Gotta love it

Yeah my first 20 miler of the year!! Ran from the mouth of Provo canyon up to the girls scout camp up S. Fork road. Took it pretty easy the first 6 miles. (jumping over barricades as they had closed the canyon) I tried to really push up S Fork road and was able to keep up with my mom. (I think this is the first time that I havent walked any portion of this road) My Garmin kept cutting out and eventually wasnt working at all. I think my moms said 1:38:00-which is about 9:45 average.Now time for some downhill! Re-started my garmin. Felt pretty good coming down. Had to run out on the highway as they had closed the canyon and had gaurds gaurding it now. Stopped at Canyon Glen for just a sec to grab a drink and take a few sports beans. Really suprised on how great I am feeling. See Brandon a short distance a way, and my new goal is to catch up to him. Finally caught him at Timpanogos park. I am still suprised on how good I am feeling at this point, dont feel like I have just ran 20 miles. In years past I have usually ran/walked the last mile or so. My time for the way down was 1:24:00  which is about 8:20 average, which I am stoked about. Soaked in the river after. Glad to have my first 20 miler done!!

Ran late tonight. It was dark- kinda weird to run in the dark. It made me kinda dizzy. It was still hot out, even though it was 10pm.

36:50/8:56

Horrible run tonight. It was muggy and I did not feel good at all. Ran up the canyon and back down. I progressively started feeling worse. My stomach started hurting really bad around mile 3. I thought it was just a side stitch but it was my whole stomach and then I got nauseated. I ended up throwing up at Timpanogos park. I am hoping that my stomach just didnt like running with food in it. (If you see a "pile" of cantalope, pineapple, and crackers it was from me) I am sure glad every run is not this bad!

56:54/8:45 Run time- my garmin doesnt caculate the time when I stop.

Woke up at 5am to go run. When I got up my stomach still hurt really bad and I was somewhat nauseated. Decided to take the morning off. (my family has been sick- 12hr flu thing) I went back to bed and just layed there until 6:30. I think I dozed off some right before my alarm went off.

Was going to try and run tonight. But ended up waiting to renew our reccomends for over 1hr 1/2. By the time we were done I was starving. After eating dinner there was no running.

Ran LA S. with my mom and dad. Felt pretty good today. My right shin was bothering me some. This somewhat concerns me as I have had a stress fracture there before. LA felt easier today. I think it was probably due to me not running at all yesterday. I think my body does a lot better if I take some days off.

Ran/hiked Timpanogos today. Not really a great training run but I had fun. It was a beautiful morning.

I am still really sore from running Timp on Saturday. Went to the gym tonight. Did the elliptical for 30min (level 8-12) will count it for 3 easy miles. Ran on the treadmill for 2 miles. It hurt bad. Both my legs from my hips down hurt, they didnt want to move at all.

Tried to do some speed work today. My body didnt want to run fast. Maybe due to the lack of sleep, (dang olympics and Breaking Dawn) keeping me up too late. 1- 7:50 2- 7:49 3- 7:48 Total time: 1:01:20/8:50

PM- Went to the gym. Did the elliptical for 30min. (L 8-14) Will count it as 3 miles. 2 on the treadmil. 1 mile 7:45

I got a little more sleep, but still not enough. As the week goes on I seem to get more and more tired. Had a decent run today. Ran LA South. (we stopped a little more than usual today to stretch as some of the girls were still sore from their race)

1:23:00/10:22 a little slower due to the stopping. I think I was running just as fast as last week.

Yeah another 20 miler done!. I didnt feel great today, but I got it done. Started at the start of hobble creek 1/2. We ran up the canyon 3 miles. (these were quite steep and my calves were absolutely killing me) Then it was time for some downhill. Ran back down 3 and then ran the course for Hobble Creek. My legs from my hips down didnt want to cooperate. Averaged between 8-8:45 for the course. I am actually pretty happy with my time, for as crappy as I felt. I kept telling myself that if I could do it today, that I will be in pretty good shape for next week. After ending at park, we had to run back to our cars about another 2 miles away. I was glad when some said there was a canal we could soak in- It was pretty cold, but it felt so good!!

Overall average was about 9:10 give or take.

I woke up at 5 am with horrible stomach pain. I think I may have gotten food poisoning. I havent been this sick in a long time. It was coming at both ends every 15min. Spent most the day laying on my bathroom floor, as I was to weak to walk. It was the longest, crappy day of my life. Actually fell asleep around 4pm till about 5pm. 5pm was the last time I threw up. At 7 I ate a piece of toast and drank a few sips of gatorade and actually kept it down. Tried to eat a few bites of soup, but it was just making me nauseated.

Feeling a lot better, but still very weak. I made it to work today, but I dont think I will get a run in today. Even walking is wearing me out. I think I am going to try and rest today and try and get in a few miles tomorrow. I am really hoping I feel better before the race on Saturday.

Lost 6lbs yesterday- not a fun way to lose them though.

Ran up Provo canyon 3.5 miles and did a 3 mile tempo run down. Felt okay tonight but not 100%, I am really hoping that my body will fully recover before Saturday. I think I ate a million bugs tonight and I came across a huge snake. Fun stuff!

