Slackersauce

Thank you Stacie. I would have never gone that distance if you didn't call me. I ran 5.5 with Stacie and then she went a different way to visit her sister. I thought I was only at 5 going on 6 when I got to the light. {probably bc I was lightheaded from the hill.} :) So I ran around the hood to make it 6 when I soon realized that I was actually making it 7..so I just kept going to 7. My body was done though. Holy Crap. I am so out of shape its not even funny. And for real this time, It's not funny. 

Got home and had 3 texts from my daughter who has mono. wanting to come home bc her head and body hurts. FREAK!! I thought I got to be alone today. Oh well. At least I got the most important part of the day done before I had to go get her. I feel so bad for her. But I'm so grateful its only mono and not something more serious. I had convinced myself she had leukemia. I guess I'm just paranoid bc of my nephew. You always think It can't happen to you, and then it did happen to us so now I think It will. I'm rambling..Bye. Good Times. And thanks again Stacie. Wish we could do that everyday. It was fun!! 

K. that was hard. I felt like I couldn't catch my breath the entire time and my body is out of shape. I've been dealing with winter allergies for about two months now. I never had allergies until a few years ago. Sneezy, itchy, watery eyes, stuffy nose. I blame the air. But I refuse to treadmill when the temps are what they are and the sun is shining. 

I'm going to do some weights to make up for my lack of being able to run. Good Times 

Felt better than yesterday. I ate a lot of protein yesterday and zero sweets so that's good. I was hoping it would make a difference for today. I think it did but Its just going to take me a little bit to get back in the groove. It was freezing when I started but when the sun came out over the mountain it got really warm. Had to ditch the gloves and jacket. Lovely run overall. 

No run today. Daughter home this morning, metting with career counselor for other daughter and then Costco. Which was PACKED! What's up with that? Christmas is over! Busy afternoon so that's that. Beautiful weather today. Hope you enjoyed your runs!

Felt pretty good today. I didn't think I would bc I woke up kind of tired and ornery. But like always, a run was just what the Dr. ordered. Happy day. Good times. 

TWO sick kids at home. And a dermo. apt. for me. No run today. But I plan on eating healthy. 

Felt crappy and heavy. 

Ran from the mouth of little Ctwd to home with Stacie. Ran around the hood to make it 6. Good times. 

Felt pretty good. I ran up NC and then back down WillowHills. I love running down after running up. I feel so strong on the down. :) Ran by an old man taking out his garbage and he said with a big smile on his face "Keep up that running so you don't waste away!" It made me happy. Good Times.

sick since Fri. bugged. 

three on the treadmill

Still don't feel awesome but I can't resist the warm before a storm. It's one of my favorite times to run. Did a lot better than I thought I would, ran up the hill on Falcon and kicked its arse. That felt good. So good times. Nothing feels better than knowing you had a decent run. 

Extra hard today, went really slow. Got it done. 

Rain and a bit of wind from the South. At one point there was a big gust that pelted rain in my face & it hurt! ha! But not too bad. Better than the treadmill. 

Kind of a ridiculous run. I decided to torture myself a little and run up Falcon and down NC. But I got a side ache at the top of NC and it pretty much stayed with me the whole way home. It was really bugging me. I stopped a few times to stretch it out but as soon as I would start running again, it would come right back. Then my calf started hurting and my hip flexor. What the crap? Have I gained that much weight that my body is falling apart? Reality check. 

p.s. I haven't showered since Saturday.  

Slow going. Shoveled the driveway. Arm weights. lunges/squats.

Taking daughter to the Dr. day. Then visit friend who had surgery day. Smiley face. 

So today felt amazing. There are about 3 or 4 days out of the month that feel great, and they have everything to do with my hormones and cycle. {sorry JD}So I'm wondering if there is a pill for this. :) {I think I have mentioned this before so sorry if I'm repeating myself}  I want to feel this good the majority of the time not the minority of the time. The majority of the time my runs are a struggle. I mean I know running is hard and its supposed to hurt and that's why we like it, but I wonder if other women feel good the majority of the time and only have those 3 or 4 days of the month that hurt and are horrible. I don't know the answer to this bc I can't get in someone elses body and feel what they are feeling. I wish I could see how Stacie feels when she runs so I could compare myself to it. Anyway, I don't mean to ramble. This thought just consumed me today. I felt soo good and I love that!

Also I ran up a few hills today. My arms always tingle and go numb when I do this. Does that happen to anyone else or is that just another weird thing I have..

I didn't check my garmin at all throughout this whole run. I only listened to the alarm of another mile passing by but didn't check the speed. That is liberating. When I got home I saw that I wasn't going very fast. :) Oh well. It still felt great.  Good Times. 

Today wasn't nearly as awesome.  It looks like it would be really warm out there but there is an arctic wind that is cold. My ears were cold. Since I knew I was only going 3 I tried to make them faster. That part felt good. I ran by an older woman, probably in her 60's and she was trying to run. It was more of a fast{?} walk but she was making the motion of running. It was awesome, I told her "good job!" She got a big smile. Good times

Going skiing tomorrow. Didn't use my skiing muscles at all last year so I'll probably be pretty sore. :) 

Slow hilly run. Went up NC, past buffalo, down AC then over to Viscounti, up 8600 then around the hood to make it 8. 10:31avg. Felt pretty good the whole time but I was taking it easy. 

JD has me thinking about the salmon marathon in Sept. But I'm just thinking right now. Not committing yet. But I do like the looks of it.  

Nothing to write home about. 

Well this isn't the week I was hoping for. Yesterday turned out to be not my own so I couldn't get the run in yesterday. Which just made me ornery all day long. Then I kept telling myself I would go on a long one today to make up for it, then remembered I have 9 million things to do today bc my son is getting baptized tomorrow {bc I'm a Mormon. which I obnoxiously declared on facebook the other day and I can't get over it} and there will be 900 people at my house that I have to feed. For some reason I was thinking all day yesterday that it was Wed. and I thought I had another day. It dawned on me last night that today is Friday and so I went straight to panic mode. Next week I hope to be better. Good times. 

