you know you are addicted when...

You spend time at work looking for a race you can do in two weeks cuz you have races planned before and after but don't have anything planned for that one saturday in October. Yup, I think I'm becoming addicted. Not that I am actually any good at the races (don't think I'll ever place) or that I'm out running/biking every day (far from it) but I think I just really like running with my sisters!

It is fun to have a couple of you all cheering me on and getting excited and making plans for me to join you in races. It is also a lot of fun to cheer you back and see the progress we are making together. I can't wait until November when I get to run with Pauline! Too bad she can't make it to Ogden in May, that would be too much fun and a great way to kick off my summer season. Guess I'll have to make atrip to Cedar City next summer as well for some fun running!

Now, who wants to start cycling with me? :)

one minute faster!

I ran my second 5K this weekend and I was a FULL minute faster! I don't know if that is a very cool thing in a 5K but I think it is a big deal. Allison kept telling me that I was running faster. I felt faster. Here are my pics!

We are at the starting line. It was a cold, but warmer than our last race.

Yah! I finished my race. Wow, I look wiped out.

Here I am planting trees for Wells's eagle scout project. I did this right after the race. Yup it was fun. :)

so you think i'm crazy?

I'm beginning to wonder! :)

After my 5K, I got so excited I've decided to sign up for a duathlon. AND i'm dragging Allison with me! We are going to have so much fun. So, we will run the TOU 5K on the 18th and just one week later, we will do a duathlon. What's a duathlon you ask? Well, let me tell you! :)

A duathlon is a run, ride, run course. For this one, we will be running 2 miles, riding 12 miles, and then running another 2 miles. We can do all of those individually and are excited to see if we can do them all together! It will be an adventure. Stay tuned.

My first official 5K!

For several years I have dreamed of running a 5K. It was not until this year that I actually made the commitment do actually do it. Thanks to my ambitious sista, I ran my first official 5K on September 6, 2010 in 37:27 minutes. :)

Here we are pretending we are the baddest runners of the day!

 We made it around the block! Look at us go!

Coming up on the finish. I had just run up a hill that knocked the wind out of me. Allison ditched me to sprint to the end. I'm still smiling though, can you believe it?

Even though she ditched me you can see Allison cheering me on! She was awesome! I loved all the motivational cheering she did throughout the entire race. :)

BIG FINISH!!!

With love to Wellsville for giving me the opporunity to prove I am a runner, a very slow runner but still. :)

progress is good, really good

I've been really working this year to lose some weight. Yet, it seemed that no matter what I did, it just lingered. One day I was reading about the medicine I was taking and realized that it can cause weight gain. Well, no wonder! I can usually lose weight pretty well when I get motivated!

Well, I went off my meds and then started traveling so it seemed nothing was working out. However, I'm home for three weeks and decided to go on a strict diet for the three weeks I was home. Guess what?! SEVEN POUNDS later, I'm really loving life.

I am so excited to be losing weight again. My headaches are gone now that my tooth is gone and gum is healed. Now, I'm really making progress with weight loss! My goal is to not concentrate on how much weight I'm losing but to exercise and eat right. I'm shooting for 20 workouts in 30 days. I am also running my first official 5K on Labor Day!

Feels good to feel good. Feels better to get results. :)

I'm back!!

I was just thinking the other day that it has been an eternity since I blogged? Wanna know why? :)

Here's what I've done since July 18th:

• slept in a hotel for 21 nights
• attended 6 different conferences
• attended band camp
• rode 100 miles on my bike
• ran 10 miles

and still had time to get the kids all registered for school and go school shopping. it's been a whirlwind but fun month.

more to come!!

The waka waka dance in Utah

To my dearest sister in Kenya. We loved your tribute to the World Cup, especially the song "This Time of Africa". We thought we would learn and share the waka waka dance! Here is our version, minus the music, we aren't THAT good. :)