsibility for their own
safety. Ultimately this is an individual sport in which individuals
must take responsibility for themselves.
Boston Athletic Association
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Advisory From Boston Marathon MEDICAL DIRECTORS to Entrants in the 2012 Boston Marathon
Sunday, April 15, 2012 as of 4:30 p.m.
The
weather situation continues to be a significant concern for Boston
Marathoners. We have determined that the race will occur in a "red
zone" which is considered an increased risk but acceptable for
high-level elite runners. However, it is not considered safe for unfit
and novice runners.
We
strongly recommend that unless you have met qualifying times for this
race that you accept the deferment option from the B.A.A.
Anyone who has not run a qualifying time should also very strongly consider the deferment option.
Again, if you have any medical problems or if you under-trained, then please do not run this marathon.
Those who are running the race should run much slower, adding several minutes to your per mile pace.
Also important, please be sure to complete the emergency medical contact information on the reverse side of your bib.
Remember, unless you are acclimated to the weather conditions forecast for Monday, you should not run.
For those very fit athletes who decide to run, you should take significant precautions:
- Run at a slower pace and maintain hydration.
- You should frequently take breaks by walking instead of running.
- Heat stroke is a serious issue and is related to intensity of running as well as the heat and humidity.
- Good hydration is important but over hydration is also dangerous.
Thirst
is an indication that you are under-hydrated. You should maintain
hydration levels slightly greater than your hydration program in your
training, but not excessively so. Over-hydration can cause severely
low sodium, known as hyponatremia.
Even
the fittest athletes that take precautions can still suffer serious
heat illness. Recognizing symptoms of heat illness in yourself and
others is critical. This may include headaches, dizziness, confusion,
fatigue, nausea and vomiting. If you experience any of these, stop
running immediately and if symptoms persist seek medical attention.
Boston Marathon Co-Medical Directors, Dr. Pierre d'Hemecourt and Dr. Sophia Dyer
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Debated whether to defer. Eric asked me how I felt. I told him there's a 30% chance that of DNF with my triple threats: 1) still recovering from a 9 weeks old metatarsal stress fracture, decreased in fitness; 2) am dealing with asthma and breathing issue; 3) THE HEAT ~ historically I don't do well in warm weather, muscle cramping being the main enemy. After much debate; I prayed about it and felt that I would be okay. Since I already ran a BQ with 12 min cushion, a deferment isn't much of an incentive. I will just need to be smart and take it super easy! :) The pre-race pasta party.  |
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Boston Marathon (26.2 Miles) 05:02:22 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.60 |
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Nothing but VERY "warm" memories!!! :) :) :)
Shouldn't classify this as a race report. I did NOT race today. The heat simply gave me a good reason to have a party considering my current lack of fitness. When BAA offered to keep the course open for an extra hour...I thought to myself: "YAY, instead of 6 hours, I get to have 7 hours to party! Silly me! :) Met everyone (TomSlick, Hillbillyrunner, AndyB, Lark, Jeff, Mindy and Teena) down at the hotel lobby at 6am to walk couple blocks to Boston Common for our bus ride to Hopkinton. Marcie deferred so she could run a PR at SLC, smart choice! The mood on the bus was very subdued compared to past years. Got to the athlete village with over 2 hours to kill. Found a shady patch of grass to set out our air mattresses. It was so warm that I had zero appetite, forced down a banana, bagel and gatorade. Wished AndyB and Jeff luck as they headed to their Wave 1 start; soon followed by Teena, Slick and Ronnie to their Wave 2 start. Mindy, Lark and I were in Wave 3. Lost Lark on the way to the drop bag buses. Called Lowell and met him and his niece, Karen by the "It All Starts Here Sign" where we posted for more pictures. Felt bummed that I did not connect with Steam8. Mindy and I made one more trip to the pop...plenty to choose from. The athlete village was suddenly deserted, they turned off the music. Lost Mindy on our long march to the corrals. Of the 5 Bostons I've run, this was by far the farthest back we started. Lowell, Karen and I didn't even bother to enter the corrals we were assigned, we simply followed the throng of charity walkers. Couldn't believe we were still walking after crossing the start where we waved to the camera. It was so crowded that running was futile. We walked, jogged, goofed off, made new friends, told stories, sang, took insane amount of pictures for 17 miles. Saw a Utah Valley Marathon ad. poster/sign so we ran back and found a spectator to take a picture of us standing beneath it. Took pix under the TJ Diner sign in honor of TJ who had a pacemaker put in 5 days after running Boston last year. Took pix at every memorable or interesting locations. Wish I knew how to post pix from my cell here. Saw lots of hamburger clad runners, one Robin Hood, one toothbrush, two tie-die warriors, 3 fairies, a very cute spectator Santa. We marched with the National Guards, danced with little kids, stopped at a backyard BBQ and was tempted to sample their food.
Cannot thank the spectators enough. They offered us ICE, popsicles, cold water, apples, oranges, twizzlers, sprayed us with hose, water guns. We marched with the National Guards. High-fived so many hands that mine hurt a good hurt! :) Lowell would pour water on me and Karen at every aid station. I got a hold of a bottle of cold water and sneaked up on Lowell and doused him good. Cannot remember the last time I had so much fun with a water fight which went on for a few miles! :) Whenever we passed a runner/walker with a "in memory of...", we'd ask him/her to tell us their stories. It was very inspiring. If I wasn't so short, I would've kissed the Wellsley girls on the foreheads! I blew kisses to all the ones holding a "Kiss Me" sign and high-fived the rest. Their energy was SO AWESOME!!! Kept a close eye on Lowell to make sure no Wellsley girls geezer-napped him! :) It was here that I lost him 2 years ago! Karen was awesome in keeping track of us. Her family has rented a car and would meet us on the left side of the road every so many miles. We were running mostly on the right side of the road where there was more shade; but would run over on the left side whenever we got words that her family would be there soon. We stopped and chatted with her family and reapplied sunscreen and of course took pictures. We missed them one time and ran back to find them!
I got separated from Lowell and Karen at the mile 17ish PowerBar energy gels station. I ate my 3rd energy gel there and went to the left side of the road in search of water. I should mention that because we were running WAY BACK of the pack, some of the aid stations had run out of cups. But it was not a problem as the locals had plenty water to offer. I made sure that I would drink gatorade at all the even number miles and water at the odd number ones. Somehow in the chaos of searching for water, I lost my running buddies. I walked back to the energy gel station calling out their names. Other runners thought I was a nutcase when I asked if they'd seen "Idaho Sam" (that is what's written on the front of Lowell's shirt). I pulled out my cell phone and called Lowell and left a message that I would be walking all the Newton Hills so he could catch up if they were behind me; otherwise I would keep a steady pace and hopefully catch up to them if they were ahead. NO ONE was running on the Newton Hills especially on Heartbreak. I felt that I had the energy to run it but it was pointless so I just visited with my fellow walkers. For some reason, the hills did not feel as long. I really enjoyed the Korean drum music. There were some scary sights from the Red Cross tents where many had succumbed to the heat. I decided that after cresting Heartbreak I would run the rest of the miles for as long as my legs and lungs would let me. The energy gel must've kicked in...I found myself running with ease and being carried along by the energetic and loud Boston College crowd. I did not walk anymore, only slowed enough to grab fluids at the aid stations. I heard so many people yelling: "Look at her GO!" as I passed a sea of walkers for 5+ miles. The silly grin on my face from mile 1 stayed with me all the way to Boylston where it turned into a HUGE smile as I spotted my hubby by the Prudential Mall. I found out later that he stood worrying for 2 hours when the AT&T alert quit coming after the half. He thought I got hurt and DNF. He called me but of course I did not hear my phone...how could I with the LOUD crowd! My sweet sweet hubby was there early standing by the guard rail on Boylston. He watched the elites and winner ran by and cheered and waited patiently and looked for me every time a medic cart went by. I love him so much! :)
This was my slowest marathon ever; yet one of my funnest. My first Boston in 2008 was my fastest marathon. Both times I had a strong finish and felt awesome afterwards. I ran (err jogged) a 2:32:33 first half and finished with a negative split. As a side note, my Garmin registered 26.6 miles, the longest Boston distance yet! I am SO GRATEFUL that I had no asthma issue and was able to finish in one piece. After the race, we went to Durgin Park for our post-race celebration dinner. My son, Eric worked from 8am 'till 7pm in the finish line med tent. He said it was like a MASH unit. He started countless IVs, treated and bandaged numerous blistered feet. "Bus-load" of runners were treated with heat-related problems, vomiting, cramping, fainting. He earned his volunteer jacket. So proud of him! I saw many runners collapsed while walking to the bag drop buses! It was amazing that out of the thousands of spectators, I would run into Lowell's wife and daughter-in-law when I was walking back to my hotel.
Post race dinner. L ro R ~ Marcie, Larry, Smooth, Eric, Lloyd, Mindy, Jeff.
Many thanks and congratulations to my fellow bloggers and friends who braved the heat to race, run and offer support on this historical 116th Boston! :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 26.60 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Whale watching cruise. 
Touring of the State House. Do you know what's under the Gold Dome? 
Walked all over Beacon Hills.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Walked to Chinatown for dim sum. Spent the morning and part of afternoon shopping and revisiting the finish line at Copley Square. GOOD BYE BOSTON till next year! :) The best part of going on a trip is NO making beds and NO cooking! :) The view from our hotel room's balcony! 
The finish line 2 days later, they were still taking down the scaffolding! AWESOME! The "T" is the best way to get around. $15 gets you a 7 days pass w/ unlimited rides!
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Got home at 10:30 (12:30 eastern time) last night. SO TIRED! But woke up at 4am with congestion and post nasal drip and coughing fits. Dang! The UT allergies hit me with a vengeance! Waited till 7am to text my running girl friends. Karen needed to run 12. Carolyn and Wendy are resting for their long run tomorrow. So I joined Karen for 7.25. Just a little tight in the quads which loosened up nicely after couple miles. Breathing is still hard though. Sigh! I miss the sea level air. Cool cloudy morning, wore capri, l/s and jacket!
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| My bio-clock is still set at eastern time...woke up at 4am. Allergy still bugs. Took Symbicort. Drove to the JRP to run 8 with Wendy and Carolyn. They needed 15+. The two black toe nail toes were bugging a bit otherwise no soreness to speak of. The breathing is still labored especially on the uphill...lots of spitting sputum and snot rockets...sorry folks! I gained 5 lbs...hopefully it's all fluid and not from the seafood feasting! :) |
| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Hubby drove us to the finish of the SLC Half/Full Marathon. We drove around the blocks between 300W - South Temple - Main - 500 South twice trying to get to North Temple to park at the Event Parking. It was very frustrating with the road closures, detours and congested traffic. While idling on South Temple, saw the male leaders of the Half Marathon coming in. Hubby finally took my advice to go back to the Freeway and take the 600N Exit to access the parking lot from the northwest. We had wasted 30 min precious time driving around downtown. Note to the new SLC race organizers: put in plain words where to park and the directions to get to the Event Parking. I think a few runners thought the finish was at the Gateway. I had studied the maps carefully and read where the road closures were...but they were clear as mud.
After parking, I quickly called Lowell who was enroute from Pocatello and was actually parked at the Gateway...he thought that was the finish. Anyhow, made a mad dash to the pop and bee-lined to the barricade 100 yards from the finish. It was so crowded, I thought I saw RAD cruised to the finish! Then I saw Becky, actually she spotted me first, looking so speedy and smooth gliding to the finish. The crowd was so quiet. I can't believe the huge difference between SLC and Boston. I started to cheer loudly, clapped and worked the spectators. Lowell called and said he found RAD and were trying to locate me. In the process of meeting up with them, we barely missed Toby coming in. Both RAD and Toby ran impressive PRs this morning! SO SO SO HAPPY and PROUD of them.  We stayed on to cheer the Marathon Champion, Fritz, blazing effortlessly to a 2:25. The buzz among the spectator and volunteers was that bib#3 guy ran Boston on Monday. I got so excited when I saw that he was a fellow FRBer. I SO SO SO wanted to watch allie but only could stay for the top 3 finisher before having to drive to 3300 South 500 East to meet Lowell's friend, Allyson H, who was running her first marathon as part of her training for an Ironman in June. I had agreed to along with Lowell pace her the last 10K. Her expected time was 4:15.
We got to mile 19.6ish when the 4:00 hr pace group passed. Allyson's husband rode up to us on his bike. He did the bike tour earlier and rode from the hotel to find us. We were pretty certain that we hadn't missed Allyson. Got a little worried when the 4:15 pace group passed and no sign of Allyson. We ran further south to the aid station and waited. Finally Lowell spotted her and we joined in to run with her. She was slowing and could not take any more GU. The sun was beating down and she was taking walk breaks. She's a tall triathlete from Jackson Hole and I can tell it's getting too warm for her. I carried her extra GUs. Lowell ran ahead to the closest convenient store to purchase a huge cup of ice. We doused her with water and gave her ice. It's payback time from Boston. I kept her going, talking to her. Lowell's big lies were hillarious. I put ice in her back and short pockets. Her husband met us at the corner of 1300South and gave her a bottle of flat coke. Lowell got a fresh cup of ice from 7-11 and we put the coke in the remainder cup of ice that I carried all the way to the finish. Lowell took pictures of us. We did jump shots for the cameramen at Liberty Park. Once we got on State St. I told Allyson we will chick as many guys as possible and chicking Lowell does not count. We chicked one guy in red when he was walking; then two young guys who were cramping up badly. I shared with them the coke which Allyson had had enough of. Allyson was such good sport she responded when we encouraged her to "stick it to the hill" to the top of State St. It was a triumphant moment running under the Seegull Gate. Running west on South Temple was exhilliarating, a nice gentle decline finish. Very proud of her accomplishment. She threw up into the storm drain after crossing the finish and kept apologizing. What a trooper! We took some finisher photos, found Larry; then walked Allyson back to her hotel. Lowell treated us to a nice brunch at the hotel. It was a GREAT non-race race day! :) One day I will run the SLC Marathon/Half Marathon. My legs felt like they could've run the Half easily today...still not ready to race though!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
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Ran easy with Karen, Wendy and Carolyn. Allergies hit me with a vengeance. Lotsa spits and snot rocket. Karen kicked my trash on the uphill. Helped hubby with the never ending work on our acre jungle, gathering cut-down pine branches to add to the humongous burn pile. STINKY SMOKE galore!!! :-0 Helped hubby put up the awning on the west side of the covered deck unsuccessfully. SO HOT! SO DANGEROUS on the ladder! yikes!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 8.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| It was so hot yesterday that we decided to beat the heat by starting our run at 6am. We ran into a micro-burst with tiny raindrops and HUGE wind gust. I was hoping to see the bright Venus but the huge dark storm clouds covered the northwest sky. Ran back to the house (0.25 mile) to take a puff of my Albuterol as I could feel an asthma coming on. We ran east and was rewarded with the view of the mountains and beautiful sunrise. Myrtle (10 reps)
6 circuits of CSE (30 reps)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Ran with Karen to Mtn. Ridge Jr. High and back. Nice overcast sky, 61F, w/ occasional breeze. Abundant tree blossoms, flowers, dandelions, green grass, weeds, smokey burnt fields = allergy city = O2 deficit = huffing old lady in very slow pace. :) Helped hubby a tiny bit in the yard gathering cut-down Poplars to add to burn pile. The raspberries patch needs weeding AGAIN...will have to wait for another day. Going to the temple with another elderly stake member receiving his endowment. This is the 2nd such occasion this month! SO VERY NICE!!! I LOVE IT!!! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran with Karen. Nice weather. Myrtle. 5 circuits CSE. Clean house so it's guest-presentable for Lowell tomorrow! :) A huge rain and hurricane wind storm blew in couple hours after I've scrubbed the outside windows totally ruined my hard work! Grrrrrr! Bryan dropped on his way home after his MobTab-OTS rehearsal. He spent the night because of the storm. While visiting with him, I got a text from Lowell and was distracted. I had turned on the faucets to start soaking my hubby's smokey-dirty-yard-work clothes in the laundry tub. It over flowed and flooded my laundry room and the room below it. Bryan and hubby helped me mop up the mess and traced the flow of the flood. Thankfully it was withing the duct work, no sheet rocks or flooring damage. Boy, was I tired by the time I went to bed at 1am.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Was going to do some intervals. But too tired. Plus I had to give Bryan a hair cut before he heads back down to his apartment in Provo. So I aborted the workout after 2 miles warm up. O well...am not in any shape and form to do speed work anyway. Finished cleaning up the house. Went to Costco and Smith. Never go shopping when you're in a hurry...meet too many old friends and neighbors and just had to visit with them. Lowell got to my house before I made it home. I was going to cook us a salmon dinner; since I was short on time...hubby treated us to dinner at Applebees. After dinner, we went to packet pick up and Expo where I found out the AF Canyon 1/2 was filled! GRRRR! After the Expo, I took Lowell to AF Hospital to see his brand new grandson who was born last night at 11:15. I just LOVE to hold and cuddle new born baby. GREAT DAY and NIGHT! :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 19.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.50 |
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Got up at 5am. Lowell and I had a quick breakfast of banana and OJ before heading over to Karen's so she could follow us to Thanksgiving Point. Got there at 5:50. Used the bathroom. Met Toby, Catherine and RAD at the packet pick up pavilion. Temps was in the high 30s, calm. PERFECT running weather!
We ran the beginning miles of the course; RAD and Catherine turned around at the hairpin turn (2.5 miles). Lowell, Toby, Karen and I ran further north then turned east around the backside of the Thanksgiving Point business park and back to the start. Had to walk to take my albuterol on the uphill climb east of the Marriott Hotel. So mad at my asthma. Forgot to restart my Garmin so lost a mile data. But Karen's Garmin showed that we've run just a tad under 5 miles so I ran to the car to ditch the jacket and gloves to make 5.
Ran to the start as the announcer said 60 seconds before the race. Waited for the gang to go over the timing mat. Got to hang with Misty a little bit and cheered JakeK and Walter. SO EXCITING to see the Elites breezing by! :) Rachel shot out in front of the 1:55 pace group. That girl is on fire! :) Lowell, Karen, Toby and I hang back at the 9:20 pace. All was well until we hit some uphills where my lungs just wouldn't let me run! It was very kind of Toby and Karen to stay close. Running thru the gardens is crazy fun, beautiful tulips in full bloom, the rose garden arbor was romantic, so was the merry-go-round, the butterfly garden has fun hedges to run thru, my favorite was the children's discovery garden and the biggest man-made water fall. :) Then comes the golf course with its undulating rollers...yikes...it kills any oz. of my rhythm...I would blast down the downhills only to come to a halt on the uphills. When I say hills...I mean rollers...but they felt like mountains! :) They are so NOT fun! Got a little bit of headwind when we headed south which took my measly breath away. That was the beginning of my "wall". I could not pick up my pace without a hint of asthma attack coming on...so I jogged/walked until we got off the golf course. Toby and Karen and Toby's friends started pulling away. When I saw them at one of the hairpin turns, I cut across to meet them. I would've been DQ'd twice today...hahaha!!! :) On the straight stretch (NOT too many of those, this course has more turns then Rapumsel's curls) I was able to keep a steady pace but still couldn't keep strides with the gang. I saw a prego girl and wasn't about to let her beat me so I ran with her until the last turn north with about 0.2 or less to go. Her family was there to cheer her in. I "kicked" it in after the turn into Electric Park. I could see Toby but couldn't catch her. I peeled off a few yards from the finish just before the barricade and continue to run on the walkway to circle around the finisher's corral. I didn't reset my Garmin, so not sure what my time for the Half was.
After finding the gang, we used the pop, dropped off Lowell's finisher medals in the car and went out for 4 more miles. We ran about a mile out and turned back to see if Lowell was coming and realized he must've decided not to come. Debated whether to call it quit...I would've if RAD didn't stay with me. I had to take a lot of walk breaks. THANKS Rachel for staying with me! :) Karen and Toby ran up ahead and turned west to make sure they got in 4 miles, RAD turned to join them. I ran the last mile of the race and passed some of the half-marathoners. Got some cheer from the people in my Stake (both during the race, after and now)!!! :) It was SUPER COOL to see Lily, Walter and met in person JakeK, Andrea and Runningafterbabies who all took podium. CONGRATZ!!! WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!!! :) :) :) Lowell took 2nd in his AG! After the award ceremony, we went to IHop for yummy brunch! :) OH! How could I forget the Altra Maniacs (jun and Matt). They were running everywhere cheering and spreading AWESOME STUDNESS!!! Got to see them 3 times on the course and they even ran a little bit with me on the golf course rollers AND hang out at the award ceremony. I'm still smiling thinking about it! :) :) :) :) :)
*****Hit 55 miles this week! At this stage of my training, I feel fortunate that I can put in the mileage...but...my fitness is not there...I am running SO SLOW!!!! Will just have to accept the fact that I am getting oldER and I may never ever PR again! :( With that said, I have not lost my love of running...well, it's the only thing I know how to do! Hehehe! :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 21.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Had a wonderful Stake Conference weekend. Last night Elder Gene R. Cook who lives in our Stake was the speaker. He taught us three doctrines that we should teach our family. This morning, the 2nd counselor of the temple presidency and his wife, Sis. Rowley, and the Stake Presidency spoke. |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Solo easy run on a beautiful cool morning! Saw 3 girls (I think one was Carina) running towards me about 0.2 mile into my run! Two of them wore the 2011 Boston jacket as was I. They giggled when I hollered: "Hi Carina!" So I hope that was her! :) Went to a friend's funeral. He served in the Stake Presidency with my hubby 12 years ago. He would've turned 61 on Mother's Day. :(
Registered for 3 marathons today: Park City, St. George and Day After the End of the World Marathon. :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 |
| :) :) :) NEW MONTH!!!! NEW ATTITUDE!!! :) :) :) 2 weeks post Boston, 11 weeks+3 days post stress fracture. I think my running mojo hit rock bottom on Sat. It was very discouraging when I couldn't hit marathon pace. Enough of that!!! It's time to move forward!!! Goal today is to see where I'm at with a handful of 800s intervals. Felt good during the run. But have a LOT of work to do to get my fitness back to where it needs to be.
2.5 mile warm up (AP: 9:40). 4x800 @ 5Kpace with 400 RI. (4:01 [3:10], 3:58 [2:10], 3:54 [2:19], 3:51 [2:05] ) 2.5 mi cool down at mp. 8 mi in 1:09:40 (sped up a little bit at the end to go under 70 min) AP: 8:42. LOVE the Kinvara2. Will wear them for the next speedwork. Myrtle (10 reps) 5 circuits CSE.
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| Saucony Kinvara 2 (pink) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
| Very very very windy run with Karen (Sky), Carolyn and Wendy to Mtn. Ridge JH via SR92 and back via 1200E. The in-your-face wind made breathing difficult. Had to walk up the 12th E hill as I had neither lungs nor legs power! Was fun catching up with everyone's happenings. :) |
| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 8.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Easy run with KWC on the rail trail. It was very very very windy AGAIN! Karen made me go home to take my inhaler! Said she'd tell Teena if I don't! :) We pressed on as best as we could on the 3200N hill and nearly passed out from the mink farm stench at the top! :) Worked all afternoon clearing weeds, tree branches, debris by south side of the shed. Love the way hubby and I are transforming our yard into a park! :) Tomorrow we'll cut down some more pine tree branches, dismantle a magbie nest before going to the temple!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Windy again...not as bad as the other day though! Busy day, only had time to do a quick run which turned into a progression run. The first mile was AWFULLY slow. (11:08, 9:34, 9:10, 8:55) More yard work, passport pix/application, home depot, temple. The BEST part of the day is visiting a neighbor with terminal cancer...always come away feeling uplifted; receiving more than I could ever give! :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
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A VERY LONG (as in time, not distance), COLD, WINDY run!!!
The longest Carolyn had ever run was 14 miles which we did a few weeks ago on the JRP. She and Wendy needed a 17 miler today. They are both training for UVM which will be Carolyn's first ever marathon. So I agreed to run with them starting at 6am. Got a text late last night that Carolyn couldn't go because her daughter is in the hospital. So Wendy suggested that we either run with her on Mon. or start at 7am instead of 6am this morning. Either of us has spoken to Carolyn so not knowing if she could even run on Mon. we decided to run long today. Got waken up by the howling hurricane force wind! One of the trees lost some branches. Wendy texted me at 6:20am and asked if we should bag the run. I was so tired from not getting any sleep that I agreed and may be we should go up to the hospital in SL and visit Carolyn's daughter instead. At 8am, the wind subsided a little, I called Wendy (who must've gone back to bed). We called the hospital, no one answered from the room, so I made the executive decision to go run. It was 9:05 by the time we started our run and the wind was 25mph coming from the NNW. It was a miserable run. We didn't carry any water. The wind whipped us to death. We ran to Alpine with a stop at the park for water and ate energy chews (mile 5 and 9) Between my asthma (walk breaks on the uphills) and Wendy's bilateral neuromas (stopping to put up the feet) our average pace was 11:04. Aside from the miserable condition, we had a good chat (when the wind wasn't howling too loudly). So very happy that one of her daughters is getting married. This will be the first wedding of her children. :) :) :) It was 12:30 by the time we got home!!! Quickly washed my face, changed clothes and brushed the debri off my hair before heading to the church for my 1pm church cleaning assignment. I made hubby come with me...due to the fathers and sons campout, there were no men/boys to help. After we got home, I helped hubby cleared the dead bushes and mulched the front flower bed.
On the way down to PG for Kelly and JonA's daughter's wedding reception, I realized I had not had lunch. (Was more tired than hungry). Only had oatmeal and banana before the run, one pack of chews during the run, one recovery bar and chocolate milk after the run. Anyway, the fruit crepe at the wedding reception was SO DELICIOUS!!! The reception was beautiful, the bride was gorgeous, Jon and Kelly looked WONDERFUL! :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 16.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| FINALLY a run without hurricane force wind!!!! :) :) :) Forgot to re-charge my Garmin after Saturday's run so ran "naked"! Karen and I ran to the Highland cemetery and back. Did not walk any uphills today! YAY!!! |
| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Beautiful day, sunny, calm, mid 40s. Ran a new route today with KWC. We ran up Traverse Mountain via 1200W on Tuscana Hills Dr. all the way up to the end of the development, about 520' elevation gain over 2 miles. Gorgeous views of both counties and Utah Lake!!!! I suppressed the urge to walk on the uphill, although Karen kicked my trash. Am happy with my effort even though the pace was slow as tar! I like this route. Hope to run this regularly. I LOVE living in this area...SO MANY wonderful trails and parkway within half mile to my house! :) 6 circuits of CSE. Myrtle (10 reps).
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Beautiful beautiful day!!! :) Cool calm sunny morning run with K(Sky)WC! on the bench loop. :) Only had time for a quick run. (9:49, 9:38, 9:38, 9:19, 9:01, 8:31) Sky was the one dragging her tail today! :) Ran into EmilyH who's looking fast and fit! :) LOVE my new Elixir!!! :) :) :) |
| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Karen and I got out before the 40mph wind hit our neighborhood. She didn't bring Sky who was really dragging yesterday. I wanted to do some intervals on the track with my Kinvara2. We both agreed that may be we shouldn't do sw this close to the marathon. So we put in some mp miles on the bench loop instead. (9:00, 8:49, 8:46, 9:00, 9:10, 9:15) Jogged/walked Karen home for cool down at 9:30. The pace felt hard, more like HM pace. I have a lot of work to do; but at least my breathing is better than a few weeks ago. The Kinvara felt wonderful, however I need to ease into them because I could feel some twinges in my left arch on the cool down.
Myrtle (10 reps) 5 circuits CSE Off to the temple.
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| Saucony Kinvara 2 (pink) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| 2.5 happy miles with my sweet hubby! ♥♥ We ran the length of 3 power poles and walked for 2 power poles. I'm SO proud of him!!! He did this on his own two days ago. His calves were sore yesterday; but this morning he was all good to go! So I was excited to join him! This is quite an accomplishment for him considering he had double heart valves replacement after a life-threatening endocarditis 7 years ago. His legs felt great during and after the run! :) :) :) :) Helped clean Mary's living and family room all day...took a WONDERFUL lunch break with some AWESOME friends. Hubby treated me to a delicious dinner at Red Lobster! This was as near a perfect day as I could ever ask for! :) :) :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 2.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Couldn't fall asleep last night...may be from the big Red Lobster seafood dinner and 5 rich cheese biscuits...kept thinking about Mary...allergies bugging! Anyway a restless night and bolted up from bed at 5:30, thinking I overslept...got up 15 min later when the alarm went off feeling SO tired! Didn't eat breakfast...think my tummy was still full! :) Took Symbicort just in case as there're cotton blowing in the air.
Made it to Draper City Park on time at 6:45 even though I took the wrong Freeway Exit! :) Ran with Slick, RAD and Karen. Was freezing in my s/s top and shorts the first couple miles. SO nice to chat with Slick the first 3 miles. :) Took a Gu at the 5 mile turn around. I hurried the pace a bit knowing Karen needed to be home by 9. She was going to run only 8 miles, but gave into "peer pressure". :) Karen and I were pushing it while RAD was talking away and breezing along like a walk in the park! :) She's gonna do AWESOME at Ogden! :) :) :)
10 happy miles in 1:31:12, AP: 9:07 (9:36, 9:56, 9:29, 9:33, 9:35, 8:40, 8:53, 8:33, 8:33, 8:19) Busy busy afternoon. Asian Chamber of Commerce Gala in the evening! :) HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY tomorrow to y'all wonderful ladies!!! ♡♡♡
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! We had Grandma, Bryan, Chris, Alex, Jeff and Jenn over for a BBQ dinner. Steven called from Taiwan right when we were all together. We got to have a conference video chat with Larissa, Brandon, Jade, Lex, Luke and Jett in TX, Eric, Marianne, Emi and Devin in OH, and David in AZ all at once. Everyone is doing so well, so happy and healthy! What more can a mother ask for!!!! Oh, we even got to skype with Lily in HK! :) :) :) A very happy day indeed! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Went to bed WAY WAY WAY TOO LATE...too much Mother's Day excitement and fun! :) :) :) :) Had a choice between running early with Karen or later with Wendy and Carolyn...no brainer! We ran leisurely on the bench loop. So nice to hear about the good things (running and family happenings) over the weekend! :) :) :) Hubby did his own running and continued to improve! Life is good! :) |
| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Ran with Karen (Sky), Wendy, Carolyn southwest down 3rdW, north up Rail Trail, east up 3200N, Center to 2600N then around the 2700N small block. Very warm and sunny. Hope the temp drops back down on Sat. Legs felt good, slight headache from allergies, cotton flying everywhere accompanied by the pungeon smell of Russian Olives giving me dry sore throat, itchy eyes and runny nose. Aside from the allergy, the run was great! Was going to run 2 miles at mp...ended up with 6...solid effort on the uphill. :) 7 mi in 1:02:18. AP: 8:54 (9:21, 8:58, 8:41, 8:50, 8:57, 8:53, 8:35) Will take it easy tomorrow. Hubby did his run/walk thing earlier by himself. He was running the last 0.5 mile home when me and my girl friends were just heading out. We got a kick out of watching him jogging behind this lady and not wanting to pass her even though I yelled out: "Don't let her chick you! Go GET HER!!!" :)
Got to channel this taper madness energy...so I did housecleaning all day long! Cleaned the downstairs windows and blinds. Scrubbed and polished the boys oak dressers. Washed all the beddings in the downstairs bedrooms. Cleaned the guest bathrooms. Vacuumed the whole house in between doing laundry. My arms are going to be sore! :)
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| We (Wendy and Carolyn) got up early to beat the heat. Ran a leisure 5 miles on the bench. Lead legs.
