And...just for fun. I love this outfit!
A new calling, and kids school, and time of year, and work, and wife, all sorts of things keeping me busy! Good thing I like to be busy! Time to shower gotta run :)
Loves, Jill
Friday, November 6, 2009
Phew...!
HALLOWEEN!!!!
And...just for fun. I love this outfit!
A new calling, and kids school, and time of year, and work, and wife, all sorts of things keeping me busy! Good thing I like to be busy! Time to shower gotta run :)
Loves, Jill
And...just for fun. I love this outfit!
A new calling, and kids school, and time of year, and work, and wife, all sorts of things keeping me busy! Good thing I like to be busy! Time to shower gotta run :)
Loves, Jill
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
RAGNAR...Las Vegas! **Go Team SPARKLE**
Last Thursday I hopped on a plane and headed for Vegas. Let's just say I was pretty much running around like a chicken with my head cut off. This was a new adventure for me and I was worried that I was going to leave something major at home, but I didn't and I had an amazing time!
Quick introduction on what a RAGNAR race is (www.ragnarrelay.com).
You form a team. Our team had 12 Ladies. But you can form any type of team; male, female, mixed, 3 person, 6 person etc. Then you pick which runner number you are going to be. I chose number 7. Then you train, train, train and get ready for the day that the race starts. For our team starting day and time was last Friday at 12:00 (noon). You are divided up into 2 Vans. (6 team members in each van). I was starting off Van #2. So we drove to my starting point and waited until Van #1 met up with us. Around 3:30 or I looked out in the distance and I could see Sam running my way! It was my turn to head out for the first run! I was so stinking excited I think my heart rate was at 172 just standing there!!! She handed off to me and I was off!
I finished my first leg (5.7 miles) easily and not to tired. The race had finally started for us and I was loving every second of it!
Now, since we started pretty late it only took a couple of runners until it was PITCH BLACK outside. There is something about running in the BLACK of night without anyone around you besides the wild animals living in the desert that is a little creepy. So what did I do? Turned up my headphones REALLY loud, and ran a little faster then normal!
This is Andrea running her leg. You may get just a vague idea of how BLACK it really was!
My second leg was at 2:59 am. And it was so dark and my leg was so poorly marked that I had to stop and have a talk with HF upstairs! I thought for sure I was going to get lost and wind up some animals breakfast. So I stopped and prayed and immediately a thought popped into my head that if I was supposed to go a different way then what I was doing that I would be made aware, by signs or people or something. So I kept on running into the dark abyss with my Van nowhere to be found. It continued like that for 6.3 miles until I met up with my girls at the end.
My last Leg was around 11:00 am. It was only 4 miles and I had decided that I was going to SPRINT the whole leg and run as FAST as possible. I was excited because my body was holding up well, and I wasn't sick like a lot of the other girls and I couldn't wait to see what time I could get.
So I take off! I am running as fast as I can (of course keeping in mind I have 4 miles left) and as I am running probably around close to 1 mile...a lady from another van honks her HORN at me and tells me to stop turn around and go down a different road because I was running the WRONG WAY! I was still ok though because I wasn't that far off course so I continued sprinting. Sprinting, sprinting, sprinting until I got to the bottom of a very long road that I just ran. When I got down there, there was not 1 sign that told me where to go from that point. That is when I realized, that lady told me to go the wrong way.
Now at that point I was probably closer to almost 3 miles and had to turn around and go up the long road that I had just sprinted down. NOT GOOD! Let's just say I didn't mentally prepare for a longer run then 4 miles at that point, and not only that, I had exhausted pretty much all of my energy storage by sprinting. So I ran half way up the hill, my van picked me up and took me back to the road I should have been on and I finished it off. Cory had found me at that point and ran out to me to give me some support.
My team giving me some much need support after my last run.
At that point I was done with the my 3 legs and it was up to the rest of my team to finish theirs and lead us to the finish line. We all crossed the finish line together, some with injuries and some not feeling so hot, but after all was said and done every single one of us was so happy to be there together as TEAM SPARKLE!!!!
My medal for completing the 171 miles.
My team of 12 and the 6 in my Van. LOVE YOU ALL!!
