Lesley's Running Blog

I am back! And I am determined to get back into shape. So I want to keep my motivation high and hold myself accountable. And so far things are going great (today was Day 1!). I am going to try to ease myself into workouts so as not to get discouraged. And with 3 kids now, many of my workouts will be treadmill/at home workouts.

Today I got out and ran 1 mile (slightly downhill) in 8:15, walked 0.25, ran 1 mile (slightly uphill) in 8:45, walked 0.25. Total time: 25 min. A half mile into the workout everything hurt. Lungs, legs, etc.

Did a few situps, stretching, and lunges with my girls.

And I am putting my weight up to hopefully motivate myself to work on getting the baby weight off. And going to try to limit the times I step on the scale initially (to start hopefully just once a week). So goal #1 is getting down to 137, my pre-baby #3 weight. Goal #2 will be 128 (pre-baby #2 weight), and goal #3 is a long road...but hopefully back to 123, my pre-baby #1 weight!

3 miles. Got up to feed the baby at 6. By the time I got her settled it was 7. I really wanted to get back in bed, but cam didn't have school til 10 so I got dressed and headed out. Ran 2 miles, took a minute break, ran the last mile slightly uphill.

8:40, 8:39, 9:10

26:29 total time

Was nice to get a small workout in and still come home an enjoy a quiet house til 8:20.

Cross train. My friend Holly started a blog of workouts. Fithomerivalry.blogspot.com Went back to workout #1 in Jan. here it is:

Warmup

10 push-ups

10 squat jumps

10 lunges

10 good mornings

10 mountain climbers

Rest 30 seconds

Do as many sets as you can in 12 min.

I did girl push-ups. Struggled with the lunges. 6 sets minus the lunges in set 6. My legs are going to be sore!

Hoping for a walk with the girls this afternoon.

PM: 1.5-2 mile walk with stroller and Aubrey biking

Run at treadmill at home

Disneyland. Not sure if it counts as a workout but we walked a lot and I was worn out by the end of the day!

Fit Home Rivalry workout

2 sets of 1 min squat, 1 min situp, 1 min push up, 1 min wall balls, 1 min v-ups

2 min rest in between sets

Here are my results: set 1: 39, 22, 30, 30, 18  set 2: 38, 16, 27, 31, 16

struggled with set 2, but tried to keep quality over quantity. Especially need to get my ab muscles going again! Situps don't really hurt, I just struggle to get those muscles even working at all. Excited to see my progress over time.

Hoping for an afternoon walk once again

Three mile church loop. Didn't wear a watch.

Stepped on the scale nearly every day this week, and everyday it said I weighed more and more, until today when I went right back to where I was. So I need to try to just weigh on Saturdays so I don't get frustrated.

Felt like I made healthier food choices this week as well. Didn't have dessert most nights (I was eating ice cream every night before). I think this was mainly due to our busy week, and by the time I got the baby to sleep we were too tired to eat dessert anyway. So hopefully I can keep that up!

Three mile treadmill run. Did one of the pre-programmed intermediate workouts. Most of the time I felt like I should up the pace a bit, but I was worried if I did speed up it would cause me to need to take a break. So yes, I completed 3 full miles without stopping, even if it was slower.

The workout was a warmup, 1 min @6mph (2.0 incline), 30 seconds @5.5mph(3.0 incline), 1min @6mph, 30 sec @5.5mph and so on. Followed by a cooldown.

Felt like a good workout and one that will help me get faster.

Met up with friend and our double strollers to go for a walk. Weather was gorgeous. Nice to get out, even with all the kids. My friend is 14 weeks pregnant so we didn't push it too hard, but anything is better than nothing. We walked for 45 min or so.

Came home and did Holly's workout.

30 sec Line Shuffle (10ft)

20 V-ups

30 sec Line Shuffle

20 Plank

30 sec Line Shuffle

30 mountain climbers

30 sec Line Shuffle

30 Full Superman

3 min Rest

Repeat.

14:50. Including rest time. But I completely modified the v-ups or I would never have finished the workout. I felt like I was struggling with form on the first set, so instead I did "suitcase" situps the second set. My ab muscles are still getting back into shape. 64 shuffles.

Three mile church loop. Felt pretty good.

Three mile reverse church loop. Not sure where else to run around here yet. I need to charge my watch and hold myself accountable for any walk breaks I take, but for now just getting out is a plus.

Bixby Bridge treadmill workout on ifit. It is kinda fun to run somewhere new and have the treadmill adjust the incline and decline. 31:25 total time, 433 ft elevation change, 559 calories.

avg 8:57 pace

Millau Viaduct Bridge treadmill ifit workout. First half was at a -3 decline, and then the second half was at a 15% incline and evened out to 2% the last quarter mile or so. 23:50 total time, 423 calories, 449 elevation gain. 9:16 avg pace.

Still haven't lost any weight. Hopefully I am gaining muscle and the weight will come off soon!

Doing Holly's workout this evening with Cameron.

10 pushups

10 squat jumps

10 lunges

10  good mornings

10 mountain climbers

30 sec rest. Do as many sets as you can in 12 minutes.

7 rounds in 12:15. When I hit the 12 minute mark I only had mountain climbers left. I haven't done many of month 1's workouts, but I did do this one initially and felt much better this time around. Girl pushups for all rounds which is why I think I was able to move a bit quicker through the set,  and jumping off the ground squat jumps. Got my husband in on the action.

Treadmill run with ifit. Snowbird Resort, UT. Kinda fun to be running down the slopes with the skiers and boarders in mid 60 degree weather and no ice. While watching Downton Abbey.

Most of the run was at a -3 decline. Wish I could see this before I start a workout so I would know what to expect. Wishing there was a little bit of hill make me work harder, but overall it was nice to feel fast for a run. 5 miles straight without stopping.

4.92 miles in 38:05, 7:44 pace. 57 ft elevation gain, 712 calories.
 

Warmup

20 burpees
20 up and down planks (on each arm)
100 squats
100 jump ropes
50 bench dips
50 lunges

In any order, just as long as you do them all eventually. For time. 

Finished in 9:57. Hopefully I can get faster at this! The bench dips and squats were hardest for me. Nice to get a little cross train workout when I have a busy day. Can't make an excuse for a 10-15 minute workout.

