Fast Running Mommy

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, May 07, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.50	0.00	4.50

Had to cut the run short. Sasha needed to be at the temple early today. Feeling good...going nice and easy and doing well.

I had a lady at Walmart today tell me that I'm a genius. Even if thats a cliche term if always feels good to hear it. In our other house we had a sand box that my kids played in for hours and made lots of messes with. It also was the neighborhood litter box....GROSS.

I wanted my kids to have a sand experience without the kitty debris. I thought about building my own with a cover on it but that didn't seem to be up my alley. Then I was going to buy a swimming pool..the hard plastic kind...and make some kind of cover for it.

Well my genuis idea came last night and I went to Walmart and bought the supplies today. Have you ever seen those sand tables that they sell for big bucks? Well I bought some shallow rubbermaid containers and filled them with sand and sand toys...stuck them on the table in the backyard...presto....a sand discovery table. I still kind of wish we had a huge sand box all the kids could fit in and sit in for hours but for now we had fun with our purple and green sand in our "discovery boxes."

Comments

From Lulu on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 12:26:24

You are brilliant. You have so many ideas. I may steal that idea from you for Bubbles.

Now about writing, I tell my students who are learning to write that they need to schedule a time to write (often in the morning). It can be as little as 15 minutes but usually not longer than an hour when you first start. Write without editing (this can be hard). Stop in the middle of a thought or paragraph. Make some notes about where you are to go next. Then when you come back to it, startup is easy. This way, you'll never have writer's block.

Since I pretty much write for about 1/2 of my days, this seems to work for me. I don't write fiction though...

From sarah on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 14:19:59

Please do steal any of my ideas you wish. I really do have a million and I need to do something with them. I truly value your friendship and am thankful to you for your advice. I've started working on a book that I started before I got pregnant because of your encouragement. In our church we receive blessings from time to time that tell us things about ourselves. One special one is called patriarchal blessing. I got it when I was 14. I think the time has come for me to work on something that it tells me I'll be able to do as I grow...and I think writing has something to do with that. Thank you for your advice and encouragement.

My dad actually writes a lot of fiction and has tried to get some novels published..no sucess yet. He is also very creative so I'm sure that's where I got it from.

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