Blessings and Balance

Welcome to the blog!

It sounds like you're well on your way to your St. George goal, and beyond. Those were some great 800's you ran yesterday too.

Welcome to the Blog. I will have to try that next time on a run when the goon comes around. Seems to work for you. Great job on your run.

Thanks for the runner's world advice! It will certainly come in handy in the next two weeks for all of us. But you're a fast runner! You'll probably exceed your own expectations, just you wait ( "Go Away Goons!" ). Thanks for that one! Welcome to the blog!

Great job! You will be mentally tough at St. George!

Britta, After seeing your pic, i realize that we've run into each other and chatted many times in passing, up there in Rosecrest...

How did you find the blog?

Welcome to a fun little family of runners!

What half did you just do a 1:43 in? I am running SGM and it is my very first marathon ever. I am pretty excited. 3:40 would be on the fast end of what I expect to do. I ran Hobble Creek in 1:42:49 and Spanish Fork Half in 1:47:?? I'm just curious to see who will be in my same pace for the marathon.

welcome to the blog.

welcome to the blog. I came across your blog today by accident, but had to read your entry after seeing the mileage you put on. Way to go! That's amazing. I'm a new runner, and I think you are one of my new heros!

Wow, what a great run! That has to be a confidence booster for your race. I am sure you will get your Boston time. I am trying for it as well in November. Good luck!

My belated welcome to the blog. Good training, and good luck at SGM. If you go to Lifetime Fitness, I'll look for you there.

Hey Britta,

SG will be my fourth marathon too!! Nice job on your hills. Did you get any additional sleep when you got home?

Btw ... I responded to your question on my blog. Probably should have done it here. :(

I climbed back in bed about 2 min. before my 4 year old joined me. She was too busy poking at my face for me to get any sleep.

Welcome to the blog! The 4 year old are cute and all but not too condusive to sleep:)

Well, 2 minutes is 2 minutes I guess! :)

What time are you shooting for? Are you shooting for a 3:40 or something less than that at SG?

I am shooting for 3:40. My partner is shooting for 3:30 she keeps trying to talk me into it because we have been doing the exact same training. I feel really confident about a 3:40 but 3:30 feels out of reach this year.

What are you shooting for?

If you've trained for it, I'd say go for it! I need a 3:45 to qualify, but secretly I might just shoot for a 3:39.

I guess I'll just wait and see what feels good come Oct. 4th!!

Tapering is tough! Great job up the hill today!

nice run. Way to go on the hil!! WOO HOO!!!

Boo for the cold and wind!

Yeah for the "ran well anyway"!

I'm sorry that happenened to your baby! Kids are really resilient arent they? Good for him to find away to get around.

I am really "into" looking for the 'rainbow' or the 'silver lining' or the 'bright side' right now and you just gave two great examples of it in your short little entry! 1.It was chilly, but you didn't need your inhaler! 2. Your little guy is in a huge cast, but he can get around! :o) Thanks for the look through your rose colored glasses! And as Captain Jack Sparrow would say...."AAAaaarggh!"

Taper heaven! Great run! SGM here you come!!! :D

Nicely done!!

The trick this week will be getting enough sleep with all of the excitement!!

good job! I can't wait to read your race report!

Why do things like this seem to happen the week of a big race?

Good luck and stay healthy!

Check into a hotel!! :) Of course I'm kidding (kind of). Isn't there some stuff you can buy when you think you might be getting sick, like Airbourne, or something?? Lots of vitamin C and zinc for sure!! I'd also spray everything down with a disinfectant. When do you leave for SG??

Stay HEALTHY!!!

Same thing has been happening to my family don't stress you will be fine. Remember you are a runner your immune system is tough.

Great job! All of you are so awesome.

Congratulations on a huge PR! You have an awesome attitude and will go so far!

A 28 minute PR!!!! Way to go. That is awesome!! What a positive outlook you have about everything. Love it.

Congrats on all fronts!!

That's a great improvement for a PR! Your BQ will come. Way to go!

Great job on the marathon. I ran my first marathon when I had three..haven't had the desire to do another one so far. Your time was awesome. Good job on the PR.

Congrats on an amazing PR and awesome attitude. You would have easily qualified in better conditions.Keep up the hard work!

What a great race! A PR too!!! I enjoyed reading about your race, I ended up dropping out at mile 13, but was fine with it. You would have made Boston had the weather behaved! Great Job! Great Attitude!

Britta - WAY TO GO! 28 mins off your PR! That's awesome! I love your choice of energy food. :o) (I'm a big fan of swedish fish!) I'm also sorry your knee gave out. I'm so happy you didn't get callapse or get severally injured (scary).

GREAT JOB!

AH!!!! I found another Herriman runner!! Yeah. We must run together some day. PM me and tell me where you live adn where you run.

OMGoodness, I sound like a stalker. Am I scaring you??? Sorry. Ask around, I am harmless.

Great job on the race. I also enjoyed the rain, it was quite refreshing! No need to grab a drink, just open up! And I LOVE swedish fish---they are my post run treat (the little 60 calorie packs) every day!!!

Great job on a PR---you will get that BQ next time for sure.

Belated congrats! Lots of potential still! (You now need to get Alisa Dunn to blog as well.)

How do you know Alisa? I just sent her the blog this morning.

I live by her parents, and she was in my ward for a bit.

Great job on your race Britta, and such a big PR too!

I appreciate your comments on my blog, and I've been watching the whole family-balance discussion, though I've been way busy this week, too busy to join (no balance for me this week). It's a tough thing and I don't really have an answer. So there's my brilliant comment on that subject :)

I know it's way late, but I just wanted to say congrats on an amazing run!!! What a great PR! I am sure if the weather was on your side you would have gotten your BQ, but I guess it happens sometimes. You will definitely get it next time! Keep up the good work!!

It is so good to get back at it - Nice pace for a your first run back!

nice run, and great pace. I bet it felt good to get back in your groove. I'm sorry about your IPOD. I hate it when my music breaks while I'm running.

Nice run Britta. Sorry about your ipod ... that stinks. Mine kept acting up at SG as well, but seems fine now.

Yeah, I'm not liking this cold thing. I guess it's about time to break out the running tights. Already? Stink!

I was glad I had not brought my iPod into all of that rain.

Way to go on the treadmill. Man, how I hate those things, but I am working on it! I also can not stand the cold (especially in the wind, which we seem to always have out here).

That is fast for a darn treadmill, too! WAY TO GO!

You are a LONE FAITHFUL today---so I am leaving you a comment about NOTHING!!! How was the glow in the dark volleyball (or whatever it is called)? Fun, huh? I hope there were no injuries.

You are awesome!! What gym do you workout at? I should probably hit some of the classes that concentrate on the core -- I can do most of the exercise fairly well, but those stupid sit-ups kill me!! Weird!

Also, I have found that since I have stayed clear of processed food (for the most part) that it has helped my asthma. Hopefully you'll notice that positive side of it as well.

Have a great day!! Laters.

Great work out! My eating goals are the same as yours, but I am terrible at eating healthy. The surprising thing is that since the marathon, I have craved healthy food.

Great ab workout! My abs have died! Your goals are GREAT and you are SO awesome to post your weight! How tall are you?

