Nancy's Blog

Did my leg weight exercises along with my stomach exercises and 60 pushups.  Will swim laps with Leslie tonight.  I'm starting to get a cold and have a froggy voice.

I met the BBK's at Parkway Palisades.  Boy were there tons there today. Dean counted 22 counting Duke and Lucy.  I was able to stay the whole time because I went to work a half hour early on Monday.  I have a cold, so I wasn't sure I would make it the whole time but I did.  We had a great time running up and down the hills all around the subdivision.  I really did have a good time visiting with lots of people.

My cold got the best of me and I was too tired after work to exercise.  Leslie went swimming and swam 20 laps.

Met the BBK's for our morning run.  I still have my cold so I only stayed an hour.  We had a good crowd and I got to visit a lot of people.  I really enjoyed the run.

After coughing half the night, I didn't feel too great at work today.  After work I had time for a 15 minute nap before I went to Cub Scouts.  After Cub Scouts I was able to rest for about an hour and then I went with Kent(my husband) to dinner at Red Robyn.  Dinner was good.  Kent has been taking me on a date every Friday night for the past 37 year that we have been married.  I'm sure lucky to have such a great husband.  After dinner we went to visit our Granddaughter Emma for her Birthday.

Today I even felt worse than yesterday.  Instead of going jogging or going to our Triathlon class I went to the Doctor and found out I have bronchitis.  I rested a lot today, cleaned and got groceries.  I missed jogging.  Leslie came and got Duke and took him running.  I hope I feel well enough by Tuesday to go to running group.

Did my arm weight exercises.  Went to a Triathlon clinic with Leslie.  Boy what did we get ourselves into.   The swim in the lake sounds very scary.  I'm glad our first Tri will be in a swimming pool.  Swiming is my weakest part.  Leslie is so much better at swiming.

Met the BBK's at a church by tithing hill.  Had a great time visiting with everyone.  We had a big group.  I especially had fun running up and down the hill.  If Duke hadn't been pulling me up the hill I never would have made it.  It was sure nice to see Cheryl.  I hope she can get her thyroid straightened out so she can come more often.  I'm excited for Rachel to run her Myrtle Beach Half.  It sounds like fun to me.

After work and a short nap I did my leg weights exercises along with my stomach exercises and push-ups.

Met the BBK's at South Jordan Park.  It was snowy, but we still did the 5K course 3 times.  Duke and I were up front the first time, in the middle the second and way behind the third.  Boy was I dead afterwards.  We had a big crowd and I was able to visit with a lot of people.  I really don't like running when there is snow on the ground, but it is still better than running on a treadmill.

We got up this morning to do our long run.  I looked out the window saw all the snow and it was still snowing so we decided to go to the Triathlon Class instead and do our long run on Monday.  We swam 40 minutes, biked 40 minutes and ran 40 minutes.  The swimming and biking were hard, the running felt good except the part on the treadmill.  After 20 minutes on the treadmill we ran around the gym for 20 minutes.  Boy was I dead after the class.  They say if it doesn't kill you it will make you stronger.  I'm not dead, so I hope it makes me stronger.

Happy Valentines Day!!  I hope you all had a day as nice as mine.  My husband really spoils me.  He started giving me Valentine treats on Monday and everyday he left a treat on my pillow.  I got candy, a stuffed animal, bath supplies, a dozen red roses and he even took me out to dinner.

It was great to have the day off for President's day.  Jenny and her family were down visiting from Idaho.  Jenny, Leslie, Chrissy, Duke and I ran 10 miles.  It was a lot of fun running with my daughters.   I don't get to jog with Jenny very often.

My second oldest daughter was in labor, so I took her kids and we along with Jenny and her kids, Chrissy and her kids and Leslie went to El Farol for lunch.  There were 16 of us all together with 4 adults and 12 kids.  We had a good lunch and a lot of fun.  The kids were all pretty well behaved.

Ralphie(real name Angie) had a baby boy at 4:30 this afternoon.  He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 21 inches long.  He is my 23rd grandchild and they are naming him Jake Bryon.

I woke up at about 4:15 this morning and heard the rain pounding on the window so I decided that if I went early to running group I would be the only one there.  To my surprise, when I got to running group at 5:45 there were about 18 people that came early, and I was the only one that came late.  I can't believe how tough all the runners in our group are.  It was prettty snowy and windy, but it didn't stop the BBK's from working out.

I did my arm weight exercises after work and then after dinner I swam laps at the pool.  I made it 20 laps all front crawl with a lot of breaks.  Boy is swimming hard.  I would rather run 10 miles than swim one.  Leslie made it 40 laps without many breaks.  She is a lot better swimmer than I am.

Met our group at Bingham High.  The weather was very nice today.  I actually got hot part of the time.  We sure have a nice big group.  It was nice to visit with everyone.  Duke and I were at the front for the first 3 miles, but by the end of the 10 miles we were at the very back and very tired.  I wouldn't have made it without Duke pulling me.

Did leg weight and stomach exercises along with 65 mens pushups.

Leslie and I went to our Triathlon class again.  The swimming and biking were killers, but the running felt great.  I had to leave 15 minutes early to take my son back to the ER.

After work, visiting teaching and a small rest I did my arm weight exercises then I did some shopping, cleaning, made dinner and went swimming.  I did 20 laps all front crawl with a lot breaks in between.  Leslie did 30 laps with almost no breaks.

Met the BBK's at the Jordan Parkway below tithing hill.  We ran our early 3 miles along the parkway and through the neighborhood.  On the way down tithing hill I stumbled and pulled my pyriformis muscle and had to quit early.  I've pulled that muscle several times.  Had a good time visiting with Rachel, Kelly and others.  Hope to feel well enough to jog on Thursday.

Wednesday after work and a short nap I did my leg weight exercises, stomach exercises and 70 mens pushups.  Then at 6pm Leslie and I swam.  I made it 20 laps all front crawl with breaks in between but not as many breaks as last week.  Leslie made it 30 laps all front crawl with no breaks.

Met the BBK's at Parkway Palisades but didn't go early because  was worried that I would make my pulled muscle worse if I jogged too far.  We ran along the parkway and didn't do hills, so my muscle didn't hurt at all.  It helps that I have been taking relafin twice a day since I pulled my muscle.  Tomorrow morning my husband and I are going to St. George for the weekend.  We have some friends that are retired and live in St. George in the winter and Fish Lake in the summer.  They like us to come visit and we really enjoy the break.

Drove to St. George with my husband.  Relaxed, went to an Art Gallery, went to dinner, and watched a movie with our friends.  Then we talked and went to bed.

My friend and her husband had to go to a funeral this morning, so I jogged by my self.  It was very beautiful.  They live in Ivins and their street leads uphill to a large red mountain.  It is very beautiful.  I ran about 2.5 miles uphill and then the rest of the way downhill.  The downhill was sure a lot easier than the uphill, the scenery was beautiful and I saw several rabbits and lizards.