And taking 3 kids 4 and under to the grocery store has to count for something, right?

Redwood National Forest run on ifit. Unexpected incline the whole time. I would say 80 percent of the run was above 11% incline. Good run for me even if I had to slow the pace due to the incline.

43:45 total time

11:21 pace

1331 feet elevation gain

607 calories

Church Loop

Disneyland with girls.

Holly workout in the am: Warm up do 10 squats 50 jump ropes 10 line touches  (a line touch is there and back)

Finland run on ifit. 3.4 miles. Fairly flat. 187 ft elevation gain. 8:24 pace. 27:40 total time. 420 calories.

A.  5 rounds  ….30 seconds  of squat jumps (full effort every jump) ...30 seconds rest
       PUSH YOURSELF!!
rest 2 minutes
B.   then…. 3 rounds….
                                30 seconds pushups
                                   30 seconds  V ups
                                   30 second superman hold (don't count in score)
                                   rest 30 seconds
----you'll have 2 scores for this one  # of reps for A   #of reps for B

91 squat, 63 girl push-ups, 62 modified v-ups. Next month hopefully higher on squat jumps and get strong enough to do some real push-ups. First time around on this workout for me.

Yellowstone Park run. 2.80 miles. 8:28 pace 23:20 overall time 346 calories, 125 ft elevation gain.

Holly workout:

*warm up by doing a full round of everything slowly, and whatever else you need to do to feel warmed up!

workout - As many rounds as possible in 12 minutes 1 round = 15 wallballs (use a pillow, basketball etc…) 20 jump ropes 15 supermans (keep your core tight and full contraction on top) 20 mountain climbers (try to touch your knees to your elbows and count every other leg)
Score is #of rounds

Finished 8 rounds, but went over 12:00 just slightly to finish out the last set.

Holly workout. Warmup. For time:

200 jump ropes

100 situps

80 squats

70 mountain climbers

20 burpees

12:00 min overall time.

Flat run in Venice, Italy. 55 ft elevation

26:45 total time

8:05 pace

405 calories
 

Glacier National Park run up to Logan Pass and finished at Siyeh Loop. Steep incline for the first half of the run, and then cruised to the finish. Fun to run back home today.

810 ft elevation gain

53:30 total time

761 calories

9:35 pace

First 3 miles averaged almost 11 min pace due to 10-13% incline, then sped up to 8mph from 3-5.6 on -3 decline for the most part.

Treadmill run in Breckenridge CO. Fairly flat run. 8:05 pace, 25:10 overall time. 380 calories, 45 ft elevation gain.

Holly's workout. Warmup. Jump rope 1 min, 40 pushups, 30 sec rest, jump rope 1 min, 20 full contration supermans, 30 sec rest, jump rope 1 min, 40 situps, rest 30 sec, jump rope 1 min, 20 plank up downs (count each arm), rest 30 sec. Burpees 1 min.

12:05 overall time. 518 jump ropes (no jump rope), 22 burpees.

10 min of abs.

Another ifit treadmill workout. Starting to really like the treadmill. Watching shows and working out around the world. Rocky Mountain National Park today. Very hill climb.

1013 elevation gain!

42:30 overall time

10:33 pace

594 calories

Did 3.5 miles in Grand Canyon National Park. Seemed hilly, but maybe just tired from yesterday.

263 elevation gain, 30:30 overall time, 450 calories, 8:43 pace.

Did 1 more mile while the girls finished their show. Deer Valley, Park City. Flat for the most part the 1 mie I did.

24 elevation gain, 8:20 overall time, 122 calories, 8:20 pace.

Holly's workout.

Warmup. 1 min squats, 1 min situps, 1 min pushups, 1 min wall balls, 1 min v-ups. 2 min rest and repeat.

Here are my numbers: 46, 23, 31, 35, 33

                                     47, 22, 31, 37, 34

Two miles in South America. Feeling worn out from the week for some reason. 1.99 miles. 17:10 overall time. 260 calories, 199 ft elevation gain, 8:38 pace.

Rest to start another show for my girls (each one was 20 min)

Two miles on Atlantic Road. 81 ft elevation gain. 17:45 overall time, 2.01 miles, 8:51 pace. 251 calories.

Holly workout. Just plain worn out today. Not sure if I am coming down with the cold that Cameron has had, or if it has just been a long week.

Warmup.

As many rounds as I could in 12 minutes.

8 pike pushups

20 situps

20 squat jumps

30 mountain climbers

Only got in 4 sets, and my pike pushups were definitely modified.

Went out to do a 4 mile loop  but it ended up being a 5 mile loop. I actually felt pretty good. I can tell I am slowly getting back into shape. I am mainly running off feel and not worrying about pace for a while. I figure it is better to run and not stop than to run faster and have to stop every mile. So 5 miles without stopping! (I guess I did stop and wait for a stoplight to change once).

43:00 overall

8:36 pace

Church loop. Later start, but nice to get a few miles in before heading to Disneyland again. Gorgeous morning, and it feels so good to run in shorts and a tank top and smell the orange blossoms. Enjoying this southern California living for a few years, and taking advantage of it all we can, cause we know we won't be here long term.

Back to the treadmill runs. 3.1 mile run in Chalet Road, Alpine Meadows, CA. No idea exactly where this run is. But it was a easy mostly downhill with just a couple inclines. 8:20 pace. 25:45 overall time. 53 elevation gain. 379 calories.

Decided to get 1 more mile in. Ran in Antartica. Got .25 in before I had to go put the binky back in the baby, and my 2 year old turned off the treadmill. So once it rebooted I started the mile again. Completely flat mile. Ifit won't give my my overall stats, but I had to try to do it fast because my baby was crying. So about 7:30 overall I think.

Fit Home Rivalry workout. Warmup. 2 rounds, 3 min rest between.

Line touches (30 sec)

20 v-ups

Line touches

20 plank up and down

Line touches

30 mountain climbers

Line touches

30 full contraction superman

Overall time: 13:52

71 line touches

Bixby Bridge, Ifit on treadmill. 31:30 overall time, 440 ft elevation gain, 558 calories, 9:00 pace

Fit Home Rivalry workout:
Do both workouts A and B
Workout A- For time - break up as needed
       30 pike pushups (these should be hard! You won't be able to do them very fast)
       100 squats
      30 Burpees
rest 2 minutes
 Workout B
     As many as possible in 1 minute of each
- pike pushups
rest 1 min
-squats
rest 1 min
-burpees
rest 1 min

Austraila ifit. 26:05 overall time, 258 elevation gain, 384 calories, 8:48 pace.

