Running for an audience of One

Ran on TM it is -11 outside on this New Years day! My goal is to stay updated on my blog this year and to reach higher miles - more consistent running!

Ran outside for the first time in awhile - the temp was 16 & sun shinning - still so cold, but worth it! Felt both knees towards the end - but feel like my body is just adjusting back into it. Lots of snow & plenty of ice areas to slow down at. Felt amazing to be out in it! 9:12 average pace

8:54 pace....felt great to run after school in the sunshine! Being spoiled with this weather

Ran outside in the wet snow - was completly soaked by the time I got home! What an amazing feeling running in snow while snowing!! Only felt my it-band the last tenth of mile turning the corner towards the house...feels just fine now. Getting ready to write up a rough training schedule so I know I can be ready for SLC half in April - sure do miss my running ladies. Crazy how we are all in such different places in life right now...locations too! 

Was able to run outside in sunshine mid day as I was home with Emma - she was still recovering from being ill - beautiful, chilly, run!

Beautiful morning snow run! Could have kept running!

TM at home....crazy busy week! 

Tm too icy outside

Ran outside -SRL route... Man it felt good to go longer - eight mile run is one of my favorite!!

shin doing much better after three days off and ICE ICE ICE rubs

ran outside in the sun -shorts - 55 degrees...cannot believe this weather - so crazy. Shin and knees felt fine. I hope to run 6 on Tuesday

Ran in California :) early morning temps 42 degrees - ran with Matt. We did stairs at the beginning of our run and towards the end. Speed bursts throughout and finished with planking in the bark area! 

Ran again with Matt in California - so nice to run with a partner to challenge and experiment different tempos, etc. more stairs to fatigue and finished with sprinting about 100 yards. Plank in the bark once more. 

Beautiful sunshine run after church - good to be home. Yesterday was a big travle day back. Really cool that San Fransisco airport has a yoga room. Did I use it? YES I did! 

Wind but sunny - so I will take it on my day off! Speed bursts - so overall pace 8:30, but pushed up grandview to finish out last mile at an 8:10 pace! Feels good to be getting a little faster - that 9:00 pace is where I have been too long! Ready to run more, but am moving forward with caution....getting ready to go for a Melanie massage now

Ran with Gama & Alana! So good to be out early & with others to push myself. Also good to see Jeff & Moxie out too!

Ran with Curt, Gama and Alana this morning! Ran past other runners out this morning including Jeff! It was so nice to go run with a group of peeps again! 8:54 pace

Felt completly tired - turned back, listening to my body

9.06 ap felt really good all the way around! Praise up fornhealthy running

woke up at 3:55 to run with Alana --- great run! felt the outside of my right knee/leg area the last mile pretty bad - but have felt fine all day! So I shall rest tomorrow and run on Sunday

Mid day run - so nice to be on break

So nice to run in the full sunshine today - I'm not fast at thus point (9:00ap) but i fwlt great all the way around! Happy runner girl for sure!

Ran after school today in the wind - have been sick with sinus issues for about a week now & finally feeling better with some energy back! After months of slower running (like between 9:10-9:20 average paces) I was able to have a quicker turn over & ended up with an AP of 8:34, even finishing strong running upnGrandview :) good for my mental to have a negative split today big time!

went to run, it was dark up by Rexburg on a trail - crappy and really hurt my i-t band. lame. wanted to run 12 --- ready to be healthy so I can run more consistently. 

shake out run, still feeling my knee, taking off until race on saturday

So my training was not the best? My i-t band was still bothering me, but I went for it anyway - why not? I loved starting out the race with Rex, my love. First five miles flew by, utnil about 5.75 ish my leg was flaring up. I could stop and stretch it out, run a mile, then really started bothering me about mile seven where from then on, I was stopping every quarter of a mile to stretch, do down dog, all sorts of stretching so I could hobble along. Sad I know, but I refused to drop. Crazy thing is that I was back there with people that run an 11 or 12 minute mile. Humble possition to be in b/c my entire being was ready to fly at the run. Take away: strengthen and run more. 