But I'm not complaining. Just whining a bit. :)

I don't know what I'm thinking. I ran around the hood, up NC down Quail to 9400 s. I was going to go run on Raintree but last minute decided I wanted to run down the trail at the top of NC so instead I turned and ran UP 9400 S. {who does that? I mean by choice?} Then I ran down the trail and back down NC. When I got to the light I was at about 9.2 I was only planning on running 8 or 9 but when I saw that I had to make it 10. You would have done the same thing.

My IT band started getting mad at me at around 8.5. My legs were getting pretty sore too. By the time I was at 9.5 my IT was yelling at me. But I had to finish. So I did. My legs are hurting. Its been a long time since I ran 10. It was slooow. But a lot of hills and a sore out of shape body. Good Times.  

I didn't know how far I was going to go today. I was going off of feel. When I got to the light at NC I saw a girl wearing hot pink with blonde hair turn up NC on the other side of the street. She got pretty far ahead of me by the time my light changed. At least I thought. I didn't think I would catch her, nor was I trying to. But I actually ended up catching up to her and then passing her. She drafted off of me the rest of the way up to the stop sign. I never turned around to look at her but I could hear her breathing over my shoulder even with my music on. You would think it would be annoying but I actually appreciated it bc It gave me motivation to step it up and stay ahead of her. When we got to the stop sign, I turned left and she continued on straight. Bye bye hot pink. Then I ran down WillowHills and around the hood back home. Good Times. 

My legs are pretty mad at me. I ran around the hood, down Highland to 9400, down to Sterling around Falcon park twice and then up the hill then back around hood to home. I stopped and stretched my legs a bit before I ran up the hill. That helped. That song came on Stacie at the end, "My body tells me no, but I won't quit cuz I want more!" That really is motivating. I played it twice. Good Times! 

today I drove all over. And burned my calories yelling at other stupid cars. 

Not bad considering I hated pretty much every minute and wanted to quit the whole time. 

I did it. I actually had a 30 mile week. I don't remember the last time I did that. Feels good. My legs are tight, I need to stretch but other than that, all my hurts like my IT and PF etc aren't bothering me so that's good. Good Times

I still don't know what I'm thinking. I'm not training for anything but for some reason I feel the need to go on long runs. It was hard bc there is no way to avoid a million hills in my hood. I chose to run up 9400 again but not all the way to the top. I ran to the church and then down my DimpleDell and around in there, and back home. 

A big piece of ice fell off a branch and hit me in the head. It hurt. And I saw a guy driving down the road with his head out the window like a dog. He did it all the way down the street as far as I could see him. What a weirdo. Maybe he wished he was riding his bike instead or something. Good times 

Ran around the hood then the hills at Flat Iron then the hill on 17th home. I'm pretty trashed today. Didn't mean to do all the hills but I didn't want to do the same old up NC. Happy Valentines Day! <3

three point four. 

I dropped my gum at mile 3. Not cool. 

Cheated and had Scott drop me off at the mouth of the canyon. I did not want to fight hills today. At .5 I was running down 9400 where the shoulder is really narrow. I jumped onto the dirt to let a car pass and lost my footing and fell. I ripped my favorite tights. $^#$@&^!! And twisted my ankle a bit. But not bad. I could feel it the rest of the run but I'm sure its fine. So I finished the run with a bloody knee, scrapped hand and a damaged ego. 

9:45 avg. {cheating} Felt pretty good. Grateful I only had a few little hills to climb today. Good Times 

Fought with myself all morning on whether to go or not. Woke up not feeling well so It was easy to talk myself out of it. Then I saw JD's facebook post "To run or not to run, what a stupid question." and that made me feel a little more guilty. Then I read that Stacie got up at the crack of dawn and ran in the cold and the guilt won. So thanks for the inspiration amigos. No regrets. 

six slow miles. My whole body feels broken for some reason. I feel like an old arthritic woman. I'm going to do some yoga. Hopefully that will help. 

Erin texted me to meet her at the light but by the time I got the text she had already left. But I ran out as fast as I could anyway to try and catch her. No such luck. Oh well. I need to thank her for getting me out the door bc I wanted to just crawl back in bed and pretend life isn't happening today. :) 

So I have this pain that is right under my left bum cheek at the very top of my thigh. I googled it and it looks like its my hamstring? It's making me walk funny. Its right in the crease where butt meets thigh. What is that? Anyway..it hurts. I'm stretching, but that hurts too. 

Haven't run yet today but I've been planning a run!! Trying to do a fundraiser 5k for my sisters little boy who is going back in for is 2nd brain surgery to help cover medical expenses. More info to come.. Woo HOO!!

{thinking of doing hill sprints at the park later} 

I have a lot of excuses why this was only a three mile run but I won't bore you with the details. No regrets. 

Feeling a cold coming on. Also been a little bit nauseous. Had to sit down on the curb at mile 3 so I wouldn't puke. Don't know if its bc I'm getting sick or I have a lot going on and my body is not liking me. Had to get out. I can't sit and stare at the computer and see all the people that have already donated and or are supporting things, bc everytime I see it I cry.

I took some very much needed "Lysa time" and went on a run. In spite of the fact that I was getting 900 phone calls and texts. There is drama all around, when you're sitting at home" {that's my version of there is beauty all around} FREAK!! NOW THE SCHOOL JUST CALLED AND MY SON THINKS HE'S SICK AND NEEDS TO COME HOME!! I don't believe him. Whatever. At least I ran. See what I mean?? There is drama ALL AROUND WHEN YOU'RE SITTING AT HOME!! I guess I should have been gone longer. 

I sound psycho. That's bc I kind of am right now. Peace and love no regrets. 

Windy run. My upper leg is bugging and It makes me look funny when I run bc I don't want to put pressure on it. Whatever. Got my heart rate up and that's what matters.

My friend posted this cool quote on fb today so I thought I would share

 "Pain is temporary, It may last an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit however, it lasts forever." -Lance Armstrong

Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.  no regrets.

I felt really heavy and bogged down. Not the greatest run in the history of the world by any means. But still, no regrets. 

