Alice is a Runner!

This is a personal record for me.  My goal was to run under 36 minutes and it happened.  I am thrilled by it.  So thrilled, in fact, that I celebrated with a cheeseburger and fries with friends post race.  Hopefully, that does not kill me on the scale tomorrow.  I decided though that I will be celebrating these kinds of personal successes in the future.  

 Highlights of the race included some awesome socks worn both by me and my brother from another mother, Josh, the horses in the fields going crazy, and being ran in by a good friend.  Great race and Payson is one pretty city!

Six Months to Shop for my Birthday Gift!

It's my half birthday!  Exciting.

 Nice run along the Provo River Trail today.  Loving the cooler weather.  Fall is awesome.

I am loving that I am running faster!  Go me! 

First run on my "dreadmill."  I am very happy to have a treadmill.  It was cheap and even thought I hate running on treadmills, I am glad to have one with the winter season coming.  I didn't have time to go running during the day so I thought I would try it out.  I am going to have to find some amazing TV shows to watch while running on it because I was bored within 5 minutes.  

It was nice to be able to keep track of speed the whole run.  I made myself do a little bit of speed work during my second mile.  It felt good.  Let's hope I get faster!

I talked with somebody who is running a 10k next week.  I actually mentioned that I would train for a 10k in the next year.  The words have left my mouth...that means it will happen, right? 

 ****First week I have ever ran ten miles.  Exciting!********* 

Pansy Run

 It was a run.  Walked a lot.  Nice to be out in the world but I was not in the zone.  More lke I was hating my life as I ran.  I just wanted to be done.  I guess there will be runs like this!

Good run on the river trail.  Wish I could remember how awesome it was!

I loved this run.  It felt good to be out in cooler weather and be near Utah Lake.  The breeze was nice too.  I do not like snakes.  Just thought you should know.  I saw one near the end of the trail.  I had to remind myself that it was a small snake and would not try to bite me and that I should keep breathing.  Looking at the mountains these days is amazing because the colors are a changing.  I love fall.  I was motivated by a guy in a red shirt.  I imagined him being a heart attack in his red shirt and I kept running away from that heart attack!

 I keep having to remind myself of how far I have come.  I remember wanting to throw up every time I ran a mile and a half back in february.  Now I feel like throwing up after 3.5.  That is improvement!  I gave myself a good chant at the end of the trail.  I am glad people are not out there often because I was screaming: "Alice is a runner. She can run faster!" It may make people wonder about my mental state.  I was disappointed that there were no cows along the road out there to talk to.  Okay...maybe you should worry about my mental state! :)

 I am wondering if running for time instead of distance would get my mind out of wanting to check how far I have gone every five minutes.  

 This is a random post.  I also did some lesson planning while on the run.  I am constantly asking myself how I get my students motivated.  I am worried about a few of my Sophomores already.  

 Well, off to sleep.  Next time I run I will remind myself how good I felt after this run...and maybe, just maybe, I will be excited at the beginning of the run! 

Three LONG miles on the DREADMILL. Note to self: "Go running early and don't get distracted so it is too dark to run alone!"

Awesome run in Sandy.  I really just love running up there.  I think it has to do with the awesome view of two temples and mountains and the fact that half of the run is actually downhill!  It is way nice...of course then half of it has to be uphill.  I guess hill work is good, right?  

 I was not feeling good before the run.  Too many fries in celebration of my gallbladder coming out this next week.  I did feel better after, but I did also have some major stomach stitches during the run on the opposite side of the gallbladder pain.  Eventually, it was uncomfortable enough to have to stop.  I wanted a four mile run but just couldn't get it! 

Nice jog around the neighborhood of my school.  Shorter because I am going to run two days in a row because I will have to take a few weeks off due to gallbladder removal on Wednesday.

Felt good to run today.  Wasn't thinking I had time and then made time for it.  I couldn't help but smile and enjoy the fun fall colors.  I like when I run and actually love that I am running. I guess that happens when you know you won't be running for a while.