Emigration Canyon

This morninig I went with my running group up Emigration Canyon for a 12 mile run. My longest run now that my foot is better before this was 7 miles so I was dreading the 12 miles 6 of which were up hill. I ran with my mom and we took it slow.

I ended up speed walking for part of it and could almost keep up with my mom when she was running and would catch up when she walked. It was a pretty morning but I think I like running in the cold better than the heat. You can layer up in the winter and there is no way i am running in just a sports bra and shorts. I don't have the body for that.

After 5 miles of up hill hell I asked my mom and the other lady that was running with us if they were okay if we turned around a mile early they were both up for it. We ended up running 10.3 miles. I am okay that I didn't do the entire run.

Here are some pictures I took on my phone on the run.

Jason is Running

So my husband has caught the running fever from me. He has started running whenever I run. It has messed me up a little because I like to run in the morning and he likes to run at night. So I run my mid week runs with him in the evening and on the weekends run with my group.

I feel bad because he always stays with me when he could run a lot faster than me. He is registered to run the Provo River Half Marathon with me in August and depending on how the training goes he might run the Portland Marathon with me. I am not going to register him till he runs over 15 miles to make sure he still wants to run the marathon. I don't want to pay $100 and have him back out of the race.

Our training is coming along great he doesn't have any pain. I have a little knee pain but I think it is the 5lbs I gained while I was out for 5 weeks. We are behind on our training schedugle and are trying to catch up to the mileage.

We ran 5 miles last Saturday and We will run 7 miles this Friday or Saturday (Saturday I am volunteering at Utah Valley Marathon so I am missing the group run). Next Saturday we will run 10 miles then the following weekend we will be caught up to the mileage of the group and can do the 12 mile canyon run with the running group.

On another note I have to speak in church on Sunday. I am stressed out about it. I haven't talked in church for 10-11 years.