Nancy's Blog

I met the BBK's at the trailhead on 98th.  I was a minute late so only Michelle M and Cheris were there.  I ran with them for a few minutes until I couldn't keep up.  When I got past 106th and headed south I saw the other runners coming back.  I turned around and headed back.  Everyone passed me before I got back.  When I got back I was so tired I could hardly walk so I decided that 2 miles was good enough for today.  After work and a nap I did my arm weight exercises.  Leslie had enrichment and I had a temple recommend interview so we didn't swim or bike.

Leslie and I rode our bikes south on Redwood to 126th and then west to 3600, then north to 118th then west to 40th west, then north to 98th, east to redwood and then south to 114th.  It was about 12-14 miles and it took us about 50 minutes.  It sure is nice that Leslie can keep up with me now.  I'm really glad she got a new bike.  It was a very enjoyable ride.

Met the BBK's a Julie's house for the early miles.  Cheris and Kris were already running around the street while waiting for  the others so I joined them.  Then we ran a course through the subdivision, out to 118th west to the next street and then south through the subdivision and back to Julie's.  I was a way behind but just went a steady, slow pace.  I made it to the end and wasn't dead but I had to be to work at 6 so I left.  Today was my last day of work until August 23rd.

My first day off work for the summer.  After breakfast I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 70 mens pushups.  Then I went to the temple and came home and started cleaning the house.

I went to my Triathlon class and swam for 40 minutes.  Then I came home, showered and went to help clean the church.  After I was finished cleaning the church I came home and cleaned the house.  At about 10:30 Leslie and I went on a 50 mile bike ride.  We followed a lot of the same course we did for the Goldilociks bike ride.  We stopped twice to eat snacks and rest.  With Leslie's new bike she was able to keep up with me most of the time.  It took us about 4 hours.

I went to Leslie's and we ran from her house north on 40th West to 106th and west up to daybreak and ran around the lake.  As we were running across one of the bridges my foot stuck on a raised edge and I fell down.  Leslie tried to catch me and she fell down too.  We both jumped back up and kept running.  The weather was just perfect for running and Leslie went slow so I wasn't dead at the end.  We were going to swim in blackridge reservoir tonight but we decided not to because of the thundershowers.

Met the BBK's at parkway palisades but not for the early miles.  We ran our 2 miles route around parkway palisades and then met at the base of the big hill.  Most of the group was going to do hill repeats.  Debbie, Kris and I decided to run along the parkway trail.  I ran slow so I could make it for 60 minutes.  Debbie and Kris turned around a couple of times and came back for me.  I made it for 60 minutes but was very tired at the end.  Then I came home showered and cleaned for about an hour.  Then I went to tend Christine's kids for the day because she had two Dr. appointments.  They are still trying to find out why she can't lift her leg.  The first Dr. was a physiatrist. (Whatever that is)  He said her brain had forgotten how to tell her leg how to move.  The next Dr. was a neurologist and he told her she had nerve damage and needed physical therapy.  So for now she will go back to physical therapy and see if it helps.  After I was finished tending, Leslie and I rode bikes.  We rode up 118th just past daybreak and back.  It was 10 miles and it took us 40 minutes.  I'm glad Leslie has a computer on her bike now so we can tell how far and fast we are going.

Met the Bunners at the rec center for our bike ride.  There were 7 of us.  We did the usual course down redwood to 126th then west to 3600, north to 118th, west to 40th west, north past the temple to 98th, east to redwood and back home.  It was a good ride and I really got a workout trying to keep up with all the fast people.  After dinner Leslie and I went to the Blackridge Reservoir to swim.  There were lots of people there swimming and canoeing.  It was a lot warmer than last time.  We only swam for about 15 minutes when it started to rain and thunder.  We got out right away.  Next time maybe we can swim longer.  I wasn't cold at all when we got out.

