2010 Races

I have started to add races to my 2010 Calendar I am a member of Half Fanatics I ran 2 marathons in 16 days and 3 in 90 days August - October 2009. They have different levels of Fanatics I am at the first level. My goal is to go up to the next level. My goal is to run 8 Half Marathon's in a year on top of the 2 marathon's I am registered for. Here is their website if you want to check them out www.halffanatics.com they also have a group called Marathon Maniacs for a similar group but they run marathons.

Here are the races I am registered for so far in 2010:

Surf City Marathon - 2/7/10
Riverton City Half Marathon - 3/27/10
Salt Lake City Half Marathon - 4/17/10 (1800Contacts is paying for me to run)
Ogden Marathon - 5/15/10
Utah Valley Half Marathon - 6/12/10

Here is the list of races I want to try to run but haven't registered for yet:

Deseret Morning News 10k - 7/24/10
Provo River Trail Half Marathon - 8/7/10
Hobble Creek Half Marathon - Late August
Top of Utah Half Marathon - Late August
Salt Lake Half Marathon - 9/4/10

Maybe:
Moab Other Half Marathon - 10/17/10
Provo City Half Marathon - 5/1/10
Park City Half Marathon - 8/21/10 If it isn't the same weekend as Hobble Creek


If I can get money for an airplane ticket I would love to visit my sister again and run:

American River Parkway Half Marathon 5/1/10 I registered last year but didn't run due to injury. They said I could run it for free this year but I can't afford the flight right now.

so maybe I will have money to go see her next fall and run:
Lake Natoma four Bridges Half Marathon - 10/31/10

Long story short Jason has been really sick the past year and hasn't been able to work since April.

So I thought I would donate plasma to afford registrations fees and travel for Surf City. I hate donating plasma but it is good money. If I donate 2 times in a week I get $55.

But it hurts and I almost passed out last time I donated. My blood flow was slow so they tried to see if they could get my blood flow to go faster by digging the huge needle around in my arm and it made me sick. I got light headed and really hot. It was so weird I have never felt the way before in my life. They put a ice pack on my neck, raised my feet, had me sip on water, and they returned my blood that was in the machine that was being collected to be processed. I was going to go again that week but it was the day before I ran 20 miles and I didn't feel good about donating the day before running 20 miles.

I haven't gotten the nerves to go donate again after that happening. Looks like I need to get over my fear of last time and start donating again so I can afford race registrations :)

Cooking and stuff

This week I have been a busy one with working late a few nights and Jason's brother moved in with us this week. He got laid off so we told him he could come live with us for a little bit. It is weird having another person living with us. I can't walk around the house braless anymore.

Monday I made homemade pizza again it is just so good that I had to make it. I also made bread again but it was a failure. I didn't cook it long enough this time so it is doughy in the middle.

Tuesday I made a yummy skillet for me, Jason, and Cole (Jason's brother) I used 3 or 4 left over baked potato's cut them into cubes and put them in a frying pan with butter. I cooked them for about 5 minutes then I cracked 3 eggs over them and added cheese. It was yummy and really fast.

Rest of the week I worked late and tonight we are going to Jason's grandpa's 70th birthday party.

Tomorrow I am running 20 miles it is the last really long run before Surf City Marathon February 7th. I am nervous for the race the training has gone by fast and doesn't feel like it should be only 3 weeks away.

Better go we are late for the party.

2010 Cooking

One of my goals for 2010 is to cook more at home and eat less junk food/processed food/restaurant food. So I am going to try to cook new stuff each week.

Last week I made homemade pizza. We went out to California to see my sister Michelle for my 30th birthday. She made her awesome pizza for my birthday and she coached me on how to make it when I got home (she is a good cook).

Here is a picture of the first pizza I cooked it was BBQ Chicken. I also made a pepperoni pizza. If you want the recipe let me know and can email it to you. For some reason I can't cut and copy the recipe from word to blogger tonight. I posted the recipe on facebook if you are my friend there.

My 2nd week I made bread. This is the first time I have made bread or atleast the first time by myself not just helping my mom make bread.

Marathon Fever

I must be sick or something I registered to run Surf City Marathon February 7, 2010 with some gals in my running group the race is on Super bowl Sunday. It will be nice to go to sunny Huntington Beach – CA in the middle of the Utah winter. 9 of the miles were along Pacific Coast Highway and the last 10 miles of the race runs on the beach's trail (see picture below)

The average temperature on race day is 48 at start and 68 at the end of the race. It is going to be nice.

Hopefully the high miles will help me loose weight again. I have gained 10 pounds from stress this year. I can't wait till 2009 is over this year has been a hard and stressful year for me and Jason.

Private

Sorry folks I want to be able to post more personal things in my life and don't want the world to have access to it. So I am going to make my blog private.

Please leave me your email and I will add you to my fan club :)

PR AGAIN!

This morning I ran the Hobble Creek Half Marathon. I got a PR (personal record) according to my watch I ran it in 2:36:07 so another minute off my time. I am waiting for the official time to be posted but it shouldn't be much different.

Because they started the race so late it is probably the hottest race I have run. It was suppose to start at 7:15 but they didn't start till 7:45. I couldn't get myself to run the last few miles. It took so much for me to run the last 1/2 mile. I felt much better at Provo River Half.

I called my mom after I ran it and she was saying how she was sad that I wasn't running Top of Utah Half with her next Saturday. She said she would pay for me to run it with her. I can't pass up a free race so I am running another Half Marathon next Saturday. I am going to take the race a little slower and stick with my mom. It will be my 3rd Half Marathon this month and my 6th half in a little over a year.

When I got home from the race I thought it would be a good idea to take an ice bath. It was really cold but I am sure my legs are singing praises to me for doing it. I haven't taken an ice bath since last summer. I haven't been able to get myself to take one after running in the winter because I would come home shivering after the drive home from SLC.

Happy 5 year and Congratulations to Jamie and Casey

Today is mine and Jason's 5 year wedding anniversary.

Jason's little sister Jamie got married today to Casey Ortega on our anniversary. They chose today because it is Casey's dad's birthday today who has passed away. Here is a picture of them outside of Provo Courthouse after they got married with their little boy Max who is 2.Max was so cute he was in a matching outfit as his dad. Jason's grandma explained that his mom and dad were going to get married and say "I Do" so when we went in the court house he kept saying "I do". He is such a smart kid. The best present we got today is when we got home someone had mowed and edged our lawn.

Jason hates mowing the lawn he was saying on the car ride home how he wished grass only had to be cut once a year. Then we got home and someone has done it for us.Thanks to whoever mowed our lawn it made Jason's week.