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I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 75 men's pushups.  After dinner Leslie and I swam.  I still wasn't feeling the greatest so I only swam 1/2 and hour.  I did 10 laps.  Took a break to cough for a while and then did the swim drill where you do three strokes front crawl, flip over and do two back stroke, flip over and do 3 front crawl and alternate all the way back and forth.

Met the BBK's for the early miles.  Duke had to stop and use the bushes a few times and I wasn't feeling good enough to run and catch up with everyone so after they got too far ahead I turned around and headed a different direction.  We eventually got back to the school and I was so wiped out and had a headache so I decided that 3 was good enough for today.  I took a nap and then did 30 minutes on the stationary bike.

I did my arm weight exercises.  I was too lazy to swim.

Since the BBK's were meeting in Herriman I didn't have time to drive that far so I was going to Leslie's to run.  When I called her at 5:30 she had a sore throat so I just ran with Duke.  We ran down Redwood to 106th and back.  After work and a short nap I rode the stationary bike for 30 minutes.

Leslie, Duke and I were going to run the Riverton 1/2 marathon course today but since we were both still a little under the weather we only went 7 miles.  We started from my house, ran down 13th west to Lampton and then followed Lampton almost to the big hill and then ran down to the trail to the Park then we started up Tithing Hill and turned and ran through the condos and then back out and up to 13th west.  Then we followed 13th west to the South County Pool and turned around and headed back.  It was a good run and I wasn't super dead but I did have few cough attacks and a little bit of asthma at the end.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 70 men's pushups.  After dinner I swam.  I did 30 laps and didn't feel too bad after.

Met the BBK's at the church on 102nd and 40th west for the early miles.  Michelle M was going slow because she has and injury.  I had a good visit with her.  I stayed for part of the next hour and was tired.  When we started up the big hill I started before everyone and stayed ahead for part of the run.  By the end I was only ahead of Kris Bullock.  I was very tired.  After work and a short nap I used the stationary bike for 20 minutes.  I have to help with a Relief Society activity at 4 pm so I didn't have time to do 30 minutes.

I did my arm weight exercises.  Leslie was still not feeling great and I was lazy so we didn't swim.

Met the group at the trailhead on 98th for the early miles.  We ran up the big hill to 10th west, south on 10th west to 106th and then down to Kneaders and then turned on the street into the subdivision.  Dean held the gate so we could all squeeze through.  Then we ran through the subdivision to the parkway trail and back to the parking lot to meet the rest of the group.  For the second part we ran north on the trail to the end and turned around and headed back.  I stopped after I passed the second large building past 106th and turned around and headed back.  Boy was I tired.  After work and a short nap I rode the stationary bike for 30 minutes.

Leslie, Duke and I met the group at Riverton Park to run the Riverton 1/2 marathon.  Leslie took Duke and we started a few minutes before everyone else.  I thought if I went slow enough I would be able to make it.  Most of the group caught up with me as I was approaching the big hill.  I asked Michelle how far the halfway mark was and she said 144th.  Wow that made me think I would never make it.  Alan and Eric caught up with me just before we turned to go on the parkway trail.  I told them to tell Leslie Hi for me.   When I got to the Tithing Hill condo's as I was going up the big hill, Leslie came running back down the hill with Duke.  I guess she felt sorry for me because I was so slow.  She wanted me to take Duke but I told her I was okay.  When Leslie got to the light on 126th it was red so I caught up with her and Duke.  As we were running down towards the South County Pool we noticed that Duke was limping.  We decided to turn around and take Duke back to the car and go home.  We made it home and I changed into shorts because I was too hot.  We left Duke home and we went on another 4 mile run.  Duke sat at the window and howled the whole time we were gone.  We should have done more but I'm tending my grandkids for the weekend and I also needed to go to Costco and be to a baby shower at 1am.  I enjoy tending my grandkids, but boy do they make a mess.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with my 70 mens pushups.  After dinner I met Leslie and Marv's to swim.  She had to hurry so she only did 15 laps. I stayed and did 30 laps.

I met the group at Riverton High for the early miles.  Duke and I kept up for the first part but were at the very back by the end.  I was very tired.  Then I did the mile warmup before I had to leave.  Before dinner Leslie came over and we rode our bikes.  We rode down redwood to 118th and then west on 118th to 36th West.  It was a lot of fun.  Riding outside is so much nice than using the stationary bike.  We would have gone farther but Leslie had to be to a Relief Society meeting.

I did my arm weight exercises.  Leslie and I didn't swim because I had a Scout meeting at 6pm that lasted until 8.

