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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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The butterfly we caught the other day recovered from the shock of being placed in my coat pocket and flew away happily. I really thought it was injured as I tried to let it fly away several times. We gave it some food and water and it recovered in a couple of hours. Kind of fun.  

Also, I finished my story "Rose". My estimation of the story is that it is a great story and I think I have a fabulous idea for a series of books for young adults to help them cope with moral decisions they must face as they grow up. I think I'm a great story teller but a terrible writer. If I really wanted to have my stories written down I have a lot of work to do to get them to where I'd like them to be. It was an enlightening process though and helped me appreciate the seemingly effortless work of thousands of authors whose fruits we often enjoy for free (via the library or internet)

 And last but not least...my run...I don't want to run 5 miles a day anymore...help...I know I shouldn't give up yet but it takes so much longer. I felt fine today and got to run back with Sasha a little bit which was really fun.
 

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I actually enjoyed doing all 5 today...see how fickle I am. I think I've decided to only cut down my miles as I get bigger and really can't be on my feet as much. I'm still barely showing and so I think I'll be fine for now. 

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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." 

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Pretty good run today...I'm still slow but I'm doing good. I felt the baby kick for the first time for sure yesterday...and oh..she just kicked again. (not an announcement on sex...not sure yet)

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Felt pretty good today. I heard a strange duck on the trail...turned out to be Sasha and his partner seeing how well they could stay in tune while running at different paces..

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Maybe next week I'll get in all 30. It would be nice but it's not a priority. I am on survival mode when I'm pregnant. If I feel like it's going to exhaust me for the rest of the day...I don't do it. I have gotten better with each pregnancy at not exhausting myself. For the most part I've felt better this pregnancy than any other.

I slept in today because of a rough night the other day. I just couldn't get up. (sleeping in for me was 7:30...but my kids were already awake and that meant no morning run..time to feed them breakfast) I just can't run the full 5 miles in the afternoon. I'm too tired by that time of day.

I got one more mile in. My legs were tired but it didn't kill me. We went on a nice drive in Hobblecreek Canyon. Perfect end to the day.  

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