Fast Running Mommy

Feeling more like myself...but not 100%. Ran with Adrianne...she is such a good friend.

3 by myself...felt good enough to pick up the pace a tiny bit on the second mile....

Ran with Adrianne again...she's great company...the run goes by fast and i don't have a chance to think too much

3 miles chatting with Adrianne

9:51 pace..felt tired the last 1.5 miles but not too bad...overall very good run

4 easy miles with Adrianne pushing her son Will for 2 miles and I pushed the last 2 miles

I always have a good time running with her. 

warmed up a mile at 10;45 easy easy ran 2mile tempo with first mile in 8:28 and second mile in a smoking (well..forme) 7:52...cool down a mile can't remember the spilt but who cares anyway...I'm excited to be getting in better shape but for me that usually means I'll be pregnant again soon....yes we do want more and no we aren't crazy...just crazy about our kids.

felt a little tired today from being up half the night the other night...Joseph had 103.6 fever and I woke up about every hour to make him drink and keep him hydrated....it worked...his fever was gone in the morning. I'm learning a lot about natural healing but it doesn't always leave me energy for running the next day...

I have a race tomorrow that I was supposed to train through but I decided to taper a little bit and ran less...also I guess part of me was saving energy for the weed war in our front yard....a little old lady lived here and never really weeded very well..not that we ever weeded perfectly at our old house(well..I think I weeded better when I wasn't pregnant)

I got the garden planted with...are you ready... chives,cucumbers,dill, green beans, peas, peppers, tomatoes and zuchini, I can't spell that ....

I also weeded the entire front yard (not all today....it's taken me like two weeks of a little bit here and a little bit there) and planted petunias around the flag pole and along the lovely cement border by the bushes....

Of course I won't try and keep up the Jones' or that is the Johnson's across the street who probably spent $600 on gorgeous potted elaborate and luxurious combinations of flowers and ivy and whatever they put in those things....It's nice to look at but sheesh...I'll stick with my $10.00 worth of lovely red petunias.....we'll see how they survive my care...

more about running tomorrow after my race..hope it goes well....It will just be a training run since I'm not quite ready to go fast.

Had a perfect race...to make up for my perfectly miserable one a couple of months ago.

My training partner Adrianne raced against Benjamin...he beat her by 34 seconds!! They both ran awesome races and beat me by 5 minutes!!

I was really happy with my race. The first three miles was uphill....I took it easy and didn't have a hard time with it...then on the downhill I had to pace myself from flying through the rest and I felt wonderful....Sasha says it was equal to a PR because of the difficulty of the course. cool...........

4 easy miles with Adrianne and Will (her baby)

Had a nice tempo run tonight. Got out kind of late because Sasha was at a meeting for church tonight. He walked around with the babies the entire 40 minutes I was gone....what a guy!!

I tried to do a tempo run because I was feeling very good today actually.

It's fun to be getting into shape....I think I experienced the perfect Runner's High today....I know why James has that as his blog name...I feel super...I'm thinking clearly and feeling on top of the world...and it's 10:30 at night.

I did the first mile in 10:30 or so and then picked up to 9:10 and then ran the next mile in about 8:30 (Sasha stole The Toy aka Garmin before I could look at my times ). Ended with a 10:00 mile feeling good. The best part is that first I recovered well from my race and second my heart rate was low and relaxed the whole time...yay.....

What is up with  my crazy body?? Yesterday I felt great...so much energy. Today I needed oxygen or something....I felt 85. I ran two very slow miles this morning and never got my energy back until we had a hearty dinner of meatballs and buckwheat...yum...my kids told me it was the best dinner they'd had in a month.

Then I ran 2 more miles after I dropped the car off at the car shop ....felt pretty lousy but I wasn't surprised...I guess I'm paying for a tempo run yesterday and a great race on Saturday.

So....should I start blogging my organ practice in here like Lybi's piano notes??

I am the ward organist in our little area here in Provo. That means I have the responsibility to prepare three to four hymns 3 Sundays a month..the other organist only plays once...no fair but they are trying to give me more experience...or more heart attacks.

I don't like playing in front of people. I always called myself a closet piano player...didn't want anyone to know that I could do it. So of course Sasha has to tell the bishopbric in this ward that I play the organ (our first Sunday there). By the first ward activity I had a new calling.

I practiced 25 minutes today...worked on a prelude number and  two of the hymns for next Sunday.

