I'm back in the saddle again!

I really thought about getting up and running today but it was the first Saturday since forever that I didn't have any sports for kids or anything else, so we slept in.

Went to the Jazz game last night and by the time we picked up our kids from Jared's moms house and got home, it was 11:15. Fell asleep at 11:45 and woke up at 5:00 to the sound of rain and wind. I was supposed to be to Julie's at 7:00 and I layed there until 6:30 listening to the rain, dreading the run. I called Julie at 6:30 and woke her up because being the blonde I am, forgot to set my clock back. DUH! She informed me that it was only 5:30 so I had another hour to sleep. We decided to meet at the gym at 7:00 and do our run on the treadmill. It was actually a pretty good run. We started out a little slow but picked it up about 6 miles in and then ran a 5k at marathon pace with a 6:58 1/4 mile at the end, followed by a cooldown. Overall pace 8:30. I felt good other than it being SOOOO hot in the gym. There was no airflow and I got really sweaty.

*So, get your laughs but I just played Dance Dance Revolution with my daughter for 45 minutes and WOW! I think it is a great workout. It is like doing a step class.

Went to the gym and did shoulders/biceps/abs. Jumped on treadmill for 6 miles at 8:57 pace. Felt good.

I was so tired this morning so I didn't do anything.

Went to step class (equivelant to 6 miles), followed by back/tris/abs. Felt pretty good. I took an Ambien last night in hopes of getting my sleeping schedule back to normal. We will see.

Okay, let me start with how TERRIBLE I ate yesterday. I did okay until afternoon and then I went crazy with my daughters Halloween candy and then ate Pizza for dinner (Pizza Hut pan style, buttery crust) and bread sticks. Followed by an oreo shake. We were at our neighbors watching WEC Urijah Faber fight (he lost:( ).  I took my half an Ambien and went to bed and was out like a light and actually contimplated not going this morning and then remembered all the crap I ate yesterday and forced myself out. Now I probably only need to burn another 5000 calories today to burn it all off. I will not do that again. I felt so yucky. I think I will take half an Ambien tonight and tomorrow and hopefully I'll be back on my normal sleeping schedule.

Now for the run. Met Julie, Angela and Cheris at Julie's house and ran a 6.2 mile loop up towards the District and back out 11400 So. We witnessed a pretty nasty accident about 1 1/2 miles after we started. Kind of crazy. There were about 4 other cars that stopped to help so we felt like we didn't need to stick around. And besides none of us actually could tell what happened. We just heard a honk and then crash and looked up and saw what the result was. Anyway, I felt really great today until mile 5 and then I had to go potty really bad but made it back to Julie's house. 8:42 overall pace.

Taught my class at the church. I did my normal class for 45 minutes and then did a core class for 20 minutes. They all want me to do a core class each week so I'll be teaching the class for 60 minutes followed by 15-20 minutes of core. Thursdays are going to KILL me.

Today was actually a really great race for me. I had been told this course wasn't a great one but I really liked it. It definately was tough. It had about 5 miles on a gravel road and quite a bit of up hill but also had lots of down. The temp was perfect and I felt good. I really didn't have any expectations for myself today. I haven't worked on speed since SG Marathon and I was really just running this to complete 1 of my 2 Washington County races for the runners series but I felt great and decided to race it.

Mile 1-6:47 Steep downhill

2-6:58 Still down

3-7:29

4-8:18 Uphill on gravel trail

5-8:13 Still up on trail

6-7:32

7-7:43

8-7:18

9-7:24

10-7:23

11-7:28

12-7:33

13-7:21

.1-? I forgot to stop my watch:(

This was a fun day. Angela took 8th overal (women), Kris was first in her age group. We had a great time. Thanks friends:)

Ouch! I am sore today. My calves hurt pretty good, along with my whole back. I felt my lower back muscles from my core class while running yesterday but I am now extremely sore.

 PM-45 minutes Dance, Dance Revolution:) I Kicked my daughters bum!

Went to the gym and did shoulders and biceps. My lower back muscles are sore from the race so I thought I'd hold off on abs until Wednesday.

Treadmill run:

2 miles @ 8:49

2 miles @ 8:41

2 1/2 miles @ 8:34

I felt really good and wanted to keep going but my 2 hours was up dangit. I have been helping my neighbor with weight lifting and it takes more time, so I'm left with less time to run.

PM- 35 minutes Dance, Dance Revoulution. We played on two pads and I played until I got beat by my daughter. I turned my ankle about 15 minutes into it but kept it going.

Met BBK's at Riverton Community Center (nice for me because it is closer to home). We ran down 1300 W. to the S curve and back up by the cemetary. I ran the first part with Cal (glad you came Cal) and the second half with Kelli. Overall pace 8:32. I felt really great.

