{Wednesday Weigh In}

I am seriously getting annoyed right now!  For the last 2 weeks I have not been able to get the scale to move passed 158.2.  It hovers between 158.2 and 160.  Maybe I need to change the batteries?  I don't feel like I have changed that much in my eating and I have ran a half marathon one week and then the next week 10 miles.  Don't you think that would trigger some type of weight loss?  Nope.

I am starting the 8 week challenge again today and I am going to be more strict with myself.  Well, maybe not on my birthday next week :)  But all other days.  I need to figure out how to get passed this little plateau I have hit.  Or........maybe just be patient!?  I am use to losing 1 - 2 pounds each week so this is frustrating.

{Mother's Day}

I had a pretty amazing Mother's Day.

Saturday we went up to Lynn's house, had dinner and went to the cemetary.  It is always fun when we can get together.  It is sad that Teressa isn't closer.

I am always full of emotions on Mother's day. I am so blessed to have 2 sweet boys in my life. They keep me going when I want to give up. I don't know what I would do without them.  But.....My heart also aches as I think about my mom a little bit more. I wish I could pick up the phone and call her or go give her a big hug. I miss her so much!

Sunday morning I was told to get dressed and wear comfortable shoes...(not flip flops) they know me well!  So I put on my tennis shoes and off we went for an adventure.   That would not have come out of their mouths last year. I love that i made the choice to be active and healthy!

We ended up going to a park to eat some lunch.  Dave made some yummy hamburgers

Then I was told we were going to go on a hike.  Up to the Y in Provo.  Crazy thing is, I lived in Provo my entire life and not once did I hike up to the Y.  I was so excited!

We made it!  It was a good hike!  I was dripping sweat.  Guess we shouldn't have gone in the middle of the day.  It felt good to get in some exercise other than running.

Then we decided to drive by my childhood home.  The front looks SO different.  They put up a fence and a million trees.  It looks stupid.  It is for sale and no one lives in it so we walked around.

Look what I found.  Our names and hand prints in the cement.  So cute!  It made me sad.  I want our lives back the way it use to be before my mom died. 

We headed home, grabbed some yummy ice cream at Cold Stone and watched a movie.  I made Dave watch the Vow with me.  One day of the year he can't say no to a chick flick :)
 
Thank you for an amazing day, Dave.  You are the best husband I could ever ask for and I fall in love with you more and more everyday.

{Wednesday Weigh In}

Another week of maintaining.  I need to kick it into some serious high gear if I want to lose weight.  I have just gotten comfortable at this weight I guess.

Tonight was the first night running since Saturday.  It felt good.  I just took it easy and went with my friend Holly that wants to start running. 

Going to do a few more runs this week and a long run on Saturday.  It is weird not having something to train for now that my half marathon is over.  We are looking at a few, but dang, it is expensive to run!

{ THIRTEEN . ONE }

Yep!  I did it! 13.1 miles, and it was AMAZING!  I am so freaking proud of myself.  My goal was to do it under 2:30.  My official time was:

Bib: 1040 

Chip time: 2:17:24

Pace: 10:29

Overall Place 807

Gender Place 473

Division Place 67

My sweet friend Malinda brought me a little package of goodies the night before...love her!

Along with this darling necklace

I tried to go to sleep early because we had to catch the buses at 4:00AM.  The wind was blowing really hard so that kept me up worrying about our dumb trampoline flying away.

I woke up at 3:00am and took a hot bath just to relax a little bit.  By the time I got to Provo the wind had stopped and it was a chilly 45 degrees.

I loaded the bus with a bunch of other crazy early people and they took us to the starting line.  Way up Provo Canyon.  It was pitch dark and FREEZING.  The race didn't start until 7:00am.  So we spent a lot of time bouncing around to keep warm.  Note to self: You don't need to be 3 hours early to a race.  They were able to get over 1000 people up there on time. 

I drank some coconut water, some pre race Gatorade and a power bar.

They let the Marathon runners go 15 minutes before us so we were able to cheer them on as they took off.  Then it was our turn to line up.  I was looking for a pacer and found one with a sign that said 2:20 and thought that would be a good goal to try to keep up with.