Helped with yard work the rest of the morning under cloudy sky. Went to my mother-in-law's to help her with some minor stuff. Went to the Ward temple night in the evening....so so so so tired and sleepy. I have got to go to bed earlier!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I am so mad at myself right now!!! I don't know what to do!!!! I am hoping this is just a fluke!!! This morning I dragged my tired body out of bed trying to decide whether to rest or run the 4 recovery miles per plan. All my running buddies were taking a rest day. I decided to jog the 0.9 mile to Karen's house to give her some S-caps she may take on Sat. I jogged on the sidewalk as there were lots of traffic coming from behind and there was no shoulder room on the other side of the road. I felt some discomfort on my foot and dismissed it as running on concrete.
After watching Karen showed me her new running outfits, I talked her into trying out the sleeveless top by going for a test run with me. I felt clunky and lead legged. Soon after the turn around at my mile 2, the discomfort on my foot became painful so we walked back to her house. We stood and visited with her neighbor after we got back to her house. While standing, I rotated and stretched my foot and could feel the discomfort. My attempt to run home was futile, I walked with pain the entire mile home. Saw Wendy working in her yard as I limped by, I just broke down and cried when she asked me what's wrong!!! :( The splits tell the sad story: 10:48, 10:35, 15:09, 21:25. So so so so mad at my stupid foot!!! :(
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hubby went for a 0.5mile/2 telephone poles run/walk thing for 3 miles. I wanted to do that with him so badly but there was noticeable tugging/niggling still on the foot so I decided against going. Wanted to wear the boot to packet pick up; but hubby said it would be silly wearing the boot the day before the marathon. So I wore my old running shoes and tried to walk normally. Met Dale and Amy at the Expo at 1:30. Had to pick up mine, Karen's, Gary's, Marcie's and Cindy's bibs/race packets. Thankfully the lines were short except for the solution line where they had to give me Karen's bib # off the computer. Bought two tech s/s running shirts for hubby. Could feel slight pain when I tried to run while crossing the road. Not a good sign. Stopped at Olive Garden for early dinner. My feet were pretty tired by the time I got home to get the race gear ready. Eric called and I told him about my foot pain. He strongly advised me NOT to run the marathon. Had a flurries of phone calls and text messages.
Took a Tylenol PM at 9. Set my cell phone alarm for a 2:45 wake up. My sis-in-law called me on my cell at 10. Why did she do that?!? Then she called my home phone to talk to my hubby. Gary and grandma arrived shortly after. Could not fall asleep feeling very anxious about the race, getting there on time to give everyone their packets and meeting for the bus ride. The only good sign was the weather forecast looks to be perfect.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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Had a sleepless night. Was awake before the alarm. Got out of bed at 2:45 to get dressed. Rotated the foot and felt some tugging, no pain. My bro-in-law Gary came from Hong Kong, was so efficient...he got ready in 10 min. Like me, had no sleep. Feeling foggy minded, was glad that he drove his rental car to pick up Karen who drove us to the Ogden Marriott Hotel where we took the last available parking slot. :) The hotel lobby was buzzling with runners. We used the bathroom there before leaving for the bus ride up with Maynard, Marcie, Charlie, Toby, RAD, Kelli, Scott, Annie, Karen and Gary. Ate a breakfast of yogurt, the banana Chad gave me, half a Olive Garden bread stick (too garlicky) and Gatorade. It was so fun to hang out with the gang by some firewood pile. Had enough time to do the pop twice. The race started when we were still walking around the barb-wired fence after dropping off our bags. Karen, Toby, Annie and I ran together. The starting temp was reported to be 35F, calm and sunny. My hands and feet were numb. About a mile into the run, my feet finally thawed out and I immediately felt the pain on my right foot. It felt as if it would shatter with every foot fall. The pain became intense on the top of the foot. I slowed down, Karen and Toby gradually pulled away while Annie stayed with me. I kept telling her to go on ahead but she insisted that was a good pace for her. The pain was getting more intense and Annie suggested that I walk. But the pain persisted whether I walk or run so I kept running. Annie suggested that I take some ibuprofen which I did at the first aid station. It did nothing to ease the pain. At the next aid station (mile 5) I stopped to take a Gu and waited for the pop line while Annie went on ahead which I was very glad. I did not want to anchor her down nor let my pain effect her negatively. After using the pop, the foot pain intensified even more when I started up the run. I knew there's no way I could continue on. I kept on running until about 0.5 mile later where I saw a bunch of motorcyle cops parked on the left side of the course blocking a side road. I limped over there and told them that I might've broken my foot. One of them said he was an EMT. He picked me up to sit on the tail-gate of a truck. He looked at my foot and said it did not appear to be broken. He then dispatched the ambulance down the road for other EMTs to help me. Melody (runningafterbabies) and her family or friends holding a "You are a Kenyan" sign happened to park behind the truck. She recognized me and stopped to consul me. That made me feel better. Thanks Melody! I started to shiver while sitting on the cold metal tail gate of the truck. So I got off and tried to move around. The elderly officer in the sheriff vehicle asked me to get in to keep warm. He kindly offered his cell phone for me to call my hubby and told him where to drive up thru the canyon to meet me at the Dam. The ambulance arrived and I told him I don't need to be checked. Surprisingly I felt complete calm being driven down to the Dam. I could see the stream of runners on the other side of the reservoir. The low-lying clouds, blue sky, pristine water, lush green mountains and pastures filled my otherwise sad heart with gratitude. Had a nice chat with the officer who turned out to be the supervising sargent. I could hear the CB radio communication reporting me as a 56 yo female with possible broken foot being transported to meet her husband. It felt like eternity as we sat and waited in the vehicle at the junction of the dam where we watched the runners running by. So exciting to see the leader and eventual winner, Fritz, running across the dam. :) Sargent Hadley explained that he was escorted by a motorcycle cop while about 800 m behind a group of walkers were followed by a motorcade as they were the last of the half-marathoners. There was a huge gap between Fritz and the 2nd and 3rd guy.
The traffic up the canyon was stopped and only groups of vehicles were allowed, escorted by traffic cops. Luckily hubby was the last vehicle on the first group. I tried really hard to hold back tears when I got in his car because his mother was sitting there. She had come up to watch Gary run this marathon. Hubby dropped me and my mother-in-law on the west side of the barricade 50 yards from the finish while he circled around for a parking spot.
I stood on my good foot and cheered my heart out for my fellow FRBs and friends and encouraged the struggling half-marathoners for 3 hours. Other spectators around me would come and go. Some asked me questions about the marathon, the runners. Some were very anxious looking for their runners. Felt so so so so proud of RAD who ran an AWESOME and inspired PR. I think I lost my voice yelling for Fritz, Steve, Kelli, BrianH, Mark (Fly on the Wall), WendyC, Gary, EmilyH, Teena, MattC, JohnnyV, Toby. It was such a beautiful sight to see Karen running in with her two youngest daughters, bro-in-law and husband. Gary came over to stretch and helped me spot Charlie and some other friends. Hubby spotted my niece, Aimee. I also recognized some of the ladies in my age division and got them to smile as I yelled out their names. :)
I strained and strained to watch for Lowell. When the 5 hr pace group past, I asked hubby to go get my cell phone so I could call him knowing he would not be this slow. My worry and fear was confirmed when he answered the phone informing that he was injured. Thankfully Marcie Wood was there to walk with him to the finish. It was now past noon, my foot was throbbing, my head hurting, my voice was gone...so rather than wait for Lowell to come in, hubby decided to take me home. On the drive home, alone with hubby, I finally broke down and cried. I was very happy for my friends who all ran so well today. Wish I was at the finish corral to give them personal congratulatory hugs. I should've listened to my son, Eric and not run. But I did what I promised him I would, to stop if the pain caused me to alter my gait. The foot pain this time is more diffused and intense compared to the stress fracture of the 5th metatarsal of the same foot 3 months ago. It feels like it's the 3rd or 4th metatarsals and more distal. Whereas there was a very noticeable lump/swelling the last time, there is no swelling or discoloration. Pain is constant, worsened with touch and movement. Eric suggested that I treat it the same as a stress fracture, ice every 15 min. elevate the foot and wear the boot when up and walking. Looking back over the last 3 months since the stress fracture, I thought I was doing very well with absolutely no pain in the foot before I resumed running. I think the sudden increase in running intensity this last week coupled with lack of sleep over a period of time was the culprit. 3 months really isn't sufficient time for the stress fracture of an older person such as me to fully heal. I need to be smarter this time!
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 5.50 |
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| I did not sleep a wink after laying in bed all evening and night with my foot propped up on two pillows. Finally hobbled out of bed at 2am to take a Tylenol PM and dozed for couple hours. I had arranged for someones to take care of my choir practice and my Primary class. Debated whether to call my best friend Wendy to drive me to Sacrament Mtg. The foot hurts so much that I didn't even feel like getting up to shower so I lounged around 'till my son, Bryan, came home. He was on his way back from playing in the Music and Spoken Words which I watched the live broadcast from my bedroom TV. He listened and made me something to eat while I talked about my broken foot, childhood food, etc. It's good to listen to him too. He's been home almost 2 years now from his mission. Am glad that I've been at the "crossroads" of his life! :) VERY NICE to receive texts from Teena and Lowell. How I ever survive without their friendships!!!!
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| Hubby helped me out of bed before he left for his run. How ironic that all these years I said I'd give anything in the world to be able to run with him. Now that he's running, I'm all lamed up! :) I seriously thought that I'd be sad about not able to run. NOPE!!! The pain in the foot is a constant reminder...running is the last thing on earth right now. I'd be happy to just get out of bed, shower, get dressed, put on the boot...eat, drink and be merry...yep, that's exactly what I did and it's all peachy! :) :) :) May be I will learn to play the piano as my fingers are obviously working pretty good typing this post. OK! Silliness aside. I must report that hubby ran the same 3 mile loop with only 3 walk breaks of 2 telephone poles distance this morning! He is hoping to eventually run the entire loop without walk breaks. He said he can tell the running is becoming easier now. I still teased him about his attire!!! At least he agreed to wear a tech shirt over his garments instead of the heavy polo shirt! :) Happy Monday to y'all fellow bloggers! :) :) :) :)
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| Foot assessment: some swelling across the top of the foot, pain with movement and touch. Eric advised using crutches in addition to wearing the boot to minimize weight bearing. Thank heavens I don't have little kids to chase around but a wonderful hubby to take care of me! :) :) :) With injury, I have more time to read, study and check on my emails. Here's one from my bro-in-law. AMAZING how he remembered/recognized Chad, Kelli and Mark whom he met briefly at the start. Whereas I would easily miss any of them even when standing next to 'em!
Hi Susanna, thanks again for getting me into Odgen marathon. It was fun
to see you and Larry and I enjoyed meeting your friends. FYI below are
my thoughts on the race that I wrote up on the plane home.....
Ogden Utah Marathon 2012.
Pre-Race: Fifth marathon this year....Mumbai India; Hong Kong; Bangkok
Thailand; Bali Indonesia, and Odgen Utah. Thanks to my Sister-in-Law
for finding a bib to buy at the last minute. Slept like a total of 8
hours over the past 3 days...and not much more the few days before that.
Completely broke my taper routine during race week...did a hard run up
in the canyon with Alex on Thursday night and then an easier one (but
hilly) with him on Friday night, just 12 hours before the race. Was
that a bad idea?.....Using the 'good', 'better', 'best' process of
decision making, I would do it again and again and again as running with
Alex (or any of my family) takes precedence over any marathon. Also
didn't do my usual heavy carbo loading the day before but did manage to
pack down two quarts of gatorade, two big bowls of fried rice, a banana,
a bagel, and a granola bar in the car on the way to the race. It was
fun meeting some of Susanna's running friends.
The Race: I loved it and I hated it. It was one of most beautiful
courses (the I loved it part) and it was probably my worst marathon to
date (the I hated it part), although not my slowest. Given the last
minute entry and that I wouldn't be using a chip, my thinking was a nice
Saturday morning long run somewhere between 3:15 and 3:30, another
T-shirt for my quilt, and another medal....then stretch, get my post
race greasy burger and Dr. Pepper and then go hang out with my boys for
the rest of the day. Then....on the bus up the canyon......the talk of
running......the talk of the fast course......seeing the nice gentle
decline of the course.....hearing (I think Chad) shooting for a 2:48 in a
pair of Crocs!.....the excitement of the runners generally.....the
competitive bug starts to play mind games.....so the mindset starts to
change and I start thinking I might as well try for a faster
time...always a mistake when the mind is ahead of the unprepared
body......
Started off way too fast...first 3 miles averaged 6:25; it didn't feel
too bad......but what was I thinking??....I guess I wasn't. Then tried
to get into a steady groove...but couldn't....felt like I was a bit off
balance, breathing wasn't smooth, strides weren't smooth, splits were
all over the place....I simply wanted to get into a good rythym. Hit
the half at 1:33 but felt it was a struggle the whole way..... and was
frustrated with the way I felt.....started to think that I'd be happy
with a 3:10 - 3:15. It was downhill from there....literally. Splits
continued to be all over the place, couldn't get my breathing down,
couldn't do this, couldn't do that. Kelli (great hair!) flew by me
looking very strong, then Marc (great Hawaiian running shirt!) then came
up I think a bit before the dam, also running strong.....tried to keep
pace with him but that lasted about 20 yards, if that. I usually love
to cruise on slight downhill grades like the miles after the dam. I
just simply couldn't do it. I had a number of 8+ minute splits over
what I thought should have been the best and fastest part of the
course. I walked through two water stations....I never walk through
water stations. Even in the last mile....thought I could finish
strong....tried to kick it in gear down the stretch....not only didn't
it kick in....I could feel a cramp coming on when I tried.....and no way
am I going to cramp a few hundred metres from the finish....so I had to
go back to a slower pace and just finish....which i did in 3:22 and
some change.
Post Race: Glad I did it....beautiful course.....want to come back
mentally and physically prepared and give this course another
shot.....great people....great organization. Lesson learned: if you
don't got it, you don't got it, so just relax and enjoy the race rather
than try to force something to happen and get more frustrated when it
doesn't happen. And run the race you plan to run....not something
different. Regardless of effort....or lack of effort....regardless of
disappointing result.....there's always a sense of satisfaction in
completing another one and hanging the medal with a pride of sorts.
Later that day a friend asked me 'whats the point of running 26.2 miles
if you're so miserable and frustrated?' This question was followed by
'and you pay to do this?' I could only think of one response
......'because thats what runners do'......
Whats next: pacing my nephew the last 40 miles of the Western States
100; starts at Lake Tahoe at the end of June...if he finishes within 24
hours he gets a belt buckle....I told him I can think of a lot of easier
ways to get a belt buckle. Odgen, I'll be back!
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| So nice to sleep in! Foot pain is slightly better. I can put a bit weight on the heel (with boot on of course). Still slight edema on the top of the foot. Arms got a good work out from using crutches when I went visiting teaching yesterday. The non-injured left leg/foot is going to be super strong! :)
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| Can bear weight on heel. NO need for crutches! YAY!!! :) :) :)
Myrtle. A little tricky to do donkey whip with the boot...but I did it without incidence! :) 4 circuits of CSE. Couldn't do staff very well, so did girl push ups in addition to planks. 20 min. recumbent bike on the easiest program. 20 min. elliptical easiest setting. (10 min backward which was easy on the foot, 10 min forward) Had Wendy, Carolyn, Olga and her children over for lunch. I made chicken fajitas. Best part of my day was a wonderful visit from RAD and Quiet Pirate! They brought me the yummiest sugar cookies and really uplifted my spirit! THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH RAD and QP!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)
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| So so so SO proud of hubby braving the wind and rain to run. He ran 1.5 mile before taking a walk break then ran another mile home...only ONE walk break! WaHOOO!!! :) I can't wait for my foot to get all healed up so I can run WITH him! :) :)
Foot feeling a bit better. Did core stability exercises while hubby read and did the recumbent bike! 45 min. recumbent bike followed by 60 min. elliptical while watching a movie with hubby. I deferred my UVM entry to next year after considering Lowell's inquiry whether I could walk the Half instead. I decided that walking the distance just 3 weeks from the stress fracture may hurt more than help. I may be able to walk painfree with the boot on but for 13.1 miles just doesn't sound very fun. So I paid $10.54 on line for the deferral. Today's the last day to make transfer/defer. Depending on how my foot feels in couple weeks, I may volunteer; otherwise I will definitely be there to cheer. Date night with movie and dinner! ♥♥ :) Happy running and GOOD LUCK to y'all with your races and long runs tomorrow! :) :)
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| One week post stress fracture.
Survived the first week of boot imprisonment!!! There's only so much I could do with the boot on. Got on the elliptical with a Netflix documentary for 90 min. at the lowest incline and easiest resistance. The foot was NOT happy afterwards! :( Shopping at Costco and Walgreen in the afternoon did not help either. Am glad tomorrow is Sunday, a true day of rest! :) Happy to report that hubby ran the entire 2.25 miles block without a single walk break!!!! WAHOO!!!! He reached his goal in just 2 weeks! SO PROUD of him! :) :) :) I know just what to get him for Father's Day! :)
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Got up at 3:50 and left at 4:25 to drive Lowell, Bret, Wendy, Carolyn, Karen and Brian to the start of the Utah Valley Marathon. Wore shoes instead of the boot so I could drive. After dropping the marathoners off at the start I turned the car around and dropped Lowell off at the start of the Half. Got him there at 5:45. About a mile down the road, he called and asked me to turn around because he has left his Garmin on the dash of the car. I ended up with a record of making 7 U-turns today! Stopped at Vivian's Park (mile 15) to use the bathroom and watched the first wheelchairs and "foot-pedal-cycle" athletes "ran" by. After scouting out couple of turn-off spots and making U-turns, finally decided to park the car at the gas station by the mouth of the canyon (~ mile 20). Switched shoe to boot. Walked to the spot where the Halloween Half hearse was parked carrying my camera, a little folding stool (that I never sat on), my yellow cow bell (the division winner award from Mesquite Marathon that matches my yellow Boston shirt). I was freezing! Misty and her three children joined me until Walter ran by. She waited for Steve Andersen and when she couldn't wait any longer, she gave me Steve's drink and asked me to hand it to him when he runs by. I failed to spot Steve, sorry! I stood there, took pictures, cheered and rang that bell obnoxiously for nearly 5 hours. I LOVE it when I got a smile, a high-five or fist-bump from the runners. I could tell the headwind has taken its toll on these brave souls. It was so AWESOME to see Runningafterbabies (Melody) cruised by. So fun to see RAD running in her shinny angelic wings and cape! So glad ByeWing spotted me and said hello. Lowell running with some young ladies as usual. Mark (Fly on the Wall) flying down the canyon with his Hawaiian shirt and matching blue shoes. When I spotted Rhett I knew that something wasn't right and he confirmed that it was a bad day. Got to hug Kelli... seriously don't know how in the world she ran so bravely with so much tummy pain and severely dehydrated.
After Wendy and Carolyn stopped at my "perch" to put up her foot and take picture, I walked back to my car to drive to the finish. I called Lowell around mile 22. He informed me that he was walking back on the course to meet D'ette and was around mile 24. I didn't see him by mile 25 and called him again. He had me make a U-turn to drive back to get him. Picked him up around mile 22. He had me drive all the way back up the canyon insisting that D'ette must be in distress and need help. I had called D'ette's husband earlier with no answers. I also called Doone and heard that Rhett was in the med tent. I felt heartsick hearing that. I was getting anxious and quite nervous about driving inside the "median" that Lowell insisted so we could spot D'ette better. Did I mention that he asked me to make left hand turns twice on red lights when there were no other cars in the intersection during the wee hours while enroute to the start? Of course I refused to break the law. It is a miracle that I did not get in an accident or gotten a traffic citation with all those crazy U-turns and driving in and out of the "turning lane/median". Finally D'ette's husband called and we made yet another U-turn around Nunn's Park to get back to the finish. I was kind of bummed that I drove the last 8 or 9 miles (stucked in Canyon traffic) and totally missed being at the finish to see my friends run in. Met up with Bret who has finished and took a nap waiting for me and Lowell at the diner that Lowell ate breakfast after he finished his Half. Then I walked with Lowell to the finish to look for the booth that was supposed to have his "Utah Half Slam" medal. Well, it was almost noon; so the booth must've packed up and left. We walked back to the diner for a quick lunch then drove Bret and Lowell home. We could see some 6:30ish participants walking to the finish. I gave them one last well deserved encouragement/cheer. There you have it, I cheered on the leaders and the stragglers. Can't say I know what they were thinking. To me, each and everyone of them is a winner. A few days ago I was feeling very sad that I couldn't run this marathon. I love UVM as it is so close to home with so many of my friends and neighbors participating. I remember the first year I ran it, MichelleL was there in the canyon cheering standing with her crutches. She is an inspiration to me. I also appreciate so much the cheer from allie at Ogden the last two years. This injury is teaching me so much more than running. THANK YOU for your support, your goodness, your courage, your strength, your awesomeness and for sharing yourself! :) Beautiful angelic RAD!
You GO girl, Bye Wing!!!
Here are the pix of the leaders of the marathon in the order they ran by. I missed taking a pic of the first guy as I was so excited clapping and shouting! SO AWESOME!!! :)  
Don't know why Sasha looked away when I was screaming my heads off "SASHA!!!" Walter so ready for his special drink.  The vivacious speedy Rachelle  Fly on the Wall ~ can't miss that cool Hawaiian shirt and blue shoes! 
Hi Scott!!!
Got a hug and chat with Chad!
Beautiful Kim!
So proud of Carolyn in her first ever marathon with Wendy alongside. LOVE my running buddies and bestest friends!
 
D'ette, Bret and Lowell enjoying post race lunch at Nellie's Diner.
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| 30 min elliptical core
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| 45 min elliptical resistance band
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30 min elliptical very fast
hosted farewell lunch for Beth, 20+ ladies came! :)
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| 90 min elliptical resistant band
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90 min elliptical Got the Darco post-surgery shoe and Total Immersion book
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| 120 min elliptical 30 min bike resistance band Darco post-surgery shoe
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| Theraband calf exercise. Darco shoe. |
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30 min recumbent bike 125 min elliptical Myrtle Foam roll
Darco shoe
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| It's been one month since the metatarsal fracture at Ogden on May 19. There is still soreness when I squeeze the foot but no focal pain. I have been in the boot for 4 weeks. My right calf has atrophied a bit so I am wearing the Darco shoe to cross train since it allows movement of the ankle yet keeping the foot rigid. I will continue to wear the boot for ambulatory purpose as the Darco shoe is not very stable for walking. Keeping my fingers crossed that may be I can start jog/walk in two weeks. *********
35 min elliptical (15% incline forward, 25% incline backward, max HR 134)
35 min recumbent bike (aerobic program)
foam roll and stretch
4 circuits of core strengthening and stability exercises (crunches, push away, scissors, push ups, side-front-planks, superman) myrtle heel walking
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45 min elliptical Spent all day celebrating and helping with Wendy's daughter's wedding. What a special day filled with so much fun and joy! :) Very glad that we were able to make it to Jeff Nielsen's reception in between!
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Karen took me to the outdoor pool for an hour of water aerobics and 10 min of aqua jogging. It was more like a nice chatty visit than workout! :) 45 min elliptical (kept rpm above 70 and HR around 150s, Darco)
core, myrtle, free weights foot a little achy possibly from being on my feet most of the day yesterday
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| 30 min recumbent bike (Performance L1, simultaneously did biceps and triceps with resistant bands on the bike) 45 min elliptical (HR 140s) core temple
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| 5 weeks since sf and zero running! Felt like I've fallen off the face of the earth or the running world has dumped me in some dark ugly pits! :( Every morning I get up, go through the routine of assessing the foot pain, then numbly put on one running shoe. I avoid looking out the front window as the sight of runners would open the flood gate of tears. Today my thoughts were on the AF Canyon 1/2, allie's wedding 5K relay. 30 min recumbent bike (P2, biceps, triceps) 65 min elliptical Went to matinee movie and dinner with hubby, Jeff and Jenn. Ditched the boot for the first time and walked fine with the Darco shoe.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Pfitzinger's lab report, returning to running after a stress fracture, states: "Before you can run you must be able to walk briskly without pain. During walking, your body absorbs forces of about 2 times your body weight. This is a stepping stone for determining when the injured bone will be able to handle the greater impact forces of running. When you can walk briskly for an hour without pain, you should be able to try a small dose of running. The impact forces of running, however, are over twice as great as for walking, so the only way to know whether your body is ready to handle running is to run. "
There is still tenderness on the foot when I squeeze it firmly...but no localized pain. I really want to begin walking this week. Yesterday was a washout due to helping with Elder Caldwell's funeral. So with two rest days, the mind is more than ready. Let's hope the foot is too! :)
* Did the following with Darco shoe.
30 min recumbent bike (Performance L2, biceps & triceps with resistant bands) 60 min elliptical (R1, 15% incline, 70 rpm) * Stretched, put some laundry in the dryer, checked on defrosting of the freezer. Changed to running shoes (Elixir 6).
64 min treadmill walking, 2 miles at 5% incline, 2 miles at 6% incline, (AP: 16:11). Foot felt fine. Calves definitely felt the "uphill". Did calf raises on the edge of the treadmill deck after every mile.
Myrtle 2 circuits of CSE
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 4.00 |
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| It took me 'till 10pm last night to finish cleaning and restocking the freezer. The hardest part was chiseling out the thick layers of ice built up! Woke up with sore arms and fingers. The foot was the same, no pain from yesterday's incline tm walk. Good sign! :)
Karen and I went to water aerobics. The Wed. instructor is awesome. We did an hour of core and hard cardio intervals. For recovery she has us aqua jog. It was hard enough workout that people need to grab a drink of water halfway. I was exhausted. :) 30 min elliptical, too tired to push it above 70 rpm. Walked 2 miles at 6% incline starting at 3mph and increased by 0.1 every 2 min to 4mph and held it there. Anything faster than 4mph is a jog for my little short legs! :) It took exactly 33 min. Boy oh boy, at this pace it'll take me over 6 hours to finish a marathon! :) Foam roll and stretch. Toe heel walk 25 ft x 5.
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| I had this weirdest dream that I was running in some funky race, with lots of families, all ages and sizes. The course was running through houses of all shapes and forms, through different rooms inside. Outside was all on sand or wet packed dirt narrow trails. I found myself getting lost on several "exits" and one of my relatives or friends would direct me back on course. The "finish" of the race was where you could have your family dinner together. The whole time I felt like I was running on quick sand and feeling hungry and extremely thirsty. Yet I knew I was supposed to be having fun because everyone was smiling or laughing. I got to high five my 84 yo mother-in-law and sis-in-law when they ran towards me supposedly ahead of me on the course. Finally I was on a trail that was completely covered with pine needles next to a sandy cliff that drops off to the ocean on one side with some houses on the other side. This was supposed to lead to the finish where I would have my dinner with my family. I made one misstep and about to fall off the cliff, hubby woke me up...he just got back from his early morning run. What a crazy dream!
Anyhow, instead of well rested, I woke up sore all over. My neck was so stiff I could barely turn my head. All my joints were stiff and sore. I laid in bed for a long time to "unkink" everything. WHY am I so sore and two mornings in a row???? I did not want to get out of bed but I was very very thirsty, and hubby was out mowing the lawn.... 30 min elliptical TM walking @ 6% incline starting at 3mph and increase 0.1 whenever I felt like it 'till 4mph. Was very tempted to break into jogging mode but resisted as the foot was very achy last night. 2 miles in exactly 32 min today, 1 min PR from yesterday! WaHooo!!!! Well, I don't think I am making much improvement. It is disheartening to feel so stiff and sore in the mornings when I hardly did any exercise at all. Seriously don't know when I can resume running!!!! Sigh!!! :( But, had a WONDERFUL lunch and afternoon and felt so so so so so very grateful for GREAT friend(s)! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 2.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 30 min bike (performance L3, 2.25 miles, biceps/triceps w/ resistant bands) 60 min elliptical (15-20 incline, 2.5 miles, 70 rpm) 4 miles tm walking @ 6% (3-4.2mph) in 59 min. I think that's an improvement from Tue. Myrtle Core Temple wearing regular dress shoes, yipee! :)
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Saturdays used to mean races and long runs, events that I look forward to. Today marks 6 weeks since the stress fracture and zero running. Although there is no pain in the sf site, I can still feel slight pain when I squeeze the foot and particularly in the tarsal joints. Feeling rather sad and fat, I was so tempted to go for a test run....but I need to play it smart this time. After hubby left to ride in the stake presidents float in the Lehi Roundup Parade, I retreated to the home gym with a Netflix movie. 65 min elliptical (various incline and resistance) 60 min tm walking @ 6% incline mostly @ 3.5mph 30 min recumbent bike (performance L4) Myrtle 2 circuits CSE *************************************** We worked/volunteered in the concession stand at the Lehi Roundup Rodeo for 5 hours tonight. I worked the window taking orders and cash from the customers while hubby filled the orders. I was on my feet the entire time wearing running shoes. The foot got a little achy when I got home. It was tiring but really fun. We sold hamburgers, hot dogs, nacho, snow cones, cotton candy, kettle corn, candies, chips, popcorn and drinks. I was told that we made over $4,000 in just our stand alone (there were 4 concession stands). I also learned that the Lehi Rodeo is the only rodeo that does not sell or get sponsorship from any beer company. Saw a lot of cute cute cowboys and cowgirls from pint size to teens! :)
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I love Sundays!!!! To me it is a day of rest from running/training, working or worldly pursuits. Now that I'm not running/training, I get to truly enjoy the peace, to worship God and to serve without feeling the "recovery pain". My lesson in Primary today was "I can show gratitude". It is amazing how many blessings the little 5 year olds are grateful for! They make me smile and laugh! :) :) :)
Bryan came home from D.C. tonight. Jeff and Jenn joined us for dinner and we watched Mirror Mirror afterward.
Looking forward to run with hubby tomorrow morning! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.65 |
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:) :) :) :) :) NEW MONTH!!!! NEW SHOES!!!! NEW RUN!!!! :) :) :) :) :) I have been looking forward to this day for the last 43 days!!!! I finally get to run with my hubby!!!! :) I put on the brand new Inspire 7 that I purchased last month. My podiatrist son advised me to go back to the Inspire which has more cushion and stability than the Elixir. I laced it loosely so it doesn't cause any pressure at the top of the foot and tarsal joints. Hubby's plan was to run around the block which was perfect for me since I don't know how far my foot would let me go. I followed the Pfitzinger's Return to Running after Stress Fracture schedule. I began with 10 min. walking while hubby ran ahead. He turned around at the corner of 3200N 600E to meet me as I began my 5 min run/5 min walk cycle. It was as if I had to learn how to run all over again. But so nice to have my love's company. Soon I was running a tad faster than him. He would keep on running when I walked. We ran into Karen and her sister and bro-in-law on Center St. They were just starting their 3 mile run. She invited me to join them but I told her I'm not ready to join her but may be tomorrow. It was such a boost to see her. :) Hubby and I ended up finishing the 2 mile block in 28+ min. I was in the run cycle and felt pretty good so decided to go around the block one more time. I glanced at the Garmin couple times and saw some low 9s pace however the walking pace was 17-20ish. The left hip also felt clunky during the walk. When I passed the house I was in the run cycle so ran around the small block behind my house to finish the run/walk in exactly one hour, 4.65 miles (14:14, 12:44, 13:07, 11:44, 12:05) Ate breakfast with hubby on the deck.