MichelleL posts her weight daily, too. BUT NOT ME!!! For crying out loud, please tell me you are 5 feet tall! You are a tiny thing!!!

Way to work out hard, Jillian is mean. I am afraid I would cry if I did even a video of hers. She does kick butt!

Good luck with your new goals, I am sure you will do great.

Teena,

We built a gym in our basement. I workout there. I use to go to LIFETIME. I loved it but it was just too much of a drive and my baby would cry almost the whole time so I never got to finish my workouts.

I am excited to hear your asthma improved with your eating habits. Do you use any medications?

I do not have any races planned for the near future. I am planning on doing the Salt lake half in April and then the Grand Slam this spring and summer.

If anyone is planning on doing any races locally let me know I would love to have something to look forward to.

Jody,

I love sugar. So I am not very good at eating healthy either. These past two days I have done really well though.

Marion,

I am 5'5. I have a complex because my sisters are 5'11 and 6'1 and they are all legs and no butt. I am the opposite. Although, I got the workout/running gene so I wouldn't trade them.

Kelli,

We did not end up playing volleyball. We went to dinner in two seperate groups and the group with all the equiptment took forever so we stopped waiting for them.

Hope you are doing good.

Let's do start a Herriman running group. Maybe we could get the South Jordan group to tell us what workouts they are planning and copy them.

Good idea---or we can make up our own!

I am the tall sister in my family and I am the one with the complex. :) The sister stuff is SO complicated :)

I am sure there will be many FRB'r there. After our Making Strides Breast Cancer run on Saturday, FRB now stands for fast running boobs! :)

I am not sure I will fit in with the FRB's. I don't have ANY!!

That is another thing my sisters got that I didn't! HA HA!

That's OK- EVERYONE is welcome on our team! There are teams called, "Save Second Base" and "Save the Ta-ta's" I personally love the "Hakuna Ma Ta Ta's"

Britta --

Unfortunatly I am on asthma meds. I am trying to phase out of them, but the cold weather has caused a flare-up and I'm back on them again. I use advair in the morning and night, and a couple of puffs of ventolin before a hard run.

Kids!!! They are odd creatures for sure!

I can not believe you did 6 miles on the treadmill. I can not make myself do it. I do not know what my problem is. I guess I am weak!

I am recovered (but still running slow)---I will run with you anytime! We are meeting tomorrow at 6 am to run (the BBK group) if you are ready for that adventure. I am always up for something on Friday, too! Although, now I know that you are a skinny, tiny little waif of a thing, so I will be intimidated!

I actually was going to come tomorrow but my running partner wants to try and run in the morning. Her foot has been bothering her since SGM.

Anyway her husband leaves for work pretty early and so we don't have enough time to drive out to the trails. I am going to come sometime though.

You are welcome to come with us tomorrow. I am going for 8. She is not sure what she will be doing, it will just depend on how she feels.

I have seen a picture of you on your blog so you can't pretend like you aren't tiny. If anything I am intimadated to run with you... With your SGM time and all that went wrong you still beat me. I am going to have to try and keep up.

I am doing weights on Fri. but plan on running 10 on Sat. if you are interested.

I was looking forward to meeting you tomorrow. Please come another time!

Goodness, we have opposite schedules! Actually, I usually do an upper body workout at the gym with my husband on Fridays (he has Fridays off) and then some treadmill running. So, I guess I am back to that plan! Darn, I wanted to ditch him.

I was also aiming for 10 Saturday, but I can not leave my husband behind! I guess he could follow us (or lead us, depending on how he is feeling). I will check our soccer schedules and see when we were planning on and let you know! If nothing else, maybe we will pass each other running in opposite directions!!

Do not be misled by my picture---I have teeny legs (the one good gene passed down by my mother), the baggy shirt hid the rest! ;-)

Okay, we have a soccer game at 8 and one at 12. So, we will be running at about 9:30 is my guess. I am sure you will be all done by then! But at least I know it will not be HOT at that time.

My treadmill PR is 10 miles. One time I was in Boston for business and it was raining outside. I did not want to have wet clothes in my luggage, and I was also somewhat curious how 6:00 pace would feel on a treadmill at sea level. Other than that the longest I've ever made on a treadmill is 3, I believe. After that, regardless how bad it was outside, the outside has always been more appealing.

Kelli,

I need to leave to run by 9 am on Sat. My husband is the coach of our sons football team and I need to be back to help him get all the kids to the game.

This is the last game this season so next Sat. hopefully will work out. I don't mind running with you and your husband as long as it doesn't bother him.

Jody,

I was looking forward to meeting you too. Will you email the schedule for next week and I will make it a priority to be to atleast one of the workouts.

Sasha,

I think the most I have run on the treadmill is 12. I for sure prefer the outdoors but as a women it is hard to go in the wee hours alone. My husband would not appreciate me worrying him like that.

Plus I am terrified in the dark alone with all the "boogie" men.

I actually have had a bad encouter with a pervert while running with my mom early in the morning. My mom has also been followed and harrased more than once. SCARY!!!

Anyway you can never be too careful.

12 and 10 miles on the treadmill? Wow, that is like some kind of TORTURE!!! I met a lady at the gym who was training for St George on the treadmill (she does it every year). Her longest run was 22 miles and she is like a 5 hour marathoner. I was impressed. But she says she likes it becasue she has a toilet, a drinking fountain, people to chat with, TV to watch, a fan to keep her cool, and so on. CRAZY.

We will one day have a nice run together. We actually have one more week after this of soccer. And tonight is the last football game. I am so glad it is almost over!!

Great job! We joke around here, our meds give us the power to go off of our meds :) hang in there and KEEP BREATHING!!! :)

Can I borrow your weight for a while??

Glad you got out to run. Today was my second outside run since St George and it was hard. My knee is killing me for some reason. But I do not have asthma, thank goodness. Everyone seems to be struggling with that right now. SORRY! Take your meds!

I never should have started tracking my weight on here. All I can think about all day is what is the scale going to say tomorrow.

Frankly all it makes me want to do is eat more Chocolate Chips. I told my husband to buy semi-sweet instead of Milk chocolate. It is all his fault!! Now there are not enough chips to make his precious pumpkin choc. chip weight watcher cookies. I sure showed him huh!?

I think I should throw my scale away!

I hate scales as well, but I am addicted. I weigh myself like 4 times a day. It is a disease. But once again, I will trade you weights any day!

I LOVE those WW pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (1 point---if you can stick to one darn cookie!)

Now, for reality here. You are tiny. That is a tiny weight for 5' 5", so you really can throw the scale out!

We missed you this morning! I will email the workouts next week. It is such a great group. I can't wait to get to meet you!

My husband has his friends over tonight for the BYU game. There is a lot of un-healthy food sitting on my counter and this girl can not help herself to enough of it.

Thank you by the way, you are good for my ego or maybe bad. I don't know, either way don't stop calling me tiny!! How tall are you? You look petite in your blog pic.

I will let you borrow my weight if I can borrow your marathon time?

That last comment was for you Kelli if you couldn't tell.

That is a DEAL!!!