Went to the gym and did lower body weights followed by 45 minutes on a stationary bike. While playing DDR Monday night, I turned my right ankle and after my run yesterday, I noticed the bottom and side of my foot was hurting. I think those tendons pulled on something (right Michelle M.:). It felt a bit better this morning but I thought I'd better be safe and do a no impact workout today. Soooo, I rode the bike.

I was supposed to get up to go run with the BBK's but when I got up, my foot was still hurting and I don't want to push it and make it worse. I'm doing a cycling class tomorrow so hopefully I'll be okay for Saturday.

Taught my class this morning and it was a good workout. 1 hour of weights and plyometrics and 15 minute core class after. The whole class complained about how sore they were from the core work last week. That's always good to hear.

Went to bed a little late last night. Need to be to sleep no later than 11:00. Went to the gym and did Jen's cycle class. Interval hills and speed. Tough but good workout. Back and Triceps also.

Julie came to my house and we started here. Ran up to 4000 W. and down 13400 So. to 3600 W. and to 12600 So. then to 2700 W. and home. Lots of uphill. The last 2 miles is uphill. Average 8:45. We had a couple of faster miles and 2 that were just over 9:00 but the rest were right around 8:45. We were both tired today and it felt tough.

Went to the gym and did shoulders/biceps/abs. I wasn't feeling too red hot when I got on the treadmill. I stopped at 2 miles because I had a very exhausted feeling. I might try to get my other 4 1/2 miles in later if I feel better.

I got up early and met Peggy, Cheris, Lisa, Nancy (and Duke), and Julie at SJ Park and warmed up for 2.62 (9:13 pace). The rest of the group got there at 5:45 and we ran 6:01 (8:24 pace) then I came home and ran 1.4 with Braydon in 13:00. This was Braydons first time out and he did great. I'm looking forward to these little morning runs I've decided to do with him. Parker wants to join us too but I'll have to see.

Today was a great day. I really felt awesome and very comfortable. I had 4 of my miles that were between 7:55 and 8:10. We'll call those the marathon pace miles. I was thinking it would be nice to run off of feel and not use a watch.

I went to the gym and the step instructor (Ashli) wasn't there. There was a sub but I've done her classes before and not liked them. Anyway, I lasted 25 minutes and had had enough. She was doing tons of dancing type stuff and aahhh, I didn't like it. I'll count 2 1/2 for the 25 minutes, then I jumped on the stairmaster for 2 3/4 miles and finished on the treadmill with an 8 minute mile and cooled down for 1/4. Not the workout I had in mind but it was alright. I would've done more running but I was wearing cross-trainers and didn't dare do any signifiant miliage in them. Finished up with some legs but didn't get to do all I wanted because the child center called me down. Another little boy had thrown a truck at my 2 year old in the face and he wouldn't stop crying. Man my kids are perfect, who's kid was this? J/K! My kids are far from perfect and I'm a far from perfect mom.

Met Julie, Cheris, Lisa and Nancy at Cheris's house at 5:15 for some xtra miles. Did 2 1/2 @ 8:49. The rest of the group got there at 5:45 and we did 6.4 (8:41 pace) HOLY HILLS is all I can say. Lots of hills! Got home and did 1.4 with Braydon in 12:59. 1 second faster than Tuesday. He seemed to feel better than he did on Tuesday also. I'm anxious to see how he improves.

I'm off to the church to teach my class. 1 hour weights plyometrics and 15 minute core class.

I am so tired and sore from Wednesday and yesterday. I forgot what upping the miles does to the energy levels.

Went to thy gym and did a 60 minute cycle endurance class. My hamstrings hurt the whole time. Went out in the gym and did back/tris/abs and stretched and foam rolled for 15 minutes.

I hope to be able to run this afternoon. I have had sick kids. It started Friday night with my 9 year old up throwing up all night and all day Saturday. I went to the gym yesterday and had just finished my lower body weights and got nauseas so I didn't run. I felt quite a bit better this morning but my 2 year old woke up early throwing up sooooo.....hopefully I get some running in somewhere. At least I've gotten some good reading time in:) Since Saturday, I've read Twilight and I'm almost finished with New Moon and I managed to put all my Xmas stuff up.

Step class at gym followed by shoulders. Didn't get to do biceps and abs because the child center called me down:(

Warmed up for 1/2 mile. Felt kind of crappy and this wasn't my best race. It was a PR for a 5k race but not for the distance. I haven't done a 5k race in 4 years!

Mile 1-7:28

Mile 2-7:15

Mile 3-7:15

.1-33 seconds (6:21 pace)

I definately felt my lack of running this week and my stomach was still upset. I had nothing left at the end. I got passed on the sprint by 3 girls! Oh well, it was fun and it was my husbands first race. He had only run a couple of times before and finished in 23:43! I was happy for him.

Oh, and Britta beat me by 23 seconds! YAY Britta!

Well, I looked up the actual race results and it said I did it in  22:14. 1st in my age division and 86th overall, and 14th woman. There were 1686 participants.