Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

I went to the BEST training last night.  I really found myself inspired to get to my new weight goal.  I NEVER thought in a million years that I would really run a marathon... and secondly, that less than two weeks away from it, really feel like it was going to happen and be pretty good :)  I guess that I can do REALLY hard stuff!   I can stick to plans and rules and finish something that I start.  I can take the tools and skills that I have learned and apply them to ANYTHING, including losing these 25 pounds that I want to see gone.  (actually 33 :) 

Thanks so much to you all for ALL of your support and kindness.  Thank you for the long runs when I am sure you had much better things to do.  Tons of love to you all!!!

I am off to cut some hair out of my boys eyes ;)

Bike ride in the BEAUTIFUL overcast, slightly drizzling PERFECT 70 degree out door air.  I am just hoping that I can keep from getting hit or crash before this marathon.  I just need everything to go along in our usual boring plain simple way for 2 weeks.  No family crisis, no accidents or injuries, NOTHING... boring usual ;D

I hope you all are doing well :)  Lots of love :)  xoxoxoxo

MissB- are you ever going to leave a coment?  ;)

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Beautiful  morning!  Clear clean air.  Perfect temps :)  It was 57 when I started :D

I am off to the Doc :)  Have a GREAT day :)

**Everything was great at the doc.  All of my blood work, so far, was a-1 perfect EXCEPT my HDL's!  They were SUPER low... in the WARNING range!!!  I am so irritated.  It must be genetic.  My cholesterol ratio was still good becasue my tri's and ldl's are so low.  I just can't believe it.  Anyway, I am now going to take supplements of my omega 3's and we'll check it out next year.  ARG!!!  Oh- my iron was fine, so a month on supplements seems to have done the trick or I wasn't too bad in the first place.  The rest of my results will be back next week.  The ekg was perfect, except the super low heart rate, WHICH WAS AWESOME!!!!.  It was 53, nervous and moving around.  My bp was great too, 100 over 60.

Nice casual bike ride.  My footsies are still wining at me, so I thought a ride would be FUN!  I ran into a good friend and chatted with her for a while.  We are going to meet tomorrow for another bike ride :) and then a run on Friday :)  I am so excited to have an exercise partner :)

I woke up at 5am and decided to take a run to make sure the legs still work ;)  I ran 4 miles nice and slow :)  I then met JoyceLynn for a ride.  I had NO idea that we would be gone than long.  It was an AWESOME challenging ride.  I am going to do that with her for the rest of the summer after the marathon.  Killer up hill.. well a lot of it and then KILLER down hill and a good share of it was flatish.  With two days of biking and two days of swimming AND 4 days of running, I should be ready for the tri by September.  I want to increase my fittness, but not do too many running miles this summer.

Have a great day.  I am falling asleep :)

Alright- I got up at 6 and went for a swim.  I got six laps in with "regulation" strokes and then it was kick board time with  bouts of back stroke and breast stroke.  I am a WIMP!!  After 20 minutes, I "hopped" (more like dragged) myself out and went into the lazy river for a run.  WELL.. if you think I am a toe runner on land, it is 100 times worse in the pool.  So I marched, heel toe, as fast as I could.  I passed the "saunter" ladies and they asked how I could "run" in the pool.  I giggled.  I guess my march could have been construed as a run ;)  I was there for 30 minutes and it felt like a good 3 to 4 mile effort.  Running is WAY easier than swimming!  I am going to kick my bum in gear though.  I was going to swim just 2 days a week, but I am going to do at least 3.  I will not let my former friend, the pool, stab me in the back like this.  I shall will her back, we will be BEST friends again!

I am not sure my run will happen today.  I may go when David gets home. We had to pick up Ashley last night at EFY at BYU.  She is really sick.  We took er straight to the doctor.  She has Influenza A.  As required by law, the doctor is sending her swabs in to the powers at be for further testing.  We sent three of the kids away- they never came in any contact with Ash.  The two little ones were "around" her a little and we are keeping them here.  We can't chance that they might have been exposed.  She is quarantined for 10 days.  We have masks, gloves and gallons of hand sanitizer, bleach, lysol and Tide with bleach.  The doc put her on Tamiflu and hopefully she will be feeling better in a few days.  There were a bunch of other sick kids at EFY too.  They just gave Ash Tylenol, had her rest a bit and then if she felt better, they sent her to the activities.  SO hundreds of kids were exposed!!  I am SO mad.  She most likely was exposed the first 24 hours she was there.  Typical incubation is 2 days, but any where from 1-5 has been seen.  The Doc called the powers at be at EFY and hopdfully they handeled it.  Can you imagine 1,000's of kids going home to 1,000's of families ALL going to church tomorrow???  I am totally FREAKED OUT!!!  Anyway....

Oh yeah, I am trying not to think a bout the marathon on Saturday... in one week... one week from RIGHT NOW!!!

Oh yeah- my dad is sick again.  They are not sure if he is having a heart attack, just swelling around the heart or a bad graft.  Any hoots....  I am off to sanitize more parts of my house and find ways to entertain little boys and nurse a 14 year old back to health.

** Went out and ran 8 miles when David got home.  The temps were perfect and there was a GREAT breeze.  I am so glad I got to get out.  I was driven to go, the need to be out and NOT IN THE HOUSE!!  Ash is doing ok and the boys are in BED!  Victory!!!  David is off to get me a sugar fee shave ice :)