Um, I am currently eating a half of a peppermint ice cream shake (so very good). I had 2 pieces of pizza for dinner (that is a record for me, I usually have 3 or 4), earlier today I ate some banana bread and 3 cookies that my neighbor brought me (rude---but apparently it was baking day in the neighborhood because someone else brought me cinnamon rolls, but I let my kids eat them), and before that I actually ate a healthy breakfast and lunch. Maybe should run 30 miles tomorrow???

I am almost 5'7", so a little taller than you but not much. I have worked REALLY hard and i have lost 25 pounds in the last year and a half, but I still have so much belly fat (or maybe it is skin from having 5 kids, I dunno). It is depressing, but I think it would take surgery to fix, and I am not gonna do that (yet). So, I keep trying to lose weight just hoping it will come from my belly. We will see. In 5 pounds I will weigh what I weighed when I got married. I was a size 6 then, but I am nowhere near that now. How is that fair?

YOU ARE TINY! 125ish is so small!!!

Wow 25 lbs. that is awesome!!! Why does weight and body image have to be such a big deal?

Kelli, you really do look great and I think it is awesome you have 5 children. I hope to get there someday.

Asthma really does stink!! Sorry yours was bothering you this morning. I haven't skipped a dose of meds for days now for the same reason.

I was hoping that you would run with the BBKs this morning so I could meet you. Hopefully another time. Kelli and I are trying to come up with a plan that you can't refuse!! :)

Thanks Britta. And, what do you mean, you hope to be to 5 kids some day? WoW!! Now I know you are crazy! Only crazy people have 5 kids, right Teena?

Oh so right!!!! (But it's okay to be crazy if you want!!)

Great job! The question is, did you slow down to Josh Groban???

Of course I slowed. It was so hard to keep a steady pace because the rythms were all over the place.

Ya know, with all of my music free runs getting ready for St George, I have noticed that I do not really pay attention to the music so much anymore. BUT, when the going gets rough, I switch through songs like a crazy woman to find one to motivate me!!!

Britta, that is so funny because I have so been there. Well, kind of: Ryan's ipod if stacked full of Kenny Chesney (sp?), Lionel Richie, and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Your entry made me laugh.

Btw, nice job on your run! :)

You can SO NOT run to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!!!

BELIEVE ME ... I KNOW!!!!

Actually, I believe I would seriously question Lionel Richie. Who does he think he is, an old man???

Kelli,

I am being 100% truthful when I tell you that Ryan wore a Lionel Richie t-shirt today!! NO JOKE!!

Can you talk to him????

Oh my. If he is wearing a shirt, I think there is absolutely NO HOPE!!!! Hey, I have a quote for you to tell Ryan: Cross-country. Finally a good use for golf courses.

Seriously, we ran on a golf course once and i stepped on those darn triangular looking thingies and twisted my ankle. Golf courses are dangerous places!

I think you are right ... he past the point of no return a long time ago. (The t-shirt is from the Tina Turner/Lionel Richie concert 7 or so years ago ... he still wears it!! He had to see Lionel, we didn't even stay for Tina.)

I love to golf though!! Only problem is that I have added a few strokes to my game since I started running. Need to get out more often I guess!! :)

I have a hard time with road trips because my husband has to bring ALL the Neil Diamond CD's. I don't mind Neil, just don't like to listen to him for 8 hours!!!

I don't think I have ever even heard a Lionel Richie song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZcqBgCS74

Go listen to that song!!! You have to have heard that one!!!

Hey ... yes ... Ryan has Neil on his ipod as well!!! Too funny!

How old is your hubby? Any chance him and Ryan hung out at some point!!??

WOW, they are not acting their age at all!

I grew up listening to Neil Diamond. My mom LOVES him!

Kelli,

You are so stinkin' awesome!! Ryan heard the Lionel song from the other room and came running in to see his man!! I'm laughing hysterically!!!

"Hello ... is it me you're looking for." He was seriously LOVING the youtube video!! Seriously loving it!!

I think that is why Ryan likes Neil as well ... he remembers listening to him in the car on "road trips."

OH MY!!! Lionel is a stalker in that video---scary! But I am glad I made Ryan smile.

Scott likes The PIANO MAN. Why can't I think of his name right now? Anyway, that is what he tries to play in the car, I get sick of it!

I am more of an ABBA fan.

Good stuff!!

(btw ... he laughed at your quote of the day as well)

Britta, where are you??? You need to be in on this conversation!!

Kelli, Ryan says it's Billy Joel. Does that sound right!!

I love ABBA as well.

Did you like Mamma Mia???

Billy Joel---there ya go! Why couldn't I think of that? Tired maybe?

I HAVE NOT seen Mamma Mia. We go to the movies at least 3 times a month, but Scott would not go to that one so I missed it. I will have to rent it. I heard it was really good! I was raised on ABBA and Alabama and The Oak Ridge Boys. Love them all---but that makes me cool, not old!

You are WAY COOL!!

Alright ... brushing my teeth and going to bed now. Looks like Britta left a while ago!! :)

This discussion is not over!! :)

Laters.

Oh, I was just waiting for your reply so that I could say, "Why do you stay up so late? I am going to bed!" You beat me to it. No fair, you beat me in everything!

I was just finishing some last thoughts on my YW lesson on Dating. That should be fun!

Since you are reading this tomorrow---hope you slept well!

Man, I sure missed a lot.

Okay I have heard that song. The video...hillarious!

Oak Ridge boys and "Mormon Rap" is what we use to listen to on road trips as kids. Love the Oak Ridge boys, and I agree it makes us cool not old.

Teena, My husband Jon is 32, his dad use to bring Neil along while he was growing up so that is where he gets it from.

Kelli, We had the Dating lesson last week. The girls were so funny, I had to correct them several times that "No it is not okay to just live on LOVE, Marriage takes a lot more than just love."

Wow I got married at 19 and some of those girls are so close to 19. I must have been WAY more mature. Have fun!!!

Oh my goodness, that lesson was torture. I have this one YW that scares me (I secretly hope she does not show when I teach). She demanded I tell her why necking and petting were bad (after I had to describe to her what they were----painful!) She just kept saying she did not see what the problem was. I was so scared to read some of the quotes, but the other girls were so funny about it---they lightened it up a little.

I got married at 19, too. So I try to keep that quiet when I teach YW!!

That is so funny about the one girl. So, we have a member of our presidency that is actually like your girl. The president always has to make sure she never teaches without her or myself there, just in case we need to correct anything being taught. YIKES!!!

I love young womens the girls are great. Even the crazy ones!!!

We need to run to have a long discussion about YW's. I am getting burnt out and need some positive motivation! PLus, our ward has ISSUES like you would not believe! It is getting tiresome, but I want to stay becasue one of those YW is my child!!

I pm'd you the group info for this coming week!

Which stake are you in, BTW?

This is sad but I THINK our stake is called the Rose Canyon Stake. Which are you in?

Hey Britta! Great workout! You were cruizin'. I am glad you love to exercise. I too, most days :)

Nice workout. I have never dared to try one of Jillian's workouts. She's far too diehard for me!! :)

You love to exercise? What are you, nuts???

Those were some speedy miles, too. Were you on the treadmill? I just can not run that fast, really! It takes me so long to warm up.

Anytime, I enjoyed it! Sorry for talking your ear off and making you cold (and I forgot you needed a potty--oops), it is my thing. You just have to tell me to shut up and I will. It does not hurt my feelings!!

