L.A. Marathon 2009

I LOVED IT!!! I did the marathon yesterday. It was a huge marathon. ~17,000 people there for the whole event. I got there and it took my friend and I like 30 minutes just to find the toilets:) The streets in down town L.A. were packed with people. There were like 5 helicopters at the beginning and thousands of spectators. I would have to say that besides the Boston Marathon, this is the biggest marathon I've done. It was great. I felt soooo good the whole time. I didn't train to run it really fast so I was happy to relax most of the time. My goal that I trained for was a 3:30. I had to run a 3:40 to qualify for Boston but I knew that that wouldn't be a problem. I came out with a 3:23. Actually, my watch said 3:20 but I know that that was because I stopped to pee and stretch twice and I turned off my watch during that time:) Scotty came with his bike and road with me from mile 17 on. It was soooo nice to have him there. He took some videos so here they are:)

I got 7th place in my age group out of 665 people. Not bad.

Mile 24. . .


Mile 25


And almost to mile 26. I love passing people at the end. Especially males!! Scotty was riding his bike while shooting this one. It kind of makes me sick:)))


I feel great today. I taught my Pilates class this morning and then we went on a bike ride!!! Call me crazy but I love running:)

There's just no time.

My friend Emily asked me if I was going to blog anymore:))) Well, I have to admit that I really have put it on the back burner. My only excuse for not blogging is this::::: mountains of laundry, thousands of toys to clean up, pre-school that I attend twice a week, pilates classes and trainings, training for my marathon next Monday, Primary President is a very busy calling, making dinner, cleaning up dinner, running everyday with Asher to keep him from driving me crazy, FHE resource group, meetings all over the place, talking in the Spanish Branch, constantly having to clean my dark wood floor - if any little thing gets on it you can see it-, etc. etc. etc. . . by the end of the night I am so tired that I literally fall asleep before I hit the pillow. So, yes I am still here just VERY busy. I will blog next week after my marathon to let ya all know how it went.

Day by day these days:)))