Chica blew past me going up NC. I said "you're kicking my butt! Good job!" then she apologized. Ha. I said "No worries!" and thought to myself..'remember that one day that you actually beat someone running up here? that was cool.' Anyway, no regrets. 

dressed way too warm. Had on tights and a long sleeve shirt. Could have worn shorts and short sleeve. The wind is a little cooler but it felt good bc I was so hot. It was an okay run. no regrets.

I really don't like running in wind. I would take running in snow any day over the wind. I am not feeling awesome lately. Don't know if its bc I'm eating the wrong things, if I have a bug, if I'm stressed out, I don't know. Maybe a combo of it all. But it does feel good to have the option of running to help with it. No regrets. {that's a lie. I wish I went further.} But no regrets that I ran. 

Not much. I have a bunch of places I have to go today but I just couldn't let this beautiful weather go to waste completely. I wore short sleeve shirt and capris and came home sweaty. Awesome! I tried to push it but my splits kind of said otherwise. That's lame. When you think you're going faster than you are. But No Regrets. Bc it was BEAUTIFUL!

Pretty weak week. Wind fest 2012 is taking place out there again. Also I witnessed an accident. There was a cop trying to pull over an Audi with some teenage boys in it and they seemed to be wanting to escape him so they hurried and made a quick decision to turn left onto a dead end {not too bright} and a buick was trying to turn left out of the circle. So when buick thought audi was going straight they went and then audi turned and buick hit audi. Cop had his sirens on and pulled in and about 1 min later 2 backup cops came. I just stood and watched for awhile then got bored and left. Pretty exciting though! I was waiting to see if they were going to get arrested, but while I stood there nothing was happening but talking. 

Felt good to get out there even if it was just a little bit. Here's to hoping for a bigger week next week. no regrets 

Bryan Kest yoga 1. I figured out that doing down dog stretches my butt muscle that hurts more than anything else I have tried. So yogameister it is. 

I wasn't fast today by any means but I felt better than I have in a long time. So I consider it a good run. Daughter is home sick today but she's 12 so I can leave and go run. Which is nice. Been thinking about the Salmon a lot the last few days. Every time I do I get butterflies. I wish it was over with already and I haven't even begun. Only going to allow myself to make up positive things about my running abilities this time though so hopefully that helps with my mental game. Still, I can't imagine running 26 miles right now. The way I struggle through 5 right now makes it seem impossible. And that's probably the most I have let myself even think or talk about it. No regrets. 

Also my butt felt better yesterday than it has in a long time so I'm going to do yoga again.  

Quick run, I have to take all the kids to the dentist so I didn't have much time. It's cold out there! The sun was making the air sparkly and pretty though. I felt decent. Run felt good. I visualized crossing a finish line when I got to my street. ha! No regrets

 I saw my friend riding her bike so she rode along side of me and talked to me for awhile. That was fun. Its absolutely GORGEOUS outside. You HAVE to get out and do something. Anything..no regrets. 

Went and mapped out our route for Save The Day 5k! I'm excited. It's going to be fun!! We only walked it and I ran about a mile of it so I don't feel like I should really log the 4 miles of distance since I wasn't really running. But I was out exercising so that's good right?? Oh I hope this all goes down smoothly and I'm not forgetting anything. This is so much fun!

Nice temps out there. This run was hard during miles 1,2,4 &5. So mile 3 felt good. Which was nice. Ran up the hill on Falcon, the hills are what hurts my butt/thigh injury so I've been avoiding them. {well I mean the bigger ones. You can't help do hills in this hood} But it felt pretty decent today. We'll see what the day brings. No regrets.  A lot on my mind so it felt good to get out and think amongst myself. 

Yoga. Bryan Kest 1. {52 min?} I felt a lot looser and stronger this time. Became quiet in my mind and accepted where I am bc I'm already there and all of that good stuff. No regrets

Felt all out of sorts today. Scott woke me up in the middle of the night bc I was having a nightmare and I was talking in my sleep. Then I was having another crazy dream that I woke up out of when the alarm went off. JD you and the gang were in that one. We were all in Jackson Hole and SM was mad at me bc he wanted me to go talk to the prophet and tell him to quit building temples on the mountains bc it was ruining his bike rides. We were fighting about how that shouldn't be my problem but he was convinced it was. And you were mad at me bc I was putting on makeup and it was bad for the environment. Apparently I spent the night making everyone mad. So now I'm worn out. ha!   

My music died at 1 mile. Super annoying. I hate listening to my own breathing bc I feel like I'm breathing so hard and then it makes me feel like the run is really hard. I started singing "When the music's over.." bt The Doors in my head but it wasn't helping. 

 For the music is your special friend, Dance on fire as it intends, music is your only friend, until the end, until the end, UNTIL THE EEEEEEEENNNNNNDDDDD 

 I'm going skiing tomorrow with my family. That will be fun. No regrets. 

skiing with my family

My mileage is suckish. My body is pretty worn out from skiing yesterday. My daughters friends woke her {us} up at the crack of dawn to take her to breakfast for her birthday. Really nice of them. And then I have 10 of them sleeping over tonight. Its going to be a mad house. I will hide in my bedroom all night. 

Since my mileage is suckish, I tried to go fast today. Garmin said otherwise, but I was breathing pretty hard and I ran up the hill on 17th. So I tried to make it count. NR 

Ran along 1300 East bc we had to go to IFA so I just had Scott let me out and ran home. Not very far run but I worked hard. I have never run up Waters Lane before bc the hill scares me but I did it today. Actually I tried sprinting up it. Wasn't as bad as I had made it out to be in my head. But since I'm a spaz I do that. Make things bigger than the are. I'm really trying to work on that. Felt good to get a run in. Busy day with games/practices/basement. No regrets.  

It is deceivingly cold out there. Holy crap. I was wearing capris, long sleeve shirt, jacket and a headband for my ears. I got to the top of NC and ran into Erin. Fun! So I ran back down with her. Its been a long time since I have run with Erin. She is going to do the Salmon so I'll be training with her. I'm really happy about that bc it will be a lot easier for me to run with someone. Much more motivating and fun, especially on the long runs. 

