This is NOT my tattoo!! It is my sister's. She just got it done last week and is really excited about it, but she could not figure out how to post it on here, so i am posting it for her. The girl is running through water, and Karen loves that. It makes her want to go run on the beach!! Very pretty Karen!

This is what she emailed me about it: Thanks.. you know that when you put yourself out on a limb like that getting the tattoo.. you have to do better! I kept telling myself I am the runner in charge going for it!!! keep my head up and have purpose. Smile feel the run!!!!

You go Karen, you are doing great!!!

For me a Busy day. Carried and juggled and planted 2, 10 gallon trees about 10 feet tall each! That was definitely an arm and shoulder workout!

Finished watching Boston Marathon this morning... I just Love watching the women's finish! Those ladies are so amazingly strong!

Only actual exercise i did was a 10 min spin - 2.5 miles.

Got up very early to get this last long run in before my half on Saturday.
Up at 5:00 am to drink a cup of coffee, and part of a banana to get my system going and done to get out by 7:00.
Out the door by 6:50, to a half cloudy, half clear sky, chilly and quiet 41 degrees. 41 is usually not that chilly, but with the cloud cover I was comfortable in capri tights and a warm tech shirt, the kind with the soft fuzzy inside next to your skin.
The run ended up being 6.5 miles in 1:12 minutes. I attached my Galloway timer today, setting it for 4/1 run/walk ratios. For having some walking breaks, i was happy with my pace. I also noticed that having 2 days off running or walking, and very little spinning, made this a bit achy of a run.
The only problem with my Galloway timer, was finding a place to attach it where i could hear or feel it.
On the  bottom of my shirt i could not feel it and missed a couple walking breaks. Attached to the waist band of my shorts, i got confused between whether the 'vibrating' was the timer or my fat jiggling~~!! :)
The best location ended up being the bottom of the long sleeve on my shirt, but on race day i intend on wearing short sleeves, i will get something figured out.

I am posing this on Monday instead of Sunday, when i actually ran and i am watching the Boston Marathon as i type ~ I LOVE watching this race!!!!

Yesterday was just a failure.
Thursday afternoon i had to pick my husband up from the hospital from getting a kidney stone blasted, and he has had more pain this time. I had errands to run Thursday nite and when the alarm went off on Friday morning, i just was zapped of energy and did not get up. I had planned on running after work on Friday instead, but by the time i got home from my son's High School baseball game, i was worn out.
I am more worn out emotionally than physically.

This morning got up and just did a very quick 1.5 mile spin.

Spinning day - 8 miles in 30 minutes - nothing to report about spinning. I just keep the resistance low, and watch Good Morning Utah. That always keeps me entertained.

Outside, predawn again! This was a better run today. It felt better and i was more 'determined' and got a little speed on. 3.3 miles in 34:40, which averages 10:30 pace.
Temperature was 55 when i went out at 6:30, the air was still and peaceful.

Now this evening, 47 and pouring rain. So glad i ran in the morning today!

These are some of the wonderful ladies who donate their time every week to weigh in the participants of West Jordan's Biggest Loser! The 2 happy ladies on the left are there EVERY Week with encouragements, even though i am so up and down each week. Last week a gain of 1.4, this week a loss of 1.
No more Junk from now till my 1/2 in 11 days..... yikes!!

Todays run was a sunrise run, and it was  a great morning for it. 51 degrees out with only a slight wind coming out from the south. I got out at 6:31 and was out looping my neighborhood till just after the sun rose around 7:00.
3.3 miles, 37 minutes.
I went to the running store to buy a new bra, and talk about my calf cramps.
The are in agreement, i am depleting my electrolytes, and they told me that the calf muscles are the first to react. So their solution, is to hydrate with Gatorade, or a different sports drink that i like, to replace my electrolytes while running longer distances.
A friend of mine at work suggested i try coconut milk, and.or coconut water.
So i will give the coconut water a try when i get a chance, other people drink it too.
But for my half it looks like i will be carrying Gatorade....

Today is Monday, the 9th, and my sister reminded me that i have missed at least a week of blogging. i am going to back up and copy my posts off dailymile because i also have forgotten to keep up on my calendar on my ipad.
My sister, Karen, (runningfatstick:)) also thinks it might be because i have already thrown in the towel.  NOT TRUE!!!
i do fight daily with myself and my family to get my training/running time in, but my marathon training has not 'officially' started, that will be in May. Right now i am still training for my Salt Lake Half Marathon on April 21st.
Then i will have 3 weeks without a 'schedule' and then the training for St George Marathon starts.
 This is the link if you wish to check out the home page for it:

http://www.stgeorgemarathon.com/