The Last Two Weeks

We have had so much going on that I simply have not had anytime to write about it.  Like my last few posts, and I guess the majority of my posts on this blog, it will have to be said in pictures.  

Quarry Cats!!



We have Jaylee's school Cross Country team keeping us busy, her gymnastics, my running and running club, Jacobs Little League Fall Ball, his Pony Fall Ball, and his soccer.  Yesterday was our 2 year wedding anniversary, and I received a very special surprise in my favorite little blue box!! Today Little Mr. Jacob Mack Pease turned 8 years old!! The last 8 years has been nothing short of amazing with this little guy!!  To round out our extremely busy schedules, Shaun has been in the hospital twice in the last 5 weeks for different ailments.  He is on the mend now, and hopefully it will be a very long time before he has to pull out that Kaiser card again!!! 

2 years ago yesterday!!!

Loving my busy life with Shaun and these awesome little ones! Can't wait until next weekend when I get to run 2 more 1/2 marathons!! Folsom Blues on Saturday, Nike Women's 1/2 in SF on Sunday!!!!

My favorite color!!!!

On our way to the Giants game

Go Jacob

Pony Ball



Little Leage



Happy 8th Birthday to my little athlete




4th and 3rd grade



Short update in Pictures

After he RAN the whole Giants Race...Jacob's second 5k







Jacob and I before the Giants Race



Trying to go from stability to minimalist

Thank you NUUN for the free Nike Women's SF 2013 entry!!!

Kristi and I before and after Tough Mudder!

Tough Mudder Team Pics, before and after

My Love!

Little All-Star

My All-Stars!

Second place in Sectionals!

Poor Jay, got sick and couldn't compete at Nationals, but she cheered her team on from the hotel room, and still received her medal

8/3!









SF on Shaun's Birthday!



5K FOR THE FAMILY....OH AND A GYM MEET, SECOND PLACE!!!

Our clothes with bibs ready the night before

The kids have been working hard in their school's running club.  The club was put together to get kids excited about running and to prepare them to run the Run Rocklin 5K.  My kids are definitely not as excited about running as I am, but they ran and finished their first 5K's.  Shaun was not thrilled at all, but Jacob needed a running buddy so Shaun ran with him, and he has not completed two 5K's and a full marathon, yay Shaun!!

Melissa: 25:27 (8:12 pace) 3rd place in age group

Shaun: 34:59

Jacob: 34:59

Jaylee: 48:40 (I think she and her crew only ran at the end)    



Jaylee and Jacob Pre race



Our little running family



3rd grade girls



After the race



The girls, finally finishing



Go Jacob Go!!!





A boy and his ribbon



oh, ya, Jaylee had a gym meet too!





Kept my title

Other things that have happened lately....I ran the Shamrock 1/2 marathon on 3/17/13, and received a PR 2:04:41....almost under the 2 hour mark!

I ran the Habitat Home Run in Chico in February and placed 4th with a time of 26:46.

I joined the Go Running group in Roseville.  I have gone to two workout and loved the group so far!

50 miles and visiting the 130's!

So much running going on over in my little world!  Last night I hit 50.05 miles, I did this on the 14th of the month..........what the heck!!!

On Sunday morning I hoped on the scale, and was shocked to see that my body has decided to visit the 130's!  I weighed in at 139, I hope hope hope, I am here to stay, but until I get more to the middle of the 130's I will act as though I am just visiting!

Saturday morning I ran with my neighbor Brooke and her running group.  The temperature was 28 degrees, the time was 7am, and the route was 4 miles........my bed was warm, warm, warm.  To get myself out of bed and my eyes open, I jumped in the shower, the hot hot hot shower.  the next task was to get myself out of that shower.  I barley got my running clothes on, teeth brushed and deodorant on before Brooke was waiting outside in her car for me at 5 minutes to 7.  The run was cold, oh so cold, there was frost on my beanie, and Brooke and her friends are so fast.  After the first mile and a half at 8:18 pace, I had to drop back to a 9 minute pace.  During the last mile, I was so cold and tired I wanted to puke, but thank goodness the route had us run along Wildcat Blvd, and I knew  a lot of people would be driving by that I knew, so they could get to their child's 8am baseball tryouts. I just kept running.  I was so glad when we got back to the parking lot!