Ran in Boise after hard rain storm - simply beautiful

Speed work outs at Skyline Track also helping coach Emma in long jump & 50m for her track meet tomorriw!

parked at the cemetary on sunnyside, ran up 2 miles and back down --- Rex and I decided that we need to be running hills at least once a week from here on out. plan to add miles onto my hill training as well! Good run for sure! Felt short, but want to ease my it band into these hills :)

outran the thunder and lightning that was coming - 8:28 pace....getting some speed back under my legs (yes, to me, this is speed anymore ) lol :)

Ran with Curt & Alana - so nice to be out and about! Saw Jeff too - which is always nice. Felt my left knee tighten up towards the end of my run --- we'll see

Speed today with average pace 8.20

a few stops on this run - should have brought water and some fuel - half a banana before I went out wasn't enough! 

ran home from walking freeman park for a work function. realized how hungry I was at that point and simply skipped my planned run and headed for home! 

Drove up to Ammon cemetery ran 2.5 up (25 minutes) then back down in the rain (19 min) felt great - getting stronger, going longer! Rex ran & Cathy ran from hospital to practice her leg one! Proud of her

felt a pull in my left inner thigh - up by my rear :) a few days ago (hence three days off). Ran this morning, sort of felt it on my walk into my neighborhood, but felt just fine on my run! 

Went out @ 4:30 in the afternoon - WIND blowing and 80 degrees. Ran the following splits - 8:29, 8:49 straight into the wind, stopped for water around the river and stretched then 8:14 for mile 3. Stopped, drank and gathered myself up to run from boat docks all the way up Grandview and around into my neighborhood. Felt amazing to push it! That last mile was 8:15 pace. Overall, feel good and have my eyes set on starting to train with the Handson's training method. I would like to shoot for a marathon - Top of Utah. 

beautiful run this morning, legs felt heavy from last nights speed work out run - happy to be running healthy!! 

Father's day run with Rex! Beautiful morning - National Yoga day as well as Summer Soltice! 

went to Skyline track with Rex this morning for my first day of speed training! Warmed up for a mile then ran 12 400's with 400 recovery jog inbetween. I only clocked my speed 400's and the 12 of them averaged 7:37 pace. Feel pretty good - nice stretching afterwards, could have cooled down for a mile or two, but was ready to get going on my day! 

Warmed up a mile - then tempo for 3 miles at 8:25 pace then walked for half a miles (bad chest cold) then ran last three quarters mile in. Really stinks being sick in summer - hope I'm good to go on Saturday for the bone relay!

Got up early to run 1.34 mile shake out to see how my lungs were doing. I have been sick the second half of this week and was worried that I wouldn't be able to run today. 

Ran leg 8 of Bone 2 Back relay it was 95 degrees when Rex passed off to me - the first 2.5 down the hill was great and beautiful with a breeze. THEN in town, no breeze, the hit was coming off the road in waves and I had to do a jog/walk for a bit combo to finish out. Sandra Dunn's husband, Denis, stopped to soak my head and shirt with cold water, that seemed to revive me a little - but I still \took it easy! So proud of our Compass Academy team. I truly love each one of them and all we have been through in the past three years. I'm excited for my new adventure next year, but will miss my beloved peeps for sure! 

It brings me relief to log odd milage - we were in the car a lot driving or walking/hiking in Yellowstone yesterday; so I went for a shake out run. Then in the afternoon I completed a 60 minute yoga with stretch/strength and some balance poses. SOOOOOO good to be back doing yoga. My challenge to myself is yogaeverydamnday in July (had to jump start it today) Hope to see core and arm strength return like it was when I was teaching yoga during second trimester this last year. Five days a week, twice on two of those days! 

Next time I will head over to the track earlier - so hot @ 9 a.m. for speed work out!  So this is what I got this morning - 1 mile warm up, 4 -600's with 4 -400's in between. The 600's averaged a 7:36 pace. Rex then drove the girls home and I ran home for 2 mile cool down. Wanted to do about four more 600's but was too hot and queasy feeling. But feeling so good, so praise up! 

The good and bad about working on speed...yesterday was speed, 10 mile bike ride on Sandra's road bike and a 30 minute deep yoga stretch routein. This morning I was suposed to go out and do a warm up mile, 5 mile tempo at an 8:43 pace and a cool down mile. Here's how it breaks down: mile 1 - 8:43 for the warm up, mile 2 - 8:16, mile 3 - 8:21, mile 4 - 8:27, mile 5 - 8:31, mile 6 - 8:34 and mile 7 was a nice slow 9:29 pace. I stopped multiple times bewtween miles to gather myself. This was a tough run mentally, I felt all over the place. I think tomorrow's run in Twin Falls will be nice and easy before we head up to Sun Valley for the day of bike riding. Love Summer Time! 