Felt good today. No regrets 

My BT {butt/thigh} hurts today. Not sure what I did yesterday to flare it up again. Guess I'll do some yoga. Finally a sunny day that is warm and with very little wind. More like a gentle breeze. Felt good outside, run felt okay. No regrets

Woke up all anxiety'ed out for some reason. Three miles. Pressed for time. Going out of town tomorrow to St. George with the masses. Came home from the run and my youngest had packed his own bag. I wonder what's in there. I imagine all the important things like his toy sharks and action figures. Wonder if he packed any clothes? 

9:45avg. Felt pretty good. light wind, no regrets. 

Felt like crap. I think I need to detox my body from all of the crap I've been eating my whole life. My stomach does not do well with so many things. I need a re-do. Had to change my blog name bc I realized that I actually do have regrets with my runs. So I'm not being honest. However, by saying "Let's get high" {without drugs} Obviously I'm speaking  of a runners high. Bc no matter what kind of run you have, good or bad, you come back with a high. Mild or Great, but still a high. So LET'S GET HIGH!

On a scale of one to suckish this run was a suckish. I sweat but that's probably just bc its hot outside. Yesterday, aside from the two corn tortillas I had for dinner, I ate only protein. I thought today would feel better bc of that but I was wrong. I'm going to do some squats, lunges, biceps and triceps weights bc my relief society arms are getting extremely relief society-ish. It's bad. Anyway, only a mild high today. 

After 2 miles I could see that today's run was just going to be a repeat of the last two days, so I decided to run to Flat Iron and do hill repeats. It woke my body up, kicked my butt and made me tired.  Moderate to fairly good high.  Let's get high. 

I wore a long sleeve shirt and a jacket. Had to ditch the jacket but was wishing I had a headband over my ears. Windy, cloudy, cool looking sky, especially toward the mountains. We live in such a beautiful state. moderate high. LGH

TOnighhhhht WE ARE YOUNG so Let's set the world on fiRE! We can burn briGHTER than the SUnn.

This song is what I ended on and it got me all pumped up. My mind jumped around from Gage's 5k to thoughts of Salmon back to the 5k. Awesome run today. Killer High. LGH!

today it rained a lot. So I went to Costco.

Had ortho apts. early this a.m. so I ran later. By the time I went out it was raining pretty hard. Felt good though. My sis was at my moms so I ran over there. I was going to run home but by the time we left, it was pouring and I was freezing from wet clothes. Felt good though. Good High. LGH

Fiver. I wore a visor today in case of rain but it only sprinkled lightly. Nice running weather actually. Pretty good high. LGH

Feeling a little tired today.  I had to sprint across the street to beat the light and that felt good. So I did sprint intervals the rest of the run, felt great. Turned into a pretty good high!

Had to get up early for a few reasons. 1. the heat 2. I have to start training my body to do this.

My body was like "No, you dingdong! I don't function this early!" and my head was like "Oh no you don't! Don't choo throw attitude with me young lady..we have work to do!" and my body was like "uh uh! my head hurts and my brain is numb and you are a jerk!" and my mind was like "shut up!" and we fought for awhile and then we saw Stacie! Hooray! She saved us both. Ran with her for awhile and then came home. She kept going. Thanks Stacie for running with me for awhile. It was fun. The sky was pink and pretty when I first got out there. Beautiful morning. And as hard as that is to get up, I never regret it when I do so that's nice.

Busy day, SAVE THE DAY 5K THIS SATURDAY 8:00AM REGISTRATION! COME EARLY IF YOU WANT YOUR SHIRT SIZE! I'M EXCITED!! PRAY FOR NO RAIN!  

sick.

Body felt a little bit tired today. However, that first mile felt amazing. Glad to be back out there and have last week over with.  Although I loved every minute of it, It's nice and weird to be back to normal. {relatively speaking of course}Lets all get high

Today was extra hard. But I was surprised to see my pace for mile 4 was 9:30 bc it felt like 11. Nice temps, pretty and green outside. I love Spring. LGH 

1.5 walk around the hood with Puddy and then 1.5 around with Puddy, Stacie and Josie. Beautiful out there. 

Ran sprints mixed with walking. There was one point and I'm sure it was just for a second or two that the garmin said 7:38. Not really the pace but it still looked cool. Tried to sit in a comfortable 9:08 for awhile but then slowed down again. Pretty windy out there, I was super thirsty. It's too hot to go this late. I'm just fighting it. I've been extra tired the past few days, maybe allergies or a cold? I don't know. It's all good. LGH

I woke up grumpy, didn't sleep well, have lots of anxiety about multiple things,  so today's run was a prozac one. I feel better. {thank heavens that I run. otherwise my husband would probably divorce me.} GH

Not very far run. I tried to make it count. Tried to run fast and did a couple of hills. When I got to the top of Falcon hill I was breathing so hard I thought I was going to pass out. ha! man I'm out of shape. There is some cinco de mayo 5k going on in the hood. Hasn't started yet but all the cones and signs were set up. I wonder where they advertised bc I never heard anything about it. Seems like a lot of 5k's go on right on the streets of our hood and I never hear about any of them! G H

games, practices, scouts, bbq.  

Today is the official start to the Salmon marathon training.
Overrated. 

Started out feeling slow and sluggish but picked it up the last two miles.

plank x3 GH 

"rest" day. The schedule is messed up for me this week bc I'm going out of town Fri. and I don't want to run on Sat. I want to sleep in. It's like the one of the few days a year I will be somewhere without my kids. So I have to take advantage.

Met Erin at the light, and then Stacie ran up to the light at the same time, so we ran together for about a mile and then Erin and I turned around. Erin was having a hard time. She's been up for two nights with a sick baby, but also, its been awhile since Erin has been in the running mode. I'm kind of worried about her. I hope she doesn't end up getting injured etc. She won't right?? It's all going to be good. And we will have a happy marathon. 
JD posted an article on fb last night about the runners high..read it. LETS GET HIGH!! 

