Fast Running Mommy

I feel like I'm ready to start running 5 now and then..mostly it's time issues holding me back. I have to get up earlier but my body likes to sleep in if I'm tired- 7:20 is sleeping in for me.

super sad news today....A guy I knew in Russia died in a motorcycle accident...I personally don't like motorcycles..my dad nearly died in an accident as a teenager and taught me to fear them....my mom taught me to fear dogs....anyway....I think the worst part of the whole story is that he was married to this great girl I knew from Russia(they were missionaries while I was living there as a teenager.  They had six kids together...I feel so badly for the kids....super sad...sorry to depress anyone who may already be down.

Let's just be grateful for what we have...Happy 4th!!!

My kids and Sasha marched in the Grande Parade in downtown Provo. I made Russian costumes for the girls and some friends also and they represented Russians who have found freedom in America. Our float..made by members of our Stake won and award for best entry by and non-profit organization. It was a mountain with an eagle on top. 

I ran two miles at home and then ran with the stroller....in the heat back and forth from the parade. We had a perfect day yesterday. It was fun with lots of fun family memories that I hope will stay with my kids their whole lives. Alot of my days I think about the memories that my kids will have of that day. Of course there are days where mom is mad or just not really all there but usually I try and make the day something I want my kids to remember. I'm probably an expert at that as much as Sasha is at running.....he doesn't really handle the memory department but works hard to teach our kids consistency and discipline. 

Funny..I thought I logged this already. Did three in the morning and then felt really good last night so I did another 2. The whole family went out together and that was so fun. I pushed Jacob for half of it and Sasha pushed Joseph and Julia. Benjamin pushed Jacob for the other half. It really  is fun having kids in such good shape that we can not only run together but they run Mom into the ground if we race...

I had a nice normal run today with Adrianne.....ouch...hurts to mention her...she's moving to Iowa in a few weeks. I hope she starts blogging but you won't really understand how lovely a person she is through type. She's helpful and cheerful and has the cutest dimples...it's just fun being around her. I'll get over having a great running partner I'm sure but I just needed to vent a little.

I have that lethargic feeling I get every once in awhile tonight...not because I'm tired but because I'm horribly bored and in need of adult contact but can't really think of a way to get any. My kids are watching  cartoon I have NO interest in and Sasha is going for a second run....help...won't someone come over and save me from Donald Duck and running shoes.....okay..I know I'm a little crazy tonight but I thought it would be better if I showed a little personality in these entries...it's therapeutic for me and entertaining for you.

Did my four in the morning by myself and then Sasha and I went on a date together that night....he ran and I watched in awe from my bike...yes I've been married to him 10 +years and I've even gone on a bike with him before but I guess as I mature and realize that I will NEVER run like that I really am amazed at how strong he is....now if I could only get him to learn ballroom dancing he'd be the perfect husband....you and James have it all Lybi!!

I really can't tell you how much I ran today...maybe sasha can figure it out for me. I went two times around the block waiting for Sasha..that's .6 miles. Then I ran about 1/2 mile to meet a friend and turned around and finished her mile with her. Then Adrianne and I ran out about another mile and turned around and then ran home.....so it was close to four but hard to say exactly....

I've been feeling really good on my runs the last couple of days..I've been having that great feeling of wanting to go faster and longer...usually have to get back to the babies and can't go anymore but it's a good feeling after months of trying to get back into shape....

Adrianne and I planned on going on a special last run in the next few days...she's moving to Iowa in a couple of weeks but will be at family renunions for most of it.

She wants to celebrate my birthday early so we are going to run to Great Harvest early one morning and have a nice thick slice of bread there for breakfast together. 

had a great day with my brother and his family. We went to the Bean Science Museum and the what my kids and I call "The Coolest Park" It's this HUGE like 5,000 sq feet or more park made entirely out of wood....like one giant kid fort. 

It was hot but the kids ended up having a great time anyway. 

got my 4 miles in before I drove up to Salt Lake to be with my family and go to the Children's Museum all together. If you haven't been to one of these yet you are in for a treat if you ever get to go....(better with kids of course)..Ours has two floors of the best fanatasy play you can imagine..from kid sized grocery stores to a helicopter on the roof they could play and dream for hours..it was especially fun being there with all of the cousins (except 2 of the 23 total)

Hilarious thing happened today...I run with a lady named Adrianne who I've mentioned several times. We have also run a couple of times with Stephanie who is known on the blog as BYU Cougar Gal. Adrianne and I have met at 7:30 for months now and she is very dependable and wouldn't change her mind about running unless something really unusual happened. So this morning when I got a  phone call right before walking out the door to meet Adrianne I was disappointed when my friend on the line said that she was already on the trail and to not meet her today because she was trying to get done early.

