Silly Me

The bus I take only comes around the :15 hour after 9, and I missed it today, so I ended up walking from 400 West to Campus. It was about 2 miles. I was exhausted from speed walking because it was chilly this morning. Then I had work and school, followed by a quick run at the Fieldhouse, and now even more work. I am a weird girl. I should have just waited for the next bus instead of walking. I could have saved a lot of energy and time. Oh well. Live and learn. Here is the walking route I took today. It is basically my running route that I do sometimes for my super fast there and back runs.

Thanks Google Maps for the directions!

Goals for 2012

I figure if I write some goals down, I am more likely to accomplish them. I wrote this list at the beginning of January... but nonetheless here are some of my goals for 2012.

• Complete a half marathon. This one to be exact.
• Read The Book of Mormon.
• Graduate from USU for a second time and become a "Master of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences with a Museum Studies Certificate."
• Go on a vacation somewhere I haven't been yet. Maybe to northern California or the Grand Canyon. Or maybe just Southern Utah. 
• Do something out of my comfort zone.
• Intern somewhere.
• Finish my online portfolio.
• Smile and be happy.

Running in the Rain

Yes, it's another weather related post.


I woke this morning and noticed it was dreary and overcast. Perfect running weather. I have missed running outside and in Logan, I don't usually get to run outside during the winter months. I got dressed in my warm running gear (and a rain jacket that didn't seem to keep me very dry by the end) and headed out. It was only raining slightly when I began my run, but by the time I got to Main Street which is approximately 10 minutes by the route I take, it was raining moderately. I ran up 500 North with the rain splattering my face. I modified my run quite a bit. I shaved at least a mile or two off because of the pouring rain. By the time I got done, I was soaked to the bone and it looked like I had jumped into a pool or something. My hair was sopping wet and my clothes started to make me cold. I am glad I ran and I got to puddle jump during my run. So much fun!


The best part was the nice hot bowl of oatmeal and toasty warm shower I had post run. And no, I did not eat the oatmeal in the shower, I ate it after I changed out of my wet running clothes into some dry sweats but before I got into the shower. Happy exercising everyone!

Yep. That's me post run. The jacket is a light olive green, not a dark one like it is in the photo. And my hair was in a big knot from the wind and rain and running. It was hoot!

Christmas Break

Here are some of the things I did over the break, in no particular order. It's a long post.

• Drove to Kaysville and then went to the airport to go to Washington.
• Finally got to eat Evelyn's Favorite Pasta at The Cheesecake Factory.
• Went shopping. (My mom and I did  a lot of this.)
• Slept!
• Ate yummy food.
• Went running a couple of times around Chambers Bay.

• Listened to the rain at night. 
• Had a great Christmas. 
• Spoke in church.
• Helped paint the tile backsplash of the kitchen.

• Set-up a wireless printer.
• Worked from home.
• Cleaned the office.
• Watched movies. 17 Miracles is a tear jerker, but it is a good one.
• Read books (The Hunger Games series again, The Power of Six {I Am Number Four sequel}, City of Bones, and some other random books I found at the house).
• Pretended that the forest near the house was where the first Hunger Games took place. (NERD ALERT!)
• Did laundry.
• Skyped with family.
• Enjoyed the New Year.
• Helped my mom with various projects.
• Took naps.
• Broke the same piñata for Christmas and for New Year's in the backyard instead of the garage. It took Tony and I three rounds on Christmas Eve to break it and it took Tony three swings to break it on New Year's Eve. I will post a video when I have a chance.

• Had interesting dreams.
• Enjoyed being away from real life for a while.
• Took Photo Booth pictures.

I hope everyone had a great Holiday season! Have a great 2012!

Seriously?

This happened a few days ago and I started writing about it, but I am behind in my posting, so here it is now, in all its glory.


I am swamped with assignments and work is super busy. I always feel more calm and can think better when I run. So, I went to the Fieldhouse to get all my frustrations and stress out of my system for a short three miler. I would go running outside, but it is usually dark by the time I can go running and my family doesn't like it when I run outside in the dark. Imagine that. 


Anyway, I changed and headed up the stairs to where the treadmills are. Now, do you remember me mentioning how the Fieldhouse has creepy men that like to stare on my last blog? Well, they are still there, and I think there may be more than there used to be. When I got to the treadmill I planned on using, the place was pretty empty, I mean there were people there but there were plenty of machines not near me that were not in use. Do you know where my story is going? Where do these smelly, sweaty guys decide to run? If you guessed a couple of treadmills away, you would be wrong. 


I had to complete my run inhaling sweat smelling air and one of the guys had really bad breath on top of that. Not my favorite thing to do. But if it keeps snowing and is dark and cold, I will be going to the Fieldhouse more often.

Red Rock Relay

I got to participate in the Red Rock Relay with some awesome people. It was a great experience. The RRR is much more laid back than Ragnar and I didn't feel as stressed out with it. And for some reason I recovered a lot faster than I did with Ragnar last year. Maybe it was because I got to run at great times (early afternoon, later evening, and early morning) and we had a house to go to between our legs. That's the way to go. I actually got about three hours of sleep or so and just had a fun time. Van 1 was great and we all got along. Thanks for the fun memories We're Not the Droids You Are Looking For!


Some funny quotes from the race:
"Are you the droid we are looking for?" "Yes, I am the droid you're looking for!"
"Maybe I'll buy a creeper van." -Jamie
"Highway 18. Highway 18." -GPS
"Do you love the sound of my voice?" -Sara

At the beginning of the race at Brian Head Resort. It was cold. Can you tell?

  

Joni and Sara rode up the chairlift. Sara rode back down, Joni got to run down the mountain.

 Jamie and Chewy!

 Oh beef jerky.

We did it! This picture reminds me of a family photo. Oh, and we started a trend because after we got taking our group shots, all the other teams went to the same spot for their group photos. Sweet!

  Van 1 was super fun! And I just have to say... one of these things is not like the other.

   Thank you Yoda for your wise words... we DID it!

It really is beautiful down there. I would run it again.