Got up at 5:50 am  Ouch. Felt okay, I kind of had stomach issues but Scott has had stomach issues the past few days so maybe just a bug. Erin was struggling through the first 4 miles then she got stronger. I'm hoping within a few weeks she will be back up to how she used to run. We did 2 around the hood, up willow hills to the top of NC and that was 4. So we just turned around and did the same thing back home. It was fun, with a side of suckish. But mostly fun. Get High. 

Ran with Erin up to the LaCaille trail and then back home. Felt pretty good today. Pretty, warm morning. LGH!!

It's been a long time since I've run 5 days in a row. I haven't been sleeping well all week knowing that I had to get up to an alarm, so I feel pretty tired. But surprisingly, my body felt stronger than my fuzzy brain. See you Monday!! Get High!!

Only 3 today. Which suited me nicely. GH

I felt good today. I had to stop and wait for Erin a few times. Should I worry about that? Am I getting a good work out if I have to keep stopping? I'm worried its going to affect my training and marathon. Tell me what you think..

Didn't mean for yesterday to be a rest day but after not sleeping all night, it was a forced one. Met Erin at the light today, she had on new shoes and told me she is now officially registered for the Salmon. Wahoo! We ran up to the trail and on the way back down, I was thinking about the time I fell there and I was about to tell Erin about it when I tripped and my leg lunged forward and I was suddenly on the ground. Scrapped knee on the left BUT I pulled my right BT!! The same muscle that hurts on the left! So I got up and stretched and had to walk for a bit. I can feel it now that I'm home, I'm going to have to do a lot of stretching today. Ouch. That's what I get for thinking about falling. GH

My daughter just came downstairs "Mom, why is one side of your butt all dirty and the other side is clean."  Bc I fell. "oh. you fall a lot."  

Set my alarm for 5:05  but I was already awake because Scott had set his alarm for 4:15 for work. He has two big houses right now and a deadline so he has to get X amount done today. He did the same thing yesterday and didn't get home until 8:00 last night. Put's my whining about getting up at 5 in perspective. Feel like I can't complain. Plus I get to go run and he has to go paint. I get to come home and shower and have a day, he has to paint. Boo. 

My butt hurts. When I started to run it was more like a limp, I had my water belt on mostly for Erin but the bottles kept slapping my big sore butt. It wasn't helping. After a few miles the muscles either numbed up or loosened. But I couldn't run up steep hills, I had to walk them and with that, It was a funny walk. I felt like I needed a cane for support. ha! Erin ran like a turtle, and I was ahead of her most of the time. I was running slow bc of the pain so she must have been barely moving. At one point she said that the ants on the ground were going faster than her. I kind of wondered.. But I felt like I got a good workout bc I would just run and stop at the top of wherever and wait for her and then start again. So when I ran, I tried to make it count. I kept telling myself that its good to go slower today bc of my owie. 

Also I fell again. I can't lift my left leg very high bc of the pain so I misjudged a curb and fell on the grass. My wound that was healing from when I ate shiz at Save the Day 5k is officially re-opened. What the H is wrong with me? I feel broken. 

Anyway..in spite of it all, I ran 9 miles and feel pretty good about that. So Get High my friends!
  

According to the schedule I'm supposed to do 3 miles. That's not much but I think my body and injuries would benefit more from some yoga and rest today. So that's what's going down in the land of Lysa. Get high

Four really hard miles. We went late and it was hot. My running mojo was just not in sync today. Today's high was bunk. gh 

New shoes today. It's amazing what a difference they make. I guess I didn't realize how trashed my other ones really were but when I got the new ones I noticed my old ones have completely worn down tread. I think I've been in denial on how bad they were. 

Ran switch backs up NC and then waited for Erin at the top. Stacie came running up behind her and so we talked at the top for a minute then Erin and I ran up the trail for a bit and Stacie took off in a different direction. Erin was running extra slow today. Then when we turned around and started running back down NC, she stepped it up to 9:30's..whaaaa???? I asked her what got into her and she said "I just want to be done." Well..whatever works. I was happy to see that speed in her though, maybe she's on her way back to at least the 10's. When I got to the light, I saw Stacie turn the corner and run home, I had to wait for the light so I was a bit behind her, she must have been going pretty fast. So Good Job Stacie! GET High. 

Ran the hills at Flat Iron just to mix it up. Pretty good run I guess, not too memorable. Get High. 

We left at 4:45 am & drove up to the park and ride. Neither of us could bare the thought of another NC run, we needed a change of scenery. I love running Dimple Dell, its my favorite. It was dark, windy and a little creepy when we got started, we kept our music off and stayed together. Erin has a way of freaking out and then she freaks me out. Not in a super scary way, we laugh while we panic a little. :) When we turned off of Dimple dell, there was a strong head wind that was brutal. I was running ahead of her the whole time and at every mile I would stop and wait, then run ahead again. When I got to the school {6 miles} there were two deer that leaped across the lawn, I knew that would freak Erin out so I turned around just so I could watch her reaction. It didn't disappoint. She stopped dead in her tracks then started to frogger across the street to avoid them.  I could see the panic on her face in the distance and I stood there and just laughed. Once the "demon" deer ran off she started to run again. Comical. Then when we turned up onto 20th, it started to sprinkle..then rain..then down pour..then hail..then go back to crocodile raindrops. I was ahead of her but I was giggling while I was running at the thought of her freaking out. Ha! But it felt good. I was tired of the dry warm headwind. We finished down by IFA where Scott picked us up. [Thanks Scott!] And we were soaking wet. It never stopped down pouring. Get High!

Three with Scott. 9:45 avg. I was just trying to do an easy 3 bc my legs are a bit tired from yesterday. Scott claims it was all he could do to keep up with me. Whatever. I don't believe him, but it makes me happy anyway. Now we're going to be doing yard work so I guess I'll consider that my cross for the day. Get High friends. It's good for you!

Met Erin at the light at 7:30. Ran up NC around the buffalo, down AC and up Highland. Felt pretty good. I was tired, not much sleep last night so I didn't think I would feel as good as I did. Beautiful day! Good day to get high!