Evening Fit Home Rivalry workout:

# Times:

60 jump ropes

20 squat jumps

15 girl pushups

60 jump ropes

Plus 275 jump ropes after workout.

.25 miles Mt. Rainer National Park before I decided I wanted something a little more flat. 10:37 pace, 72 calories, 72 ft elevation gain, 2:35 overall time.

3.25 miles ifit workout in Big Bend National Park. 31:50 overall time, 381 ft elevation gain, 434 calories, 9:48 pace.

ifit treadmill workout. 8:38 pace, 34:55 overall time, 216 ft elevation, 511 calories.

ifit workouts.

2 miles in Yosemite National Park. Stopped to get my girls breakfast and the treadmill restarted. 86 feet elevation gain, 8:43 pace, 17:25 overall time

Came back and did 2 more miles, this time in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. 7:55 pace, 175 ft elevation gain, 15:50 overall time, 257 calories.

5 min lunch workout. As many rounds as possible in 5 min of 100 jump ropes, 20 girl pushups, 5 burpees. Got in 2 sets plus 45 jump ropes.

Evening workout. As many rounds in 12:00 min as possible of 10 pushups, 10 squat jumps, 10 lunges, 10 good mornings, 10 mountain climbers, 30 second rest.

7 sets in 12:01

4.5 miles ifit treadmill workout, Badlands National Park. 360 elevation gain, 8:34 pace, 38:25 overall time. 578 calories.

2 miles this evening on treadmill while Cam studied. Logan, UT. 8:34 pace. 17:00 overall time, 312 calories.

Treadmill workout again. Little River Road, Gatlinburg, TN. 24:30 overall time, 8:00 pace. 374 calories, 57 ft elevation gain.

Fit Home Rivalry evening workout: For time, don't have to finish one activity before going to the next, just eventually complete all.

20 burpees, 20 planks, 50 lunges, 100 jump ropes, 100 squats, 50 dips

Overall time: 9:31(approx. 30 sec faster than last month)

Treadmill Berlin Germany. Not sure why I struggled with the pace today, but felt like it was a decent workout. 8:53 pace, 31:30 overall time, 145 ft elevation gain, 445 calories.

Zion National Park ifit workout. 9:03 pace. 36:30 overall time. 561 ft elevation gain, 543 calories.

Church loop outside. Another pretty day! 8:31 pace. 25:33 overall time.

Treadmill ifit workout. Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park (Alaska). 39:30 overall time, 8:42 pace, 586 calories, 372 elevation gain.

Fit Home Rivalry Workout. Warmup.

Repeat 5 times: 30 sec squat jumps, 30 sec rest

2 min rest

Repeat 3 times: 30 sec push-ups, 30 sec v-ups, 30 sec superman, rest 30 sec.

84 squat jumps, 57 push-ups, 62 v-ups

Morning treadmill workout. 3.48 miles in Florence Italy. 29:25 overall time, 8:27 pace, 426 calories, 48 feet elevation gain.

Evening treadmill workout. 2.50 miles in Big Sky Montana. Hilly run. Took it easy. 9:31 pace, 22:35 overall time, 343 calories, 635 feet elevation gain.

Calgary, CA ifit treadmill workout. 24:55 overall time, 8:09 pace, 371 calories, 15 feet elevation gain. Very flat run.

Ifit Rome Colosseum. 35:05 overall time. 8:24 pace, 81 feet elevation gain, 513 calories.

Finland ifit run. 27:00 overall time. 8:28 pace. 185 feet elevation gain. 404 calories.

1 mile warmup. Headed to a track by our house to do 10x400 (my first interval workout in years!). I was going to aim for 90 sec per 400. Started my first 400 and realized the dirt track was short-probably about 300 meters is all. So I set my Garmin to beep every 0.25, and jogged 0.15 for my rest inbetween.

Man, it hurt to be back. Even 10 400s! Guess it goes to show how much work I still have left to do, but also feels good to have a starting point as well.

Here are the splits: 1:33, 1:34, 1:37, 1:38, 1:36, 1:29, 1:32, 1:32, 1:35, 1:36 (1:34 average)

So it looks like 1:35 per 400 should have been my goal. But I think I realized that after the first 2. Hoping to get more consistent. I hadn't been on a track doing a workout from probably almost 4 years at least. It will be fun to see how I can improve on this as I continue to get my fitness back.

1 mile cooldown.

Kings Canyon National Park ifit workout. 8:28 pace, 42:20 overall time. 666 calories, 636 elevation gain.

Oregon Coast Oregon ifit run. 8:10 overall pace. 25:20 overall time. 400 calories, 276 feet elevation gain.

Church loop in the afternoon when Cam finished his finals!

Disneyland Day with the family.

Headed to Utah

Finishing the trek to Utah

Run up to Mountain Road, over to Cherry Hill, and back to Nichols back to the Harvey house. Definitely feeling the elevation and slight cold that I have. But so nice to be on vacation and run with Cameron.

33:15 overall time, 8:19 overall pace. 398 calories.

(8:20, 7:40, 8:27, 8:50)

Run up Mountain Road with Cameron. 8:28 average pace. 25:28 overall time. 302 calories.

Met up at Katie's house with Amy and Sariah. Sariah and I headed out and pushed Aubrey. Sariah was too nice and pushed Aubrey a good amount of the time. Headed up the big hill and over to Shadow Valley and back to Katie's. Rainy run but so fun to catch up with friends. And one of my better runs post-baby.

44:39 overall time, 8:16 pace (included my walk breaks), 550 calories.

(7:56, 9:52, 8:11, 7:35, 7:51, 7:58)

Run up on Mountain Road with Cameron. 8:17 overall pace. 29:18 overall time. 355 calories.

Firebreak road in Fruit Heights, UT. Pretty good climb to get up to the road. Ran for 3 miles, hit a dead end and decided to mountaineer our way down to the trail. As far as running goes-very slow, but it was nice to get out and enjoy a run with Cameron and throw some hiking into it.

