What to do

So I'm hungry all the time. I feel like a teenager. I'm not even running that far yet. What happens when I start going 8-10 miles a day?? Oh boy.

For your reading pleasure

I was just looking over to course map for wasatch back. runners 5, 6, 9, and 10 have some pretty intense runs! Wow! some of the elevations changes are tremendous! looks like it will be fun. If you haven't looked at them yet, then go here
http://www.ragnarrelay.com/wasatchback/runnerchart.php
and check them out!

Hey I'm Here TOO!!

Hey guys, I just want to start out by telling you how impressed and honored I am that you are doing this. I know that Jeremy would be soooooo happy to see you all coming together and talking about running! What fun. My training is going pretty good. I'm trying to maintain 20-25 miles a week and so far I'm doing it. I had to run 9 miles on Sat. to accomplish 20 but I did it!! You guys are awesome. Keep it up!

I can see!!!!

It was fun to run this morning and have a faint light to see by. I am used to having to run with my head down and looking just ahead of my feet to avoid obstacles. Today I could run with my head due to the change back to real time. I had a 3 mile run about 23 minutes today. It felt real good. Kimberli asked how far she should run today and I told her 1.5 miles and she was offended that I mad it too easy, so she ran 2 miles and walked one. It is fun to cheer each other on each day.

Legs are not as tired

My legs are not as tired. I must be getting used to this running thing. I ran/walked 4+ miles on Saturday and another 3.5 today. My goal is to run 5 miles without stopping by Thanksgiving.

What a difference

Hey no pain!! I determined it was time for me to get new everyday shoes as my ankle was hurting worse with them on than off. So off to the shoe store I went and started trying on shoes. After talking to the guy, I determined also that my running shoes were too wide. So I started looking for alternatives. I found these adidas that felt good and so I got them and a pair for everyday wear. I ran in my new shoes and wonderful. YAY!!

Anyway I need a pair of shoes to stay at work so when I take my motorcycle I don't have to wear my boots all day. So I'll use my old pair of running shoes for that.

2 miles, stopped for like 20 seconds to look at a for sale sign. Bad habit. I need to get a watch so I can see how long these are taking me.

I want to volunteer for leg 9.

Planning for the future

I was looking at the legs of the wasatch back and pondering on the different levels of difficulty. I came up with this to quantify their difficulty levels. They are ranked easy, moderate, hard and very hard. I gave each level a value of 1-4, respectively, to quantify them and this is the result.

1: 1,4,1=6
2: 3,1,1=5
3: 2,2,3=7
4: 2,1,1=4
5: 4,2,1=7
6: 4,4,1=9
7: 1,2,1=4
8: 1,2,2=5
9: 1,4,4=9
10: 1,3,4=8
11: 4,3,4=11
12: 4,3,1=8

I would like to volunteer to run leg 11. This may seem premature to some of you but I want a clear idea of what i will be training for and I'm finding I like the idea of the challenge. anyways, this will just give you an picture of what to expect. Look at the wasatch back page for detailed descriptions of each leg.