Got up at 6:05 to run with Erin and she had texted to ask if we could go later bc of her baby. So I went back to sleep and when I got up at 7:30 to get the kids ready, she had left me a text to just go without her. Ugh. Then I was mad I didn't just go earlier. Oh well. I left around 8:30, it started out not being too hot and I felt good the first 3 miles. Then I started to lose steam as it heated up and the sun was beating down on me. Also I didn't want to do the usual NC so I went South on Highland, past Home Depot, down in front of Waterford and back up around falcon to home. It was exactly 5 miles but it seemed a lot longer. You would think a new route would go by faster but it seemed like it took forever. Anyway..I guess I'm complaining a lot aren't I. Sorry. Have to mow the lawn and clean the house since its been neglected all weekend. It's all good. At least the kids are out of my hair for at least 1 more week! Maybe I will take a nap later just bc I can. Get High

Straight up NC, on the trail and back down. Erin is getting stronger. Blonde girl passed us on the trail and said "C'mon ladies, High five!" and we gave her a high five, then she said "Have a good day!" Nice friendly girl. I was thinking, why couldn't my brother in law marry her instead of who he did? I like friendly people with no agenda. Get High peeps!

Left at 4:40 again. Did the same route as last time except we ran along 13th after the round-about to the end and then turned back around and ran for 10 more min. I say 10 min. bc I left my freaking garmin at home!! aaahhhhh! I felt so naked. But I knew where 8.5 was so I think we did a pretty good job at making it 12 without knowing for positive.  Pretty uneventful run until the end where my EPL {emergency poo light} went on. I had to run to the bushes!! That has NEVER happened to me before and I debated putting it on the blog. TMI reasons. But I also feel it to be a right of passage as a runner. Maybe I'm wrong in that but it seems like it should get the same recognition as losing your first toenail.

Anyway..Sorry about this entry. Get High anyway..its all good.  

My lower back has been hurting for over a week now but I woke up on Saturday unable to even move. I felt paralyzed in my bed. With help I got up, took a lortab and had to get ready for a funeral. As the day went on I was able to move better and better so I thought I would feel better on Sunday. On Sunday I woke up and it was worse. I was able to make it into the bathroom but at one point I thought I would be stuck in there. I literally couldn't take a step bc it hurt so bad to make any movement. My torso is in the shape of a "C" it looks detatched from my hips. I'm going to the chiropractor in a few hours and hopefully he can fix me. I have hurt like this before but its been a long time.
MY theory..I had the BT injuries that hurt in my hamstrings and piriformis muscles. Maybe I was compensating one way or another while running to not feel those injuries and in return have been slowly messing up my back. IDK. Maybe I'm wrong. Should be interesting what the chiro says. Get High for me my friends! I will spend the day high on lortab again. {not as cool} 

Chiropractor: helped. I felt great when I left there, now I'm feeling tight again. He recommended swimming. Doing the stroke that you look like you have frog legs {don't know the name of it} said its the best way to strengthen my piriformis and core. Said I will be back to running in no time but to stick with swimming for a few days and see what happens. Supposed to go back on Wed. to see him again for another adjustment. He did some shock thing on my back for 30 min to loosen, adjusted my back, neck and feet. Was nice. 

Went to swim laps at Alta Canyon. Swam for 30 to 40 min. I got a kick board bc it was hurting my back and just did the dolphin and the frog back and forth. Last lap I ran the length of the pool. That felt good too. It felt really good, I liked it. Felt good to breathe and get my heart rate up. I'll be going again tomorrow as long as its not raining. Get High

Swimming again. Erin ditched. There was one other lady there and we started talking. She's a runner also and had a stress fracture. She said she spent all last week sitting in a chair and couldn't take it anymore so she started swimming this week and loves it! Anyway, kind of fun. It's nice to be able to do something that isn't hard on your body at all but still works you. It was a little bit chilly and took some bravery to enter the pool, but once I had swam one lap, I was warm. Then it took bravery to get out of the pool. Get High!

running attempt fail. As soon as I started running I felt almost like a heavy weight bearing down on my lower back, pain started shooting into my piriformis and hamstrings. So I walked/ran. I tried to run as much as I could, I thought that if I could warm up I wouldn't feel it anymore but I could never last long enough. I don't know what I'm going to do. I honestly thought I would go out today and feel great and it would be over. I'm discouraged now for sure. I'm supposed to do at least 30 to 32 miles next week and I don't feel good about missing another week. I will stretch all day and try again tomorrow. Get High my friends bc I think I might cry. 

Guesstimating about a 10 mile bike ride. I tried to work it on hills so I went up 8600 S 4x and up NC and back down, around the hood. NC is a lot easier on a bike that's for sure. Felt good to get my heart rate up and breathe. I'm not very comfortable on a bike. I mean as far as traffic, lights etc. I feel much more at home running. But it was nice. I'm grateful I'm able to do other things and have a bike etc to be able to do them, I just miss running. This morning I had a feel sorry for myself cry pit party for a few minutes as I was getting clothes on to go on the bike ride. But mostly bc my back hurt more today than it has in a few days and that kind of put me over the edge a little bit. I'm really trying to be positive but really I just want to cry some more./ going to do some lunges and squats for strengthening. 

Sorry for the whining, I just need to vent I guess.

GO GET HIGH FOR ME!!! REALLY REALLY REALLY HIGH!!! {maybe I will feel your energies.} 

Can I just say the F word?? Does anyone have a problem with that?? I woke up today to go on a long bike ride and my eye was swollen shut. I can't open it. Now I'm going to insta-care to get medicine. I'm not going to cry. I'm going to punch something. When I come back to running {probably next week} just to be completely sure, I will come back with a vengeance. GET HIGH!

