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runanjirun   this is a link to my old blog. i switched because i wanted to be able to log my swim and bike miles!

HIT class

veyo loop with Ryan and Tige and few other friends. 

did veyo loop with Ryan

my bday today!!

swam a mile at the shac. swam really late at 8pm. it was cool because scuba divers were there getting passed off and they were all swimming deep below us!

biked veyo loop from the ponds on sc prkway with ryan. very fun ride. still felt sick from 2 days ago. i thought i was going to die a few times because the traffic was soooo bad. i figured out later it was because of the parade of homes! note to self: next yr do not ride the IM course during presidents weekend!

wanted to be lazy today. Ended up going to the pool. i wanted to swim a mile....but i got lazy at the pool too!

yeah!!!! first day back running since injury!!!! i only went 1.66 miles...but felt good. I am following the returning from injury running plan AmberG posted awhile back. so i walked 5 minutes, ran 5 minutes, walked 5 minutes, ran 5 min, walked 5min all on the TM.

ran 20 min on treadmill

ran/walked 30 min on treadmill. then went on a bike ride with my friend becky later in the day. I am excited to get back into running! Still following the return to running injury guide, when running today I felt so good, my foot/ankle didn't bug me one bit. I wanted to run further...but i am trying to stick the the running guide....i just keep thinking...."good things come to those who wait"

ran/walked outside with baby jogger today. I forgot how heavy that is pushing it up hills! excited to run outside and not on treadmill!  

met Mary Matthews @ WCCC & swam. prob did more talking than swmming. it was fun!

ran outside today with baby jogger. ran for 45 min compared to the 30 min I was suppose to run. I ran longer than i was suppose to because of all the construction by my house I had to take a detour. ankle/foot still feels good. (keeping my fingers crossed!)

later did a nice/slow ride with alysson and Kristal

got off work early today. Ryan and I both went swimming at WCCC. We took advantage of the daycare there. It was nice! Swam in the lane next to friend Michael Green and joined him in his sprint workout! holy cow. I thought I was gonna drown on some of those drills! My arms are gonna be sore tomorrow!

ran on treadmill before work

was gonna ride veyo loop with Ryan today. but my kids werent feeling to good and it was so cold outside, I decided to be lazy! later on I swam a mile slowly at the pool. My shoulders/arms are still so sore from swimming thurs night!

ran outside pushing jogger today. nice nice nice weather!

swam at wccc with ryan tonight. I love that they have a daycare there so we can both swim together! it was fun!

swam 1800 yrds with Breanna

walked to park with kids (2 miles). Then after Ryan got home from his bike ride, I did a 2.5 mile easy run...foot feels ok....cant wait to be running for reals again!

parents were visiting today...so we had to take advantage of a free babysitter! Ryan and I did a 70 mile ride. We did the Veyo loop (45miles). I did it in 3 hrs (my fastest time yet!) and then we added on 25 miles! My butt is sooooo sore!

walked to park and back with my kids!  Biked 20 ish miles with Breanna (who is 8 months pregnant btw.......she is amazing!)

ran with babyjogger

met natalie at the pool bright and early! I haven't seen her in almost a yr. good to catch up. Came home and at cookies for breakfast....!

ran 3 miles outside with the jogger. Avg 10 min miles..(what it felt so much harder than that!)....I guess pushing the jogger up those hills is my excuse!! 

I ordered new shoes and they are coming today!!!! yeah!!! 

biked 90 miles today! I did a double Veyo loop of the IronMan course. I did the first loop with Ryan, kristie & new friend tiffany gust. The second loop was just me, my husband and my aunt FLOW!!!

 Sorry TMI.....I know!!  haha ha...it was actually very funny!

The first loop was great. I didnt really feel tired. Halfway into the second loop I was starting to feel it. After climbing all those hard hills I was done...but had like 20 miles left. Thank goodness it was mostly downhill. There was a horrible headwind, so it felt like I was standing still peddling. Ryan was nice enough to slow down, to let me draft off him until we got back to St George, where it was less windy!!! I have an awesome husband!!

