Why I Run

The  Wasatch Back  is only 3 weeks away!  I'm a little freaked out and nervous and very excited!  Check out  Tall Girl Running 's bl...

Thursday:  3.75 miles recovery, stretching, and 4 mile walk Friday:  6 miles trail run, hard hills Monday:  3.2 miles+ 5.5 miles in the afte...

This is the view from the trail that I ran on a few weeks ago.  It's simply gorgeous.  I've only done the lower part over again, I d...

I guess I've been a posting slacker.  I really wanted to take some pictures of a run I did recently, but it snowed and so you couldn...

I realized something this last week.  It's been a long time coming.  Like about a year.  And it took a silly song to do it.  I came acro...

The last couple of weeks have been a blur.  I got sick.  My kids were sick.  There was not much sleep involved and even less running.  The f...

I had a really sick child last week.  It makes it really hard to do exercise when your little one just wants you to sit and hold them and wa...

Last week was a bit of a bust due to a nasty sinus infection.  I was extremely sleep deprived from the pain in my jaw that that nasty infect...

Monday:  full body weights and stretching  Tuesday:  3 miles of interval work on treadmill Wednesday:  full body weights and stretching Thu...

Monday:  weights Tuesday:  3 miles interval work- increase slightly from last month and added an extra repetition. Wednesday:  weights Thurs...

It seems like the older I get, (and I'm not THAT old) the more time I'm spending on the pre and post part of the workout.  I know so...

My five mile route.  During the last two years it was the five mile loop.  I used it for my long runs.  I'd run it twice if it was a 10 ...

This last week seemed to be really good.  My knees are feeling better and stronger and my bum is pretty loose and feeling good.  Tuesday I r...

So I took all of my bloggy friends' advice and took 5 whole weeks off from running and any other sort of cardio exercise.  I must say th...

It's been a while, I know.  But to tell the truth, it's just not very much fun to write about nothing.  I ran 2 weeks ago and was st...