Edit: dead lifts x3 sets/ lungesx3/plank x3/squats x3

Better watch out, I'm getting so tough I'll kick all your arses! ;) 

10 mile bike ride. I made it count. Rode up 8600 3x up NC down AC up Highland, around hood, down Falcon then Up Falcon. So I felt like I pushed it. The last time up 8600 before home, I tried to ride it as fast as I could in a harder gear. I was breathing really hard so that felt great. Get High

Uno..Dos..TRES! Decided to give it a go today, I saw Stacie when I was at .6 and almost got choked up when I told her that was a lot further than I made it last time I went out. {last Fri} It just felt so good. Right after I left her, my music died but I didn't care, I was only out there to see if I could do it. At about 1.6 I walked a little, I could feel it in my back the whole time but I was starting to feel it in my piriformis again and I don't want to be stupid. {until next week} Then I found a fire hydrant and stopped & peed. just seeing if you're paying attention. really I stopped and stretched, then ran home. I was being extra cautious but man it felt good. Get High!!

plank x3 / lunges x3 / squats x3 / dead lifts x3 

Felt pretty good, my butt hurt the whole time, my back felt better and my hamstrings only hurt a little so definite improvement. I don't know what I'll do as far as mileage this week, I'll just go by feel for now and still do some cross training. Felt good to be back running though and in that state of mind. In my mind I am stronger than I am..I mean like last night I couldn't wait to get up and run and was confident it would be so awesome, and then I get out there and it hurts and its hard. Oh well, at least I can run again. Get High

plank x3, lunges x3 squats x3, deadlifts x3 

It was so much cooler today outside but the run was hard. I felt like I was barely moving and it was extra hard. I'm going to a place called muscle works today in Lehi that my cousin told me about. He is a runner and goes there everytime he's injured, he said they work miracles. I think its worth a try. He told me to take some kind of pain meds before bc he said it hurts so bad that I will have tears but worth it in the end. Cross my fingers this is true. I feel like such a wimp, I think a lot of my injury is fear of the injury itself bc of the marathon training. Not that is doesn't hurt, bc it does. But I want to run the marathon and I'm so afraid that if I don't fix whatever this is that I will miss out. Chances of that happening are probably slim but it still scares me. 

p.s. why do I WANT to run the marathon? Even as I type that I shake my head. I have an runner girl on one shoulder and a couch potato on the other. Couch potato is trying to beat up runner girl but runner girl has her cape on and she's not takin' that shiz. Then couch potato is like "whaaaa? you crazy girl." 

Anyway, sorry about the tangent. Get High.  

Easy 5. I stayed with Erin, or she stayed with me. Either way. It was good. Felt good. Just chatted and chilled. Get High.

Today was like running in Hell. Hot and Windy. I felt like I fought to go forward and was barely moving. We went a different way today just for a change of scenery but there were a lot more hills. Went down 20th to Viscounti over to Creek, down Creek around some hood and then up Creek to the country club up Robidoux to AC and up Highland to home. Maybe the hills wouldn't have seemed so brutal if it didn't have the hot hellish head wind. What doesn't kill you makes yous stronger. Get High.

Plank x3 

Ran with Erin today. Its her Birthday..woo hoo!! She's the big 33. {a baby still} I remember when I was 33 a long time ago. Anyway, run was hard. We were worn out from the week of late nights, early mornings and eating like shiz. Get High.

Running in Hell again. Hot, windy, dry and slow. Saw Stacie at the top of NC and chatted for a bit. Erin was running slow today, she is having pain in her hips and was tired. I went through hours of detox from diet coke and eating crappy yesterday and I felt like I had the flu. I was literally sick. I don't know what was going on but I was in a foggy achy blur all day long. Felt better this morning. Hoping most of the garbage is out of me and I will feel better today. Get High.

Ran sprint intervals up NC with Erin. She is AWESOME at the sprints! It was all I had to keep up with her! Pretty cool. Then we ran normal down NC where she fell behind again. But we both felt better today than yesterday. I didn't have a diet coke all day yesterday, felt pretty good too so that's good. Day by day..no promises. Actually at this point, its still hour by hour. I was reading about the withdrawl from DC and it turns out its the aspertame withdrawl that makes you nauseous not the caffeine. That's pretty gross. So my body is having a big reaction to not having a chemical in it. Awesome. Too bad it tastes so damn good. Then again, so does alcohol. And once upon a time, so did cigarettes..so its all relative. I'm sure I'll get back on it bc I never last, but I just need to be better. Healthier. Stonger. Awesomer. Also I saw pictures of myself from Bear Lake in a swimsuit and I was a little bugged with myself to say the least. 
Anyway..rambling..Have a Fun 4th of July! God Bless the USA!! Good luck on your 5k's!! GET HIGH MY FRIENDS!!

Woke up at 4:45 a.m. and had a text from Erin saying that she was up all night with a sick baby and wasn't coming. Stacie was planning on going with us and I was soo glad. So Stacie and I ran around the hood, up NC up and around over to Dimple Dell and down into Draper. She had to do 17 and I was doing 15 so when we got to Draper she took off on the trail and I ran along 1300 E. Then Scott picked me up and then we went to pick up Stacie on Fort St. I was so glad to be running with Stacie. It's really nice to run with someone that is consistently strong. And although we ran slow, she pushed me and it was nice. Thank you again Stacie. It was fun to talk to you and run with you again. My feet and butt hurt but it feels good. GET HIGH!

woke up sick. headache, achy muscles. I tried running, got up the street and had to turn around for the bathroom. Took some advil and laid back down for an hour. Feel better now but still have a headache. It will be all better tomorrow.

Ran alone. Around the hood, up NC, past buffalo, up Highland and home. Ran slow, still a bit hungover from yesterdays headache but so much better. I hate those days so bad. Glad its over. Get High

Ran with Erin. Both of us felt nauseous so we walked, sprinted, jogged, sprinted, walked some more. Just tried to get through it mostly. get High

Okay. What is the deal? I can't get out of my head!! And I'm really starting to question the quitting diet coke thing. I haven't been able to really wake up and have energy for two weeks now and I feel like its been one thing after another since I couldn't run for those two weeks. Today I ran at an 11:02 pace. wth?? I feel like everything is hard. I feel like I'm a beginner again and I'm breathing hard and my body feels run down and no matter what I can't get the negative out of my head. I'm really trying to be positive! I even say prayers as I'm running that I can have a better stronger attitude and then I try to distract my thoughts and talk to Erin but the whole time I'm thinking "this is hard. how am I ever going to run another marathon..and how am I ever going to beat my 5 hours and thirty minutes of crap time I had last time if I can't even run a freaking 6 miler @ a10 min pace. Anyway, sorry to complain. Just need to vent. Get High 