13:35 average pace (12:57, 9:47, 24:23, 11:06, 7:10)

1:02:32 overall time

Travelling home from Utah

Started off doing 4.50 miles in Central Park on the treadmill ifit. 34:50 overall time, 303 feet elevation gain, 7:45 pace, 569 calories.

Girls were still being good so I decided to do a 1.40 mile run in Egmont National Park, New Zealand ifit. 10:35 overall time, 78 feet elevation gain, 7:34 pace, 175 calories.

Decided to make it an even 7.00 miles so did 1.10 miles at the Ulysses S Grant Memorial. 8:20 overall time, 7:29 pace, 14 feet elevation gain, 135 calories.

Overall: 7.00 miles in 53:45, 7:40 pace.

Not sure if it was coming back from elevation to sea level, but felt great today.

Helltown Road run on Ifit. Tried to fit the workout in before the baby woke up, but she started crying literally when the belt started moving. Moved her to the swing to see if I could get her to go back down. She held off while I got through 3 miles.

24:00 overall time, 7:46 pace, 82 feet elevation gain, 379 calories.

Got up with the girls and headed straight to the treadmill to get a workout in but the treadmill wouldn't turn on! Ugh. After an hour and a half of trouble shooting, Nordictrack determined that we need a new part that will be shipped in 7-10 days. Made me so frustrated. I have become a little addicted to my treadmill 7-10 days sounds like such a long time! So I am going to do my best to work around Cam's school schedule, get up a little early, and get myself out on runs for the next week. I just hate waking up early when I get up in the middle of the night with a baby.

Anyways, Cam didn't have class today, so I vented on a 4 mile run in gorgeous sunny weather with a brisk chill in the air.

31:57 overall time, 7:55 pace (8:02, 7:34, 7:57, 8:05) 417 calories.

30 minute Nike Training Club Workout. Le Nia's Toning. It was so hard! Going to be sore tomorrow.

Five mile loop from my house, out to Ford Street, down to Lugonia, and over to Wabash, and back home.

Overall time: 40:06, 8:01 pace (7:51, 7:41, 7:59, 8:08, 8:26-uphill)

Nike Training Club workout this morning. 30 min with weights, situps, etc.

Cam got home early so I headed out on a 3 mile run even though it was 90 degrees outside. Mistake on my part. The head killed me!

24:44 overall time, 8:14 pace (7:56, 8:02, 8:45-uphill)

Got up early and got out to do a 50 minute run before Cam headed to school. Our whole family is getting headcolds, so I felt sluggish but it was nice to get out.

50:35 overall time, 8:14 pace (8:14, 8:06, 7:53, 8:30, 8:04, 8:30)

One of my new friends here offered to watch my baby while I pushed my other girls. Ada actually ended up staying with her as well, so Aubrey and I had a good warm run. It was fun to just hang out and talk with her. Actually felt better than yesterday.

42:16 overall time, 8:21 pace (8:15, 7:54, 8:25, 8:24, 8:45) pushing single stroller

498 calories

Easy 3 miles pushing Penny in single stroller. Disneyland in the afternoon with family.

8:39 pace, 25:55 overall time

Decided to do a fartlek style workout since I was only gettng in a couple miles today. Jog-stride-sprint-stride-jog in 1 min intervals. For some reason I didn't know how to switch my watch screen from displaying the pace instead of counting down the interval, so I just switched gears each time. Actually did really good when i go back and look at my splits.

25:00 overall time, 7:33 overall pace

Pace on 1 min intervals

(8:58j, 7:18s, 6:29sp, 6:56s, 7:30j, 6:50s, 6:19sp, 6:54s, 7:51j, 7:07s, 6:56sp, 7:30s, 8:59j, 8:07s, 7:14sp, 7:37s, 8:42j, 7:41s, 7:20sp, 7:47s, 8:52j, 7:51s, 6:53sp, 7:35s, 9:43j)

Next time hopefully less all over the place and more consistent with the paces!

4 mile church loop around 7 am, once I can turn on my watch I will record stats.

So I guess I am having great luck as far as breaking things goes. Treadmill is still broken. I put my gar in on to,charge last night and this morning it wouldn't even turn on. So went on feel, looked at the clock when I left and when I got back. Approx 40 min or 8 min pace

Treadmill is up and running again! Ran about 1.6 miles and accidentally hit the power cord and had to start over.

Ran 5.4 miles at a ski resort in Enumclaw, WA. All downhill, but a good way to ease back into treadmill running. 7:32 pace for last 5.4 miles.

Ifit treadmill workout.

First 3.1 were a flat run in Santa Barbara, CA. 23:30 overall time, 7:41 pace. 45 feet elevation gain, 372 calories.

1.51 miles on Halloween Blvd. Also pretty flat. 151 feet elevation gain, 8:03 pace, 12:10 overall time. 197 calories.

Ifit treadmill in Boulder, CO. 159 ft elevation gain, 32:25 overall time, 8:03 pace, 500 calories.

Runners World 10K course on ifit. Fairly flat. 47:00 overall time. Not sure why the 10K course was 6.1 miles instead of 6.2? 289 feet elevation gain.

7:42 pace. 761 calores.

3.26 miles at 1% incline. 167 feet elevation gain, 23:35 overall time, 406 calories, 7:13 pace

1.10 miles at John F. Kennedy Memorial. 12 feet elevation gain, 7:55 overall time, 132 calories, 7:12 pace.

Had to try to get a run and shower in before the repairman showed up to fix the door that just shattered last night. So I was going to do an interval workout, but the treadmill had the intervals at a 0 incline and just changed the pace (which was slower than I wanted to go), so I just did an improvised tempo (not even sure if I can call it that since it wasn't quite as fast as I would tempo), but it was faster than I have been going.

Showered and got dressed right as the repairman showed up, so perfect timing.

First 5 miles of Boston Marathon. 210 feet elevation gain, 38:55 overall time, 7:47 pace. 622 calories.

Calle Dose da Ponte, Venice Ifit. 28:05 overall time, 8:09 pace 162 elevation gain, 431 calories

Miles 5-10 of Boston Marathon on ifit. 38:50 overall time 7:46 pace. 143 elevation gain. 616 calories.

I had to run 6.1 miles today so that I could say I got in 30 miles for the week.