Foam roll the legs, stretch, pay extra attention to the tight pelvic girdle. 5 circuits of CSE
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.65 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.45 |
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2nd day of running/walking with my love. We headed west towards Karen's house hoping to meet up with her and her sisters. Started with 5 min walking. Why does everything hurt during "warm up"...the left quads, the hip flexors, the hammies? It is no wonder people don't want to run. The first step is the hardest. Didn't ever meet up with Karen. So I decided to take hubby on Bull River to 1200W and check out the Murdock Canal Trail. I told him it's only 3 miles so he agreed. When we reached the hill up 1200 W, we assessed the trail in order to use the tunnel to cross 1200W. WaaLaaa!!! the trail is PAVED!!!! I got SO EXCITED!!!! But the bathroom at the end of Bull River is not opened, (thus the drinking fountain is off). Thankfully there is a p-o-p that hubby could use. We turned back on the trail and hubby started to question the mileage. He had planned to run 2-3 miles total. We had already run 2.4 at the turnaround, now approaching 3 miles, ooops! He accused me of deceiving him into running more. I tried to explain that when I said 3 miles, I meant ONE way! :) :) :) Hubby's running 12-13 pace so he urged me to run my own pace (9-10) and walk back to him during my 5 min walk (in case he gets ambushed and chased by some women!). It was getting hot. When we reached home, I was in the middle of my 5 min run cycle, so I ran around the little block behind my house and finish with a 3 min walk back to the house. Total 5.45 miles in 1:13:47. I am so proud of hubby running farther than he had planned. Other than one accusation of me deceiving him and loosing him [he said he now knows what Lowell meant when Lowell said I "lied" and "disappeared" while running with him in a marathon! :) ] he didn't complain and kept on running. Will do yoga later.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.45 |
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| Went to Gunnison with the fam. for 4th of July celebration, parade, carnival, rock climbing at Maple Mountain. I didn't climb, just hiked around the dry rocky riverbed and watched my boys climb. I was surprised that walking on rocks with my Kinvara was quite pleasant, like my feet getting a massage. :)
There're over 60 family members as every year on the first week of July the cousins (my nieces and nephews) do the Inouye Creative Art Camp for children. It is pretty amazing! It was so good to see family visiting from D.C., Hawaii, Calif, Colorado, AZ, Idaho and Hong Kong! :)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Hubby and I ran to Karen's house for the first mile. Then Karen, Brian and I ran 4.5 miles east to Smith and back via Canal Trail. Temp was cooler with overcast sky and breezy. Did 3 min walk 7 min run. Very glad that Karen and Brian didn't mind doing with me as well. 5.5 miles in 1:06 AP: 12:00. 6 circuits CSE Spent all afternoon making dinner for 22 people. Feet are pretty tired now!
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.40 |
| Ran with hubby and Karen to 600W up on Canal Trail, down on 1200E. Did 2min walk 8 min run. Everything hurts during the first mile so took it easy. After bidding Karen goodbye by Center St. I turned around to jog home and heard a "Smooth!" calling from behind. It was Bec! She jogged me home. So GREAT to see her! :) Looking forward to RHPC tomorrow! Will wog a 10K or less. I didn't run it last year because I ran the Bryce Canyon Half so it's been a long time since I've seen some of my RHPChickas! :) :) :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.40 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.30 |
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RED HOT PINK CHICK 15K Hubby and I picked up Karen and Bec at 5:45 for the drive to the start of the RHPC run. I giggled when I saw Bec wearing a long sleeve SGM shirt over her running outfit, yep only a TX RED HOT Chick would be "freezing" in 60ish temp. :) It was so good to see RAD, Lily, Kelli, Scott, Wendy, Heidi, Rachelle, Eric, Maynard, Amy... did I miss anyone. Was sad/disappointed that Luz didn't come. After hubby snapped a quick pix of the Lehi girls + RAD, we were off to start the run at 6:30. Hubby and I hanged at the back with a 2 min walk 10 min run. Around 0.6ish mile by the Riverwoods sidewalk, Wendy and Kelli past us, Scott stayed to visit for couple of minutes. Hubby urged me to run on ahead but I refused to leave him. I jogged with him giving him pointers on running forms until we reached the mouth of the canyon. Hubby said he needed to use the bathroom in the gas station and will turn around to head back so don't wait up for him. There's a good headwind going up the canyon as usual. It felt wonderful to be running uphill passing runners/walkers and being passed by cyclists. I think this is only the second time that I've run up the Provo Canyon all by myself. I continued on with the 2 min walk 10 min run thing paying attention to how the foot feels. The legs/hips/feet protested only during the walk. I guess I could "hear" them better while walking. It felt so good to be running that I ran past the 3.1 mile (turnaround of my originally planned 10K run). I thought it wouldn't hurt to run to 3.5 and make it an even 7 miler. At the back of my head, I could hear hubby saying: "Don't over do it!" I was in a groove and ran past the 3.5 mi turnaround, so I thought I'd run to 4 mile. Well, at 4 mile, the body felt pretty good, the watch said I have another 3 min of running. Did a quick math that if I run to 4.65 I can make it a 15K run. Yay! I was still in running cycle when I turned around. Boy did that feel good to run downhill. I was at mile 5.8 when the walk cycle supposed to start, but I wanted to see how fast I could run that mile so I kept running to 6 before walking. That mile took 8:38...YES!!! I had drank the entire 12 oz water I carried so I stopped at the fountain for a quick drink and refilled half the bottle. When I reached 9.3 at the park, I stopped the Garmin and walked to the pavillion where hubby was waiting. His first words was: "How far did you run?" I kept walking and pretended I didn't hear him. When I finally answered him, he of course was not surprised I ran farther. He then proudly told me that he also didn't turn around at the gas station after the potty break. He ran further up the canyon past the second bridge and ran all the way back without stopping or walking. He got a taste of "cruising downhill". :) I'm so so so so proud of him! ♥ :)
9.3 miles. AP: 10:30 (13:24, 12:14, 10:56, 10:37, 10:19, 8:38, 9:33, 9:42, 9:42, 8:57) First ones we saw running in were Scott and the girl whose name I later learned was Amy. Almost everyone run farther than the half. LOVE the YUMMY eating and FUN visiting afterward. I will try to post some pix later. Pre-run. Doesn't everyone look chirpy?
Post run. Doesn't everyone look radiant?  Smooth sandwich. :)  My sweet running buddy! ♥♥
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 9.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.05 |
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AM: Started at 6:30 the walk/run 2min/10min with Karen and Wendy for 6 miles. Hubby turned back home at 1.5 for his regular 3. Feeling still a bit sore and tight, we took it nice and easy. We went west on Murdock Canal Trail via Bull River/600W, south on Rail Trail and back up east on 3200N. Got a "hiya" honk from Bec when we crossed the road to Karen's. Continued east to 600E on 2600N then north to 2700 N and back to my house. 6.05 mi AP 12:08.
The run was done but the chatting wasn't so we walked Karen half way home to Center and turned back to Wendy's where Carolyn drove past and stopped to visit under a shady tree. :) PM: Core. Yoga
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 6.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Walked/Ran (2min/12min) with same crew same time, south on 3rd W, west on 2100 N to Rail Trail, hubby cut off to head east on 2600N at mile 2. We continued north on Rail Trail then east on Canal Trail, south on Center then east to home. No time to have post run chit chat today. 6.5 miles AP 11:08 |
| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM: I find that I cannot run 3 days in a row. My legs are sore and stiff. My feet and ankles are tired. In the last 9 days since returning to running, I have walked/ran 7 days. I look forward to today's water aerobics. Karen and I choose Wed because we love the workouts Chelsea does. We even kidnapped Wendy to join us. We had a great aqua workout with cardio intervals, core and total body strength training AND it was so much FUN to be giggling and working up a sweat...yes we know we do sweat in the pool because we had to take couple of drink breaks.
Hubby went running by himself, new shoes and socks, his right hip and left ankle is bugging him. PM: Took grandma and Lily to shopping and lunch and visit grandma's 92 yo friend in Salt Lake. These ladies are amazing. So lots of walking. EVENING: Met the new mission president and his wife of the Utah Provo Mission. Well fed spiritually.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
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AM: Woke up at 5:30 groggily and promptly fell back asleep. Woke up second time and shocked to see the clock read 6:30! Aaaaaghh!!! Supposed to meet the girls for our 6:30 run! Quickly got dressed and Wendy was at my door. We walked/jogged to meet Karen. My body is so tired that I did not want to run. So they ran me home where I did cross train instead. Hubby cannot believe I finally listened to my body! :) 30 min recumbent bike 30 min elliptical PM: Temple
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 0.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| I seem to have a hard time falling asleep if I hadn't run in the morning...thus even though I went to bed at 10:30 last night, I was still awake at midnight. Woke up at 4 and should've gotten up to run with Karen and Toby; but I knew I wouldn't be able to run as far and as fast as them so I opted to stay in bed and waited 'till the alarm went off at 5:30 at which time hubby hit the snooze button. We got out the door at 6 and was instantly hit by the arid smokey air, warm and humid. Just my luck to have such icky condition for my first double digits run! :(
John, Wendy, hubs and I wogged north up to Suncrest. The smokey air was irritating my airway, had to spit and sputtered a lot. Hubs turned around at mile 2 to get in 4 for the day. We continued north then east to the ever flowing fountain at Alpine Park. The water was kinda warm. I had already drank my 12 oz water bottle so refilled it, ate 3 disgustingly dried Gu chomps (peach tea that I got from a race, the only Gu I could find this morning in my "stash"); then headed back. John had to be at work so he took off while Wendy and I trotted along. It was tough to get going after the stop. My left hip flexor and gracilius were screaming; hurt worst with walking, may be I just don't "hear" the "screaming pain" as much when running.
Stopped at Smith's (mile 8.88) for a drink and potty break and decided to run on the trail parallel to SR92 and connected on the Canal Trail. Lots of runners on the Canal Trail this morning. We turned down on 600W to run back east on Bull River. That last 0.5 mile was SO HARD, everything hurts. It was a good thing Wendy was there to keep me company, I wanted to lay down and die! 12 miles AP: 11:28. I'm so discouraged with how bad and hard this run felt.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Tour De Run The start/finish was at Lone Peak HS. Stage 1 was a 5K out and back loop around the Highland Glen Park at 7pm Friday evening. Stage 2 was a 10K out-n-back loop in Cedar Hills with the high point at the mouth of AF Canyon at 7am Saturday morning. Stage 3 was a 8K out-n-back loop in Highland neighborhood west of Lone Peak HS. http://tourderun.net/index.php/race-info/stage-maps
Alex was the youngest male runner in a field of about 50. He was 10th overall after Stage 1 and moved up to 5th after Stage 2 and maintained the lead in the final race. So so so so so very proud of him!!! :)
 Strong kick to the finish of a tough hilly 10K course in 44:03 
Moved up to 5th. His goal was to beat the 1st female who runs cross country at SUU.  Awesome sprint to the finish of the final stage.  The NCAA Champion in the 10000m and 5000m, Cam Levans, who will be competing in the Olympics in couple weeks on the Canadian team, presented the awards.  GREAT race! CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!!! Results can be found here: http://tourderun.net/index.php/race-info/results |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Cooler morning. Wogged with hubby and Wendy to meet Karen at Center. Ran north to Canal Trail (hubs peeled off), east to tunnel at top of Dry Creek, then up on road and trail parallel SR92 to Highland, turned around at 4800W, back on Smith's Rd and 800E neighborhood to 2600N to Center.
With 2 rest days and cooler temp, I was hoping for better run. Nope! I was dragging today. Left leg and pelvis not happy. Feet are still achy. 6 slow painful miles AP 10:47. Will I ever be a real runner again?!!! :( Myrtle Core
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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FUNNEST RUN EVER since returning from injury!!!! SO SO SO SO HAPPY that RAD, Quiet Pirate and her dahling water boy came all the way to Lehi JRP to run with me (Bec, Wendy and hubby too!) :) :) :) :)
QP is SO FUN to run with!!! GREAT chats!!! :) :) :) RAD has such sharp eyes even when she was running so very speedily with Bec that she could spot some "treasures" along the way. She would stop to wait for us to get there so QP could snap a pix. It was such a magical run!!! I did not feel any pain during the run; only slight discomfort (in the left hip) when we started back up after each stop. I think we stopped 5-6 times (mile 2 drink, mile 3 regroup to see if we should turn around, mile 4 turnaround and group pix, mile 5ish roadkill kodak moment, mile 5.25 pelicans kodak moment and Mr. QP to retrieve a "find" from the pond, mile 6 drink). I did not look at my Garmin until we were done and was so surprised to see the 9:34 AP. I did stop the Garmin when we stopped. (10:18, 9:44, 9:30, 9:12, 9:14, 9:24, 9:35, 9:36) Very happy about the pace for the last two miles where we did not stop and it felt smooth and easy. YipEEEE!!! :)
This is hubby's first time on the JRP. He really likes the trail. He ran 4 miles and waited in the car for us! :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH RAD and QP for running with me!!! You girls are the best!!!! :) :) :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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Boy! was I tight, tired and sore this morning!!! Hubby was all excited to go and I wanted to stay in bed. I never thought he'd be the one who wants to run and I'd be the slacker! :) I reluctantly dragged my sorry sore self out at 7:30. Didn't wear watch...didn't want to know how painfully SLOW I was.
Hubby was very kind to walk with me for a little bit. Then he started to run and to my astonishment I could not keep up with him....what?!!! A neighbor weeding his yard said "Hi" to hubs; then when I jogged by, said: "If you hurry you might catch him!" I humbly replied: "Probably not!"!!! SO humiliating! :) He was feeling so good that about a mile into the wog he sped up for about 400m then slowed down for about 200m to wait for me. I later told him that he was doing Fartlek! :) He couldn't believe I'd uttered such a silly word...thought I was teasing him! :) :) :)
We had to cut our run short because a very distraught sister called just as we were leaving the house that she needed a temple recommend interview with hubby. I was hoping to go to water aerobics but missed it because she came to the house during that time. 4 circuits of CSE Myrtle Hip opener
Calf raises Stretching ******** Tightness in the left hip flexor, vastus medialis and soleus. Perhaps from overcompensation for the weaker right leg/foot?
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Don't know what's going on with my body. Every small joints in my body hurt when I awoke in the morning. It used to happen only when there's weather changes particularly when it gets cold. Thought it was arthritis. It's happening more frequently now and today when I awoke in the morning and again from an afternoon nap. The joints in my fingers, neck and toes were stiff and sore. There is also pain in the left lower calf just above the Achilles. Feels like lots of inflammation.
Again, I was dragging this morning and if not for hubby, I would've stayed in bed. We decided to run on the Canal Trail going east from Center. I felt better once I was warmed up. Hubby wanted to turn for home at the tunnel by Smith's. But I convinced him to run down to Dry Creek. There's a closure barrier at the bridge so we turned back. Hubby walked the uphill while I ran it. When I reached the top, I ran back down to him and ran back up so got a couple of hill repeats in. Nothing heroic, just steady pace. Once on the road, I ran just a bit ahead of him and then ran back to him. When we reached home, I decided to run around the small block behind my house a bit faster and got into marathon pace. Reached 5.25 mi right at 400E where Julie and Karin just finishing their morning walks. We chatted a bit as we headed to our homes I could feel some pain at the top of the right foot, the stress fracture site. Wore the Elixir 6 for the first time since the stress fracture. Although I love how light and comfortable it feels and thought I'd give the Inspire a "rest"; I wonder if it's the wrong choice.
After a quick shower, we went to the temple, lunch then hubby's INR. So tired that we took a nap in the afternoon. Been stretching and massaging the muscles/ligaments in the lower calf. Will probably take a rest day tomorrow...hopefully I can run long on Sat.
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 5.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Small joints pain again upon waking. Glad that it's limited to fingers, toes, ankles and upper vertebra. 30 min recumbent bike (Performance L4) 30 min elliptical 2 miles (various incline, 3-6mph) Lower calf muscles and ligaments very tender with foam roll; so limited it to couple go around then some massage and stretch. (note to self: wear compression sleeves next run)
Core CSE
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.65 |
| I can't begin to express my immense gratitude to RAD and Kelli for a wonderful fun run! :) :) :) I had serious doubt that I could pull off a 14 miler by myself. Since I'm spending the weekend in Park City and Kelli wanted a preview of the PCM course...RAD worked out a perfect plan for us to run mile 11ish to 20ish of the course with another 4.65 mikes back to the car. I started out walking 1 min every mile to warm up till we hit the base of Deer Valley loop...then no more walking other than that little monster of a hill on 8th St. to Empire (which took me 2 min to walk it) and once my Garmin hit 14 miles I announced that I'm walking the remaining distance to the car. RAD and Kelli would run back to me every now and then and at some crossings. They even ran back to get my hubby when he ran from Bonanza to meet us. :). They got some BONUS miles for sure! Having them within sight kept me going... such awesome friends, SO FUN, great chats! A fun run isn't complete without a yummy breakfast afterward! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! RAD and Kelli for making this run so fun for me! :) :) :). Spent the afternoon shopping at the outlet mall, movie and dinner with the fam. So didn't do any recovery stretch or foam roll. Lower legs and the right tibial tendon are pretty sore which kept me up all night! Today, Sunday, the soreness eased up a bit, am wearing compression sleeves in the evening. I hope that the soreness is the good kind. I guess I'm rather paranoid of injuries! |
| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 14.65 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Went to church at the Park City Ward. It seems a fourth of those attending are visitors. The Sunday School teacher turned out to be Elder Richard Cook whom Larry has worked with in the past. SO NICE to sit next to hubby during Sacrament Mtg. and Sunday School. :) :) :)
After church we went back to the cabin for lunch, rest/read a little. Walked down to Main St. to browse the Farmer's Market and Sunday Outdoor Bazaar. It was very interesting to look at all the arts and products people create. Hubby cooked us a nice BBQ dinner on the deck! Thoroughly enjoyed a restful peaceful day.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Nice easy recovery jog with hubby on Poison Creek Trail. Ran up south to the roundabout which is 0.5 mile, turned back and ran
down north to mile 2 and back to the car for exactly three miles. Hubby kept saying, you run up this trail for the marathon? It's so fun to show him the shoe tree and the murals on the tunnels. Glad we drove to the skate park so we didn't have to walk up the hills back to the cabin. Cleaned up the cabin then stopped at Tangers Outlet on the drive home. It was a nice weekend getaway. Park City is so beautiful. :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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HAPPY PIONEER DAY! Hubby and I talked about the 4/1 run/walk ratio that Lowell and I did for the Sogonapmit and PE50. He wanted to give it a try today. We started by walking one min. then running 4 min. He started out running too fast and quickly fizzled out. :) Turned around at the trail tunnel by Smith. There are two huge banners/signs warning people not to trespass the not-yet-completed Murdock Canal Trail, violators will be ticketed and fined. Hubby being a law-abiding citizen, refused to go on the trail; so we turned around heading back west. My pace was in the mid 9s and hubby's was in the high 10s so I would run 3 min. then turn back to meet him (usually at about 25-30 sec) to finish up the 4 min run so that I could tell him when to walk and give him water. It was getting really warm. It was a good incentive to run to Jimmy John's for some ice and refill the water bottle. Perfect timing as we walked to the store. Hubby felt revived and agreed to go to 500W instead of head straight home. Saw Leanne walking when we walked out of the store, chatted for a min. We then continued the same 4/1 with me running ahead 3 min and back to get hubby the 4th min and walked together for 1 min. Hubby was happy to be done when we reached home at mile 5.5. Got in the house to get a swig of gatorade, refilled the water bottle, take the Gatorade out to hubby; then headed back west around the two blocks for another 2.5 miles of steady running. I think the Elixir 6 in size 6.5 is smaller than the Inspire7 of the same size. I have bought two pairs in sz 6.5 and one in sz7. I think I will train in the size 7 and use the sz 6.5 for short runs and everyday walking...because I like the Elixir so much better than the Inspire. ******Can't wait to read everyone's race report. Off to movie and early dinner with the family.
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 easy recovery with the hubs Myrtle Core
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
| Ran by myself the entire time today. Can't remember the last time I had a solo run. Ran down 3rd West, up Rail Trail, did not get on Canal Trail to obey the silly "no trespass" sign...hubby would be so proud of me for "obeying the sign". The ironic thing is the sign says "your safety is important to us"; yet while I ran on the narrow Bull River Rd instead of the unfinished Canal Trail, I had to dodge a passing road construction truck and a fast moving car...clearly I would've been much saver running on the paved trail. Busy day getting ready to host a baby shower for my daughter-in-law this evening. Grandbaby #7 is due 4 days before Park City. Why are all my grandbabies born so close to my marathons? :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 7.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| A rainbow over Utah Lake greeted hubby and I as we headed out the door for a short run. :) Much cooler but muggier this morning. We went to the temple while Lowell was just getting up. Took Lowell to AF HS after lunch so he could exchange the Sogonapmit race shirts. It made me all sad again to be at the packet pick up of yet another marathon that I have to miss this year. I am determined to get back at it. Although my goal of running 12 marathons this year is not obtainable, I still hold out hopes that I can run some Fall marathons. Plan to run up to AF Canyon from my house tomorrow morning and then run Lowell and Marci to the finish, hoping to get in 16 miles.
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
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Marci, hubby and I watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics last night while Lowell was on the phone. We had planned to go to bed at 9ish. But hubby had to wait for a return missionary to arrive from Italy to release him so he and I didn't turn in 'till 11ish. I set the phone alarm at 5:00am but woke up at 1:45am. I was wide awake though; did not get out of bed 'cause I didn't want to wake hubby. I could hear Lowell and Marci getting up around 2:00 and left the house at 2:50. I laid in bed thinking about how much fun I was missing. My mind was swirling with thoughts of all the wonderful experiences and races I had in 2011. It made me cry a little. I finally got out of bed at 4:20 and texted Marci to see where they're at (between mile 5-6). O man, how I wish I was running up the Canyon with them. Interestingly it was very hot at 2am and got cooler two hours later. Got dressed and out the door at 4:44. Karen has driven to my house. We walked over to Wendy's house and waited for her and John to come out. As soon as they came out I took off running. I was anxious to get going! We ran up to SR92 which goes straight up to American Fork Canyon. It was good to chat with the girls as we have not run together for a long time. We encountered a strong head wind, I guess about 25mph. I asked Wendy and Karen if it was like running the headwind at UVM. They said this is worse because we are going uphill. I tried to draft off John but it didn't seem to help. We reached the mouth of the Canyon and could see the fast guys already made their way onto the golf course parkway. Got to cheer on the first women. It was awesome to see Melanie zoomed by. Then I got super excited to see Kelli looking fast and strong. After Emily ran past, I called Lowell with no answer, so I called Marci who told me she had lost Lowell at the Half and she is coming down around her mile 18ish. My Garmin has low battery so Karen and I exchanged Garmins as she was going to be picked up by her husband. We did not stop our watches while we were cheering and waiting at the mouth of the canyon. We were at mile 5.5ish so I told Wendy and John that I would run up the canyon to find Lowell. They didn't want to run further so I bid them goodbye. It was so fun cheering on the runners and super happy to see Don Bigger, Becky, Erik, Karen Tree, Michelle Stringham, many FRBers and our awesome American Flyer pacer Rachelle and JulieC as I made my way running up the canyon. Found Marci at the mile 7/20 aid station. She was feeling great so I left her to look for Lowell further up the canyon. I reached him around mile 7 or 8 then turned to run back down with him. He was doing the 4/1 thing and no issue with his strained Gracilus (from Ogden). So while he walked I would run ahead a ways and then run back to him. It was super fun cheering fellow runners along the way. On the way down saw Wendy and Matt Clark running up the canyon. Ran into Danielle, my daughter's HS friend, on the Golf Course Parkway. It was great to chat and catch up with her life a bit. I encouraged the runners on the rollers as I ran back and forth to get Lowell. Had so much fun challenging a tall guy on the uphills. One guy made an off-hand remark about my exuberant running: "Too much caffeine this morning!!!" I wanted to yell back: "Hey you have no idea how much I crave running, I am a caffeine free girl."...but I didn't! Lowell later told hubby that the women runners in today's race were generally more pleasant and would smile and respond positively while the guys were either grumpy or way too serious. I ran with a teenage girl who said her grandpa talked her into running this. Lowell sent me ahead to look for her grandpa...later found out he wasn't in the race but her grandma is...so I went back to look for her! The sun got over the mountain once we reached the road south of the temple. I ran back and forth 5 times and somehow could not find Lowell. I have already run 13+ miles when I saw Kelli and Toby running back on the course for their cool down miles. Since I needed 2+ miles so I ran with them back on the course for about 0.75 mile and decided to call Marci who told me that she just saw Lowell crossing the finish. So we turned back and I asked Kelli what's the remaining distance to the finish. A quick calculation shows that I would be about a mile short. Interestingly as I "crossed" the side of the finish arch, the Garmin showed 15 miles. So I made my way running thru the crowds on the grass to the track and ran 3.5 laps till the Garmin read 16 miles. Karen's Garmin does not have mile split set up, just time, distance and average pace. Dang! I was hoping to see how fast I was going on the track! Anyway, total time of 2:53:39 which includes the standing around at the mouth of the canyon, AP of 10:51 and max pace of 6:40 which are totally meaningless. Well, 16 miles in the bag.
Waited for the award ceremony while chatted with a few friends. So many FRBers took podium, very proud of each and everyone of them. Got home, showered and made a nice lunch of salmon, stir-fry veggies (red onion, red & yellow sweet peppers, sugar snap peas, zucchini and Chinese lahpcheung), salad, rice. Foot is feeling fine. Will know better tomorrow. So glad Lowell finished Sogonapmit without problem....he's taking a nap right now! :)
************* I don't know how to handle the mixed bag of emotions flooding me since my stress fracture. I feel such immense sadness for missing UVM, AF Canyon1/2 and Sogonapmit, the races that are close to home and to my heart as so many of my friends run in them and I have had such fond memories in past years. On the one hand I wanted to hide and feel sorry for my self yet on the other hand I wanted to offer whatever help and support I could. The later brought me tremendous joy. I feel extremely grateful for the ability to run (albeit slow). Yet I felt so very jealous standing around the finish. I guess I really crave the satisfaction of having finished a race. I know I am addicted to marathons. I truly hope that I can continue to run and share the joy of running 'till the day I die! :) On a side note, I would've volunteered in these races if I wasn't housing/running with Lowell. I did help out a bit yesterday at the packet pickup while Lowell was waiting for the RD to go home to get last year's medals that he wanted an extra set of. The RD's wife gave me a free bread coupon, she didn't know I wasn't running the race! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 16.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 3.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 3.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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Hubby ran with me to meet Karen for easy recovery run and exchange Garmins at 7am. We were chatting away running easily east to Smith's then down and up trail next to SR 92, turned around to head back west once we reached the top. With about 0.75 mile left before reaching my home, on 3200N by the Stake Center, my heart suddenly went into tachycardia, beating so fast that it felt like it would jump right out of my throat. After I rounded the corner onto 600E, told Karen I had to walk because my heart was pounding so fast. I could feel its rapid pulsating over my chest wall. It was very scary even though I did not feel dizzy or any shortness of breath. The strange thing is I was not running fast at all, (no pace because my Garmin is dead), in fact I was talking in full sentences the whole time about our upcoming plans for Fall marathons. This is the 3rd time in the last 16 months that I experience this alarming tachycardia. I went back on my blog and found out that the other two episodes happened on March 29, 2011 and March 15 of this year. The first episode was at mile 6.5 of a 12 miler on Bull River heading east after just cresting the 1200W hill. Karen was with me. The heart rate calmed down after walking a bit. It was noted that the remaining miles were death march. I felt drained and fatigued the next day. Went to doc to get some Symbicort and the receptionist insisted that I had my O2 Sat checked because my breathing was labor, at the time I think I had broncho irritation. I told the doc. of my tachycardia episode so he got an EKG to make sure there's no arrythmia. The second episode was nearly a year later running on trail down from Traverse Mountain with Karen and Wendy. Again the heart suddenly pounding rapidly as if it would jump right of my chest. I stopped running; but no dizziness or shortness of breath. However the last mile home felt hard. Again felt drained during the day. Today's episode was a bit more worrisome because it lasted much longer. I walked the last 0.5 home and stood outside talking with Karen for another 5 min. Upon getting in the house, I sat down petting my cat trying to relax; but the heart kept on pounding away. Hubby told me to get the blood pressure monitor to check the B/P and HR. The heart was going so fast that the monitor could not get any readings. I got my stetascope out to listen to my heart and count the beats. It reached 150 beats in 30 seconds; that was at least half hour since I stopped running. I felt ok, no shortness of breath, just an uneasy and queasy feeling, like death-looming-nauscious-scary feeling. I asked hubby to take me to the ER; but he said I would get better care going to the doctor especially since it's around 8:30am and there'd be no one at the doc's. Turned out he's right.
On the drive to the doc (about 15-20 min.) I kept trying to take B/P and HR readings with the B/P machine with no success; and listened my heart with the stetascope. The staff got me in right away and was unsuccessful in getting any B/P HR readings from neither the B/P machine nor the oximeter. They grabbed the doc who also couldn't get any readings but confirmed that I definitely was experiencing tachycardia. It took a while to locate the EKG machine and the charger. As soon as the nurse put the EKG leads on me, my HR dropped. My EKG result showed normal sinus rhythm with a HR of 66. The entire tachycardia episode lasted about 90 min., clearly much longer than the last two episodes. It left me feeling completely drained. After I got home, I tried to do some core exercise while watching the Olympic swimming qualifying events but promptly fell asleep...so weak and fatigued.
The doc. said that he would consult a cardiologist. Since it happened infrequently for no ryhmn nor reason other than that I was running, a halter monitor would not be useful. He also doubt that the cardiologist would recommend angiogram since I have no angina nor eschymia nor other symptom such as shortness of breath or chest pain. The only suggestion he made was that I should always run with someone. Thankfully all three episodes happened close to home and I was with Karen. I think I'll wear my HR monitor which I haven't done the last 4 years. I'll carry a cell phone when running alone, and resume taking liquid iron.
