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Great job on your work out, there is a group that meets on Saturdays in Spanish Fork. My wife and I run and live Salem. Let us know if you ever want to meet up with our group.

I went to a spin class once!!! I felt like a fish out of water. I admire people who can spin!!

Good to see you are up and running. Are you training for Boston?

I was looking at your times and HOLY COW Merri! You are one speedy chika!

You know we all have days that are just bummers, we just have to go with them and remember that tommorrow will probably be better :) Did you get in your nap??

Hey Marion,

I actually did get a nap in! Ahhh it's so nice!

I'm so proud of you. I sleep in every day. Such a good 5k today for you. My running starts tonight. Are you sick of me saying that every day yet? One of these times I'll really start:)

Lindard skynard this will be like our own little "facebok for running". :) hardy har har har

Good Job girlfriend. So what time do you go to the gym? Must be before 6? Very impressive.

I like to leave usually at 5:30 to get to the gym, clothes put away etc and be ready to go by 5:45 that's when most of the classes start. And sometimes if I can get home early enough I can go back to sleep before the kids are up. :) If it wasn't so cold and dark in the morning I would run to the gym and I wouldn't have to get up as early, but I am a wuss.

yikes spikes

woah. I don't know if I can make this kind of commitment if that's what a marathon takes :)

In other words, I don't know if I can Hackett.

Great job on getting out there and getting it done.

Hi Josse,

Congrats on the baby! That's so exciting!

oh, just that easy 24 minutes. :) I'm going to be doing 3 today as well, love marathons.

Why were you supposed to run 5? I'm doing this training all wrong.

love me some angelina. that is really fast. you go grill.

I am a fan. You are a fast running lady. You have some great times and goals that you will shatter.

Thanks Bec! I hope so! :)

How did the championship v-ball game go? Also, go KO CLUB!

Oh yeah of course we lost :( But we went into 3 games and they were close! :) But 2nd isn't too shabby. we still got tshirts.

Lets run together next sat.

K sounds good. I couldn't do it today. I started outside adn ran 3 and about froze then hit the treadmill at golds after that w/ wes. thanks to day care at the gymbo. :) next sat you me and dupree

What marathon are you training for? If you want to run tomorrow (sat march 7) I am meeting Michelle at the Bishops SH @ 6:30. We are only doing 3 or 4 then we are going to bike. You should come:)

I'm training for Utah Valley. My little sister Leandra is also running in it. We're going to try to do our saturday runs together when it gets warmer. I have 13 miles for tomorrow so I am going to brave the cold and meet you and Michelle tomorrow morning. :) I think I can keep up with you speedy girls for 4 miles. See ya tomorrow.

It was so good to see you this morning. And as you could see, I have lost all my speediness. I really liked the Utah valley marathon. With the course changes it should be even better this year. Hope the rest of your run went well:)

Sweaty betty. It's just how we are.

I know don't you love the sweat genes?

burrrrrr. I hate outside right now! I'm thinking about doing the rex lee 10k this weekend? intested? I know I have to run more than that so I'll just do 3 miles after the race or something.

woah-za. i'm so impressed and ticked at the same time. Impressed that you can just run 7 miles no big. Ticked that Orem doesn't let you pick your own movies to watch. chinese food, bleh.

I didn't say it was no big. It was not fun. :) two movies in one day for me. Well I only watched the first hour of catch me if you can. and i just finished million dollar baby. what were they going for the most depressing movie of the year award????

I hated million dollar baby. Cinderella Man, thats a good boxing movie.

Funny you should mention Cinderella Man, that's what I am planning on watching for my Friday run :)

rub it in. jk.

blee! I can't even believe she is going to be in Kindy garten! And no, you can't lose motivation! Because I can't do this one if you're not doing it:). Here is what I think, you're already training and your mileage is so high that you just have to keep going and get it over with. ha ha atleast that's what I think. Because if I wait to do St. Geo- which believe me I have thought about too. Then I know I would start running less than I am right now and then come June or July when I had to start the program again, I would be real ticked. just think about it :)

Maybe I'll have to (once again) just change my schedule to an easier one :). Let's start running together soon. Spanish Fork running club runs every Sat at 6am. When we run in Orem we could run with the Sojourners or the Crack o dawners.

I think I need an easier one:) ha ha one that doesnt include running. I'm losing motivation too. Ran outside yesterday. See blog.