Ran with Erin and her friend Jen for part of the run. Saw Stacie at the top of NC, she scared the crap out of me, then we all ran the LaCaille trail. Stacie went right up to 94th and we turned around and went back the way we came. Turned out to be exactly 7 when I turned on my street. 
I almost tripped again on the trail coming back down, I had to catch my self and my heart dropped as I launched forward. I was thinking "Please not again!!" It did pull my piriformis a bit but not too bad. So I walked for a second and had to fix my shoe and that's where I lost Erin and Jen. But I was happy to be running alone actually. I need to fix my head and Its hard to do when there is pressure of another person there. I needed to be alone with my thoughts. Tomorrow I think I need to do speed work. Work in some sprints. I need to fix my eating and I need to lose 20 lbs. Then I might be faster. That's a big MIGHT. Get High

Ran to the light and then sprints all the way up NC with short walking recovery in between. That is a good way to get that annoying street over with. Then ran normal back down to home. Felt better today. Still moving pretty slow but it was better. The sprints woke my body up a little bit I think. Now hopefully I don't spend the day in bed with headaches AGAIN. It can't be the diet coke still. There has to be something else going on with me. Wish I knew what..Here's to a better day. Get High!

Ouch. Went to the Brighton Cheer fundraiser premier of The Dark Knight for Stacie's daughter and went to bed at 1:00am. Woke up at 4:00 am to my son who felt sick and then my alarm went off at 4:30 am to run. So 3 hours sleep. Ran with Stacie and Erin. We were all slow and not worrying about speed. Stacie was consistent but slow with us and she talked my ear off the whole time so that was perfect. At the end Erin and her sped up and I called Scott to come get us. So I knew they were going to be done before me. It was hard to finish bc it was getting so hot and my feet were killing me. Glad its done!!! WAY better than last week. Thanks Stacie for going with us. I needed you there. Get High

three around our campground and then up the Mirror lake Highway. And since I now associate every steep hill with altitude like being at Ragnar..naturally that's where my thoughts went. It was hard and I was tired. Then I got back to camp and I was freezing for like two hours from the sweat and no way to shower. I bet I smelled nice too. So I just went fishing and covered it with the smell of fish guts and campfire. Beautiful. Get high. 

This week I'm supposed to run 20 on Friday but I have somewhere to be in the morning so I can't. Then Saturday I have a fundraiser 5k I have to be at. So My 20 is happening next week. I have been all stressed about trying to fit it all in this week and I came to the conclusion with Scott that It will wait until next week. Somethings are just having to come first this week over running and it is what it is. I can't worry my little brain about it. Life Happens and I'm a mommy.  

5 crap miles. If you look up the word "inconsistent" in the dictionary it will say "Lysa"

Well at least the sky was amazing. There was a rainbow to the South and orange clouds over the mountains. Then when I was finishing it started to rain big drops. Awesome.

Ran the Children of the Earth 5k. There were so many teams with people with medical problems and sad stories. Among the teams was 'TEAM SUPERHERO GAGE" 
Gage is doing so well and it was a little overwhelming to have him be included in this event. We almost felt guilty about it BECAUSE he is such a little rockstar. So many people out there that are struggling and have sad stories. I FREAKING LOVE being part of events like this though. There is an energy unlike anything else in the air. People are all there out of love and you can feel it to your very core. I think I had been there 5 minutes when the tears started. Just looking at the T-shirts and people's signs on their backs and reading their stories. I Love it. All of it. I want to be more involved. There is just nothing else like it.

As far as the run goes, Senekah stayed with me the whole time. I wasn't going in looking for a PR I didn't even know if I would run it or just walk with the group. But Sen and I ran together the whole time. She had to walk a few times but she did so GREAT! I was really proud of her. We finished in 33 minutes and she was trashed. But really proud of herself. It was a lot of fun to share that with her.

 When I crossed the finish, I found my family that hadn't run and Scott who had finished in 25 min. and then waited for Gretch, Troy, my mom, Gage and others to come in. I got impatient and ran back through the course to find them and at the very end, Gage wanted to get out of the stroller and cross the finish line. I hurried and got out my phone to take a pic. When he ran across Gretchen and I were there with him and we both started to cry. I know we had the same thoughts at the same time as to how far he has come. Neither of us could hold back the tears.

Then we waited and waited for Troy and Reese to come across and again I got impatient and ran back to find them. I never found them so I turned around and came back. Turns out they cut across somewhere to finish bc Reese was done.

Anyway, I love the high that comes from being involved in a cause that actually helps other people. I love to see the camraderie of people pulling together for everyone else. The hugs, tears, laughter and sense of  heartfelt caring for each other that bonds you with complete strangers. It's beautiful.

Get High.  

I feel like I'm in worse shape now than when I started training. I am running sooooooooooo sllllloooooooooooww and its bugging me. I will never beat my crap marathon time at this rate. Whatever. It doesn't matter right? Bc one day I will die. And I won't care anymore when I look back what time I did it in. I will only care about the fact that I did it. Went alone today bc Erin is out of town all week. Kind of nice to just hit snooze a few times and not be in a hurry to meet someone. Nice to be in my own head bc I was trying to fix it the whole time. Whatever. Beautiful morning, lots of people out. Get High

Found some energy today! Hooray! I felt good so I decided to run the parks and get hills in. Ran down to Falcon and around the park and back up. Then over to Flat Iron x3. By the third hill I was losing steam big time but that was mile 6 so I ran Piper back home. Had to run up Glider to make it 7 but I was just happy I felt more normal today than I have in a very long time. {hope it lasts} Get High

Tired this morning. Ran a slow two around the hood and then did sprints up NC with walking in between. Saw Jeff running down. Hi Jeff! Then turned around and ran down NC to home. I was standing at the light wishing school would get in and then I realized by wishing that, I'm only wishing for the marathon to get here. Suddenly my stomach dropped and I wanted time to stand still.

 Get High