Stinky clothes and pretty nails.

We have been enjoying a farm up the street from us. This is one of our fun rainbow dinners. Red=Cherries 

Orange=Oranges 

Yellow= Pineapples and Bananas 

Green= Honey Dew Melons and Broccoli

Blue=Blueberries

Purple=Grapes and Plumes

For a little protein we added Adele Chicken and Apple Sausages. I was bored with straight grilled chicken and decided to splurge with my favorite sausages. (Honestly I love all the chicken sausages from Adele.) 

Our summer has included a few hikes (not as many as I would like). The following pictures are from a hike up the Gorge with the hubby and kids. 

We were so hungry when we arrived that we started to eat our sandwiches while we hiked. 

A cute little snake we found on our hike. 

My husband teaching our son the important things in life. Like peeing in the 'wild'. 

Some of the pretty views. 

More views

A hidden waterfall my husband and I found before kids and thought the kids would love it. 

Isn't it pretty?

Sometimes we forget to enjoy the beauty of nature. 

When we hike. I take up the rear so I can make sure kids are safe. Aric takes the lead and makes sure we are on a safe path. The kids get to enjoy making memories. 

So here are the pretty nails. Why are pretty nails important? Well it means I'm eating correctly again. It means I'm back to training. It means I'm taking care of myself. I'm exercising, I'm playing with the kids, and I'm eating right. 

Yesterday I lead a workout with some friends and we did 400 crunches a little bit of running, about 65 push ups, some other fun ab and butt exercises. Then in the evening I did a 4x400's with 200 m jog. 1/2 mile wu and 1/2 mile cd. Then I ran 3 relaxed miles with a friend. The day before I did some 100m sprints with 10 push ups after each on repeat 10x's then 350 crunches. I am happy to be sore today and ready for an easy run tonight. I am slowing increasing my miles to prep from the Girlfriend's half marathon. I ran 1:43 last year and want to run 1:40 or better this year. I think I can do it if I can just stay healthy, read no ITBS!  

Lucy I'm home...

I've been so busy with work that I haven't taken the time to write. I sure home my LARGE group of followers have not been too sad that I've taken so much time off. Yes, because I'm that important. (that's sarcasm ladies and gentlemen).

So I ran another marathon. Had some medical problems. Started a business. Volunteered a crap load of hours at my kids school. Now, I reminisce about my previous running times and my expanding waist line.

Let's state some facts:
I ran a crap marathon (time wise not fun with my friends wise). 4:25. That's just sad. I was running some of my long runs at 8:35pace for 20-22 miles. Then a few health issues happened. Having said that I was doing really well on my marathon. I was ahead of the four hour pace group until mile 22. That's when my ITBand fell apart.

I have gained 15lbs since running said marathon. The worst part is it was a month and a half ago. Dang!

I have done no cross training and I miss it.

I want my kids to play and be very active outside this summer.

I need to get my butt off the computer and go to my workout. Chat later. 

Today was a good run.

I love how runs can ebb and flow. Crappy one now good one in 3 weeks. Here is what I have been upto for the last few weeks:

Today I ran a good 20 miler, well except for the whole peeing blood, yea it was a great run. 20 @8:44.
Friday - 10 miles of hills
Tuesday - 10 miles
Sunday 2/5- 7 miles
2/4 - 12 miles (I just didn't want to run 16 so there!)

1. 
   16
2. 10
   17
3. 6
   18
4. 19
5. 10
   20
6. 11
   21
7. 4
   22

1. 23
2.  5
   24
3. 6
   25
4. 3
   26
5. 1
   27
6.  20
   28
7. 6
   29

1. 6
   30
2. 31
3. 4
   01
4. 11
   02
5. 4
   03
6. 12
   04
7. 7
   05

1. 06
2. 10
   07
3. 08
4. 09
5. 10
   10
6.  20
   11

And here is a week by week look:

1. 28
   34
2. 26
   35
3. 26
   36
4. 19
   37
5.  33
   38
6. 20
   39
7. 28
   40
8. 19
   41
9. 28
   42
10. 6
    43
11. 15
    44
12.  15
    45
13. 18
    46
14. 22
    47
15. 25
    48
16. 39
    49
17. 6
    50
18. 21
    51
19. 16
    52
20. 3
    53
21. 5
    1
22. 35
    2
23. 21
    3
24. 40
    4
25. 41
    5
26. 44
    6
27.  40
    Feb 06 — Feb 1202/07: Ran 4 mi02/07: Ran 6.01 mi02/10: Ran 10 mi02/11: Ran 20 mi

     
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