What was your average pace per mile?

not even lazy! 6.3! Are you still loving that baby garmin? The nike ipod thing i have is getting worse and worse. It tried to tell me I ran 4 miles in 27 minutes the other day. ha ha I wish a hundred times.

Oh yeah I love my little Garmey. :) Not sure if he still works over 6 mile since I'm too lazy to run :-) lets go to st geo for gen conf and see some sisters and have egg hunts for the kids and the kitty.

pa pa pa pa pilates pa pa pa pa pilates. I think I'm going to update my goals and also the races I'm going to do this summer. Sorry uv marathong :(

It was good to talk. It made it go by faster. I had a rigorous run this morning. I went 8 miles but wanted to die most of the run :)

Way to go on the bball game!

woah, speedy spaniard.

p p p p poker face poker face. I don't know why I love that song so much. :)

because it rocks! that's why. Why do you love running so much is the real question. :)

Did they stink, too?

No they were pretty good. So they were acting cocky and trash talking. :) Still a good work out I guess.

I mean, did they smell? Smelly rude girls would be the worst. That's good that you play basketball. I quit playing because I got injured too much.

oh yeah they were pretty smelly. :) no deodorant and they didn't shave their legs or pits. :)

LOL

Merri, I think I saw you Thurs. I am on a team too. We played these girls that should have been in the upper division. It makes me so mad when you play a team that is just so above your league it's not even fun. It's amazing how competitive some of these teams are. How long have you been playing with your team?

I bet Ali shaves her pits.

ha ha Burt you crack me up. :)

Ali what is your team name? I just barely got on a team before the games started. So we're slowly coming along and getting used to playing together.

I taught her to say that. That a girl!

I didn't realize before how speedy you are. (I was going to say 'Rock On', but then thought that sounded too cheesy.)

you f. you're so fast. and skinny.

i dont think going to spin and lifting is considered lazy, good job

good job still working out even thought you didnt feel good

thanks lysa!

hey, i noticed you did the hobble creek 1/2 last year, i just registered for that yesterday, did you like it? can you tell me a little bit about it?

Oh I think you'll love the hobble creek 1/2! It's a pretty fast course b/c the first 7 miles (I think) are down hill. And it's a really pretty canyon. The last couple miles were hard for me, but that was probably b/c I started too fast or too hard at the beginning. My little sister is also running it. Her blog is leandra.fastrunningblog.com

swine disease probably.

Kams stop passing your swine flu-ids around :)

shawnie shawn. speedy spaniard.

s s. s s.

little is gone. pretty glad all my girfs are still on. I really know how to pick winners i guess.

It's ok b/c my boyf is still on. Even though his dance for jewls was weird...

Are you still planning on UV marathon?

Hey Josse,

No I don't think I could do it. I thought if I could maybe do 20 this Sat I could possibly be ok to do the marathon, but I don't know if I can :). What are your running plans?

Oh no really sure, I would love to do the UVM but haven't done any long runs either. So just playing it by ear. I signed up for SG and Hobble creek, but who knows if I will be prego by then.

oh those runny noses and runny legs. I have a sore throat. what is up with that? Idk.

How did you get home?

hitch hiked

It's 2.5 there and 2.5 back. :)

Did they make you sit in the back because you were sweating? Oh wait, you probably don't sweat. You glisten?

they made me work out in the closet with the exercise balls and yoga mats.

Oops, I meant to say back of the truck for your ride home :), but the image of you in a dark closet working out like Napoleon Dynamite is a better visual. LOL!

oh wow! Way to go wes! Is he training for something or just doing it for the fun of it? still havin that runny nose?

What are your plans for the summer, we need you get you out more so you can kick some behind?

I know I need to get more in gear! I've been cheap this year on the races so we could go to Disneyland this year and I am hoping we'll be going w/ in the next month. I would love to do the Speedy Spaniard again and really go hard on that! My husband found and Ultra Wasatch back team he wants to buy, but I don't know about that :) What are your plans? I know you're in for Hobble Creek & SG. What about Bryce Canyon? You did that one last year right? Do you think you'll run Utah Valley marathon?

