find each others light

Total Body Circuit Training with Jackie

40 minutes

5 mile treadmill run in 44:45. Went up to 7.5 once today and it about killed me. (I was getting up to 8.0 before the holidays...) Mostly stayed between 6.5 and 7.0 after that. It was tiring and hard today. Watched a few cooking shows on the OWN network. It was boring.  So glad I got the run in.

Will start training for Ogden marathon in about 10-12 days I think. My husband Jeff was looking at Hal Higdon's Intermediate training schedule for me. I guess that's what I'll do.

5:45am Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-52 minutes

4 mile treadmill run in 35:30. Intervals between 6.7-7.5 (warm up and rest at 6.0)

Feels good to get it all done in the morning. Now I can clean, watch TV or take a nap when the baby does:)

Later note: I forgot to add that I lost a toe nail yesterday. My first one! I didn't even know this one was coming off.

Jillian's Burn Fat/Boost Metabolism- 50 minutes

Bryan Kest Power Yoga-52 minutes

It's kind of fun to just do whatever I want each day but I'm excited to start training again.

6 mile treadmill run in 54:45. 

Watched "Kidnapped by the kids" (almost cried) and "Mystery Diagnosis" (fascinating, scary sad...) on OWN.

Later Note: Just ran around the house barefoot for 10 minutes for my 8th grade daughter's science experiment. Whoa I might be sore. Interesting how I never heal struck only midsole. I think I do the same in my shoes but I'm not sure.

Did a new Jillian workout on demand. "6 pack in 6 weeks"- 40 min.

She blends weight training and cardio exercises, all of which focus on the abs. It was okay but don't think I'll do it again. I sweat more when I do her burn fat/boost metabolism. Lots of plyo there.

Ran 3 miles on the treadmill in 25:45.  THAT was a workout.

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 2 - 50 minutes

3 mile treadmill run in 27:15

Can't believe how gross it is outside. Wanna go to Hawaii.

Left at 5:30am. I was still asleep and forgot to turn on my garmin for the first couple minutes. I ran with two friends. We ran up Newcastle and up the trail which I was excited about cause I wanted to try my yaxtrax on the trail. It was cold but beautiful! I actually stayed pretty warm most of the time. There was light snow falling. I  had a stomach cramp from the beginning that I thought would go away but it just got worse. I've never felt that bad on a run. I couldn't wait to get home. I think it was a really bad gas bubble. I need to start drinking tea before bed or not eat a bunch of broccoli for dinner the night before.

Will do Power Yoga during nap time. 52 minutes

Gave Jill's new workout another try since I was sore from it the other day. 40 minutes

Some of my "favorite" moves=

burpies

mountain climbers

plank jacks

double crunches (apparently a pilates move, never done it)

caterpillar (down to extended plank and keep extending...don't drop....freak'in hard!)

spider planks

side plank with knee lifts (top leg stays straight but bring in bottom leg and extend back out, inner thigh workout as well as core and arm...hellllooooo!)

4 mile treadmill run in 34:25 (6.0 warm-up and the rest was between 6.5 and 8.0)

Time 56:12 AP 9:02 Fastest mile was 3 @ 8:25 

We left at 6am and I ran with the same friends as Monday plus Betsy. She had already run 8 miles, met us and ran with us and went home to get her dog and go more. She's training for a 50 miler I guess. If I keep running with her I might qualify for Boston running Odgen. She's fast. It was a tough run this morning but good for me. Lots of hills. We went up past the Buffalo. There's even a light shining on it so you can see it really well in the dark. They must be so darn proud of that thing. Down the hill (fastest mile) and then up and up Highland. Back up toward Albion to run Jill home and then back toward home to run Deb home and Betsy ran me home. She runs fast and talks my ear off. I just listen and try to keep up. My legs are really tired and I'm sore. I think it's from running outside Monday. The last time I had been outside was New Year's Eve.  It's so much harder on my body to run outside, esp. in winter. It's good to be sore right?

Nice to have it over and done with. I need to take a nap when Josie does cause she woke up at 3:30am. She's getting sick again and I think it's an ear infection. I tossed and turned and couldn't go back to sleep until about 4:30. I was nervous about meeting these guys on time and couldn't stop thinking about primary/church stuff. Sometimes I hate being the leader in charge.

Power Yoga 2- 50 minutes (or 55, depending on how long I stay in resting/corpse pose)

Time 1:37:24 AP 9:45 Ugh.

