Training to be Skinny

Okay, it has been a while since I wrote anything. I have really hit a mental wall this year. I am so thankful for all my friends who have there to keep me treking along. Between Amy cook, Angie Beebe, Katie Thompson, Jodi Brunson(not a runner), and otherrunners in the community everyone has helped pick me up. I have been struggling mentally in every race. I recently tried to defeat Ogden marathons course again and never had the goal to win (although you always think it would be nice) but mostly i wanted to have a good experience. I made a rookie mistake of not pacing myself but going off of my friend for the first 3 and even though I dropped back my pace was still to fast. I was hurting bad at 15 and struggled to 23, and made the decision to drop out. I felt like I had nothing to prove by finishing the distance and since I was far off of a good time and really walking parts of it by then I just wanted to pretend like it was a really bad dream.

I am so grateful to all those who sought me out after. For all the hugs and the tears and the words of encouragement. I have decided to stick with what I know best which is half marathons, and maybe I will do some 50 milers every once in a while. =) So here is to the start of new training, new confidence building (one race at a time), and to have fun again. I hope to see ya at Utah Valley Half Marathon!

Ran with Amy in windy South Weber. It is amazing how annoying wind can be but with friends you hardly realize its there. Easy recovery run.....with a couple of bathroom breaks.

Definitely didn't plan to go this far, but the opportunity rose and I took it. My kids went to Grandmas for a few days so this was my last morning with no massages to do. I ran 55mins with Katie and lifted in the parking lot with my friend Sue and then ran 70 mins with Missy, Alydia, and Anna (elite masters group). Then we went to breakfast an I got an omlet and pancakes. My idea morning! I Love running.

I ran with Amy today. As we were about to take off she said, "So I was thinking about doing 200m hill repeats today. Is that okay?" I must have had this look on my face because she then said, "Well just a thought." I recovered quick and agreed. I convinced her to use this trail that goes uphill between these two houses. This is no ordinary trail. There are stairs, steep drop offs switch backs, roots over grown plants, the sound of a stream alongside it, and boulders you have to run over. The trail is about 600m long and I have done hill repeats before on it. So we did 200m hard up, jog down, and turn around and repeated 8 times. It was pretty awesome...in a intense pain sort of way. I loved it!

Amy and I decided to do our long run on Friday since she was leaving for Cali and I was running with an old friend in Provo who isn't ready to go longer then 8 miles. Traisl in Ogden we awesome....just sayin....

Ran with my old friend Katie Bowen Wood. Love this girl! Running with her reminded me of my cometitive fun side. Where lifting was just for fun. I told her I wish I lived closer because I know I could talk her into doing all kinds of crazy things.=) I actually really enjoyed just running the streets of provo. Super stoked for Utah Valley half!

10 miles on the trail in 80 degrees at 7:15 at night! Can I just say how much I love the Ogden trails!! Only trails can be pleasant in this heat after 3 hours in the pool with the kiddos. Now on to my elk burger mmmmmmmm.

I was going to workout but was feeling pretty sick to my stomach....ugh can't wait to be done being a girl for the month. Took two biferol iron pills with orange juice hoping this will help my sluggish feeling.

8 miles on trails with a big group!e have so many runners in Ogden its a shame we never get together. I am going to try and do better get in contact with people to run. Quads are so exhausted. I think I need a deep deep deep massage on them and a good ice bath. I also think I will take off the next few days which will be hard because I want to run but I don't want to feel dead all the time so I need to be smart. I also started the 3 day ab challenge thats floating around on facebook. Just thought I give it a shot. Always looking for a new challange. Happy running!