Gotta love it

S. on LA freeway. Felt great. Love being able to wake up and throw and shorts and a tank top on. Perfect day for a great run.

Ran in Provo ( Memorial park on Center, up 5th west to temple, and down 9th). Not a great run. Legs for some reason were tired, and my left IT band ached a bit. Just glad to get it in. Did fewer miles today as my mom is trying to get over her planter fascitis. Fun stuff!! I am going to try and get in a few more later today.

Average pace 8:55

Not a great run, but got it done. Glad I was with a group or I know I would not have gone very far. Woke up not feeling great. Mile 1-3 weren't too bad but was on a downward slide from there. Nauseated, dizzy, and lightheaded the rest of the way. Took an electrolyte pill and some sport beans around mile 7- which helped some. Just didnt have it today. Forgot to turn my Garmin on after I stopped so not sure of pace- but it was pretty slow.

Started clinicals today. Had to be up to LDS hospital way early. Test tomorrow so spent the night studying. Gotta love school.

Test this morning so couldn't run. Long day at work. Finally got to go out for a run at 7pm. It was still pretty hot. My husband and I ran down Provo canyon- starting at S. Fork. Felt pretty good today. My breathing was a little off. It was nice to run with my husband, he ran Wasatch Back this weekend and was still a little sore, so I had an easier time keeping up with him. Not used to the heat yet- just glad there is available water.

58:08/ 8:18

My class got out early today so I was able to go to the gym, before work. I hate running on a treadmill, but it was pretty hot outside. Wanted to quit at 2min. Run felt extremely hard. Legs and entire body was tired. (I was sick last night- after my run, nauseated, dizzy, and weak- even threw up once) I haven't felt great since Thursday, I sure hope I will get over whatever I have because it is wearing me out.

Question: Why is it that when there are 30 open treadmills at the gym, It always happens that a person gets on the treadmill right next to you? Plus they are always the ones that sound like an elephant is running next to you- plop, blop, plop..plop..plop.

Easy 6.5 miles. Ran up 9th to Rock Canyon, from there got on LA Freeway ran south to Memorial park. Lots of hills especially the first 4 miles. Love running trails!! They are hard but so much better than pavement.

Rode my bike to work about 3 miles.

Got sick again about 1 1/2 after running. Lightheaded, dizzy, excessive sweating and vomiting. Not sure what it going on. Seems to be getting worse.  

Slept in this morning. Told myself I would have time to get a run in later, which didnt happen. Did go for a long bike ride tonight with my husband probably 10 miles. (about 1 hr) It was a really nice night. Felt great.

We did a really hard 8.5 mile trail run today. Started at the soccer park in orem and ran up to the water tower. We headed E. into the canyon on the Bonneville shoreline and hooked onto a trail trail that  goes up to the rock pile. All up hill- we continued our climb until we hooked onto trail 51. Finally after 6 mile we got to start heading down. Yeah!! Hamstrings felt tight on the way up. Started getting a side cramp coming down, slowed my pace some and really focused on my breathing. Trail took us down to dry canyon and then we headed back on the Bonneville shoreline. When we got back my Garmin only said 8.5 miles- it seemed like so much more!! Run time was around 1hr 40min. Which would normally be around 11-12 miles.

We decided to try and add on- My legs were pretty beat. I made it to 10 miles and I had, had enough and called it a day- even though I was planning on doing about 14 miles.

I did wear my heart rate monitor today. Didn't notice anything too weird. It did go up to about 185-190 up some of the really hard hills. Coming down was around 130's and average 160's.

Didn't get sick today!! Yeah! Came home and immediately drank some Gatorade and ate a banana and a cheese stick. Checked my Glucose before eating it was 88.

Had to be up at LDS hospital at 6:30am (left my house at 5:30am) for a 12hr clinical. Finally got home at 8:30pm. Had two tests to study for tommorow so no run today.

Finally got to run at 8pm tonight. It was still 96 degrees outside so we decided to run up Provo canyon, where it was a little bit cooler. Had a pretty good run. Had a bad day today so it was nice to get out and run, and let my mind go.

42:20/8:29

Mile 1 9:21 warm up, up the canyon

2- 8:39

3- 8:46

4- 8:13

5- 7:26

Ran 6 miles on the dreaded treadmill today. I hate the treadmill, I get so bored. Plus it was extremely hot in the gym, but it was hotter outside. Felt pretty good today, just no ambition to push it hard. Glad to get it in as I am finding it really hard to do it all-work, school, and running. I am lacking in sleep. I hope to maybe catch up some this long weekend.

52:00/8:40

Ran LA freeway today. I was pretty shot. Legs and entire body were tired and I felt somewhat dizzy.  Its probably due to the lack of sleep this week and two pretty hard workouts. Did get to see the hot air balloons going up while we were running.