Met the BBK's at the church on 124th and 11th west for the early miles.  We ran down tithing hill to the parkway trail.  We were running along the trail when Cheris screamed.  She hit a plastic fence and knocked it down.  We all jumped over it.  The trail got rocky and uneven for a while where they were doing construction.  We jogged along the trail for a while and then jogged back up into the subdivision.  Going up the hill Michelle M caught up with me.  She had gotten there late.  She said she had twisted her ankle when she got to the rough spot.  I'm glad it didn't hurt bad enough that she couldn't run.  The hill got me very tired.  Marty finally caught up with me and I ran with her the rest of the way.  We got back to the church to pick up the other people.  I stayed for the 1 mile warmup and then had to leave.  Jogging along through the subdivisions in the dark really makes me loose my bearings.  It's hard to tell which direction I am going.  During the warmup run I ran along with Kris Bullock and neither of us could tell where we were going until we got back to 13th west.

This morning I ran 3 miles with Duke and then I went to my Triathlon class.  After a hard swim and spin class I came home.  I ran early because I am having a sister's lunch at my house at 11 am and needed to finish cleaning and making the lunch.  Becca and Leslie helped me with the lunch and it turned out nice.

After work I took a short nap and then my visiting teachers came.  I didn't have time to do my leg weight/stomach exercise because Leslie and I were going on a bike ride at 4:30.   I'll have to do them on Friday when I am off work.  We rode down redwood to 118th and up 118th to Herriman High School.  Then we turned around and headed back down.  Leslie still wasn't feeling up to par so I had to stop and wait for her a couple of times. The wind was blowing hard on the way back especially when we got to Redwood road.   It took 35 minutes to ride up and 20 minutes to ride back.  Next time we will ride to Highway 111.  We need to get some long rides in before our Goldilocks 60 mile bike ride.

Met the group at Bingham for the early miles.  Duke stopped 5 times to go potty so I got way behind and never caught up.  I had to leave right when I got back to Bingham because I had to be to work at 6.  After work I was to busy to swim.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 75 men's pushups.  I had scouts after that and then went visiting teaching so I didn't have time to swim.

I had to be to work at 6am so I didn't have time to meet the BBK's at the church on 102nd and 40th W so I ran from my house down redwood road to the light and back.  Duke came with me.  After dinner Leslie and I were going to ride bikes but she ended up staying late at work.

I was off work today so after breakfast and some cleaning I went to Marv's to swim.  I felt tired while I swam.  I did 10 laps took a short break, did 10 more took a short break and did 10 more.  I sure hope I'm not tired tomorrow when I run the Riverton 1/2 marathon.  I'm driving out to Tooele to take my oldest daughter to lunch for her Birthday.  She turned 38 on Sunday.  It is also my granddaughter Annika's Birthday today and since she is Carrie's daughter I will visit her while I am there.

I ran the Riverton 1/2 marathon.  My goal was to make it to the end.  The longest distance I've run in the past 6 months is 9 miles.  I started off nice and slow and kept the slow pace most of the race.  My school principal who is in my age group passed me up in the first mile but I caught her on the first downhill and stayed ahead of her the rest of the race.  I only saw Leslie at the beginning and end of the race.  We didn't bring Duke this time because when we ran the course to train he started limping at mile 5 so we stopped and took him home.  I had to walk two times.  The first time was on 144th going up the hill and the second time was the S curve.  After I turned on the street past Walgren's my daughter Christine came running up to me and ran the last 1/4 mile with me.  It really helped because I was feeling pretty dead by then.  I finished in 2hrs 23mins and 26 seconds and was third in my age group.  I was pretty wiped out at the finish line and had to lean on Christine until she helped me sit on the grass.  Her kids were there holding a sign that said, "Go Grandma."  I saw lots of people from our running group.  We all wore purple and orange bands to remember Danny Dudley, Lisa's husband who died just 3 weeks ago.  Lisa was the race director and we gave her our bands at the end and she cried and hugged us.

I did my arm weight exercises after work and a short nap.  After I got dinner ready Leslie and I rode our bikes.  We rode South on Redwood to 118th and then west on 118th to Highway 111.  It took about 45 minutes to get up to Highway 111 and about 25 minutes to get back home.  Leslie wasn't quite a tired today so I only had to stop a couple of times and wait for her.  It was very windy but luckily it was at our backs on the way up and blowing southwest on the way back.  After dinner Kent, Ben, Becca and I went bowling for family night.  Boy am I a crappy bowler but we had a lot of fun.

Met the group at the SJ Library for the early miles.  I had to be to work at 6am so couldn't stay longer.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 75 mens pushups.  I have scouts before dinner and since I have tomorrow until Monday off I am taking the rest of the night off from exercise.  Tomorrow I will run and swim, Friday jog with Leslie and Saturday swim and then a long bike ride.