1- 8:00

2- 8:10

3- 8:01

Overall average 8:25

Another bad race day! Im not sure why I have such bad days when I race. I'm just glad I finished.

1-7:55 Felt good and easy

2- 7:40 Still feeling good, thought this mile was a little too fast wanted around 8s the first 3

3- 7:44

4- 7:42

5- 7:52

6- 7:50 Starting to feel it. Took some sports beans hoping to be able to hold on. Was happy with my time so far

7-8:09 Its getting hard to breathe

8- 8:02 My Dad came during this mile to help me finish. He tells me to focus on my breathing as I am breathing extremely shallow.

9- 8:29 Im losing it. Im out of breath, take a gu. Just praying I will be able to keep going. I really want at least a 1hr 45min finish and I am seeing it slip away from me

10- 9:08 Cant breathe, My dad keeps telling me to take some deep breaths, I am trying but I just cant get enough oxgen in. I stop and walk for a while hoping I can get it under control. I am so mad! Dont quite understand why I am falling apart.

11- 9:55 Really losing it. My dad is trying to get me going. I didnt think I was going this slow. Really just wanting to finish

12-8:57 My dad is having me try and pick off some people. Im just trying to hold on.

13- 9:53 (I dont think this split was right. My garmin was beeping way after the mile marks and I forgot to turn it off at the end so it was still running after I finished and was walking, hobling around) This was the longest mile of my life. I thought it would never end. I had to stop and pee on the side of the road- which slowed me down quite a bit.

.1- Not sure I didnt turn off my garmin. I did push it at the end. I think I did pass 3 people in the last .1 that were ahead of me.

Crossed the finish line and my body is done. I was having a hard time walking. Brandon jumped in to help me walk. I finally sit down and try and get some food and water in me. I am getting lightheaded, dizzy, and nauseated. I cant breathe, I feel like I am being suffocated. I try to get my body to cooperate but its not. I feel like I am going to pass out, I am trying hard not to throw up or pass out. Brandon is telling me we are going to the hospital. I am telling him I am okay, hoping that I will quickly get better. Unfortuantely I continued to get worse. I threw up some black stuff and Brandon insisted on taking me to the hospital. I finally agreed and tried walking to the car. I was able to take a few steps but I was so lightheaded that I couldnt walk. He had to carry me as I tried to keep my eyes open, I knew if they closed I would pass out. Once in the car I started to feel a little better, as long as I was laying down with my feet up.

At the ER they did some lab work-up, which fortunantely was pretty normal, an EKG was also normal. Some of the test did show I was dehydrated, so they pumped me full of fluids. After I while I was feeling quite a bit better and I was able to go home.

My family and I are quite confused on what my problem is. I am fine during my training runs, and my pace is not that much different. The only difference we can see is that on my  training runs every 4-5miles I stop for a minute or two. We are thinking that I am possibly hyperventilating on race days. (I have been searching on the internet and it seems to fit- I have the same symptoms- dizziness, near passing out, weakness, tingling) I am going to talk to my dr. tomorrow and see what he thinks. I am hoping that I can figure this out so that I will be okay to run St. George this year.

Easy run up Provo canyon and back. Ran with Brandon he was really trying to help me breathe slower. It was hard.

46:29- 9:16 average

Talked to the Dr I work for and we think I may have asthma. Did one test which showed I can only blow out 70% of what I should be  able to do. We are going to experiment a little over the next few days.

3 measly miles today. I started school today, Uggh and we had a birthday party to go to after work. So ran late tonight with a lot of food in my belly, including cake and ice cream. I thought I would have a horrible run with all the food in me, but actually I felt pretty good. I really tried to focus on my breathing tonight, tried to slow it way down.

27:27/9:13

Did a pulmonary function test at work today, and as I suspected I was way below average. Its looking more and more like I do have asthma which is making a lot more sense. At rest my lungs are only functioning 70-75% of normal, my Dr thinks that when I am running it could be dropping to as low as about 50%, eventually my body is not able to blow of the carbon dioxide which could be causing me to become acidodic- which causes you to get really sick. This makes sense since on my training runs, we have been stopping every few miles or so. I am able to "catch my breathe and blow of extra CO2" On race days I do not stop and push my self until my body is unable to compensate.  I am crossing my fingers that we are possibly finding out what my problem is, I am really wanting to get to the bottom of it. I am starting on some daily meds to help open up my lungs and will check PFTS again in 2 weeks to see if it has made a difference.

Up Provo canyon and back. Its getting so dark outside, its much easier to get up when its light outside. Was going to do a tempo run down, but just didnt have it today.

9:13 average

Slow run this morning around Provo as it is too dark to run LA. I didnt feel great, I am really fatigued and my stomach hurt. Dont even want to mention my pace as it was so slow!!!

Ran from Hope campground in Provo canyon to Hobblecreek golf course. Took it pretty easy today and felt pretty good the whole way. Everyone says this run is just as hard as a marathon.

4:01:30/10:20 average