Crazy to think I was on my bike for like 7 hrs....I kept thinking that, that is like a whole day of work for most people...so crazy!

Im not in any rush to do this again, think Ill stick to the single loops!  I did however sign up for the Tour De St George in April for the 100 Century ride.

yoga! I am still so sore from the 90 mile ride on saturday! Yoga was nice today!

finally not sore from last weeks bike ride! ran 3 on TM today. Ryan in Las Vegas today doing the LeadMan Tri.....He said it was the Absolute Hardest Race he has ever  done (Even harder than the SG Ironman)...mainly because there were 50mph winds. He thought he was going to either drown or get hit by a car. Im glad I didn't do this race....i had thought about doing it!

ran on Treadmill. Very windy outside today!! Caught up of the conference talks I missed yesterday while I was sleeping!

swam

ran outside...very hot! Foot feels ok!

biked veyo loop all by myself today, from my house!

biked veyo loop with Ryan from ponds. my feet were killing at the end. I think i need bigger bike shoes

swam at the lake...wetsuit and all. oh my gosh, i was not ready for the cold. I knew it was going to be cold, but to experience that feeling of not being able to breath...it was very scary.  A guy that came with us "Sam" about half way, he got very dizzy and disoriented. He wasn't wearing earplugs, so I think the cold water was playing mind tricks. I swam back with him to the shore...he kept asking me questions like..." where am I"  and "am I under water", he also would tell me that he was "scared"....so weird and scarey...it cut my swim short..no worries though.... I  am just glad he is ok! This is a major reason why NOT to do open water swims alone!!!!

swam 2.4 miles at the pool. i thought i was going crazy...but i did it!

Tour De Saint George 101 mile bike race. Yeah! I did it!  I rode the whole way with Tiffany. I had a great time, despite the cold, cold, cold, COLD weather and Rain. I was soaked to the bone! Over half the people dropped out! We must have been the last to arrive, because after we came in, they started packing up!!! 

Tiff and I got a flat tire at the same exact time with only 5 miles to go. Our fingers were so frozen, we couldn't even change our tire. I called Ryan to come and change our tires! He was there in a few minutes (since we were only 5 miles away)...he tempted us by saying he would give us a ride back....but by golly...i came this far, i wasn't going to stop now.  

 After we started for the last descent, it started to POUR...so bad that I wished my glasses had windshield wipers!!!!

 Ryan did it too and finished 2.5 hrs before me, he said he was shocked that when he got done that the car was still there because he thought I would have quit hrs ago and would be at home in a warm bath....I love it when i am underestimated....it makes me look cooler!!!

A warm bath I did take after I got home. In fact I kept refilling the tub with warm water until our water tank was empty!!!!!

Now I am ready for bed!!

holy cow...longest ive done since october!

just 4miles. very slow. Ran in the evening because I wanted to get use to running in the heat, since im sure ill be running in the heat for Ironman! Foot still feels good, I afraid to push it to much before IronMan. Wish I had one more month to train since my foot FINALLY feels on the mend!

swam 2 miles at lake

swam 2 miles at lake with ryan

swam 1 mile at lake with Andrea and then we biked from Sand Hallow and did one loop of IM course. I then came home and biked 7 more miles because Ryan is letting me use his nice wheelset for the IM and I just had to try them out! So hot today! 90+ temp. I just kept drinking tons and tons and tons! I think I drank plenty because I had to pee 4 times on our ride!!! Im getting nervous for IM.....I still havent signed up yet...I love that I can change my mind at any moment!