5.0 miles of Boston Marathon miles 10-15. 39:20 overall time, 7:52 pace. 181 ft elevation gain, 619 calories.

1.1 miles in a cemetery on ifit. 8:25 overall time, 7:41 pace. 4 ft elevation gain. 132 calories.

Boston Marathon Miles 15-20. 39:00 overall time, 7:47 pace. 290 feet elevation gain, 630 calories.

No run. Monday evening Aubrey and I got slight fever and today my body just ached.

Took it easy today as I was easing back in after feeling sick.

2.34 miles in Lincoln Park & Tomb. 19:10 overall time, 8:11 pace. 84 feet elevation gain, 234 calories.

2.09 miles around the White House. 17:05 overall time, 8:09 pace. 80 feet elevation gain, 260 calories.

Fondamente Nove, Venice. 30:40 overall time, 8:00 pace. 134 feet elevation gain, 475 calories.

Fondamenta Mocenigo, Venice. 5.05 miles. 39:45 overall time. 7:51 pace. 215 elevation gain. 629 calories.

1.88 miles around Statue of Liberty. 13:30 overall time. 7:11 pace. 0 elevation, 225 calories.

Going to try to get up and run outside tomorrow...hoping for a short 3 mile tempo around 7 min pace. It will be interesting to see how this half marathon goes in early June. Especially since most of my runs are on a treadmill.  I know I won't be breaking any records, but it will be nice to see where my fitness is.

4.00 miles/30 min fartlek on the treadmill. 1 min at each (7mph, 8mph, 9mph, 8mph, 7mph.....) I thought it was going to be harder than in was. It was a good workout, but I could speed it up again next time. 1%incline. 7:33 pace. 208 ft elevation gain. 495 calories.

1.70 miles around Washington Monument. 12:15 overall time. 7:12 pace. 32 feet elevation gain. 206 calories.

Finished the Boston Marathon today. Good run. 46:25 overall time. 7:32 pace. 216 feet elevation gain. 760 calories.
 

My baby got up just after 6 am, I fed her and she immediately went back to bed. I crawled back into bed and tried to be lazy, but I just couldn't do it today. Cam had already gotten up to get ready to head to school, so I got up and jumped on the treadmill with the intention of running a quick 3 mile tempo before all my kids started waking up.

3.05 miles in Tombstone, AZ. 21:15 overall time. 6:58 pace. 175 feet elevation gain, 381 calories. Felt like I could have gone faster, but since I didn't warm up it was probably perfect.

Cam had headed to school and all my kids were still asleep so I ran 2 more in Asia (7:41 pace), then 2 more in Kilkenny Ireland (7:34 pace), older 2 woke up and I turned on a show and did 2 more on the Golden Gate Bridge (8:25 pace), and wanted to finish it out and run an even 10, but ended up doing 2 more in some Corn Fields (7:19 pace)

Last 8 miles: 598 feet elevation gain, 62:30 overall time. 1025 calories. 8.06 miles. 7:45 pace.

Feeling like I can have a decent half marathon in a month. Not going to get any personal bests or anything, but I think I will be happy with how far I have come since having a baby in Dec.

Red Rock Byway. 32:40 overall time. 8:10 overall pace. 450 ft elevation gain. 526 calories. Seemed like more hills than I have been doing, but overall a good workout.

3.1 miles before heading to Disneyland. Algeciras, Spain. 25:45 overall time. 8:19 pace. 277 feet elevation gain, 405 calories. Felt worn out. Thinking it was from my long run.

French Riviera. 5.28 miles in 42:20. Hilly run. 700 feet elevation gain. 8:01 pace. 703 calories.

1.31 mile warmup to the REV high school track. It was kind of weird to be running outside and not on the treadmill. 8:31 pace in 11:07.

3.76 miles total. 10x400 meters with a 200 meter jog between each. Goal pace was 1:30 for each 400 meter interval.

1:29, 1:29, 1:31, 1:31, 1:30, 1:31, 1:30, 1:31, 1:31, 1:32.

Better than the last time I did this workout. But I was feeling pretty tired today. Most mileage this week than I have done in a long time.

1.37 miles slow cooldown. 13:29, 9:39 pace.

Samoeng, Thailand. 38:25 overall time. 7:42 pace. 511 feet elevation gain, 647 calories.

Only 5 pounds away from goal #1, my Penny pre-pregnancy weight of 137. Slowly getting there!

Combined 2 Tour of Freedom runs. 44 ft elevation gain, 32:05 overall time, 521 calories. Approx 7:26 pace.

Glacier National Park run. 47:35 overall time. First 2.5 miles are very uphill. Gave my legs a workout! 806 feet elevation gain, 8:31 pace, 754 calories.

Went to a 7am temple session, and then tried to get in a few miles before Cam headed to school. Mong Kok, Hong Kong. 22:20 overall time, 7:28 pace. 290 feet elevation gain, 386 calories.

A lot of incline on this run. Mt Rushmore. 49:10 overall time, 7:48 pace. 856 feet elevation gain, 840 calories.
 

Seoul, South Korea & Calle di Mezzo, Venice. 44:05 overall time, 636 feet elevation gain, 743 calories, First 3 hilly miles at 8:02 pace, last 2.67 at 7:29 pace.

Washington DC (4.43 miles at 7:14 pace) and Largo do Senado, Macau (1.54 miles at 7:30 pace). 234 feet elevation gain, 43:40 overall time, 738 calories.

Tel Aviv, Israel (3.44 miles in 7:33 pace) followed by Gateway Arch (1.50 miles at 6:52 pace). 36:20 overall time, 193 feet elevation gain, 611 calories.

Capitol Reef National Park (6.03 miles at 7:38 pace. 441 feet elevation gain, 766 calories, 46:05 overall time)

Kamakura, Japan (2.00 miles at 7:23 pace. 175 feet elevation gain, 14:45 overall time, 256 calories)

Overall time: 60:50 7:37 pace

3 mile church loop outside before heading to Disneyland for the day.

2.00 miles Mt. Rainier National Park. Too hilly for me today so switched to another run after 2 miles. 618 feet elevation gain, 17:10 overall time, 8:37 pace. 300 calories.

2.60 miles at Waikato River, New Zealand. 19:35 overall time, 7:31 pace. 159 ft elevation gain, 328 calories.

