One Step at a Time

Good time for a tough race!

Great to see you back, Missee! Very speedy workout today.

Thanks for your comment Lybi. I noticed that you ran the Provo City 1/2 marathon! I was there. It was very windy. It was my first "flat" 1/2 marathon. I've ran the Provo River 1/2 marathon 6 times, but that race is mostly downhill. The scenery is breathtaking!

Thanks Missee. What was your time for the Provo City Half and your fastest Provo River Half? I'm wondering how scared I should be of it.

My fastest Provo River 1/2 was 1:43. The first time I ran it in 2003 I ran 2:27. It was a painful run as I didn't do any training!

Don't be scared of the race! It's a lot easier than Provo City 1/2.

You're nice to track down the owners. I'm not sure that I would take the time to do that.

I'm very attached to my cell phones, yes-I have two, and the panic I feel when I can't find them is unbearable. I don't want anyone else to feel that!!

Found the owner of the cell phone! 18 year old boy in my stake. His mother was very appreciative of its return!! As it turns out, my oldest daughter knew him!

Oh my gosh woman, do you ever sleep?

Certainly, not enough!!!

Do me a favor and sleep right now!

I'm going to bed in 10 minutes. It's my goal to be asleep by 1. That will give me 4 hours of sleep! Wahooooo!!! Running @ 5.

Thats a start! Baby steps! lol You know your not 18 anymore, you cant go clubbing unil 3 in the morning and then go to work at 6! Im kidding, I have a bit of sleep disorder myself. I always get up and wander round the house at night.

No need to remind me that I'm not 18 anymore!!! My body does that on a daily basis! I just need more hours in the day!

amen to more hours in the day!

I'm exhausted just reading your blog! You had a lot of energy! When I do a stair master for 20 minutes, I'm toast the rest of the day. Way to go!!

Oh boy, lack of sleep! I cannot function without at least 7-7 1/2 hours.

Christina mentioned that we run City Creek on Wednesday nights. Yes, we meet at the Capital at 6:00 p.m., except not this week cause we are all racing this weekend....You are welcome to join us anytime!

I'd love to make it one of these weeks, but I'm supposed to be attending a study group on Wednesday nights. My evenings are usually filled w/ kids' activities so my usual running time is between 5 and 6:30 a.m., thus the lack of sleep!

Yes, the things we sacrifice for exercise and our family...sleep....

Hey Andrea! You were awesome this morning! Way to keep us both motivated to get those miles in. I like the eliminate driving campaign! I think I'll be trying it myself! See you in the a.m.!

Me? Awesome? No, I think you are talking about yourself. I definitely wouldn't have run this morning had you not come to my house!!

In all seriousness, I'm so blessed to have you as a partner!!!

Wow, I don't even know how you can function on 4 hours of sleep day after day, let alone run! I need at least 6.5 hours, and 7 to 8 even better, to have good energy throughout the day. Good rule for going out, hope you can stick to it! Blogging helps - if you put your hours of sleep in, everyone will see it, and now that you announced the new rule, you're accountable :).

You're right. It's hard though when a friend calls up at 10:30 p.m. or so and says, "Hey! Want to go to Wal-Mart?" An hour and 1/2 later, I arrive home with less money and loss of valuable sleep time!!!

Good job getting out for 5 days this week. How was the running skirt?

good to see your sleeping! how do you feel running now?

Andy, the running skirt is awesome, thanks for asking. This one is all black so it goes well with anything! Wow! That sounded too girly for me, but it's true. My other one is pink and a dark purplish/periwinkle color. Didn't go well w/ much besides black and white!

Walter, sleep is blessed!!! I feel better when I get more sleep, but it is so hard to come by. My bro is doing some training for the air force before he goes to JAG school and he tells me they are only getting 4 or 5 hours of sleep. I laughed. I said that is normal for me!!

Nice run today! :) Hey curious - is "max 6:29" your max sustained pace? How long were you able to keep that at?