You will have to PM me and we can pick a meeting spot (or stick with the one we have). Does your running partner want to come?? She can!

I was wondering were you went. I was hoping to get a chance to visit with you but you were gone - See you Thursday!

Nice run! How fun to meet some other runners! Great miles! Make Kelli bring you some mollasses cookies! They are tasty!

Good running Britta. The BBK's must be pretty cool if you're going back again!

Cal, if you only knew just how cool we are. I saw "we" as if I really belong. I have run with them for all of 2 and half months, but it is nice to break out of the Herriman Hills every once in a while!

We should start the Herriman Hills Hillbillies or Hackers or Huggers or some other H word. We could just have the tarantula as our mascot.

I'm slightly jealous that you guys can get together and run every Tuesday and Thursday. AFter running with Libby and my friend Bethany on Saturday, I now know how much fun it is to run with people.

Good run today. You are awesome!

Cal- when you're glute is up to it you should come.

Kelli- I totally want to start the HHH's. I am dead serious so any herriman runners out there put in you 2 cents so we can get something going. Maybe on MWF. The opposite days as the BBK so we can still run with them too.

Kelli- (or anyone)Do you know Lynette's blog name? I have been looking for it.

I do not think Lynette blogs.

Bodacious Babes with Kids! lol No it stands for Bingham Butt Kickers. It was good to meet you in the flesh, even though it was so dark. Keep up the good work, youll be a Boston Qualifier easily by running with this group.

I took a very long, warm shower. But my belly and hands are freezing!!!

Take good care of your hubby!

I stand in the shower until there is no more hot water every morning, it drives my husband crazy!!

I can't wait until Tuesday, we are running together!

Britta!!

You are a superwoman and were flying there at the end!! Nice!!

It was so much meeting you and chatting up a storm. Although the next time it is your turn (or Kelli's) to tell a super long story to get us through the last couple of miles!! :)

Teena- My mom would always sprint the last little ways no matter how far we were going. I have picked up so many running habits from her. Hopefully people don't think it is annoying.

Sorry I tricked you into getting us through the last little bit. It sure did help me. What an amazing story!!!

Jody- My lips were blue for so long. It would have helped if I had taken my sweaty running clothes off but I was in a hurry to get my 1st graders lunch made. YES we are running together on Tues. I loook forward to it!

I suggest preparing the Ipod and increasing the volume as the 7 year olds file in! lol

GREAT RUN TODAY!!! You run FAST all of the time!!

I am glad that you called last night and decided to run with your friend! I am miserable today, so it made it easier for me to decide not to go! But, I just want you to know that if I I knew you were coming, I would have gotten up! I would not have left you I the dark and cold by yourself.

Have a fun B-day party and a great weekend!

WOW! 15 7 yr olds..........You are a better mom than me! Happy Birthday to your son !

Nice run! You are so sweet, calling help for Bambi. Hopefully some one was able to help the deer.

15 - 7 year olds. I must learn patience from you.

Wow, I hope that you survived the Birthday party, you are brave!! But with those splits, you could conquer anything. Way to go, NICE RUN!!

How funny Britta, I did the exact same thing yesterday. Smack dab in the middle of my left thumb.

It kills Right?! Can you tie your shoes a little better today?

Yeah, I wore a band-aid yesterday but decided to let it dry out last night and it feels a ton better today. Maybe it has something to do with our hair color:)

OUCH!

It was great to run with you today! I never know how to dress, during this time of year 45 can be warm and 45 can be cold.

See you thursday!

It is for sure the hair! I wish I could say mine is this way because I get it dyed, but I don't, so I am a true blonde through and through.

I hear ya. I do high light mine but the blondness comes out in my actions often:)

Two blondes in the same room...not good. I said this to someone so forgive me if it is a repeat, but my 15 year old dyes her hair RED. My husband says it is false advertising because she is about as blonde as you can get! She has a 4 and a half inch scar on her shin from a shaving incident. Ask me about it Thursday, it is funny. I am too lazy to type it out and my fingers are numb and not functioning well!

Great run today. you guys were quick, it about killed me to keep you guys in sight! But the cold/sinus stuff is clearing up, so hopefully Thursday I can actually show up for the run!

THANK YOU!! It did for me, too. I have not quite figured out why, but it was!!! Thanks for running with me and keeping me moving!

I am so sorry the air was bad fro you. I could smell the stuff, and was thinking my mom would be dying! Glad you made it ok :) It was so great to meet you in person! :D

That is an awesome pace for someone who was struggling, Britta! Imagine how fast you will be when you start taking your meds, and you NEED to do that!

It was fun to meet you! I wish you could have stayed to visit, but next time! Check out my blog later today and hopefully Maurine will have a group picture posted

Hey there Britta!!

I am so sorry that you were having asthma issues. If you weren't I probably wouldn't have been able to keep up with you! Seriously. You're a tough cookie.

Anyway, I absolutely loved running with you. Sorry that no one would answer that door we were banging on ... but all worked out!! :)

Hope you got home on time. And I'm excited that you are going to be joining us for the Saturday runs.

Good run Britta, sounds like you had potty break issues. I wondered if that would be a problem for anyone. Sorry to hear that it was.

I truly could only discuss my potty issues with runners. Non-runners would just think I was gross!

It was so nice to meet everyone this morning.

Glad to meet you - if only for a few minutes. Sorry to hear the asthma was bothering you.

Britta!!! Those weeds were bad especially after the rain. I'm sorry about your asthma. I had toilet paper with me. Too bad I am not as FAST as you (even in your asthmatic condition).

I am GLAD I got to meet you in person, even though it was very brief. Next time!!!

Britta,

Are you going to run Painters?

Smooth, Thanks! It was really nice to meet you too. Teena talks so great about that I can't wait to get to know you more.

Teena,

I am not running Painters. Is that this weekend? Is it in St.George?

Painters is on January 17th!! Come run it! (It's in St. George.)

Britta- If Mr Teena is not coming, we've got an extra apple!

Marion,

Your comment totally made me life mostly because I don't know what it means. I am still laughing.. I am a little silly. An extra apple???

Britta left early on Saturday, she does not know about our apples.

Britta- Kelli will explain the apples to you on your run tomorrow ;) You really want an apple :)

speedy girly! GREAT paces!!!!

Look at that self-motivation!! You are awesome!!

Don't forget to stay on top of your asthma meds!!

Nice run. 7:20 is cruising!

7:20!?!? What is wrong with me???

You are GREAT!!!

See you tomorrow morning, same time and place!

just for clarification... is same time 5:25 or 5:30? I am excited to see you tomorrow. I don't know why but it feels like I haven't seen or talked to you forever? It has only been since Sat. Okay, I sound like a stocker!

Cal,

Thanks! It is great to see your miles increasing each week. I hope you continue to heal.

Teena,

You would think after Sat. I would take my meds. Nope still haven't. Tonight I will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We do not have to be there until 5:45, so I think that 5:30 is good---it is close this week, YEAH!!!

I am looking forward to chatting if you can run slow enough for me!! My breathing is struggling in the cold, but maybe your asthma will slow you down enough for me!

