Attitude is Everything!

I ran 5.4 miles outside. I ran at 3:00pm which is not ideal but the rain cooled things off and made it actually pretty nice.  I tried to push it through the middle of my run to get in a little tempo work.  I ended with an AP of about 7:50 min/mi.  

I still need to call Garmin and see if the will warranty my watch, I just can't seem to find time during the work day. 

I was planning to run Oakley City's 5K but they cancelled it due to lack of volunteers so I ran Park City's 5K.  We barely got there in time to start so I didn't get a chance to warm up.  My goal was to run 7 minute miles- which I did with an AP of 6:55.  This was a killer of a course.  It was an out and back with a lot of rolling hills.  I spent most of the race talking myself out of walking and telling myself pain is only temporary.  At the turn around I counted all the women who were in front of me and counted 11.  In the last mile I was struggling and two women passed me- I passed one back 20 yards from the finish line- so I thought I was the 13th women but apparently I missed 2 because I was the 15th women- 2nd in my age group.  The women who won finished with a time of 18:40.  The women who won my age group finished with a time of 21:02.   I was amazed at how many runners there were (1009 runners who finished, 560 women and 449 men).

After I finished I ran back to "run" my little girl in- I ended up running almost back to the turn around before I found them.  She was a trooper and completed the whole race.  She has been "training" for the Oakley 1 miler since last year (haha- shes been talking about it since then) and was really disappointed it was cancelled.  So my husband, pushing the baby in the jogging stroller,  helped her compete in her first race.  It was a wonderful race and was fun to see her so excited.  I am very proud of her.  She's already planning her next race- the  Kamas 1 miler.

PM-  When we got back to the cabin we hiked up to the lake and caught frogs.  I'm going to count two miles for this because I had to carry my 1 year old in the backpack the whole way and I had to carry the 5 year old at least half of the way-  Carrying 70 extra pounds gets the heart rate up big time. 

This was an Awesome 4th of July!  (Although I was hoping for a higher place overall and a win in my age group- oh well- I PR'd by 42 seconds)

4 easy miles with the hubby after we put the kids to bed.  Felt great.

3 miles on the treadmill with .25 cool down.

3 more treadmill miles with a .25 mile cool down.  I tried to pick the pace up a little on the last mile.  AP: 8:10.

OK- I feel better now.  I went for a run this morning from my house, over & up tithing hill and across Lampton view.  It was hard.  I thought- Ouch, I have lost all of my training, in the last few weeks of sporadic training.  I was a bit depressed about it.  My Garmin quit a while back so I had to time how long it took me and then use map my run to determine the distance.  For some reason I had in my mind that the run was only 5 miles so as I was running I thought, not only that my pace was fairly slow, like a 9mm, but that I was losing it because my legs and lungs were not cooperating like I wanted them to. Well, the run was actually 5.81 miles so my AP was 7:47.  That's a pretty good pace for a fairly hard run.  I feel much better now.   1.3 mile cool down.

Ran with some of the BBK group today.  It was really nice to have people to talk to.  I've missed training withe the group.  I struggled quite a bit- my legs were tired but I managed 11.5 miles at about a 9:10 pace (I think).  

After the run I had to hustle home and get ready for a wedding at my house. The wedding went really well but I am beat.  I just barely got a chance to sit down, so I have been on my feet for 16 1/2 hours.  WOW, no wonder I'm so tired.

An absolutely crazy week and a sore knee has led to a big zero until today.  At this rate I'll never be able to complete Hobblecreek or St. George.  I've got to figure out how to fit running into my schedule.

 Tonight, after dinner, I took my 5 year old down to the parkway to ride her bike.  I ran next to her so I was able to get in about 3.5 miles.  This was probably one of the funnest runs I can remember.  This was her first true ride-  she just barely learned how to ride independently and still has difficulty starting, stopping and passing people.  On our way out she wasn't very confident so our pace was rather slow, maybe a 10 minute mile or so.  On the way back her confidence was much better and our pace reflected it- I would guess it was about 8 to 8:30 minute miles.  She was absolutely amazing-  I think I may have found my new running partner.  By taking her out maybe I can "kill two birds with one stone"- I can get a run in and I can spend quality time with my little girl.  She's already excited for our next run/ride and so am I.

This was a fun small town 5K.  There were only about 60 runners.  My 5 year old was planning on doing their 1 miler but they didn't have any interest so they didn't do it- so once again she ran the 5K.  

I ran the race- pretty hard.  I got a bad start because I was in the back with my little girl so I had to weave around the other runners.  By the first turn I had only 6 runners ahead of me.  At about 1/2 a mile there was a pretty big hill.  I was able to pick off 1 guy on the hill.  The other runners seemed to stay the same distance in front of me.  I knew there was one girl ahead of me but she was the second runner.  I tried for the a while to try and cut the lead of those out front but couldn't seem to make up any ground.  The guy I passed on the hill overtook me again about a mile latter.  I tried to keep with him to the finish but couldn't quite hold on.  It wasn't a great race for me.  The girl who one finished in 21:28- only 2 seconds faster than my last 5K.  After I finished I waited a while to catch my breath and see who was behind me but no one came- so after about 2 or 3 minutes I headed back to find my little girl.  When I got about 300 yards away I finally heard them cheering in the next runner. 

As I was heading back all of the runners were very cheerful and kept telling me I was going the wrong way.  As I approached one group they told me I was heading the wrong way- when I told them I was headed back for my daughter they knew exactly who I was talking about and told me how she had beat them up the hill and how great she was doing.  I found her and helped run her in.  She (and her dad and brother) were the last runners.  The Kamas police escorted us the whole way in- it was awesome.  As we got to the last turn, she stopped and took a drink and then ran the rest of the way in.  As soon as the group caught sight of her they started calling her name and cheering for her.  Her dad and I held back and let her run in by herself.  It was the most amazing thing.  I think every runner had stayed to see her finish.  I don't know if I have ever been so proud in my life- I cried (and so did her dad) as she crossed the finish line.  The little town of Kamas, Utah knows how to put on a great race.

After the race was done and all of the give aways were over my husband wanted to run it again and see if he would have one his age group if he hadn't run with our little ones.  So we left the babes with Nanny and took off.  This time we finished in 24:20- which wasn't great but he would have won his age group (by two minutes). 

Later that day we ran in to the race promoter.  She said they like to keep the race small (they had talked about advertising in park city but had decided they like it the way it is- I agree).  She also asked if we had a picture of Jocie finishing because she wanted to use it on the flyer next year- how cool is that.)

P.M.- Hiked two miles up to a lake and back with the 15 month (25 pounds) on my back.  I'm going to count 1 mile for it.

2 mile hike to the lake with the backpack. 

Something is definately not right with my right knee.