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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 4:43 after having my third child the year before. 5 K in 24:19, 10 K in 53 minutes pregnant. Survived personal training from my lovable but slightly overbearing husband Sasha for more than 8 years!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 23:45 in the 5k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay thin and full of energy.

Not be an embarassment to my family full of world class athletes.

Personal:

Madly in love with Sasha. We have been married since 1996 and have been blessed with seven of the most adorable and talented children : Benjamin, Jennifer, Julia, and Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen.

All of our children have run in at least one race, including Jacob and William who did it inside the womb. I enjoy various non-running activities such as: baking, sewing, playing organ, piano and flute, painting, and playing with our  vivacious children.

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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?
 

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Guilty pleasure today..got to run with Luz while Sasha and Jeff did the block thing. 

I had a nightmare that Sasha was unfaithful...anyone who knows him and how extremely faithful he is knows how hilarious that is...restless sleep in the early morning because of it and felt tired as soon as I started. What a wonderful surprise to have Luz to distract me..I don't think I'll be as tired today because of it. She told me some great stories about being raised by her father, a man similar in personality to Sasha. It's good for me to talk to women that I admire who had fathers like the one my children have.

I think she needs to write down some of those stories...she could probably make a book out of it..What do you think Luz?  

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I guess I should only put 4.5 because I had to walk the last .5. I was getting contractions like crazy. 

Does anyone want to borrow my adorable 3 year old for a few months until he reaches the age of reasonableness?

I made eggs this morning but offered him the old standby oats if he didnt' want them. He wanted oatmeal. Once I gave into his request for oatmeal (even when it was already late and we were all hungry) and then as soon as it was time to eat he said he didn't want oatmeal he wanted oats.  He so needs to be the dictator of a small country...does anyone have a small country available without strong leadership... He is also very cute and easily distracted by the joy of finding bugs outside so maybe we'll survive.

My picnic blanket is almost done..I just need to tie it..gotta borrow a quilting frame again for that and I keep putting off asking my friend...better do it soon before all the good picnic days are gone.  

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I didn't want a goose egg for today...I really wanted to get up and go running but I forced myself to stay in bed. Joseph had a fever yesterday so I planned on not getting any sleep last night and had him sleep in my room with me. I woke up for every whimper for awhile and then slept sounder the rest of the night. I was happy to have him there so I could respond when it was just a whimper though and not have to have him scream and wake me up. 

I felt dizzy during the mile I did run and so it seems it was wise to stay in bed longer. I'll try to get a little bit more in tonight  

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Well...what can I say...it was too exciting for the kids this morning..I woke them up so they could see the balloons and have our traditional fourth of july picnic breakfast. The only difference was that Benjamin made the pancakes by himself this morning....That's how I got any running in at all....I will I will I will try to run more tonight. I'm starting to get worried about weight gain....no matter what I do I eat more and gain a ton when I'm pregnant...so I need to keep up some kind of mileage mostly because my body is used to it...

i got in 1.5 more with Julia walking and jogging by my side. Luckily she didn't comment on how slow I was going. I told her the baby could come out early if I went fast and she accepted that and didn't talk about the pace. I can barely stand going so slow but when someone is constantly telling you it's slow...oh..it's bad...

Hope everyone has a Happy Fourth...we are having a good day and looking forward tonight 

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Well I have fond memories of this 4th of July and two burn marks to remember it by....I grabbed the wrong end of one of those sparklers that everyone else let's their children play with....Just for future reference if you are curious you will immediately receive a third degree burn from those hot suckers. I think my fingers blistered in about one second...Im sure I'm scarred for life. Needless to say...we didn't finish the 5 other packages we had sitting inside..Mama went inside to do some first aid. 

The hot air balloons were out again this morning and I had to suppress several urges to wake all the kids again and share in the joy of watching them rise over the crisp summer morning air. I knew if I got them all up I wouldn't be able to finish my run...again..sigh..

So then when this Smokey the Bear balloon left the normal route and came literally right over our house...about 300 ft up or so...so really close...I couldn't stand it. I woke up the big kids and Jacob was already awake. I did finish however because Benjamin was kind enough to push Jacob in the stroller for me (while he complained about his poor arms aching....) and we got to watch Smokey the Bear and then this great pink pig one float out to the lake side of town.  
 

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