I hear you on the racing thing. I have had to cut back on that too. Financial and mental (I burnt myself out last year). I won't do Bryce this year and probably not UV. I was just teasing anyway, but we would love to get you out on some runs:) Your priorities are in the right place.

have you ever run the park city marathon? my husband wants to do one, but he starts school Sept 11th, so he needs to do one before then. Park city was the only close one I could find.

I never have, but hear it is a killer. There is always Des news on July 24th.

So I really want to do Provo canyon up and down maybe starting at Will's so we don't have to run all the way up to the girls scout camp. What do you think about that?

That sounds good to me. Can we park at Will's Pit stop or do you park somewhere else?

Speaking of pits, are you keeping yours shaved?

Ya we can park there.

He is banned!

for sure! i should take his pic off for that one :)

Just cut his face out of it. That'll teach him.

I was about to ask where you were, but you were out living the sweet life in beautiful San Fernando County (by which I mean Anaheim.) Man, it's been a while since I've been to the Magic Kingdom. Now I'm jonesing to go.

Yeah my husband was trying to make up for not charging my watch and iPod. :) he didn't want his face cut out of the picture.

Yeah, you'd hate to do that. It's such a handsome face.

what a new running partner? first you don't take me to d-land and now this?! Let's just live closer together! I need a running buddy. Mittens isn't cutting it.

I'm guessing Mittens is your one cute kitty. I suspect she wouldn't make a good running buddy at all.

Hey Burt, Leandra is my little sister so feel free to heckle her all you want! She loves attention. :) ha ha ha

Ahhhh...I thought there was a resemblance from her profile pic. I'll make sure to give her a hard time. The first thing she needs to do though is shave her legs! They're almost as bad as Mittens'. LOL! Too soon?

She doesn't shave her pits either...learned from the best.

Hey girl did you get my message? If not let me know. We need someone for our wasatch back team.

Do you know Heidi Bird from Spanish Fork or Deni Berger (also from spanish fork) they might do it.

Oh and are you doing the 12 man team or the 6? How much would they need to pay?

Happy anniversary! And don't expect to get anything. You just went to Disney Land!

Just kidding.

ha ha ha

Happy Anniversary!

Nice new picture. Is that Chip?

oh it's chip? I thought that was you burt.

:)

Hey. I resemble that remark.

wow now that you mention it. that does look a lot like burt. creepy.

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!

Pick on Burt Day! At least your daughter likes me. Oh my gosh. You may be funnier than me.

Bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. best prof pic ever.

My hubs likes you too! And I think now we really know who the hair one is. Look at your stomach and legs!!!

Ha ha cat calls, No i think those were Buffalo calls!!! ☺ And you are the one who had all the groupies callin' out your name. I'm tellin' you, your like a celebrity around here!

speedsters

How much you running on Saturday? Maybe we get together?

We were going to do 9 at 6 am. how many do you want to do? and we could meet you somewhere if you don't want that many.

bleh, 6? jk. I'm doing at least 4 maybe five. Are you running in SF? You should come to provo Canyon and I'll meet you on the down hill.

Hahaha. I'm such a dork. All this time I've thought SF stood for San Francisco. So glad I could admit that and give you gals more feul for the fire of ridicule.

It's cool Burt we knew you were a dork. :) Leandra yes come run with us, we'll do 6 with you. Beware though lately I have been known to have grass on my butt.

ha ha burt, you should come run with us too. We'll be in San Fran at 5 a.m. if you don't see us at first, just keep waiting........

Merri, I text Jerica today I might start running with her because she is more my pace :). So maybe I'll bring her with me on Sat. It would be fun to run behind you. That way I can have all the views of Grass blades that I want.

PS I don't know if it's even humane to run at 5 a.m. I'm thinking lets meet at noon.

LOL! Hairy and flatulent. My kind of girl.

I'll be there Leandra. And I'll be wearing the rainbow shorts standing outside of the Blue Oysters Night Club.

they took their blogs off.

Holy Cow Girl!!!! You are Quick!!! I'm glad you saved that for a day when I wasn't running :)

OH....MY!!!!

It does kind of look a bit like your husband might have gotten a little frisky with Burt's behind!!

You are speedy! Nice work.

Hi Kelli - Burt told him something about a grass stain on his butt, so he was only trying to help. Wes' muscular grip must have been to much for Burt. :)

Lynsey - tomorrow you me and a 6 minute mile :) ha ha

Sounds like Burt.