Left around 5:40am and went by myself. It was warmer thank goodness. Never thought I'd be excited about 25 degrees (I don't know exactly what it was but around that). Before I left I looked out the window and my street looked pretty clear so I didn't wear my yaktrax. I regretted that decision after the first mile. It was pretty slushy, icy, snowy and toward the end of my run I ended up on the sidewalk a lot and wishing I had them on. The friends I ran with Wed. told me I would ruin them if I ran on the clean street so I didn't want to wear them if there wasn't enough snow. Whatever...hard to know. It was foggy but pretty with the new snow. There were a lot of hills but that's part of the joy of running around here.

I was excited to run this 10 this morning. It's been about a month since I ran this far I think. I started my training for the marathon today officially! I called my friend in Vegas yesterday who is running Ogden with me and she sent me her schedule which she started two weeks ago, oops. I've pretty much been doing what she has so not too worried. I would like to be able to keep up with her for most of this race but she's faster than me right now so I'm hoping if I use her schedule I can keep up with her. She is trying to qualify for Boston but will be 40 so she needs a 3:50. I need a 3:45 so it's long shot for me. I'll try again at St. George if I don't make it or wait till next year when I'm 40 and my time is 3:50. I really am not expecting to qualify, I'm just dream'in. Will do my best! Excited to have a training schedule with hill training, speed work, tempo runs and all that. Feel'in great!

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52minutes 

Feelssooooooooooogood! Especially after a long run.

I LOVE yoga.

Time 46:01 AP 9:13 TUT (total uphill time) 6:00

I left at 7:15! Yay for light! Went down around falcon and found puddles and slush. I also found myself stripping down there cause I was so hot. It was so warm out this morning. Yay for warmth! There were some big dark clouds at first but they blew away. Coming up the Falcon hill took me two minutes and I ran over to Flat Iron where the hills took me one minute each. Ran around there a few times and then the hill home took 1 minute. Yay for a training schedule!

I LOVE it!

Jackie Warner Upper Body and Ab workout-30 minutes

Time 54:54 AP 9:09 Best mile was the last in 8:24

Beautiful moon out west as I stepped out at 6am. It was crisp and clear. This was 6 "easy" miles according to schedule.  The first half I ran toward the mountain so gradual uphill the whole time. 2nd half coming back down and then to flat for the last 1.5 mile. It was nice to see some light behind the east mountains as I finished up.

I bought myself an LED headlamp with TriplePower 75 lumens. I WILL be seen. I also bought a safety light (red) to wear on the back. I wanted to put them both on strobe light and be really obnoxious to cars:) but I didn't.

Cross training day and I don't  have a bike or a gym membership. I would prefer to swim or bike but..

Did Jillian's Burn Fat/Boost Metabolism-50 minutes

Sweat my butt off!

Time 34:28 AP 8:37:) Splits 8:44, 8:36, 8:50, 8:20

Tried to make it "fast" miles today but my legs felt frozen. I guess they weren't because I don't think I've ever run that fast (outside) for 4 miles! Yay! Now if only i could keep that up for 22 more miles I could qualify for Boston! Hah! Not likely.

It was COLD out! Should have worn my gator. The moon beautiful!

Jackie Warner Upper Body and Ab workout-30 minutes (didn't rest on the tummy tucks and about died!)

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-50 minutes.

Modified for rest day.

Time 1:54:05 AP 9:30 Not bad for a hilly run.

Splits 9:39, 9:26, 10:26, (big hill) 9:17, 9:41, 8:53, 9:21, 9:47, 9:35, 9:34, 9:27, 8:59 :)

Left at 6:30am and it was 40 degrees! Met Deb and Betsy and their BIG dogs. Ran up Newcastle and met Jill (no dog).We ran up Newcastle and turned south on some street to 94th. Ran up that (whoa) and turned toward Dimple dell road. We ran past the road Lysa and I used to come out on but instead of going right toward dimple dell we went left up a steep hill and just went up and up to Wasatch. Tough! We turned around and came back, turned somewhere and ended  up back at the dimple dell trail area and went on the trail there. That was my first time and I loved it! There was a powdered sugaring of snow covering the trail (which is wood chips Deb told me). The sun was rising and the moon was gorgeous up south west. It was so clear and the lights of the city  with the mountains all around...it was just pretty. I loved running on that trail too! We ran there for a while and Betsy left us to go home at mile 6 (She ran 20 miles yesterday).The 3 of us ran down by Smith's and cut through and went up past the library and up highland to home. I ended up running the last 2 miles alone around home.  I was happy to run the last mile in 8:59! My butt and the bottoms of my feet were sore at the end of the run. It's been a long time since I ran 12 miles outside. First time doing long runs in the winter. Fun, new experience!