Drank some gatorade and ate a peunut bar as soon as I was done running. The last few times I have done this I haven't gotten sick after running.

Came home and took a nap. The doctor I work for wasnt in today. So I didnt have to go in till later. It was nice to get some extra sleep.

Slept in some and when for a run with my husband later. It was pretty hot. Took it really easy. Legs didn't want to move.

Did not want to get up this morning, but did it anyway. Ran LA Freeway. (Lots and lots of hills) Took a while to get my body going, but felt good once it did. Tried to push it the last 3 miles from Rock Canyon through BYU campus to Memorial Park.- average 8-8:30 min mile for the last 3.

Came home, showered and took a well needed nap.

Was able to get in a few miles today before school. The last 2 days have been crazy and I havent had time to run. Ran with a different group today and they are a lot faster than me, (which isnt too hard) tried to keep up but couldnt. Had to turn back early on my own as I had to be back by 6:30 for school.

44 min. First 3 miles were under 8:30. Last 2 were around 9:20's. I think my first mile was too fast and I died at the end.  

Ran LA Freeway South. Was feeling pretty good for the first 4 miles. And then I twisted my ankle on a big rock and went rolling down the trail. My ankle hurt bad and I really didnt want to get back up. Walked for a few minutes and relized that I was going to be late for work if I didnt start running again. So I limped/jogged the 3 miles back to my car. (thanks Sara for staying with me and keeping me going). Wished I had an automatic car on the way home as pushing in the clutch was a killer. Iced and took some IBU and headed off for work. Seems to be easing some, work has been extremely busy and I have had to run around on it all morning. I am really hoping that it will be fine as I need to put in a long run on Saturday.

1:12:00

Started at Soldier's Hollow and ran to Vivian park. Only 13.5 miles so had to add on another 2.5 miles. Great run, I love the first 7 miles of trail. Its pretty hilly, but beautiful, the sun was just coming up and starting to shine on the lake. Saw Ron at mile 7 and walked with him for a few minutes to hear about his bike accident. Headed down on the old highway and then eventually on the railroad tracks. Took it pretty easy- didnt want to hurt my ankle as it is still a little sore. Glad to finally get to Vivian park and get off the railroad tracks, unfortunantly we were short on miles so had to run down the canyon for 1.25 miles and back. I was pretty tired by the end. Soaked in the river for 10min. it was cold!!

2:21:30/9:26

Had to run by my lonesome tonight as Brandon thought it was a good idea to take a test tonight instead of run with me. Ran up Provo canyon and back down. There was a ton of people walking up the canyon- I almost felt out of place, like I should have been walking instead of running. My legs were pretty tired, especially the first few miles, but they started loosening up by the end. Overall felt pretty good, didnt try to push too hard. Did get enough cotton and bugs in my mouth that I dont think I need dinner now, YUM!

53:50/8:25

Got in a few miles before school. My legs were pretty tired today. Did do one mile repeat with the group, well behind them. Forgot to turn my Garmin on, so I'm not sure what it was. My guess is around a 7min/mile.

Ran LA freeway today. Legs were tired and achey. I swear they felt like 300 hundred pounds each. It was all I had to pick them up and put one in front of the other. The hills were especially killer. My legs did finally start to relax the last few miles. I hope my legs feel better before the great ol Diamond Fork run this weekend. Totally forgot my Garmin today, so I have no idea what my pace is, It felt like we were going "fast" but I am sure we werent!!

Ran Diamond Fork. Great long run. Legs were tired first few miles. Dreaded the pavement section, but got it done (walked a few of the steep hills). Felt pretty good on the way down. Started getting tired around mile 15. Soaked in the river.

Averaged about 11min/mile. Hard trail run!!

Ran on the treadmill at the gym tonight. It was pretty hot and muggy outside so I decided to hit the treadmill. Bad Idea! It was even hotter in the gym. I was sweating before I had even ran for 2 min. Wasnt really in the mood to run today, and the heat didnt help either. O-well at least I got 5 miles in.  

I was able to get in 5 miles before I had to get to work extra early. Felt pretty good today, legs were a little tired today from last nights run. It was much cooler than last night- it felt great.

44:45/8:57

Ran from Novell up to Rock canyon then back on LA freeway. The first few miles were Horrible! I was having sharp pain in my legs and was breathing way too hard. Was ready to call it a day at about mile 3. Kept on going and my legs finally started to loosen up. Never felt really good, but I was able to get in 14 slow miles today.

Went camping with the family this weekend. We camped at Black Hawk up Payson canyon. Wanted a pretty easy run so ran down the canyon. The first 2.5 miles were steep up hill- my calves were really tight and I had to stop twice to stretch them out. Once I started downhill they gradually eased. Felt pretty good today. Could have gone longer but my ride was ready to take me back up the canyon (and I didnt want to have to run back up!)