I want to see that 6 tomorrow. You could do it.

Merri, Are you trying to kill me?!?!

I know you could do 6, me- No! No way!

OH MY GOSH!!!! That is hilarious. You are a computer genius!

Speed demon! I would definitely be throwing up after that.

With that thing chasing you, it shouldn't be a problem!

Now I am going to have nightmares!!!

Too funny! How did the speed work go?

I think I just woke my entire neighborhood with my loud laugh... still laughing...

ohhhhhh this is too much.... yup, still laughing.... ahhhhh...

ok i finally stopped...

ah ha ha ha h aha ha , just keeps getting better!

Too funny!

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, if you like sleep than you should always sleep in, if you like sleep than you should always sleep in, oh oh oh oh oh oh

What possibly is giving you crazy dreams...???

Yeah, it was time to start logging the mileage so I don't annoy anybody on facebook with it anymore :) You guys running in the morning?

Oh, no more crazy pictures???

Have a good run tonight, hope you do not get washed away in the rain!

I know it's pouring right now!!!

She took all the crazy pictures down because I said that Leandra was my #1 friend. Truthfully Merri is. (Don't tell Leandra.)

good your secret is safe with me. Leandra will never know. :)

black eyed peas! ha. what a great line. nice job on the speedy stuff today. you'll get that 6:00 mile!

hey! I think i took that pic of you.

Yes, good luck marathoners! So if I wanted to run 5 in the canyon tomorrow morning is that going to be prohibited?

That pic is hot!!! But ya know I need my glittery, sequined silver and green dress back now!!! I was planning on wearing it to Church on Sunday.

That's why you dumped me. I wasn't glamorous enough for you.

Lynsey, can I borrow that dress for church NEXT Sunday? I know I'm only a whole foot taller than you, it may be a tad to short, but it'll do. hehe

Merri, the foggy windows were at least half my fault. And the dang fan that won't blow for some reason. Get on it Shawn, fix that thing!

yes I know I'm g - l - a - m - o - r- o - u - s. :) the kids in the nursery love this outfit!

Oh and Lynsey if you haven't see the picture of you on burts blog you need to :) You will like

Thanks it was good seeing you today:) Know missy you must get out with us on some runs!

Kids at a marathon, that is a workout! Way to be supportive of all the runners, way cool!

Merri is that a picture of you sleeping in the car? LOL

ha ha yes Lily that's a picture Wes took of me on our way home from the marathon I ran last year. :) I thought it was a fitting picture for yesterday's events.

I was going to ask you who the stiff was. LOL.

That is the funniest picture!

What is 50 min. tempo?

YES, YES, and MORE YES! Can't wait to watch you run away from me on Saturday :) And I can come to SF to. I realized it's fine if I drive somewhere to run. I have to stop being such a sissy.

And is speedy spaniard a half or 10k?

please do 4th 10k with me. Remember how fun it was last year? E.D.?

Leandra - the speedy span is a 10k. And it's way more fun than the 4th of july one. :) But I might do both.

Lynsey - A tempo run is a continuous run with a buildup in the middle to near 10-K race pace.("near," not "at.") A Tempo Run of 30 to 40 minutes would begin with 10-15 minutes easy running, building to peak pace for 10-20 minutes near the middle, then 5-10 minutes easy toward the end. The pace buildup should be gradual, not sudden, with peak speed coming about two-thirds into the workout. (I took this off of HalHigdon.com) :)

Lani there is a Spanish Fork half though in September.

50 min. tempo thing sounds cool!

Just signed up for 5K in Provo and 10K in Spanish Fork - It was on the training schedule - had to do it!!!!

You'll love both of those races Lynsey!!

You should have come over and got adjusted while the chiropractor was here.

Oh you should have reminded me sooner :)

I wonder why you had a kink in your neck? Oh wait, let me look at your profile pic. Nevermind. Figured it out.

I really should stop sleeping in the car. but what else do I do burt??? we're homeless.

Move in with Leandra. Don't make me feel bad that a 4 year girl and a 2 year old boy don't have a place to live. :(

What? no wasatchback this year?...Looks like you are rocking it though...

Someone's been watching Madagascar i see. I like to move it move it, you like to move it!

Yeah Wasatch back was way fun last year, we just didn't get a team together soon enough. :( We tried to buy an ultra team, but my husband hurt his knee so that ended that adventure.

