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early morning:

10 slow recovery TM miles

late morning/early afternoon:

50 minutes upright bike

** Just realized I have less than 2 weeks left in this semester. Dang ... it's going to be a stressful 13 days. Good thing I have this big bag of sweet potato krinkle cut chips from Costco!!! :)

2 miles by myself, 7.1 miles with Fly from City Creek up to and around Ensign's Peak.

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I'm pretty sure Fly and I found Winterland's playground!!! :) :) :) A couple miles into our run Fly asked me, "Okay, should we run the safer route, or should we be adventurous?" After having me sign a disclaimer we were off!!!! (Okay, he really didn't make me sign anything ... but I did have to verbalize that I was of sound mind when we made the decision to take the path less traveled.)

I think from that point on I couldn't get the silly grin off of my face. Much of the snow we were running/hopping/skiing/sliding in came to my mid-thighs. Hence I biffed it (is that a real word?) on NUMEROUS occasions!!! The powder was so soft that the falling just added to the fun. Not hurt, not even embarrassed ... just loving it all!

Final score for falls:

Teena 5, Fly 1. I TOTALLY WIN!!!!

Also, I ate snow for the first time since grade school, and for the first time got a close look at deer droppings. Yes, I have lived a sheltered life. :)

Winterland's Playground > treadmill ... BY FAR!!!!!! :) :) :)

Thanks Fly! :)

16 miles AP 7:58

Solid effort! :)

The first bit I was running in the 8:20s for the first 3/4 of every mile and then running the last 1/4 of each mile at 7:30. I felt strong and so started picking up the pace at mile 10. At mile 14 I took a one minute break and calculated how fast I would have to run to get my AP under 8:00. Pushed hard and did it. I am very pleased with this run. (Must have been the Pier 49 pizza I had for lunch with Ry.) :) :) :)

Tomorrow is extremely busy, so I had to get in my longer run today. Worked out wonderfully. :)

5 miles

Extremely busy day. Good thing I got my long run in yesterday. :)

am

8 miles AP 7:51

pm

30 minutes upright bike

3 miles - recovery

am

10 miles AP 8:24

pm

20 minute medicine ball workout - emphasized core

iliopsoas release with tension ball

am

8 miles AP 8:43

50 minutes elliptical

Trail runnin' with Fly! :) :) :)

City Creek and BST.

Funny thing: It's about half way into our run and I feel like we are super high up. I look over and see this one area that goes even higher ... I'm talking straight up. It looks formidable!!! I say to Fly, "Hey, how far do you think it is to the top of that? Do you think it is a mile?" He says, "Nah." I say, "It's got to be at least half a mile." He says, "Nah." I say,"One third of a mile for sure." He says, "Maybe." I say, "Let's find out." So ... off we go.

Upon arriving at the top (it was killer steep and I am totally out of breath) I ask, "So ... how far was it?" Fly looks at his watch and replies, "Almost one tenth of a mile!!!!!!!" HOLY CRAP ... I really really really STINK at guesstimating distances!!!!! :) :) :)

(There was this really cool rock altar of some sort with Tibetian prayer flags at the top though. Score!!)

Thanks again, Fly! :)

10 miles AP 8:17

5 miles with Ry, AP 9:09, followed by 7 hard miles (although I turned my watch off during Puke Hill because I am a big baby and wanted to chat it up with JohnnyV), AP 7:29.

4 basketball games (spectator only)

2.5 easy miles

** After the physiology Christmas Party last night Matt, Brooke and I decided to go ahead and sign up for the Slam! We talked a lot about my SSF and want to be more like her!!!!  (Then again, who doesn't?) :) :) :)

Nothing!!!

Was feeling a bit exhausted physically and mentally. Chose to take whatever energy I had and put it towards studying for my physics final.

Point Teena -- good decision!!! :) :) :)

(Thought I would feel guilty for not running or working out. Ironically, I felt the exact opposite. I feel balanced!!! :))

9 miles:

   2 warm up miles

   4 miles of FFs, 1 minute break before the final mile

   1 easy mile

   .25 mile max, .25 easy, .25 max, .25 easy

   1 cool down mile

60 minutes bike while going through some physics concepts

*** 3 week break from school!!! YAHOO!!!! ***

10 miles, AP 8:14

WONDERFUL AFTERNOON WITH MY SSF. SHE TOOK ME TO A DENZEL MOVIE (I DON'T CARE HOW OLD HE GETS, HE HAS GOT IT GOING ON) AND BOUGHT ME LUNCH!!!! I AM SPOILED ROTTEN!!!! :) :) :)

Solid effort of hillwork today! :)

Ran Julie G's Boston hill training plan (yeah, I know I am not running Boston this year, but I thought what the heck).