Went to Leslie's to run this morning.  It was cool and sprinkling rain but it felt good.  Leslie went very slow for me.  We only went 3 miles because Leslie's knee was hurting.  When I got home I did my arm weight exercises.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 75 mens pushups.   Then I did lots of cleaning, took a nap, went to scouts and then went to dinner with my husband and son.

Leslie and I met our running group a Cheris's house.  We went on a 11 mile run.  Leslie and I started out while the others did a warmup run.  We ran down Redwood to 134th then west to 2700 and then south to 144th then west to 3600, then north to 118th, and then east to redwood and back to Cheris's house.  Leslie went slow for me so I was tired at the end but not dead.  It was rainy so we were soaked at the end but I was not cold.

I went to Leslie's and we did our run from her house up to daybreak lake and around the lake and then back to Leslie's. She stayed with me for most of the run but at the end she ran ahead.  I decided that it doesn't matter if I am slow as long as I can make it the whole way.  After lunch and a nap I will do my arm weight exercises.

I met the BBK's at the Bingham track.  Rachel was there so I ran around the track with her.  After a few laps of warmup we ran 2 laps and walked one.  It was nice to visit with her and it's hard to believe she can run faster than I can when her baby is due tuesday.  At 5 pm Leslie and I went to Blackridge Reservoir to swim.  We did a circle swim around the edge of the reservoir.  We stopped once to rest.  It is sure a lot harder swimming in open water.  It was a good swim.  Maybe next time we will go twice around.

Met the Bunners at the Rec center for our bike ride.  There were only 5 of us but we had a good ride going our usual route.  Leslie and I didn't swim or bike after she got off work because my daughter's ex husband died and we had she and all the grandkids over for the night.

I went to Leslie's house to run.  We only went 3 miles because Leslie had to be to work early.  It was nice to talk to Leslie and go over ideas of what we can do to help our 4 grandkids whose father just passed away.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 75 mens pushups.  Then I had my daughter and her 9 kids sleep over so I made a very large dinner.  My other daughter came with her 4 kids also but they didn't sleep over.

I got up to go to my tri class.  I thought it was at the South County Pool so I decided to just ride my bike there.  Leslie had some of the older grandkids sleeping at her house so she decided to sleep in.  When I got to the South County Pool no one was there so I just rode back home.  Then I was going to go on a short run but my son decided he would ride a bike with me.  We rode down to redwood and turned the corner and he told me he wasn't feeling well so we came back.  We were all going to the South Jordan parade so after that I didn't have time to do any more exercise.  The parade was long but good.  All the kids had fun.  Then I went to the store and bought more groceries and had everyone over for a Barbecue.  My youngest daughter and her husband and two kids came too.  Everyone was excited to see her new baby.  It was a lot of fun but it was really wild city.  Even though we used paper plates and cups I've still loaded the dishwasher 3 times today.   Everyone finally left at about 4:30 and boy is it quiet now.  Kent, Ben, Leslie and I went to Kneaders for dinner.

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I went to Leslie's and we ran from her house up to Daybreak Lake, around the Lake and back to her house.  It took us about 1 hour and 5 minutes.  We think it is just over 6 miles but neither of us has a garmin so we are just guessing.   After dinner Leslie and I went to Blackridge Reservoir to swim.  I also had my grandson Josh so I stayed by the shore with him and swam back and forth while Leslie swam around the whole reservoir.  My grandson thought it was very cold but it was so much warmer than the first time we swam that it felt warm to me.

Met the BBK's at the South County Pool.  We did a warm up and then we did 400 repeats.  After that we did hill repeats.  Although I was always behind everyone at least I could still see them for the whole run.  This afternoon we took my grandson back out to Tooele and ate dinner with them.  When we got home Leslie and I went on a short bike ride.  We rode 6 miles and it took just over 20 minutes.