I can't wait to do this again! Every night since the race I dream about the race! I'm such a nerd but I can't wait to get out there and do it again...Anyone up for being on my team? I need 12 and I know you all are itching to do it! (Really I'm not kidding...I need a team before October 31 because early registration is 80/person instead of 100!)
It is June 18-19 2010.
AND I can't wait!
Loves,
Jill
Quick introduction on what a RAGNAR race is (www.ragnarrelay.com).
You form a team. Our team had 12 Ladies. But you can form any type of team; male, female, mixed, 3 person, 6 person etc. Then you pick which runner number you are going to be. I chose number 7. Then you train, train, train and get ready for the day that the race starts. For our team starting day and time was last Friday at 12:00 (noon). You are divided up into 2 Vans. (6 team members in each van). I was starting off Van #2. So we drove to my starting point and waited until Van #1 met up with us. Around 3:30 or I looked out in the distance and I could see Sam running my way! It was my turn to head out for the first run! I was so stinking excited I think my heart rate was at 172 just standing there!!! She handed off to me and I was off!
I finished my first leg (5.7 miles) easily and not to tired. The race had finally started for us and I was loving every second of it!
Now, since we started pretty late it only took a couple of runners until it was PITCH BLACK outside. There is something about running in the BLACK of night without anyone around you besides the wild animals living in the desert that is a little creepy. So what did I do? Turned up my headphones REALLY loud, and ran a little faster then normal!
This is Andrea running her leg. You may get just a vague idea of how BLACK it really was!
My second leg was at 2:59 am. And it was so dark and my leg was so poorly marked that I had to stop and have a talk with HF upstairs! I thought for sure I was going to get lost and wind up some animals breakfast. So I stopped and prayed and immediately a thought popped into my head that if I was supposed to go a different way then what I was doing that I would be made aware, by signs or people or something. So I kept on running into the dark abyss with my Van nowhere to be found. It continued like that for 6.3 miles until I met up with my girls at the end.
My last Leg was around 11:00 am. It was only 4 miles and I had decided that I was going to SPRINT the whole leg and run as FAST as possible. I was excited because my body was holding up well, and I wasn't sick like a lot of the other girls and I couldn't wait to see what time I could get.
So I take off! I am running as fast as I can (of course keeping in mind I have 4 miles left) and as I am running probably around close to 1 mile...a lady from another van honks her HORN at me and tells me to stop turn around and go down a different road because I was running the WRONG WAY! I was still ok though because I wasn't that far off course so I continued sprinting. Sprinting, sprinting, sprinting until I got to the bottom of a very long road that I just ran. When I got down there, there was not 1 sign that told me where to go from that point. That is when I realized, that lady told me to go the wrong way.
Now at that point I was probably closer to almost 3 miles and had to turn around and go up the long road that I had just sprinted down. NOT GOOD! Let's just say I didn't mentally prepare for a longer run then 4 miles at that point, and not only that, I had exhausted pretty much all of my energy storage by sprinting. So I ran half way up the hill, my van picked me up and took me back to the road I should have been on and I finished it off. Cory had found me at that point and ran out to me to give me some support.
My team giving me some much need support after my last run.
At that point I was done with the my 3 legs and it was up to the rest of my team to finish theirs and lead us to the finish line. We all crossed the finish line together, some with injuries and some not feeling so hot, but after all was said and done every single one of us was so happy to be there together as TEAM SPARKLE!!!!
My medal for completing the 171 miles.
My team of 12 and the 6 in my Van. LOVE YOU ALL!!
I can't wait to do this again! Every night since the race I dream about the race! I'm such a nerd but I can't wait to get out there and do it again...Anyone up for being on my team? I need 12 and I know you all are itching to do it! (Really I'm not kidding...I need a team before October 31 because early registration is 80/person instead of 100!)
It is June 18-19 2010.
AND I can't wait!
Loves,
Jill
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
The Running total is....
24 miles since I last checked in. I really do need new shoes and I can't decide if I should go buy them now (which means I would have to break them in before the race), or just get some inserts for my shoes. Hmmmm.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
BUDGETS are possible!
So I decided that I was spending more then I should be lately. I have been trying to decide what to do about it, and as Cory and I go back and forth on a couple of different things in our life, one is for certain.
