Nancy's Blog

Yesterday my cold got the best of me and I had to lay down a lot.  I didn't go to sacrament meeting and just went to teach my primary class.  Today I feel a lot better.  After work and a short nap I did my arm weight exercises.

I met the group at Bingham for the early miles.  It was very snowy and the parking lot was like an ice skating rink.  I walked very carefully through the parking lot to 2200.  We started running north on 2200 and the road wasn't too bad.  It was a little slushy in spots but not slippery.  We jogged past 98th and kept going.  The group almost made it to 90th and when I saw them turn around I did too.  We jogged back to Bingham and I thought maybe the side walk would be less slippery.  I was wrong I almost fell down several time and decided to just wait for the group to head back out to 2200.  We ran north again on 2200 and we passed 98th and they kept going but I turned around about half way between 98th and 90th.  On the way back the Bingham cross country team caught up with me but they turned in the back parking lot and I continued on to 106th and turned east and then got to the parking lot which was still slippery so I walked carefully to my car.  It was a good run but I was even slower than usual because of the weather.

After work and a short nap I took Duke on a 1 mile run.  Then I did my leg weight/stomach exercises.  Instead of my pushups I decided to do a plank.  I lasted for 1 min 38 seconds.

Met the group for the early miles at the church on 102nd and 40th west.  We started west and when we got to where the hill starts getting steep we turned north.  The group passed me up, but I knew the trail.  I continued on through the subdivision eventually ending up on 40th west.  The group kept going east past 40th west but I turned south so that I would be back the same time.  I wore long pants and  T--shirt today because the wind was blowing.  When I got to 40th west I was getting hot and thought about taking my warm stuff off, but running south the wind was blowing very hard in my face and it cooled me off.  It also made it very hard to run.  I made it back to the church the same time as every else.  Then we regrouped and started north on 40th west to Sky Drive.  I was behind everyone and then Debbie caught up and passed me.  Just passed the church on Sky Drive we turned south and ran that way for a while.  I was behind everyone and then I saw them coming back so I turned around and headed north.  We continued on through the subdivision and then when they crossed 40th west going east and turned and headed south.  I was getting very hot and tired so I was glad for the wind.  I made it back to the car and headed home to get ready for work.

After work and a short nap I took Duke on a 1 mile run.  Then I had a bath.  Now I'm am going to Toole to pick up 6 of my grandchildren to stay for the weekend.

Leslie and I went to Riverton Park to meet the group.  We left about 30 minutes before the others.  We thought the group would catch us before the hill on the trail but they didn't.  When we got to the trailhead on 144th we didn't see the donuts so we sat down and ate my shot bloks and drank water.  A minute later we saw the rest of the group run up the trail and Dean got the snacks out of the weeds.  We at a half a donut and some gator aid and then started on.  The rest of the people caught us before the S curve.  Leslie was feeling very tired because she has had bronchitis.  When we got to the S curve we walked up.  Then we ran for a while and then walked again.  We decided to just go straight down 13th back to the park.  We made it back and the rest of the group was still there.  I was glad Leslie ran with me.  We were both tired at the end but not dead.