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Went to adult lagoon night last night, got home at midnight,  got woken up at three, got woken up at five, and again at seven, slept in, going to get braces at noon on my tweenager. Trying to be happy on little sleep. Not doing a good job.

four words...Thank Heavens for Sprinklers! It was really nice when we first started but got hotter and hotter as we went on. We ran through every set of sprinklers we could see and at a church, we actually stopped and got drenched and filled up our water bottles in the sprinklers. I was really grateful for the water bc I found myself feeling nauseous a few times and after I got wet, it would go away. My avg said 10.36 but thats not acurate bc I forgot to stop the time when I stopped to gu, or be in the sprinklers so I dont know, I would guess it was more like 10.20 or thereabouts. Anyway, I have that proud feeling that you get after running 12 miles, so thats a nice high to be on today. Happy Happy Running!

Fun 4th of July 5k, avg pace was 9.28{according to garmin}- Ran with JD, Mrs. JD, Randy, Kathryn, Heidi, and Scott. Was alot of fun. I was a little bummed on my time but Im happy that I was at least under a 10 minute mile. Not a PR, but still good. I am blaming some of that slow time on the fact that I felt like I had to weave in and out of runners for what seemed like a 1/2 mile. Really crowded, but nice fun route. One little uphill but other than that, smooth sailing. The little up hill was at the beginning too so that was nice. Loved the shirts they gave us and Loved the company I was with. I think that should be an annual tradition. Happy  Happy Running!!!

Started out slow but ended up at a good pace. Felt good today which was nice after my hangover day yesterday from my mommy sleepover the night before. Plus I ate dog food last night for dinner so I was surprised at how good I felt considering that. Stac is out of town so I ran alone today. It was the perfect temp. outside with no wind which was nice. Beautiful morning. Now Im off to go meet cousins again. And it is getting to be old. Im ready for a day that I dont have any plans to meet anyone or go anywhere.

I slept in a bit. Nice cool morning. Legs feeling a bit heavy but good to get out there anyway. Lifted weights, SP's, arms and legs.

Since this run was a couple of days ago, I dont really remember it. So obviously not that memorable.

Beautiful morning, cool temps. I ran our usual route but then I ran all the way down Sego Lilly and ran to Draper and had Scott pick me up. I was running along 13th east and suddenly the cha cha cha's attacked. I didnt know if I would make it to the Chevron and when I was almost there, I remembered that Einstein Bagels is closer. It was funny bc a man runner was coming the other direction and ran into the mens bathroom at the same time I ran into the womens. It cracked me up. Then I fought a side ache after that but dealt with it anyway. Stacie was out of town so I ran on my own.

 Im on my mother in laws computer bc mine is broken and they're telling me its going to be 3 weeks to fix it. Im freaking out! Who can live that long without a computer! Stacie is going to be seeing me daily. I hope she realizes that. At least until I get it back. Anyway, Happy Happy Running today, good run, beautiful morning, sore feet. Feels good.

ran with Stacie, it was fun. No music, I look forward to that sometimes, Im so sick of my music. We are going to a Scott's uncles cabin in Heber Valley for the next two nights so I will be running up there and wont be updating this until wed. Maybe I can get Kathryn my sis in law to run with me, Im actually looking forward to running in a change of scenery. Today was 9:49 avg. nice run. 

Ran with Kathryn from the cabin down some really steep hills and along a highway in Heber City. It was beautiful, Our average was 9.15. I think its bc we got going down those hills to begin with and just kept that pace. I honestly couldn't believe at one point I looked down and the split seemed to be around 9.50 or so and it was 9.02. I was shocked. We saw a deer and with the sun coming up over the mountain, it was beautiful. Kathryn definitely has that Smith gene though, she is one tough chic with lungs of steel. It was fun to run with her, she hasn't done anything over 5 miles in about 3 years so she was really proud of herself for doing 7. 

Woke up today and was really sore from those hills yesterday. The front of mine and Kath's thighs were so tight, it was hard to walk down the stairs. We took off from the cabin again and ran the first hill, walked backwards down the other hill and then ran again. We were both really sore and Kath wanted to quit at 3 bc she was trashed and bc she was worried about her baby waking up back at the cabin, so Scott picked us up and drove us back up. We felt trashed from late nights and play and the run yesterday. Was a lot of fun to run somewhere different. Good times, happy running.

