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I did two 5K runs this week!! Go me! I was so excited, that I could do that without dying. When I was a senior in high school, I barely finished one under an hour. This time 36 min.

My motivation.

Blooming Onion

(Matt says as I put this up: Can't we just have it every week until we die? They are so freaking good.)

I totally wanted one for my birthday dinner, so Matt and I walked up to Outback to get it. It was completely worth sweating for an hour to eat this. 

Highlights of my birthday:

1. Blooming Onion

2. Matt cooking me breakfast in bed

3. Cake with my family and friends

4. Having a Clean House

5. Getting a sewing machine a month before my birthday

Motivation to Run

Well I've been working on that whole running thing. I ran my first 10 minute mile ever. ::happy dance::

On our way home from our date at the Beane museum, I saw that BYU posted some friendly motivation to run too.

So, moral of this post: run fast...especially when you are being chased by a serial killer. (By the way, we're not really sure how these work. If you did manage to reach one, I can't really imagine your pursuer saying "Awww, shoot; you're on base!")

Running into the New Year

So back when I was 20, I wrote a bucketlist titled “Things I will do before I’m 25.” Every year I pick a few to try to achieve. I checked all but one of them off last year! Sadly the one I didn’t do was running a half marathon. I was doing pretty good with the whole running thing, until I met my really cute husband. Then the only running I was doing was across the street before some crazy Provo driver accidently hit me.

This year, I am determined to do it.

I’m off to an awful start though. I’ve been sick for the last 5 days, and before that I only worked out once. Not on the right track to run 13.1 miles. On top of that, I totally despise running with all my heart. It is one of my least favorite activities, but I figured if I put honest effort into running, maybe I would start liking it a little bit. After all if Jamie from Walk to Remember made “Befriend someone I don’t like” as part of her bucketlist, then “Like a hobby I hate” isn’t that ridiculous right?

So…

Goal: Run a half marathon

Favorite Blog:  http://www.runfastermommy.com (she’s so funny)

Races (These are tentative…but the half marathon I’m 99.5% sure I’ll do it):

5K

Provo City Marathon

May 5, 2012

10K

Utah Valley Marathon

June 9, 2012

Half Marathon

Utah Runner Girls Half marathon (Alpine, UT)

August 27, 2011

Motivation:

My Motto 

In the mirror I see an awesome good? okay runner?

I’m not so big on how fast I do it, as long as I do it. So if anyone wants to train with me, (because I’m just learning from the internet…real life help and friends are definitely better, especially if you are slow. The slower the better actually...) just let me know! I’m really excited for this. J