Paula's running blog

Today I got back to my runing after a great weekend of lazy and relaxation. I need to get back into the running mode. I can tell I have been out of the mode but I felt really good today just SLOW. Jody was a distant shadow that I followed the entire way. It was a nice sunrise and supper hot!! 

Anyway this was a nice start to the day.

Have a great day!!!

We went out for an easy run to the fitness center and back together. I had a hot stuffy yucky nights sleep so easy was great with me. Hopefully I can get some motivation going for the rest of the day!

Today we went easy and did a fairly flat route. My legs were tired and it was hard to get going. Tomorrow we are doing the Murray 5K Hopefully I have a little more get up and go tomorrow.

Yeah it is almost Friday!

This is one of those races that I say YEAH I AM DONE!!! I was niot into it I guess. It was really hot and I couldn't really ever kick it in. The last mile I didn't feel so well, so having said that all I was really happy with my time. It was one second slower than my PR so I will take it. But in the same I know I can do better because I feel like I went so slow. Maybe next time. Jody needed to get home so we left right shortly after we got done and before the awards and drawing.

Have a Happy 4th of July!!!

My husband and daughter are starting to ride bikes together but he got a flat tire. so he3 went and bought one tonight and put it on. After he got done I took it for a ride and ended up wandering around the neighborhood for a while. I dont know how far I went so I gave me a couple miles. I'm pretty sure it was much more than that though. That was the first time I actually enjoyed riding around and my butt was not killing me after. Anyway Me and Jody were going to run tonight but I never heard from Jody so the lazy bug kicked in and I took it easy.

Me and Jody went out a little early and I felt fine for the first couple miles then I got some pain in my kidney's that stuck around for the rest of the run. Jody was a speed demon today.

I came home and drank a bunch of water. My kidney's feel fine now so hopefully it was a one time thing.

We went on a light run today with a neighbor of ours and Laurie. It was nice to be able to visit as we went and it was a good day for my legs. They have been sore for the last few days and I couldn't figure out why but my brain finally kicked in and I remembered riding on saturday. Aparently my legs are not up to bike riding without protest yet.

Anyway back to long and pushing it tomorrow.

Have a great day!

We went for our long run today and I started feeling really good and surprisingly I felt good the entire time. We did our hard uphill route for the first 3 miles but after that it is all down hill.Today we added on some to get the 10 and we went up this little road, When looking at it from the bottom it didn't look like much but it was steeper than I was ready for. I survived and then it was all down hill and I was into it the entire time. Jody still kicked my butt, but that is all right. I wish all days were like today.

Getting started this morning kicked my butt, but after a mile I felt good and got into the groove. Didn't push it at all today just let my momentum carry me. Jody is going out of town until Wednesday. So we shall see if I get out on my own. Wish me luck!

YEAH!!! Its friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting up in the morning without Jody out there waiting for me is a no go so I went tonight. I got my 6 miles but i had a really bad side ache during the majority of it. Anyway hopefully I will get out again tomorrow night. Who knows.

YEAH!! two days in a row and I got my butt out of the house and ran. Mornings are still a no go but it got done. Not the best running attitude, its been too hot and hard to talk myself into going out in the heat. Anyway two more days and we are off to the mountains out of the heat to camp I can survive until then.

Ran with Jody before leaving for camping trip this weekend.

Mostly walking up here in the mountains but tried to do some jogging also. Its been nice to get away from the heat!

I went out with a neighbor and got 4 miles and then added on a couple more to get my six. I have been up in the mountains all weekend and exercise didn't happen so I was glad to get back into it.

This morning I went out with Laurie and my neighbor. The weather was beautiful this morning and I actually slept really well and was ready to go this morning. other than I hit the snooze and almost slept to late. Today I am going up mill creek canyon with the young women to do a hike and then hopefully I am all ready for the 10k tomorrow.

The race this morning was great it wasn't too hot and it started early enough that it didn't warm up along the way. I felt really good throughout the race other than I had a bad headache. we met and visited with some of the other blog people. We decided to take off before the awards which turned out good because I came home and went back to sleep for a couple hours. My head ache is now gone and I am so happy about my time. It is a PR. I shaved about 3 minutes off of my previous time for a 10k. When my chip time comes in hopefully it will be below 51 minutes. Who knows we will see.

Congratulations to all the runners today!!

Me and Jody went out and did a slow pace today to recover from yesterdays 10k and in prep for tomorrow's miles. My legs have been sore all day today and I hope that they feel much better by the morning.

Have a great weekend!

We went and met Kim this morning and headed over to the Jordan River Parkway for a 16 mile run. It was 2 and a half miles to it and then we learned that the parkway is not a easy trail to navigate. You would think that the trail was cut and dry but no sometimes you had to cut through a parkinglot and other times you needed to go one direction to stay on the path and the other direction to the parking area. None the less we found our way and kept at a 9+ minute mile. At mile 6 I knew I needed to slow down or I would never survive the entire run so I dropped back and just went slow and steady.  We turned around at mile 8 and headed back. We saw Brent and he ran with us for a mile or so. Then a little further we met Leslie and Lisa.  It was fun to meet all the people from the blog. After we left them I lost steem fast. By mile 14 I was so tired and tempted to call my husband to come and pick me up. But I persevered and got back to Kim's brothers house at a very slow pace.

I now know what if feels like to be a rubber band because that is what my legs felt like. I am so glad that I did it though and Jody and Kim get 10,000 brownie points for dragging me along and waiting and waiting  and waiting for me. I definitely need to build up my miles a little slower though. I will be sore from this I'm sure.I am so greatful that tomorrow is Sunday and NO RUN DAY!!!!

Have a great weekend!!!!!!!

We went down and did the westfest route today. we kept it slow and steady. My legs are still a little sore from our saturday run but the blisters on my toes were my biggest issue. It was a good run though all in all. I need to get in all the run that I can because next week is girls camp and i will be gone 4 days and then I go to youth conference the week after for 3 days and then its off to the bow hunt for a long weekend of camping. Anyway this will be my last full week of running and then two weeks of hit and miss.

Have a great day and stay out of the heat!!

It was a hard run to get into today. I trudged along and watched Jody zoom away. Tonight I have an AVON banquet at the Mayan that me and my daughter are going to. I've heard its pretty cool there so we shall see.

Have a great day!!

Went out with Jody today for an easy run but Jody was not feeling well so we did some walking along the way. It was nice to just take it easy today. Hopefully we will both be up for our regular run tomorrow.

Went up and did an old route today. I felt great starting out but my kidneys had issues today. I need to drink more water. Jody was back to being a speed demon today but I was just glad to get out and enjoy of the coolness of the morning. We are off to Lagoon today so I don't believe the coolness will last.

Have a great day!!