Fast Running Mommy

Happy June everyone!! I'm so glad it's finally warm but I have a sinking feeling that when it gets cold in say October I'm going to be very depressed....Of course I will have a new baby to keep me busy so I'm sure I won't mind the cold too much.  

I'm thinking of starting a food journal on here so you all can see the way the Sasha family eats and if you are interested I can share some of the more complicated recipes I make but haven't posted on the healthy recipe website.

I'm not really what you would call a "chef" but I do have a unique way of making things for the diet we have chosen to eat.  I also have learned how to incorporate a lot of food storage type foods into our diet. I developed a menu plan that varies the type of food storage food we eat and also plans for easy days and hard days of cooking..I'm not interested in cooking all the time. One weird thing we do is we don't really eat leftovers....sometimes but not always. If you are big into leftovers my plan could be altered. 

Alot of what we do is fairly repetitive because both of us are happy eating some of the same things over and over. For instance we eat pretty much the same breakfast everyday...sometimes the fruit we do (or don't) put on top varies. Basically we eat either raw oats with fruit or homemade granola on top (or just agave for sweetner) or oatmeal.  Sometimes I make things like apple crisp, pancakes or waffles but this is usually according to mood or maybe when I can tell the kids are tired of oats.

I'll write more later...gotta go make breakfast speaking of.... 

Felt better today than yesterday. I got a lot done on my picnic blanket I'm making. It's almost entirely out of old jeans and pants. I cut up my very very very very very favorite jacket that I wore almost every day in Russia (during the summer..it was cold there) and almost every day on my runs for years when it was cold. I'm sure I kissed my boyfriend in Moscow in this jacket and did lots of other memorable things. (Sasha was not my boyfriend while I lived in Moscow...he likes to hear about past boyfriends however because it reminds him that he won and somebody else was in the race) 

I cut the jacket up because the strings came out of it somehow and it would be veeeery difficult to fix and is unwearable without them. Anyway..I can't wait to explore good places for picnics this summer. We have a plan to combine the evening runs with park/picnic adventures along the trail.  

I wanted to turn around early today so I'd get back for Sasha to get to the temple on time. I ended up making myself do all of it partly because I saw Luc and Amanda and that cheered me up and inspired me to keep going. 

Didn't feel like going around the block but once I got started it felt okay and I had a good run. 

For some reason my legs were really tired today and I just didn't have the mental power to force myself through the pain. The annoying thing is that now about 1 hour after I've stopped they are still hurting. Ah...the joys the pregnancy. 

I really like being pregnant for the most part because I'm happy to think of the baby... 

I might have gone more like 4.6-4.8 today ...not sure. It was raining hard in my window of time to run today so I opted for the indoor track since Sasha was actually running later today...thank goodness I didn't have to run around the block in the rain...I think I would of had another low mileage day.

My legs hurt for the first half an hour. I sped up for the last half to a nice brisk pace and even started passing people that had been lapping me my first 2 miles...I always wonder at this stage if people realize I'm pregnant or just think I'm fat.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

If you divide my time by two I went really fast today...I'm still struggling with the sore legs. Funny but my legs feel better at the end of my run. I'm going to start taking magnesium and see what that does for me. I really want to keep doing 5 for as long as possible but pushing through the first part is wearing me down. 

I got to do over half my run on the trail today because Sasha offered to run around the block for part of his run. What a gentleman.  

I miscalculated a little bit at the end again. My legs were sore for 4 miles today instead of the usual 2.5 or so...Felt great the last mile. 

Yay!! My legs didn't feel like they were horribly sore today. Maybe the magnesium I took the other day helped. I bought some pure magnesium at good earth and not knowing what I was doing downed the stuff straight. It mildly suggests on the back to take it with water......They should have put a warning label that said, " Warning: Burns like heck and some other things if you don't take with water!!!" ...or something like that. It burns....ouch...definitely needs to be watered down for human consumption. 

Felt fairly good today..no major leg issues..just the normal complaints...a ligament here a contraction there...Good stuff..looking forward to a full busy happy day. 

Great day...no leg complaints at all really. Ran under 59 minutes...which is great for me these days. 

Sasha and I knew it would kind of mess up my run for me to go to the Heart of Holladay...but I really wanted to see some of the bloggers...be out in the morning sun with my kids...and cheer everyone on. I was happy to see the people I did and so happy that Kim got into St. George 

All 5 around the block..My legs were average this morning. I've noticed when they start to tighten up that it helps to stop for a second and just shake them out. Sasha ran the last lap with me and that was kind of fun....it always gets on my nerves how he checks his watch whenever we run together though...I have to yell at him about it sometimes and make him just talk to me. 

