Introducing...

Our newest little running partner...Max Milton!

This pic was just too cute not to share! Thanks you two for all of your love and support this past week! You were amazing! I am truly blessed to have such great friends. Muah! Love you!

Lagging behind...with no good reason

BUT let me give you my excuses anyway- 1)I have been out of town and I'm not cool enough to have a BB 2) I lack creative writing skills 3)I am lame.... so with that said let me redeciate myself! I love this freakin blog it is a life saver it makes me accountable and I know every time I open it I am able to smile...it helps me stay in contact with you too...
Saturday I ran my six miles let me tell you its obvious I am not at sea level and it basically sucks how quickly running shape leaves you... I sucked! I was barely able to finish within a 10 minute mile and I totally walked for 30 seconds every mile, I had no get up and go..but I am totally looking forward to tomorrow morning.
I have realized I really need to do some spring cleaning with myself- so here are the area of my life that need so serious work and will be changing...
MY DIET: can we talk about how out of control it is. The next three days I will be keeping a food log to see really how bad it is- but I can tell you I NEED to get the sugar under control and obvious start eating fruits and veggies!
EXERCISE: I love running but I need to set some running goals and I am seriously going to put more effort into cross training between biking and rollerblading- so I will keep you updated as I come up with those changes...any suggestions please?
SPRITUALLY: I need to pick up the slack, my prayers need some serious work!Also I need to step up inforcing praying with Ty, and that family night thing, luckly I can be confident we are doing a good job going to the temple and paying tithing but pretty much every other area is simply a habit and lacking "cream filling"
FINANCIAL: basically we just need to stop wasting so much money...
PHYSICALLY I figure those things will fall into place as the diet, exercise, and spirtual stuff kick in,
And I am sure thats more than you ever needed to know...but I figure that type of "thinking out loud" chatter is what I would have worked through out loud with you two during a long run so there you have it! And now that I have said it all out loud I am hoping you two will set up some kind of a point system for me:)
I also just want to thank both of you- I think you both set a great example and have helped my become aware of how important it is to constantly be working to better yourself. As lame as it sounds I remember one time last year saying to tyson, "You know until I started running with Amanda and Lori I forgot (or didn't realize) I still need to be working on bettering myself and developing talents." I think ty just laughed and gave some smart response to my oblibion!

taking over...and apparently getting kidnapped

so it seems to me...... i'm taking over this blog. amanda, you're officially off the hook. erin, you're totally lagging behind, friend. unless you can cough up a better excuse than "i don't eat fruits or vegetables" you best start blogging again. ;)

AND

i'm totally running the trails in the morning, SOLO, at 6:00. so, if you can't find me or get ahold of me after 9am, it means i've been stabbed or murdered or kidnapped... so please please send winston and wicket out to find me.

thanks.

that's all. lori out.
(doesn't have the same ring to it that "secrest out" does, drat)[i bet neither of you read this til monday..and at my funeral people will say "if only they had checked tres amigas...."]

The Lone Amiga

Erin, I have so much more respect for you training for a marathon alone. Holy Cow. Working out alone? SUUUUUUCKS. I know Amanda is hanging out with you for a "good reason" but come on, now, where's my workout partner? ;)

I'm totally blogging this as a accountability thing.... my goal is to go to spinning class tomorrow morning at 5:30. Yes, that is my plan. Tune in tomorrow to find out.... if I DON'T go to spinning class I have to reveal 3 of my best kept secrets to you two in email form......

I will take a pic of me at the gym to prove my attendance....

********UPDATE*****************

Yes, dos amigas, I did it. It took a phone call from my sister-in-law Kim at 5:05 (yup, she actually did, she gets a gold star) to remind me to get my butt out of bed.... but I did and I got to class RIGHT as it was starting. HOLY. SWEATY. It was good, I think my legs or butt might fall off, not sure which one will go first.... Erin, remember that ONE spinning class we took at WSU? Okay, multiply that by like 5. They actually had heart rate monitors for each of you... and the workout was posted on a whiteboard with your heart rate targets.... ummm... it kicked. my. butt.

Evidence...

Me excited to be awake (I know you're jealous...I mean, who wouldn't be jealous at how. freaking. gorgeous. I am at 5:16 in the morning. ;) with the clock to prove that why yes, I was awake.

Getting to the gym (yup, pretty sure I look like I have a rod up my backside... that's how excited I was to be working out...)




My sly picture in the spinning room to prove I went to class. Tee hee.

Did you guys end up running?

Relay Team's First Run

This morning I had a chance to do a run with my Wasatch Back Relay Team. It was really good. Although I'm totally breezy with you two I have a really hard time getting to know new people. Add running on top of that? Can we say IN.SECURE. But, it ended up being really relaxed. We were all about the same pace, which was great. I didn't feel like the fat-loser runner...yessss! :)
The team ranges in age from 24-43. Most of the team are in their late 20's and early 30's. It's a good group of ladies, totally different personalites but enjoyable. There are 12 of us so there was bound to be someone I could chat with. I was excited to find out that the girls in my van were all sorts of chatty. Actually, one of them ended up living a block over from me and is in my ward, SCORE! I'm feeling a LOT more comfortable with being stuck in a van with 5 perfect strangers for 29 hours. Thank. Goodness.

I'm really sad you guys won't be able to do this with me. It is shaping up to be a really fun and exciting thing. I'm getting waaaaay excited. Nervous? Yes. My first run is at 6:30pm, yup, so my second run will be around 3:30am (eep!!) I'm really nervous about THAT run. It's 6.2 miles at 3:30 in the morning... eeeeeek. Fun fun!!! Running in the dark in the middle of mountain with no lights other than your headlamp. Pretty sure I can see myself concvincing myself that someone is out to get me. tee hee. Our race starts Friday at 11am and we're projected to finish between 4pm-5pm. Looooong race, but it'll be fun. I'm all about going to eat in Park City afterwards, yes yes I am.

Anyway, this morning's run was good. We only ran 3 miles (27 minutes..) and then had a meeting afterwards. Good times. How were your Saturday workouts? Or better question... how were your Saturdays without their workouts? ;)

Long Run Schedule

Yes I know. I know. I should be doing laundry or cleaning, or paying bills... something more productive than this... however, this is semi-productive... here is the tenative long run schedule for the rest of the summer. I realize for many reasons we may not be able to run these together (or not at all..) but I figure if we stay on this plan we can successfuly complete the half's in August and September and I can tackle TOU.

Thoughts??

June
14th 6 miles
21st 7 miles (Lori-wasatch back)
28th 6 miles

July
5th 8 miles
12th 10 miles (Lori might do the Echo Tri relay)
19th 6 miles (Lori 12 miles)
(24th Desert News 10k)
26th 8 miles (Lori 14 miles)

August
2nd 10 miles (Lori 16 miles)
9th Provo River Half Marathon
16th 6 miles (Lori 18 miles)
23rd 8 miles (Lori 20 miles)
30th 10 miles (Lori 20 miles)

September
6th Huntsville Half Marathon (Lori to run 4 miles after)
13th Ogden Valley Tri Relay
20th TOU Marathon (you two will be running around shouting my name. ;)
27th 6 miles


Look good? Do you think that's a decent workup for me to do the TOU?

..so

I am excited to spend the week running on the beach! Thought I would just let you two know....