Started with 3.18 miles in Marabella, Spain. I knew I would have to add a little more to make it over 30 miles for the week. 23:20 overall time, 7:20 pace. 93 feet elevation gain, 390 calories. 

1.95 miles in Hong Kong, China. 13:50 overall time, 7:06 pace. 83 feet elevation gain, 241 calories. 

3.13 miles in Corsica. 463 feet elevation gain, 24:45 overall time, 7:54 pace, 421 calories.

2.57 miles Run Kona. 194 feet elevation gain, 19:00 overall time, 7:23 pace, 326 calories.

Ugh. Its hot and I didn't feel great today. Three miles on the treadmill...felt like 8. Easy day for me. Tour of Freedom, George Washington Memorial. 8:01 pace.

Stelvio Pass. Downhill run for 7 miles of the 7.15. Prepping for my downhill half in just over a week. My legs felt it! Treadmill only let's me go 7:30 pace downhill so that's what I did.

54:00 overall time, 7:32 pace. 126 feet elevation gain, 872 calories.

Penny woke up way too early, everyone else was sleeping so we went out for a 3 mile loop before I showered and we headed to Disneyland for one last trip before the blockout.

Started with 2.88 miles in Sempione Park, Milan Italy. I wasn't sure I was going to run today. Cam caught a bug and I am doing everything I can to stay healthy for one more week. But I just couldn't help but get a run in. 21:50 overall time, 7:35 pace. 11 feet elevation gain, 346 calories. 

Girls were being good so I did another 3.02 miles. Calle Dietro Ai Magazzini, Venice. I think they had the camera on a boat going down the river, so I was running on the water. Couldn't do that even if I visited Venice! 22:35 overall time, 7:28 pace. 122 feet elevation gain, 374 calories. 

Oaxaca, Mexico. 40:30 overall time, 7:32 pace. 222 feet elevation gain, 667 calories.

3.22 miles in Barmoya, Norway. Very cautious these past few days. Cam got a virus that hit him hard, and it has left me on edge. I don't want to get sick...because I am so excited for my half marathon on Saturday! So drinking lots, getting lots of sleep, and hoping the sickness doesn't spread. 25:55 overall time, 8:03 pace. 284 feet elevation gain, 415 calories.

2.0 miles in Logan, UT. 14:30 overall time, 7:15 pace. 9 feet elevation gain, 238 calories.

Acadia National Park. 5.00 miles at 7:41 pace. 38:30 overall time. 195 feet elevation gain. 621 calories.

Fondamenta Vin Castello, Venice. 30:40 overall time, 7:37 pace. 210 feet elevation gain, 503 calories.

Happy National Running Day Run (a day late). 23:10 overall time, 7:34 pace. 203 feet elevation gain, 386 feet elevation gain.

Just a couple miles to shake out for the race tomorrow. It will be nice to do a run outside. I don't think I have gone longer than 3 miles outside for months. Franklin Roosevelt Monument, 18:25 overall time, 8:35 pace. 51 feet elevation gain, 265 calories.

I was so excited to race again. Glad I was able to stay healthy and escape the bug that seems to be floating around. And I couldn't have asked for better weather for this race in sunny California. Got to the bus around 5:20 am and hopped on. I had heard that this course was downhill...so I was expecting a bus ride up a canyon similiar to the Ogden Half Marathon. By the time we got to the start I wondered if the race was even really downhill, because the ride seemed pretty flat to me. Chatted with a few people until I started warming up about half hour before the race. The porta pottie lines were awful, so I started the warmup. And it paid to warm up. Literally a quarter mile up the road was a huge campsite filled with open bathrooms, and no lines! So I was able to use the bathroom as often as I needed to, and felt very ready to start the race.

I headed to the start. The gun went off and the first 3-4 miles I was doing my best to hold back. The first 5 miles are pretty downhill, and then the course flattens out so I didn't want to die at the end. I felt like I was jogging. Miles 3-6 my legs were aching, I think they were used to a cushioned treadmill vs the hard concrete. I thought for sure my goal of 1:35 was in jeopardy.

I kept plugging along and around mile 7 I noticed a lady tuck in behind me. Clouds rolled in and there was a light breeze. After having her trail me for a few miles, she let me know she was taking the lead and I tucked behind her. This definitely was a pick me up. I felt like I was back in my college days running with a group and hanging on.

I was able to keep switching back and forth until about mile 10 when I mentally started to lose focus. I was able to hang on through mile 11, and then I ran out of steam and hit the wall-mentally and physically. I was glad it didn't happen sooner, but I was on pace to run about a 1:28. I tried to hang on and break 1:30, but I didn't quite make it.

Overall, I feel really good about this race. I feel really good about how far I have come in the past 4.5 months that I have been running. Penny will be 6 months old tomorrow and I wasn't in the shape I am now until my other girls were at least 1. Thank you treadmill. The only thing that is bugging me is that I was close to breaking that even 1:30. I am hoping to come back next year and be in contention for the win- it is always hard to get beaten by people that you know you are faster than, but I had to put my pride to the side and be happy with the progress I have made and the blessing that is it to have a little family.

Not sure what is next for me...I am going to sign up for a marathon mid November, so that might be the next time I get to really race. Think I can train for a marathon on a treadmill? Guess we will see.

Split times:

6:37, 6:42, 6:54, 6:46, 6:48, 6:46, 6:38, 6:33, 6:36, 6:53, 6:59, 7:40 ugh..., 7:26 ugh...6:42 for the last .15

Average of 6:52 pace as my watch clocked it in 13.15. 1354 calories.

Was going to start up again today but caught a summer cold, so giving it a few more days. No rush, but I will be back soon.

Valle, Norway. 23:45 overall time, 7:49 pace. 384 calories, 191 feet elevation gain.

15 minutes Nike Training Club ab workout with the girls.

Granvin, Norway. 25:35 overall time. 8:22 pace. 143 feet elevation gain, 383 calories.

Rockells Bay, New Zealand. 24:25 overall time, 8:05 pace. 320 feet elevation gain, 395 calories.

2.37 miles in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. 18:20 overall time, 7:42 pace. 99 feet elevation gain, 294 calories.

2.00 miles on Haast River, New Zealand. 15:35 overall time, 7:48 pace. 175 feet elevation gain, 257 calories.

