shirts...

i decided to just post the shirt to the zazzle website and let you all order it from there if you want it... see it on the right? hope that's ok!! sorry it took me forever...

A good Samaritan!

So remember the whole lack of motivation thing? Yeah issues. Anyway, Monday didn't happen and I started feeling REEEAAALLY guilty. Especially when Aaron leaned over that night and asked me if I thought I was even going to be able to DO the run. So I knew I had to get out there today. My neighbor was nice enough to come over and watch Z so I could go while he napped. I brought my cel so she could call me if she needed to. I did 4 miles with the dog and it was good. My foot fell asleep but not for too long, it was a nice cool day and it felt good to be out there and not be slacking. Then I got home and after my neighbor left, I realized something. My phone was no longer in my pocket. My new phone. The phone I got when I LOST my last phone. The phone that Aaron made me feel SOOO guilty for having to get. The THIRD phone I've had in the 3 years since I've been with Aaron. I knew I was screwed. I was running down on the trail by the middle school which had just gotten out. Surely some little 7th grader had already scooped it up. And they were probably texting people or doing something else that would cost me a fortune. I debated. Do I wake the baby up and go back out on the trail to look for it? Do I try to get Aaron to call it and pray that a NICE kid scooped it up? Do I go get a neighbor kid and tell them I'll give them $20 if they can find it on the trail? I didn't even want to TELL Aaron but I was desperate. I asked him to call the phone. He did. And someone answered! A nice old woman who was riding her bike on the trail with her husband had seen it and picked it up. AND, so I wouldn't have to wake up my baby, she rode it over to my house to return it! How nice it that!? It really made my day, and made me realize that there are really great and wonderful people out there. The woman probably thought I was nuts because I was practically CRYING about her returning my phone. She was so sweet about it. Anyway, it was a happy ending to my day. I have to get two fillings tomorrow but I really hope I can get out there one more time before my girls' weekend to Vegas and then I think I can get in a semi longish run in Vegas with Michelle.

wow.

that was a rough run. it was raining this morning, and even though my mom had offered to watch o while i ran 5 miles, i didn't feel good about doing it in the rain. i just knew it would be my luck to slip and break my ankle or come down with a serious cold (like the one clint currently has). so, i waited it out and hoped it would clear up. i hit the road around 7:00 tonight, not giving me too much time before dark, but i was still aiming for 5 miles. since i didn't map out a course, i just kept running until i felt like i needed to head back to safety. (even though our area is super safe, it still freaks me out to be out alone at night.) the first 20 minutes were reallllly rough. my feet felt like they weighed 50 lbs each and i had a gnarly side cramp (probably since i had eaten only 30 min prior). i finally got into a groove, but still haven't felt like i've had a "good" run in about a week and a half. in the end, i only got in 4 miles and am a little discouraged that i've hit a bit of a wall lately. any advice???

that's it... i'm moving!

the treadmills at our gym are out of order again. i guess i'll just have to move. like maybe to rexburg.
since the elipticals were being used by other disgruntled night exercisers, i decided it was the bike or nothing. not a big fan of the bike, but i knew i had to get my muscles going somehow. i thought i'd go 4 miles on the bike, but that didn't take very long, so i just went for a half hour. 7 miles or something. biking uses totally different muscles and although my quads feel like they just got a major workout, i am not sweating, not dying of thirst, and overall it doesn't even feel like i just did cardio. weird. running rocks. back at it tomorrow i guess.

need i say more?

but you know i will...
pretty good run today. i was definitely feeling it after only running once this week in an attempt to rest my feet. i have switched shoes to the ones i got to rotate in, but since they have better cushioning i think i will wear them race day.
anyhow- amy already wrote about our run and there were definitely good and bad about it. it was not near as easy as the 9 we did a few weeks ago, it seemed to be ridiculously hot for the am, and a lot hillier than we had hoped for. but, in the end, we made it, and i am sooo glad! i have been starving and exhausted all day as a result, but i feel good about just adding 2 more miles to that. no biggy!
one thing amy forgot to mention was her husband's comments on how we looked (and smelled) when we got home. he mentioned something about a gatorade ad (lots of sweating). this is what i think he meant:

don't you think?

Long time no post

Well, I feel like I haven't posted forever, maybe I haven't. I feel like I've been slacking a little and today I was thinking it was because I didn't have the pressure to report to anyone and that was bad for me. Also, I just wish the race was like two weeks ago or something, I am having a really hard time staying motivated.

This week and last were uneventful. I feel like my new shoes are giving me some issues so I think I might have to take them back. The foot falling asleep thing is worse than ever and so frustrating. I'm also getting a weird pain in one toe which I think might have to do with the shoes. I am going to switch back to my old ones until I figure something out.

I did 7 today and even though I would have really liked to do an 11 mile or more one I had a CPR class at 8 am and I knew it just wasn't going to happen. And next weekend I'll be in Vegas. Then the next week is the week before the race, can I run a really long run the week before? Do I want to? Should I? Should I just say 10 is good enough? I am a little nervous about this.

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where do I begin? how about where we began at around 7am this morning....11 miles from home! jess and I had a good run & kept a good pace (10 1/2 min. miles). I will say that my body knows that we ran a long one today. I am feeling like I just want to lay on the couch and take a nap. All in all it was great -the weather was nice (though it could have been a bit cooler) & no major hiccups along the way. we are ready to tackle this half...but still need to wait the 3 weeks until it is here. I am excited that the longest of of our long runs is complete. I am grateful to have such a great running buddy (thanks, jess!) & for all the detailed conversations we have along the way to help pass the time. we are lucky to live in such a beautiful area where we can catch glimpses of the waves crashing in the ocean to help keep us in good spirits. most of all, I am happy to check this 11-miler off the training schedule - done, complete, finished......HOORAY!

(just to spell it out for ya)