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 5.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
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Ran with Karen and Wendy on the rail trail Bull River loop. Slow, conversational run. Yesterday's tachycardia episode took a lot out of me. Not going to worry about pace as I'm just trying to build back the base miles. My doctor called me, first thing he said was: "How was your run?" :) :) :) Then he told me he talked to a cardiologist who said that sometimes marathon runners experience atrial fibulation that resolve itself. The cardiologist office will call and set up appointment for me to see him and determine what kind of tests/monitoring I'll need. **********update********* Dr. Carter, the cardiologist, called me this afternoon. He will see me tomorrow at 1pm to get a history and to determine if/what kind of ECG is needed. He is concerned that there might be myocardial fibrosis in the atrium. I am not too worried.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Ran with hubby and Wendy east to Smith, west on Timp Hwy Trail, south onto 600W home for an easy 5 mile loop. Wore HR monitor average 140. AP: 11:34. *********** Went to see Dr. Eric Carter, the cardiologist. He took a thorough history of my running, the tachycardia episodes, etc. and listened to my heart, carotid and femoral arteries which are all within normal range. He said he wish he could've captured the episode with an EKG. Based on the history he is pretty certain that it is atrial in nature. There are two possibilities, cardiac fibrosis and atrial fibrillation (AF). He said that endurance athletes often put so much stress to their hearts that they develop AF. He wants me to take some diagnostic tests: cardiac MRI, treadmill stress test, EEG, and last option cardiac holter monitor (not practical based on the infrequency of the arrhythmia episodes that happen mostly while running). These diagnostic tests will then determine what treatments I will need. He mentioned surgery and ablation. We scheduled the cardiac MRI 3 weeks from today, still need to schedule the other tests. Our insurance does not cover any diagnostic tests...such a bummer!
When he asked if we have any questions....hubby immediately asked about curtailing my running. Thankfully the doctor said because I did not experience syncope, I could "party on". :) However on the way home, hubby said I'm just too stubborn and would not limit my marathons to "normal" amount. He said he wants me around and to watch our grandkids grow up. I sat in silence and felt "heart broken" on the way home. I am going to "sleep" on this. I have registered for PCM, TOU, SGM and a Dec marathon...I really would like to finish these marathons. *************** Some articles on AF in endurance athletes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090621143221.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19654095 http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/masters/atrial-fibrillation-running-performance http://europace.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/3/222.full
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Ran to Mt. Ridge Jr High with Wendy via SR92. We stopped at the park to refill my water bottle. Walked the uphill and stopped running once we reached 8 miles. AP: 11:28 AHR: 145. We started at 6:30am and it got pretty warm quickly.
It was so good to pour my heart out to my best friend. She understands how much I love running and feels my anguish over the past year with my struggle with asthma, 2 stress fractures and now the tachycardia issue. I so appreciate her listening ears and she is always there when I need her. She is so Christlike. I am so grateful to have her as my neighbor and best friend. I am a better person because of her goodness and love! :) Need to go shopping as company is coming tonight and I will be at Girls Camp this afternoon and evening. So no running tomorrow morning. It'll be good to save my body for Saturday's 18 miler, longest run since April 28, 14 weeks ago...hope I can do it. I have come to appreciate all that God has given me. I am treasuring and enjoying each run as a gift. I ask myself this question almost daily: what can I offer, how can I love more sincerely and deeply and what ways can I serve God better?!!!
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Slept in 'till 7. Had a wonderful day/evening at Girls Camp yesterday. Got home around 10pm to watch the Women's Individual Gymnastics with Jeff, Jenn, and our house guests. I already knew the Olympic results...tried hard not to spoil it for Jenn. I think it's more exciting to watch it without knowing the results before hand. That cute little Gabby reminds me so much of Livvy, not enough face for those big eyes and huge smile! :) :) :) Was so happy for Phelps too! As a result of the late night "Olympic Party", I slept in this morning 'till 7. Hubby went for a quick run while I made a scrumptious breakfast of omlet, pancake, mini crescant, Greek yogurt topped with strawberries, raspberries and blue berries for our guests.
Went to the temple with hubby....thought a lot about a friend, her husband and their five children...actually it has occupied my mind over the last 7 months!
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 |
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Plan was to meet my running buddies at 6:30. John and Wendy slept thru their alarm. :) Karen was punctual even though she was up late from going to "Wicket". Anyhow, it was almost 7 by the time we got going. Karen and I ran up to Alpine. About 3.5 miles into the run, saw a cute happy smiling girl running westbound on the other side of the road. I yelled at her back after she's already over 100m away: "Is that you Carina?" Always make me happy to have a Carina-sighting! :) At the Alpine park while Karen used the restroom, I drank from the ever-flowing fountain and ate some gel-chews. Then we head south to North County Rd and turned east on SR92 to the mouth of AF Canyon where we jumped on the golf course trail west to Lone Peak HS to Van Dyke Park (refill water bottle and ate remaining of the chews) south to 700 N to 200 E AF. Thought about Toby and her special day of her triplets' baptism. Then we continued westward back to Lehi via Cedar Hollow. We walked the steepest parts of Center St. (mile 17). I commented that this is what Deer Valley loop (also mile 17) is going to feel like in two weeks. Karen replied: "The thought of running Park City right now sounds awful to me!" Yep, it is going to be a death march for me. Once we reached 2600N. I was done running, but we weren't done talking; so we walked to Karen's where I got some ice water. It was so hot that Karen refused to let me walk home so she drove me back in her daughter's convertible that she just got done washing/cleaning! :) I would not have been able to finish this 19 miler without Karen. (We ran thru 5 cities: Lehi, Alpine, Cedar Hills, Highland, American Fork). I talked her ears off. It was a slow painful run with an embarrassingly AP of 11:26 for 18 miles (turned off the Garmin during the last walking mile). Good thing Karen didn't have her Garmin or she'd be aghast at how slow we were. Average heart rate 158 with the last 3 miles reaching above 160. I must've been a bit dehydrated...did not go to the bathroom until 3pm and the color was pretty dark. There was noticeable salt residue on my shirt. Left quad and lower legs very sore. Right foot achy but not painful.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 19.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Nice easy conversational run with Karen who did all the talking today! :) We were heading east and within the first mile, crossed path with a group of girls running west, one of whom hollered: "Smooth!" It was Carina!!! :) :) :) :) :) I would've missed her if she didn't call out! Made my morning, day and week to see her! She always looks so pretty!!!!
AP: 10:33 HR: 146 All summer, I kept putting off calling Sam (daughter of my hubby's executive secretary) who is willing to give me swimming lessons. Tonight she asked her dad to get my number from hubby and texted me. I am such a chicken! Anyway, I agreed to meet her at her home/pool at 9am for my first lesson tomorrow. I'm so nervous! :-?
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
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Ran with Wendy west to meet Karen, then north to Bull River, hopped on Canal Trail at the 1200W tunnel, then south on Center, east to Wendy's. She had to cut her run short. Karen and I continued east to Smith, and onto SR92 Trail to top of hill and turn back west, south on 1200E and 3200N. AP: 10:37 HR: 149 First swimming lesson of my life, very pathetic. Flutter kick with kick board. Float on back lasted about 10 seconds. It is going to take me a L-O-N-G time to overcome the fear of drowning! I may never learn how to swim! Sigh! Poor Sam...I may be her first student to flunk swimming. My wise, smart and very kind son called tonight to talk about my tachycardia episodes and running. He tried really hard to talk some sense in me about curtailing my marathons. Deep down I know he is right...that I am putting a lot of stress on my body/cardiovascular system by running so much. Trying to run one marathon a month while I am not 100% healthy is too risky. Sigh!
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 8.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Laz around in bed and just enjoyed the sunrise. Ran around the block with hubby sans watch. I love our leisure run until he started to repeat what Eric told me last night! I know they love and care about me....but I'm so hard headed! Sigh!
Swim lesson #2. I kept telling myself: "People don't drown in swimming lessons. If dogs can swim, so can I!" It helps half the time. However, I flunked floating 101 majorly!!!! SO pathetic!!! I swallowed at least a gallon of water...yuck. I was able to flutter kick w/ a kick board 20 ft across on the deep end with face down and not panic or gasp for air. But across 40 ft had my heart going wild and breathing crazy! Barely made it home, quickly showered, went to babysit Olga's children, age 7, 5, 2. We had so much fun playing ball, dance dance dance, hide-n-seek, space ranger... I need a nap now! :) :) :)
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| Very very smokey and hazy out there! Opted to run indoor instead. Karen ran to my house and did elliptical while I jogged on the treadmill. Wore a new Elixir 6 in sz 7 which felt nice while running but the foot got a tad achy later. Core. Temple. Watched the Olympic women's soccer final with my running buddies and their daughters. So proud of Team USA!!! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 6.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.25 |
| Stayed up late last night to watch the DVR of the Olympics. I replayed over and over the historic Men's 800m! WOW!!! David Rudisha's 1:40.91 world record lead the rest of the field to their PBs. What a phenomenal race...so inspiring to watch these Olympians performed their best!!! :) :) :) My BFF, Wendy's son is getting married tomorrow so we did our long run this morning. Toby drove to my house dark and early and ran 4 miles before hand. She was stretching on the sidewalk when I came out. Such a dedicated girl! :) We went over to collect Wendy and John, then ran west to meet Karen. I think the temp at 6am was hovering at 70 with overcast sky. Heading east always feels very pleasant with the canyon breeze. The eastern sky was aglow with pink, pale orange, a beautiful backdrop to the majestic mountains. What a gorgeous morning
We ran up to Alpine via Highland Blvd (Suncrest) and saw Carina flying down with her beautiful happy smile! What a lucky week to have 3 sightings of Carina! :) :) :) My HR was inching upward into the 160s on the uphills. I kept a steady effort while Toby and Karen lead the pack with a growing gap. Wendy needed to stop at the top to "put up" her feet (because of her neuroma). I kept walking for fear that my heart would kick into a funny rhythm. Mile 1-7 with HR in ( ). 10:10 (155), 9:51 (159), 10:32 (172 oops), 11:02 (walked back, 168), 9:57 (170), 10:32 (163), 10:12 (163)
We stopped at the Alpine Park at mile 7ish to gu and refill our bottles. The miles just flew by with such wonderful company and great chat. Mile 8-13: 9:48 (160), 10:15 (164), 10:23 (slight uphill 165), 9:30 (downhill, 168), 9:44 (slight downhill 166), 9:35 (flat, 174 oops). 13.25 in 2:14:01 AP: 10:07 AHR: 165. I am hoping that I can finish PCM next week under 5 hrs. Taking into account the elevation gain, higher altitude, I will do a lot more walking to keep my HR under 170. Really hoping for cooler temp as well. I feel so so so very blessed and lucky to have such wonderful friends to run with me! THANK YOU Toby, Karen, John and Wendy!!!! Each run is a gift to me and you are the givers today! :) :) :) :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 13.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy mi with hubby, Wendy and Karen, down 3rd west, up on rail trail, Bull River to home. Hubby peeled off at 2600N. Cloudy sky, pleasant temp. Was disheartened to feel so sluggish even after two days of rest. AP: 11:16 AHR: 147. I'm going to be SO SO SO S-L-O-W at PC. Sigh! On a positive note, Karen registered for PC! Yay! :)
Swim lesson #3. Got better at floating. Remembered what Mark (Fly on the wall) said about taking a deep breath to fill up the lungs. Learned basic arm stroke so no more kick board. Did ok swimming to shallow end but tensed up swimming to the deep end. I really need to overcome that fear. Only swallowed about 1/2 gallon water today! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.75 |
| Hooray for 7 hours of sleep!!! :) Ran 1st mile with hubby to meet Karen, then east to Smith and turned around. Legs felt better once warmed up, may be it's the old Elixir shoes. Chatted the whole way about the Oly Men's Marathon. AP: 10:23 AHR: 152 Swim lesson #4: Wore swim cap for the first time b/c I had to take a super quick shower/dress afterward, no time to shampoo. 1) Learned to roll from front float onto back float, did it perfectly on the third try. :) 2) Flutter kick with kick board in the middle of the pool face down and didn't panic! :) 3) Freestyle along side of pool, need to work on breathing. I didn't know you're supposed to breathe out thru your nose when in the water. I've been either holding my breath or breathe out thru the mouth causing lots of water to go up my nose! Silly me! :) Also need to have a good rhythm/pace so that I can take my time while breathing in and not swallow water...cough cough cough! :( 4) Back stroke! VERY tricky! I had no idea the arms don't just go in circles like a windmill. They actually do two semi-circles going clockwise and counterclockwise and there's "pulling" of water going on beneath the surface! Plus you have to rotate your shoulders while keeping your head and hips straight. Much harder than it looks. I totally failed and discovered how uncoordinated I am! :( Why is it so natural for so many people and difficult for me?!!! Ate a pb&j sandwich, yogurt on the drive down to Provo for the BYU Ed. Week. Elder Tad R. Callister of the Presidency of the Seventy was the devotional speaker. He spoke on our divine nature. I love the simple analogy when telling a very young child a baby chic would grow up to become a dog that he/she would correct you immediately. So just as a child knows that only a puppy is capable of growing up to be a dog, we likewise have all the attributes within us to become God. My next class was "The Spirit: Your Personal Guide" and the topic was "allowing the Spirit to Shepherd Our Desires". I learned how Satan attempts to control our appetites, desires and passions; and how I can let the Spirit shepherds my desires. Bro. Barrett was funny and he used lots of good examples from scriptural stories i.e. the gathering of quails by the children of Israel in the Old Testament how it can be a blessing and a curse. :)
Second class was Sister Boyack's class, "Seven Steps to Becoming More like the Savior". In learning about God's attributes, we can turn to the scriptures and pay attention to how He acts and reacts, to His relationships, to how he first teaches then commands, how He lived. I need to recognize what virtues/goodness that are already within me and assess what impurities that need removing. I need to focus on "being/becoming" more than "doing". I learn that the Savior went to quiet place to pray often; he enjoyed singing, walking, being with friends. He's punctual, clean (not messy), happy, forgiving, patient, full of love and grace, loves little children. His concerns are for people and righteous cause, submissive to His Father's will. :) While hubby went to a class on "More money than you'll ever need - Discover the Happiest Income in America! Living an Abundant Life while Developing the Tools of Eternal Prosperity"; I went to "Organise Your Home: Tips for Downsizing, Decluttering and sorting your belongings." Some practical stuff to help me dejunk. :) :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 5.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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GRANDBABY #7, Skylar Lynn, was born tonight! She is a tiny beautiful thing, weighing 5 lbs 14 oz, 18.5" with lots of hair! So glad I made it there for the delivery! :) Ran 4 easy with Karen and Wendy, first warm up mile with hubby. AP: 10:36, HR: 147. Swim lesson #6: 1. Drills to prepare for backstroke: flutter kick on my back with arms by sides/hips, one arm up by ear, two arms up by ears (like a football-touch-down signal). Backstroke 4 laps, 1 out of 4 was good. 2. Flutter kick with kick board face above water and below water 4 laps each. Got progressively tired and winded. Need to pace and breath better. At around lap 6, I was wondering why the water was so mirky today, then realized I had the goggles on my forehead. Silly me!
3. Freestyle 5 laps, need to practice breathing, still swallow water....yuck! I think my sweet little 15 yo instructor must be trying real hard not to bust out laughing! She's so patient and kind! :) Ed Week classes: 1st Class: Achieving Happiness: Cultivating Optimism, Weeding Out Pessimism. The 3 Ps of Pessimistic Porcupine vs the 3 Os of Optimistic Otter. The 3 Ps are: pessimistic people interpret bad events as permanent (it's going to last a long time), pervasive (undermine everything they do) and personal. The 3 Os: A bad event is Occasional (temporary) instead of permanent. Other factors (impersonal) considered instead of gaming all the name. It is Only One of the important areas of my life (specific or limited in scope, not pervasive). 2nd Class: 7 steps to being more purified through adversity: 1) The "Refining" experience. Ask what am I to learn from this? It is ok to pull a turtle, just don't stay in the shell too long. At some point must pull out and move on. 2) Overcoming fear with faith. The future is as bright as your faith. Ask: Does the Lord know all things? Does the Lord have power over all things? Does He love you and know who you are? Knowing the answer to these questions then give you the faith that HE can handle it. 3) Coming to acceptance. Overcome anger and bargain. How do we get acceptance: 1. realize it will take time. 2. strengthen your love of the Lord. 3. Realize that we may never find the answer. 4) Submission to His will without reservation. Overcoming depression and sadness. Thy will is my will. Turning lives over to God will help us discover that Jesus can make a lot more out of our lives than we alone can. He will deepen our joys, expand our vision, quicken our minds, strengthen our muscles, lift our sights, multiply our blessings, increase our opportunities, comfort our souls, raise up friends and pour out peace. 5) Embrace the change that has come. It's useless to sit around waiting for the old normal to come back, instead accept the new normal. 1. Accept that things have changed. 2. Look forward with hope. 3. Cut yourself some slack, some days are harder than others. 4. Be open to new ways of living. Stand up tall and breath deeply, open minds to a new future filled with hope and love. 5. Invite joy. 6) Incorporating spiritual growth. Reconstruction - as we rebuild our lives, we must incorporate these spiritual growth - what have I learned from this adversity? maybe it's humility, empathy for others, more prayerful etc. This will give us power and strength for what may come. 7) Moving forward with HOPE and LOVE. Most fundamental lesson we learn and move forward. It is all about love. Love is at the core of Heavenly Father and the Savior. they have designed my life to teach me to love myself, love my family, and love others. That must be at the CORE of who I am and what I do. Even the suffering has been given to me as a gift to teach me to LOVE EVEN MORE DEEPLY. 3rd Class: What women see as "continuous encouragement" (aka
nagging) can be taken by men as "perpetual dissatisfaction." A problem
identified is a problem 80% solved. Men talk for information. Women
talk for interaction. For example, a divorced friend of a couple (Kirk)
was thought to start dating. The husband went golfing with this
friend. Upon returning home after 4 hours of golfing, the wife asked:
"So how was golfing?" The husband went on describing the day playing
golf. Then she asked: " So, is Kirk seeing someone?" "I don't know?"
You were golfing with him all morning and you didn't know if he's
dating?" Funny how men and women communicate differently. Women
sometimes just need their husbands to listen instead of a need to "fix a
problem". In a study done where a group of people went to a lecture
and then come back 2 weeks later to attend in another location. A
question survey was asked of the participant if they remember the
location of the clock and exits were of the room from the first
lecture. 80% of the men in attendance correctly identified the exits vs
only 10% of the women did. Conclusion: men look for the exits. So,
if you give your honey a "honey do" list, be sure you give him an
"exit". For example if a wife wants her husband to help with FHE, or
lead in family prayer, etc, instead of saying: "Will you take the lead
in all family spiritual responsibilities for the rest of your natural
life?" Ask: "Honey, I need your help for 45 minutes tonight starting
at 6:30." :)
After Ed week classes, we went to help Bryan move some of his things out of his apartment in Provo. On the way home, we got news that Jen is ready to have the baby. With heavy traffic and all, we made it to the Riverton Hospital at 6pm, just in time for the delivery. Skylar Lynn Lew was born at 6:11pm. There is something about a baby's first cry that makes one's heart flutter with joy and the sight of a new addition to the family that brings happy tears! :) :) :) :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.75 |
| Easy run with Wendy, Karen (Sky). Swim lesson:
1. Kick board breaststroke leg kick and flutter kick with kickboard 3 laps each.
2. Worked on breaststroke leg kick. Need to keep legs/hips above water and knees close together. At one point I was drawing huge circles with feet and not going anywhere. Hope Sam's mom wasn't watching from the kitchen window or she'd be rolling on the floor laughing her guts out! :) 3. Backstroke. Still couldn't keep water off my face. Once I realized my legs need to kick twice as fast as the arm stroke I was able to keep the body more horizontal and higher in the water. The neat thing is I could breathe above water. The not-so-neat thing is I could not keep a straight line...I swam diagonally across the pool. In fact, on my first lap I hit my right arm (triceps) at the edge of the pool and got a nice size hematoma. The swim cap made it so I couldn't hear Sam yelled "Stop!" Waaaaa! :-0 4. Freestyle. First lap forgot to breathe out and my heart rate went wild and had to stop to catch my breath. By 3rd lap I was able to get a good breathing rhythm going but still need to work on head turn position so I don't choke on water. I was getting really tired by 5th lap. Ed Week 1st class: "Clothed with Power and Authority" - Preaching the Gospel in the Spirit World. 2nd class: Change Common Love into Charity. 3rd class: Multimillion Dollar Choices - Turning Major Personal Expenses through Great Personal Choices into Dramatic Future Financial Reserves. Went to see baby Skylar. At exactly 24 hrs old, she was tracking our voices with her eyes. She is a perfect little angel. I just love holding her! :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 3.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running today. Busy day. To minimize walking in the afternoon heat, we stayed in the de Jong Concert Hall for all 3 Ed Week Classes. Brent L. Top's great lecture on "A preparation for life - knowledge about DYING teaches us about LIVING." Ask ourselves the "So what?" test. "What we do hereafter will determine where we are in the hereafter. What we do with the knowledge we have will determine where we are in the hereafter." "Let the solemnity of eternity rest upon your minds." D&C43:34. St. Jerome: "Begins to be now what you will be hereafter." Epicetus: :Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought nor too eagerly covet anything." Some guiding principles of Living to die: 1. Things won't change that much. Who/what you are now, will not change much. Alma 34:33-34: "Do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end....for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time ye go out of this world what same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world." 2. What goes around comes around. "We will have a bright recollection of our righteousness being clothed in immortality." Alma 12:12-14 "We will be seen for what we really are, what we really love. We will be spiritually transparent. It is about allowing the Savior to change us, we become new creatures in Christ. We receive through His atonement a new spirit. Every thought, every action will be imprinted on our spirits. Those things that we are repented of will be remembered no more. God the Omnipotent knows all and remembers all, but it matters not because He will see the NEW you for who and what your are. 3. Sweat the Small Stuff. (in a positive good sense) The little things IS the big thing, e.g. being kind, how I treat others. "Be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." D&C 64:33. The small stuff (deeds) will yield what you are really like. 4. Don't chase after the shadow. Pres Hinckley: "Do not follow after a priority or a practice that will bring you later regret...you may find that you have lost the substance while grasping at the shadow. Seek for the real thing, not the artificial. Seek for the eternal things of God, not for that which is 'here today and gone tomorrow'." What do we spend our time, money, hearts and devotion on? What are the substances: our relationship with god, with others. Angels seen and unseen mentioned by Joseph F. Smith in D&C 138 are our families, they are the substance. William Shakespeare: "Be still prepared for death, and death or life shall thereby be sweeter." The veil is just that, it is not a wall. Our departed loved ones are not far from us....they are pulling for us in the spirit world just as they were pulling for us here. The next 2 classes were Janice Kapp Perry and Vanessa Joy both accompanied by Marvin Goldstein. Great uplifting comments with inspiring music. Standing ovations and tears! We've been eating out at fast food this week. My tummy must've caught a bug. So carb-loading was not successful...but I kept a good hydration plan. Got home from Ed Week around 7pm. Did laundry. Ate one baked potato. Took a Tylenol PM at 8:30. Went to bed at 11pm. Tomorrow's LONG RUN is going to be FUN! :)
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Park City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:59:36, Place in age division: 4 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
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Woke up once at 1am. When the cell alarm went off at 4am, I was very groggy. Karen picked me up at 4:45am. Ate breakfast of banana and yogurt on the drive. So glad Karen was driving 'cause I was still very sleepy! :) Got to Field House packet pick up...same 'ole purple bag...same gigantic race shirt...that's it!!! NO freebies, NO coupons, NO gu, lame! :) Saw Catherine, got a quick hug. Met RAD at the hotel lobby where we also saw Wendy & Matt Clark, Emily & Brian Hansen, SueM, DonnaP (Karen's cousin), Fly on the Wall AND Maynard who looks AWESOME, ripped and ready for a GREAT race! :) :) :) Looked around and didn't see Teena nor Kelli. :( Walked to the start where we saw Bill Mandler. Then I looked over to the sideline and saw Teena. Our whole group rushed over there to get a hug from my SSF! :) :) :) Then it was time to start the race, NO National Anthem nor count down...nothing...lame! :) It was cold...good sign. I was sleepy...bad sign. People were passing me left and right...no hurry! :) :) :) Catherine ran by and RAD went with her. Donna ran by, Karen and I visited with her. Found out Donna's birthday is 2 days after mine. Her son is leaving for Rome, Italy on a mission next Wed. She is Karen's "long lost" cousin, so lots of catching up and fun chats. Matt ran by and started taking our pictures while running backward. He's such a good guy. I sure miss him and Wendy and their cute little family. Then a guy in green GrandSlam shirt ran by and I hollered: "Is that you, Zimmerman?" He said: "Oh, didn't recognize you from behind." I introduced him, Brent, to my running partners. RAD waited for us at the turn off up the first neighborhood! :) What a GREAT friend to stop and wait! :) The four of us stayed together like peas in a pod and chatted away the miles, enjoying the sunrise, the wild purple flowers (that match RAD's outfit), the hot air balloons, the beautiful mountain scenery around us. Met a girl, an organ transplant co-ordinator and talked to her about Easten, a 4 yo boy who recently received a new liver.
On the Rail Trail, hubby's first cheering spot, Karen and I gave him our jackets.  We stopped and loitered around at every buffet table...pretzels, gummy bear, M&Ms, banana, Gu products! Girl in print skirt is running to celebrate Easten's new liver. Smooth, RAD, Karen & Donna drinking and not running! :)  An almost Smooth Sandwitch! :) BrentZ in the green shirt.  Didn't notice Brent was behind us. Chatted with him a bit.,,wondering why he'd slowed down so much! We walked the inclines. Then he peeled off to use the park bathroom and we never saw him again! :( We pointed out the "shoes tree" to the 1st-PCM-timers. When they asked why the shoes tree, we just made up stories! :) Saw Scott and Maynard just before the turnaround tunnel as they were flying down. It was so fun to high-5 them. Met shirtless tatooed guy from South Carolina. He told us he has a stress fracture in his femur. I was so proud of him running in this high altitude with a sf. RAD said we better not let him beat us. :) Met 19 yo BYU student, Sydney Chartrand, from California, majoring in Public Health. Very fun to learn about her college life...wish I could line her up with my Bryan. :) She was running with a friend who's running PCM on a whim...fun kids!
Here's cute Sydney on the Deer Valley loop.  Just before mile 18 marker, at the open mall sky bridge. RAD sat down to humor us. It was getting warm. Told hubby: "forget being a paparazzi, BRING the ICE!" :)  I never looked at the Garmin except couple of times, on the uphill to check my heart rate to make sure it stays low and when Karen asked about the time (around 3:59) because she was running Garminless. We shamelessly walked the 8th St. up to Empire while RAD, the QUEEN (in this case Empress) of Hill sprinted up that thing! What a hoot! :) Told Lowell I'd call him when we reach Lowell Ave (mile 18.5). So I did! :) He was running the Hobble Creek Half missing out on all our fun! Told RAD that Toby should be finished her Half by now so she texted her. I can talk while running but NOT texting! :) :) :) Super excited to find out Toby ran a 2+min PR! WaHooo!!!! :)
Got caught by the Paparazzi while exiting the PoP (2nd one of the day). Why is it when you run slowly you need "to go" more often?...blame it on the buffet tables. :)  A pop/buffet stop is not complete without another pose for an "almost Smooth sandwitch"! Notice RAD grabbed all the buffet necessities for me. That girl can carry so much that she ought to be a juggler in the circus. We then filled our bras and skirts with ice that hubby brought. When we started running, RAD's ice "pooped" out of her skirts...the funniest sight ever...we were laughing our heads off! :) Mile 19 split took 15+ minutes! Holly FUN!!!! :) Donna left us at this buffet.  Met Larry Macon who has run like a million marathons. RAD invited him to run in her birthday marathon 2014 at Myrtle Beach! :) Running through the golf course neighborhood was SO FUN this year. It was always torturous on this winding rolling part of the course. (Most runners felt the effects of the previous undulating 18 miles of uphill and then a steep half mile of downhill to this point). I remember vividly that I cramped up bad here in 2008 and sadly watched my competitors passed by. Not this time, we checked out the garage sale, RAD yelled "FOUR!" to the golfers who turned and looked...silly RAD! Tatooed guy leapfrogged with us. We finally passed him for good...determined not to let a guy with a sf beat us!   We also passed Sydney and an Asian girl who started with us. We gave encouragement to fellow runners who are either battling with ITBs or it's their first marathons. We even saw one girl resting on a patch of shady grass thinking she had finished her half but she was DNFing her Full. We understand their pain and anguish as well as the "dig deep" feelings. When you run at a 5 hr marathon pace, you get to meet and cross paths with many people with inspiring stories. RAD and Karen stopped to use the PoP at the soccer field buffet station. I stopped to eat and asked for ice cream or popsicle. The two EMT guys whom we've met earlier on the Rail Trail (where RAD forewarned them about my tachycardia) saw me and asked: "still no tachycardia?" I told them I had my own personal crew who know CPR... :) I jogged along thanking the EMTs and soon heard fast steps coming from behind, Karen and RAD caught up. My legs felt pretty fresh at mile 24 when my sister-in-law called. She had no idea I was in the middle of running a marathon. Then RAD and Karen spotted hubby with about a mile to go. At the last cheering spot, he said he'd see us at the finish and I pleaded for him to run us in. He wasn't dressed in running clothes. It was getting really warm. He had thought that we'd be trotting along at 13mm pace in the last mile. Well, RAD had a different idea...that girl had me "sprinting"! :) Soon after the mile 26 marker, hubby had to let us go (dang, would've been sweet to finish the run with him by my side...but he couldn't keep up...that mile was the fastest one with the last 0.2 at 9:18). We joined hands with Karen's daughters crossing the finish with our arms raised in joy! I was extra elated to see that we finished under 5 hours. :) :) :) My shins started to cramp when I stopped. No flowers for the ladies this year, another lame! RAD made sure we got our last fill of the buffet! :) THANKS a million, Rachel! I couldn't have finished this without you! You made it SO FUN and got us to sub-5 to boot! You spread so much JOY and LOVE through this journey! I LOVE every second of this day with you! :)
Super super happy to see Teena who ran an AWESOME Half and then waited around for SO LONG to watch us finish our run! THANKS SSF! It means SO MUCH!!! :) **************** A few thoughts 3 days later: (I know I'm slow...but I've been super busy with family stuff). I've been lovingly advised to either not run or be super careful if I do run this marathon. I figure a difficult uphill marathon course actually makes for a better training run than say a fast downhill half for me. What can be more safe to run in a marathon with support, not to mention great friends such as RAD and Karen to share the journey with, than to run a 20 miler alone? My plan was to take it easy and never let my heart rate climbs above 160 (my average heart rate was 154 with the max at 171 in mile 26). I had a lot of fun, it strengthened our friendships while we made memories along this journey. We made new friends. To me, each run is a gift, each marathon has a risk. I don't know when/what/how my tachycardia will show up and if it is causing myo-fibrosis or leads to persistent a-fib. I am just so so so so grateful for the ability to run and treasure each and every friendship and the memories we make...that's the reason I run!!! I am SO SO SO SO BLESSED to have such WONDERFUL running friends! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 26.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Legs are a bit stiff, normal post marathon soreness. Holding a family fast for my 7 yo grandson who is having neurosurgery to correct Type 1 Chiari Malformation. It was by accident that he was diagnosed with CM. While being cared for in the ER after a fall from a playground a few weeks ago, the CM was suspected from the CTScan. He was referred to a pediatric neurosurgeon at Texas Children Hospital. An MRI not only confirmed the CM but showed that the cyst has grown making it an urgent matter to have the brain surgery for decompression. Many Type 1 Chiari Malformation cases go undiagnosed because it is asymptomatic until the child reaches adolescent of young adulthood with unexplained headaches, ringing in the ears and developmental delay. So, in a way, it is a blessing in disguise that he had the head injury from the fall. |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| 30 min recumbent bike 30 min elliptical foam roll and stretch Myrtle Core Stability Exercise Legs felt better and can go downstairs normally. No pain at the former metatarsal sf sites.