2.25 miles hike with family at Big Bear Lake. Castle Rock.

Penny woke up early, so pushed her in the stroller for 4 miles. No watch. Been fighting a cold ever since I ran the half marathon. It has wiped me out. Still coughing through the runs, but trying to take it easy as well as not lose too much fitness. Hoping to get back to 30-35 miles weeks starting next week.

3.78 miles in Midsund, Norway. 28:45 overall time, 7:35 pace. 336 elevation gain, 487 calories.

2.22 miles in Portland, Oregon. 16:45 overall time, 7:32 pace. 0 feet elevation gain, 267 calories.

5.03 miles in Tjorhom, Norway. 38:35 overall time, 7:39 pace. 431 feet elevation gain, 648 calories.

World Cup Tour: Germany. 2.38 miles in 18:20. 7:41 pace. 221 feet elevation gain, 308 calories.

3.08 miles on Tower Bridge. 23:10 overall time, 7:31 pace. 388 calories, 193 feet elevation gain.

1.49 miles on Sydney Harbor Bridge. 10:45 overall time. 7:13 pace. 183 calories, 50 feet elevation gain.

No run today. Got up early to shower and head to Dana Point to play with Grandma & Grandpa Harvey.

7.5 miles starting in Dana Point and headed out on the San Juan Creek Trail. Made it about 3.5 miles out and the tire on the stroller went completely flat. Pumped it up, but it kept going flat every couple min. So slow jog back to the hotel to play with the Harveys. Beach Day!

Sauda, Norway. 33:30 overall time, 7:32 pace. Did it while all my kids were awake and without the tv on! 553 calories. 202 feet elevation gain.

3 miles easy jog with Cameron. I think it has been over 6 months since we jogged together. He hasn't been running much so we just took it slow and enjoyed the morning together.

5.00 miles run over to Ford Street, down to Lugonia, and back home. First 2 miles basically downhill, mile 3 was flat, and miles 4-5 slightly uphill. Last two miles were HOT! Started the run at 9 am and the high for the day was 99.  37:35 overall time, 7:31 pace. 500 calories.

Splits: 7:24, 7:03, 7:30, 7:38, 7:59.

3.00 miles, World Cup Tour:England. 22:40 overall time, 7:33 pace. 105 feet elevation gain, 370 calories.

2.58 miles in Aland Islands, Finland. 19:40 overall time, 7:37 pace. 161 feet elevation gain, 325 calories.

4.74 miles in New York. 33:40 overall time, 7:06 pace. 58 feet elevation gain, 572 calories.

1.29 miles Parc de Woluwe, Belgium. 9:45 overall time, 7:32 pace. 106 feet elevation gain, 165 calories.

3.51 miles Port Angeles, Washington. 26:20 overall time, 7:30 pace, 57 feet elevation gain, 426 calories.

1.86 miles East Cape, New Zealand. 13:45 overall time, 7:23 pace. 14 feet elevation gain, 224 calories.

1.36 miles, Isle of Man, UK. 10:20 overall time, 7:37 pace. 78 feet elevation gain, 170 calories.

Too hot. A/C broke last night. Slept in too much. Survived.

Same loop. Gorgeous evening run. Perfect temperature/weather in the evenings here.

2.03 miles on the Monteray Coastal Trail. Had to take a break and give the baby a bottle, and made her play with toys while I added a few more miles. 14:40 overall time, 7:13 pace. 34 feet elevation gain. 246 calories.

3.02 miles, Cape Town, South Africa. 21:30 overall time, 7:07 pace. 24 feet elevation gain, 363 calories.

3.66 miles Mayo, Ireland. 7:31 pace, 27:35 overall time. 133 feet elevation gain, 453 calories.

1.63 miles London Bridge, Lake Havasu. 7:34 pace, 12:20 overall time. 206 feet elevation gain, 215 calories.

1.09 miles in Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. 8:05 overall time, 7:24 pace. 32 feet elevation gain, 134 calories.

World Cup Tour: Croatia. 24:00 overall time, 7:28 pace. 169 feet elevation gain, 402 calories.

Langvatnet, Norway. 4.87 miles. 36:40 overall time, 7:31 pace. 343 feet elevation gain, 618 calories.

Tried to add a bit on but baby started crying. Aotea Harbour, New Zealand. 2:50 overall time, .36 miles, 7:52 pace. 14 feet elevation gain, 44 calories.

2 15 minute Nike Training Club workouts. 15 minutes of abs, 15 minutes of leg burning.

Ifit treadmill workout. Don;t feel like writing the stats.

4.21 Treadmill workout, Norway. 7:34 pace.

2 different ifit workouts. Too tired to write stats. Just getting mileage up.

Ifit workout again. 7:23pace.

Jackson Bay, New Zealand. 25:50 overall time, 7:36 pace. 55 feet elevation gain. 412 calories.

Thanksgiving 10K run. 45:35 overall time. 784 calories. 375 feet elevation gain. 7:18 pace.

3.12 miles, Deception Pass, Washington. 23:30 overall time, 7:31 pace. 399 calories, 256 feet elevation gain.

Calle Convertite, Venice. 2.28 miles, 16:10. 7:05 pace. 5 feet elevation gain, 273 calories.

Vik, Norway. 31:50 overall time, 4.25 miles. 7:29 pace. 526 calories, 171 feet elevation gain.

Mixture of runs today.

Morning was 2.15 miles in Venice 16:15 overall time (7:33 pace). 55 ft elevation, 263 calories. Followed by 1.79 miles in Italy. 13:40 overall time (7:39 pace). Hilly! 394 feet elevation gain, 251 calories.

Put the kids to bed in the evening and Cam wasn't home so hopped on to get a few more miles in. 3.04 miles in Isle of Barra, UK. 22:10 overall time (7:17 pace), 4 feet elevation gain, 365 calories. Added 2.10 miles in Pekerua Bay, New Zealand. 15:15 overall time (7:15 pace), 61 feet elevation gain, 257 calories.

Guess I did the same run as last night. Thats what it shows at least, but I swear I didn't. Anyways, not a lot of time to run today so I got 3 miles in and called it good and headed to the pool with friends.

Huai Khao Kam, Thailand. 25:20 overall time, 7:31 pace. 170 feet elevation gain, 420 calories.

