My Best Year

Wed, May 16, 2012

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00

Taught my first Turbokick class back today! It was actually really fun and I didn't get as breathy as i thought I would. Ivy did great in day care so that was relieving. My feet felt better - I wore some Nike Shox so I think that gave some heal cushioning. I miss my frees already though! Hoping I can work back into them once I get this under control

I stopped by the running center and tried on some new shoes - I think I'll go with the Mizuno Waverunners. They are so much heavier than I'd like, but I'll live with them. Picked up some shoe inserts too. This is actually going against my beliefs of what a shoe should be, but they aren't getting all better with the shoes I have.

I really want to start running more! But I need to get my plantars under control first.

Tue, May 15, 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00

I had to learn my turbokick round and worked on it for 1.5 hrs starting at 12 am (yuck). Gotta get ready for tomorrow. Feet/ankles started hurting while wearing the frees.

Mon, May 14, 2012

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00

Such a beautiful run today. I took the water tower loop while the sun was going down and the weather felt amazing. My heels only bugged a bit - wore my sauconys.

3 rounds of 40 switch lunges, 15 burpees with push up, 30 sit ups, and 20 dips with legs on chair

Sat, May 12, 2012

Sat, 12 May 2012 06:00:00

Jim went to work without telling me today, so I had to resort to the dreadmill. Thankfully enough, my feet felt great! I wore my sauconys and think I'll stick mainly with them til i get better. I even did a couple miles at 7:30 pace - (that's good for me right now).

Went to the lake with my babes, and the weather was perfect. The water was only a little nippy.

Fri, May 11, 2012

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00

My ankle tendons were not good today, so i rested.

Thu, May 10, 2012

Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00:00

1:10 on the bike trainer with H.I.T. workout. I'm sad but I think I'm going to have to lay off the trainer for a while. My ankle muscles/tendons are just screaming by the end, and they ached all night. i don't know if it's the trainer that is doing it or the bike ( I suspect the trainer). grrrr

Wed, May 09, 2012

Wed, 09 May 2012 06:00:00

Another night run - I love being by myself in the moonlight. It seriously is so relaxing. I got to try out my new headlamp too.

Wore sauconys and my heels were ok some of the time, not on others. i don't know what to do with them. Might have to get a more structured shoe:(

Tue, May 08, 2012

Tue, 08 May 2012 06:00:00

1 mile on treadmill. 1 hr turbokick.

Mon, May 07, 2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 06:00:00

6 treadmill miles

Sat, May 05, 2012

Sat, 05 May 2012 06:00:00

7 miles to highway and back----in the wind!!!!! Great workout.

Family was down for the baby blessing, so we went on the overlook hike in zion. My family is seriously so amazing, and it was so wonderful to have them here.

My little girl is growing up so fast!!! She rolled over today (10 weeks old) and is so alert and attentive. She is such a joy and I'm trying to treasure all my moments with her:)

Fri, May 04, 2012

Fri, 04 May 2012 06:00:00

4 miles on tread - feet were not great. Wore my frees and I wonder if I'm going to have to leave them behind for a while:( I'm trying to massage/roll the calves and feet everyday and I'm thinking it's helping. This just sucks. i know it could be way worse and is more of an irritation at this point. I just hope it doesn't get worse.

Wed, May 02, 2012

Wed, 02 May 2012 06:00:00

6 miles pushing stroller. My kids are such troopers. Ivy just loves stroller rides and goes right to sleep. At one point I had a "runner's emergency" and had to hop off the road into a field. Bad timing though as a car pulled around the corner while in progress. The funniest part is that now isaac is telling everyone that I poop outside. I've got to laugh at it right?

massage with april - She says that I need to wear some more structured shoes...ummm...I don't know bout that. Got the knots out of my calves though.

Tue, May 01, 2012

Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00

1 hr turbokick

Mon, Apr 30, 2012

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:00

5 miles into cholla creek. Ran by a house that had a guest house billowing smoke out of it. I couldn't see anyone around and a small fire right inside the door. so I ran to the house owner...We came out with buckets to see if we could do anything. The next part was a scene out of National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Her father in law (old guy) came tottering out, and looked at us like "what?". he had left food on the stove and it had caught fire. Ok not funny, but his reaction was. The guest house was severly damaged from the smoke.