I was also working on a T-shirt design for my mom and dad today. I had all the kids smear their little hands with fabric paint and plaster their handprints on shirts for my parents. I'm gonna write a message that says, " Hands Down...World's Greatest Grandma/ Grandpa. 

Today was much better. I felt pretty good and got a lot done around the house.

Adrianne has a sore hip....Sasha thinks it's a nerve...Anyway, she's worried she won't be able to run with it...I may lose my training partner....I hope not...not that I'm starting to run more miles. 

We took turns pushing her baby again today. She's way faster than me without him but I'm actually a little better at pushing it. Except on hills..she's better on hills with and without the stroller. It's interesting to see what different bodies can do.

Benjamin is kicking me off so he can do his blog.... 

felt good...helped Adrianne push the baby again

Adrianne wore her "Junior High" shorts to go with the theme we had chosen for our long run on Saturday...only we didnt' do a long run because it got late and she's been having hip problems and we called it good at almost 4.

We had plans to tell stories about Junior High...She told me about the crush she had on...uh...forgot his name and how she lied about his locker being hers and told the office it was broken and she couldn't get into it so she could put presents in it on his birthday.

We shared some camp stories....I told her about the time I almost broke my back when I was climbing on top of a telephone pole as part of a Ropes course. I jumped off funny (we had harnesses on to catch us) and hit the pole with my back on the way down.

Luckily I hit the muscle on my back and did not injure my spinal cord.

She told me about her most embarassing moment in Junior High when she volunteered to sing in front of her entire eigth grade class and squeaked on all the high notes of "You are My Sunshine"

I told her about the time I was almost kidnapped as a child. I was out early in the morning closing my back gate and was picked up by a man waiting behind the fence for me....I've gotten over it mostly but please DON"T honk at me while I'm on my run....I have a horrible startle reflex. I also really hate it when people jump out from behind anything and scare me....especially fences but walls work too....My brother delighted in doing this to me often while we grew up.

Next long run we are moving onto High School stories although we may have to revisit Junior High because I don't think we really covered it completely.... 

Nice normal run today..no theme of discussion....we tried to plan when we are going to run on Saturday...It's hard being married to Sasha in the summer and finding a good time for both of us to get our long run in before it gets hot.....

tempo run 8:41 and 8:06....best part was that I felt really good on the last half and did a 1:58 and then 1:54 quarter ......even better I wasn't tired today after the run..it's that part of running that gets to me...although Sasha says I'm probably tired from something else and I just blame it on my run....any takes on that?

I'm going to kill Sasha!! He's got me on a 4 mile a day diet and I hate it...okay...had to vent. I know it's good for me and I'm okay with it..I"ve just been tired again today and my nervous system shut down. I feel fine now and have all sorts of projects on my mind that I can't wait to do. I've embarked on making all five of my little cherubs matching pajamas. I'll make easy shorts and tops for them out of midnight blue with silver stars. They will look adorable....i can't wait to get started.

Let's hear it for Sarah...I did 4 again today....I think next week to survive this cruel and unusual punishment I'm going to go slower on my tempo run  as my body gets used to the mileage. I'm excited to get in better shape...

four easy miles by myself. My running partner's high school friend is visiting so she decided not to go today. It was nice to just kind of zone out and not think...just run.

I think I'll handle the four miles a day well if I cut down my tempo runs to nine minute mile pace instead of 8....I've just been too dead the day after to function as supermom....every mom is a supermom I believe.....reading stories, cleaning, nuturing...all the things we do each day.  

Ran with Adrianne around the block 12 times!!! Sasha was gone to a race so I couldn't leave the kids....just kept running past the house to make sure it wasn't on fire.

We had a great run. I think we are going to just take it easy on the 10 mile run and have fun.    

Ran by myself early this morning. Felt good...a little tired from waking up early but all in all a good day. Had a barbeque with ArmyRunner Ted Leblow and his family. They have a lovely home here in Provo and 4 beautiful children.

Didn't get enough sleep last night...I have to say that smelling my husband's running socks is cruel and unusual punishment and I am more dedicated to getting to bed early.

ran easy and enjoyed it 

Ran by myself again today at 6:00 a.m.

Sasha and I are following Libby's good example and trying to get in bed by 10:30. I got up at 6 and did my run early..I love getting out early because the day goes much better for me if I'm ahead of schedule.

I'm almost done painting my kids growth  charts!!! I just have to do some finishing touches on Joseph's.