I will write more later, I have to go meet the cousins up at Brighton.  But our average was around 10.20 We burned 1764 calories. The garmin said we did it in 2:39 but that is not accurate bc I didn't stop the garmin a couple of times when we stopped to stretch or drink or gu. I will be back soon and tell about it.

Edit: Okay Lysa, breathe..Ive been going since 5:00am and Im exhausted, my body hurts, and I just ran further than I ever have before. : ) Big Smile. We ran our usual route and when we got to 2300 E and 10000 S. we turned left and ran down Dimple Dell road. I loved this part of the run. There was shade, horses, colts, goats.. It was very cool. Then we came out at the bottom of Wasatch Blvd. and ran to 12300 S. Down the round about, along 1300 E. and then finished on Fort Street where my dad picked us up and took us home. But not before treating us to a drink at 7-11. My dad is completely amazed at what I do. He cant believe I would or could do it. {This is coming from a guy who rarely gets off the couch} But its nice to hear the encouragement from him anyway. My music was dead and I realized that at mile 3. So Stacie put hers away and we just talked the whole time. I was actually really grateful for that bc I think it went alot faster and smoother bc we could lose ourselves in conversation for awhile. Around mile 11 we were both wondering what the hell we were doing and what in the hell we got ourselves into. But once we pulled out of that lull and started to feel a bit better again, we were encouraged once again. It amazes me what the human body is capable of doing. How it almost just needs to rebel and protest and then it realizes you aren't quitting so it kicks back into gear. Pretty cool. Anyway, I know this is long, but its kind of a monumental day for me, so I have to talk about it. Happy Happy Running.

10:02 avg. Felt almost silly starting out, my body was rebelling a bit. Ended up okay. Nothing to write home about. Decent run.

Didn't feel good today. I almost felt like I had asthma or something, I was having a really hard time breathing the whole time, even on the down hill. Also my stomach started to churn a little bit at 5.5 so I just slowed down even more than what I was already going. Stacie talked to me the whole time and I think I said about 2 sentences total. I was happy she did that, It was helping me not think about it as much and also helped me to finish the whole 7 even when I wanted to just quit. Thank you Stacie. I hope Im not getting something, I went to bed at 9:40 last night and was out like a light. Maybe just the heat and the chaos of summer is catching up to me, who knows. Happy I finished.

Felt sick all day yesterday and went to bed at 9:15, woke up at 8:45. Alot of sleep. Felt a little bit better when I woke up and took some advil, now that the advil is in me, I feel pretty good. Im meeting a friend for lunch today and driving my boys up to Centerville to play with cousins after that. I think it will be good for me to take it easier today and again tomorrow so I can be ready for 16 on friday. I think its more important I get that run in then a few little ones.

Word of the day. Endure. Thats how I felt on this run. I was enduring it. I felt pretty good until around mile 10 and then I started to hit a wall. I believe it's bc Ive been sick this week but I guess you never really know why one run can feel so good and another can feel so hard. Last week on our 15.t much stronger. Ran the same route as last week except when we got to the Draper trail we went on that 1.7 miles in and then turned around to finish. I did run/walk those last 2 miles. I felt like it was all I had to hang on to the end. felt as though I was actually walking faster then I was running anyway. I ran out of water at mile 12 and Stacie's husband Jeff met us with a cooler full of cold water and gatorade. It was nice of him and felt good to down so ice cold water. My stomach was a bit upset so the gatorade was not tasting good but I endured it anyway bc I thought my body needed it. I was wishing I had my music those last 4 miles. Stacie was ahead of me that whole time and I felt like It would have helped pick me up a bit especially on the trail. But I really enjoyed not having it the rest of the time. I really like running without music. I think its nice, but today I feel it could have been helpful. Im still really happy I did it. Really proud of myself for running 16 miles. And I know as the day goes on I will be even more on a high.

Next week I have to go to girls camp. I will run monday morning and then Im gone tues through friday. I dont know if or how I will be able to run while Im gone. I will be back to do something on saturday and possible sunday too. There is another girl that is going that runs so Im hoping the two of us can work something out. Sorry about the novel. Happy Happy Running to you.

Went on a 3 mile hike with nine 12 yr. olds...giggle giggle, snicker snicker..

Actually woke up several times last night not feeling well again. When I got up to get Senekah up, she was laying there with a fever also. We both just took advil and drank water and toughed it out anyway. Took a few breaks and finished. I couldn't not go, Scott and I were in charge of this group. They had fun and passed off a few of their requirements. Glad to be back home in AC and quiet though.

Leave in the a.m. to 4 more days of giggling and snickering.. should be fun