Sunday I ran a hard 10.25 mile run.  I ran from my house to Chevy's in Rocklin and back.  I had to be home by 5 because Shaun had a 7 year old baseball draft to attend...I barely made it back in time.  I wasn't in pain or injured, I was just tired.  I did it though, and was able to run 4 last night.

5 more days until TINKERBELL!!!

January 7, 2013, 3.08 miles, 28:48(average per mile 9:33). January 10, 2013, 3.17 miles, 28:48 (average per mile 9:04).  January 11, 2013, 3.10 miles, 26:47 (average per mile 8:38).  January 12, 2013, 4.02 miles, 36:22 (average per mile 9:03). January 13, 2013, 10.25 miles, 1:41:16 (average per mile 9:52). January 14, 2012, 4.06 miles, 36:36 (average per mile 9:01). Year to date  50.05 miles, average per mile 9:24.

Off to a Great Start!

January is kicking off nicely! I have run 5 of the last 6 days, I plan to run tonight which will put me just over 25 miles for the first week of the month!  Since December 30, I have run everyday except Saturday for a total of 29.19 miles!!  Last night I set out for an 8 mile run...once I arrived at the 4 mile mark (my turn around point) I decided to go a little bit further....I ended up running to Lone Tree Park and back for a total of 9.08 miles and I felt fantastic!!  Let hope for more runs like this in 2013!!!

January 2, 2013, 3.04 miles, 27:08(average per mile 8:55). January 3, 2013, 3.04 miles, 28:33 (average per mile 9:22).  January 4, 2013, 3.14 miles, 29:59 (average per mile 9:32).  January 6, 2013, 9.08 miles, 1:28:38 (average per mile 9:45). Year to date  22.37 miles, average per mile 9:32.

2013

New Years Day run

Goals for 2013:
1). Run at least 730 miles
2). Run a 10k....how have I not run one yet
3). Run with friends more often
4). Get at least 2 PR's
5). Keep my average per mile under 10 minutes

I have registered for 2 races for 2013, I have the TinkerBell 1/2 at Disneyland again on 1/30/13, and Shamrock 1/2 in March.  I will run the Rocklin Run again for the 3rd year in a row, and the kids will be running it as well.  The kids school has started a running group, and it is designed to train the kids for the Rocklin Run.  I am going to register for NIKE again, if it isn't a TNT only run, which is one of the rumors I heard when I ran it last year.  I would like to run the Davis Moonlight 1/2 again, and who knows what else I will register for.

Yesterday I started the year off right by getting a 4 mile run in.  I ran on the trails in Rocklin behind William Jessup University and along Wildcat Blvd.  The trails were good, but whenever I run in a new area, I always tend to go a little slower the first time out. 

Yesterday I was on Facebook and saw that a friend had a resolution to Plank for 1 minute everyday in 2013....I thought to myself, that is a weird resolution, until I tried it....ok, planking makes you sore, WOW!  I might try planking for a minute everyday just to be as cool as Maribeth.  I also read on facebook about one girls push-up resolution........well, I have zero upper body strength, I did 2 girl push ups, and today I feel like my chest and upper arms are broken.   This leads to my next 2013 goal, get to the gym and build up some upper body muscles, Shaun said he is going to go with me to help, but I will believe it when I see it.  Between work, photography, math tutoring, and baseball coaching, I don't think he will have gym time.

Happy New Year to everyone!!!

January 1, 2013, 4.07 miles, 39:19 (average per mile 9:39). Year to date  4.07 miles, average per mile 9:39.

The End of the Year Update



New Years Eve run


Not sure how the end of the year came and went already.  The month of December was so busy, running totally took a back seat.  My list of excuse range from, I have shopping to do, wrapping to do, cleaning to do, dinners to host, bunco to go to, it's freezing outside, I am scared of the dark, and have a super bad cold.  With all those excuses, I was only able to get out and run 8 times for a total of 28.1 miles.

I did not end the year where I wanted to running wise.......everything else in life, the year ended right where it should.  Year to date I ran 529.82 miles.  I just checked my January 2012 blog archive and it doesn't look like I made a goal of how many miles I wanted to run, so I think the goal I had in my head was...um, lets see...how about 529.82 miles!! Oh my heck, I reached my goal!!! 

December 30, 2012, 3.15 miles, 29:09 (average per mile 9:15).  December 31, 2012, 3.74 miles, 34:14 (average per mile 9:08). Year to date  529.82 miles, average per mile 10:03.