Hahaha funny thing that you mentioned finding two dimes. I know as a kid I always watched my dad head out for a 3-4 miler and he'd come back with 8 or 9 soda cans he picked up on the way, one on each finger. He comes running up the driveway swinging his arms looking like a crazy alien runner and he smiles and goes "Hey look, Benn! I'm a professional runner! I made 45 cents today!". Well something must have stuck because now I do the same thing! HAhaha. Hope Tuesday is a great one for you!

Missee-do you take naps during the day? and how do you do it? I was able to do that up till 2 years ago, I got mono and it knocked me out. Now with running so much, i have to sleep. Where do you do your runs at? Im just off of 3200 W. and 104th south and always run up to daybreak but i occasionally run down 3200 w. to 7800 s. and down to 2200 w. and do a loop. The easiest run if you can drive to it is garner village. There was alot of people out this morning!

Benn - The max is just my Garmin said my max speed was -- I guarantee I didn't maintain it for very long.

My dad used to collect Indian beads that he would find in ant hills while out running! He would also collect little glass bottles.

Walter - I don't know what a nap is!!!I run in the Daybreak area on Mondays and Fridays. Run around the lake to the roundabout on 104 and 4000 and take the bridges, etc. Love the changing lights on the lake, though the water hasn't been turned on lately.

There were tons of people running in Daybreak yesterday. I want to know where they all were in February when it was 15 degrees!!!

Good luck on x-training today! Question for you .. what kind of bike do you use? I'm thinking of getting an entry level road bike for 495 (originally 1100) through bikesdirect.com. It comes with free aero bars. :) It's "Dawes 1500" which I think is a Canadian brand or Euro-Canadian. Do you think it'd be a good investment? Right now I use a Bianchi Boardwalk hybrid bicycle. I think I could ride more efficiently and go a lot faster if I get a real road bike.

Good job on your training. I liked your Visiting Teaching on Wheels idea! I just got a bike--pretty basic comfort bike, and I've only ridden it twice so far. I'm a little bit of a scaredy cat riding out in traffic.

Hey missee did you know that your the only female from west jordan on here? You need to do some recruiting! ha ha

Christina - Use that bike!!! Traffic can be a bit frightening, but find a route that is less travelled. It's less work than running!

Walter - Only female in WJ, huh? I do have some work cut out for me, don't I?

Its good to see you get some sleep. even if its below average. Ha ha, are you running in the morning?

Hey missee, it sounds like running in 3" heels would be a good cross trainer! Thanks for the run it was fun with a little sun. Ok ill stop, before I blow your top.

It was a good run. Bike ride home was great, too. Faster than the way there. Probably because I could see better! Good luck w/ WBR!

That was very hard! you'll have to read my race blog when I post it. I swear we ran to wyoming!

I wonder how much money ive saved by doing my earands while running. i take back my redbox videos all the time on my run alot. My truck gets 8-10 mpg so Im sure im doing my part from buying that stupid gas gussler by running. Are you happy you environmentalits? lol Ok now heres my speach to getting your friend on the blog. I wont blow her cover, yet! jk

Hey good luck beating your nemesis saturday. Im sure if there is any hill she is doomed! You whale up those hills! Congrats on the sleep too! Thats some kind of record. I made up for your sleep deprivation on friday night and saturday a total of 2.5 hours! Yeah

Unfortunately, there are no hills. It is a flat square course, two times around. Not very scenic either. A few cows and horses to look at, the hospital and nursing home, and a few houses. Oh, yeah, a couple alfalfa fields, too.

You need to get some sleep!!! 2.5 hours is nothing!!!

You see what comes around goes around eh? Its about time you got me on my sleep. Last night my kids went to the next door neighbors house, my wifes in Hawaii so I was all alone and without everyone the house seemed to get a whole lot bigger to me. I heard a bang at midnight so I got up to see what it was and couldnt get back to sleep until 2 and then I woke up at 5 to go run on rivertons track. Now im wiped out!

How'd the 10k go?

It went ok. Avg mile pace was 7:41, I think. Full report on that days blog. Thanks for asking!