Went to cardiologist office for hubby's INR testing. Postpone my cardiac MRI which was scheduled for Wed. My insurance has a high deductible thus the MRI and all the doctors' fees will come out of our own pocket. I feel okay with a wait it out and watch approach.
Lots of texting and phone calls with families. Lex's neurosurgery went well. He'll be in the ICU for at least 24 hours.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy recovery with Karen and Wendy. Hubby ran 1st mile with us. Nice to see the JrH kids lining up for bus on their first day of school. Very pleasant weather. Legs felt fine after couple miles. Wendy and I talked about preparation for her son's wedding reception this Sat. that will be held in a neighbor's backyard. I tried to talk Karen into running Pokey with me. Registered for Pokey and booked a hotel room. |
| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy run with Karen east to Highland border and back. Foam. Stretch. Myrtle. Core. Stretch. Another busy day with family stuff. Baby Skylar is the cutest one week old baby ever. 7 y.o. Lex continues to recover from his neurosurgery. They finally removed the "turban" and the incision looks good. Still has pain and not moving his head.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran with Karen and Wendy down 3rd West, up on rail trail, did 3x100m strides on canal trail. Hip abductor was tugging yesterday after standing (saying goodbye to Karen) and resumed to run but wasn't able to so walked the 0.3 mile home. The same thing happened today. At the end of our run, we stopped at Kassidy's house to visit with her and invite her to the Stake 5K this Sat. After standing there talking for 10-15min. my hip abductor protested when I tried to jog home so I walked the 0.25 mile. I need to pay attention to these niggles... I'm no spring chicken anymore! :) |
| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Super easy 4 miler with Karen (Sky) all over the neighborhoods to avoid major school traffics on the roads. Busy day helping with the Ward Adult fish fry party. I ate WAY TOO MUCH halibut and dessert! :)
Last night I poke in a Nephi R.S. ward night meeting at the Hob Creek Hideout to about 40 sisters. We got sprinkled on a little just before dinner (they made fried scones in dutch ovens for Navajo tacos) but then it was a calm cool beautiful evening. Having the mountains around and a moon-lit sky as backdrop added to the spirit. I felt such a kinship and sisterhood among them. :) :) :)
"Of all the creations of the Almighty there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth." Gordon B. Hinckley
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Jogged with hubby (0.5 mile) to the Stake Center for our Stake 5K fun run and Health Fair. I think the 5K organizers either direct or have connection to the AF Canyon Half. They have a real finish/start balloon arch. The course map was professionally done and the route clearly marked. It's an out-n-back looped course (that shape like the state of TX) around the block of the Stake Center, run the loop twice to make 5K.
The parking lot was filled with families, runners, walkers, young and old, babies and toddlers in strollers, children on bikes. Temp was surprisingly cool at 8ish. It was fun to visit and talk running with fellow friends and neighbors. Soon the "RD" had us (about 300) gather at the start, after a word of prayer and explanation of the course 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, sounding of horn, we're off. The HS xcountry boys bolted out. Hubby and I stayed at the back walking out to the road. I jogged with him on the sidewalk until the first turn where he got on the road and I lost him. I caught up to Bro. Greenwood (a 3 hr marathoner) running with his 13 yo daughter, Kimberly, who was in my Primary class last year. We chatted about a-fib that his brother has had. He has 10 other brothers, along with their dad, they ran SG Marathon one year together. At about the one mile mark, Kimberly slowed down, Bro. Greenwood tells me to go on ahead. Mile 1 was 9:08 (171). I heard the RD announcing time for those peeling off after the 1st lap (13:xx at 1.5 mi), I stopped to get a drink from the aid station and encouraged those going for the 2nd lap. Garrin Larsen (an avid runner and dentist) caught up to me while his little boy race along on the bike. It was so cute and fun to exchange words with them!!! I started to pass a few YMs and YWs. The YWs wouldn't take my challenge to keep up whereas the YMs would pick it up when they saw me coming...very funny!!! :) Mile 2 was 8:54 (162). It feels good to be running a little faster passing and dodging walkers some of them made teasing remarks about me lapping them, leaving my better half/running partner in the dust! :) Last 1.1 mile was 8:09 (176). My slowest 5K ever in 26:12 AP: 8:44 which is not quite my half marathon race pace. Granted I didn't race this but treated it like a tempo run. However what is discouraging is that my average heart rate was 170. There is no way I could sustain that pace with that kinda heart rate. I am getting old, slow and out of shape. Sad but it's reality! Grabbed couple cups of water, walked/jogged back on the course to find hubby, cheering others along the way, SO FUN!!! Ran the last 0.25 mile in with hubby to the finish. His time was 34ish. Not bad for a double heart valves replacement newbie! :) :) :) So proud of him!!! We hang around to "do" the health booths and visit with the families. Went to WRC and watched Teena perform her awesome KT taping skills and PT talents!!! She is SO SO SO SO GREAT at this!!! She had run 17 miles at the crack of dawn BEFORE and then did 5 solid hours of taping and teaching. That girl has SO MUCH energy!!!! :) You can tell everyone just loves her and the wonderful service she renders. After a quick lunch, she worked on my legs and taped my hip flexor, arch and foot. I was in seven heaven!!! :) :) :) THANK YOU SSF!!!! The rest of the afternoon, evening and night was spent preparing food and helping with Wendy's son's wedding reception. It was a GREAT day! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Why is Monday so sluggish?!! Ran with hubby (2 miles), Wendy and Karen. We ran west to the new canal trail to Highland. It was fun chatting about the wedding and Karen's weekend down to NV and AZ! My poor little daughter-in-law was back in the hospital with mastitis. Took lunch to them and got to hold baby Skylar. She is such a beautiful baby. My VT sister had kidney surgery this morning, just 6 weeks after gall bladder surgery. She is an amazing mother, grandmother with a heart of gold.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Got out a little early, good thing as it was already getting warm. Easy run with Karen and Wendy. AP: 10:16, AHR: 145. I think I'll keep my HR in the 150s at Pokey so hopefully keep the pace around 10:30ish.
Myrtle. Kagals w/ supine bridge as taught by Teena. :) :) :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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Another nice morning, a bit cooler than yesterday, beautiful sunrise. Wendy and I ran to meet Karen at her house, then east thru Ivory Ridge and onto Canal Trail and back on 3200N, south on 600 E to home. Ran progressively faster, breathing and heart rate under control. (10:33, 10:23, 10:13, 9:25, 8:57) AP 10:00 AHR: 153
14.5 weeks since the 2nd stress fracture, I feel that I still have a long way to go or much work cut out to get back to a 9mm mp. Sigh! But I'm okay with that for as long as I can finish the marathons the rest of the year without injury. Quads were a bit tight. The Pro KT tape still staying on 4 days later (other than couple spots along the edge and some filaments of thread protruding thru). :) My friends said "you're a girl with all As": Annoying Arthritis, Aggravating Asthma, Asymptomatic A-fib and an A+ Attitude, not to mention a crazy Addiction to running!!!! Hahaha! :) :) :) :) :) :)
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Ran with hubby, Karen (Sky) and her new neighbor, Lisa whose daughter is an awesome competitive swimmer, double amputee (below the knees) and an amazing girl. :) Temple. Shins bugging. KT tapes finally came off. Thinking about signing up a March marathon.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Packed. Out the door by 8am for our drive to Pocatello with a stop at Brigham City where we went to the Brigham City Temple Open House. What a BEAUTIFUL temple!!! So glad we took the tour! :)
Checked in the hotel around 12:30pm. Went to lunch at Perkins. I had grilled tilapia with baked potato, fresh garden vegetables and dinner roll. Went to packet pick up. Went to Lowell's house to give him his box of legal doc. and visited a bit with Susie, Sam and Marilyn (from Wichita, Kansas). Went back to the hotel to rest a bit and freshen up. Dinner at the Jensen's. It was so great to meet TJ's family, all their kids and grandkids even the newest great-grandkid, some of whom traveled from Washington, South Carolina. We had a little fun spoof for Marilyn just before dinner! :) TJ will be running the full marathon with his son Troy and Troy's daughter, Jill (so three generations running together). Also Jill's sister, Kailee and her husband of one year will be running the half. Ate spaghetti, Mexican style salad, fresh fruits (water melon, pineapple, cantaloup, honeydew, strawberry, raspberry, blue berry), cheese bread. whole wheat bread, lemonade and cherry cheesecake. SO YUMMY!!!! Ate WAY too much!!! :)
At the dinner table, we talked about everyone's time goal for tomorrow's race. Lowell wants to BQ with a 10 min cushion, 4:15. He'll run with Sam and Marci. TJ and his son and granddaughter want to finish under 5 hrs. I really have no time goal, just to finish and take it easy to keep heart rate under 160ish. Back to the hotel to make last min prep. for the race. Trying to decide between sleeveless/skirt or short sleeve/shorts. Took a Tylenol PM at 8pm and turned out the light at 9:30ish. Lowell called to change plan, instead of being driven to the start, he decided to follow the rule and ride the bus. He'll pick me up at 5:20 to get on the last bus at 5:30. Race starts 6:15am. Legs still a bit achy as I dozed off and was awaken by lightning/thunder/rain! :)
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Pocatello Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:24:19, Place in age division: 3 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.37 |
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Woke up at 4. Took a shower. Ate breakfast of banana, yogurt, granola bar and EmergenC. Went down to the lobby where I grabbed another banana and drank a glass of orange juice. It was a bit breezy and chilly out the hotel. Waited for Lowell to pick me up at 5:20. We got on the very last bus which left precisely at 5:30. It was the shortest bus ride ever. At the start we were greeted by Marci, Sam, TJ and his family, Bill Mandler, Teota, Angie, Bret, Kristen, Lance Clark and another girl whose name I forgot. The atmosphere was relaxing and fun!!! I love this smallish and very well organized race! :) :) :)
Marci and I barely had enough time to make one pop trip (the line was long and slow). As the National Anthem was sung, we shed our jackets and handed our duffle bags (nice race schwag) to the UPS volunteers and walked 20 steps to the start. Our group of 8-10 happened to position ourselves between the 4:15 and 4:30 pace groups.
The race started on time. The rain last night made it humid, temp in the mid 50s. The full moon was setting as the sun peeked over the eastern sky. I started out running and chatting with TJ, Troy and Jill. We soon caught up to Lowell, Marci, Sam, Teota and Angie. I somehow lost track of TJ and company and ended up running with Marci and Lowell with the 4:15 group close by exchanging jokes. Lowell was doing the run 2 miles walk 1 min plan. He took off running after the first aid station. I looked at my Garmin and saw that he was running in the low 8s so I let him go. Marci and I decided to be patient on these fast downhill miles to save our legs for the rollers on the second half. Mile 1-5 splits (heart rate) ~ 9:35 (129), 9:42 (143), 9:56 (145), 9:39 (150), 9:34 (148)
My strides were rather clunky the first few miles. Felt a twinge on my left hip flexor and knew it'd be a long haul. At the 2nd aid station (mile 5.3), both Marci and I had to make a pit stop. The "little Ireland" that Lowell dubbed is not as green as in years past. The grass is now a golden brown and the leaves already changing colors. We saw some low lying clouds in the distant. I thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful cascade mountains scenery and loved the friendly helpful volunteers. At around mile 6.5 we turned left onto the only uphill portion of the first half. Did some jump shots for the photographer. :) The uphill ended at around mile 7 where we made a 180-U-turn to head back down. It was so fun to high five Lowell and his "current" running partner, Marissa, as they were running down. Then we got to high five TJ on their way up. :)
Gu'd at the mile 8 aid station and took another pop stop. We caught up to Sam and lost sight of Lowell. TJ's wife, Marsha and their family were there cheering us at the church after the first left turn into Inkom. Took second gu at mile 12 since they were handing them out. We had to make another pit stop at the mile 12 aid station (too much yummy fruits and salad last night). As we approached the half where hubby was cheering, I looked at my Garmin and saw the time 2:11:5x, so probably 2:12 - 2:13 at the half. I tossed my gloves while Marci took off her arm warmers to give to hubby. Mile 6-13 ~ 10:51 pop (145), 9:43 (152), 9:55 uphill (155), 10:39 pop (147), 10:28 (147), 9:40 (150), 9:20 (153), 9:20 ( 153), 11:17 pop (157)
At the half Smooth, Marci taking off her arm warmers.  We lost Sam at the half where he went to the pop. I was so grateful for Marci's company as we found ourselves pretty strung out from the rest of the pack. As soon as we made the right turn onto Old Hwy 91, a train chugged alongside us. It was so fun to have the train whistle and chug-a-chug-chug next to us. The course flattened and the sun came out. My tummy was so bloated that all I could think of was "get to the next aid station and pop". Marci was having the same issue too and she didn't even have dinner at TJ's! :) We started to pass some half-marathoners and encouraged them along. We got a nice little tail wind once in awhile to cool us from the warming sun. My leg started to get tight and sore so I took two ibuprofen around 18 while Marci made yet another pit stop. I ran slowly ahead and she finally caught up to me on the uphill roller. We enjoyed reading some fun chalk messages encouraging cyclists on the rollers. Mile 14-19 ~ 9:16 (164), 10:11 (160), 10:21 (164), 10:16 (165), 9:40 (166), 9:49 (160)
I told Marci I would walk the uphill under the freeway overpass to mile 21. But I was running about mid hill when she asked: "I thought you said you would walk this." So with a "O yeah" we walked about 45 seconds and resumed jogging to the top. :) My shins started to cramp when the course flattened around mile 22. I totally missed Marsha by the HS until I heard her call out: "No Hi Marsha?". I spotted Lowell about half mile ahead. We knew we could catch him but I didn't want to speed up for fear that charlie-horse would seize my legs. The boys at the aid station drenched us good! :) We sneaked up on Lowell pinching him just as he was exiting the aid station! We had a good laugh and kept on running with Lowell's voice trailing behind telling the guy next to him, "That evil woman was rescued from...." Mile 20-23 ~ 10:41 uphill (162), 9:57 (170), 10:49 gu'd, shins cramp wishing there were some salt tabs (169), 10:07 (168)
After that little fun exchange with Lowell and a slight incline, my shin cramps left and I picked up the pace a tad bit. Soon I spotted Rachelle and RAD running towards us. I called out their names deliriously happy...such a welcoming sight! :) It was so wonderful to have them come run us in. :) Somewhere around mile 25, I felt a prompt to turn my head and look left, (Marci was running on my left while RAD and Rachelle running on my right); at that instant I spotted my husband running on the grass/sidewalk looking up ahead and didn't even notice us run by. I yelled out "Honey! Honey!" and he turned back and joined us. Hubby said, "I thought I would run a mile with you...but may be not with Rachel prodding you girls like a repeat at Park City!" :) He cut corner at the last turn and was actually running ahead of me. My legs started to cramp up and all I could do was concentrate on not letting charlie horse seize me. Marci started to run faster like she smelled the barn or something. Rachelle and RAD were very encouraging to me and other runners. RAD turned around at the shoot and back to get Lowell. Rachelle ran with me 'till the barricade and encouraged me to beat the clock t'get under 4:25. I crossed the finish with the Garmin stopped at 4:24:19 (same as the official chip time). I jogged in place while the volunteer placed the medal around my neck. I kept jogging while the volunteer said: "She's still going!" I jogged/walked in circles until Lowell crossed the finished 2+ min later. Mile 24-finish ~ 9:39 (173), 9:38 (176), 9:56 (176), last 0.37 at 9:36 (178).
With my drenched clothes, I started to shiver once I stopped running, so went to get my bag and put on jacket. Then we lined up for the post-run feast of baked potato topped with bacon bits, sour cream and butter, BBQ pork sandwitch, frozen yogurt and lots of chocolate milk! :)
Lowell, RAD, Rachelle, Smooth at the food line. Lowell wanted us to show some legs! :) Lowell, RAD, Rachelle, Smooth, Sam  This is my slowest of the 3 Pokeys so did not expect to place. Was very surprised when they announced my name. Now I have three of these nice bottle/awards! :) 
As we were walking to the car, I saw the gal in my AG that took 2nd place at the PCM two weeks ago. I stopped to congratulate her for her placing at PCM. She was shocked to hear that they did not add the extra 1.5 hours to her finish time. She started the race at the "walker early start". I sort of suspected that as she was usually a 5:30-6:00 marathoner. So that means I actually placed 3rd at PCM, O well! :) My fitness level has taken a nose dive. Last year I ran this in 4:06 and felt great. This year I ran 18 min slower and my legs are trashed! However I need to consider that it has only been 13 weeks since my second stress fracture and a recent tachycardia episode, I am extremely grateful that I finish this marathon in one piece AND I ran an even splits with my heart rate average at 158. Very happy with the progress and the lucky break! :) <iframe width='465' height='548' frameborder='0' src='http://connect.garmin.com:80/activity/embed/217645743'></iframe>
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 26.37 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Legs very sore. Walked like Frankenstein and backward down the stairs! :) Slept in. Ahhh!!! Nice pillow talk with the hubby! :) We walked 1.5 miles to Kneaders for breakfast then walked 1.5 miles back home. Hubby ran the last 0.5 mile home! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Legs still sore. Walking normal, but still backward down the stairs. 30 min. recumbent bike 15 min elliptical 1 mile speed walk on 3% incline on the TM Went to tend/love/cuddle/feed baby Skylar so her mommy could rest a bit.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Legs still a little sore and stiff so not ready to run. Was planning to go to the swimming pool; but my son called me very early this morning and said his sweet wife is having chills and fever again. She has been battling a bad case of mastitis and was hospitalized for 3 days with IV Nafacillin when the baby was 5 days old. The baby is now 3 weeks old and she's been home for a week (taking oral Dicloxicill). Jeff can't miss any more days from work. So I quickly showered and went over to help with the baby. I love every second of time with baby Skylar. :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Ran early with Karen and Wendy. Hubby did 1st mile with us. We took it nice and easy as my legs are still a bit sore. On the uphill, my heart started to act up; so I held my breath and walked until the palpitation stopped. Was able to resume running the remainder 2 miles home without any more tachycardia. Took Jen to her doc. who prescribed a compound antibiotic/steroid topical cream and extended the Dicloxicill for another week. Baby Skylar slept thru the whole morning. Jen starting to feel better by the time I left them. Hopefully she'll continue to improve! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Annual Fall hikes with my friends Diane and Wendy this morning. I requested a close-by easy peasy short hike because I have a half marathon tomorrow plus my legs are still stiff and a little sore. So we hiked on the trails in Corner Canyon to Ghost Falls, a beautiful 3 mile round trip hike. Saw lots of bikers, hikers and trail runners. Thought a lot about Steam8 who loves hiking and Teena who mtn bikes here a lot. :) Leaves are changing already. We're going to be in for a real Fall colors treat at TOU next week. :) Temple in the afternoon and dinner date with the hubs. :)
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Spanish Fork Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:05:21, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
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:) Fun day at the Spanish Fork Half & 5K!!! :) What a wonderful day for a FUN FUN FUN run at the Spanish Fork Half & 5K! This is one of the best organized small town race. The Half is an out-n-back with a hilly "lolly-pop" loop at mile 6-7, an honest course with beautiful scenery of the mountains and farm country. http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/50694110
Hubby and I car-pooled with John, Wendy and Karen to the start arriving at 6:30 to pick up our packets (love this year's race shirt), use the park bathroom, take pictures, etc. It's like our casual/normal Sat. run except with bibs on! :)  This is hubby's first ever 5K. Gotta show the bib! :)  Perfect running weather with temp in the low 60s, calm, clear sky. The
Half started at 7 while the 5K at 8. Gave hubby and Ry quick good bye hugs then went to look for Teena. Found her lining up in the front as well as Josse and McKenzie. Gave them good-luck hugs then went to line up at the back with Karen and Wendy. I've only run one 5 miler all week since my legs were still sore from
the Pocatello Marathon a week ago. Goal was to take it as a
recovery/assessment run keeping the heart rate in the mid 160s. We ran together chatting away, enjoying the sight, sound and smell of the farm county. We were serenaded by some cows! :) Mile 1-5 ~ 9:40 (157), 9:20 (159), 9:23 (162), 9:52 (164) walked briefly on the short uphill, saw a peacock crossing the road, 9:20 (162). Walked while drinking at each aid station.
Karen started to pull away on the uphill. I kept a steady effort never walked, keeping the heart rate and breathing even and easy. At the crest of the hill was a 90 degree left turn where I looked back to see that Wendy was about 30 seconds behind. I slowed to wait for her. In 2008 when we ran this race side by side, it was here that I started to sing Primary songs to encourage her. Not this time, as my mind was drowned out by the pain of my quads. Normally I would tear down the downhill but not today. I took short easy strides and watched Karen disappear. I was very happy that my legs did not go into convulsion once the course flattened a bit. Mile 6-8 ~ 10:19 (161), 10:26 (162), 9:48 (160) Gu'ed at mile 8 aid station where Wendy put up her feet to ease her neuroma pain; so I went ahead hoping she would catch up. Now running without my buddies, I focused on catching, passing and visiting with the runners ahead (met a 60+ yo gentleman from Venezuela, a young girl in baby blue tops would sped past me only to walk 200m later, I'd encourage her to run with me when I pass her. She finally lag behind around mile 11). There was a gal in lime color singlet that refused to let me pass. I think she might've run bandit b/c she peeled off after crossing the road where the cops stopped traffic. I was so happy to see Teena running towards me with a mile to go. Also saw Josse, Melody and JeffL (I think) running their cool down miles. It was so very comforting to have Teena run alongside me. I shall treasure this moment forever! :) She told me happy news of Sophia's AWESOME 5K race, 5th overall in women and 1st in her AG which I'm not surprised! :) She's as speedy and awesome as her mom who ran a course PR that will surely garner a sub 3:20 at SGM! :) She also told me that my sweetheart took 2nd in his AG for his first ever race! :) THANKS SSF for running me in! Mile 9-finish ~ 9:19 (165), 9:32 (169), 9:33 (168), 9:24 (170), 9:20 (172). Watching the finish clock, a little disappointed to see it ticked past 2:05!  Cheering Wendy in who finished in 2:08:36 and took 2nd in her AG! :)  Wish I could've watched Sophia, Ry and hubby on their awesome 5K! :) What a cute cute cute running family! :) It was so GREAT to see Rachelle at the finish and hear of her AWESOME 5K PR!!! Check out our hardwares! :) Yes, we all placed in our respective AGs! :)
Special thanks to Lowell who made this available and to the wonderful RD, Kelly and his many volunteers especially Tom and Kim Lee who worked so so so hard to make this such a great race event! :) :) :)
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Post race ssessment: Legs were fine after the race, just slightly achy when sitting thru the movie in the afternoon. Today, a day later, the soreness is almost gone. I will take next week easy and hope to finish TOU in one piece! Am mostly excited to see how fellow FRBers rock it next Sat. My race times are now about 1 min per mile slower. My course PR was 1:53:00, so a 12+min slower for the Half, just as in Pocatello with a 24+ min slower for the Full. My recent Stake 5K was also 3 min slower than my 5K PR of 23:09. Factors to think about: getting older? recent heart issue? loss of fitness due to recent injuries? It's time to consider and redefine my training and racing goals. I am super excited and happy that my hubby is finding the joy of running!
Teena posted this on her blog. http://extremelongevity.net/wp-content/uploads/MCP-Jun12-OKeefe.pdf It is very relevant to my recent tachycardia episodes.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 13.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.75 |
| Easy 5 miler on Canal Trail with Karen, Wendy. Hubby ran with us till 1.6 then peeled off. Slow on the uphill to keep heart rate down, although did not walk, feel SO out of shape. Legs felt fine. Myrtle. Core.
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 5.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.75 |
| Karen and Wendy did their 10 miler early; so I ran with hubby east to Smith and west on Canal Trail. Took it easy the first couple miles with him; then picked up the pace and ran back and forth to him. Last 0.75 mi at 9mm which felt good. NICE running weather! Hope it's as good on Sat. ! :) Did a little yard work with hubby.
Checking out a marathon in Nov.! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Water aerobics with Karen, Leslie while hubby swam laps. Great core and arm workouts. Afterward, Leslie, a former member of the BYU women swim team, showed me how to breath without swallowing water! :) Just registered for the 2013 Boston Marathon! :)
Now if I can just find lodging for this Fri night in Logan! :(
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Cool morning, not willing to break out the gloves yet! Ran first 1.5 miles with hubby then he split off and let me run my pace. Did a few strides which felt smooth. Left hip flexor bugged a little walking up the steps/stairs to the temple. Got confirmation of acceptance to the 17th Boston Marathon! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Ran 2 easy miles with hubby, no watch (I was going to say naked...but that wouldn't sound right, hehe!) around the block. Ate breakfast. Pack. Ate lunch. Left the house at 2:30 for the drive to Brigham City to pick up Marci. On the way just past Murray, Lowell called and said he got a room for us when he checked in at Holiday Inn Express. Dang, should've packed my swimming suit instead of sleeping bag, pillow and air mattress. :) Waited for Marci to get home then drove her straight to Packet pick up. We had dinner at the Expo with Lowell, Kelsey, her roommate Abbi and the elders who baptized her. :) Checked in the hotel around 7pm. Was pleased that they let us have late check out and breakfast in the morning. Marci forgot her gloves, so took her to Ross. Was planning to go to bed by 8ish but had a nice visit with Lowell about Kelsey's baptism and all that entails. Finally got back to our room and made preparation for the race. Took a Tylenol PM at 9:15 with good thoughts of tomorrow's run! :) It was so sweet to say goodnight to Marci's little girl, Cleo via cell-cam! Hubby was happy I made it to Logan safely although I wish he was with me! :(
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Top of Utah Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:18:50, Place in age division: 9 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.36 |
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I always wake up before the alarm no matter what time it's set, and it was no different this morning. Drank EmergenC, quickly got in the bathroom just as the alarm went off at 4 which awaken Marci. Went to breakfast at 4:30. Ate half an English muffin with strawberry jam, bowl of oatmeal with vanilla creamer, boiled egg white, 1/4 banana, cup of orange juice. This is the most breakfast I've ever eaten before a marathon! Lowell assured us that it will make a difference. I was still full from last night's pasta dinner (linguine with mushroom meat sauce, mixed green salad, dinner roll and two giant cookies). Anyway, this just made for more potty stops! :)
Waited for Lowell and left at 5:10 (10 min behind schedule as planned). We parked about 3 blocks northwest of the park/bus loading. By the time we walked there, the bus line was super long and so was the bathroom line! To my joy and delight, Rachelle walked up to say hello and we got to ride on the same bus together. Giving Rachelle a hug was the best part of the morning! :) We arrived at the start with 25 min to spare. Unfortunately we chose the friendliest and SLOWEST p-o-p line, stood there for 20 min without moving a step! Arrrghhh! When they announced the clothing bus leaving in 5 min. we quickly stripped and let Lowell take our bags, still waiting for the pop...dejavu of last year!
We didn't see Lowell by the start arch so we went to look for him inside the tent which was way too warm. I think temp at the start was low 40s, clear sky with a slight breeze. It was SO exciting to watch Jake, Ben, Steve, Jonathan, Sasha, and Allie lining up at the front. I just had to go over and shout "Go! Allie!!!" :) The race didn't start on time. The riffles went off and so did the elite runners! :) Lowell jumped in after the 3:30 group and I protested that we should wait for the 4:15 pace group...he never listens to me! :) Last year I ran TOU with one goal in mind which was to help Lowell get a BQ with 5 min cushion so that he could sign up that very afternoon. My time last year was 4:01, 5 min faster than Pocatello two weeks prior. With that as a guide, I thought perhaps I would be capable of a 4:19 this year, 5 min faster than Pocatello's 4:24 two weeks ago. Since 4:19 is an odd time, I printed out a 4:15 pace band (Lowell's goal time) for general pace reference. However, my arm warmers covered the watch and pace band for most of the canyon miles, silly me! :) Above all, my main goal today is to run healthy and keep my heart rate
below 170 to avoid a tachycardia episode, all the while paying attention
to the right foot and left hip flexor which has been bugging me
lately. With SGM three weeks away, I do not want any injury.