Then imagine my surprise to walk by Adrianne's house 2 minutes later (she lives around the corner) and to see her already home. 

I said, "Oh..you are done already?" She looked at me when a confused look and said, 'Are you going without me?" Then I looked at her with an even more confused look as I realized that she was not the person I talked to this morning....it was BYU Cougar Gal calling to make sure we knew not to meet her today...I thought it was Adrianne...and Adrianne thought I was crazy....but it sure was fun to get the details all sorted out as we ran off into the morning sun together... 

accomplishments for the week so far non-running related...got our yard edged for the first time with a hand powered edger or whatever they are called until my neighbor across the street took pity on me and finished up with his gas-powered edger....he also weed wacked some weeds up front which I FINALLY killed off..yay!

Then the other great thing I did was get all of the computer stuff out of our closet upstairs and get a shoe organizer so our closet is finally organized....we had one of those over the door ones for a while but I really like the one we have now...it needs floor space though and we do have that.

 Sasha did great on the marathon as all of you know I'm sure but it was fun to be there and watch him come in third..Thanks again to Clyde for helping him out at the end..got to meet Mik'L so that was really fun too!!

i forgot to mention yesterday that I did some cross-training.....even at the same time..imagine that...running and swimming. Sasha says he doesn't think running in pouring down rain counts as swimming...what do you think?

I have had a pretty rough week. I've had a lot of rough weeks in my life..this one has just been different. There are some problems in my family that I can't talk about but anybody out there reading this please pray for me and my family.. 

On top of it the little family I'm in charge of has been sick with fevers, tummy aches and one big grand case of Mastitis for Mom...hence the zero miles for today. I will be grateful for the ability to run again next week. I think I'm going to take tomorrow off too and get a really really good rest.

I'm grateful now for the trials I go through in life...mostly because it's a sink or swim operation I've realized. I don't like sinking so I swim and I get stronger and smarter and nicer and everything.

On the bright side of things my baby is turning 1 tomorrow...although I have planned a huge crying fest...I can't believe it went by so fast. He isn't walking yet but he stands for a few seconds and leans towards us thinking about taking his first step. 

okay...I feel like we just kind of lost last week.....it all came at once...Jakey's first birthday..crisis in my family...Jakey had a fever...Benjamin and Jenny had the flu....I had Mastitis....whew!!!

I ran today...yay!!! I'm losing my training partner very soon and hope I don't get too depressed when she's gone but I imagine it will be very sad...

I managed to get in 2 after taking kids to every conceivable fun place today....just didn't feel like going 4 after the lack of sleep from getting up way to early  today

Nice normal 4 miles...I'm soooo glad everyone is healthy again this week. I feel like we kind of lost last week. The kids were so sick with the flu and I was so sick with Mastitis that we even got off our schedule of running and homework(we are homeschooling through the summer so we can take little breaks through the year). 

i thought for a few seconds about doing 5 today but my laziness one...or maybe my common sense...I have a lot to do when I get home as we all do but I've decided 5 little kids makes me a tiny bit busier with a bit more stressful work than some of you out there....I'm battle weary today....and many days from trying to get things done while my two year old yells at me. He doesn't handle mommy being busy very well but I'm not willing to give up my project time when he's napping to do my chores then so I do them in the morning when he is awake but he is very unhappy that I'm not sitting and entertaining him. I read to him every day before he takes his nap and try to be very patient with him when he's awake but the constant screaming is wearing me out...blah blah blah.

Sasha bought this book about how to be miserable and one of the things in it(it's a joke but the reverse psychology works) anyway...one of the suggestions is to complain about your blessings...I guess complaining about my children falls under that catergory so I won't...just gotta figure out how to be patient when I'm weary..fun fun.

I ran a little bit more than four today but didn't measure it exactly. I ran into a friend and wanted to run with her further instead of having to stop talking. As a result I was STARVING all day today. I ate a sandwich at 11:00 and then had to go to the  store with 6 kids to get more bread because I was still hungry. Then around 3 when everyone was asleep I hid in my room so nobody could see me and make me make them another sandwich (I was ravenous and not thinking straight...has this ever happened to any of you real runners out there who push your bodies all the time. I know it happens to Sasha but sometimes I think he's just making it up so I'll bake him some cookies....