Trail Running Granny

Woke up to 3 inches of snow and it is still coming down hard. I ended up doing 3 treadmill miles with the speed between 5.0 - 6.00

Off to work, have a great day!

I made an attempt at exersize this morning. I got to muscle-up and realized I forgot my phone to call Snowbird, so I had to go back home and call Snowbird. I got called off. The Cliff Spa is dead. I have done 3 massages all winter, it is nuts! The winter season will end April 28 and the calling and standing by will be over. I think I am done with Snowbird forever, I wonder if Harold will still love me without a free season pass? I think it is worth a try.

I can not get myself motivated to go out and run, it is actually beautiful out,I had a bowl of chili for lunch and it is doing a little jig in my gut. So I think I am going to be a total slacker today.

Can you say LOSER?

On the bright side Maurine is coming over for dinner tonight, she is bringing her famous speghetti sauce and I am doing a salad and garlic bread. We are going to go over the last minute details for the big race. Fun!

It is snowing again! I went to the spa and did 3.50 on the eliptical machine. Looks like it is going to be a day of tinkering around in the house. I lost my desire to tough it through the winter days, it is spring now, I am rebeling.

I ran in the snow. I need brownie points or brownies. My fingers are so numb I can hardly write. This better be the last of winter, OR ELSE!! Super slow today, ran up Bengal Blvd to Danish. Not fun. oh, there was snow on the ground and snow coming down. waaaaa. Doesn't Mother Nature know it is spring for crying out loud!!!

This morning I did a short little equipment check to make sure everything is ready for tomorrow. I wore my new Saucony gloves and my new UnderArmour jacket to see how they feel and if they will be warm enough. Odee came along, he had his seasonal shave and was bald, we did 2 laps around the park. I am happy with my new items and all ready for tomorrow.

If any of you have any cute stories or jokes that might help Maurine along the way please PM me, that would be awesome. Thanks Marion for what you have sent all ready.

Good luck to all of you at Riverton, Maurine and I will both be thinking of you! It is going to be a great day, looks like we are all going to luck out on the weather. Antelope Island could be a muddy mess, but there's not much we can do about that.

Have a great weekend!

Today was the Buffalo Run.  I got out to the island around 11:00ish, and saw a runner from the distance that took her hat off and waved to me, I thought it was Maurine, but wasn't sure because all runners look alike from that far away. It turned out she recognized my 4 Runner and was waving to me. I found her sister Marsha at the first first aid station and since the aid station was fully staffed we decided to try to find Maurine again and see how she was doing.  We went to the 27 mile aid station and had fun talking to runners and aid station staffers, it was so much fun, all this positive energy. I met a 65 year old man that had just DNFed, but he was all smiles, he said his back was bothering him and the smart thing to do was to drop out, he has done the Wasatch 100 6 times, he said the first time he did it, his 6 year old boy met him at the finish and they held hands across the finish line and now that little boy is running ultras with him.   Marsha and I walked up the trail to a little plateau  and low and behold there was Maurine, she was walking, but there is alot of walking in an ultra so at first we weren't concerned until we saw the shoulders drop and the tears coming down.  She told us about her IT band that was giving her stabbing pain and she knew about 4 miles ago that she would have to DNF or she could seriously cause damage that could take her out the whole season.  It was hard to see her so disappointed, but she definitely did the right thing.  I was so proud of her, she trained so hard all winter and I know it was hard to have her first 50 miler be a DNF.  Now we will both be working on our first 50 miler together in Oct.  I am excited to train with her all summer and work on that goal with her.  She is such a great friend and such an inspiration to me!!!  Thanks Maurine for trusting me enough to be your pacer. I really felt lucky to have the opportunity to be the one to get you thru those last 17 miles.  It will be even better doing the whole 50 with you.  Great Job Maurine!!!!!!!  Rest up good, we have a 12 miler on April 11!