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Location:

Herriman,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon: 3:23:54 (10/6/12)

Half IM: 5:44:03 (8/25/12 - course was long!)

25K trail - Buffalo Run (16.5) 2:34:50

Half Marathon: American Fork - 1:30:44  6/23/12

Spectrum 10K 43:42   3/17/2012

Best 5K: Spanish Fork 21:55 05/30/09

Short-Term Running Goals:

Okay, so for 2013 I am going to have FUN! Not that running isn't always fun, but I had a wonderful breakthrough year last year and I want to play this year :) AND get faster! So, my first goal I'm going to put out there is my yearly mileage goal.
It is 2,186 miles from my driveway to my sister (QP's) driveway! I want to spend this year on a virtual trek cross country running those miles. So, that is how far I will run in 2013...from my house to QPs. It will take all year and yes, this is measured on Hwys so it isn't really exactly how I COULD run it, but good enough. 43 miles/week...totally doable, and a fun goal to track how far I've traveled as I go along. Who knows...maybe I'll even run PAST her house :)

I will do more trail runs, Boston, Pacing duties, another Half IM and some other tris. I'm excited for this next year and look forward to having fun with all of you out on the roads, and trails! Maybe bag a few peaks this year too!!

Long-Term Running Goals:


Big Dreams: 5K in 20:2X; 10K in 39:XX; Half in 1:29:XX; Full in 3:15:XX; complete the Rim2Rim2Rim run and not die; Comrades; Iron(wo)Man.

Run for the rest of my life!

Personal:

4 children: twelve, eight, five and baby Fartlek - 2 1/2. Wonderful supportive husband that lets me drag him and the family all over for race after race!

Finished 13 marathons and LOVE running that distance! I'm definitely hooked to the marathon monster and hope to constantly improve my endurance, speed and stay injury free!

I've also found a love of trail running! I hope to keep improving on this front.

After being injured with a broken foot at the first of 2012 I found a tri group and started training with them and am now loving tris! The half IM was harder than I'd ever imagined...and am ready to do it again. I'll earn my bike butt and someday have enough time to train for a full IM.

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BIKE MILES Lifetime Miles: 1168.40
LUCY MILES Lifetime Miles: 25.25
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 319.66
Orange II Lifetime Miles: 390.41
Boston Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 568.97
Fargo Nikes Lifetime Miles: 500.03
BEANS Lifetime Miles: 755.00
Orange Bostons Lifetime Miles: 527.59
Solomon Trail Lifetime Miles: 363.98
PI Tri Shoes Lifetime Miles: 4.00
Boston Mizuno 10s Lifetime Miles: 140.75
New Orange Lifetime Miles: 157.05
Total Distance
11.00

Oh my heck. Seriously. Worst run of, dare I say, my life? I don't know what unholy concoction of events (or lack there of ) combined forces against me today, all I know is that there is one AMAZING run out on my horizon. Opposition in all things, right?

Started out well enough. Dragging butt after too few hours of sleep, bundling up for what I knew would be a VERY cold, dark, snowy run. 6:00AM departure from home with nothing in my stomach, but some water. This isn't unusual for me. I did pack a gu just in case I felt like I needed it - ha!

Nothing but fresh footprints in a light dusting of snow and a downhill headwind (which made me excited to run home, because we NEVER get the downhill headwind!), I wasn't the first to put footprints in the snow, which surprised me, but it was nice to know I wasn't the only crazy out this morning.

About mile 4 or 5 was when it started to hit the fan. Stomach just felt nauseated, crampy and blech. Didn't know if I should run to the bathroom or just barf. Figured I'd take the short loop around the lake that I'd planned then stop at the bakery and see what came of it. I was bonking hard and considered throwing back the gu, but my stomach was so upset I didn't want to risk throwing up. I've done enough of that during my pregnancies and I ABHOR throwing up (no, no chance I'm pregnant either - so don't go there!!) so I avoided the gu, besides no water to wash it down with would just make me gag. 

Got to the bakery and it as well as the public restroom Kelli showed me last week were closed. Oh thank Heaven for 7-11! A new one opened just last weekish about 3/4 mile up the road. Although I felt like I'd pushed as much as I could to just get here, I figured I had no choice, but to push ahead. After the stop (and a short warm-up -ahhhh!) I hit the road and felt a bit better.

It didn't last long. By the time I'd gone just 1 mile more and gotten back to my water bottle I'd dropped on my way out (it was 75% frozen and I had to squeeze water through the ice at the top just to drink it.) I was done. I was at 10.10 miles - that was enough to hit my 40 for the week. I didn't want to go on. I only had 3 miles-ish to home, but was defeated and feeling worse every step. I got a drink (which made me gag and almost throw up) and someone passed me running. My pride renewed me. I will go on!

At 10.28 miles I stopped, got out the phone and called Craig. I threw in the towel. Only one other time in my running career have I made the choice to call Craig and have him pick me up and not finish a run. I guess this would be a DNF for me. I told him I was sick and done and to come get me. That short call almost made me get frost bite on my fingers, because I didn't have my glove on - SO cold!! Hung up and decided to just run until I met him. If I walked I'd just get cold, besides, I had to even out my miles - can't leave it at 10.28 :)

At 10.91 I had a flash back of SGM. No waring, just a nice heave from my stomach. Went to the side of the road and puked my guts out. Thankfully, I was on a busy road out here so everyone got to see the crazy lady that not only thinks it's okay to run a gazillion miles, but do it in the snow and the cold pay for her miscalculation and puke. Yeah, I'm sure they had a good nod thinking: "yup, that's why I don't run!" No inspiration coming from me today. I didn't want to wipe my mouth with my gloves, because I didn't know how much longer I'd be in the cold . Just a nice spitting game until I could muster enough to stand up without a big spit string. Running is pretty, isn't it? :)

I took off running again - what else is a girl to do? Thankfully, I then spotted Craig! As I passed the front bumper of the car the garmin ticked to 11.00 - perfect. Couldn't have done it better if I'd tried. Told him he'd just missed the show, he was pretty upset about missing another puke session! Went home, showered and headed off to the ward Christmas party. All the food there just made things worse. Even the cinnamon rolls I'd spent hours making threatened my stomach with revenge if I even thought about putting them to my lips. I had some water and a few bites of fruit. Now, I have only 20 minutes until I can put baby down to bed, pick up my daughter and cross my fingers the older kids don't destroy the house while I sleep for one hour. That is all I have until I have to jet off to yet another commitment today. Maybe by 9:00 things will settle down.