Mile 1- 10:56- Warm up going uphill

2-11:31 Had to stop and stretch

3- 9:53 Stopped again to stretch

4-8:24

5- 8:10

6-7:46

7-7:35

8-7:23

9-7:30

10-7:49

.5-7:36

3 measley miles tonight. Usually dont get to run at all on Mondays as I always have to clinicals and a test to study for. But I actually dont have a test tomorrow morning, Yeah! so was able to go on a short run. Was on my feet all day today, last clinical for the summer, another Yeah!!! Left calf was really tight, stretched at mile one at it hurt so bad to stretch it. Im not really sure why it is so tight.

26:00/8:43

Slept in today. I think my body really needed it, it was still hard to get up at 7am to go to work. Ran on the treadmill tonight. Really didnt want to, it is hard to run at night. I just dont have a lot of energy after working all day long. Only 4 miles, but I guess that is better than none.

Ran up Provo canyon 3.25 miles.Just over 9min/miles Tempo run down. Averaged 8min/mile (which is just over my 5k pace) Brandons calf wasnt cooperating so he went home. I ended up running home. I thought I slowed down a lot, but looking at my garmin I averaged 8:35s.  

1:26/8:36

Ran LA Freeway this morning. Legs were tired, calves and hamstrings felt really tight. Went pretty slow. I think we averaged around 10:20- which is okay for how hard the trail is. We had a pretty good group today- there was 7 of us. It was great to have people to talk to and keep me going that are around my same pace. I think I will take tomorrow off and see if my legs will recover before my first 20 miler of the year. Yikes!

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

AM- 5.25miles, 9min/mile average. Ran up Provo canyon with Brandon. Brandon's ankle was bothering him so we turned around early and went home. Was planning on adding more around our house but I was freezing by the time we got home and couldnt get myself back out the door. (I made myself a deal that I would have to go to the gym later)

PM- 2.75miles, 8:43 average. Ran on the treadmill. I then went to power pump class. Man I forgot how much I really enjoy this class. It is interval training plus weights, it really kicks my butt. I love lifting weights, it makes my feel good. I am going to try and make it to this class more often.

Ran in Provo. My Garmin was completly dead when I tried turning it on this morning, so I have no idea what my times were. I felt pretty good today- my legs weren't too sore, which I thought they might have been after yesterday. I picked it up the last 2 miles- dont know how fast they were, but I put forth pretty good effort.

Started at Wills ran up the canyon 7.5 miles and then back down. Drove by the mouth and saw that Brandons truck was still there so stopped and ran up the canyon 1 mile to find him I never found him so ran back down. (Found out later he was in the river soaking so I missed him) The canyon was pretty busy today, there were a ton of runners. Felt pretty good- my left hip was bothering me some and I had stomach issues the entire time. But amazingly 17miles felt short and easy.

Ran about .5 mile trying on new shoes. Then another 3.5 miles around my house. I felt pretty good today.

Ave 8:45

Ran with Brandon this morning. Only did 5 easy miles as Brandons foot is still bothering him. I am going to try and get in a few more tonight.

PM: Yeah I a made it out again. Its always hard for me to get out at night after I had worked all day and then cleaned my house. Ran up and down Provo canyon- it is sure getting dark a lot earlier. I hate running in the dark, especially by myself. My left hip and knee were bothering me some but thought I would try and do somewhat of a tempo run, as I have been doing a lot of easy miles lately. Warmed up 2 miles and then tried to pick it up some- turned around .5 miles later and wanted to keep around 8min/mile. 8:20, 7:50, 7:58. Didnt want to push it too hard as I have to run early tomorrow morning.

Ran in Provo with my mom and dad. It felt harder than it should have. My left leg was bothering me some. With about 2 miles left to go I started getting a really sharp pain in my left arch. I tried to stretch it some-but it wouldnt losen up. This has happened before- I think it might be the start of plantar fascitis. Im going to stretch it, and roll it and see if I can get it to go away.

Yeah last long run! Ran with my mom with the Spanish Fork group. We started about 2 miles past Blackhawk campground up Payson canyon. Oh how nice it is to have it done. We went really early and my body's digestive system wasnt quite ready to work yet. Of course when we started running it decided it was ready- love how that happens. My arch did hurt some during the run- stretched it a few times and took some IBU around mile 13 which seemed to help some.