Still trying to put into words this day..... i keep thinking in the back of my mind I am gonna write down my experience...but i just cant put into words....This is my goal to have it written down soon

biked up snow canyon with ryan

biked up snow canyon with ryan. then ran 2 miles after

ran up in bryan head at family reunion

5 mile loop by my house

ran 9 miles. i got a bit ambitious today!

ran with Nat. 8:50 pace

ran with cheri this morning for first time in a yr. she near killed me. pace 8:37

decided to start blogging again. I was in a rut. I started running again w/o pain in my foot (knock on wood). so i thought Id give it a go again!

ran 5 miles alone. 8:50 pace (this is actually kinda good for me right now, cuz i have been doing 10 plus min miles last few months) 

ran with nat to sand hallow from her house. 9:30 pace

ran 7 with Cheri this morning. It was fun to hear about the Bryce Canyon half and how everyone did...made me jealous a bit I won't lie! Loving the weather and overcast skys!!!!

pace 9:15 

rode out to Kayenta from my house. Road with Tiffany

went to Zumba 

ran 12.5 miles (walked 1/2 mile to make to total of 13 miles) with Cheri, Natalie and Jennifer. Did Old St George half marathon course.

I felt good this whole run until last few miles where I started to poop out!!! Weather is still so awesome!  Good run. 

avg pace 9:19 

My friend asked me to be on her Ragnar Vegas team. I am excited. I have actually never done a Ragnar race so I am double excited!

ran in my hometown Brigham City. Ran by the new temple...so beautiful!

Camping with Family. Did p90x this morning with my brother and then ran 3 miles

did p90x again. I was way to sore to run today!!! 

Went into Yellowstone later to pick up Ryan. Ryan did a 100 mile bike ride in Yellowstone around the lower loop. I was insanely jealous! I wish that I had brought my bike 

p90x again. Did sit ups in the dirt. Ran 4 miles with Ryan

ran with Peg and Nat moss. still a little sore from p90x. avg pace 9:20

ran with krystal and cathy.

came home and did p90x with ryan 

ran with Jennifer Farris today. Very Hot and Humid out, didn't have a dry bone today! pace 9:30

swam at WCCC one mile. Its time swimming since the IronMan.

did P90X "Legs and Back" workout today...I almost died!

sooooooo sore from yesterdays workout that I cancelled my run with Breanna today :(

rode bike to zion with ryan, paul jewkes and kristal beckstrand.  Then later that night since we had a "free pass" we brought our kids back and did a 2 mile hike

ran with cheri and heidi. I was able to keep up till the last mile...then i just coasted home. I probaby could have, but I didn't feel like it.

avg pace 815ish 

was suppose to run 13 with Cheri and Jen this morning. My IT band was killing me....uggg. i only did 6. Made an appt for a massage tomorrow. hope it helps

swam

rode to Quail lake with Breanna. Got a flat tire on the way there....Ugg! I was so happy I was able to do most of it alone. On the way  back I got ANOTHER flat....serious. I was out of a spare tube, so I called ryan to come and pick me up. I was sad cuz I wanted to ride 45 miles today...oh well!!!!!

yoga

yoga

yoga

kettle bell workout .  1 hr

ran with breanna

ran with peg. 830-850ish pace

ride with breanna

ran with noah in jogger

ride with breanna

ride with breanna

kettle bell class. then yoga

ran with noah in stroller

ran with noah in stroller

salt to saint relay over 2 days.  so tired! way fun!

yoga with breanna

ran with cheri

ran  6 with peg. pace 813. did kettle bells class. yoga at night

ran course with peg

gillian michaels workout

sooooo sore from yesterdays workout.. what was i thinking. i am doing the sg marathon on saturday. i havent trained so i guess its ok, since i am in it just to finish. but i didn't think i would be THIS sore!

ran 3 really easy miles with breanna in hopes to loosen my soreness from mondays workout.

later i got a massage, it helped some! 

yoga, still sore, but tollarable. i can't believe im gonna attempt the sg marathon with no training and being sore. rubbed my butt and quads down with essential oils in hopes to relieve the soreness

Woke up this morning and legs felt better. Still regretting doing that workout on monday. Jillian Michaels is so hardcore!

I decided a few weeks ago to go ahead and do the marathon. I haven't been training at all. Since the Ironman I had NO desire to do anything. About the end of July I decided to start running again. well mid august, my infamous IT band started to hurt. So, I decided to just ride my bike and forgo the marathon. There is always another year! 