We are frivolously SPENDING too much money! So this month I have cut down as much excess spending as much as possible. (Which of course meant avoid stores at ALL costs...sorry Wal-Mart).
And to my surprise that has been a huge help! So I thought I would share some steps that I took to stay within my BUDGET.
1) My PANTRY has good stuff! I decided to look to my pantry for recipe ideas.
If I already have some of the ingredients, its less that I need to buy. (Which meant I had to finally use that can of cooked spinach I've had for awhile...)
2) Go to the store 1 time through-out the week. This meant shopping in my Pantry on Sunday evening, and then Monday morning preparing a small Grocery List of things I will need for the week.
3) Stop checking my daily "SPAM" emails that make me want to SPEND...like the one I just deleted from the GAP that had a 40% of coupon attached...DELETE!
4) And last but not least...AVOID all stores at ALL costs! (Even if I have a COUPON!) I'm not going in there!
So here's to my successful couple of weeks of spending less...It feels great! And I plan on continuing my Savvyness!
*Oh and I have only run 4 miles, with a spin class and weight class this week. I have a run coming up today and Saturday so I better get it on! Loves, Jill
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Run...Run...Run...that's what I do
Yes its true, I have been doing a lot of running lately. I am to the point where I need knew shoes cause I've exhausted my others. I am preparing for a race coming up October 9-10th in Vegas, of which I am totally excited to be training for!
I thought for fun I would start counting my miles and post how many I have run in between posts. (listen I've got to find motivation to post with even less spare time then usual in my life!)
To see what I'm doing click on the link: I am runner 7...
http://www.ragnarrelay.com/index.php?option=com_dynamicpages&Itemid=85&page=legMaps&raceName=lasvegas&paceID=10&leg=19#legmaps
Until I post again!
-Jill
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Playing on the Land...
Our trip to St. Anthony's last weekend turned out great -
We went up with 3 of our friends and rode on the white sand and played in the little lake and the weather was nice...all the stars were aligned and we had a great time!
If you ever get a chance to visit the sand dunes in St. Anthony's Idaho, GO!
Me and the girls (or me and the mom's)
Bensen riding Dad's machine
This is where Lily would take her naps...
Bensen and his best bud, Isaac
Cory and Asher heading out on a ride.
So I have to admit that I was not so interested in this 4-wheeling stuff. When Cory brought up the topic of buying 4-wheelers, I would do the typical roll my eyes and hope that he would stop talking about it eventually, hoping he would give in to my love of water and realize that a boat is WAYYYYY more family friendly then Land Toys like 4 wheelers.
But obviously he never stopped bringing it up, and now, yes I am bound to the land it looks like for a few more years. That doesn't mean I can't continually remind him that I am through and through a "water" girl, and talk up how much fun family trips to Lake Powell would be, or how much fun Wake Boarding is and how much the boys would like it.
So until that day comes when I am able to get my favorite toy, I will keep saving and saving and waiting and waiting for the ultimate fun family time (boating of course).
But in the meantime... 4-wheeling ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We went up with 3 of our friends and rode on the white sand and played in the little lake and the weather was nice...all the stars were aligned and we had a great time!
If you ever get a chance to visit the sand dunes in St. Anthony's Idaho, GO!
Me and the girls (or me and the mom's)
Bensen riding Dad's machine
This is where Lily would take her naps...
Bensen and his best bud, Isaac
Cory and Asher heading out on a ride.
So I have to admit that I was not so interested in this 4-wheeling stuff. When Cory brought up the topic of buying 4-wheelers, I would do the typical roll my eyes and hope that he would stop talking about it eventually, hoping he would give in to my love of water and realize that a boat is WAYYYYY more family friendly then Land Toys like 4 wheelers.
But obviously he never stopped bringing it up, and now, yes I am bound to the land it looks like for a few more years. That doesn't mean I can't continually remind him that I am through and through a "water" girl, and talk up how much fun family trips to Lake Powell would be, or how much fun Wake Boarding is and how much the boys would like it.
So until that day comes when I am able to get my favorite toy, I will keep saving and saving and waiting and waiting for the ultimate fun family time (boating of course).
But in the meantime... 4-wheeling ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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