NEW FOUND HEROES!!!

YOU MY FRIENDS....

ARE MY NEW FOUND HEROES!!!!

Here is an idea of what you can expect...

We will be doing some of this...
A whole lot of this......
Some more of this.......
OK a ton of this......
And let us not forget, a WHOLE LOT OF THIS!!!!!
After all the training, running hills, sprints, tempo runs, sore feet, ankles, knees, back, hips, thighs, calves, heels, achillies, changing legs - just to have Ragnar change them again, buying shoes, returning shoes, and hydrating; we are here, it's GO TIME! I'm excited to hang with my buds. Weather should be great, company is awesome and the scenery....what can I say. Good luck to everyone....LET"S DO THIS!

Are You WIGGIN???? Cause I'm WIGGIN !!!!!

Look up STRESS in the dictionary and this is what you will read...

1: pressure or strain that tends to distort a body

2: relative prominence given to one thing among others

3: state of physical or mental tension or something inducing it

I really think it should just read RAGNAR!!!!!!


Can you imagine how giddy and stress free we are going to be Saturday night????
I CAN HARDLY WAIT!!!!!!!!

MAP IT BABY!

Did you know you can get on Google maps and put in the exchange points of your legs and you can see your route as if you were running it. I was just curious what my night route scenery was like. . . scary, ok, nice, slummy, you know. So i spent like 2 hours on google maps tonight checking out my legs. Not the chubby ones I am sitting on but my other legs. Kind of fascinating actually. Let me know if you want to do it and need help. I had to ask Aaron. Perhaps you want to be surprised but, me, I wanted to at least have some idea what i have gotten myself into!!! See ya in 6! Happy tapering!!!

Here is an article I found...

Ever Farted While You Were Running?
posted at 1/3/2010 4:50 PM CST

I think it is quite funny when people fart while they are running. I know, gross right? But you know that we all pass gas at some time or another...

One time when I was running with a friend I farted. It sounded funny since we were running so she thought it was my shoe squeaking. Now every time someone farts during practice we laugh and ask, "Was that your shoe?"

So Marinda, it really wasn't my shoe, I lied.

I AM NOT A JOGGER--I AM A RUNNER!!!

Another one of my favorite articles!

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/1,7124,s6-243-332--12126-0,00.html#

Today's funny:

(Man sitting up in bed all sweaty with a scared look on his face while wife is sleeping. Clock says 3 am)

Man: I was down to my shorts. . . breathing hard. . . and people. . . were chasing me. . . through the streets . . for hours!!!

Wife: Shhhh, Honey. It's just a nightmarathon. Have some gatorade and go back to sleep.

Hahahaha! Get to see you all in a week from today!!! Yippee Skippee!!

times a tickin

Who's idea was the damn time ticker at the top of this blog?:) It's making me sick to my stomach. I think I'm gonna go throw up now! I liked it a lot better 20 days ago:)

Butterfly Effect

Sometimes I feel like I run and run and run and I never improve and it never gets any easier. I found this article a while back that made me realize it is all part of a bigger picture. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/1,7124,s6-243-332--13377-0,00.html#

The Last Supper

Ok--so being as we are going to live on bagels and gu for 24+ hours, we need to eat a good meal Thursday night. Pasta anyone? Ok so i was thinking that there may be a few other people in Ventura that night with the same idea. So-perhaps we should try to make reservations somewhere. What do you think? There is a Macaroni Grill in Ventura and an Olive Garden in Oxnard. Or there are several local italian places that look yummy so let me know if you want to go with chain place or if you want to try something local and what price range we want to stay in and what time we want to eat and I will try to get some reservations. Whew!

I told her I was going to!!!

Tiff is going to kill me!!!! I told her after our run yesterday morning that I was going to post something about her on the blog and she told me I better not but I am going to anyways:) :) :)

She totally kicked my butt - tore it up - schooled me - left me in the dust etc. etc. on our run yesterday morning. We went on that stupid dirt road by the county park, the one that has that incredibly long hill and she SMOKED me!!! It was her 1st time running it and my 3rd. We get to the car and I am dying ready to stop, I even pushed STOP on my watch and she keeps on going. I was like "what the heck" and she's like "you said you needed to get 6.5 miles in today" and I'm like "Yeah - but I've changed my mind"!!! She didn't listen and kept running, so I kept running after her - 6.7 miles later we were back at the car!!!! She was like the energizer bunny!!!!