Well my neighbor and friend Breanna (who just had a baby and 2 surgeries in the last 3 months) decided to do the marathon. She is an AMAZING triathlete, but this was her first marathon. So I decided that I would do it with her. We ran a few times. I think her longest run was 10 miles, mine was like 12 ish.

The morning of the race woke up. Ryan and Breanna and I rode the bus up together. A few days before the marathon Breanna was having doubts about finishing the race. She told me that she was running with her phone, and was probably going to call her husband to get her at half way. (I was totally ok with that, but if I wasn't going to do the whole thing with her, I just decided to do my own thing).

This race was fun for me. I was NOT nervous one bit. I didn't care what my time was, I was just gonna run off of FEEL! I had NO expectations....I loved it!

I just finished using the porta potty when the race began. I jumped in and started to run. I actually had no idea if I was in the front pack or back. I just started to run a pace I liked. I saw a few friends pass me. Cheri and Jaime Egbert. So I realized I was in the front of the pack. These are fast girlies...so I slowed way down!

Around miles 8-14 I kept wondering WHY is this considered a downhill course...I was going a gradual uphill for 5 miles and it was sooo HARD. I just kept plugging away, but was waiting for the downhill!

Around mile 16ish, the 3:35 pacer past me.... good heavens. I didn't even know that I was running that pace. It did feel good, I wasn't overly tired. I just felt it in my legs. I tried staying with them until about mile 19ish. Then decided it was just to much to keep running that pace. My legs were so heavy...I had energy...but legs so heavy (this is wear I was cursing Jillian Michaels name oh ya, and mine for trying to go a faster pace on NO training!)  

At this point I was about mile 22ish. The 3:35 pacer was out of view, but I decided to just keep plugging away and maybe I could get in the 3:40 range. I just wanted the race to be over!! My IT band started rubbing BAD....but I thought if I walk, its just going to prolong this torture, so I kept plugging away!

At the top of Diagonal st is Ryans moms house. I ran past and said HELLO. They wanted me to stop to take a picture. I actually probably would have, but I was afraid I couldn't get my legs going again. I knew if I could just bare with it for 2 more miles...I would be soon done!

Crossed finish line at 3:44. Yeah I was DONE! I am pleased with my time considering my LACK of training. My quads and hips are so sore. I don't think I have even been this sore from a race in my life. I didn't feel tired mentally, it was all physical!

Later someone told me that I missed qualifiying for Boston by 4 minutes. I was like, NO I missed it by 9 minutes. Since I am 33, I was to get under a 3:35. They told me that this time is good until 2014 Boston RACE. and in 2014 I will be 35 yrs old, So I only needed under a 3:40.  What!!!!! how come I dont pay attention to such important details...

Oh well, I am totally happy with my race and have no regrets, I think I did great especially with no training. It actually made me excited to train for a marathon again in the future, cuz maybe I could do even better! And althoug it was fun. Maybe next time if I don't train, I will just run it for fun and not try.   I am gonna regret life for the next week or so...

I am terribly sore! 

first form of exercise since marathon! swam slow at pool...need to get out of my lazy slump!

walk/ran 5 with pushing jogger

25-30 ish miles with breanna and heath burchinal. they were doing the tour de SG. i just jumped in and joined them at the end

ran with baby in jogger

ran with baby in jogger

walk/run with lisa

loop with peg and cheri. they kicked my butt. i fell back last couple miles.

8:01pace

10 with courtney, heidi and pegg. my hip flexor started to bugg again. so i walked at the end! bummer. got a massage today and he said it was in a spasm... went to yoga after trick or treating with the kiddos.

swam 1800. why do i always feel like i am drowning after not swimming for awhile. got into the groove, just in time to be done!!! felt good today!

swam in am. then went to HIT class at  HK cycling. 

yoga

ragnar. so fun. no sleep!!

yoga

yoga

yoga