Fuel SMART,Train HARD, Run FAST.

Anyone here in the SLC Davis area are likely having the same issues....planned for a longish run this AM, but that plan went south due to the wind storm. So no run, just good highlights to share.

12:00am-My husband came home from work to take down the tramp, then went straight back.

4am-My 8 year old daughter came into my room  to report bombs going off. Calmed the delusional girl down and sent back to bed.

4:30 am- I'm thinking I'm the delusional one as I  witnessed "bombs"  going off all over the valley. Electric explosions all around, counting one in my yard that woke me up.

 6am-  I notice our 30 foot pine tree decided it was time to un-root itself. It landed perfectly inbetween our home and our neighbors home without damage. 

 I take a shower as the electricity goes out. I realize I don't have a towel or clothes around. Fun scavenger hunt in my birthday suit.

 6:30-All three kids and I watch all the wind out the window and see things flying around and hitting our window.

7:30 We realize "the flying things" are parts of our roof and shingles. We also notice weird shaped fans and things that belong somewhere on our roof.

900-Kids go to school and see many trees, powerlines and ambulances around. Someone at the school says you can stay, but we have no power or heat. We leave.

 9:30- My 5 year old gets excited and thinks toys from the North pool are going to start blowing into our yard. I tell him that won't happen as we witness a yellow music player blow past our window. I hear him squeel, "It's starting!!!"

This is nothing compared to other places that actually have natural disasters that are much more serious and scary. Sometimes stuff like this has to happen in Utah to keep us all in check:) 

 Alas, no run today. To those of you who braved the wind, I salute you.

 I got my booty out the door today and ran 5 miles on the treadmill. I could have done more if I didn't have such horrible ADD. I got so bored, I couldn't stand it any longer so I pushed the pace and finished. Afterwards did 10 mins of climbing on the Arc Glider, but you would believe that I also got bored of that too:) I've got to run outside tomorrow, I can't do the treadmill again. All of you TM runners, I look up to you. 

After the gym I went to the grocery store to get slightly violated by some guy. He stopped to talk to me about running (cause I had running clothes on?) Then preceded to touch me on my theigh, knee, arm, shoulder, hand (about a billion times), and almost my upper chestal area before I ducked away from him. No lie. I don't think he noticed me backing away with each gester, cause he came in closer each time and blocked me from escaping. Anyway, he talked about all the running and tri's he's done. At one point I thought it was a joke so I started to laugh during the middle of some story about a running injury he sustained. He stopped and inched closer to my face and said, "look at me in the eye and don't laugh again." Huh? I was sort of shocked and confused. Ugh. I left unimpressed and slightly nauseous. My daughter started talking about the weird man in the car and my daughter said, "Mom, I think he belongs in that hospital you work at (aka psych unit)." Mmmmmm hummmm. So that made the day fun:) lol.

 Quality run tomorrow, I hope.

Watched the Biggest Looser marathon special. I couldn't hear it so my attention was strained. However, I was able to get in 8 miles before I had to run out the door. AP at 7:30, with the last mile at 6:25. Felt fine. I imagined what it would be like to run a marathon in the  6:30 range and it scared me a little. The treadmill does a goo job of making you feel like a slow poke huh!

It was cold outside, so I ran from my car to the hospital. Then after work, I ran from the hospital to my car becuase it was still cold. .1 mi total. I ran in wedges, so it was good I saved my shoes from my last 8 miler several days ago.

I finished a long stretch of work leaving me no time to run- well that is not accurate. Rather little motivation to run. However, this morning was not aligned with the stars, but it worked out.

I was supposed to meet with a running group at 6am. My alarm clock said 5:45 so I got ready and headed out the door 10 mins later. I looked at my watch and it read 6:30. It turns out my alarm clock was wrong so missed that run. So I planned on  my own route- but before I got anywhere, I had a stomach ache from Hades. That delayed me another 20 minutes...so with time ticking I headed out the door hunched over but still running. 8 ( slightly hunched) miles total.

