Okay, so I started writing about Halloween, and it NOT what I want to do right now, so here is a little tidbit to get you interested in our day.
I love it! My child is a spaz! Oh, and yes Haden is doing the "Walk Like an Egyptian". The only dance he knows!
Okay, one last post before I hit Halloween. (all right let me be honest, I’m working up the motivation to edit my Halloween pictures right now….not being too successful)
General Conference weekend brings on the Girl’s nights. The last couple of times the Preece women get together on Friday night so the guys can take the kids and then the men get together on Saturday after priesthood. This time was a HIT! Jacqui came up with the great idea of making a meal that we had never done before.
Meal: Grilled Gourmet Pizza’s – I am SOOOOOO addicted!!
Disclaimer: I’m totally stealing pictures from Grandma Burrell. I didn’t have my camera, and she did a great job documenting the night…so don’t be surprised if you see these again somewhere else!
Checking out the pumpkins at the grocery store before buying our ingredients.
Grilling peppers, onions, and seasoned chicken before putting the crust on the grill.
Working together in the kitchen. Kat made yummy Tucano’s lime drinks to go with the dinner.
Jacqui being daring enough to work with the dough on the grill. The hint: Lots of olive oil. I’m going to have to go and invest in a Costco-sized bottle now!
Enjoying the pizza. Everyone got to “design” their own, and then have a taste of every one. I loved them all. In fact I have grilled pizza’s 2 times already this month and look forward to doing more. I do need Jacqui’s instructions for doing the cinnamon sticks though!
Thanks for a great evening ladies!!
Wow, it is amazing how much difference a year makes. Last year I started with this race when my cousin Amy called and got me committed to running the 5k. So here we are, exactly 1 year later, 15lbs lighter, and a lot faster.
After running the 1/2 marathon 2 weeks earlier, I figured I could pull off my first 10k without much trouble. (I couldn’t believe I skipped straight from 5k’s to a 1/2!) Unfortunately I didn’t count on the bum knee I got from the last race. Running any longer than 20 minutes and pain starts shooting down my leg. I tried everything in the 2 weeks between races to help my knee, but finally just realized I would have to just “get through it”, and look forward to taking a BIG break after the race. (Isn’t that a great attitude?)
The race went great! I had a lot of pain from mile 3 to the end, but it was bearable until after the race. I don’t think I ever saw Dan in the race, he took off so fast, but I had a couple of other friends running, so it was nice to keep them in sight.
Here’s the stats:
| Dan | 47:20 | 7th place – division | 24 of 57 | 7:37 mile pace |
| Alicia | 54:56 | 3rd place – division | 17 of 64 | 8:50 mile pace |
Dan was so excited about his time! Unfortunately, he had the most competitive age group, so his placement wasn’t great. Oh well, next year he should do better in the higher age bracket!
I loved my time and placing. The biggest bummer was the fact that I missed winning my age division by 56 seconds. Our 1st place won the race overall, and the 2nd place literally passed me in the last 1/2 mile. I was hurting so bad at that point I didn’t care, and now I keep thinking..”If I only had run a little harder that last mile!” Man, I can see how running can get addictive!
There we go, Alicia’s year of competition. 5 - Tri’s, 5- 5k’s, 1 – 10k, and a Half Marathon. Improved from a 10:12 mile to an 8:50 mile pace. (Yeee Haw!!!!) It has been a lot of work, but I have loved every minute of it. I loved pushing my body to see what it is capable of, and can’t wait to see if I can improve more next year! Bring on the off-season….I am SO READY FOR IT!
In Mid-October Dan and I really stretched our comfort zone. We ran in the SoJo Half Marathon in South Jordan. My Tri-buddy, Amy, and I had originally planned on running together, and then both of our husbands decided to join. Amy had to back out but Dan, Ben, and I still ran.
I won’t lie. Running any kind of marathon has NOT been on my list of things to do. I have never like running much, but the last year has at least gotten me more comfortable with it. I figured if I could do a Tri, I only needed to get used to about 45minutes more of exercise to be able to pull off a 1/2 marathon. Thankfully, Amy had found a marathon workout schedule that was geared to people who were used to training for Tri’s, so it wasn’t too difficult putting on a few extra miles one day a week. (Although, I admit I miss swimming!)
So Dan and I took off WAY early on a Saturday morning to catch the bus. It was cold, but not awful. The whole thing was a great experience. Dan left me in the dust the first mile, but it was expected. I managed to run the whole race! It was mostly downhill, which helped, but there were a couple of uphills stints along the way. The coolest was running up the hill in front of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.
We totally rocked our times!
| Dan | 1:50:21 | 11th place – division | 75th of 229 | 8:25 mile pace |
| Alicia | 2:05:36 | 23rd place – division | 108 of 295 | 9:35 mile pace |
My original goal was 2 hrs 30 minutes, then during training I moved it up to 2 hrs 15 minutes. There was a moment I thought I could break 2 hrs even, but the last 3 miles killed me. The steeper downhill for the last 4 miles killed my knee (although I didn’t realize how bad until the next week).
Dan and I were both really excited about our times and are looking forward to doing a couple of 1/2’s next year!