The first part of the race was down hill.  I wanted to go fast but kept telling myself to stay with the pacer and relax.  I actually had to stop myself from crying a couple of times because my legs were feeling good and my breathing was amazing.

Around mile 4 I was tired of running with the pacer.  He was going too slow, so I passed him.  I never found another pacer but I knew I was above 2:20 so that is all I needed to know.

This was about half way.  Feeling good!

They had water stations at just the right places and I took a cup of water every time.  At first I tried to run and drink.  I was afraid if I stopped I wouldn't be able to start again.  I think I spilled more water than I drank so I just had to tell myself to calm down and hydrate.

Around mile 8 I started to get nervous because last time I tried to run that far my body hit a brick wall.  I took a GU.  Wow, those things are crazy thick.  It is like trying to eat peanut butter.  So I choked that down and found my second wind.

Around mile 12 I could feel myself slowing down and had to really concentrate.  I took out my head phones and just listened to myself breath and loved hearing everyone clapping.  It is so motivating having people cheer you on, even if they are perfect strangers.  Unfortunately Dave and the boys didn't make it in time. I was pretty sad about it and Dave felt so bad, but I was just so proud of myself and amazed at what my body will let me do that I got over it pretty quick.

At the home stretch

I pushed it pretty hard and got into a full on sprint.  I don't even remember anything going on around me, all I could see was the finish line!

TestOut had food and drinks for us and it was fun to hang out with my coworkers and talk about how each other did. 

I stayed for a while and cheered on a couple of people that did the Marathon. So proud of them!

It was such a great experience and I will for sure be signing up for another one!

And later that day, after I took a nap, I treated myself to one of these!

{Supercross}

Supercross was in town, and with me being surrounded by boys it was pretty much a done deal that we were going.  I better get the mother of the year award!

My friend's daughter is dating one of the riders so he hooked us up with some amazing tickets!  Right in front of the starting gate!

We went and walked around where the riders have their trailers.  It was a mad house.  They were signing autographs and the lines were really long.

They were giving out free Monster Energy drinks.  Awesome.  My kids know that they are NOT allowed to drink this crap but I was feeling nice and let them get one.

Dave joined us later after work.  It was a fun day as a family

{Run like a girl}

This morning I ran a fun 5K.  It was an all girl run so we made sure to wear A LOT of pink!  Leesa made us cute tutu's and feather clips.

This is us getting ready to run and trying to keep warm.  It was COLD!

This is me running = not cute.  Oh well.  I made up for it by kicking some butt!

#113 out of 300.  Not bad.  My time was 29:33.  3.1 miles under 30 minutes.

Plus they had some hot firemen handing out a cute necklace at the finish line

Even Kelly came with only 8 more weeks left of her pregnancy!  She rocks!
It was a fun morning with some of my favorite girls!

{Wednesday Weigh In}

Still maintaining.  Not the greatest news, I would rather be losing but I am not gaining so I can't complain too much.  I think part of my problem this week is my monthly gift.

I ran 3.9 miles in 35 minutes on Monday, and 5.62 miles in 60 minutes last night.  The route I take has a couple of inclines that slow me down a little bit.

I feel like my first 2 miles is the hardest to get through but after that I just want to keep going.

I need a new route, I am getting bored.  I just didn't want to drive anywhere but I don't think I can avoid that.  We have a lot of busy roads around us and I hate running on busy roads.

Speaking of busy roads....What makes two men on 10 speeds with spandex and a helmet decide to run someone off the road!?!  Apparently the guys I saw last night!
We were both on a busy road coming towards each other.  I got as far over as I could before running in the gravel.   They were in a single file so I thought we were good.  ALL of a sudden the jerk pulls up next to the other guy and took up the ENTIRE side of the road.  I had to run in the gravel so I didn't get hit.  What a jerk!  So much for sharing the road with bikers.  I should have reached out and pushed him over.  Instead I flipped him off and called him a bad name.  Pushing him over and making him crash would have made me feel better but I was in my zone so I just kept going.