Logan's wife

I went running with Logan's little sister who was in town for New Year's.  It was fun but we were both tired so we didn't run very much.

I decided to start out slow and then progress a little each mile.  At the end I was going at 8mph ( on the treadmill) and that speed actually felt better than the 5mph I started at.  How exciting! Maybe i'm getting faster...who knows.  I will actually start my triathlon training next week.

i was in a hurry and almost missed my dentist appointment because i couldn't stop running...it was so fun.  uh-oh, i think i'm turning into Logan!

i'm not sure about the milage...i just went to the gym and hammered out a hour on the spinning bikes. i think spinning is even worse than running on a treadmill. yuck! it's just kind of frustrating when you bike for an hour and haven't moved an inch! :O) well anyhoo, it felt good and i'm excited to actually start my training. next up is swimming tomorrow. i decided to take a class so i would have to get in the pool ( that's the hardest part for me ). now i'm thinking it might not be such a good idea because the class will be doing different drills and yardages then the ones i need to stay on track. i'm going to see if the teacher will let me just do my own thing...if not, oh well. i'll still get a workout. welp, see ya later.

once again i don't know exactly what yardage i swam but i think it was 1000 yards or 1/2 a mile (i think). i just took it slow and worked on my form. it took a while to get back in the rhythm since i didn't swim at all during the holidays. it felt really good though. i love being in the water. i also got an email from my old swim teacher from last semester. she does triathlons and is going to help me get a training schedule put together and maybe help me train a little. that will help me a lot. i'm excited!

i got smart this time and brought reading material to entertain me while i road the bike. it was actually my homework so maybe "entertain" isn't quite the right word. it kept me from looking at the clock every five seconds so i guess it worked. next time i will need to bring a towel! i have never sweat so much in my life...people were staring. i pretended in my head that they were all staring because i was the best biker they had ever seen. that also helped pass the time.

i had my first swim class today and it went well. there are a lot of people in the class so it's kind of hard to swim in each lane but oh well. i found it did push me to go faster to have someone behind me. that's all for the bike and swim this week...now on to running for friday and saturday. :O)

i took it easy today on the treadmill.  it felt great! i never realized how much cross-training helps you improve.  since i have swam and biked all week i felt like running was so much easier and i could have run a lot further if i had had the time.  i highly recommend x-training! that's about it.

woo-hoo! i broke my 5 mile barrier! it felt good while i was running and then i about died afterwards. i don't know how i ever ran a marathon before! i guess i am just getting old or something. i think what helped me run the 6 miles was watching one of my favorite movies! i popped in "strictly ballroom" and laughed and cheered the whole time. (i'm such a nerd!) i made logan watch it with me later and he thought it was the dumbest movie but deep down i know he loved it. welp, that's about it.

I had a great workout today! I did an easy 15 min. warm-up on the bike and then ran a mile at an easy pace. Then continued to alternate 10 min bike and 1 mile run 3x. Each set I tried to go just a little bit faster. It was really good for me to feel the transition from bike to run...it's going to take some getting used to. I think everyone in the gym thought I couldn't make up my mind which to exercise on the treadmill or the bike? I am quite indecisive (you can ask Logan) so maybe that's why i like this workout so much. The last mile I did on the indoor track and I felt like I was flying. I have been on stationary things for so long it felt nice to have the wind in my hair. Welp, that's it...feeling good.

i did about 1.2 miles today. i felt like i got my rhythm back a little and i like that. it was a good

workout so i went home and treated myself to popcorn and cookie dough. i know i probably just

gained back all the calories i just burned swimming but who cares. it was worth it! :O)

I just did a slow 15 today. I took my ipod, my homework, there was a tv there, and plenty of crazy gym goers to keep me from looking at the clock. I miss riding outside a lot! I can't wait for warm weather! St. george here i come!!

i had swim class today and did a partial workout and then just swam laps the rest of the time. i love having swimming the middle of the day so it breaks up my classes! what a release! plus i love getting in the hot showers at school cause our hot water at home is pretty limited! :O) now we get to go to sunny st. george for the weekend! hopefully it's sunny.

i was not feeling well today so i decided to take a break! it felt nice.

logan ran the half marathon so i decided to run the 5k...i was too cheap to sign up so i just ran it for fun.  i stopped right before the finish line becuase i didn't want to get in the way of paying runners.  i got a lot of funny looks when i stopped a few feet from the finish line.  i had a nice giggle to myself.  a big round of applause needs to go to logan's dad! he stayed the whole time and kept me company while we waited for logan to mix and mingle like he does so well after races! anyhoo. this "race" was a personal best for me.  it's an estimated time but i'll take it!

we drove home today and then i drove up to Logan for school, so we both got a calf work-out...kind of. :O)

I swam about half a mile again. I have been having some problems with my calf (maybe from all the driving this weekend) but instead of going easy on my leg I decided to do a bunch of kicking drills. That was probably no so smart of me. Oh well. It was a good workout and I just took some I.B. profin later.

After yesterday's leg workout I decided to take it easy today and only do a half our on the bike. It felt great and the time flew by. I also did a mile on the treadmill afterwards. I got up to 8.0 speed (whatever that means). It felt great!

 swam agian today.  man it felt good.  i really pushed myself and did a hard workout and it went really well.  i think i can push myself harder next time. 

when i swim i always breathe on my right side and it makes my neck a little stiff sometimes.  so today i decided to learn how to alternate my breathing in hopes that it would eliminate my neck discomfort.  no such luck! now both sides are stiff and hurt! oops.  oh well...i'll go run and it will loosen up.

i did not run today like i had planned to.  i got home and our water was not working.  after freaking out and thinking our pipes were frozen we found out that a main water line had burst and no one in our neighborhood had water.  we were relieved that we did not have to pay for a plumber but still bumbed about no water.  logan still ran becuase he was at the school and could shower.  i opted out of the run today becuase i was driving to st.george with a bunch of girls and i didn't think they would appreciate my stinky body next to them.

i am in st. george today and it is about 60 degrees!! it is wonderful.  i went out for a little run and ended up just running until my knees gave out because it was such perfect weather.  i wasn't even breathing hard by the end...it felt great!  i could have gone longer but my knees started to hurt so i had to stop.  then i layed out on the grass for a while just soaking up the sun!!! i love st. george!  i don't want to leave.  hopefully logan gets the job down here and we can stay here forever.  it's all in God's hands now.

hoo-wee it was a hard workout today. i don't think i've ever come out of the pool with my face bright red and sweating. it felt weird...but good in a weird sort of way. anyhoo...feeling good.

i biked for about 30min. then ran 2 miles. it felt really good. i could run a lot faster than i normally have been doing...so maybe i'm getting faster. :O) i hope so. i'm tired of 10 min miles. i've been running that speed since high school. i am so surprised at my dedication too! i've never been this strict on my training schedule ever! i'm sure some of you think that my training seems pretty relaxed, but this is really good for me. i think this blog has really helped me! thanks everyone!!

another half mile. i really want to be able to swim a full mile....i guess i'll just have to be patient and work up to that. that's about it.