Ran in Twin Falls - 85 degrees, but was thankful for cloud coverage on our Independance Day!! The run had some good hills to conquer so that was fun! I averaged 9:29 pace, which I was ready to take it nice and slow, but pushed on the hills. Longest run I have ran in quite a while! 

Late night with fireworks, cousins, grilling and swimming! So I slept in til 8, rolled out of bed and into my running clothes so I wouldn't have time to talk myself out of the run :) Windy out in the country - went south so I only had the one larger hill to work out on! Was amazed at how good I felt, started out slow then was able to kick it in to an 8:48 pace. Getting a little nervous for all the travel and car time will will have over the next week and half; between Spokane, Canada and back through again .... 

Woke to 63 degree/overcast skies with a nice breeze. Rex and I ran from home to Skyline track 1.75 then warmed up for another quarter around the track. Was able to complete 6 - 800's with 400's in between. For the speed work out I held a 7:34 average pace. It was tough on the last two, but I dug deep (which felt really good to push myself hard). Cooled down for a bit at the track and then ran/jogged home at a 9:38 pace for a cool down. Total today I got 8 miles. Feeling good so far - have a lot to get done this week - what a great way to start it out! 

Warmed up for 2 miles (9:10, 8:50) then picked up the pace for 5 miles at 8:32 average pace then jogged home for the last mile as a cool down. Nice summer rain this morning with cooler temps - so good to be out and about before my full day. Still doing yoga every day and my body feels the difference. I.Love.Yoga. After our two weeks of travel I would like to start hill training again so I'm ready for whatever comes my way! 

Early morning run before road trip to Spokane today! Nice & cool before the rain

Raining, hills, and mentally hard however- along the Centineal trail in Spokane along the river was beautiful! God sent his angels in pink shirts to stave me off from a creeper that had been following me back and forth on the trail & hiding in wait under an upcoming bridge - ah, Rex was out there with me too!

We made it to Pentictan, BC! Took yesterday off to travel 6 hours up North. Found the high school track, warmed up a mile and then did 6 - 800's at a 7:27 pace with 400's in between. It is so good to run with Rex - I either chase him on the track or run away from him on the track - running is just as much mental as anything. He drove to the church on the corner and I ran there for a cool down- picked me up for us to go back Clark and Corena's. Looking forward to the day at the beach and possibly a movie if the afternoon becomes stormy. 

great morning for a run! 8:48 average pace, started out slow then gradually increased speed - 

Again a beautiful run with Rex & Clark this morning in Canada! Had hip flexor issues yesterday so I took the day off and we floated the channel for 3.5 hours! Average pace was 8:48 today - feeling good

Last run with Clark - so proud of him for pushing to the next level in his running! I felt great on this one 8:38 average pace

Ran is Spokane - Chrissy ran the first mile with me - it was WONDERFUL wish it could be a weekly thing --- anyway, more 8:55 pace as I was beat - played hard this week in Canada - so nice though! 

WOW were my legs heavy the entire time, but I was happy to be running - so I kept going and finished running up Grandview. Slow, average of 9:00 but I will take it for sure! 

Ran 1600's at the track - wasn't feeling too hot - gut issues. 7:30 pace on the speed with 400's in between -- Ran 2 miles to warm up at the track

Can't believe I had to take 3 days off for my dang shin...however, worth it - taped it up and followed the river - I just love the energy of this city! Chicago, it has been lovely! 8:51

Ran after church today when it had warmed up a bit - but the wind helped cool me down. Traveling all night long, I didn't run yesterday - so much walking in the city the day before then all the travel - whew! Shin felt fine today as I ran a nice and easy pace of 8:54

ran uplugged this morning - so nice. Breezy, cloudy and now raining! Great day to nest and deep clean inside the house! I decided not to run TOU for now. I will just keep to the Pocatello half that I have scheduled and save money and time at my new job! 

1.75 run to the track quarter to warm up faster 6- 800's at a 7:28 pace . With 400's recovery in between then another quarter cool & run home - feeling the outside of my knee on ththe way home 😒 so hopefully just some good yoga later to stretch out my legs 

shin is feeling better - it was slow this morning, but I was just happy to be out doing one of the things I love! 

