"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

I went to the Orem Fitness Center again and this time I only did the elliptical for 30 minutes. I had a lot to do that morning and I just felt tired on the stupid thing and hated every minute of it.  Nothing is as enjoyable as running. 

4 miles avg 7:10 pace.  My legs felt ok, just a few aches and pains, but not any worse afterwards.  I really rubbed on them every day so they are doing much better. 

16 miles avg 7:12 pace.  I met Melody, McKenzie, Josse, Rebecca and Aubrey.  They had already run about 5 miles, but I didn't want to go as far as them.  We ran up/down Provo Canyon, then down into Provo along Univ Ave and back to our cars at the Vintage office park.  I couldn't believe we could run almost to Bridal Veil on a nice clear trail this time of year.  My legs felt tired at the start and then better as I went along.  I'm going to take it easy one more week and then try not to wear myself out so much when I start back up.  I got lazy at rubbing out my legs and let them get way too tight. 

4 miles avg 7:00 pace

Only 8 miles avg 7:00 pace.  I tried to do too much in the morning before heading out on my run and only had time for 8 before my daughter got off the bus. 

10 miles avg 6:50 pace.  I feel like I'm finally more back to "normal."  The wore myself out, it hit me two weeks ago, and it's taken this long to recover.  It was nice to feel good going a good pace. 

4 miles avg 7:02 pace

16 miles avg 7:09 pace.  My husband was going to come with me on his bike, but he got called into work in the middle of the night to handle a problem.  He was too tired to go so I went alone. 

4 miles avg 7:09 pace

10 miles with a few intervals at the track.  Met Melody, Rebecca and Josse at Orem High track.  1600 meter @ 6:08 pace, 1200 meter @ 4:25 pace, 800 meter @ 2:56, 400 meter @ 1:22, 200 meter @ 39 sec. 

My 10 year old son, Canyon, said he wants to start running in the morning.  I ran 1.3 miles with him.  We covered about 1.5 miles, but walked two times.  Our average was 8:51 pace. 

12.5 miles with Rebecca.  We ran .7 miles warm-up at 8 min pace then I restarted my watch for our faster miles.  11.8 miles avg 7:01 pace up/down Provo Canyon.  Then I ran 1.2 miles with my 8 year old son Eli.  We went about 1.5 miles, but walked a bit and our average was 9:40 pace. 

4 miles avg 6:51 pace.  I didn't look at my watch during the run and was surprised by my pace at the end because I thought I was taking it easy.

20.2 miles with Emily B average 6:51 pace.  I was nervous about this run when I went to bed last night.  I didn't want to slow her down too much and she's really fast.  We went up/down Provo Canyon twice because we hit ice shortly after Bridal Veil Falls.  The weather was perfect this morning, cloudy and 52 degrees.  Thanks Emily!

Up canyon, 7:05, 7:02, 6:56, 7:01, 7:13, 7:03, down canyon, 6:34, 6:27, 6:30, 6:30, 6:32, up again, 7:06, 7:12, 7:01, 7:05, down again, 6:44, 6:33, 6:33, 7:00, 6:51 

4 miles avg 7:16 pace. The snow this morning was a reminder of how spoiled we were this winter without snow on the roads all the time.

I DID A PULL-UP!  It took me 2 1/2 months of working up to it, 2 or 3 sets of 10 pull-ups 2 or 3 times a week, but I did it.  I lifted my feet off the ground half way up my first one then went down and up again without touching the ground! Yipee! Then I couldn't do it again and put my feet back down for the rest.

10 miles.  Met Melody, Rebecca and Josse at the Orem High track for 6 x 800 meter intervals.  2:56, 2:55, 2:55, 2:54, 2:54, 2:55.  I slept  horriblly the night before.  Saturday night I started feeling "sick" and I thought I was sick.  By Tuesday night I just knew I had a sinus infection.  Still didn't sleep well. 

No running today.  I got on an antibiotic for my sinus infection and also realized that this whole thing is from my seasonal allergies.  It's  no coincidence that I'm healthy all winter and the night after my daughters first soccer game I'm "sick."  I wish I would have gotten on allergy medication sooner so as not to really get sick.  I realized this as I sat at my daughters soccer game Wednesday night and my eyes started watering and my nose itched like crazy.  I had to wipe my nose every 5 minutes.  Huge pile of tissues in my pocket.  I need to talk my kids out of soccer next year.

I took allergy medication Wednesday night, the stuff that was helping me in the fall, but it didn't work.  My eyes hurt and nose itched and ran like a river all day long.  I literally stuck toilet paper up my nose to keep it from dripping as I fixed lunch.  I made an appointment to see an allergist next week.  I also bought some bee pollen to eat.  When I was a kid I had terrible allergies.  My dad was a bee keeper and had me eat bee pollen.  I thought he was crazy, but it helped and my allergies went away.  I thought I just out grew them.  After moving around for so many years and now coming back my allergies are back.  I going to eat bee pollen again and see if it helps.  I'll try just about anything because I'm so miserable.

4 miles avg 7:09 pace. Feeling a little better today. I finally slept well last night after three terrible nights of sinus problems keeping me awake.

20 miles avg 7:03 pace. Met Melody, Rebecca and Josse. Started at Bridal Veil Falls and ran 6.5 miles up to the top of South Fork and back to our cars at the Vintage office park. The uphill "warm-up" felt harder than a warm-up then we ran faster down for our "marathon pace" miles. I still didn't feel 100% because of my sinus issues.

4 miles avg 7:25 pace

10 miles.  Met Melody and Emily at the BYU track.  4 x 1 mile repeats with 1/2 mile recovery, 5:56, 5:58, 6:00, 5:58.  I felt good on the first one, but half way through the second one I didn't think I would do 4 anywhere close to that pace.  On the last one I told myself I could quit after 800 meters if I wanted.  I had to do that to get myself to start it.  I figured I could do 800 meters and that was better than nothing.  Then I stuck it out and finished the mile anyway.

10 miles avg 7:13 pace.

4 miles alone avg 7:11 pace.  Then 3 miles with my sister visiting from Oregon avg 9:30 pace.  When we got about 1/2 mile away from home my sister was breathing so hard  she said her lungs were burning.  I said, "Maybe we should slow down," but as I was saying this I thought, "I don't think it's possible to run much slower.  If we slow down, we'll be walking."  We had a good laugh later when she told our other sister how tired she was and how I didn't seem to be breathing at all.  I couldn't help but tell her what I was thinking when I said, "Maybe we should slow down."  I was laughing so hard I could hardly get the words out.  She being a great sport, had a good laugh at it too.  

This sister Kellly Nelson, is so suportive of my running and always says how proud she is when I have a good race.  I'm way proud of her too.  She just got a NOVEL PUBLISHED!   "The Keeper's Calling" and you can buy it at Deserret Book, on Amazon.com, or order it at any Barns & Noble. It's a way good story and appeals to people of all ages.  It's book 1 of 3 and the other two are coming out later this year.  Book 1 is really good and books 2 and 3 are so good you can't set them down. 

http://www.amazon.com/Keepers-Calling-Saga-Kelly-Nelson/dp/1599928442/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333476352&sr=8-1

Ran with Melody, 3 mile warm-up, 5 mile loop avg 6:44 pace, 1 mile slower, 5 mile loop avg 6:39 pace, 3 mile cool-down. 

We set our clothes & water on a picnic table at the park where the running path crosses Geneva Road.  That's where we started/ended our loops.  When we finished Melody's jacket was gone and my shirt was still there.  I guess the thief didn't like my shirt as much as her jacket.  It would also have to be a very small thief, or someone stealing clothes for their teenage daughter.