Today was one of those days where I had to remind myself that running is still good for this ol' body of mine. I remember the first time I ran 4 miles...a few years after Sasha and I were married. I remember feeling like I could run a marathon after that first "long" run. I remember when I started getting faster and the sheer awe I felt that my body could do something that I didn't know that it could. I do like staying in shape...even pregnant. I'd like to think this is my healthiest pregnancy ever. I ran five miles a day on and off with Juila's but I wasn't as consistent. That was before I was diganosed with hypothryoidism and before my energy levels and confidence in myself changed dramatically...it's been an interesting ride these last few years. It's been nice to have running as a constant in my life because I've seen that even though in some ways I really feel like I'm getting older my running shows that things are fine...nice

Had to stop mid run to take care of kids waking up. Finished up later but it was getting hot and that scorching morning heat made me stop and walk a bit. Pretty good run though...not too fast but not super super slow. 

I can't believe my luck today. Luc (LuzyLew) met up with Sasha on the trail and can to my house to meet me. She was also nice enough to run with me the rest of my run. I ran 1.7 by myself around the block and then another 2.3 with her and 1 mile back home by myself. We were talking a little bit about mental running...something Sasha had said to her. I think there really is a science of running psychology that would be interesting to study. Running with her today I ran way faster for longer than I usually do by myself....and I went on my least favorite set of hills on the trail 4 times without even noticing. My legs didn't hurt and everything felt wonderful. Hmmmmmm....

Thanks for a great run Luc (sp? sorry..)

I had the funniest dream last night. I dreamt that my friend Sara Jarvis and I met up for a run. She is 32 weeks pregnant and still running (she is a national level triathlete). We had so much fun talking together that we ran 19 miles without even noticing.  The next day (in my dream) was even better. We ran 25 miles chatting away without a care in the world. I knew Sasha would be impressed when he saw my Garmin. Do you think he noticed I was gone for 6 hours?

In real life I ran 5 miles on the trail and had tired legs the whole time...except when I ran into Luz again (still not sure on the spelling) and we ran 1.5 together at the end and I enjoyed learning more about her. You are good for me Luz...I feel calmer around you...nice effect you have on people.

and very very slow...no motivation today...don't know if even Sasha can talk me into running more later today....just not wanting to deal with the sore legs later.
 

I had to walk the last little bit. I didn't get quite enough sleep last night and just felt my body shutting down on the last little bit there. Walked home...kept trying to run but felt it wouldn't be a wise thing for my overall health today. As a busy mom I've learned to think about that and not use all of my gas up on any one thing. 

I had a brilliant idea I wanted to share with any other moms out there today. I've always been kind of annoyed with the millions of flowers my kids bring me..annoyed mostly because I really don't know what to do with them and I feel bad breaking their tender little hearts beause I'm not overjoyed at the present. Well...my brilliant idea is to be overjoyed at every little flower they bring me because I'm going to start a pressed flower collection of all these little treasures. I don't know if I'll buy a flower pressing kit in the future but for now I'm just going to use the heaviest book I don't read (I used to do it in this huge book of Pushkin's poetry that I knew I'd never get around to reading) Now I can be delighted every time they bring me a flower that is too small to put in a cup of water for a couple of days...I'll press it and start a wonderful collection of happy childhood memories....beautiful idea...isn't it? 

slow start felt okay most of run...a little tired at the end. i feel pretty good today..mowed the lawn when I came home but I'm paying Benjamin to clean up the grass

The garmin only said 4.8 when I got home but I turned around in the same place as I always do...I love for Sasha to have running partners but it's also nice to go on the trail for the whole way because his partner is out of town and he could go later. 

Same ol thing today..sore legs and then stop and go feeling good the rest of the run. I'm wondering how much longer I want to do this to myself but in the end I realize that I really feel better when I've had a good run in the morning.  

Started out slow again and felt good towards the end. I was telling Sasha the only reason I am still running 5 a day is because I almost always enjoy most of the last half of my run...sometimes only the first mile is difficult and the only 4 are fairly enjoyable.

Thanks for all the supportive comments...they help. :) :) :) 

I don't know if was the magnesium I took yesterday or the delighful company of the lovely Luz but...I ran several sub 11 miles today and didn't feel any complaint with it at all...it was the most enjoyable run I've had..since last time we ran together. 

Looks like Saturday  is becoming my short day...we'll see if I can force myself to do anymore tonight. Maybe I'll squeeze another mile out of this body.

My kids are walking in the library parade today....should we all run there? That's what we did last year but then again...I wasn't pregnant last year :)

Got all 5 in around the block.  Sasha and Jeff are running longer this morning than usual...probably missed each other after no running for a week. 

I'm thinking of running Murray Fun Days...anyone gonna be around there 4th of July and want to babysit the kids for 30 minutes?