Followed the schedule to the T (incline and pace), minus the middle miles. Just went from one hill segment to the next. I thought about calling it good after the first segment (which put me at roughly 8 miles) but then a couple of * FIRE FIGHTERS * began weight training right in perfect view. I thought, DANG, no way I am leaving now!!! Good choice!  :) :) :) Finished the second segment of hills then took a few minutes to get a drink and walk around the gym for a bit before hitting a final .5 at my max. Quality run today! :)

10 miles AP 9:15

45 minutes upright bike

20 miles AP 8:12

** I now know that it is possible to run 20 miles on the TM. Luckily, the gym was full of people ... so lots of change of scenery! :)

(Unfortunately, no fire fighters.)

a.m.

AWESOME DAY!!!!!!

8 miles with Ry AP 9:22

*Ry surprised me by taking today off of work. Then he surprised me again by saying he would run with me. Then he surprised me a third time by running 8 miles!!!! That is the furthest he has run in about 2 years. SO SO SO SO SO MUCH FUN!!!!! :) :) :) Then we went to breakfast, did some shopping, went to lunch, and then chilled at home. :) :) :)

p.m.

60 minutes upright bike

8 miles which included 5 fast (for me) 800s and 1 1200 at my max. Pushed hard.

A fabulous lunch with many of the Chumps and a few others (Rob, Ann, and Fonz). The pizza I had was AWESOME, the company was even better!!!!

Elliptical shopping with my SSF!!!! :) :) :)

THANKS ALL for a wonderful day! :) :) :)

8 miles AP 8:34.

This is usually a pace that a really enjoy. Today I felt super tired and blah. I hope that means that my speed workout yesterday was a good one! :)

Incredible Day!!!!

Slept in.

When I woke up I asked my oldest daughter if she would run with me. She was too tired to get up, but my two youngest girls said they wanted to run. After we finished running one of my boys wanted to run. When that was over my oldest decided she wanted to run after all. Only one of my boys did not want to run outside today, he did end up doing 1 mile on the treadmill though. I was SO SO SO impressed with all of my kids. I am the luckiest mom in the world! :)

5K with Sophia (8) and Livvy (7). High 11s, but no stopping -- I knew Sophia could run this distance, but Livvy completely surprised me! :)

5K with Oliver (7). High 10s and low 11s. Once again, I was completely surprised. I thought we would run 1 to 2 miles, but he insisted that we matched his sisters' distances. :)

3.5 miles with Rylee (13). AP 9:19. She wanted to run to Nana and Papa's and then have Papa drive us home. However, Papa was not there and so I ended up running home and then driving back to get her. She did awesome. I always wonder what she could do if she trained. This is the first run she has run for a LONG time!!!

3.5 miles by myself. AP 7:17. Ran as hard as I could. Felt tired but not horrible. Was happy to stop for a couple lights. :)

WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WONDERFUL DAY!!!! :) :) :)

a.m.

5 miles by myself AP 7:35

5 miles with my Honey AP 8:56

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!! :)

No running.

Just enjoyed the day with the fam! :) :) :)

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. :) :) :)

2 miles before Rylee's game

(.25 easy then 1.75 at 6:59)

8 miles after Rylee's game, AP 8:15

50 minutes upright bike

** I need to stay away from all the goodies around the house. It's going to be tough, but I am going to give it an honest effort! :)

Crazy busy day.

Wasn't able to run until this evening. Was tired and hungry so cut it short.

Ry took half a day off since Rylee played in both the semi-finals and championship games this afternoon (AAU basketball tournament). They ended up taking second place. Man was it fun to watch her! :)

8 miles, AP 7:48

8 easy miles AP 9:30

2 minutes inversion table

Tightness in right biceps femoris and right lateral rotators. This usually happens when my right hip is rotated upward. Did exercises to adjust it, still feels a bit out of place. Had Ry work on it for a bit. If I can't get it where it needs to be by Monday I will call Matt and have him realign it. :)

2010 has been a FANTASTIC year. Last year I ran a little over 1300 miles. This year I had 740 crosstraining miles and 2112 running miles. For me this is huge!!! I am very very very happy about it! :) :) :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! :) :) :)