Thats a great time. Congrats

Great race. Maybe I need to try your pre-race diet.

Sounds like you had fun up there! I hate race courses that you have to loop on! I ran a 15k in west jordan the decked in red a few years back that looped around 3 times. It was so boring the third time around I wanted to scream! Diet pepsi and smarties huh? A little far from the traditional spaghetti dont you think?

ALRIGHT!!! SUPER RACE! HAHA I feel the same way when I race my younger brother. He's 16 and kicks the pants off of me even though he seems to never train!

Diet Pepsi and Smarties ... the prerace fuel of champs! woot woot!

Hey question for you. I have been clocking some pretty fast times on hilly courses around my house this week. What's an average speed that I should shoot for to even consider placing in a pack of a 50 mile bike race? Right now I think my best is like 30.4 miles in 1:38

Andy - I think you could probably find a pre-race diet that would be a tad bit more helpful than Smarties and diet Pepsi! I fell off the wagon when I went to Wyoming this past week. Thoroughly enjoyed at least one diet Pepsi a day!!! ;-)

Walter - Had tons of fun in Wyoming! I love going home!

Benn - I've come to accept the fact that my lil' sis will always beat me, and if ANYONE is going to beat me, it better be my sister! LOL

As far as biking goes, I really can't help you w/ that. I've only been biking regularly for about 1 month! I'm a newbie!!! Don't know much myself. Good luck finding someone w/ expertise and experience!

Hey sorry to here about you know who. I do speed workouts at riverton high every wednesday at 5:30 and your welcome to come join in. Sometimes its good to do some slow running and get your body that break it needs. Keep up the good work.

Missee, Missee, Missee! What can we do to cheer you up? Being excited about a nap against the garage wall does not sound like the thing to be excited about! Do you have a race coming up? It would be great to meet you sometime! Good luck in the motivation department! I think you are awesome to do all that you do as a single mom! I can't imagine how draining it must be! Take care of yourself!

Thanks Kim!

Racing in a few hours if I can get myself to go to bed!

So you doing DesNews 10k on Thurs?? What 10k is the toughest one??

No, on Thursday I'm running in Provo. It is the 2008 Pioneer Classic. I think this is the first year they have done this race. They were running a special that if you signed up last week on Thursday the entry fee was only $13. Can't beat that price.

Information about the Toughest 10k can be found at http://www.co.wasatch.ut.us/fair/10_k.htm. I've never done it, but I'd love to see what it's all about.

Ya does look like a tough course. Alot of hills can be a pain in the fast races. No Pr there. Good luck in Provo though too.

Solid time for that course. The overall place means in your gender.

Wow, that hill gave you the momentum to finish strong. Way to go! Keep up the good work. Hows your friend doing?

Hey, Walter. Thanks for asking. She went to the dr again on Friday. Prescribed new muscle relaxer and physical therapy. She's hoping to be running on Friday.

I'm sorry you are feeling lousy! I'm glad your running partner has returned! Good luck to both of you! Did you have a comment somewhere that said you have a 1/2 coming up? Are you also doing St. George this year? I hope you get feeling better real soon!

Thanks for your comment, Kim.

I'm running Provo River 1/2 this weekend. This will be my 6th year in a row. I love that race.

I am doing St. George and I'm so excited/nervous about the whole thing!

Are you running St. George?

I will be at the Provo River 1/2 this weekend. I would love to meet you! I am not going to be in the race. I decided to do my own run while Tom is running so I can be there to watch him come in for a change. If we both race he is always there for me because he is much speedier than me. Watch for people in fastrunning blog singlets and ask if they know Kim or Tom. And, Yes, I am running St. George. It will be my first marathon. Hopefully I'll see you Saturday! Good luck in the race!

Hey both you and Kim come see the st. george running center crew at the start. You cant miss us, we all will be wearing the jersey you see on most the blogs! lol Its good to get to know the face behind the blog!

I hope you are feeling better for the race tomorrow! Good luck! I hope to see you there!