Leslie and I met the Bunners at the Rec Center.  We were the only ones there so we started riding and Michelle and Curt caught up with us.  We did our usual course.  Michelle is as fast on the bike as she is running.  She and Curt turned around and came back for us when they got to 3600.  Then when we got to Bangerter Curt rode over the bridge and we followed (bad idea).  I didn't shift down enough and had to walk my bike up and it was also very hard to ride around the tight corners.  We didn't see Curt after that but Michelle waited at the Rec center for us to catch up.  This afternoon I will do my arm weight exercises.

Leslie and I decided that since we are going to be riding 100 miles on Saturday that 3 miles was good enough for today.  We ran from Leslie's house up the hill by the temple and then got on the trail by the side of the temple and ran back and forth.  On the way back we ran along 114th to 40th west and ran up the hard side of the hill and then down and back to Leslie's.  Even though we only ran 3 miles with all the hills I still got a good workout.  

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 60 mens pushups.  I have a sore shoulder/back muscle so I wasn't able to do my 70 pushups.  Leslie and I are leaving at 12:30pm to go to Logan for our MS Bike Ride.  We are staying with one of Leslie's friends.

I put our biking miles on since I don't now how to separate them.  Leslie and I went to Logan to do the MS 100 mile bike ride.  We stayed with Leslie's former mission companion.  It was nice to visit with her and her friend.  We went to Olive Garden for dinner and it was delicious.  We  a.had to be at the place at 5:55am for team photos and then the ride started at  7am.  Then we got in line for breakfast.  While I was in line I saw Debbie Worthen the channel 2 weather girl and since my son told me to tell he "hi," I said Hi Debbie, my son Ben told me to tell you Hi.  She said tell Ben I said Hi back.  There were 3000 bikers at the start of the ride.  Leslie and I started out at a medium pace because we wanted to make it to the end.  We rode all over creation.  We skipped the first rest stop and the second one too.  We did stop at the rest stop at mile 28.  We met Sherry and Joy, two of our other teammates there.  Sherry was tired so Leslie stayed back and went slower with her and I went faster with Joy.  Joy was very fast and I stayed with her for about 10 miles. I stopped at the rest stop at mile 50 and was eating trail mix and resting when I saw Leslie pull in.  I was very glad to see her.  Sherry was so tired that she took the turn off for the 75 mile route instead of going 100.  Leslie and I continued on, I was a little tired and was glad to go a little bit slower.  We were in Idaho now and rode all over creation there.  We stopped at the rest stop at about mile 65 so Leslie could use the port-a-potty and then continued on.  We got to the rest stop at mile 75 and stopped and ate lunch.  It was a good lunch and a nice rest.  Then we continued on.  If there was a big hill I would go fast and wait for Leslie at the top.  We skipped the last rest stop and kept riding.  We made it to the finish in 7 hours not counting the stops.  We both felt good about the time.  We thought it would take us at least 8 hours.  There were not as many steep hills as there was in the Goldilocks ride.  We got our medals and patch for going the full 100 and headed home.

I went to Leslie's this morning and we ran our usual route around daybreak lake.  I came home and did some indexing and cleaning.  After a short nap I picked peas and shelled them for about 4 hours.

Met the BBK's at Parkwaay Palisades.  I was a couple of minutes late so they had already left.  I could see them up ahead heading for the cemetery.  When I caught up they were just discussing what we were going to do.  Some went on a tempo run and the rest did speed work around the cemetery.  I stayed for the speed work but just did my own thing.  I just ran around the cemetery and back down the hill and up again and then turned around and did it again two more times.  Then we ran back to the park and they continued on but I was so tired I just left.  Running sure does get me tired.

I still can't figure out how to put in biking and swim miles so I am just putting them all in running.  Met the Bunners at the Rec Center.  Michelle, Dean, Kris and Allen came.  My new name for Michelle is Lance.  She is trying to become the new Lance Armstrong.  I tried to keep up but couldn't.  I kept up with Kris most of the time.  I really got a good workout.  This afternoon I will do my arm weight exercises and then Leslie and I will swim at the Blackridge Reservoir.