Lowell and Marci went out too fast for my liking. Within a quarter mile, the 3:55 pace group caught up. It was fun to say hello and visit with my friend, Pron8r (Don who was the pacer). Then MarcieN ran up to me and we visited for about half a mile. I lost sight of Lowell and Marci by the second mile. I told myself to be patient and focus on finding a smooth stride down the canyon. The left hip flexor complained a bit so I went to my abs and that seemed to help! The Fall colors this year was not as spectacular as in years past perhaps due to a drier spring and summer; but I still soaked in the beauty of the canyon and thanked and joked with the few campers/spectators and volunteers along the way. I leap froged with a girl from Ohio and a 50 state guy, Brian, from Iowa. They asked if I was a 50 state marathoner and if I was Mormon. It was fun to introduce a little history of our great Beehive State and about my Faith. Brian wanted to know the best way to see the Great Salt Lake with only limited time since his flight was to depart at 5pm. I told him how to get to Antelope Island! I also leap froged with George Sunderland whom I secretly admired for his multi-marathoning talents. :) This is my first marathon without hubby there being my "race manager, picture taker, clothing drop-off-guy, cheer leader and chauffer". It made me a little sad missing him terribly. I found myself pretending that the guy wearing kahki shorts, blue polo and baseball cap appearing intermittently along the course was hubby and I'd smiled broadly every time I spotted him. My heart acted up couple of times on incline/uphill, so I slowed down and tried to breath deeply through my diaphram. I seemed to be not absorbing fluids well, as there was sloshing in my guts. I hit the wall hard after I passed the mile 23 aid station and realized I hadn't taken any Gu for an hour. So I gagged down one without water and hope that it was not too late. The 4:15 pace leaders caught up to me, turned out to be Laura and Steve who knows me and we visited a bit. I felt bad that I couldn't keep pace with them, there seemed to be only couple of runners running with them at this point. The hill on Main Street did not seem that bad. Even though I ran slow I did not walk any uphill. I psyched myself out by not looking/counting the traffic lights or city blocks and before I knew it, I rounded the last corner and saw the finish line. I was very happy to see that I finished under 4:19, no cramping, no tachycardia! Lowell finished in 4:15:30 and was there to hand me my chocolate milk. I was very happy for him meeting his goal, even though I missed running with him as he always made running so fun. This was his 80th marathon and made extra special when his son, Jason and daughter Kelsey showed up at the finish. After gathering our drop bags, we walked over to Burger King for lunch. Jason drove me back to the hotel while Lowell went to the award ceremony. I was very worried about driving home alone (first for me) so I took extra time to clean up and stretch a bit. I also took couple of Tylenol and salt caps. So glad I made it home safely. Today's run broke my one year streak of even or neg splits runs; so I was a bit bummed and mad at myself for hitting the wall the last 4-5 miles. Mile splits from Garmin was a bit off from the mile marker, so the slower splits reflected at the beginning of each even miles where I walked thru the aid stations: 1. 9:15 (138) too fast but felt comfortable 2. 9:00 (153) way too fast 3. 9:00 (163) Oops 4. 9:26 (154)
5. 9:41 (154) 6. 9:48 (154) how's that for consistent heart rate! :) 7. 9:43 (157) This is the pace I should've been running all along, dang! 8. 9:52 (152) Gu'd at mile 7 aid station
9. 9:35 (156)
10. 9:56 (156) walked and drank
11. 9:30 (160) 12. 9:24 (164) 13. 9:10 (164) nice tailwind. Ripped off the arm warmer and saw the time: 2:03:25. Oops!!! Ran too fast the 1st half and paid dearly later. 14. 9:27 (168) Gu'd at mile 13 aid station
15. 9:17 (168) feeling energized from the great cheering crowd at mile 14 mouth of canyon. 16. 9:54 (168) high fived and thanked the boy scouts at the mile 15 aid station. 17. 9:23 (168) 18. 9:47 (168) 19. 9:55 (169) 20. 10:53 (171) heart palpitating on the incline so slowed down and controlled the breathing a bit. 21. 9:31 (166) 22. 10:10 (169) 23. 10:53 (167) fading
24. 11:06 (169) hit the wall hard, took a gu, watched the 4:15 pacers pull away :( 25. 10:51 (167) ran this mile with George alongside helped ease the pain and agony
26. 10:42 (169) very tired but did not walk 0.36 9:55 (174) mustered up last ounce of energy, relieved to be done, grateful for the gift of another marathon in the book. I think I ran with a smile most of the time! :) :) :) :)  
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 26.36 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Love all the talks at Regional/Stake Conference. Hubby did a great job with his talk last night in the adult session of stake conference. My legs were quite stiff while sitting thru conference last night and watching the BYU vs Utah game. It was funny to hear someone commented this morning that the reason why BYU's PAT ball hit the goal post (after the Utes fans stormed the field celebrating their win twice) instead of making the goal to tie the game and play in overtime...well, it would've necessitated the Cougars to play on Sunday as the game ended at midnight. At any rate, I was rather tired after running TOU in the morning, driving home in the afternoon, attending Stake Conference and watching BYU lost! Ha! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| There is no noticeable soreness in my legs. I wanted to play it safe and decide to go to the pool for aqua walking against current in the lazy river. It was great "recovery". Hubby showed me how to "front crawl" across the pool. I made it about 2/3 of the way before getting too tired or choked on water. I really need to learn how to breath while attempting to swim. I am glad the pool is shallow and I can stand up when I get tired or tensed. Will I ever get over the fright of drowning in deep water?!!! :) I hit my head at the edge of the pool when I fluttered across on the back. Wish there was something in the ceiling that signal it's the end of the pool/lap! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Babysat my neighbor's 2 year old twin daughters. I pushed them in a double stroller for a mile walk around the hood hunting for dandelion seeds, looking at horses, cows and chickens; then played for an hour in my backyard swing-set. It was exhausting FUN!!!! Then visit taught their grandma who is recovering well from her kidney/cancer surgery! |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Original plan was to go to water aerobics with Karen and practice swimming with Leslie. But got a text from Diane about meeting Wendy and her sister, Beth (visiting from OR) at Park City for our Fall hike. Figured I could always go to water aerobics whereas the Fall colors won't last plus wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to meet Beth as well as exploring a PC trail. It was a good choice! We met Wendy and Beth at Jeremy Ranch, then drove to the trail head (Colins Trail?) close to the Canyon ski resort. At the top of Colins Trail, just before it converge to Mid-Mountain Trail. It was cool to see the Canyon Ski runs in the distant.
I didn't know that the trail was runnable or I'd have worn shorts instead of Levis. I did run most of the way up and hiked down to avoid rolling an ankle. Definitely going to come back to run this or may be run the Mid-Mountain Marathon one of these years! :)  The Aspen has turned gold. I think we heard an elk! :) Wendy and her younger sister. It was great so chat with Beth all the way down. She's an avid cyclist having competed in the LotoJa many times. She told me about her 52 yo friend, a triathlete who has A-fib...not good prognosis! :(  The beautiful Fall colors was worth the drive up to Park City. Wendy treated us to lunch at Wasatch Bagel and Grill after the hike/run, it was fabulous! :)  After we got back, Diane and I went visiting teaching. Then I got home to cook for our Youth Missionaries. It was a great day! :)
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| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Didn't get out until after 8. I convinced hubby to run 5 with me using the gallow run 4 walk 1 min. method. We ran west past Karen's house hoping to "run" into her. We got on the Canal Trail and saw her running east with Sky on Bull River Rd. She wadded thru the weeds and got up on the trail to run with us west 'till we reached our turn-around. It was so great to talk and jog with her...it's been over a week since we've run together. It was fun to hear about her 20 miler with Wendy last Thu. We made plans to run 12 miles tomorrow since she's leaving town on Sat. and I have company Sat. morning. No soreness to speak of. :) What's wrong with the Cougars!!! Such a crazy embarrassing game against the Bronchos (Boise State) on their Smurf turf!
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
| After our house guests ate breakfast and left for their nephew's wedding in Salt Lake, hubby and I ran to meet Karen. Hubby peeled off after 1.25 mile while Karen and I continued east on Canal Trail, down to the bottom of Dry Creek bridge where we saw DavidB. We wanted to run 12 today and explore some trails. He told us the canal trail in Highland isn't completely paved and dead-end after crossing Alpine Hwy. We ran to where the trail dead-end then got on Alpine Hwy north to School Park Rd and accessed the trail to Highland Glen Park. Stopped at the park where Karen used the facility and I ate 1/2 pkg of PowerBar energy chews. My legs definitely felt the fatigue of the marathon 6 days ago. Grateful that Karen didn't mind running slow today. Continued northeast on the trail (Knight Ave) north of Lone Peak HS to LonePeak Pkwy (4800W) then west on SR 92 (Timpanogos Hwy) to Alpine Hwy. We turned south on Alpine Hwy to 10700N (south of the Highland City Library) where we turned east to access the Highland trail system that runs behind some homes. It is in the middle of the block between SR92 and 10,400N. We exited the trail onto 6400W then ran south till we reach 10,400N and ran a little west to access the Canal Trail. We stayed on the Canal Trail 'till we reached the non-fenced part of Ivory Ridge about 600E and got back onto 3200N. It was fun exploring all the trail system. Can't wait until the tunnel on Center St. is complete and the rest of the trail in Highland to be connected to Cedar Hills. Very slow going today, walked on the uphill portion coming out of DryCreek. Legs quite stiff and sore from sitting for couple hours in the temple. Went to visit grandma and took Bryan and his roommate out for dinner.
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 13.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Slept in. Made a nice breakfast for our house guests. After they left, hubby and I went to the Legacy Center. Aqua running on the lazy river for 10 min. Then swam 6 laps alternating between front crawl (free style) and on back (flutter kick with occasional back stroke). On the 5th lap I made it across without standing up. Yep, the pool was only 3-4 ft deep! :) One of these days/months/years, I may graduate to the "grown-up" pool! For now, I'm practicing how to breath in air, not water!!! Hehehe! :)
I have not done any speedwork for the last two years, I think! I know my days of PR is over. Just going to enjoy running for the sake of running. I am very grateful that I was able to finish 3 full marathons and one half marathon in the span of last 4 weeks...strange way of training in most people's mind. In two weeks I will run my 8th SGM, 40th marathon. It's been a wonderful 7 years of running and meeting GREAT friends along the journey! Thank you!!!! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Attended the 9am and 3pm Dedicatory services of the Brigham City Temple. Pres. Packer and his wife, both born and grew up in Brigham City, have been married for 65 years. That is so awesome! :) Pres Preston James Checketts, temple president, talked about how good habits can be very powerful because our brain is constantly making adjustment to save energy and reduce stress. Therefore, as we establish pattern of good habits, our lives become simpler and less stressful. Following good habits, being constant, is something my sweet hubby is good at! :) I know our weekly temple attendance has brought much peace and spirit in our life. I love visiting the Lord's house regularly! We are so fortunate to live so close to so many temples! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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It's wicked windy out there, went to the LC with hubby and Karen instead. Ran on the track for 21 laps (a little over 2.5 miles) until treadmills become available then did 1min on/off on the mill for 1.5 miles. I think we average 9mm for the whole 4 miler. Jogged 4 laps on the lazy river. Swam 8 laps alternating between free style and back stroke. I was able to make it across the pool without stopping! Yay! :) :) :) ************ Last night I signed up for the Sojo Marathon before price goes up at midnight. I did some tricky talking so hubby would consent to my crazy ideas. I laid out all the choices and asked him to help me pick the best one (even though he wanted to say NONE of the above ☺!) 1. SoJo Marathon Oct 20. Pros: close to home. I think the course is gentle down with couple of ups.
Plus I get to do the PCM thing going from aid station buffet to buffet with
RAD and Lowell! I am SO excited!!! AND hubby can cheer along all over the place! :) Cons: only 2 weeks post SGM. 2. Halloween Marathon Oct 27. Pros: fairly close to home. Beautiful Provo Canyon. Cons: Wicked down and up hills that will certainly destroy my already post-SGM-trashed legs! 3. Pony Express 50 miler Oct 19. Pros: love this historic course with pack dirt trail. Own crew with ultra fun. Cons: too far from civilization and risky in case of a tachycardia episode. 4. Ogden Valley 50 miler Oct 27. Pros: beautiful Ogden Valley. Cons: a wicked up and down over Mtn Green at the beginning (start) and last miles (to the finish), all on roads which may be risky for another sf. 5. Just Cuz Marathon Nov 3. Pros: fun casual run up to the start of the half then back down so less punishing on the legs. Cons: may encounter another snow storm and icy road like last year. 6. Really Big Free Marathon Nov 3: Pros: it's free. Cons: it's an 8 hr drive from home and since baby Skylar may be blessed on Sunday the 4th making it not practical to stay overnight after the race. See... the BEST and FUNNEST choice is #1. :) :) :) :)
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| Love running in the cool light rain! Ran with hubby (he peeled off at 2.25 mi), Karen (Sky) south down 3rd W, north up on rail trail, east on canal trail. An elderly "trail guzztapo" stopped us at the first tunnel under 1200W. He was just doing his job to make sure no one goes thru where workers were moving the dirt by the side of the trail. So, as obedient law-abiding citizens we hiked off the trail down thru the mud onto Bull River Rd which put our lives in danger crossing 1200W where fast moving vehicles were blasting down from SR92! :) Did not wear heart rate monitor, just kept plucking along on the uphill, talking away about the blessings of the temple. I was sure that my uphill pace were in the 11s but am pleasantly surprised that it was in the mid/low 10s. :) After I got home, ate breakfast, stretched, then did 30-45 min of Coach Johnson's Myrtle, Pfitz's CSE, Gaucher/Flanagan's core with Swiss Ball, Teena's Kagel bridge while watching TV! :) Going to babysit 1 yo Charlotte this afternoon! :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 6.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Not sure if it's the cooler weather (aggravating the arthritis) or switching back to running in the Elixir; both my metatarsals have been bugging the last few days. Since it's bilateral, I'm hoping it's not a stress fracture brewing. So, Karen and I decided that we should not run today. Went to the pool to practice breathing and swimming for 40 min. then did 20 min of core and arms with aqua-dumbells. Then made a mad dash to the Clinic for my Dexa-scan and blood work! :) |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Ran 5 easy miles with Wendy, Karen and hubby (he peeled off for 2). We couldn't decide on the route so instead of a tempo run that I wanted, it turned into a progressive run! :) (11:08, 10:56, 9:35, 9:28, 9:10). So discouraged about my lack of speed these days but I am loving the wonderful company and nice cool weather...no complain!!! :) I brought up the subject that Boston registration is still open and encouraged Karen to go for it at SGM if it's not filled by then. Those shooting for a BQ at Hunstville this Sat. has a good shot at it!!! :)
60 min of various Pfitz's CSE, Myrtle, Swiss Ball core, Kagel bridge, push ups, foam roll and stretch. Lunch then temple with hubby and Wendy. May go to Yoga tonight. Went to Yoga class first time in my life. I was worried that we'd do stuff that I could not possibly phantom. Thankfully she didn't do any hard stuff like Kathie had shown me. I really liked it especially the plank and downward dog stuff! :) :) :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| We (hubby, Wendy, Karen and I) ran east to the trail next to SR92 by Smith's. The trail worker-monitor wasn't going to let us on the trail; but since the work hasn't started yet, she said: "OK, I didn't see you guys!" Half way up the other side of the hill at mile 2 I told hubby to turn around so he wouldn't get booted off the trail at the other end since he only wanted to do 4 anyway. He ran back and into Burger King for a breakfast burrito and read the morning papers! Karen jokingly said that she'd follow him instead! SOME people know how to have fun on the run! Ha! :)
We got on the Highland neighborhood trail and I opened up my strides which felt good. Went to MRJHS park to drink and saw DavidB who was at his mile 4.5 (we were at 4.15). Since we were all doing our 8 miler before SGM so he hung with us on our way back. It was fun to catch up on his cute family. :) Had to run a little detour on the trail down to Dry Creek to avoid getting in trouble with the trail monitor by SR92. Climbing up from Dry Creek was a killer! Such a fun morning, everyone's all excited about SGM. :) 11:37 (hubby insisted that we go slow for the warm-up mile), 11:03 (walked past trail monitor), 10:43 (uphill first half of this mile), 9:40 (road crossing, school traffic), 8:59 (flat trail), 8:56 (flat trail), 9:22 (talking with David), 9:38 (not bad for the Dry Creek killer hill), 9:08. Trying to decide which shoes to wear for SGM. The shoe-tongue of the Inspire 7 really bugs my tibial tendon especially on the downhill. It has over 300 miles. The Elixir 6 is so much more comfortable but less support (still weary of metatarsal sf). What to do?
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 8.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Got a bad case of paronchia on my right tall finger! :( Have never had that before in my life. Did the warm epsom saline soak and antibiotic poinment but it throbbed and hurt so bad that I had to take couple of Tylenol to help me sleep. Needless to say, didn't sleep well last night. :(
Went to the LC with hubby. His left inside ankle is swollen and therefore can hardly walk. Anyhow, there was a swim meet (Special Olympic of some sort) so the center was busy. Ran 3 miles on the tm, warm up 10 min then did 1 min on/off till I hit 3 miles in 27min. That is all I wanna do b/c hubby was waiting for me at the pool. Swam 8 laps (5 free style, 3 backstroke). Shopping. Drove past Scheels and saw how crowded the parking lot was, we opted to go to Dillards for their sale instead where hubby bought couple pairs of swim shorts and I bought a shirt, 2 pr of pants and some crocs! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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What a day!!! Got up super early to make shrimp tofu (16 lbs of tofu and 8 lbs of shrimp). Made cookies for choir. Went to a different ward for sacrament immediately after choir practice. Got home, ate, changed and load up the car with woks, rice cookers, all the necessary utensils and the huge roaster pan of shrimp tofu. My sis-in-laws and me were asked by the Young Ambassador's director, Randy Booth, to cook for 100 honored guests, most of them from China. They are from Being and will be performing at BYU this week. For the last 33 years since the YA performed in China, this is the first time the Chinese will be performing here. Anyway, since today is Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (Harvest Moon Festival), Randy wants to treat them to a 9 course home-cooked Chinese dinner complete with moon cakes. We were able to host this dinner in the beautiful spectacular Ashton family's ranch in Walhsburg inside this amazing huge Red Barn. We got there at 2pm and immediately went to work. Ann's amazing organizational skill was very evidence today. With the help of our nieces and nephews we chopped, cooked, stir fried and served up some delicious dishes that rival a 5 star restaurant. Here's the menu: beef pho noodle soup, BBQ wings on bed of broccoli florets, garlic bok choy & napa cabbage, pork chow mein, shrimp tofu, tomato beef with green and red pepper, ginger whole tilapia, fresh fruits, rice, moon cake. To our surprise, my son Bryan came with the guests/YA and dean of the Communication Dept. He was one of three students that performed the "er-hu" (a Chinese string instrument) for our guests. We didn't know he was coming and he didn't know we were the chefs. It was a fun evening of cultural exchange with friends and families playing/working together. Our Chinese guests were impressed with how well these American students played the Chinese songs. We can't wait to watch the Being Ballet Company dance concert (with the accompaniment of the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra which Bryan is principal violist) on Wednesday.
I was exhausted by the time we got home in the evening, driving home under a full moon, smiling and grateful for my rich heritage and the Gospel of Jesus Christ! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Easy chatty run with Wendy and Karen (Sky). Did anyone see that bright full moon?
Shorter version of CSE and myrtle. Picked about 5 lbs of raspberry while workers did curbing around our orchard/lawn/shed/fence. NICE beautiful Fall day.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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Ran west on Canal Trail with Wendy, Karen (Sky) and Leslie. Gorgeous fall morning. Then Karen, hubby and I went to the pool. We did 14 laps (9 free style, 5 backstroke). Mini core. Major house cleaning! Hubby loves that I'm in taper mode! :) :) :) Yoga I at LC. I like this class. Lots of core, balance and of course good flexibility stuff! :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Karen, Leslie, hubby and I went to the LC. Swam 17 laps (9 freestyle 8 back stroke) before water aerobics (wet and wild). Leslie (former member of BYU women swim team) could not believe I was swimming!!! :) That made me feel good! :) Wendy, Karen and I took Carolyn to lunch for a belated birthday celebration! :) Anxiously waiting for three missionary calls of my friends' sons and daughter, one of whom is Wendy's boy! :) Going to the Beijing Ballet Dance Company and BYU Philharmonic Orchestra Concert tonight! :) :) :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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Ran 4.5 easy with Karen and Wendy on a nice cool morning. Packed. Off to SG! :)
Nice drive, arrived at Santa Clara around 4:30. Judy fixed us a yummy dinner of pineapple sweet pepper chicken over brown rice, orange rolls, salad, banana marange pie. After dinner Scott treated us to the musical, Aladin at Tuacahn. FUN day! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Still laughing over the funny musical Aladin. Slept in. Ate breakfast of Greek yogurt, orange roll, banana and orange juice. Scott, Judy, hubby and I went to the St. George Temple where we attended the 10:40 endowment session. Ate lunch in the temple cafeteria. I had a baked potato, small bites of hubby's Malibu chicken, broccoli and a delicious cinnamon peacan sticky bun! YUM!!! Went to packet pickup around 2:30ish. Saw Lowell and his friend Lucas, Teena and Annie. Went to Brick Oven at 4:00ish to reserve a table of 6. John, Wendy, Becky and Karen arrived before 5:00. Everyone had the pasta/salad/soup bar while I had 2 slices of BBQchicken/pineapple pizza. Then went back to the Expo. Hubby won a SG1/2 2011 ls shirt. :) Saw TJ. Went back to the house around 7. Got race gear ready. Took a Tylenol PM at 8:30 while everyone watched the BYU vs USU football game. Slept off and on from 10:00 to 3.
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St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:09:03, Place overall: 1000, Place in age division: 24 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.30 |
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Got up at 3:30. We picked up Karen at her parent's. Ate a banana, yogurt, EmergenC and gatorade. Hubby dropped us off south of the finish arch. Got to the tennis court at 4:30 to meet those who wanted to ride the bus with us. It was a pleasant surprise to see Lark there along with Marcie. Called RAD who was still waiting for the hotel shuttle. We (Karen, Wendy, John, Marcie and Lark) were anxious to get going so we got on the bus without her. :( While on the bus ride, got a text from Kelli that RAD got on the bus with Bart Yassoo, HOW COOL is that! :) :) :) The bus ride always seemed to take forever so it was nice to have friends to visit with. There was no line at the POP when we got off the bus. Marcie and Lark went to the 5th fire pit which was not yet lit, since Karen was freezing so we went further back to the ones that were lit. A crowd quickly gathered. I had my pink glow stick on my visor hoping RAD and Teena/Annie would spot me. Ate a package of PowerBar chews and drank water. We made two more pop stops then it was time to shed our clothes. John took our bags to the truck. Just as we turned away from the fire-pit, Leslie Petersen and Maurine spotted me. We walked to the road together and lined up in front of the 7 hr pace group. It was so fun to see Leslie and Maurine, two great friends who got us off to a happy start. :) :) :)
My training has been dismal, simply surviving each marathon, starting with Park City (9 weeks after the stress fracture at Ogden), Pocatello (11 weeks), TOU (13 weeks); recovered with minimal running, supplemented with learning to swim. I did zero speedwork because of the tachycardia episode and recovery from each marathon. Now 16 weeks post stress fracture, I hope to finish without any injury or heart issue. Based on my 4:18 finish at TOU, figured I'm capable of 4:15 today. It would be sweet to get a BQ (4:10) for 2014. The weather gods were generous with us this morning, start temp in the mid 40s, cloudy sky and a TAILWIND!!! I printed out a 4:09 pace chart from S. Zimmerman's course tool (pace in parenthesis). But the font was too small for my old feeble eyes so I never looked at it. I'd look at my Garmin occasionally when it beeped at the mile/lap alert.
1. 9:52. (9:49) I believe this is the slowest 1st SGM mile I've ever run, just going with the flow of traffic. It was dark, crowded and simply having too much fun running with my best friends! :)
2. 9:37. (9:38) About half way thru this mile, I found some openings to weave out of the crowd. Spotted Karen's cousin Donna. The four of us stayed together thru the next few miles. I think it's around here that Annie spotted us. 3. 9:13. (9:15) Got a side-ache.
4. 9:12. (9:04) Felt twitches of tightness in the vastus medialis.
5. 9:13. (9:27)
6. 8:47. (9:27) This mile has more downgrade.
7. 8:40. (9:27) Same steep downgrade. Lost Wendy at the crowded aid station. Took the one and only Gu I brought with me. Not sure if the station had any Gu as promised.
8. 10:31. (10:35) Karen pulled away. Donna and I sputtered along. I noticed the people with long legs were walking just as fast as I was running. Darn my silly short legs!!! :) 9. 9:36. (10:06) Kept Karen within sight after the aid station. 10. 9:24. (9:49) Donna and I stayed together and talked about our children's similar career paths. 11. 10:09. (10:12) Karen has now disappeared. She was running strong through this chain of rollers. At the aid station, I asked for GU, but there was none to be found. Donna gave me one of her chocolate GU. 12. 10:22. (9:44) Donna was slowing here as she was telling me about her emotional finish at Boston. 13. 9:02. (9:27) Donna was running watchless which was a good thing. She asked what our half split was. I looked at my watch for the first time which read 2:05:xx, right where I wanted to be. She said it was the slowest half she's ever run. I assured her that it's perfect. We can now run the second half the same, telling ourselves that we just erased all the previous miles! :) 14. 9:20. (9:15) The mile alert starts to come just ahead of the aid station where we'd walk and drink so it reflects the slower pace at the even miles.
15. 8:42. (8:58) Asked for Gu again none to be found. A nice runner, Shauna, gave me one of hers.
16. 9:05. (9:15)
17. 8:52. (9:15) Finally the aid station has Gu. Grabbed a couple.
18. 9:29. (9:15) I think we saw Kathie and Kimmy somewhere around here. Got a quick hug from Kimmy. I missed the sisters terribly. It was so wonderful to see them! :) 19. 9:54. (9:44) First sign of cramps showed up in the shins creeping snake like up and down my lower legs. Took 2 salt caps and iB with a GU at the aid station.
20. 9:24. (9:15) Ran into Lark and his friend Hawkeye who picked up a whip on the road and was being a "task master" to keep Lark going. We ran together for the next few miles. Somewhere along Snow Canyon, I saw/heard a cheer from a biker who turned out to be JonA. Saw Kelly who was having tummy issue and encouraged her to stay strong. She ended up running a PR!!! AWESOME JOB Kelly! :)
21. 8:40. (8:53) These downhill miles are really beating up my quads. Kept my strides short and quick. Tried to relax with each threatening cramps.
22. 9:55. (9:15) Wheels fell off miserably. Lark said I was going too fast so he announced he was going to walk a bit.
23. 10:16. (9:21) Lark caught back up. Hawkeye told us that we would walk and drink at the next aid station. After walking, I dared not pick up the pace like I normally did because Charlie Horse was threatening to seize me; so I got into jog mode. 24. 9:22. (9:21) The cheering crowds were awesome. But each time I tried to extend my arms to high five them, one of my calf muscles would tense up. So I just held out my hand and let it catch some fives along the way! 25. 9:37. (9:27) Somewhere in the middle of this mile, the two guys in front of me came to a complete sudden stop, I collided with them while both my calves nearly went into a vice-grip. I pushed thru between them stomping my feet to chase away the charlie horse. It was very frightening because if both my calves seized up I would collapse and not be able to run the rest of the way! :( 26. 9:50. (9:27) All I could do was focus on not letting the muscle cramps seize up my legs. Kept my arms pumping, singing hymns in my head (We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet, Call to Serve) and praying really hard. At the last turn, charlie horse bite my right calf. I stomped my right foot, stumbled and tried not to cry. Someone said it's just two blocks to the finish, but I seriously could not see the finish arch and wish marathon was only 26 miles! :)
0.3 9:42. (9:27) I did not dare pick up the pace nor turn my head to look at hubby when I heard his cheer...just focus on putting one foot in front of the other and keep charlie at bay. I was so happy to cross the finish and saw my Garmin reading 2:09:xx. It was the hardest BQ I've ever run. Karen was right there to give me a hug and apologize for leaving me and Donna. She finished in 3:56:20, a 4 min PR, albeit shy of a BQ (3:55). I was so proud of her!!! Donna came in within a min. after me followed by Lark and Hawkeye. I walked back and forth between the mist tent and drink tables until my muscles calm down. Seriously even my feet and toes were ready to cramp up. Teena came over and told us the good news of her awesome PR, RAD's amazing PR, Amber Green and Fritz won the whole thing, and Kelli's 2:58. WOW!!! I was SO SO SO SO HAPPY for my friends and so proud of each of their accomplishments. We stayed there until Lowell, TJ, Annie and Wendy came thru. Then Karen and I went to get our bags and called our families. Well, marathon #40, 7th of the year, my 8th SGM is in the book!!! I am so so so grateful for the support of all my friends and sweet hubby. I love running!!! I love the challenge and demand of a marathon. What a blessing it is to be able to run...indeed each run is a gift to me. Jared, my nephew ran his first ever SGM in 2:48:43. Steven's mission president, a SGM veteran, who came home this July, ran it in 4:46:07. :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 26.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Judy made us a scrumptious breakfast of omlet (w/ red pepper, onions and cheese) while Scott made fluffy blueberry pancakes. Fresh orange and apple juice, Greek yogurt. We have been treated like royalty this weekend in their home. Got in the car just as the 10am General Conference started. Listened to the entire session and made it home in time to watch the 2pm session. After Conference hubby and I went for a walk. When we got home, we returned the phone message from our long-time friends of college days, who are visiting in Utah for their mission reunion (they served as mission president in HK a few years ago) in conjunction with GC. Their son and family live in Saratoga Springs. So they invited us over for dinner. It was so wonderful to visit with them and their families as well as the Tai's who served as HK mission pres. temple pres and quorum of seventy. Brenda made a spread of delicious authentic Taiwanese dinner: beef noodle soup (ngau lam fun with boiled egg, seaweed, daufugeung, cylantro), charsiu bau, bolo bau, fried tofu, taro cake, lo mai te, hondau tonyun tonsheu, spring rolls, fresh fruits. I ATE SO MUCH!!! It made me "homesick" for Steven. I think I need to learn to cook like this when he comes home next May! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walked with Wendy and Karen to recap our SGM experiences. SO FUN!!!! Hubby ran 2 solo miles. Got a lot of "what's wrong" teasing from our friendly neighbors with our Frankenstein walks! Hehe! :) :) :) Hubby and I went to the pool. Did some walking in the lazy river then swam a few laps. The best part was the hydro-massage in the hot tub afterwards.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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AM: Legs still sore, going downstairs sideways! :) Walked 3 miles with Wendy and Karen while hubby ran by himself. Then we went to the pool for some hydrotherapy! :) Evening: Talked Karen into going to Yoga class with me. The hammies and calves definitely felt the love! :) The instructor asked what we wanted to work on before class. I requested quads stretches...as a result...we did this dancer pose holding one foot behind us pulling it toward the back wall or ceiling while standing on one leg and balancing with one arm stretching forward. So fun!!! So relaxing!!! I love this class! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Jogged with Karen, Wendy and hubby on the canal trail. We could barely keep up with hubby the first mile! I think he loved that we ran together the entire time! :) :) :) We then went to water aerobics, Wet & Wild, finished with 15 min lap swim and again hydrotherapy in the hot tub. Still lots of knots in the calves and shins. Going up and down stairs normally now...so quads are recovering better than the lower legs where the muscle cramped up during the last 5K at SGM.
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Ran with Karen (Sky) and hubby. Wendy's toes/nails were too tender to put on shoes so she rested. Hubby and I went to the Temple with my friends of 32+ years for our monthly get-together temple/luncheon. Such joy and delight to be in the temple and have lunch with my faithful friends, to recap favorite talks from General Conference, to catch up on our children's happenings. We've been doing this for over 20 years. These were my neighbors when we moved to our first home. We were all young couples in our early twenties. We became fast friends raising our children together. We remained close friends even after moving away. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Evening: Swimming a few laps and hydrotherapy. Shins and calves still tender, lots of massages while watching movie. :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Legs feel pretty good and wanting to run but will save it for tomorrow. Swam for 45 min and 10 min hydrotherapy. 30 min CSE. Dinner date tonight with another couple, long time friends from college days in the Asian Ward. We got married the same year. Anna and I had our first babies (her boy, my girl) in the same hospital, same year, exactly one day apart! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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Ran first mile with hubby to Jimmy John's where he purchased a newspaper then ran home. I then got on the Murdock Canal Trail heading east and turned around at the tunnel by Smith's (mile 2.5). Continued west to Center where the tunnel construction is not complete and got my shoes muddy (mile 4). Stopped to stretch and clean the mud off the shoes; then continued west to near rail trail junction (mile 5.5) then turned around. Got a headwind going east and uphill. I have not run alone for a long time so it was nice to focus on form: belly button to spine, go to the glutes and hammies when the quads were squawking, tall puppet and elbows back. No drink nor fuel for the run which took 90 min. Last year on the Sat after SGM I ran 10 miles and the pace was a min per mile faster. Dang, I'm so out of shape! :( Didn't help that I have gained 5 pounds over the year. On the bright side, I am so grateful and happy to be running on a beautiful Fall morning!!!
Got a call from my daughter who ran the Ten for Texas this morning. It's the longest distance race she's ever done! So proud of her! Can't wait to run with her in Dec. 
