Troubling Knees.

My knees have really been aching when I run and for a few hours to a day after a long run. It's really quite discouraging. I am going to only do about one long run a week and take it easier on the rest of the days.

Any hints for troubled knees?

Mel and I are going to run together next week one or maybe two mornings. If anyone is up for it, come along. Porter Rockwell Trail, right Mel?

Beautiful Day!!!

Yesterday, I had to wait until 6pm to go running because of the freezing temperatures and thunder showers. However, there has been a dawning of a new day and it's warm! I felt like I was over dressed in my long sleeves and shorts on my run this morning!

Kristi, welcome! I am excited you're going to run Hobblecreek. 4 miles, well done! I am supposed to run 4 miles this week and I'm a little nervous. I am going to have to really pump myself up!

I'm so glad you signed up Jen. You are a very determined girl, I know that you can reach this goal.

We really are going to have a party the morning of Aug. 23. Until then, good luck with your running and let me know if anyone needs a running partner that will make them look good.

PS Lau, do you run on 13th East? I think I saw you one day trucking down the road.

***PPS All you bloggers, is flabfreedom.com on your list of links yet?

Oh Crap...

So here's the deal. When I first got Mel's email I was enthusiastically planning on supporting this idea to try a half marathon. For those of you that may or may not know this about me I really have not had very good success running. It's hard for me to get motivated to do it and really easy for me to convince myself that it's hard on my knees, ankles, etc. and so I probably just shouldn't do it. Plus Kylan and I would really like to have our kids about 2 1/2 years apart so that means getting pregnant in the next month or so and I don't know if I should be runnign while I'm pregnant...

As you can see I'm really good at convincing myself that I just shouldn't bother and that I'll just cheer you all on.

But then I start to feel like I'm letting you all down (even if you don't feel that way) and that I'll really regret not at least going for it. Then I know in my head that it's so good to have a goal that you're reaching for and I think, maybe I'll give it a shot...

Well I just registered for the race.

Oh crap.

I haven't even put on my running shoes in who knows how long and some of you are already doing 5 miles?!?!?

I guess I'll check out the site that Laura recommended and give it a shot.

Help!

Jen

Nike Plus?

I hope no one minds, Chelsea invited me to join in on the "fun" of running the half marathon. I am very grateful because I am finally getting motivated to start running again. Today I did my personal best since having my daughter, Marina. Four miles. I have a long way to go.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has a Nike+ Ipod? I am new to mine and I know you can create training programs and then share them, but it is not going well for me. Does anyone have a program already set up that they can share? Thanks,

Kristi

Happy Snow Day...

I am the biggest advocate for snow that I have ever met. And, today is the first day the snow has frustrated me. It is May 1st, and I have been trying all day to go out running. I have gotten dressed twice now, only to see a blizzard outside of my window. I haven't had the heart to take Isaac outside in the snow during the month of May (although doing it in March and April didn't seem to be a problem). Alright, so now for the point of this post:
**DON"T FORGET TO REGISTER IF YOU PLAN ON RUNNING HOBBLE CREEK!!**
Registration started today at-- http://srcevents.com/hobblecreek/
**Also, I think all of you who have a blog should put this blog on your list of friends or links to go to. That way we can all come to this site and communicate.

Thanks! Mel

Good Thoughts?

I like the top of the blog-how inspiring. But I can honestly say I am having no good thoughts while running right now. I will let you know if they get any better
Chels

Is Anyone Really Reading This?

Hey gals,

I hope all is well in the mission to free ourselves of flab. Thanks to our trusted leader Mel for keeping us up to date on the race and training. Laura, I checked out that link at Runner's World and it looks pretty cool. I put in all of my info and it set me up with a running schedule. The pace seems a lot slower than what I would like to finish up at, but I am going to give it a try. It has me running 7 miles this week, so we'll see how it goes, the furthest I have gone is 5. I realized last week that I was doing too much and trying to run too fast and this week I have slowed down and have taken a few days off and my body feels much happier.

I am officially coming up for the race. Jimmy's cousin is getting married that morning and I was a little worried about how it would look if I skipped out on a family wedding to run a race, but I'm going to do it. For me, it will be a long-time goal accomplished and I really need to accomplish something like this. It will be good.

On another note, I am a proud member of Weight Watchers of eight weeks now. Last week I logged in 15 pounds lost on the old scale--and I think it is about 15 pounds less than when I got pregnant with Hannah. It has been such a positive, good experience and I would highly recommend the program to anyone that finds themselves needing something like this now, or later in life. I have learned a lot and feel like I am on track.

Jimmy and I laugh about this now, but when I returned from my mission and was struggling with life in general he gave me some future husbandly advice of reading my scriptures and exercising. I wanted to punch his lights out. But, as I have been really active now for more than a month, I can see that my demeanor and attitude are so much better. Exercise may not be the cure-all but it has sure helped me to cope with life.

Anyways, that's my rant for the day. Hopefully we'll hear from some others soon. Running the race or not, stop in and say hi.

And for Mel. No, I will not be pregnant and yes I will be giving suck to my child.