Why I Run

Running aint pretty. I know some of you may disagree with me. You're thinking of the smooth paced runner who looks like they're floa...

The race is coming up so quickly and I hope I'm ready.  This is the last week of real training and then the taper begins.  Then my marat...

One of the girls on our team suggested checking out You Tube for videos of the Wasatch Back.  There are quite a few of them that are really ...

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 ...