We've Been Snubbed by the "Winged Goddess of Victory"

From my rejection email...

The Winged Goddess of Victory has spoken. From the 30,000+ registration entries we received, we’ve drawn the names of the lucky women who will get the chance to run in the 2011 Nike Women’s Marathon.

Unfortunately, your name was not one of them.

I'm so sad! I was really wanting to get in to this race, and NOT St. George, so I guess now I have to start hoping for St. George. 

To those who signed up for St. George, lets hope "The Winged Goddess of Victory" sent our names to Utah!

SUSPENSFUL DAY!

Those of us that registered for the Nike Women's Half are waiting IMpatiently today for an acceptance email! GOOD LUCK TO US! CROSS ALL BODY PARTS that we get in!!!

I could live in Nike Tempo Shorts

Years ago at the Old Mountainside, I overheard a conversation amongst childcare workers: "Have you noticed that *Sheila Smith is always stinky?" Other girl- "Maybe she works out hard" First girl- "She is already stinky when she first gets to the gym!" 2nd girl "Oh, yeah, that is weird".

*Names have been changed to protect the innocent yet stinky.

I bet these days that I am the girl the childcare workers think is stinky. This is because sometimes I have to do a cycle class at 8:30, when I ran at 5:30. The 5:30 workout is a freeby because most people are still sleeping, so it is my bonus workout and it doesnt even count. Its a little bonus treat I get for getting up early- yay me! This is what you have to do sometimes when you love cycle, like yoga, and are obsessed with running. Sometimes you have to double up workouts. Especially when your 3 year old loves the childcare gym.

Somedays its not a 2nd workout. Somedays I need to make a trip to the store after I run, or go hiking, clean the car, or go easter egg hunting. I know that eventually I will need to get showered and put on "real clothes". I like to be clean and fresh. But I will admit that I am reluctant for the tempo short part of my day to end. I LOVE them. They are so light and fabulous. They feel like you are wearing NOTHING, and yet they are appropriate and not embarrassing the way wearing NOTHING would be.

If you dont have tempo shorts, get some! If you dont run, wear them to do your grocery shopping, clean the car, or go easter egg hunting. You will LOVE them too!

No I am not advertising for Nike. I do not have the Nike Account. But maybe I should!!!

The Leggos from Ragnar Del Sol

I know the Green Leggo!!!

This is a video from one of the fun teams we were around allot during our Ragnar Del Sol. They won the Ragnar video contest with it. Way to go Leggos!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBLVSbvOGc

Eating my Veggies

I cant think of anything I want more than veggies right now! With fresh fruit a close 2nd. Okay- granted I like the fruit to be on top of icecream or yogurt. But Ive never craved salad and veggies as much as lately.

It is probably because Summer is around the corner. But I am thrilled that after a winter of wanting to bake bread and cookies, that my body is asking me for veggies right now!

Will this help my running? I hope so. I dont know...Id like to think so! What do you think?

Bell Rock Trail and Courthouse Loop

A beautiful Day for A Trail Run!

We are the Matchy-Matchy Girls!!!

Sedona is a great place to walk around and work out the Lactic Acid after the run. These are some of our energetic kids, helping us work out the Lactic Acid!

Wildflower is where we chose to start our nutritional recovery from our run. But it took all day to recover! Aloha Chicken, and Coldstone Creamery were also key to our recovery! And a little gourmet popcorn and fudge helped too! Ahhh, The joy of recovery!

Kayda and Missy are great examples of the FIT life. They can never have a non-blurry picture because they are always on the move! Even while hugging!

Pictures I missed- sorry (I need to get better at this whole picture-blogging life)

-Our Scandanavian Friend who played beautiful flute music on the motel porch every night (He was part of the ambiance of Sedona and we want to make sure he is there next time we go too- we need to synchronize our travel plans with him!)

-Our Beautiful Icecream

-Our hot husband mountain bikers

-Karen and I's Delectable casseroles, Cynthia's scrumptious salad and rolls, and the adorable mini-sodas!

A great weekend full of friends, endurance activities we LOVE, and food!!!

Running in the Snow

The weekend of April 9th I got the rare opportunity to run with Marcie in Utah- Yay! I flew to Utah for my Grandmother's funeral. It was cold and snowy all weekend. The snow was pretty, falling lightly and gracefully, but constantly. I kept looking out the window throughout the weekend, wanting it to stop because I was worried about our run. But everytime I looked out the window, Id see what you see in the pictures above. More and more snow...

Marcie and I debated running together on treadmills at Gold's Gym, but Im glad we decided to just "go for it". It did snow on us almost the whole time we ran, but it wasnt very cold. I didnt feel uncomfortably cold until the last 3 miles. So for 12 miles I felt really great! And even the last 3 werent too bad.

We ran a paved trail, and then some roads and then decided to do the bulk of our run on our old Highschool outdoor track. This way we could just run and talk and not worry about where to go. So we had a great time "catching up" and just changed direction every few miles. We had 3 miles to the track, 9 on the track, and then 3 home.

I love that I have a good running friend in Utah. It is always a treat- I count it right up there with the excitement of going to a race!