Winter 2020 Bucket List update #1

Winter 2020 Bucket List update #1

Here we are a month into winter. The daylight hours are getting longer, the average temperature is creeping up ever so slowly, and it is time to check in on our Winter Bucket Lists. Health & fitness Choose a 10K to run…perhaps one in Southern Utah, near our home construction site. Once I choose the…

Winter 2019-20 Bucket List

Winter 2019-20 Bucket List

Are you as shocked as I am that we are just days away from 2020? As for winter…I must confess I feel like Old Man Winter has been with us for awhile (rather than just arriving). I’m kind of over it already and tempted to look ahead to spring. But evidently Mother Nature has not…

Race recap: 2019 Swiss Days 10K

Race recap: 2019 Swiss Days 10K

Another race in the books! This year I chose a race I haven’t done before, the Swiss Days 10K in Midway, Utah. It’s a smaller race (256 total participants) with participant ribbons instead of medals. On the plus side, it takes place later in the summer, so I was able to push training out until…

Race recap: 2018 Utah Valley 10k

Race recap: 2018 Utah Valley 10k

Another race in the books! This year I chose to repeat the Utah Valley 10k. It is a well-run race on a gentle downhill slope with beautiful finisher medals—just my style. However, unlike previous years, I was not training, or planning to run, with anyone else. I missed having a fellow racer to check in…

Friday favorites: a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Friday favorites: a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Happy Friday! It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Actually, it’s been a beautiful week around here–weatherwise and otherwise! 🙂 I hope yours was the same. Saturday was perfect football weather (yes, you can find football in the spring if you know where to look). These girls are 12 years old and fierce! I couldn’t…

A runner is born (guest post from my sister Cindy!)

A runner is born (guest post from my sister Cindy!)

This week’s post is a special one–my first guest post, written by my multi-talented sister, Cindy. In addition to being a wonderful sister, she is a mother, wife, grandmother, educator, cancer-survivor, and now runner and writer!  So without further ado, Cindy describes her first 10K experience. I signed up and paid for two races before…

Friday favorites: feeling the love

Friday favorites: feeling the love

I love Friday favorites, because it’s a chance to focus on all of the little happy moments that occurred during the week. And there was a lot to love about this week. What’s not to love about getting your nails done–especially a beautiful baby blue! You know I love running outdoors, especially when the weather…

Friday favorites: cabin life and more

Friday favorites: cabin life and more

Another week has zipped by, and it’s time once again for the Friday Favorites blog post. I guess time really does fly when you’re having fun. And in case you’re wondering, here’s my idea of fun. We got Larry a new chair for Hawkes Landing. So no more of this. (Notice he did not let go…

Run, run as fast as you can

Run, run as fast as you can

This week starts my official training for the Utah Valley 10K. This year, my sister Cindy is running it with me, and I am super excited. I typically use a Hal Higdon training program, and like most programs, his stop just shy of the race distance. In other words, for a 10K, the last long…