Nancy's Blog

I did my arm weight exercises after work and a short nap.  Then I did some cleaning, indexing and made dinner.  After dinner I was going to swim but Leslie didn't have time and then it started raining so I talked myself out of it.  I stayed home and made raspberry freezer jam instead.

If you like running in a snow storm you would have enjoyed my run with the BBK's this morning.  We met at Bingham and I thought I was going to be the only one until Michelle M,. Julie, Jerry and Cheris came.  When we started out it was just a light slushy rain, but by the time we finished the first mile it was snowing big flakes and by the end of the 3 miles it was a blizzard.  They jogged a nice slow pace so I was able to keep up with them.  When we got back to Bingham  Mike and Peggy were running towards us in the parking lot.  They said Cheryl was the only other person that came and she decided to go to the rec center.  After about 1 mile for our second round the snow stopped and I had to turn around and head home.  I was soaked from head to toe and so was Duke but we both enjoyed the run.

I did my leg weight/stomach exercises along with 80 mens pushups.  After dinner I went swimming at Marv's.  I swam 20 laps front crawl then took a 1 minute break and did 10 more laps front Crawl.

I met the BBK's at the SJ soccer fields for the early miles.  We ran the SJ old 5K route backwards.  Duke and I were able to stay up with the group the whole time.  The second time we did it backwards also and I started early and was passed by everyone except Debbie and Rachel.  I was able to stay with them the whole time.  The very best part is that I didn't feel like death warmed over during the whole 6 miles and I even felt pretty good afterwards.   After work I took a short nap, got my hair cut and then went on a 1hr bike ride with Leslie.  We were going to ride to Kennecott and back but we both forgot our phones so we didn't want to be stranded in the middle of nowhere without a phone so we went up 118th to where it joins with 114th and instead of turning west we went east and rode through Daybreak.  We rode past the lake to 104th and east to 40th west, then we went south on 40th West past the temple and rode to 118th and then east to Redwood and back home.  We don't know how far we went but it took and hour.  It is sure nice to have good weather so we can ride outside.

I went with my 11 year old scouts on a 5 mile walk along the Jordan River Parkway.  It was fun.  I had to stop a lot and remind them to keep moving.  It took us 1hr and 45 minutes.  Then I went with my daughter and her friends so Sizzler.  Kent was in charge of the blood drive so we will have to go on our date tomorow.

We met the group at Riverton Park.  Leslie was still on her way for the 3 mile warmup so after we got to Redwood Road I turned around and headed back to the park to pick up Leslie.  We then ran back to Redwood and turned South.  We went south until the next street and couldn't see the rest of the group so we turned around and ran back to the park.  Then we ran past the park and down to 13th west.  Then we ran back to the park.  Julie was there for the next part of the run.  We visited for a minute and then told her we were going to start the Riverton 10K course.  I went nice and easy and Leslie took Duke so she was ahead of me.  The weather was just perfect and I was glad I had on a tank top and shorts.  After we turned around and headed back we saw the other runners.  One by one they caught up and passed me.  When Jameson got to Leslie he took Duke for the rest of the run.  The only ones I beat were Kris Bullock, Debbie Kroll and Amy Jameson's wife.  When we got back to the park we talked for a minute and then headed down to the parkway trail.   We ran along the trail until the 3 mile turn around and headed back.  We let Duke off his leash and he loved it. He played in the mud and water along the way so I was very glad that Leslie had an old sheet in her car that I put on the back seat so Duke wouldn't get mud all over my car.  Later this afternoon Duke started limping so I guess we let him run too far.