BTW: Going to 7 Peaks alone IS an interesting activity to do alone. I think it's awesome you get out and do things for yourself! So did you have a good time there?

At 7 Peaks, I felt like I on the outside watching all these people and their fun. It was a weird, detached kind of experience, but on the other hand, it was calm and relaxing. It's not something I plan on doing very often!!!

Hey did you run Provo half? You probably got busy again huh? Im anxious to see how you did. Say hi to your running buddy for me. Good to see you two back at it.

Yeah, I ran Provo 1/2.

Is that all you are going to say about the Provo half? I hope you had an enjoyable time. Wish I could have met you!

I posted more about the 1/2 on that day so I didn't want to be redundant.

I saw one guy w/ a fastrunning.com shirt, but I didn't say anything. I go to most of my races alone and sometimes I'm outgoing and just talk to anybody and everybody and sometimes I don't say a word at all. Just depends on the mood!

Doing a triathlon on August 30 and then a 10k on Sept 6 at the U and then I'm probably done racing until the marathon.

There was alot of people there and I missed seeing you so if I looked right at you and didnt say anything dont take offense. LOL

yeah, there were tons and tons of people. And, if you looked right at me and didn't say anything, that's ok, cuz I probably looked right at you and didn't say anything either.

I did see the two guys from my ward that were running it. I beat them both! Made me smile!

How was your race?

Its always nice to be the ward hero you know!? When I first moved into this area 4 years ago everyone ran around here and I could tell they wanted to know how good everyone was so our bishop made a friendly competition to everyone in our area to run the Des news 10k so we could see who the elite runners of the stake were. Luckily I won and his son came right behind be by a few seconds. He was running for Bingham HS at the time. So I got to wear the crown and title which was nice. My race was good, I had a bit of a stomach problem, but I PR'd and it was a nice day.

That's awesome to PR. I think I was slower by a minute or so, but considering circumstances, I'm happy w/ my time.

No one runs in my ward. I talked a couple ladies into running the other day and they could barely do three miles at an 11:00 minute pace. One of the did a 5k the other weekend and she placed 2nd in her age group. She was kinda miffed cuz her husband place 1st in his and he doesn't exercise much. Sure helped that he was the ONLY one in his age group!!! LOL

Thats hilarious! I have a friend who did a tri with me last year and he was 3rd out of 3 in his age group! But we didnt want to hurt his feelings and tell him that! He still talks about that. One of these days I may have to humble him!? You have done this one several times right. It was my first and they put the hill in it right? So im anxious to know how the course really was before they detoured us around the so called fire.

Sorry I didn't catch this earlier! I think you did a great job! I was nervous for you since you had been feeling so lousy! I am excited you are signed up for a marathon! It's ok to be a little insane! Good luck in the continuing training!

People die while running and doing just about anything else. Good luck with your tri. I've alway thought about doing one but am too much of a wimp.

You a wimp??? I don't think so. I see how many miles you put in each day! It makes me tired just looking at your blog!

You should try this one. There's still a couple weeks to train. Here's the website: www.recreation.slco.org/marvjenson

Hey how are you? Dont worry about missing your alarm clock it happens. Its good to have a running partner to help with accountability huh!? Do you have any races this weekend or coming up?

Thanks for making me feel better about missing running!

I have a sprint triathlon in Riverton on the 30th. Extremely worried about the swim. My biking partner is doing it also and despite her being about 15 years older than me, I think she's going to beat me. I have such a hard time losing!!! Shouldn't cuz I seldom win a race......oh, yeah, I have never won a race (since freshman year of high school), so I should be used to it by now! Oh, well. It keeps me humble! LOL

I love sprint triathlons! They are so fun and you dont have to kill yourself to do them. Dont worry about the swim, just follow Dora's advice from Nemo.

Well a freshman in high school is your last moment in fame huh? Looks like we need to get you back at the top. So your friend is 15 years older huh? I have a friend like that too. He is 56 and has done 28 St. George marathons! Truely awesome! Keep up the great work, sounds like your getting more sleep than me now so I need to follow my own advice. See ya.