TAKE YOUR MEDS EVERY DAY!!!! I know where you live, I am going to come and feed them to you!

I almost brought you some cookies again yesterday, but I did not want to mess with the counting. So I ate them all instead!

Okay, 5:30 it is.

Counting is going okay!! I have been eating really good the last few days. I am really good about counting the first half of the day but it seems to hard to count dinner. There are too many ingredients!!! Anyway I feel good about what I have been doing.

Thanks for not messing me up with the cookies. I for sure would have eaten them. I am going to walk away from the computer and take my meds right now!

Britta,

I am shocked that you can run that fast when your asthma flares up. You are amazing. Let me know if you want the name and number of my asthma/allergy doc. He is AWESOME!!

Nice run. I really wish I would have came this morning, I missed you and Kelli. The gym was ultra boring this morning.

Have a great day. Hope you are voting!!

You did fine. That is still a fast run for me. They all log them as slow miles, crazy!!! And you were plenty entertaining! Take your meds every day! And we have a great pulmonologist who has pretty much cured Scott, too.

Teena,

I really wish you had come this morning too. Then Kelli would have had someone to talk to!!! Are you coming Thurs.

I voted on my way home from running! Yea me!

Kelli,

I am looking forward to having everyone come to our digs on Thurs. (I actually don't really know it I used the word digs correctly, so if I said something really embarrising...O well)

Hey Britta, Thanks for thinking about me! I actually had heard about the Herriman run today and was tempted to show up, but I figured that I'm still at least a week or so away from being able to keep up with everyone for those distances and speeds. Very soon though, I think.

The fastest pace today was 8:16 and the slowest was aroung 9:45. So there are all skill levels that come. So don't let the pace keep you away. Hope to see you there soon!

Britta - you did great today! It was fun to run and chat with you for a while and even see where you live. Enjoy your fun day!

Cal- There is really all types of runners and everyone does what feels good to them on that particular day.

Great miles- fun day for your family :D

My brother is going to Ghana!!!!! That is Africa people!!!!!! Wow, we are so excited.

Britta -- how awesome is that!!! Congrats to your bro ... I am so so so jealous!!

Glad the crew came up to your stomping grounds.

Laters!

Ghana, wow!!! And yeah for your sister! 4 kids is a lot of work. Wait, any kids is a lot of work!!!

Missed you this morning, I hope all is well and that you just slept through your alarm and you were snuggled warm in bed!

Oh, dang it! 10 miles alone is no fun. BUT way to go for doing it! We missed you!

Nice run Miss Britta!!

How did your asthma do in the rain? How is it doing overall?

What are you planning to do for your long run this weekend?? We still have lots of conversations to finish. :)

My asthma was okay this morning and it is doing okay now. I think I need to go see someone new.

I am planning on running 10-12 on Sat. How about you?

Do you want to get together and run?

Great job getting out there in the rain. Sometimes its fun to run in the rain, or snow. It keeps things interesting!! Good job today!

But it was so much colder than in St George, so good for you!!

Thanks Kellie and Kelli! I am going to your blogs to check out what you did today.

Too bad the birds were not chirping to add to your wonderful morning!! Wish we could have slept in!

What a fun run!!

Looks like I will not be doing a long run this Saturday. Stink!! However, when I can do the long runs again, I would seriously LOVE to run them with you. We could do them over here with the Chumps or out by your place or someplace in between!!

Hope you are having a great day.

Laters!

We love Teena, but since she is out for running this weekend, you are always welcome to come with us!! We are going to Lehi again, but we are going to run the opposite direction this time to see where it goes (to Utah Lake, I assume)

What time are you guys going and how far? I really want to come and catch up.

At least 10, maybe 12. I think we will leave here at 7 (to be there by 7:30).

Are you coming tomorrow??

Britta --

Nicely done this morning!! One thing though ... what in the heck are you doing having "FAT" thoughts!? You have got to be kidding me!!! Are you nuts??? I am seriously shocked!! Seriuosly!!

You are definitely seeing something that no one else is silly girl. You look GREAT!!!

Maybe FAT is an acronym for something else?

FAT is fat no other meaning. So silly I know but what women doesn't think that way?

I came up from running and my husband said "you look really skinny this morning" that comment took off like 20lbs when I look in the mirror. So silly!

Cal, Did you run with the BBK? I guess I should just go check your blog.

Great job, and speedy miles on that treadmill!! Or we still on for Saturday?

Oh, and you are tiny and skinny and beautiful. I totally forgot to tell you this: I was talking to a lady named Lynette today at the gym. I have done Yoga with her forever, but have never asked her name. Anyway, I was talking about running this morning and she asked if I might by chance know you since you run with a group. I told her I did and then we talked about how hard it is to run with you because you look beautiful all of the time---no matter what!! She said she saw you voting and you had told her you had just run and you still looked AMAZING! Sickeningly beautiful you are!!! And thin.

Lynette is my Relief Society President. She is great.

How nice!!! Truly that is so nice. I get it, I will (try) stop complaining.

How has your day been?

Yes I am still planning on Sat.

After Yoga I decided to go to my sister's house and try her CHI. She has told me that they are so much faster than other hair straighteners, so I gave it a try. It took almost an hour to straighten my hair! That is way too high maintenance for me. Then we went to Chik Fil A and got lunch and went to Butterfield Park to eat and play. It was kind of cold, but the kids did not care. We were there until 3:30. Then I picked up the rest of the kids from school, went to get desert for Book Club, and now here I sit!!

How 'bout you??

In case we do not talk again, we will come to your house at about 7:05 (leave our house at 7). Thanks for coming, I did not want to be alone!!

Great run! That's a nice pace for an 11 miler. Do you know when your next race is?

Aw, shucks!! You are so nice to me! Like I said, I am SO GLAD you came otherwise I would have stayed in bed today. I love that trail and Jon sent me the GPS map of our run and I bet we were like less than a quarter of a mile away from the lake! We almost made it.

THANKS for getting up early and spending 3 hours with us! I know that is kind of a pain that an 11 mile run takes up that much time with driving and chatting after (and a little getting lost). I am all for a close run next week. Speaking of which, what are your plans? I am on my own next Saturday because Scott has to do tithing settlements starting at 7 am!!

Have a good day, I am gonna get my report in and go get that nap!

Britta,

Awesome run and pace this morning. Really missed you all something fierce!! Can't wait to join you all really soon.

Nice job!!

Good run Britta. It was nice to chat with you and Kelli/Scott at the end.

Kelsey,

My next planned race is a 5k on Thanksgiving. Just for fun. After that my next race that is planned is not until April. How about you?

Kelli,

I have not made plans for next Sat. yet. Let's run around 7:30 or 8:00. How do you feel about 12 miles?

I hope you got your nap! I really had fun with you guys this morning. Thanks for letting me tag along.

Teena,

You were for sure missed! Soon, I can feel it!!!!! Have a good Sunday.

Jon,

You guys did great today too. I couldn't help but try to keep up with you guys when you were in sight. Thanks for the Sweeds. I love love love them!

Have a good week.

12 sounds good. I am going to get in to the DR to double check the knee and I will just take Friday off again so I can make it Saturday.

I got a little nap, but I am just not a good napper. I need silence, and that never happens at this house!