Stelvio Pass. 53:40 overall time. 7:30 pace. 127 feet elevation gain, 871 calories.

Africa. 30:15. 7:38 pace. Hillier run today. 494 feet elevation gain, 523 calories.

3.11 miles Mutsu, Japan. 24:10 overall time, 7:46 pace. Hilly again. 540 elevation gain, 426 calories.

2.02 miles down a ski slope, Alder Creek, Whistler, BC. 0 feet elevation gain. 15:10 overall time. 7:30 pace. 243 calories.

Cross training. 40 minute Nike Training Club workout. Lunges, pushups, situps, weights. Going to be sore tomorrow.

Went out to Crafton Hills College and ran on the trails. There are miles of trails out there that I had no idea were there. Only problem is they are a bit more uphill than the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Ogden. Jogged out 3 miles. I felt like crap. It looked like a gradual uphill but when I turned around and started cruising back I realized why I felt so bad. So the way out almost killed me, but downhill on the way back was fun.

3.15 miles uphill included a bunch of stop and walk breaks. I am not used to running outside or up a mountain in the heat. 9:44 pace. 30:39 overall time 307 calories.

3.03 miles downhill on the way back. Cruised the whole way and felt like I was flying. Perfect downhill. Not too hard on the knees. 7:40 pace. 23:18 overall time, 305 calories.

Ran 1.5 miles and then my treadmill froze for some reason. The belt kept going, but the screen didn't change and my distance didn't go up. So had to restart the treadmill and choose another run.

3.10 miles in the Hawaiian Islands National Preserve. 21:55 overall time, 7:04 pace. 60 feet elevation gain, 376 calories.

1.2 mile hike with the girls out at Crafton Hills Trail Head.

4.02 miles in Illes Balears, Spain. 29:20 overall time, 7:17 pace. 27 feet elevation gain. 484 calories.

2.98 miles in North America. 21:10 overall time, 6:40 pace. 83 feet elevation gain, 357 calories.

5.31 miles down the ski slopes of Enumclaw, Washington. 39:50 overall time, 7:30 pace. 17 feet elevation gain, 639 calories.

Mesa Verde National Park. Cool to see the ruins that I saw last summer. 25:20 overall time, 7:02 pace. 338 elevation gain, 462 calories.

Maui, Hawaii. 31:05 overall time, 7:37 pace. 568 feet elevation change, 545 calories.

2.81 miles Santa Cruz, Spain. 20:50 overall time, 7:24 pace. 150 feet elevation gain, 351 calories.

2.01 miles Moscow, Russia. 14:50 overall time. 7:22 pace. 0 feet elevation gain, 241 calories.

Isla Mujeres, Mexico. 34:55 overall time. 65 feet elevation gain. 7:18 overall pace. 537 calories.

Isola di Pantelleria, Italy. 31:50 overall time, 7:31 pace. 407 feet elevation gain. Hillier run than I have been doing. 507 calories.

2.00 miles in Fiesole, Italy. 16:00 overall time. 8:00 pace. 447 feet elevation gain. 262 calories.

3.04 miles in Cozumel, Mexico. 21:35 overall time. 7:06 pace. 42 feet elevation gain. 340 calories.

Mikaye Island, Japan. 24:05 overall time, 7:31 pace. 364 feet elevation gain, 388 calories.

Cross training. Nike Training Center workout.

Walked Aubrey the 0.70 miles to drop school. Then pushed Ada and Penny in the double stroller for 4.30 miles to finish out the 5 mile loop. First 2 miles running were downhill and flat, followed by uphill the rest of the way. So fun to be able to go out and push again. Loved it. Ada had a blast and Penny put up with it.

Can't find my watch right now for all the stats. But slower due to pushing and uphill. But I do think my downhill and flat miles were under 8:00 pace while pushing the double.

3.47 miles in Hawaii. 25:20 overall time, 7:18 overall pace. 124 feet elevation gain. 396 calories.

Walked Aubrey 0.70 miles to school.

Started running out towards Redlands Airport. Ada loved looking at the planes, and overall both girls had fun on this run so it was easy to keep going. Ada didn't want to be done when we got home. 5.17 miles (8:21, 7:25, 8:59, 8:20, 9:14) Forgot to stop my watch when I got home so my overall time and average pace are so high. When I saw them I was thinking-wait I was feeling like I had a really good run. Figured out why. Last .17 was supposedly run at 42:27 pace!

3.18 miles Stora Kalsoy, Norway.  22:50 overall time, 7:11 pace. 241 feet elevation gain, 374 calories.

1.59 miles Whangape Harbor, New Zealand. 11:55 overall time, 7:29 pace. 125 feet elevation gain, 188 calories.

Walked Aubrey 0.70 miles to school. Then jogged for an additional 3.45 miles around the church loop. Curbs here are awful and you have to stop and go down, then lift the stroller up the next. Finally just decided to run on the edge of the road.

Glacier National Park. 43:40 overall time. 7:49 pace. 798 feet elevation gain. 693 calories.

Walked Aubrey 0.70 miles to school. Ran 3.5 miles around town with the double stroller.

2.50 miles in Kalampaka, Greece. 18:45 overall time. 113 feet elevation gain. 7:30 pace. 288 calories.

2.00 miles Hokianva Harbor, New Zealand. 14:55 Overall time. 7:30 pace. 202 feet elevation gain. 239 calories.

Had the briliant idea that Ada would take her new bubble gun and shoot bubbles as I ran. Well, we figured out quickly that the bubble gun doesn't work while running, or even walking. So I ran 2.40 miles, and let her get out and walk 0.13 miles. Finished the run by running 1.47 miles.

Ada's Birthday party. Too much fun to run!

2.58 miles in Hammerfest, Norway. 19:30 overall time, 7:33 pace. 275 feet elevation gain, 311 calories.

3.01 miles in Haast, New Zealand. 22:40 overall time, 7:31 pace. 216 feet elevation gain, 355 calories.

Isle of Arran, UK. 37:50 overall time. 7:31 pace. 149 feet elevation gain. 573 calories.

Vis, Croatia. 3.38 miles. 7:28 pace. 258 feet elevation gain, 398 calories.

Seven Mile Bridge. 5.00 miles, 37:35 overall time. 7:31 pace. 565 calories.