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 8.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy watch-less miles down 3rd West, up Rail Trail to Canal Trail with Karen and Wendy (hubby peeled off at mile 2). This is my favorite route with gentle grade uphill and nice view of the east mountains! Glorious Fall morning!!! :) :) :) I contemplate these words from Pres. Eyring's Conference talk: "The Savior's only motivation was to help people. Many of you, as I have, have felt fear in approaching someone you have offended, or who has hurt you. And yet, I have seen the Lord melts hearts time after time, including my own. And so I challenge you to go for the Lord to someone, despite any fear you may have, to extend love and forgiveness. I promise you that as you do, you will feel the love of the Savior for that person come to you, and His love for you and it will not seem to come from a great distance. For you, that challenge may be in a family; it may be in a community; or it may be across a nation. But if you go for the Lord to bless others, He will see and reward it. If you do this often enough and long enough, you will feel a change in your very nature, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Not only will you feel closer to Him, you will feel more and more that you are becoming like Him." Elder Holland: "So we have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up and the truth to defend. We have wrongs to make right, truths to share and good to do. In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. We can't quit and we can't go back. After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before...The voice of Christ comes ringing down through the halls of time, 'Do you love me?' And for every one of us I answer...'Yea, Lord, we do love Thee.' And having set our hand to the plough, we will never look back until the work is finished and that love of God and neighbor rules the world." HAPPY Monday all! :) :) :) :) :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.70 |
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To celebrate my 57th birthday today, my best friend, Wendy, picked us (Carolyn, Diane and Karen) up at 9am for a beautiful Fall hike and lunch afterward. I told her I wanted to run/hike 5.7 miles. Last night I searched the internet on the trail system in Draper Corner Canyon. I remembered Steam8, Jun and bunch of other FRBs ran on Ann's Trail before and I wanted to run there. I'm not good at reading maps so on the drive up to Suncrest, Diane called her daughter who lives in Suncrest and asked her where the trail head is. Turned out Potato Hill is right off Traverse Mountain Road where we were traveling. WalaaH! we were there at the trails head in no time (about 7 miles from home)!!! :) I started my Garmin and off on Ann's Trail we go. Only Karen wanted to run so she and I ran ahead. We'd stop to take pictures and wait for the others to catch up. There was a good breeze at Potato Hill and at Ann's Point; otherwise it was calm, crisp, cool with cloudy blue sky and the sun did peek out at times...ABSOLUTELY PERFECT GORGEOUS morning!!! The mountains were ablaze with vibrant red, pink, gold, yellow and brown dotted with evergreens. It was so fun to run on a carpet of crunchy maple, oak leaves sprinkled with tiny acorns here and there. We reached a trail junction at mile 2.24 so we continued onto Brock's Point Trail until Garmin read 2.85 then turned around. We decided to stay together on the return to chat and enjoy the scenery so I didn't run; nevertheless we covered the symbolic 5.7 birthday miles!!! :) :)
We drove back down Suncrest. My friends treated me to a delicious and elegant lunch at Blue Lemon. It was a PERFECT MEMORABLE DAY doing what I love with my favorite girl friends. !!! :) :) :) My camera battery died so didn't capture everything I wanted! We'll just have to come back next week! :) 
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| Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 5.70 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| 45 min in shallow pool with Karen and hubby to practice swim/balance/breath/float. 60 min water aerobics. Instructor worked us hard in Wet and Wild. I definitely earned my hot-tub time afterward! :)
So tempted to go running under this beautiful clear blue sky, calm and cool temp...but right shin bugging so will let it rest a day.
Took lunch to my 85 yo neighbor. For 2.5 hours she talked and recalled her amazing life and her children's achievements! I just love listening to her and marvel at this frail yet elegant classy lady!! :) :) :) Going to Bryan's concert tonight at the Covey Center. He won the competition to solo with the Utah Valley Symphony last year but the orchestra was not ready to perform with him then; so they postponed it until tonight and tomorrow night. Very excited for him. :) |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Easy run with hubby, Karen, then picked up Leslie on the last mile. Nice cool crisp air, sunny blue sky. Temp was in the mid 30s, definitely gloves and ear muffs morning! :) Picked up bib/packet at RunG8, nice running store in Riverton. Going to Bryan's concert and reception afterward in Provo...so another late night. He performed fabulously last night. :)
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pool running and swimming in the morning. :)
Carb load at PizzaPieCafe in the afternoon. :)
Laundry while watching movie.
Babysit Skylar in the evening. :) :) :) :)
Hit the sack at 11:30.
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SoJo Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:30:09, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
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:) :) :) SoJo so SO so SO so SO FUN Marathon today!!! :) :) :) When I signed up for SoJo a month ago, my intention was to have FUN, take advantage of the last bit of
good Fall weather and make up for the marathons I missed this summer (due to sf injury). After studying the course and consulted with RAD, I decided that SoJo is perfect choice. Knowing I would have residual soreness/fatigue from SGM 2 weeks ago and comparing it with my TOU's time, I figured I
could realistically get a 4:30.
Sweet hubby dropped me off at RAD's home so her kind hubby could drive us to the start! Love not having to ride the bus (THANK YOU Craig!!!), felt more like going to a Sat. group run than a race! On the way to RAD's, I listened to KSL radio doing a live interview with Russ about the Pony Express 50/100 (that started 24 hours ago and still going). It made me think of the fun times Lowell and I had running the PE50 last year. CHEERS to all the PE runners and the RD, legendary Davy Crockett!!! :) Craig dropped us off at the start in the little town of Copperton. The fun began with meeting RAD's Newton buddies. VERY EXCITED to see our very own FRB elites: Chad Robison, Walter and Josse!!! Lowell and Marci arrived shortly to join the fun. I love a race with short pop lines, and low key atmosphere. After a sweet national anthem and announcement of 1 min before start, I made one last dash to the pop. We got in at the back of a small field of friendly runners (about 220). The first 5Ks in and out of Copperton reminds me a bit of the first 5K in Hopkinton (minus the loud spectators). Love the quaint little town's homes, firehouse, cemetery and small farms. We were greeted with a beautiful pink/orange sunrise vibrantly behind silver clouds and pale blue sky, overlooking the vast valley and the majestic Wasatch mountains to the east. :) :) :)
It warmed up rather quickly...so happy to see hubby around mile 5 where I handed him my jacket and cell phone! :) 
Then comes the hills that stretch from about mile 5.5 to 7. I took them easy trying to conserve energy. My breathing was less than ideal with the side/headwind and the stinky whiff coming from the dump's compost. RAD could run hills easily twice as fast as me; but she stayed with me and somehow we lost Marci. Between Lowell's singing and RAD's pointing out the hawk, the hunter, the "turned inside out mountains" and story telling, the miles flew by! :) (Mile 1-7: 9:56, 8:40, 9:11, 10:26, 10:52, 11:55, 10:54)
Mile 8-11 are the sweet downhills outside of Butterfield Canyon. This is RAD's stomping ground! She knows the folks that live in these homes, the coolest Halloween haunts with funny skeletons on the front yard, the hill of despair, etc. :) (Mile 8-12: 9:16, 9:34, 9:11, 10:34, 9:15). I should mention that we stopped at every aid station to joke with the volunteers and sample the buffet...very organized with signs telling you when to expect the next buffet table! :)
RAD pointed out where Kelli would run her mile repeats on the way to Herriman High School where I thought hubby would be cheering. I should've known he'd gone to the halfway point where Karen was waiting to join us. I was so so so so happy to see my son Jeff and daughter-in-law, Jen and I got to kiss my sweet grandbaby, Skylar who was sleeping and didn't seem to be bothered by the wind. Karen, Jenn and Jeff, baby Skylar inside stroller waiting patiently for us! 
Final ditching of head bands, gloves, arm warmers, l/s shirt, jacket to hubby (aka paparazzi, cheerleader, race manager)! Hubby's shutter finger is not as quick as the Zazoosh's capturing our "before" and "after" jump shots! Haha! :-D 
We crossed the half mat and saw our time of 2:06:23 and proclaimed to Karen that we would run a negative split. HA!!! What optimism! Lowell wise cracked: "Yep, we've been negative all morning!" Hahahaha!!! :) :) :) The wind was relentless. It seems that it didn't matter which way the course turns, we'd have headwind! At the traffic circle in Daybreak we heard a hiyah honk! RAD excitedly pointed out that it was Kelli's suburban so we all turned and waved hello back! :)
I found myself slowing and Lowell caught up to a girl with a camelpak and Hoka shoes. I think we've been leapfrogging with. When they turned and Lowell said she ran PE last year, Karen recognized her as her friend from their days in Wisconsin. It was Annette Palmer, the women winner of last year's PE50. She had paced a friend there yesterday and found out her record was broken. She's running with a friend, Dawn this morning! So Dawn and Annette joined our crew. It was fun listening to their stories. We also leapfrogged with a girl who reminds us of Teena. Each time I passed her I'd say: "Good job, Teena! explaining to her why I'd call her Teena." At the last time we passed her, I asked for her name, Erin (27 years old)! :)
Running into a stiff headwind up Oquirrh Mountain Temple really zapped the life out of me. How NICE of the family who handed us popsicles just when I was feeling parched. (Pretty certain I have discharged at least a quart of snot rockets)! Lowell made us high five every child. (Mile 13-19: 10:36, 9:42, 10:28, 9:16, 12:06 {temple hill}, 11:13, 10:00)
The stretch along SR68 was tough for me. Instead of feeling a tailwind, it felt warm. Felt like I was running in mud. I hit the wall hard around mile 20. The mile 21 aid station was awesome, literally an oasis. It was situated just behind Annette's house. I used the p-o-p. They had music, great buffet and RAD's doc was volunteering there! I didn't want to leave that station knowing the last 10K would be a grind. Mile 22 was a nice down hill lined with sycamore trees. I think RAD said the BBK sometimes do hill repeats here. My legs are now jello. I urged Lowell to leave me and go on ahead to get his BQ time (4:25). Karen asked RAD to run with Lowell while she stayed with me. Looking at my watch, they would have to run a 27 min 5K to make it. RAD was up to the task and off they ran down the hill. The steep incline down to the parking lot to access the trail nearly gave me shin cramps. The last two miles on the JRP trail seem to go on forever. I had to fight the urge to walk. If it weren't for Karen's talking to keep my mind off the pain, I would've stopped. We even managed to pass couple of walkers and encouraged them to come with us. A fast cyclist nearly hit us head on, good thing we were running slow and got out of the way in time. I was ecstatic to see hubby at the trail with perhaps half mile to go. This time he ran us in! :) (Mile 20-finish: 11:53, 12:03 {potty stop}, 9:47, 10:32, 9:36, 10:45, 9:47} The smiles sure ease the pain of the death march on the trail. :)
At the finish we had a feast of Chic-fil-A sandwitch and biscuit, fat-boy ice cream, banana, snow cones. So happy to find out Josse took 3rd and Chad 4th overall. I was surprised to see my nephew there (he had a friend running the half). Chad helped me bring up my result and I was super surprised that I took first in my AG. (So glad the speedy ladies in my AG ran the Utah Marathon last week and didn't show up today!) Hehe! The award ceremony was prompt with medals presented by three cute little cowgirls! :) Marci running happy to a 4:12:26 finish, 3rd AG! :)
SO HAPPY to be done!!! Marathon #8 of the year in the book! :)  THANK YOU RAD, Karen and Lowell for making miles and miles of smiles and fun memories with me!!! 
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 26.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Aqua jogging. Practice TI lesson 1 SSP: head first, superman, weightless hand placement, slight roll to side.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
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Ran easy with Karen and Wendy (hubby did 1st mile with us) west on Murdock Canal to road by Smith's. Very strong NE wind. Lower legs were stiff then got better once warmed up. Played with baby Charlotte so her mom can play the piano accompanying Bryan for his lesson at HFAC; so no time to swim.
Evening Yoga. Found out the instructor lives in the 30th ward! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Karen and I went to our first ever cycling class. The instructor showed us how to adjust the seat, handle bar and strap on the pedals/clips. We did hills and sprints intervals. It was a very fun and intense 60 min class. We were sweating buckets. I couldn't do sprinting off the seat very well and got a bruise on the left knee medially. Then went downstairs to the pool. I practiced same SSD as Monday's for 30 min. 3 hr lunch visit with my 86 yr old neighbor again! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Karen and I practice swimming for 45 min then went to water aerobics for 60 min. Temple. Birthday party for Valerie! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Hubby and I ran to Karen's but she already left (1mi) so we ran to Wendy's/home via the "long" way (2mi). While hubby went home, I picked up Wendy and ran east to her daughter's friend who needed help with dead car battery. Then we ran further sw to get on rail trail then north to canal trail and back home. Boy, was I sluggish today. In the afternoon, we went to the LC to swim; but it was closed for Halloween Party. Dang!
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 8.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Only had time for a quick 5 miler because I needed to be at the church for Primary Sacrament Mtg. Presentation practice and pizza party. Busy busy day getting ready for the Stake Book of Mormon Fireside (tomorrow night) and preparing/cooking/hosting dinner (9 courses) for members of our stake presidency and their wives (tonight). :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
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5.25 miles with Wendy and Karen. Hubby ran the 1st mile with us. Practice TI Skill 1&2.
CSE
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
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AM: Beautiful bright full moon greeted us this morning. Ran west to meet Karen then east to get Wendy for the first warm up mile. Then I decided to quicken my strides since we only had an hour to run. Mile 3 was at the traffic light by Smith's then east down and up the trail by SR92 then turned around running the dip again. I ran the hill dip strong. Then we ran on the trail back to Karen's. Did not look at my Garmin once since it was covered up by my jacket sleeve. I was happy to see that it took us 59min including all the stopping and waiting at the lights! :) AP: 9:34 (10:14, 9:37, 9:48, 9:37, 9:15, 9:03, 8:50) Played with little Charlotte at the HFAC while her mommy accompanied Bryan for his recital jury. Lunch at Costa Vida with her and her mommy afterward. :)
PM: ST's (Super Teena's) st: lower body and core/fl (below is what fl entails) : Bird Dogs, Skydiver, Forward Planks, Side Planks, Bridges with glut squeeze, Crunches, Bicycles, Half-up twists, Squats, Wide leg stance squats, Prone leg lifts, Kneeling hamstrings, Heel raises, Walking lunges, side-lying hip abduction, Single leg stance. I did 15 reps in 2 sets circuit, no weight! :) :) :) EVENING: Went "booing" (cookies) to neighbors before going to Yoga class! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 6.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
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:) :) :) Happy Halloween!!! :) :) :) Karen, Leslie and I met up with Rachelle, Rob, Chad and RAD at the Lehi JRP for a spooktacular moonlight fun run. Karen dressed up as a blue leopard. :) We were a little concerned that she might not see very well with that mask on, haha! :) The full moon was bright enough that we did not need headlamps. We turned back for a short 5 miler since that's the longest distance Leslie has run coming back from an injury and walked the last 0.25 to the car. We waited a little bit at the car; since we didn't know how far the other 4 speedies were going, we decided to leave. We drove to the Legacy Center and RAD called just as we were entering the pool locker. We swam 30 min. freestyle while Leslie gave us breathing pointers. Then I did TI drill for 30 min. with hubby who met us there. I wanted to go to the 8:15 cycling class but hubby said I would not have a ride home plus he said I should rest my legs for the Halloween party! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 5.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
| SO tired from Halloween partying!!! Quick 4 miler with Wendy, hubby; then to the temple. CSE. Myrtle.
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 4.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pool practice TI drill 1 & 2. Pack.
Got to Lowell's office at 3:30. Tour his office and old town Pokey on the way to get a preview of the Just Cuz course. Hubby kept saying how tough the course looks. Went to packet pick up and saw Bill Mandler. Dinner at Butter Burr's.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Just Cuz Marathon (26.2 Miles) 05:17:37, Place overall: 15, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
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:) :) :) The Just Cuz Party-a-thon!!! :) :) :)
Lowell had enough clothing, gear and food to crew the entire field of Full Marathoners at the Just Cuz today (granted there were only 18 marathon finishers). He loaded my car up with a full box of Gu, a doz. pair of gloves, a year supply of hottie-hands, a case of water, an assortment of hats, fleece, jackets, shirts....my poor hubby had no idea the crew duty he was about to take on! :) Arrived at Century Park (the finish of the Just Cuz Half, in our case the start of the Just Cuz Full) at 7:30, found Marci, saw several "early bird halfers" and race staff preparing the dutch oven food for post race feast. The Full starts at 8. Half starts at 10:13. I was hoping to get to the top (turn around) before the Half starts...but Lowell had different ideas!
Temp was in the high 20s, we were toasty, a bit overdressed actually! :) The race theme was either "Joe Fro" or "Zombie Appocalipse". Marci did the natural fro, mine was a heavy duty troo bloo doo! Lowell was himself! :) :) :)  Lance, the RD is a funniest guy! We were laughing so hard at his pre-race announcement! :D With a 3-2-1-BAM, we were off, right on time at 8am! :)  The first mile has a slight decline turning onto the main road (which means an incline on the way back), everyone took off fast leaving us in their dust. Hubby crewed along and stopped at mile 1 so we could throw our fleece in the car. Ran by a golf course mile 2-3 where Lowell made us pick up every golf ball we saw. A nasty headwind accompanied us for 2+ miles and subsided once we got into the canyon. Took 1st Gu around mile 5 and removed the heavy duty fleece mittens! :) 
Stopped at every aid station (not manned). Used the pop. Posed for pix! :)  First of the many many many pop trips! I set a PR for the most pop visits EVER in my entire 7 years of running career!  Bill Mandler flying down the canyon at his mile 14ish while we were trudging up the steepest uphill part of the course at our mile 11+. Lowell made me run up to him and tried to get a pix. He was SO FAST!!!! :) What's with the huge neon shirt Lowell made me wear! :)
We were soon running upstream into a fast moving wall of Halfers (over 500). We high-fived and exchanged cheers! Some guy runners were hitting my hand so hard that my left arm nearly got amputated! :) Lowell knows so many of these local runners. I think these girls were exasperated when we stopped them to take pictures, not just one but three or more pix, plus Lowell had to introduce each one of them to me! :)  I was afraid that TJ (who was running the Half) had missed us amidst the huge throng of runners. So we phoned my hubby who had driven up ahead at the start of the half. He saw TJ waiting alone at the top for us so he could run with us!!! What a true blue friend! :) :) :) However his first words when he saw me was: "You look gross. I'd get rid of that shirt if I were you!" :) Happy to be running downhill finally. I was hoping to take the downhill fast...but Lowell had different idea! Marci, TJ and Smooth! :) This was one of many pictures Lowell requested the volunteers/hubby to take. He even showed them how to take panaromic view mode. I had fun visiting with the volunteers and exchanged good laughs! :) Happy to ditch the blue fro and neon shirt to hubby! As mentioned before my kidneys were doing an excellent job so I made numerous mad dash to every single pop along the course including the gas station bathroom. Lowell's were doing the same. Except he had on a body suit!!! Yep, I got to unzip the back of his suit each time. Marci ditched us at mile 15ish! Can you blame her?!!!
Lowell was struggling after 17 or 18 miles. He had some leg cramps Thur night and was worried. You know he's tired when he's not singing or telling jokes anymore. He could only run a short 50-100 yards at a stretch. TJ and I chatted happily and encouraged Lowell along. I remembered he made a deal with me to eat a twinkie at the "temptation station" around mile 24 so I told him we had to make it to that station. When we got to the station, all the Ding Dongs and Twinkies were GONE!!! So we went to the gas station where Lowell bought us Twinkies and chocolate milk while hubby filled up the tank and I used the ladies room. I have not eaten a Twinkie since the 1980s. I ate the whole thing and drank the chocolate milk. Got a terrible tummy-stitch when I tried to run! I'll never do that again! Mile 24 split was 20:35:90. TJ said we might make it a sub-6 marathon! Aaaagggghhhh! Someone please save me!!! :)
We were running/walking with couple groups of ladies. One of them was running back on the course. She told us that her niece who was 5 weeks post partumn was having some cramping issues and was further back. So we phoned hubby to turn around and drive up the course to meet her niece who luckily was running with some family members. They urged her to take a ride from my hubby to the finish. Yep, hubby played EMT role too! :)
Enough walking already, please let me run!!! :) Notice Lowell who sponsored the bibs, had arranged for our bibs to reflect our age! :)  With less than a mile to go! 17 yr old Rachel Fisher who finished the Half, came to rescue Lowell from the death march! :) 
Our friends met us at the last turn into the park and we ran thru the finish shute together holding hands!!! My 9th marathon of the year, 6 in 11 weeks, in the book, and my slowest marathon EVER by choice!!! We had a blast!!! We stayed for the award and prize drawing after a feast of chilli, dutch oven stew, pumpkin pie! :) It was a beautiful day to make memories!!! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 26.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Today we went to my son's Ward for Skylar's baby blessing. :) She was asleep (not crying, good thing cause she has a very healthy strong cry) during the blessing which meant we could hear every word (Jeff is a soft spoken daddy)! :) Jeff pronounced a very thoughtful and beautiful blessing. We had a wonderful gathering of families and friends after church in their condo!
Skylar was getting very hungry and wondered what was all the fuss with so many people in her otherwise quiet little home! :) 
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Wasn't going to run today. But it was the first time in months that Carolyn wanted to come out and join us. She has not run much since UVM. So we (hubby, Wendy, Karen and I ) did run/walk/talk with her. What a gorgeous morning!!! Didn't wear watch but Wendy's Garmin showed 5 miles in a little over an hour. After the outing, Karen, hubby and I went to the pool. While doing the TI drill, I could feel a tug on my right ITB. :(
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| We ran to the Elementary School to vote but the line was SO LONG!!!!! So we decided to finish our run and come back to vote later. Should've went with hubby when he peeled off for 2 miles...instead I stayed with Karen and Wendy up on the canal trail. When we reached the tunnel by Smith's we walked down and then back up, suddenly my right ITB locked up when I resumed running. It was ok running on the flat but got painful going downhill so I stopped. We were over a mile from home. I kept telling Karen and Wendy to leave me because Wendy had a time restraint but they stayed to walk me home. I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends! :) Hubby and I went to the pool. The hot-tub helped loosen the ITB. We then went to vote! Evening: Yoga. It felt so good to stretch!!!
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| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running! Dang ITB!!! :( Hubby came home from his run and said he saw Karen, Wendy and Carolyn on 2750 N. They had purposely taken the side street to avoid running by my house so I wouldn't feel bad. So thoughtful!!! Hubby and I went to the pool. I am still stuck on Drill 1 & 2. I'm glad there's hardly anyone at the pool.
Another 3 hrs lunch visit with Beverly.
My cheapo swim suit is thread bare so hubby took me shopping for a new one. :) We then went to dinner and movie. My ITB really bugs after sitting.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Another day of zero running. Went to the pool again. I did a little freestyle after getting bored with TI drills that I don't seem to be improving on. Went with hubby to my monthly temple date with friends at the Draper Temple. Since there was no cafeteria, we went to Blue Lemon for lunch afterward. VERY WINDY!!! Leaves a flying everywhere!!!! On my way to the P.O. I got caught in a leavy twirlwind on 300W 300N!!! It was like wizard of Oz!!! No place like home!!! I need to do these regularly:
http://strengthrunning.com/2011/02/the-itb-rehab-routine-video-demonstration/
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Went to the pool with Karen and Leslie. Karen is getting so good at swimming. Leslie has been swimming since she was 4 and was in competition swim teams (including college) showed us some pointers. It was very impressive to watch her and how quickly Karen learned. I, on the other hand, am still stuck on learning how to balance in the water....sigh!!! However, they were so kind to point out that just 2.5 months ago I was petrified of water and now I can swim across (albeit a shallow and shorter pool) without stopping. Our goal is to "graduate" to the regular deeper pool! :) Core. ITB strength/rehab.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Went to the pool with hubby. There was a high school swim meet going on. Thankfully the leisure pool wasn't too crowded. Practice TI skill drill 1, 2, and beginning of drill 3. The rest of the day was spent in preparation for Bryan's senior recital. The Madsen Recital Hall was nearly packed full. I should've brought twice as much refreshment; but hubby said it was just perfect. The most important part was that Bryan performed beautifully. His professor came up to us after the concert and could not say enough good things about Bryan as an artist AND as an outstanding fine young man with pure heart and Christlike quality.
He is now going to focus on applying for grad school. That application process involves making video recordings of required repetoire to the schools of his choice (about 11 conservatories/universities) before Dec 1. Hopefully he will be invited to life auditions early next year. It is a very competitive process with application fees starting at $100.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.75 |
| Ran/walked with hubby, Wendy and Karen. ITB tugged a little after 3 miles and running on a slight decline. I thought with no running for the last 5 days that it is good to go...nope!!! Sigh!!! :(
We then went to the pool while they did lap freestyle, I practiced TI skill 1, 2 and 3. Now my ITB is giving me fits especially after sitting. STINK!!! :(
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 4.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Foam rolled and stretched the right ITB and glute last night...hurts like heck...still hurt when I woke up in the morning! :(
Went to the pool for 45 min. Practice TI skill 1, 2, 3. Freestyle 4 laps. VT then lunch with Olga and Wendy. Walk with one straight leg is no fun.
Late for the 8p yoga class so only got 45 min.
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Practice TI skill 1, 2, 3 and a bit of 4. Freestyle 6 laps with Karen and Leslie while hubby filmed us! :) Lunch and movie (Skyfall). Teena worked on my leg and taped up the ITB good. She is amazing!!! :) :) :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Hubby's ankle is swollen again; so I went to the LC by myself. Ran 2 miles on the track. So glad the traffic flow was counterclockwise which didn't aggravate the ITB. But 16 laps is all I can handle! Got a drink from the fountain, went down to the locker to get my membership card to open the cardio room gate and ran 2 miles on the TM. About 1 mile into the run, I could feel slight pain on the top of the calf lateral to the knee. Focus on form, slowed the pace to 9:15 which seemed to help. Gently stretched all the key muscles. Felt so good to get all sweaty!!!
Went down to the pool. Practiced TI skill 1, 2, 3. The pool was crowded today so I didn't do skill 4. Evening: Going to yoga class in a jiff.
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Two groups of teens from Willow Creek Middle School and Renaissance Academy were playing in the leisure pool this morning....so crowded and annoying!!! After getting bumped, splashed, hit a few times, I went over to the regular pool where 2/3 of the pool was occupied by a water aerobic class and all the lanes in the other 1/3 were taken. So I practiced at the shallow end where the class weren't using. Today's hubby's birthday so we went shopping at the Traverse Mountain Outlet Mall (it's also their grand opening day). He has lost 10 lbs since running consequently his clothes are too baggy and needs new clothes!!! :) :) :) Since it's his birthday, I let him choose where/what he wants to eat for lunch. He chose Burger King (ick) where we saw Teena's brother...what a happy surprise! ♥
Tonight we're hosting a birthday dinner, will be fun!!! :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.25 |
| Today's run was extra special!!! :) It has been a LONG LONG time since I ran with Luz. I have missed her SO much. I was SO SO SO happy to see her!!! We met at the JRP and RAD was able to join us. (We miss Toby terribly!) The weather was perfect, overcast sky, calm and not too cold! The three of us chatted away the miles. We spotted Chad around Willow Park when he had already gone 4+ miles because we started late (sorry Chad). Nevertheless, it was great to see him and we were able to run a mile or so with him. With my knee/ITB issue, I wasn't sure how far I could go. There is something special about being with friends that make everything magic. When we reached the south end, Luz asked how far we've run (she didn't wear her Garmin). She got a little nervous when we realized we've run 5+ miles. This is the farthest we've both run since our respective Full marathons. RAD being her chirpy, positive and cheerful self encouraged and kept us going on the return run back to the car. Seriously, you'd never know she had run an ultra marathon at the LV Ragnar a week ago. :) Well, the running was over but not the visiting and catching up; so we spent the remainder of the morning huddled together in a crowded Kneader's and a warm car, talking, laughing, exchanging good food ideas and enjoying each others' company and friendships.
THANK YOU LUZ and RAD for a wonderful wonderful morning!!! Sure love you girls!!! :) :) :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 10.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Easy run with Wendy! About a mile into the run, my knee starts to hurt! We cut the run short. Went to the pool but the hot tub is broken (hubby's only reason to go there is to soak his sore ankle) so we left! Core. Upper body ST. Foam roll and stretch. Evening: 45 min practice TI swim drills! |
| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Travel day to southern Cal. 12 hours on the road with one hour stop to visit my daughter and grandkids and the Larsen's at a park on Dixie Dr. In St. George! Legs got really stiff and "sour" the last 4 hours especially when we were stuck in ghe slow rush hour traffic for an hour traveling at 5-20mph on I-605. Stink!!!! Sis had a yummy dinner ready for us! |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.75 |
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Ran along the beautiful trail/bike path skirting the Donald Trump Golf course with gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean and multi-million dollar estates! :) The right ITB squawked on the decline but ok on the incline! I kept the run short.
Ice, foam roll, stretch.
Sis. doesn't have wifi in her home, so I'm here at the library.
PM: Ice massage, foam roll the heck out of the ITB...ouch!!!
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 3.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| :) Happy Thanksgiving!!! :) Sis and I cooked up a storm. She actually baked and prepared a lot of the food before hand. The oven was on ALL day!!! This is what we made and ate! Appetizer: Empanada, mushroom turnover, quiche, spinach stuff mushroom, shrimp stuff mushroom, siumai.
Main course: 18lb turkey with homemade stuffing (TX toast bread cubes, chicken broth and turkey dripping, chestnut, cranberry, celery, onion), roasted garlic mash potato, turkey gravy, yam (w/ butter, brown sugar and cinnamon), moochi rice (w/ Chinese sausage, shitake mushroom, dried shrimp), Parker house rolls, cranberry waldo salad, broccoli salad, spiral cut honey glazed ham. Dessert: pumpkin pie (w/ whip cream), pecan pie, chocolate dream pie, blueberry tart, chocolate cake, brownie (2 different kinds) Drinks: guava juice, mango passion fruit juice, sparkling cider, ginger ale, diet coke. (Red wine and coffee) All that for 7 adults and 2 children!
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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While Joe, David and Larry went deep sea fishing. Sis and I went to have dim sum and watched movie but not before I went for a run which barely made a dent on the million calories I consumed yesterday! :)
To avoid running down the 20+% grade hill, I drove down to Palos Verdes South Dr. It was a bit scary driving down the winding steep and narrow road IN the fog! Thankfully there was very little traffic. Ran south half mile on the Trump Golf Course parkway then turned down onto the dirt trails (which had a warning sign stating that beyond this point the trail is steep and uneven). Saw one guy running up, couple of hikers. I walked on the steepest hairpin turns and over slick boulders. Saw two girls running towards me so I asked them if the trail leads down to the beach...yes and also back up to the Trump Golf Clubhouse on the north end. Cool!!! The trail is mostly sand with small rocks. After crossing couple of bridges I took one of the westward trails and ran down to the beach. I looked up the cliff and saw a lone man standing above watching me. That kinda spooked me so I ran around the cliff out of his sight. It was too foggy of a day to enjoy any ocean view so when I reached the beach, instead of running there, I turned around and ran back up. At the top the trail merge onto a paved trail bordering the golf course. It was nice to be able to pick up the pace on this trail until it reached the golf course. I tried to be quiet when I ran around a putting green where some golfers were doing their thing. Ran about half mile up back to Palos Verdes Dr. Then I turned north and got a drink from the drinking fountain at Marilyn Ryan Park. Continued north on the dirt shoulder of Palos Verdes and passed an elderly couple running single file. Turned around at the gate to the archery range and encountered the couple again. We stopped and chatted a bit. The husband has a "Western States 100" running cap on. He has run Wasatch 100 in the "early days". They were very interested in the "Top of Utah" marathon when they saw my TOU shirt. They're on their run around the entire Palos Verdes peninsula which they do regularly. They wore no Garmin as they live on the east side of the peninsula and expect to finish their run around 1pm. I had thought that it is a dangerous route. The road is narrow, winding, rolling hilly with hardly any shoulder and a 24" wide bike path that are frequented with groups of cyclists. At some sections there is nothing but a guardrail between the road and the cliff. Apparently the runners and cyclists here have no fear of fast moving vehicles. :) After bidding g'day to the couple, I continued south back to the park for another drink and another mile to the car. It was a very pleasant run aside from the fog. Right ITB by the fibula squawked as usual during the warm up mile and running downhill but better on uphill. Sis took me to Seafood Town for lunch. We had black bean stir fry clam, Singapore noodle and fried tofu with vegetables. Yum! Ice massage and stretch the ITB while we watched movie.