Are you planning on running at all with the group this week? LMK if there is a day you are going and we can carpool. If not, have fun with your friend and watch out for Mountain Lions. Maybe one day I will come with you guys and get that extra 15 minutes of sleep!

Have a good night and a restful Sunday.

I am not sure about the BBK this week. I will have to see what my friends schedule is. I really want to come though. We are running tomorrow AM if you want to come. We are going 7 miles.

Tnanks for the invite. I did not see it until NOW, so a little too late! We would love it if you came, but I totally agree with not leaving your friend behind!!

I think you can manage your goal if you really want to. It will take some work - but you are speedy enough to accomplish it.

I have no clue, but I am SURE you can do it with work.

Great run and glad you are LOVING it.

Hey Britta,

Nice run!

So what would that make your goal? 8 miles at a 7:42 pace? I'm sure you can do whatever you set your mind to, just be careful!! That's a 12% increase in speed, it's a lot, but you are a tough cookie. I think I have read somewhere that a 5% improvement a year is great. So I guess that means 12% is Great Great and almost half of another Great!! Just be careful and enjoy yourself. (In otherwords, DON'T GET INJURED!!) :)

I knew someone out there would do all of the math!!!

Only 5% increase!!! That totally bums me out! Now I feel like it is too lofty of a goal. I will take any improvement though.

Britta,

I just looked at my running journal, and I took off about 45 seconds per mile during my tempo runs this year compared to last year. So don't be bummed, you can do it ... just be CAREFUL ... I think I would not have got injured if I would have taken some time off after SGM and then again after Snow Canyon. Just a thought!! You can do it!! I really think you can.

Ok so here's my two cents. I don't think the pace on your easy days matter nearly as much as your hard days. So long your easy days are easy, you get the mileage you are wanting, and you are recovered for your next hard day, you have accomplished what you need to for that day. So, the real question is whether you can drop about a minute in your tempos. Well, its feasible, but it is a lofty goal.

Lofty goals rock, so long we chase them step by step and logically. There's no limit to your improvement if you gradually increase mileage, intensity, and listen to your body really well. Injury is always a concern. Barring injury, you'll likely improve in direct correlation to the consistent effort you put into your running. Are you coming down for the Saturday run after Thanksgiving? It'd be great to meet you! I hope your hip is feeling better. Is it really your hip or groin? Ok, I think my comment's long enough, I am signing out :)

Michelle,

Thank your for your 2 cents. It really means a lot coming from a rockstar runner like yourself.

I ran 3:45 at SGM 08. I am thinking of making 3:30 my goal for Ogden 09 and 3:20-3:15 my goal for SGM 09.

Yes, No? Does this sound do-able. I want to improve as much as I can before we add to our family.

I am not coming to the run the Sat. after Thanksgiving. I wish I could but my brother is going through the temple that morning. I would love to meet you too. It will have to be another time though.

The pain is my hip. It has happened to me before. I think actually what happend is my knee was bothering me a bit so that affected my form and now my hip feels a little out of wack. Anyway, when it happened before I just took a few days off and then I was fine. So I am not too worried.

You are so awesome!!

Nice pace, especially considering that your asthma was acting up a bit.

Keep your goal Britta. You can totally do it. Just be careful and continue to run smart.

14 miles already, and it's only Tuesday!! Nice!

Thanks Teena! I am going to stick with 7 miles 3 days a week and a longer run on Sat. I am going to start adding speed work in a few weeks. I just haven't decided before or after Christmas.

4 days a week seems to be perfect for me. That is all I trained for SGM and I PR'd. So why fix something that aint broke?

I hope you are back soon so we can do speedwork and Sat. runs together.

I am sending love your way!

GREAT JOB!!! Your pace is awesome for having lung issues. The rest of us would quit!

Nice running Britta! Sounds like you've got a good training plan.

Asthma, 7 miles and that pace, Awesome job!

My lungs didn't feel the greatest after my run yesterday. I wonder if it is the lovely inversion crap in the air. Does that seem to affect your asthma? It sure does with my 2 kiddies that have it.

Hmm I wish I new what inversion means. I know I should I am old enough! I am a bit of an oblivious person. I don't pay much attention. (you know what color my hair is don't tell anyone else)

So what is inversion? Something to do with the atmosphere I assume?

Here you go Britta

http://www.tfd.com/inversion

I think # 6 is the def your looking for.

Jon

Please don't think any less of me!

I will tell you also to put it in blonde terms (although I have the same disease:). Inversion is all the pollution that settles in the valley basically during the cooler months. Typically when it snows or rains, it clears it out. Smog would maybe be another term but not totally the same.

BRITTA---it is very bad to run outside in the inversion when you have asthma! Be careful. if it gets any worse, I will ban my husband from outdoor running (he will be mad). But it is NOT GOOD for even those of us without breathing problems. Take your medicine!

Ahhh---I gotta get to the bank before it closes! Dang, I get lost reading my e-mails sometimes.

Wow Jon, I looked at your link and I think my definition was pretty dang good! Blond hair and all!

Britta, I would NEVER think less of you! I can't spell, and I rarely know what some of the big words are that smart people use. Why do you think I had the dictionary link so fast?

Michelle,

I think I like yours better. Blonds get a bad rap!

That's right! I'm not as dumb as I look my:) My husband tells me that all the time.

Here's one for ya! I can't believe I am telling you guys this. I grew up in Utah and have lived here most of my adult life and still do not know the names of the freeways. I know there names I just don't know which is which. I just know were they all go. It makes my dad crazy. Ever time he gives me directions he tells me which freeway to get on and I still don't know which one to take unless he tells me where it goes.

DUH!!!!!

You are too funny:)

Oh, and if it makes you feel any better, my brothers still sing Van Halen's song JUMP as MAXWELL JUMP because that is what I thought it said for the longest time.

How many freeways are there? I-15 and I-215???

Is this a trick question, are you trying to set me up?

What about I-80?

Well, I-215 turns into I-80 at some point! It is confusing. I never use I-80. But, i grew up off of I-215, so I know I-215 and I-15. I am sure there are others. Plus there are all of the state roads that are like freeways. Scott knows them all and i get confused, too. BUT, I know two of them!

Sorry, I had to leave the conversation. My PERFECT 2 year old colored with dry erase markers on my faux painted wall. I had to run to the grocery store to get some Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. Worked like a charm. Those things are amazing.

Michelle, they do not work on fingernail polish, in case you are wondering!

It was great talking with you this morning. You are awesome! You need to keep coming!

Smokin' pace!

I love to come to the group. My friend I trained with for SGM took a little break and now she is back again. Anyway, her hubbie leaves for work at 6:30 and so I will have to maybe work some schedule where I can run with the group and her.

Thanks Burt!

It was nice to meet you this morning, Britta. I hope you'll be able to keep coming to our group!

Glad you had fun and that you loved it! I am sure Michelle entertained you---she is FUNNY.

Cheryl,

It was nice to meet you too! I plan on coming as much as possible!

I'm glad to hear the non-readers didn't like it as much because I haven't read it yet and don't want to see it until I read it. It think I'll read it this weekend.

For sure do not see it until you have read it. I would have been a little confused at some points had I not read!

OH---we should have run together then anyway!!!