Tiff you are AMAZING - thanks for keeping me going!

Hotel Info

Our hotel in Ventura is located at 708 E. Thompson BLVD Ventura, CA 93001. It is 1.8 miles from the starting line. The starting line address is 1000 San Pedro St. There weren't a lot of choices for hotel in Ventura, it must not be a very big city. The hotel is a Best Western and it had the best reviews so I hope it is o.k. I am not use to making accommodations for so many people. I hope everyone is happy. It is almost her and I can't wait.

HEAVEN

That is soooo funny that Shawna posted that pic because the weather here in northern Cali is absolutely GORGEOUS today! I had an awesome run this morning and the whole time I was thinking if it is anything like this during Ragnar we are going to do awesome! You guys are going to think you died and went to heaven just getting out of the cold and the wind. The weather gave me so much momentum today and i know it will be the same there! So excited!!!

Also--new favorite quote:

"Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up!"
--Amby Burfoot

Happy Running!

I AM READY!!!

My friends I'm am SO ready to get out of this darn wind and bring this on:


LETS DO IT!!

Heather Was Right!!

I ran 10 miles Mon., tempo 3 on Tues, and that was it. I thought it was going to be a great week and then kids got sick and I got sick. So it looks like I got 2 days this week. How pathetic!! So Heather you were right I will probably get about 6 more days of training in before this race. As much as I would love to get more training in I still can't wait. I wish it was next week.

Following In Their Footsteps

Today I had the opportunity to "follow in the footsteps" of Lori and Marinda on some retarded dirt road with the COLD wind blowing in my face. I had a lot of time to think about footsteps. I pretty much figured out that I was taking 3 (yes I said three) steps to their ONE. I tried at different times to "lengthen my stride" so I could match my steps with theirs but I just couldn't do it:) I don't mind "following" these amazing ladies - they always come back and check on me, leave me with encouraging words and then take off again and I'm thankful for that:)

So if you ever find yourself following, don't get discouraged it's the finishing that counts!!!!!
Happy Training!!!!

28 days! Are you kidding me?

Seriously? We only have 28 days to train? Take away all the Sundays and that only leaves 24. Take away the week before in which we will taper off in preparation and now we are down to 17. Lose a few traveling during spring break-down to 14. Minus a few days for bad weather/too sore or tired/injury recuperation/sick kids/chaotic schedules, etc. ---9 days. And just think--if you only run five days a week instead of six there goes another few. Well my friends! Being as i only have 6 days to train, i guess i better stop blogging and start running!! :)

Love to you all! Cannot wait to see you!!!! Ready or not--here we come!!!!

whose idea was this anyway?

The closer this thing gets the more nervous I become....I seriously wonder if Lori was truly 'inspired' when she came to my house a few months back telling me she had been 'inspired' to ask me to do this race. I wouldn't ever let her know this...but I really am grateful that she thinks she was 'inspired'...cause this race has given me something to look forward to, and to push myself beyond what I ever thought I would ever be capable of doing. Today, down here in Safford, I ran 5 miles in 66 minutes...making that an average of a 13.20 minute mile. Now I know that doesn't even compare to the other runners on our team, but for me...that puts a smile on my face!!!

Time is Creeping

I can't believe it isn't here yet. I am so sick of waiting. I ran with Kelli and Shawna yesterday and they are doing great. Shawna is going to cruise through her runs like nothing. Kelli I going to impress everyong including herself. I can't believe how good she is doing with as little as she has been able to train. I am so excited I can hardly wait. I wish the training was over and the race was here already.

Start Time

We have our start time 6:30 A.M. I am really excited I think it will be so pretty and I hope it is beautiful weather.

It's Almost Here

I am so excited for this race. It is going to be so much fun. I should have started this blog sooner because it is so fun to train together on the blog. It is a good way to share info about the race or ask questions. So post anything you would like. Lori and I will let you know if there are any up dates.