This is Ali Merri, I was going to see if you wanted to run outside this morning but you disappeared on me. We needed you this year on our team. There are some ladies on my team this year talking about doing the ultra next year. would you be interested or do you want to do it with your hubby? We still need to run together sometime.

Oh, so that's why you didn't Tae Bo it up today. I wouldn't have either. But it looked like you got some good weights in.

So Friday morning, are you guys meeting at 5? That works best for me anyway. Let me know.

Lily - yes 5 on Friday we'll be meandering around your house probably :).

Ali - sorry I should have stayed to chat I could have used a run. I went to the bathroom and just lifted the rest of the time. I think I would be interested in an Ultra...but yeah I would have to clear it with him. We had a lot of fun last year so he's still trying to find a 12 person team that needs two runners. :) What is the next race you're doing? And who is on your WB team this year? Probably a lot of speedsters??

I like how you set your goals out on Sunday, now we can all check on you and make sure you are doing what you said!

great week!!!

Hey Kelli Yeah I like having a plan. I've kinda just been doing whatever, so it's nice to have something to work towards. :)

What up Flakey Flake.

Holy Criz-ap you are FAST! Look at you bustin' out the 6 min. miles. Hold back on that tomorrow morning puh-leeze! ☺ Your new name is Dash - from the incredibles.

Sweaty??? in my car? sick, never.

except that everytime I drive home from the gym I'm wringing the sweat out of my hair in my car, so of course I would let you join in on the fun!

And ps what a good pace! So impressed with the 6's. I think I need to do my pace on the treadmill to just to remember what it feels like to run at 8/mile pace. I love running outside now but I think I'm going slower than I should be.

HOLY SMOKES!!!!!!!

I thought I saw you two gals there. We be clubin' in the morning at 5 eh? 7 miles here we come.

Yeah 7 miles here we come in the morning... lets watch the rookie try to keep up with the incredibly awesome long distance all stars.... hahahahaha

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

You guys can take off and leave me in the dust if you want, I'll find my way home. ☺☻☺☻☺☻

Yes Lily & Lynsey be there or be square tomorrow.

Lani it's true you are more sweaty than me.

Kelli I'm just trying to speed up to be like my hero...YOU :) What's your next race? I'll go look on your blog and see...I'm back. WASATCH BACK!!! You're so lucky lucky :) Have fun!

No one sweats more than I do. Luckily my body emanates the sweet smell of roses when I perspire. Speaking of true friends, read this blog entry of mine from a few months ago:

http://burt-mccumber.fastrunningblog.com/blog--So-much-to-say-today-nbsp-Where-to/01-26-2009.html

Scott sweats more than you, I have the doctors note to prove it!!!!

Your hero is much slower than you, but I dream of that kind of speed!!!

Awesome weather today. Let's do that one again soon!

You are fast. I'm man enough to admit it.

can't read mine can't read mine, no you can't read my poker face.

YESSSSS! Back in the picture. It's a good day.

And even front and center! Burt's jealous he's not in it.

wow, always a new pic. but which one is you? poker face...hahaha. ahhh, i love this blog you are too funny

I'm not in it...yet...

I'm just happy Leandra has made a comment to me after asking her if she only had three fingers. Like that would be something to be ashamed of!

she's not ashamed burt. she loves it. I told you she loves attention :)

allie I'm the one on the left, my little sister Leandra in the middle and the one on the right is my old running partner. she's currently cooking a bun in the oven. :)

ha ha ha not ashamed. I don't know how I forgot to reply to the finger post in the first place. If you're still curious, see my current profile picture.

Good for you guys! Glad to hear Wes' knee is holding up.

That sounds like fun! I used to run up Provo canyon all the time when we lived in Orem.

You're such a good runner. Did you get anymore in today? I loved running with you guys today! Even though I passed out after 2 miles :)

17 Miles on Sat. - Come on is that all! hahahaha

I've been trying to add yours and Lilys blogs to my favorite list, but it won't let me... I was able to add Leandra's but not yours or Lilys... Weird huh!

I can't add anybody's blog to mine either?! I think I'm actually going to go to spin in the morning. Maybe we can run on Wed. morning?

Thats strange that we are both having that problem.