Sorry you hurt, I hope you feel better quick. I think I am taking the week off from running, too. The pain is unbearable!!! I may try on Thanksgiving, and for sure Saturday, but that is it!

Have great week! We need to plan a date night soon! Anytime you want, we are there (built in babysitter has some great perks!)

Britta -- you are so smart to take some time off right when the pain starts. Hope you are feeling much better today.

Kelli,

Did you still go out with Kellie and Tyler?

The game was so cold and BYU lost, bummer for us!

Teena,

How are you feeling. I need to check your blog.

John Krueger, 501-2120

Sorry it was acting up for you!!! How was your hip today?

Thanks!!

My hip and knee felt great today!! Whew!! Just give your knee a few more days rest and you will be ready to go on Sat.

You don't need to be competitive when you're naturally speedy...

Good job on your run!

Sorry about your asthma Britta. Seriously, how you run that pace when it acts up is beyond me!! You are amazing. I agree with Cal!

Britta, you are awesome. I'm agreeing with Cal and Teena. Running with asthma and still speedy! WOW!

Thanks guys! Is anyone going to run the 5k in Draper tomorrow?

I didn't know anything about it. Would be fun. Do you know start time?

It starts at 8am at the draper outlet malls. www.utahhumanrace.org

Awesome job Britta! You the woman! I looked at the results and it said I did it in 22:14, hmmm, I think their timing was off a little because I certainly never saw you and your time on the results was somewhere in the 21's. Oh well, it was fun.

Britta!!

You are so smokin' fast!! LOVE IT!!

Congrats on an AWESOME race. Can't think of a better way to start a Thanksgiving morning than a PR!! VERY COOL!!

Hope you have enjoyed the day!

Excellent race and a PR! Nice going Britta!

GREAT JOB!!! That is one heck of a time!

Nice job! Great to PR on a day not known for athleticism. Did you not warm up before the race/cool down after?

Great race! Awesome time!! YEAH for a PR!!! Whoo Hoo!!!

Michelle N. I will have to look at the race results?

Michelle L- I did do a warm up but not a cool down. I just didn't record it.

I just checked my race time and it said I was 21:53. I wounder which is more acurate?

I'd go with the faster time. :)

It sounds like the IT band. Mine bugs me in the hip. The IT band runs from the top of your hip down the side of your knee. I use a rolling pin and I'll even dig into with the end of the remote control. There are a ton of stretches on line that help a lot too.

Great miles and pace ;)

Thanks so much Marion I will look it up!!!

Yep, I think Marion hit it right on. IT Band. Stretching will help a ton. Yoga is also incredible.

Dang IT band, why do we need them??

Are you coming to BBK at all this week?? I am going to go, but I have to still run pretty slow of the knee gets mad at me (from the IT band--dang thing!)

I am coming tomorrow for sure but I am still unsure about Thurs. Do you want to carpool?

What route are you all running tomorrow? What distance? Thinking about maybe trying it, but not sure.

I have to fast in the morning for some blood work that I need to have done to get a discount on health insurance premiums.

Yes, let's carpool. 5:15 or 5:45???

Thanks for the email Kelli.

Perhaps I will see you two in the morning ... then again, more likely than not I won't see you ... but maybe!

Either way, you girls have tons of fun!

Good luck with your pain Britta. I've heard IT injuries can be a bugger.

Kelli, I really want to do more distance but considering that both of us are having aches and pains I wonder if 5:45 is the best choice. What do ya think?

I am sure you are in bed, but JUST IN CASE---5:45 it is. 30 more minutes of sleep sounds good to me.

I will be there. I really don't like the wind!

Seriously do those Yoga stretches all day!!! Just lay on the floor and stretch. How does it feel when you come down the stairs?

Thanks for running with pokey me today (although that was fast for me today) and thanks for listening to my blathering. I have so many stories to tell...I need to remember them while we are running instead of in the car when our time is so short!

Have a good day.

Britta,

That is awesome news!! (Regarding both your IT band and your youngest!)

Glad it is feeling better. What did you do to fix it? Fill me in!

I jumped the gun. My IT band hurts again. Sorry Kelli I don't have any magic pills!

I hope that the IT BAND BUG doesn't find me!!! You guys are really scaring me.... I have some good peppermint oil that I use on all of my sore muscles and joints. Kellie and I both use it along with an oil called deep blue, you can get on doterra.com and check the oil's out. I hope that you all get feeling better. We have samples if you would like to try it. I am sure that Kellie would trade a bottle for some pumpkin muffin tops?

I will bring her a dozen!

Thanks Tyler!! I will have to check into it. I hope the bug doesn't bite you either!

It was cool to meet you formally today Britta. Good luck with your IT band.

Britta,

How is your hip?

Not Good. I need Dr. T's #!

I guess it is my turn.

I am so sorry Britta.

Dr. T has two offices, I'm not sure which one he is in today. Here are the numbers for both:

Jordan Commons Office: 748-1861

Highland Drive Office: 424-5042

Please keep us up to date.

Lotsa Love and Healing

Thanks teena!!!!

Oh Britta! I'm sorry!

HI! I haven't kept up on you, so are you going to the doc about your IT band? Good luck to you! Little ones....you are a good mom!

Leslie--Yes, I do need to go for my IT band, this is the first time I have really had an injury in 12 years of running. It feels very foreign to me. Thanks for the words of encouragement about my mom skills. My littlest has spent the morning acting as a tornado and ripping everything apart that he touches. He also had fun with some vaseline!!!!!! This is exactly why I run. I can still keep my cool when my children so busy!

Camille-- Thank you, how are you? I need to check your blog.

Oh, Sorry!!!!

Thanks for your response to my e-mail. We missed you this morning, now I know why you weren't there. Good luck with that IT band. Running injuries--they're such a pain!

Britta,

Hope your fingers and toes have unthawed. (I hate the unthawing feeling though ... hurts big time.)

Nice job getting in a workout.

Is your hip behaving better today?

Britta, did you make it to the Dr?

(doesnt "unthaw" = freeze?)

Cal,

You're such a smart aleck!!!

Yes my digits have "THAWED". I am going to call the DR. right after I am done responding.

Although, I am not hurting at all unless I am running so I hate to go to the Dr. for nothing. Is this nothing?

It is, I BET, your IT band. Juts keep stretching and come run slow with me. He gave me many tips.

Ouch, I hope that you get all better soon! Way to hang in there and find other things to do while your IT is acting up, I am lazy when it comes to that kind of stuff so I admire you. Keep up the good work!

ugh, i am not a big biking fan either. hope you feel better soon!!!

Britta,

You are a smart girl! Seriously!

You are seeing Toronto, right? Can't wait to hear how it goes.

I am so sorry!!! I feel your pain. We need to get out becasue we do not want you to get in a funk like I did! STAY AWAY FROM the COMFORT FOOD!!! It is amazing what not being able to run does to the psyche!!!

I am going to PM you my #, call me and we will get out! And we need to plan for Friday.

Britta, I missed your injury. I've been out of it. What is going on? Hope to see you on the running paths soon! Hang in there kid!

She is tough, so you must be TOUGH!

I have been calling for an hour---your line is BUSY!