Nostalgic. It reminded me of my college running days when I delivered my daughter via c-section my Junior year. I felt so much pressure to get out and run again to earn my scholarship back that I began hunched running 9 days postpartum and tore most of my stitches. I was dumb back then. Today no stitches were torn, but likely not any smarter:)

Happy cold running! 

This morning I got up early only to spend 1.5 hours looking for my Ipod and charging Garmin. That was a waste of time since I never did find my Ipod and my Garmin died mid run. Oh well, at least it was lighter outside and I could take my time since Steve had the day off. I always want to sleep in with him, and when he finally has a day off, I find myself sitting in bed wanting to run really bad. It usually works out since he is usually still sleeping and I can slip back in bed like I never left, except with a stench telling otherwise. Tangent over.

Anyway, ran 9 miles on Davis today. According to Garmin at half way I was around 7:50 pace. The way back is more downhill since the first mile is spent climbing so likely average pace of 7:40 or 3:15....that is what an older guy told me when I passed him twice (after turning around) he told me he clocked me at 3:15 pace. I laughed and told him that was a personal record for me, he was pretty excited and then I realized he wasn't joking and believed it:) Wouldn't that be cool to run that fast on an "easy run."  

Minus the first mile climb, that made me doubt my fitness,  felt good today.

Well, my running has taken a back seat to work lately. I picked up two other jobs in the past two weeks and I love it! I currently work as a therapist, mostly with adults, but recently was hired to work with adolescents and children. The way they interpret the world is so interesting! Don’t you agree?!  Ah, it’s just been fun. Then the other job is a Crisis worker in the ER. Lots of drama to keep things interesting, that’s for sure. So my passions have been fed aside from running, I just need to add my kids to the list and find some balance again between family, work and running. The good news is that between the three jobs, I still am only going to be working part-time so it will be no different than what I had been doing previously, and my training shouldn't be affected too much.

You all know, weather its working outside the home or staying home with the kids, it's a juggling act. We have to get creative and make sacrifices to run. Sometimes running comes last due to more important things. That's why I love having it as a hobby! Would l like to be good enough to do it for a living? Yes. Would I want to do it for a living? No. How about you?

This morning I was supposed to meet a group of local girls for a run, but showed up a tad late due to running in and out of my house several times from second guessing my wardrobe. This morning had to be my coldest run to date. I tried out my new Columbia Omni heat base layer tights and top. The inside of the material has tiny silver reflective dots that are supposed to reflect back your own body heat. I think it did a decent job considering how light weight the material is and how cold the conditions were this morning. I defiantly want the entire line including moisture wicking, cooling, bug repellant, and sun protection. However these run pretty steep. They retail for $60 each, but I found them on Amazon for $38 each. Much more than I usually spend on running clothes. I can tell you that I've never been mistaken for a professional runner on my apparel alone-or in any other case for that matter:) I’m not testing for them or trying to sell their stuff- just a cool new find. 

Anyway, the run was fine. I started off with a sore left knee due to lots of acrobatic tricks yesterday and bent my knee funny. Started to really bother me at mile 4, so turned around for 8. AP 7:15 for first half then slowed down on way back to what felt like a wog, dragging my leg behind to overall AP around 8:00. Ice to the knee, drink of milk and lot's of deep cleaning to day! Planning to slip another run in the morning.

Merry running! 

Time to get back on board. Hollidays are over here. I took down the Christmas tree and all decorations 3 hours after opening presents. The neighbors must have given some weird looks as we hauled the tree to the curb in the early morning hours. Done with Christmas, time to focus on the season ahead. The winter Circuit is just around the corner...

 Ran 14 this morning down Main with AP of 7:50. I downloaded some new music, so that made it fun. Nothing like running to a little Michael Jackson and Garth Brooks!

Felt good today. Played some games on the way back. Miles 7-9 focuses on cadence, 10-12 ran intervals on the hills- running fast up and down the rollers, then slower on the flat parts. Then last two miles were focused on a girl far ahead to pass. When I finally passed her, I realized she was barley running. Not the sweet reward I was looking for. It made me laugh. That's what I do, I laugh at people when I pass them;) Last mile or so I cooled down. Felt great today.

Ten. Cold. Slow. Miles.