Our boys brought home 130 fish which they cleaned, scaled, gutted and put in freezer bags. We steamed 8 fish and warmed up Thanksgiving left-over for dinner.
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Hubby drove us down the hill for a quick run. I ran the same route as yesterday minus the south end of Palos Verdes. Hubby's right ankle is getting better but he only ran one mile to be safe. We packed one big box and a small cooler full of frozen fish and individual meals of stew, soup, meatloaf, moochi rice, turkey, ham and assortment of bread for David to take home. We then drove separate cars to Ten Ten Restaurant for dim-sum. After lunch, we bid David good bye as he drove from the restaurant to Rt. 91 East back to Phoenix. It was so wonderful to have him come to SoCal for Thanksgiving. We haven't seen him since Christmas/New Year earlier this year. After David drove off, we went to 99 Ranch to shop for Chinese food...the persimons were $.79 a pound...what a deal!!! Joe and Sis treated us to a scrumptious dinner of Peking duck, House Special pork chops, shrimp with Chinese broccoli. We have dessert every night this week. Athena here I come! :) After we got home from dinner, we called our youngest sister in Canada. It's her birthday today! I have not seen her for almost 12 years!!! It was a wonderful hour long phone visit! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Long drive home. We stopped at a McDonald along I-210 to get WiFi and tried unsuccessfully to locate a church for Sacrament. So we drove on until we hit Vegas and I remembered attending a church just outside Boulder City, east of Henderson right off I-515 back in Jan this year when I ran the Angel Marathon in Lake Mead. So we took a chance to see if they might have a 1pm Sacrament. Lo and behold we got there at 12:40 and they do have a 1pm service! Wonderful spirit in the meeting and great talks! We stopped in SG for gas and I decided to drive the next leg. We hit heavy slow/stopping traffic all the way to Beaver. Apparently there were 3 accidents just outside Hurricane. Wendy and Karen who were about 1.5 and 2 hr ahead of us text us about the traffic delay. They too were driving home with the rest of the Thanksgiving traffic. My daughter and her family also encountered heavy traffic traveling home from SG to Houston. Traffic was very light in California, Nevada and AZ but got bad in UT and TX in the late afternoon and evening hours.
Got home at 9:30pm finding all is well. Unpacked the big cooler of frozen fish and small cooler of assortment of food. So so so so tired. Legs so so so so tight and achy. So so so so good to sleep in my own bed. :)
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Slept in till 7am since we didn't get home until late last night. Missing my sister already! Wendy, Karen, hubby and I ran together getting caught up with our Thanksgiving weekends events. Karen went to her sister in Vegas. Wendy went to Carlsbad for her daughter's soccer tournament. Hubby only wanted to run 2. Us girls ran east to Smith's then west on Canal Trail then turned around and back to home. Hubby and I went swimming afterward. There was nobody at the leisure pool! So nice to be able to practice TI drill 1, 2, 3, 4 without anyone splashing me or me drifting all over the place! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Ran west down Canal Trail south down Rail Trail then east up 2600N with Karen and Wendy. Right ITB squawked again on the downhill and first couple miles but okay on the uphill. Karen and I went swimming for 40 min. afterward. Laundry galore!!! :)
Evening: yoga. I LOVE this class. :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| I've read SO much about RAD's awesome urban trail run! I FINALLY got to experience it this morning!!! :) :) :) I was SO excited when she made arrangement to have her SIL tend little Adam so she could run the urban trail with me after she dropped the kids off at school. (Her Newton buddies usually meet at 5:30 which is WAY too early for l'ole me)!!! What a FUN FUN FUN 8 miler running south along a canal trail then west to Day Break and around the Lake (I've always wanted to run there) and thru some fence to a REAL trail along a dry creek. I LOVE running with RAD, good laughs, inspiring conversations, wonderful company! :) :) :) The weather was perfect aside from a little headwind at times. The right ITB complained during the initial miles but was fine the rest of the run. I did get a little tired the last 1.5 miles (didn't eat breakfast). THANK YOU Rachel for sacrificing your morning to take me on this wonderful run!!! :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Didn't sleep well last night. Almost, almost took up the offer to walk with Diane and Wendy; but since I had told Karen I'd run with her, I declined. Dragged my tired self out the door. Once we got going, it was a very pleasant run. The knee did the same thing, tuckled a bit running down the tunnel but fine running up. Went to the pool with hubby and Karen afterward. They were swimming with such grace while I looked kinda silly doing my TI drills. I'm sure I'll get it one of these days! Temple with hubby and Wendy. My knee buckled again after kneeling for a few min. Had to walk with one straight leg...kinda embarrassing! :)
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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Karen wanted to run 13 today since her Sat. is crazy busy. I only wanted to do 10 so she ran 2 around her block before meeting me, Wendy and John (Zeus, the dog). Originally we were planning to run to the Alpine park where the eternal flowing fountain is. But John had other adventure in mind. :) Us girls followed man and dog onto the Murdock Canal Trail then hiked up over the trail tunnel, crossed Timpanogos Hwy up to Traverse Mtn. My knee was fine running uphill, but I worried about the return downhill trip and the wind. Since we girls didn't carry water, John suggested that we ran inside the Outlet Mall (mile 3) to get a drink (he had his own camelpak). I've never seen such a palatial restroom! :) We then got onto the pack-dirt unpaved canal trail. This is a great trail skirting the hillside up above Cabella's with nice view of the valley by the point of the mountain. We can see the upper portion of JRP to the west (by the wind mill and Veterans Memorial) and the "hangliding" hill up ahead. We cut off from the trail thru a water-run-off-rock-basin and entered the Traverse Mtn. neighborhood park where unfortunately the bathroom and water fountain were closed. It's a really nice park though! John used his iPhone GPS to locate the way to the Travers Mtn Elementary (mile 5.25) where we got a drink and ate our Gu. We had to run more uphill to get to a traffic-circle that lead to the main road. With a stiff headwind running uphill, I nearly got an asthma attack. I started to run backward so I could catch my breath. I told my running partners earlier that Carina and her friends live in Traverse Mtn. Lo and behold, a girl resembled Carina in a white mini-van drove by and waved to me! I turned back and waved and told Wendy that must be Carina! That put a smile on my face! :) :) :)
Then we had to run about a mile downhill with a stiff headwind! My knee was hurting bad enough that at some point I swung my knee straight legged with each stride. It totally messes up my hips. The beautiful view of the valley helped ease the pain! :) Stopping at the traffic light to cross Timpanogos Hwy made my knee locked up; but once we were back on the flat Canal Trail, it felt better. Boy, was I tired and slow!!! I used to run 7 miles every weekday and 15+ miles most weekends!!! I used to run Karen home then back for extra mile but NOT today! How did I get myself into this sad shape! :( O well, at my age, I'm grateful to be out running with great friends, enjoying an unseasonably mild Nov day. :) :) :)
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Practice swim drill. Such a gorgeous day...I should've been running...blah!!!
Decorate the Christmas tree.....
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| This morning while contemplating what to do, Karen texted me: "No messages yet from you ladies. Are we bagging running today? Is it too nice and warm in bed?.... :)"
Yah, should've stayed lazily in the warm and cozy bed! Hubby and I ran
to meet Karen. Wendy went to clean the temple. At least one of us is
industrious! Haha!!! :) With two days of no running I thought the
knee is good to go. Nope!... at mile 2 it started to nag, then when I
stopped for a mere 2 seconds to wait for Karen to get a little rock out
of her shoe, the knee hurt immediately when I started back up. It was
ok for the remainder of the run (avoided any decline/downhill or sudden
stopping). Passed the house just a little shy of 7 miles so I kept
going (silly OCD!) Then I immediately stopped running as soon as the
Garmin says 7 miles and proceeded to walk home. WHAM!!! I was hit with
a sharp pain and had to limp home (thankfully it was only 0.15 mile)!
:( When I reached the garage I wanted to stretch the quads but couldn't
bend the knee without pain. Aaaaagh!!!! :( :( :( Changed clothes
quickly and went to the pool with hubby. Karen got there before us.
The limping really slow things down, lol :) Spent 45 min practicing
drills and swam 4 laps. Myrtle 10 reps. Goucher/Flanagan core w/ Swiss ball. Pfitz's CSE. Stretch. Stretch. Stretch.
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| Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| So I want to be a good girl and refrained from running or any exercise that might aggravate the injury. Went to the pool only to have it overtaken by busloads of Jr High kids! Sigh! I was able to practice TI drills at the shallow end of the regular pool. I could feel the tugging ache even with just flutter kick (very little knee bend). Karen was so kind! She asked what I'd like to do afterward, spin or water aerobics! I didn't think the knee would let me spin and didn't feel like doing water aerobics. Trying really hard to be positive and think of what I CAN do... Sigh! |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM: 30 min elliptical. Walk 1 mile on TM at 3-5 incline. Myrtle 3 circuits Pftiz's CSE. Goucher/Flanagan CSE. Foam roll. PM: TI drill |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Walked with Wendy and Diane meandering east thru the 28th, 23rd, 33rd wards to 1200 E then north onto Canal Trail where we crossed path with Karen running with Sky. Turned south thru 45th and 43rd wards back to "bishops lane" to Diane's house and thru 400E in the middle of 8th ward, our ward! I LOVE the people in my Stake! :) The morning started with a light misty fog, then the sun peeked over the mountains and clouds. What a beautiful sight: snow capped mountains against a crisp blue sky, calm, clean air and mild temp. Is it really Dec? I LOVE living here!:) Every 2nd Thursday of the month my friends of 33+ years meet and attend the temple and have lunch in the temple cafeteria together. Every Dec (today) we (there're 8 of us) have our Christmas luncheon at Cathy's house after the temple. We have been doing this for nearly 20 years. Such dear and abiding friendship is a precious blessing! We all moved to the same neighborhood as young mothers, shared each others' joy and sorrow, watched over each others' children, served and grew together! Most of us have moved away but every time we meet at Cathy's (who still lives there) we feel that special love, remember the wonderment and joy of those years and beloved hearths and homes! We feel as though we have not aged, just our children have grown. Today in the prayer and blessing of the food, Nancy said: "...and we are so thankful that our husbands are still with us!". We let out an affirmative Amen followed by huge smiles!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) |
| Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.75 |
| I was SO excited about the prospect of running this morning that I woke up before 6 and just laid there quietly so as not to wake hubby. A few min. later I sneaked out of bed and got a whole bunch of morning chores done. Kissed hubby goodbye to let him know I'm meeting Karen and Wendy...then out the door I ran like a kid on Christmas morning! :) Naughty but nice! :) We ran east to Alpine greeted by a beautiful sunrise! It was a bit breezy but running uphill felt wonderful! We stopped at the everflowing fountain to drink and gu. The return trip was fine until we hit the downhill...the entire right lower leg was NOT happy! When we stopped at the traffic light briefly and resumed running across the Timp. Hwy my knee really complained! Stink!!! The last mile home was tough. Wendy's neuroma was bothering her too so was Karen's heel. We were quite a happy hurting trio! :). Foam roll and stretch but no ice massage because I was freezing! :/ Went to the outlet mall to do some Christmas shopping. Legs felt like I've run a marathon. Sitting for a late lunch made the knee hurt bad! I am going to be horizontal while I fold laundry and watch movies this evening! :) |
| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 10.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 45 min practice TI swim drills! Could feel slight tug on the right leg laterally. Viewing and funeral of an elect lady of 101 years old, the mother of our Stake's patriot. She looked as beautiful as when she was a young bride just a few more wrinkles! Her husband passed away 7 years ago. Together they left an amazing legacy. I still chuckled over the tidbit of their honeymoon and their first home was completely paid for...it was a tent in Boulder City where her husband was engineer working on the Hoover Dam! At the age of 85 she hiked the Angel's Landing with her family! Back in the 1930s she and family did lots of camping and hiking. She collected rocks and built a "rock monument" in one of the canyons in southern Utah. Years later other hikers added more rocks to that monument! Reminds me of "Charlie's Monument". I love all the stories she used to tell me of her life...simple, carefree, industrious, and always adventurous! :). She was truly an example of one who loves life, her family, the Lord and epiphany of what it means to endure to the end! :) |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 2.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.75 |
| I was too wimpy to accept Karen's invitation to run with her and Lori ( who runs like a gazelle ) out on the snowy slippery road! Hubby went skiing so I invited Wendy to go to the LC with me! We got there early enough to get a pass for the tread class! I'm glad we did. It was so fun! The instructor said she usually sees me running on the road while she was driving to the Rec center! :) So she was expecting me to blow pass everyone! ha! The ladies in front and next to my mill happen to be friends from my neighboring ward! It was fun to chat with them during the "recoverries". :) They are triathletes and were very complimentary on my running! I did have to slow down when we vamped the incline to 10 and I felt dizzy! Legs felt fine during the run! The only annoying thing is the TM quit at 60 min and I had jogged 10 min before class and had to restart the thing! Then we went down to the pool. I did 40 min of TI drills while Wendy swam leisurely! I love the feeling of my body gliding smoothly, long and slippery in the pool! Then we sat in the warm jetted spa, just the two of us, watching the snow gently coming down to cover the world outside! :) |
| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 6.75 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Jogged 2 miles then swam with Karen! Mailed off Christmas gifts to kids and grandkids! Postage price is outrageous! And the postal workers are like the DMV workers...sadly stressed/burned out...SO I gave them a good dose of "smoothie smiles and cheers"! :) :) :) |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| For 12/12/12 I thought about running 12 miles. That thought lasted for 12 seconds! :) I was up at 12:12am this morning (er was it last night) praying and thanking the Lord for 12 specific blessings! ;) Wendy, Karen and I ran easy chatty miles heading east first into the wind and a beautiful sunrise. Hubby peeled off after 1 mile. We got on the canal trail from Smith's trail to avoid the tunnel. The lateral side of the right leg complained from mile 2 on. But the conversation and wonderful company helped take the edge off. Every time Karen stopped to tie shoe or take little rock out, I would keep walking and that seemed to work better so the knee won't lock up. After saying goodbye to Karen at the corner, she ran home while Wendy and I walked home! How blessed I am to have such wonderful friends! :) We decided to not go to the pool today so that gave me time to do some thorough foam rolling, stretching and core exercises. So surprised to discover during the foam rolling that my left leg particulary the calf has much more knots (pain) than the right (the "injured" one). I realize I had been babying the right leg and neglected the "good" leg. And the fact that just because there is no pain while running doesn't mean "all is well" with the body! Wow! I need to be more diligent with the little things that is so important to help the body recover especially at my age where I am loosing flexibility, muscle strength and overall fitness! Oh! I took a 12 min shower ending at 12:12 and proceeded to give hubby 12 kisses! :) Happy 12/12/12 to all!!! :) :) :) |
| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 7.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Two miles on the track lapping hubby 3 times! :). Then 45 min in the leisure pool. :) |
| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 45 min in the leisure pool. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Wogged on the TM while watching "Gifts of the Magi"...so sweet! :) I tried to run but the leg protested immediately, stink! |
| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 5.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Busy all morning with vt and visiting widows. 45 min TI drills and swim late afternoon. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Baked and delivered 10 loaves of coconut bread. Laundry and packed. No time for any exercises. |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 quick TM miles. Finish packing and off to the airport. |
| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Had a long long flight (8 hrs-) yesterday! It was very warm, 80s and humid! All the grandkids except baby Jett were already in bed! Got up bright and early to get the kids off to school this morning! Easy jog with hubby on the Greenbelt Trail around King's Manor. Temp was in the low 30s and breezy! This is crazy Texas weather! Went to Luke's preschool Christmas party. He won "pin the carrot on the snowman" because he didn't cheat and pinned the carrot farthest away! So funny! :) Made over 150 Christmas wantons with Larissa for her friends and neighbors! Went to packet pick up at 3pm. There were only 2 people (one was the RD) handing out bibs so the line was long but no one was complaining, in fact people were very friendly and even helped us watch Jett who was exploring the rocks, bushes and wandering in and out of people's legs! :) We got a nice duffle bag, running hat and shirt. Those running the End of the World got black/gray duffle bags, hats and shirts. Those running the DAY AFTER the End of the World got cheerful yellow duffle bags, hats and purple shirts. I am glad I signed up for the optimistic cheerful event! :) Went to Larissa's ward Relief Society Christmas social! I ate WAY TOO MUCH!!! |
| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| We went for a short walk before going to the kids school party. Then Larissa and I went shopping. While she stayed at the school to help with Jade's class and teachers appriation party, I made another 110 Christmas wontons and played with Luke and Jett while papa napped and relaxed! Stayed up too late watching movie with the grandkids! Forecast from my iPad's app showed temps in the 60s in the morning! I am going to trust Larissa's forcast that it is going to be in the 40s! legs tired but no knee pain so hopefully I can finish the marathon tomorrow! |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Race: |
The Day After the End of the World Marathon (27 Miles) 05:36:40, Place overall: 92, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 27.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 |
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This race was staged in Humble TX right off Townsend Blvd. in a condo complex/building project that was started but not completed perhaps due to the economy the last few years. Some of the buildings shows signs of decay which just adds to the ambiance of the END of the World. I signed up for this race (back in April for $65) because I planned to spend Christmas with my daughter whose house is only a 15min drive to the race. The RDs (Steve and Paula Boone, organizers of the Texas Marathon) are some of the funniest people. :) The race info had me laughing so hard: "Answers to frequently asked questions:
Is it okay to wear headphones,
IPODs, MP3, Zune, and whatever device that sends music rattling around
in our head? You are welcome to use it as long as it does not distract
your attention from the race, jeopardize your safety or jeopardize the
safety of the other participants. Remember that zombies, aliens, and
Mayans are known to like loud music. Certification: The course is not USATF certified and is not a Boston qualifier because Boston 2013 will
not take place because of the end of the world.
Is there a time limit? This event is walker and velocity challenged participant friendly. Time limit is 9 hours. An early start is not necessary because there is no reason to hurry to the
end of the world. You must
be finished by sunset because we will all be tired by then and you
won’t stand a chance in the dark with zombies.
Can
we bring our club tent and banner? We encourage marathon-gating.
Bring your tent, banners, comfy chairs and enthusiastic spectators.. I knew I'd be in for a very fun time! :) The course is on dirt trail with sections of loose sand, mud, dry grass and small section of private road. It loops around two small lakes and ponds in the woods. The map on the website shows a 3+miles route that was cleverly looped (like two figure-8s that you get to pass the same 3 aid stations and the start/end area 8 times (4 loops for the Full marathon, 2 loops for the Half). There were humorous signs posting along the course: Prefontaine's Car pointing to a discarded junked auto in the woods, Alien's Trip Wire on downed tree/branch/root, End of World Shelter next to a cement silo. The aid stations had aliens, zombies, skull/skeleton bones on the table dividing the water from the gatorade. The good part is you get to pass and high-five fellow runners and families numerous times. The bad part is you're very tempted to quit each time you run to the start/end where the volunteer direct you to either go left to the finish shute or right to run another loop of 6.8 miles! :)
We got to the start with 45 min to pick up the chips, use the pop and mingle with friends and fellow runners. Temp was 34, calm and the sun was rising as a layer of fog drifted over the ponds. The announcer was enthusiastic and mentioned that those ran yesterday on the END of the World Marathon got a taste of running an ultra as the course was 2 miles longER and many "crazies" are back for the DAY AFTER end of the World! Me and Larissa's friends who all ran their very first half-marathon ever!
The Marathon started on time at 8am after Ms. Waverly Walker (very appropriate name) sang the National Anthems, followed by the Half at 8:15. I jumped in a minute later towards the back of the pack.  No one seemed to be in a hurry. In fact we came to a dead stop of traffic jam when we dropped down thru a single tract of packed mud. :) The course was marked with arrows and orange tapes but I just followed the throng of people in front of me. The mile markers were few and not helpful. We reached the east side of the lake before mile 2 and could hear the start of the Half. Mile 4 was at the east and back side of the condo and as I rounded the building I saw hubby sitting in a lawn chair. I was confused thinking that the first loop was so short but then quickly realized that it was just half of the figure 8 loop! I dropped off my jacket and head band to hubby as the temp rose! There were many sections of loose dirt and fine sand that caused blisters to form on my big toes. When I reached the end of the first loop back to the start area, I sat on hubby's chair to doctor the feet. Had to do this two more times. Start of 2nd loop (mile 7), 3 more loops to go! :) WaHooo!
 The End of the World race shirt is black shown on this guy whereas the Day AFTER End of the W. shirt is purple and the hat shown on me is a cheery bright yellow! :)  
Larissa caught up to me after I stopped at the aid station. We ran 2+ miles together and I let her go when she had 5K left to go. She finished in 2:13, 3rd in her AG. I am so proud of her. This is her very first half marathon. She just wanted to run it for fun with me! :)
Brandon cheered Larissa in at the finish then left to take the kids home and to the airport to pick up David. Here's my beautiful daughter with that gigantic medal! :) 
Julianna, Beth, and Jill (not pictured here) finished around 3:04. I got to high five them 3 times as they ran pass on the opposite direction. So proud of these young mothers! :)
Fueling with half of a PB&J sandwitch, orange slices and water at the start/end aid station. Half way done! YaHOOO!!!  I found the pops behind the condo vacant each time I ran by so I went in for a 60 sec break (4 times) ! :) Hubby waited for me (after the first loop) at the aid station on the west side of the lake
to run the mile in to the finish with me. He did this three times! :) My legs were fried and my right ITB started to hurt from mile 15 on. I did the run/walk 4/1 min thing and walked thru the aid station every mile. Me and the two amigos around mile 19. I was so looking forward to sitting down in a chair to empty the sand/dirt off my socks and shoes!
At mile 20+ the volunteer shouted out directions to go left for the finish or right for another 6.8 mile loop. Each time he saw me go right, he'd cheered enthusiastically. This time, hubby urged me to go left. But I was too stubborn. My watch showed that I've run exactly 4 hours. It was very tempting to call it quit. But I was determined to FINISH this thing even if I had to crawl. Hubby and daughter were questioning my sanity or lack of it! :) My knee hurt so bad that I desperately needed some drug. I was in such a delirious state that I forgot about the stash I had put in my shirt pocket the night before. I asked a pack of three runners passing me if they had any ibuprofen. The guy in bright pockadots tights gave me two Tylenol. :) My shins started to cramp with 5K to go. I ran past a guy who was struggling. So I encouraged him to jog with me. He is in the Army and this is his second marathon. He is from Alabama. His brother lives in Salt Lake. Chatting with him about what motivated him to run and about his 2013 running goals helped both of us finish together without walking other than thru the aid stations. I was so HAPPY to see hubby at the last aid station with a mile to go. He ran me in to the finish together! :) That gigantic medal came in a silk lined box weighing 1.1 pound.  There were hot pizza, cookies and soda for all to enjoy at the finish. I had a lot of fun running this, my 10th marathon of the year. Larissa waited patiently for me and even took video of me and her dad running together to the finish.
They also gave us smiley squeezies with our finish positions written on the back. Although we both placed in our individual divisions...As stated on the race website: There are no age
group awards because every runner is special. 
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 27.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 3.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 3.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| It was a fun day yesterday running the marathon. We went to a Cafe East, an all you can eat Asian/American/Italian/Mexican restaurant! Jade ate 5 heaping plates of crawfish! silly girl! I had a restless night. Every time I turned or moved, my knee pain would wake me up. I literally rolled out of bed; then hobbled around. Walked with one straight leg! Larissa and her friends weren't even sore! Granted they're in their early 30s and ran half while I'm an old granny! Hahaha! Church was very nice! Larissa played the violin musical number, Gesu Bambino. A mother and daughter spoke of Christ! The Men Choir sang two beautiful numbers, a young girl sang "O Holy Night".
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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The legs felt better today. Larissa, Julianna, Angela, Jade and I went for a walk pushing baby Jett in the jogging stroller. It was fun to hear everyone recap their race. Larissa and I took the children to the park to play then to the movie, "Rise of A Guardian" while the big boys (Larry, Brandon, David and Bryan) went to see "The Hobbits". Then we went for a bike ride. There were butterflies fluttering around and squirrels squirrying around....on Christmas Eve?!!!....ONLY in Kingwood, TX!!!! The weather has been so crazy since we were here. It's warm one day (in the 60s-70s) then very cold (in the 20s-30s) the next day.
After a fun day playing outside, Larissa and I were too tired to cook so Brandon treated us to Chick-fil-A!!!! Then the family did the Nativity complete with angel (Jade), Mary (Larissa), Joseph (Lex) Baby Jesus (Jett), Shepherd (Luke), and the donkey (David). Then we opened one present, pajamas. Then the children did the reindeer dance out on the lawn. We then had hot cocoa and set out food for Santa and the reindeers! :) 
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Shortly after Santa came and the children opened their presents and stockings, the power went out just as Larissa and I were about to put the turkey in the oven!!! A tornado came through Houston snapping down trees and power poles in Kingwood. We waited and waited for the power to come back on. After couple of hours, Larissa called the power company from her cell phone and got a voice message that the power outage may last until Thursday night! Aaaaaghhhh!!!!
Because they experienced Hurricane Ike couple years ago, they were prepared with oil lamps, flash lights, hand-crank radio and a corded phone. Some of their neighbors went to the movies when they found out the theater has power. But because we needed to stay home to wait for our missionary son to call us from Taiwan, we sat anxiously waiting all the while trying to figure how to cook the Christmas dinner without electricity/oven. Steven finally called and we were able to talk to him one at a time on this rudimentary corded phone. He only had 45 min. for the call and with 5 min left, Luke unknowingly pressed the button and hung up on him. You should've seen the disappointed look on everyone's face! Luckily he called back 2 min. later so we could say goodbye! I HATE goodbyes! It was so good to hear his voice although he spoke Mandarin pretty much the whole time. He sounded happy and healthy! :) Within 5 min. of talking to him, the phone line went completely dead! What a Christmas miracle that the phone worked when he called! :) :) :)
We made this dinner on the barbeque (there was just enough propane to finish cooking the roast and dinner rolls) and gas stove which Larissa and Brandon recently bought! Thank God for a new gas stove!!! We put most of the perishable food including the 20lb turkey outside since the temperature was in the low 30s. Crazy how yesterday was so warm that we played in the park chasing butterflies and squirrels and today was SO COLD!!!! Baby Jett was SO ready for dinner, it was 3pm! :) We quickly cleaned up before it got dark, thank goodness there's hot water. With no electricity nor internet service nor heat, we bundled up in blankies, sat around the piano with Larissa playing, we sang Christmas songs, told stories, played hide and seek and went to bed early. We feel so very grateful for the simple things of life, for health and for family!!! :)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
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The power was still out this morning so we all went for an easy jog. It was sunny, a bit breezy, not as cold as yesterday. The stillness of the morning was disrupted by the sound of generators' humming in this otherwise quiet neighborhood.
All of our cell phone batteries were dead or dying so we went to the mall which luckily escaped the power outage. While the big boys tried on shoes and shirts, we roamed the mall looking for electric outlets to plug in our 5 phones!!! The mall was so crowded. We are not a mall-going family so we left.
We had promised the children that we would have a combined birthdays party today for David, Jett and Brandon. David's birthday was yesterday. Yep, he was my best Christmas present, born at 3am Christmas morning 27 years ago. Baby Jett was born 5 weeks early on Dec 27, 2010; and Brandon's birthday is on Dec. 30th. The children want to go to Chuck-e-cheese. We were there for three hours...just enough time to get all the phones charged up!!!
Me and baby Jett riding on a giant painted pony! 
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| Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 2.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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Today is travel day back to Utah. But not before we celebrate Jett's 2nd birthday with cake and all. Thankfully the power came back on. We had the turkey dinner complete with all the trimmings that we were supposed to have on Christmas. Larissa was worried that the turkey would be spoiled since it was left outside for more than 2 days. 
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We flew above snow clouds on our flight home yesterday afternoon/evening. It was so cool to see the mountains, roof tops and lawns completely blanketed with the white stuff. It was close to 10 pm by the time we unpacked and got our ski gear ready. We got up early and were at the ski resort before the lift opens at 9am. Our car temp was 14F!!!! BRRRRR!!!!!
FUN FUN day skiing!!! 
My boys and some of their cousins! It's Asian Invasion on the Solitude ski slope!!!! :) :)
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| A bit warmer today! Yesterday we skied powder. Today we skied corduroy. It was more crowded today than yesterday. We're first on the lift again as usual. Imagine our joy and delight when we got off the ski lift on our second run and saw Karen and Mark!
May be in couple years, baby Skylar will be skiing! 
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| It was 4 degrees this morning!!! Hubby got up early and ready to go skiing!!! I slept in and went to the LC. Everyone and their dogs were at the rec. center. All the cardio machines were taken. Karen and her sister and bro-in-law had already run 18 laps on the track when I jumped in. The track was crowded too. It was fun to pass some of the ladies in my Stake. They thought I was some teenager until I turned to say hello to them! They sure made me feel good! Hehehe! :) Saw Melany on my way down to the pool. We talked about how tough it is to train in this winter weather and road condition for Spring marathons. She is an AWESOME and AMAZING runner! Swam for 45 min. We held our traditional NYEve's family party at my nephew's house this year. For the last 30 years we've had it in a hotel's conference room. It is so much better in a home! :) The highlight of the family program was watching my nephew's video of his summit climb on Mt. Denali in Alaska this past summer with his youngest brother. Wow!!! It's so breath-taking beautiful, so dangerous and adventurous! They captured the avalanche that took the life of two Japanese tourists that fateful summer day. I can only dream of such extreme sport! 2012 has been a good year. Even with two stress fractures I was able to finish the season with decent amount of marathons. I had fun this year making memories and new friends in the running community. On a sad note, a neighbor was put on life support (and died on Jan 2 unexpectedly). She was only 49. Had a minor knee surgery, came home and collapsed on Sat. as a result of a stroke secondary to pulmonary embolus. She was a healthy runner, a loving mother and grandmother. Her whole family played the role of Lehi's family in our Stake's Book of Mormon Fireside this past Nov. Her youngest sons are age 10 and 7. I feel so sad for them! :( Life is fragile. Family is precious!
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| Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1463.46 | 96.67 | 22.45 | 2.00 | 1584.58 |
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| Elixir 5 (charcoal 2) Miles: 111.37 | Elixir 5 (charcoal) Miles: 64.50 | Inspire 5 (5) Miles: 5.00 | Elixir (ski Patrol) Miles: 286.27 | Inspire 6 (green) Miles: 24.01 | Mizuno Ascend 5 Miles: 87.15 | Elixir 5 (charcoal 3) Miles: 228.50 | Elixir 6 (hot Pink) Miles: 135.50 | Saucony Kinvara 2 (pink) Miles: 15.00 | Inspire 7 (yellow) Miles: 370.58 | Elixir 6 (black/pink) Sz 7 Miles: 241.70 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 1080.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 1080.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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