5 more weeks to go

Yesterday (the day of the marathon in 5 weeks) Bill and I ran 20 miles! It took Bill a mere 3 hours and 1 minute, it took me 25 minutes longer! That is more than 1 minute longer per mile for the whole trip. I was so exhausted and my legs did not like this ordeal at all. They were hurting as if I had made them run a marathon. Today, Sunday, I am not sore at all - that's different than after a marathon - but I slept from 9:30 until 7:30 this morning. Hopefully we can run the same distance again in 2 weeks and then... Here we come, marathon.
This past week BYU started with faculty meetings. We were reminded to get our "3rd year review folders" ready. So that's what I have been doing since then. Writing about our develoment in the area of citizenship, teaching and scholarship. It is actually fun to write up the things I did. I also had to copy all the comments and evaluation the students have written over the last 2 years. That was sobering :-(
Monday classes start and I won't have that much time any more to run. Let the stress begin. On Thursdays I will help in the "PT evaluation lab" at the Rocky Mountain University. That'll be fun!
David started school on Tuesday. It is a tiny school with only 3 class rooms: one for 4th grade, one for 5th grade and one for 6th grade. David found a friend (Benjy) and is looking forward to learning something soon. Hanna will start school after Labor Day (next Tuesday). I am excited for her being in Maeser.
Let's have fun this week. Talk to you this week-end.

6 more weeks to go

This past week was wonderful. We spent a whole week in Park City; left on Friday afternoon and came back the following Saturday. We had so much fun running, hiking, swimming, cooking, hottubbing and watching season 8 of 24. I know, it is not even out yet, but Reba, a student of mine, had all 8 seasons sent to her from Indonesia... Sunday we went to the "silly market", where Bill bought me a great wrap-around skirt, David got a chicken hat and Hanna earrings. We also found Spencer's on the market, but didn't eat. Monday we climbed Devo and Ontario Canyon to the top of a mountain to ride down the ski lift. Tuesday we ran Prospector again, after which Bill did a marathon mountain bike tour. He was completely exhausted afterwards. The rear brake had fallen off (unbelievable, I know, but true) and he took a couple of falls. The kids and I walked to the playground and did some great chalk drawing. Wednesday we ran the 9-mile loop again and hiked the wonderful Glenwild loop with Hanna and David. That was a lot of fun! David told us part two of the candy shop war the whole duration of the hike. Thursday was a slow day again, Bill and I worked out in the weight room and Hanna and I went for a little bit of shopping after. Friday we attempted another hike to Red Pine Lodge, but it was closed due to a huge puddle of mud. So we changed plans and hiked the Prospector loop again. We stopped at 7/11 on the way home and rewarded ourselves with some ice cream. Saturday morning Bill and I went to one more run: Prospector loop... we had a great time, David and Hanna were able to swim a lot, we ate a lot of good and healthy stuff and we finished the season 8 of 24!

7 weeks to go

Saturday, 8/14: 7 more weeks before we run the St. George marathon. Bill and I ran 17-18 miles in Park City (The 9-mile McLeod loop followed by the 6.5 mile Lost Prospector trail and then some). I of course fell on the trail, just before it merges with the pavement.

8 more weeks

8 more weeks to go, 8 more weeks to go, we're singing along and we're singing a song with 8 more weeks to go. At this point I would like to get it over with. I tried to run on Saturday, but felt like molasses. I was soooo slow and really didn't feel like running at all. I managed to jog 12 miles or so, but didn't really feel so good about it. Right now I am looking forward to
1. tomorrow's last day teaching (ExSc460)
2. Saturday because then we'll go to Park City!!!
3. Snowbird the following week end.
Hopefully we'll run a whole bunch. This is almost like blood doping, since Park City and Snowbird are "high" altitude regions...
:-)
Talk to you next week!

9 more weeks?????

O no - only 9 more weeks to go. That sounds terribly daunting. Bill and I ran 16 miles yesterday (Saturday), and it went well. Slow, but well. I have had, needless to say, a sore throat for a couple of weeks now and am trying to manage. How? No idea.

Last Saturday we bought a puppy. We weren't planning on buying one, but Freckles was sitting there, cute as can be and I just needed to have him. He is sooo cute! He bites everything, wants to drag everything, is super puppy-y and adorable. We have a lot of fun with him. Nikki was aftraid in the beginning, but plays with him now.

Anyway, the semester is almost over and Park City is looming! Yay. I am soo excited. After Park City (August 14th through the 21st) and Snowbird (from 21st through 13rd in the morning) David has to go to school (CAS) and I will have to start the real deal again. Summer semester was really just a teaser. Bill will be on a scout's backpacking trip from Wednesday through Saturday. Maybe the kids and I can come up with something fun to do. We'll go out to eat for sure!!! The summer is almost over and the temperatures in the living room might become tolerable again. Tata

11 more weeks to go

Another week has gone by. I have been working on my paper(s) involving near infrared light and nitric oxide. It is coming together and I am very excited! Monday I ran 5 miles, Tuesday 5 miles, Wednesday 45 minutes on the bike, Thursday 6.5 miles and today (Saturday) almost 16 miles! We should make our training goal by the time the St. George marathon comes. In less than 3 months Wulli, Bill and I will be on our way back to Diamond valley, where the hottub is waiting. 11 weeks... Bill has lost quite a bit of weight and he is enjoying running more. He is too fast for me, we don't run together any more. So long!

12 more weeks to go

Today Bill and I ran 13 miles in the warmth of a July morning. We got a late start (6:50 am) and it was a warm morning. We ran to Geneva road, took the Provo River trail to the Marriott, up to Canyon road to Timpview high school, passed the temple, down 9th East, turned west at the cemetery to Freedom boulevard and home from there. We got home just around 9 am.
12 WEEKS TO GO!
Last week end (through Tuesday morning) we spent in Park City. Bill and I ran the Prospector (7.5 miles) on Saturday and Monday morning, and on Sunday we managed to run 12 miles on the McLeod trail and rail trail. It was so nice and cool, crisp and clean air and somehow I had so much energy there. On Saturday the kids and we hiked from Deer Valley up to the top of the mountain via Ontario trail. It was super cold that day (at least it felt very cold for what we were wearing) and we shivered all the way down while on the ski lifts. On Sunday we hiked up to the Pine lodge from the Canyons. Hanna loved that trail and said she cannot wait until we will hike it again in August (true story!). Grandpa and Grandma Bonnie came for two days and brought Hallie and Micah. Together we walked parts of the McLeod trail with a nice lunch rest at the play ground. We had such a wonderful time together! But life has us back now and the daily duties continue :-( . Hanna will go to a volleyball camp starting Monday through Thursday evening at BYU. I hope she will learn much and enjoy the activities. So long!