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OK, so it totally wasn't a competition. And if you make all things equal, Tyson beat me. But because all things weren't equal....I BEAT HIM! Not that it matters.
So, anyway, Tyson and I ran a 5K on Saturday. Here's why it wasn't equal:
- I've been training for 7 months
- Tyson's been training for 5 weeks
- When I had been training for 5 weeks I wasn't even running 1/2 of a 5K in a row
So, I have to admit, Tyson is my hero. He's never really run in his life, and here he is, 5 weeks into it, running 4-5 miles a night and registering for a 5K. He would have beat me by a mile, literally, had you put us both at 5 weeks of training in a head-to-head. And still, I only beat him by less than 10 seconds.
Tyson ran the race in 28:07 and was 13th in his age group, 54 out of 82 overall. He's amazing for how long he's been running! So runnercard has my time as 28:00, but as I ran across the finish line, I looked at the official clock which said 27:55. I know 5 seconds doesn't matter, but when you hate running as much as I do, 5 seconds does matter. I'm claiming the 27:55. I was 7th in my age group and 28th out of 105 overall in the women's.
What I can't believe is that Tyson can run so much, so soon, and is losing weight and loving it. I have been running for much longer, not losing weight, and hating every minute of it. OK, not every minute. I do enjoy the 15 minutes after a run when it's over and I have that sense of accomplishment. Then I start to think about the fact that I have to do it again, and I hate it again until the next run is over. This is why I have to gloat. I need something! Deep down inside, though, I know that Tyson is the real winner!
I suppose I'll play along primarily for fear of some mysterious curse that will overrun my life if I choose not to obey the "tagging" rules. Thanks a lot, Marlene :)
5 Things I was doing 10 years ago:
1 - Beginning my last year of graduate school at the U (go Utes!)
2 - Working at The Garden restaurant as a waitress
3 - Being a nursery leader in a student ward (anyone who's done it knows...)
4 - Working like crazy on my Master's Thesis (Don't worry, I won't bore you with the details, although Patellofemoral Dysfunction is a prevalent problem....)
5 - Probably worrying about something :)
5 Things on my To-Do List Today:
1 - Drive the never-ending Spectrum carpool. Who'd have thought 10 miles a day could be so miserable?
2 - Prepare a "Preach My Gospel" lesson for a new-member discussion (I've got 4 hours, what's the rush? :)
3 - Buy a Preach My Gospel manual (shoot, I need that before #2!)
4 - Make dinner
5 - Take a nap (it's the last thing on the list - I never really get to it.)
5 Songs I know the Lyrics To:
1 - CD 2, #5 (for anyone who doesn't ride in my car with my children, that would be John Mayer, The Heart of Life)
2 - CD 3, #12 (again, if you are ignorant to my children's description, that would be Ben Folds Five, I Am the Luckiest)
3 - All of High School Musical 1 and 2
4 - SpongeBob Theme Song
5 - La Bamba (who knew? Thanks Mrs. Huddleston, 8th grade Spanish!)
5 Things I Would Do if I Had One Million Dollars:
1 - Pay off all debt......
2 - With the $20 left I would....just kidding. I'd hire someone to drive my carpools!
3 - Save
4 - Eat out at nice places (my kids call Training Table and Chili's "really nice restaurants." I bet we could do a little bit better than that! )
5 - Travel
5 Things I Will Never Wear Again:
1 - Units (Thanks again, Marlene, for the ever painful memory of that trend!)
2 - Body Suits (it's like a wedgie waiting to happen. Who ever came up with that fad?)
3 - A BYU shirt....(ok, so maybe I'm not THAT diehard. It's just fun to poke at you Y fans.)
4 - Neon (another painful trend...)
5 - High waisted, pleated, plaid pants. Who comes up with these things?
5 Favorite Toys:
1 - My ipod
2 - My computer
3 - Jogging Stroller
4 - Photoshop
5 - Elliptical
5 People I'm Tagging:
1 - Summer (because I know you read! Thanks for the comments. Sorry to drag you into this.)
2 - Amanda
3 - Gini
4 - I have no other blogging family or friends......how sad!
McKayla and I were lucky enough to get to go horseback riding in Park City last Thursday. First of all, I haven't been on a horse in 10 years, and very little even then. But how hard could it be, right? I watch McKayla every week at riding lessons and while I know it's work, it looks pretty easy. Well, it is easy if you just let the horse do what it wants and bounce around the saddle the whole time. That's what I do, apparently. If you want to look good doing it, you actually have to work hard. McKayla looks so good when she rides. I don't!
The ride was absolutely beautiful. We began at the Park City ski resort and rode up to the top of the mountain and then looped back around. It was about 2 hours, which of course left me quite saddle sore :) We got to trot and canter instead of just walking the whole time which really made it fun. The leaves are beginning to change and were beautiful. It was gorgeous to look at a mountain side that was still green and lush with splatters of color throughout. The weather was perfect...it was just a perfect day.
To make it even better, we got to go with my parents, better known as Grandpa Joe and Grandma Valerie. McKayla couldn't have dreamed up a better day, and honestly, neither could I!
Tanner finally made it to Kindergarten! The "first" day was on August 29th with the rest of the grades, but then the Kindergarteners got another week off for some pre-testing. I was supposed to be filling out papers during his test, but I got so distracted listening to him, I nearly forgot my work all together. Mrs. Hoffman, his teacher, asked him to count as high as he could (I'm sure expecting 20 or so). So he starts and keeps going and going and going. It went something like this: "twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty eight, twenty niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, thirty" and so on. He sure hold those nines! His teacher stopped him just over 100 and asked him how high he could count. He proudly replied "Two hundred three." What?
Well, then the real first day was yesterday. He was a little shy, but very excited for his first day without mom. When I came back to get him, I asked how his day was. A very excited Tanner proclaimed, "It was the goodest day ever!" So much for worrying! Although apparently he told his teacher that if he didn't bring his homework (a collection of words from boxes, wrappers, etc. that he recognized) back home with him, his mom would be mad. Am I that bad? Oh well, all in a goodest day ever.....
He cried the entire time. My whole goal was to get a good picture of the kids together and one of Tayler alone since he changes the fastest. The dirty look in the picture below was the nicest face he made all night. So I begged Tyson to give up on the bird refuge and just go to the park for some pictures before it was dark. I had spent hours bathing, dressing, and getting kids ready, and I wasn't going to let it go to 
waste. So we went, and again got very little to work with. That kid is usually a sweetheart, but he was such a monster. I finally conceded. We ended up with a couple of good pictures of each one, but none of the group. I promise to photoshop the crying snot off of his face before printing! Oh well, at least I didn't pay a sitting fee....:)