So, this was an epic fail, but all I can hope for is that somehow, my body realizes that this can make it stronger. One of those runs to put in the bank and hope to heaven that it was really worth it. When I get that good run, it will be worth it. The bright spot of the morning was that I got to see a SPECTACULAR sunrise, that I didn't mind stopping for a minute to take a picture and enjoy this morning. Maybe that is what made it all worth it!

The 'small' mountain you can see is the point of the mountain, you can't see Timp behind it, because I've got a crappy camera and it was enveloped in the clouds with just the peaks poking through. It really was beautiful!!! Glad I picked up my head enough that last mile to see and enjoy it.

AP: 9:17 splits: 8:57, 8:53, 9:17, 8:48 (last good mile), 9:00, 9:24, 9:15, 9:25, 9:25, 9:54, 9:44 (I really thought I was running about an 11:00mm pace!!).

OEOHFPPE Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Maurine/Miles on Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 15:23:27 from 97.117.72.6

Sorry it was so crappy. Sounds like you have a bug. Good for trying. I haven't felt the love on a single run yet this year. Maybe in 2012.

From JulieC on Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 22:57:14 from 67.41.189.103

that's a pretty good AP for feeling that crappy. Now that you mention it (I was pressed for time to write about my run before work this morning) I was quite nauseated at times on my run....then you know what I realized--one word INVERSION!!!!! the air was so thick and low--recipe for nauseating runs just to let you know. At one point I thought I could throw up but luckily my banana (you know the BRAT diet right?) that I ate 1/2 of before running must have helped somewhat.

From Smooth on Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 00:43:46 from 174.27.205.151

Sorry about the tummy issue. WAY to brave the cold and dark and push thru it.

From Nancy on Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 10:13:02 from 76.23.21.118

I love your picture. You are too hard on yourself. Most people wouldn't have even set foot out the door when they were feeling like you did. You made it 11 miles. That is more than I can make when I am feeling great. Great job.

From Bec on Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 15:30:31 from 68.206.133.141

:( I'm sorry, this sounds just plain awful. You know what? I am stinkin proud of you for calling Craig! I'm just happy you didn't have to be out there any longer suffering in the cold feeling terrible.

Other runs will make up for this one, I just know it!

Was the other time you called Craig the time I was with you? I hated that day the wind was blowing us sideways. However, I did enjoy that run because I was with you.

Hope you are feeling better.

From Smooth on Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 20:50:51 from 174.27.205.151

How are you feeling today?

From RAD on Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 20:59:25 from 98.202.23.178

Maurine, I guess in that light I shouldn't complain. I have had some good runs this year. Here is to 2012 being better for you!!

Julie, I honestly don't think it had much, if anything, to do with the inversion. Unfortunately, I AM sick. I've been trying to deny it, but this run just solidified what I'd been trying to wish away all week. I wish I could blame it on the inversion...on second thought, maybe it was :)

Smooth, I am feeling better today. Finally around 8:30PM I was able to get home and the family went to dinner. Craig and I both wanted the same place, so it was the only meal I ate all day, but it was good. Still a little yuck in the gut today (nauseated), but I haven't had to eat, so it's been good :) However, my voice is nearly gone today. Skipped choir practice because all I could've sung was bass. Glad to have a day of rest and peace.

Nancy, it was just a beautiful sunrise! Thanks for the perspective. Sometimes we need to be reminded of what we have and that I could even run 11 miles.

Becca, thanks. I was just done, and I think I'd spent the last 4 miles thinking about calling him, so it made actually doing it easier. Well, I guess we did call Craig that day, but we finished our mileage and run - just a different route. So, I don't consider that a cop-out. When I didn't finish my run and called him was when I tried to run with my glasses on (I was trying to move away from contacts) and it made me dizzy and sick, because my eyes weren't used to the glasses let alone all the 'bouncing' that happens with them during running on top of it.

From Chad on Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 23:37:12 from 71.199.13.143

You tried to pull off a 13 miler with a bug? I don't know if that's brave and dedicated or just plain crazy.

From Bec on Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 10:30:06 from 68.206.133.141

Quote for Rachel:

I actually think being a more balanced person makes a healthier, happier, and thus faster person. The question I try and ask myself when I consider whether or not to train more is what is my body craving and what is my body ready to absorb? Sometimes pushing harder is not the answer. It takes self control, confidence, and intuition to know when to train and when to rest, but when in question error on the side of being over rested.

Ryan Hall

From JulieC on Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 12:32:08 from 67.41.189.103

I was just hoping for your sake that it was the inversion Rachel. Sorry about the bug. Like the quote Bec!! Thanks for sharing!! I like Ryan Hall : D.

From RAD on Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 16:49:16 from 98.202.23.178

Chad, I'm not crazy...I'm just bored :)

Becca, I like the quote. Hard to swallow sometimes, but good to remember! Thanks.

Julie, oh me too!

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