Early morning run with Alana! So good to lift each other up ~ looking forward to fall runs together again! Was going to run 10, but think I will save that for tomorrow - really trying to listen to my body and not flair up my shin! 

Well I stopped a few times on this run to stretch - it seemed muggy today - 9:02 average pace with an ice bath at the end that helped out my tight hip flexors. 

beautiful run

feeling off all the way around - like out of alignment - going to get a massage from Melanie tonight hope that helps

beautiful running this morning - happy to see Rex and give a sweaty smooch as he was just heading out for his run. Love that we share running - off to my second day of new job! 

Ran with Matt this morning! Was good until I took a gel @5 and half felt queasy the rest of the run - was planning on 12, but my gut was not doing too well. Good for Matt - he went 11.74 :)

Calves tight this morning overall pace 8.32 mile one 8:53, 8:42, 8:16, 8:18 and ran up Grandvieew to finish ! Felt amazing to push this morning after taking yesterday off

8:51 pace - felt good

Ran with increasing speed with final overall 8:17 --- 

Simply amazing run this morning! 8:27 average pace --- feeling good all the way around! 

Went and looped the river this morning. I had really bad leg ache on Sunday after pulling something when playing and lifting Ali with my legs on Saturday :( had Rex KT tape my leg Sunday and I rested all day. Took yesterday off as well and felt good this morning (still have leg taped) and it will be my first day back doing yoga with the ladies. I have 6 that have committed to practice this fall over at Compass! 

qucik short run, knee and leg feel good. I was out of time (slept in) to get more than that. However, I still went out ! 

Ran early before work - full day! Leg felt great, so here's hoping it stays strong! Rex and Jeff leave for Hood to Coast today - so excited for them both! Too cool! 

Ran with Curt, Alana, their friend as well 

Early morning shake out run with Rex ---- :)

Love this race for sure! I was great averaging 8:22 pace for the first five miles then both i-t bands were holy moly tight and hurting. Running 7 miles in pain is not cool, but I would stop and stretch out my legs every mile then would be able to run again until the pain would pull so tight that I would need to stop and stretch again - fun times! So suprised that my time was as good as it was for all that stopping and stretching!! WOW - lesson learned....I tighten up when I don't stay running consistently 

went out to loop the river felt pretty good, but really felt my knee for the next few days --- may need to ease back into it! Hope to run Wednesday morning! 

I was able to run in Boston with Shelley! We ran Newton Hills, but my knees hurt too bad so I had to walk the last mile back

Tried to run in Twin - it was good! I'm hopeful that time off, yoga and strengthening is helping - that plus more stability shoes thanks to Shelly and Gama's help watching me run on the treadmill --- 

Was able to run in twin again! I ran two today - don't want to push too soon and too fast

Crazy busy week that I taught yoga three nights and with work, simply didn't get to run (well that and needed to sleep in the morning)

So I was feeling so wonderful that I was really craving a long run. I know that I need to ease back into it - so I started feeling my leg/knee --- not too hurtful, just noticed it so I decided to walk briskly back home the last half mile. Simply beautiful weather. 

went for an after school run with Emma - love running with my girl

Went out after a long week - thankful for Rex to encourage me to get out and stretch the legs.... zero knee/leg pain at this point - praise up! 

So nice - beautiful sunshine and ZERO pain or issues - just like this is somehting I always go out and do....good feeling! All my hip, glute excercises and streching is paying off hopefully - that and time off with little by little easing me into it! 

felt my knee the last half mile - trying not to be discouraged

fast two felt great

Ran out in the fresh, deep snow - happy Thanksgiving 

Drove to river to run in the sun - shin was good, knee was good - good grief! 

YES! GREAT run - looped the river after school temp was 25 so it felt warm :)

Fun to run with Jill, Rex and Brandon! No leg issues at all - so happy about that! 

went out in the evening with head lamp - just wanted to do a quick shake out from yesterday before we head into a busy week! Looking forward to starting cross fit 

such a busy week - but heck, I got a quick one mile in and wanted to count it! 

so giddy that four miles felt great to my legs! My breathing was labored - but I will take that any day of the week! Here's to more running!!