Good luck with your Tri tomorrow.

Thanks Andy. Sorry, I'm a bit late responding.

The tri was lots of fun. Hope to do several next season. They didn't post the results by age category or even overall, but by my calculations I was 5th woman. I wish I had remembered my Garmin so I could have timed the bike and run! Overall time was 1:18:10.

Great job on the tri! How was it? I really like doing them myself. You know I can see you being a triathlete. Im not just saying that. How was the swim? Was it open water?

Sounds like you had an enjoyable weekend! Good job, you deserve it!

Don't worry about SGM! You knew what you were thinking! It will be a great experience! I hope I will get to meet you there!

Congrats on the tri!

Walter - The Tri was awesome. Can't wait to do another. I just need to work on the swim and transitioning! The swim was in an outdoor pool. The girl in front of me was fast enough to be a motivator but not so fast that I was discouraged.

Kim - Thanks for your encouragement about SGM. Haven't been feeling well lately so now I'm really worried about not training enough!!! Oh, well. I won't die doing it, but I might be wishing to!!! LOL

Congrats on the tri are you officially hooked now! Too bad they are so seasonal and hard to get into also. You almost have to plan ahead a full year to get into them.

Kim, just keep up the good work and you'll be fine in SGM! Look who you have to motivate you! Sometimes I wished someone was there to get me motivated more.

What's up with half of the runners being in your age group?!

You did a great job! No fun with a head cold and cough!

I had seen ads on this run and was wondering how it would turn out. Wasn't it women only?

Congratulations and I hope you are feeling better now!

Yeah, it was women only. I saw several posts on the website saying that they had been placed in the wrong age group....so I doubt the #'s are completely accurate.

I do feel much better now (9/23). Thanks for being concerned.

Come on gal! Your starting to fade! Whats up? Did you do a long run? There were sooo many people out this morning! Good to see that. Keep up the good work!

sorry it's taken me so long to reply...I'm finding life too busy to keep up on this blog! Did 10 miles last Saturday and 14.5 the Saturday before that. Can't wait for this marathon to be done!

Thats right, you show that terd whos boss! lol

Hey How's the training coming??

Hey I saw you coming in at the finish! Way to kick some butt! how did you do?

Incredible job! Man, you're fast.

Thanks!

Hey great run! I saw you at mile 25! Your right about help at the end. It was soo cold and I found the park bathroom for a break from the rain. It was just a horrid day. Looks like you got your BQ out of the race. Very nice! I dont know if you remember I yelled your name on the last mile. So if you subconsciously remember hearing your name, it was me! lol

Thanks, subconsciously I'm sure I remember you yelling my name and that is where I got the extra energy at the end to kick it in!!!

That's a joke. My kick was pathetic, but it was there....a little.

After running myself it more appreciable to yell, Your almost there! I wanted to whack that guy with the 25.2 mile sign that was yelling, 1 mile to go! Oh give me death!

Hey Misseeeeeeeee... How's the ankle?

Ankle is feeling better. It should be back to normal by tomorrow!!! At least I'm hoping so! Thanks for asking!

I've gone over that question numerous times in my head since January. I felt like I was a complete lazy head. But then when I came back to jogging last month I discovered hey! I think that time off was a good thing! So don't worry you aren't lazy. Just being PROACTIVE the way I see it haha

I think you're right. This morning it felt great to run. Only did 4.7 miles, but it was good.

How is your training going!?

Training is pretty lame right now. My running partner is still suffering from IT band issues from the marathon and I don't have it in me to get up at 0500 to run by myself. So we average 2-3 runs a week, about 4 - 5 miles each time. I've started going to the gym twice a week to do some cardio and weights, but mostly to play basketball.

Thanks for asking!! ;-)

Long time no hear. Its good to run even when your feeling like that. I envy you right now! Ill be back at it in 3 weeks or so. Im going to try swimming next week and see how it goes. Keep plugging away at those pesky miles! Hows your friend doing?