Mile 1- 10:10 mostly uphill, 2- 9:25 taking it really easy 3- 8:56, 4- 8:38, 5- 8:22 starting to pick it up some, 6- 8:39 really needing a bathroom, 7- 8:09, 8- 8:16, 9- 8:03, 10- 7:54, 11-8:19-Bathroom stop finally, 12- 8:14, 13-8:15, 14- 8:21, 15- 8:42, 16- 8:42, 17-9:04 stopped to drop clothes, 18- 8:53, 19- 9:47 another bathroom break, 20-8:48, 21- 8:32  Miles 2-13 were pretty steepdownhill. 14-21 were mostly flat to rolling hills. 3:01-8:40 ave

Overall I am pretty happy with my pace. I felt pretty good the entire run, and was suprised to be done at 21- I was planning on 22 and actually felt like I could have gone more- It is always nice to have a "good day" now only if that would happen on race day!

Ran a few miles late tonight with Brandon. Legs were still a little tight from Saturdays run. It felt good to get a few in.

35:00/8:45ave

Didn't want to wake up when my alarm went off- the group plan was to run on the track and I hate track workouts. I really contemplated not going, but I knew I wouldnt have time to go later, so I got my lazy but out of bed. It wasnt too bad ran a few miles warm up- then started doing some 800's. I really didnt push too hard, mainly just did tempo running faster the staights and a little slower the curves. Pretty boring, but its done!

Slow easy miles today. I really didnt want to get up. I have been so tired lately. I went to bed pretty early last night, and if I wasnt meeting people I would not have gone this morning. Had a bad attitude about running and my body didnt really want to run. My left hip was bothering me and my calves are still sore. I am so ready to get St. George done with. I am ready for some time off and some cross training!

Ran from my house to Provo canyon and up till 7.5miles and then back. Not a great run today- had stomach problems all morning and had to stop 3 different times to go to the bathroom. My left hip and knee were achey, I am just hoping for a finish at St. George at this point. 

2:13:00 8:52 average

A few miles in between studying for a big test tomorrow. My breathing was off today- my lungs hurt, forgot to use my inhaler and the weather has been cooler. Now I am back to studying again. O-how I love school.

44:30/8:55 ave

Bad sleep last night so I didnt get up when my alarm went off. Went to the gym to try and get some faster miles in. Warmed up for 1.5 miles did a mile about 7:50 pace, then .5 mile jog. Then .5 mile fast with .25mile jog- repeat. I did 5-160meter sprints with 80meter jog in-between and then a good cool down. I felt pretty good today. My left leg started to hurt at the very end, I think it was just from pushing harder than normal.

46:00-8:21 ave

Slow easy miles today. Nice recovery run from last night. Legs were still tired and left calf hurt. Yeah 9 days left!!

Ohhh slept in till 7am. Oh how nice it is to taper. My left calf is still killing me- I think it is from the speed wok on Wednesday, but I think it should be better by now. I charged my garmin last night but for some reason it didnt charge and was completely dead- had to run back and get my good ol' watch. Tried to do a 3 miles at my 5k pace- my legs were hurting bad, but I figured this was good for me mentally and physically so that I can push through the pain next Saturday. Laps: 7:55-some up hill, 7:45, 7:50-getting tired. 

103:05- 8:07 average

 I think I am going to go get a massage today- my body seems to really need it!

Easy miles today- left leg still a little tight. Felt pretty good though, my body wanted to go faster but I tried to hold back some. Saw Ron on the way back down the canyon. It was so good to see him. He is planning on running St George this year (He was in a pretty bad bike accident a few months ago) Ron is my freakin hero, he is awesome. In fact he is the one that gave me the nickname "Pinkie". It was soooo good to see him running!

57:26-8:50 ave

Nice run today- easy miles. Walked the hills. I did almost get hit by a car-though that surely got my heart rate up!

55:00- 9:00 ave

Well I finally did it. Sub 4 hrs and no ambulance ride, it was a great day!! I would have really loved a 3:50 but I didn't and I am okay with it. I was glad to run with my mom and dad. (My dad is the reason I finally got under the 4hr mark, he stayed with me the entire time and didnt let me slack at the end, this was the first one that I was actually passing people, instead of being passed by a ton of people) We started out at a really conservative pace 1-9:43 2-9:36 3-8:55 4-8:27 5-8:49 6-8:23 7-8:27 8-10:13 (veyo) 9-9:31 10-9:30 11-10:03 (these were the worst miles for me, it started raining/hailing really hard and there was a ton of head wind-I was getting sick of the rain and being freezing cold) 12-9:28 13-9:01 14-9:14 15-8:35 16-8:22 17-8:47 18-10:00 (with a potty break) 19-9:32 20-8:50 21-8:30 22-8:48 23-8:41 24-8:40 25-8:49 26-9:09 .2-2:00

The best part was finishing and then getting to see Brandon-who had finished way ahead of me. He did Awesome!!! I am so excited for him.

The worst part was my hair- I really thought I was going to have to chop it. Some how it got all knotted up- it was a complete mess. It took me and my aunt 2.5 hrs to comb through it!!! OUCH!