Nancy's Blog

After work and a short nap I took Duke on a 1 mile run.  He loved it.  It was 45 degrees, but on the way back it was very chilly because the wind was blowing hard.  Then I did my arm weight exercises.

I met the group at the church on Sky Drive for the early miles.  There were 4 other people besides me.  We ran down Yorkshire Drive to 106th, then the group turned west and I turned around and ran back down Yorkshire and then up Sky Drive and then back south on Yorkshire until I saw the group coming and then I turned around.  For the second part there were 5 others that came and we ran all the way up Sky Drive to the Park and then they were doing a tempo run back and forth and I had to be to work so I headed back down Sky Drive to the church.  I was a good run and I didn't even feel too tired going up the big hill.

I didn't do any exercise at all.  After work and a very short nap my daughter Jenny and her 6 kids came to visit.  This was the first time to see my new grandson.  He was born Feb. 19th but I couldn't go to Idaho to see him or help Jenny because Kent had just had his Knee replacement surgery.  We had a very nice visit and then she and her kids went to sleep at Leslie's house.  We will be seeing  a lot of them the next few days.

I met the group at the park by Lifetime fitness, but I didn't go to the early miles because I am taking the day off work to spend time with Jenny and her family.  We ran south to 114th and went on the parkway trail to 126th.  When I was almost to 126th I saw the group coming back so I turned around.  They said it was too muddy to cross over 126th.  We ran south on the trail to almost 106th and then turned around and headed back to the cars.  It was a good run and I was glad I wore shorts and a tank top because I got pretty hot towards the end of the run.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises and then did my pushups.  I could only do 50 mens pushups and then I took a 20 break and did 25 more.  I can't believe my arms are getting so whimpy.  I need to do pushups more than once a week.

Today I ran the Riverton 1/2 Marathon.  It was chilly when I started out but I was still glad I wore a tank top and shorts.  Leslie and I started out slow and steady.  Actually we started out faster than last year.  Our first 4 miles were 10 minute miles and then we started to slow down.  I didn't feel as tired as I usually do running.  We got to the trail head on 144th in an hour and 28 minutes.  Then I started to get tired.  By the time we got to the S curve I was so tired I had to walk up it.  That was the only place in the race that I walked.  I kept telling Leslie to run ahead, but she wouldn't.  When we got to Redwood road I caught up to a guy that comes to our Tri class.  He said that I had beaten him last year and he didn't want we to beat him this year.  We stayed with him for about 1/2 mile and then I got tired and slowed down.  I told Leslie to go ahead and beat him and finally she did.  I wasn't as dead at the end of the race as I was last year and I got 1st place in my age group.  The trophy's are really cool.  They were hand made by an artist in Riverton.  They are wagon wheels mounted on a base.  I really think they are neat.