Good job getting some workout in. Its hard to do when your injured, and running is what you like. So, good for you!

When is that appointment?

Way to go Britta. That seems like a good sign that the pain went away by the end of your run.

Good run Britta. Glad your pain was low. I too think its a good sign that the pain was gone by the end. Take it easy, you'll be back!

Jon, and Cal,

Last night we went to the Kurt Bestor concert and all the walking and then sitting still for 2 hours really aggravated (sp) my leg. I went to bed last night in pain. What does that mean?

This morning I feel so much better my pain level is only at a 1/10 and that is only going up and down stairs.

I was in Heaven yesterday while I was running and I so hope I can run this coming week.

Britta,

My thinking is that if the pain is going down that quickly then it will be something that Dr. T can help you with quickly. At least that makes sense to me!! You see him tomorrow, right? Hopefully he will have the answer you are looking for.

Hope you had a great time at the concert and I'm glad you were able to get some of those "heaven vibes" running yesterday.

Have a great day!

(btw, I can't remember if you do yoga or not ... do you?)

Britta, I'm with Teena, I think if the pain goes away fast its a good sign. That long lasting, lingering pain is when I get nervous.

I think also one of the key things with yesterday to think about is that you were (if I understood what you implied) more active than usual. "All the walking", added onto the 3.10 miles of running, injury that isn't back to 100 %, then "sitting still for 2 hours". That would spell tightening and some aggravation to me. I tightened up yesterday after I ran, then was sitting around two hours after for about 1.5 hours. When I stood up I was very tight in the legs.

I think Dr T will have good news for you, and I'll bet you will be building your miles soon, slow, but building.

Keep us posted what the pro (Dr) says.

I sure hope I will be running like I want soon.

Teena, I don't do Yoga regularly. I do a few poses mostly for core like the plank but nothing serious. I have been looking into signing up at a gym so I can take a class twice a week. Any suggestions?

Jon,

What time are you guys talking about meeting? I will be in as long as I can run. I would think my max would be around 8 miles, just to be safe.

We haven't set a time. I would suppose it will be no later than 8. Probably 7, but I will let others decide.

Britta,

I bought some of Rodney Yee's yoga dvds when someone suggested doing yoga when I was having problems with my knee and IT band. I believe that they were a HUGE help and still do them. You might want to at least give them a try. There is one at Target called "AM/PM Yoga" by Rodney Yee that I think is great. The AM portion only takes about 17 minutes or so and has some awesome stretches for the IT band. Anyway, Kathie (on the blog) was the one who got me started. It's definitely worth a try.

I know that the stiffness from my IT band was REALLY bad after sitting for any prolonged period of time (still is). Just make sure to stretch a bunch!!!

Glad you got in a run---yeah!! And where on earth did you lose 2 pounds from????? You are such a tiny thing, for real!

Teena,

Thanks for the info. I will check them out. I have taken a Yoga class a few times and really do like it. It would help to have some videos to do on my own.

Kelli,

Look who's talking! I know what size jeans you bought this week!!!

I am so bad at staying on top of my stretching. I will renew my efforts this week.

Whatever you say, I know yours are smaller!!! But for that I am happy, I have such cute, skinny, stylin' friends that it makes me cool!!! (That is according to my teenager!)

You are beautiful!

Britta--

Good luck with your injury. We want to see you back at our group! I highly recommend yoga also. I had my best year of running (that means no injuries) when I was doing yoga regularly. I go to the So. Jordan Rec Center, there is a class there on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I know that would be far for you to drive. If you can get a DVD and stick with it, that would be great. I was never disciplined enough to stick with the tapes. Anyway, good luck with everything.

Cheryl,

Thanks for the well wishes. I am planning on coming to the group on Thurs. as long as everything goes okay at the Dr. I really don't think it will be too long until I can run the mileage I want to again. I am feeling really good, just playing it safe.

Hope the Doc can help you get back to 100% Are you seeing Dr. Toronto?

I need to talk to you about those Jillian Michaels workouts. Should I try them?

Can't wait to hear how it goes tomorrow!

Yes you should try the workouts I really do like them. They take me about 35 min. and I think they will be such a great addition to my running life. You do not use too much weight yet they build muscle.

I will give an update about my Dr. Visit later when I have more time.

Glad your run was pain-free!

One route here has me going past Pizza Hut on my way home... I can only do that one if I'm coming home before they start making the pizzas otherwise I'm craving pizza the rest of the day!

So happy your run was pain free!!!

Very nice Britta!!

I'm amazed at how those shoe lifts help so many people.

Good news!!

(my guess is that the yoga would be very beneficial for the tightness in your hip as well)

Have a great day!!

That's great about your pain-free run Britta! I assume that Dr. Toronto prescribed 'Prednisone', right?

Oh yeah, and i'm feeling ok, thanks for asking. Just couldn't fit in any running for the last 2 days.

Cal,

It is not prednisone it is celebrex. My hip is a little tender today going up and down stairs but I'm feeling really optimistic that things will get back to the way they were soon.

Way cool. It appears that Celebrex has fewer side effects than Prednisone. I hope that does the trick for you!

Oh good! I hate to take medications. I don't do it unless I absolutley have too. Fewer side effects is good news. Are you coming to BBK tomorrow?

If everything falls into place (including the weather), then I will be planning to make it there.

Same here. I ran outside yesterday and I spent a lot of time trying not to slip. My treadmill just broke though so either way I have to run outside. Either with the BBK or alone. Maybe I will hook up with Scott and Kelli. We need to start our Herriman group!

We do need to start a group here for the bad weather days!! Too scary to actually drive somewhere, plus we have much wider and better lit roads here!!!

Glad to hear it is going well for you, I hope it is the MAGIC pill and lift that will work!!!

1 out of 10 is AWESOME!! I am very very very happy for you.

I concur Britta. 1/10 is almost nothing... that's really good news.

2 Corinthians 13:1

What is the Jillian Michaels Curcuit Workout?

She has a book called "Making the Cut" and it has Circuit workouts in there. I love them. They get my heart pumping while I am do a bit of weight training.

Good stuff. I'm never any good at trying to figure out a workout from pictures or text. LOL

I am so glad you are feeling better. Slow is good :)

Nice job Britta.

That is AWESOME!! Pizza Hut sounds good right now!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas Britta!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

YEAH for your new treadmill! They are heaven sent and the worst all at the same time! I try not to talk to badly about mine so it wont break on me ;)

A new toy!! Very fun!!

Hope it treats you well.

How is your hip?

Way to go!

How is that leg feeling?

Are you just loving your treadmill or what?

Hope all is going well with the hip.

Yeah---you got a treadmill!!!! It is still a mess out here, I was hoping it would all be melted when we got back. BUMMER!

My hip has felt pretty good the last two times I have run on it. My pain has been about a 2 to start with and by the end just tight. I am still going to keep it under 7 miles at a time for the next two weeks and then see where I am at.

I am loving my Treadmill. It has a connection for an MP3 or ipod so that has been really fun.

Kelli we are so glad you are alive.

2 is better than zero. Hope you feel better. Are you running with the BBK's tomorrow?

Sorry about that, bummer!!! Feel better soon.

Sorry about your not feeling well. Hope your tummy settled enough to enjoy New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year!!