Sat, Apr 28, 2012

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:00:00

whoo hoo!!! 7 miles. I know its so not that far, but i had stressed all night and day that i wasn't going to be able to run today. And that's the farthest i've gone post baby It wasn't perfect, and my heel felt a little numb. But all the massaging i did on those trigger points helped for sure. I think my feet just need to get stronger again. Heels are not numb and actually felt a little better post run. I felt pretty good on the run too. my average was 8:45, but i also ran back in 20 mph wind. I even ran 1 mile in the 7s. That's so slow comparatively, but it's great for me. I was not missing running the Hurricane Half today (though I've won it the past 2 years) cause the wind was rediculous. Why is it always windy for this race?

afterwards - 3 rounds ran 50 meters, 50 lunges

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:00:00

Treadmill run. I started to feel my calves/ heels a little bit today. That scares me a little bit cause I absolutely do not want to develop plantar fascitis. I've seen too many people struggle forever with it. So I massaged it a bunch throughout the day. I found a super painful spot, well spots, on either side of my ankle. Almost down the the heal. Well i dug into those and made myself cry a little. They are sore sore sore and i hope i can run tomorrow.

50 pushups - had to take a break but got through them all on my toes.

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:00:00

I got to borrow ironman heather wurrtle's bike trainer today - well for the summer. i can't imagain what it would be like to have extra $500 bike trainers laying around that had been given to me. Anyhow I've decided to spend 1 day a week doing some bike trainging. and since jim gets home so late, it will most likely have to be a lot of indoor stuff. So my friend liz took a H.I.T. class this winter and bless her heart had saved all of the workouts. I would've gone nuts without them. Oh yeah, I'm a weak biker. This killed me! the first workout went over an hour (it will build up to 2) and has a lot of cadence training. I still can't spin my legs that fast!

Anyhow it felt good and I was dripping sweat. I'm excited to get stronger legs.

Wed, Apr 25, 2012

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00:00

Jim and I both wanted to run, and it was 8 pm. So i go the idea to make it a family affair. I pushed all the kids in the stroller (ha ha). Jim had eaten too recently and his belly hurt (and ivy was crying) so i finished up 2 more miles after the 3 together.

Tue, Apr 24, 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00

Amazing Ivy slept through my entire workout today. It felt so good to get it all in! I want to start running daily, but need to add on slowly. So i did just 1 mile today. added on 8 rounds of 10 tuck jumps, 15 mountain climbers for time. I kept it at 25 sec for each. Then i did 50 min of Turbokick - with my weighted gloves might i add.

Mon, Apr 23, 2012

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:00:00

5 miles around la verkin with stroller. I took the kids to the park afterward and totally enjoyed the beautiful weather throwing the ball with isaac. I decided to add in daily crossfit style workouts - just doing what i can. So today I did 8 rounds of 20sec of pushups, froggy crunches, jump squats. Last sets felt pretty hard. 10sec of rest in between.

Sat, Apr 21, 2012

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:00:00

I want to start training my quads to handle downhills, so i ran to the freeway and back. My watch died a mile into it,but i think i kept a pretty decent pace. The wind was freezing and strong to run into, but the run back down was heavenly.

Cross - fit style workout - for time - 20 burpees, 25 jump squats, 20 sit ups - abs were totally feelilng it! 3 rounds

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:00:00

took the kids in the stroller for a beautiful run today. I love running!!! it is starting to actually feel somewhat normal.

Thu, Apr 19, 2012

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:00:00

1 hr of insanity - whoo hoo. stomach officially is feeling better.

Wed, Apr 18, 2012

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:00

I went to see April today for a massage on my stomach cause it just was not feeling great. Of course she is a miracle worker, and my stomach feels tons better! She actually said my problem was with my diaphram and showed me how to massage it out. Who woulda thunk it?

Tue, Apr 17, 2012

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:00:00

Tried to get some Turbokick in, but Ivy wasn't having it. Well, i did manage 30 min. I'll take what i can get i guess!

Mon, Apr 16, 2012

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:00:00

running stroller miles today - slow but effective. Stomach felt ok...It feels like the pain pressure is lessoning.