Fun to run with people, to talk and listen to fun stories and leave the music at home. Jill ran one marathon 10 years ago and told us this morning that she's running/training for the Provo marathon. Deb is running Ogden and Betsy is training for a 50 miler. Betsy is fast so if I feel like pushing it I stay with her. If I want to hold back I hang with Deb. It's nice to have a mixture of speeds going on.

Just drank a BIG glass of chocolate milk. Yummo! Gotta shower, make blueberry muffins (trying a new recipe with whole WHITE wheat and greek yogurt) and plan my sharing time for tomorrow! Have a great day!

Time 54:40 AP 9:07

Splits 8:49, 9:08, 8:18, 9:28, 9:18, 9:41

Speed work was on the schedule for today. This is what it said to do:

2miles GP (goal pace)

2 miles Intervals

2miles CD (cool down)

 My friends from Vegas put this schedule together and I don't quite understand why they did it this way but I tried it. This was the first time I've done speedwork. I ran around the 1 mile block by my house to do all this. I need to figure out my garmin to help me in more detail but I haven't yet.

2 miles GP (9.0)  1 mile 8:49 2nd mile 9:08

2 miles Intervals -I decided to do mile repeats so I did 1 mile faster than goal pace and then recovered for 1/2 mile and repeated. So that ended up being 3 miles total.

1 mile cool down.

I think I'd rather go to the track next time. Deb and Jill said they'd come. Might try Yasso 800's there.

 Time 59:59 AP 10:00

6.....SLOW.....MILES..... @ 6:15am

TIRED TODAY IN EVERY WAY

 CROSS DAY

Decided to ignite my fat burning potential and do Jillian's Burn Fat/Boost Metabolism today.

54:00

Ab hold/Plank 2:00 (next time I'm do'in it before this workout)

Time 34:44 AP 8:41 "Fast" miles

Treadmill run this morning. Didn't feel like putting all the layers on and going out in the cold.  Watched the news and listened to music on commercials.

Did Jackie Warner Upper body workout (weights) and ab workout. Killer! amazing how much harder it gets when you increase the weights and don't modify or stop on that ab workout.

I registered for the Spectrum 10k race in St. George that's in March. Need to register for the 10 mile race that's in February (President's Day weekend). I just checked my training schedule and I just happen to have a 10 mile run that weekend so PERFECT! I'm a little neurotic about following my schedule.

 Rest/Stretch day

Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1-52 minutes 

I "let go of what (I ) was holding on to...with deep, flowing breaths."

LOVE IT!

Is it safe to do a long run outside tomorrow? The forecast now says Hazy instead of Smog for Sat.

Time 1:54:55 AP 9:35

Pretty good pace for such a hellish hillish run:)

Met Deb and Jill at Michael Way and Sterling Dr. We ran down past Falcon, up to 94th and right on 17th. Went down past the library to Sego Lily and turned left. We ran all the way up Sego Lily which I have never done. I called up to Jill who was in front of me (Deb was way back with her dog) "Are you trying to kill me?" We seriously ran up that steep hill for 2 miles. Went all the way to the top and then down around to Eastdell. Stayed there for a minute but then turned right (at the elementary school) to run up toward Dimple dell where Lysa and I used to run. Instead of turning right to go to the trails and Dimple dell road we turned left and went straight up another hill for almost a mile to Wasatch. My butt and hammies were feel'in it. Jill pushes me cause she's been running with Betsy who pushes her. We turned @ wasatch and came back down and over to 94th. Down 94th to the light at Eastdell and went over to Albion (Jill went home here) and kept going to Alta Canyon (I think). Down around Key bank and up Highland and around the mile block home.

It was just foggy and cold. I miss the sun. 

So grateful for a HOT shower and now my nice husband is making me an omlette.

Have a great day!

Time 50:47 AP 9:39

HILLS. And steep ones! 7:00 TUT

Ran down around Falcon and then over to Flat Iron. I overdressed this morning. Just prepping for 5 degrees on Wed:) It was foggy, breezy, snowy, slippery. I was afraid to let loose on the downhills cause even with my spotlight I couldn't see every ice patch. Didn't seem snowy or icy enough for the yaktrax though.

Will do BK Power Yoga 2 (50 min) while Josie naps later.