Okay Lily I guess thats okay - Have fun with Larry! ha ha ha

It wont work unless you put in exactly like it is in the url. so mine is

quitecontrary and Lily's is lilywheatfill

let me know if it still doesn't work. :)

Nice running. I can still feel UVM in my legs. Whats your next race coming up?

Naughty naughty! How come you didn't save me a piece?

Hey Walter, my next race is the Speedy Spaniard 10k here in Spanish Fork. And You ran crazy fast at the UVM so I bet your legs can still feel it! Nicely done.

Sorry Lily next time, next time :)

Nice Merri! Are you going to be the Speedy one? UVM is still punishing my legs by the way. How are you recovering from it?

Well I'm all recovered I think...considering I was a wimp and decided not to do it. :) I did come though and watched the runners come into the finish. And the whole time I was kicking myself for not doing it. :( I think Top Of Utah will be my next marathon.

When do you want to run the speedy spaniard route? If this week is to full and busy next week will work too. Do you think Lynsey would want to do it with us?

I could do it Tues, Thurs or Friday. Pick your poison :)

Hey I am up for any of those days! You pick your poison! Let's ask Lynsey if she wants to?

Yes I want to do the Speedy spaniard route - Friday is the only day that would work for me this week, 5 AM. Does that work for you two hot mamacitas?

And maybe we can tack on another 2 miles after that - I would really like to get in 8 that morning if possible. Since I'm only running 3 days this week I have to get more miles in that day!( to keep up with the training schedule I'm on- if its on the schedule I have to do it - if you would have put "jump off a cliff" in that schedule Merri, I would have done it!)

ha ha yeah Friday it is. :)

Yes Friday will work for that route....and I don't mind going 2 more miles. I am always up for the distance, yah baby yah!

Good job on the speed work! I struggled getting out of bed too.! Keep working hard!

Kamrie meant are they getting to big I am sure of it.

I saw you running to the track on my way home from the gym-bo. Next time we can do some speed work together. :)

ha ha ha ha ha ha! Of course those running shorts aren't getting to small but it's just so funny that she would say that. Kams is so funny.

Hmmm...why would she say that? The krabby patty nightmare must have been too real.

I told her yeah they are getting too small, I should give them to you. She said she couldn't wear them until she was 16. Where did she come up with that???

Is she talking about your Phoenix Suns shorts? Yep, she can't wear those 'til...never!

Must be all those "free" krispy kremes making those shorts too small.

ha ha ha

KIDS! So this is why my neighbors got mad at me for letting their daughter watch Spongebob at my house.

There is no way your shorts are getting too big. NO WAY.

don't you hate it when you lose your favorite tie???

Oh and Kelli - Spongebob is the BEST and any parent that gets mad their child is watching it is crazy! :)

I think he is hilarious myself. I could watch it all day.

My wife doesn't let us kids watch it either. But we do any way.

Nice work today!! I am doing my first ever session of speed work tomorrow and am quit frightened about it!! We will see how it goes! If you need to feel better about the shorts, just sing a little of Sponge Bob's "it's the best day ever" song, it's sure to lighten your spirits. My kids have asked me if I can having a baby (while looking at my stomach) so..... take no offense, it's all good~

I'm scared of what Kamrie would say if she saw me in running shorts!

You had a tough time because I wasn't there :)

That's what I told lynsey.

tough time and still that average pace? Rock on. I keep waiting for your pic to be when you're standing on top of Mt. Olympus. I know it's timp but it's a glorious pic and sometime needs to be up here.

maybe someday when you're older leandra :)

We need to do that this year. it was a lot of fun.

Looks like we need to get you a running blog singlet! They have them on sale at the st george running center right now. I just ordered Kellie and myself one! Good job on the workout! Oh and you got to love those construction guys!

Looks like there's a fat guy behind you with a running singlet. Oops. I hope that's not your dad.

That looks like a hobble creek half running shirt he has on? Just a guess!

Yeah I think it is a hobble creek. not my dad, but a nice guy. I can't remember his name, but a group of us ran up there together.

My sister lives in St Geo so I'll have to have her go buy me a frb singlet.

Hey Tyler I was just looking online and they have a "core" and a "team" woman's shirt. I like the team shirt better, but do i actually have to be on the FRB team to buy it?

A new picture every day! I love it.

Rename your blog SEXY SHORTS!

nice! I love what I see.

I changed it to we wear short shorts, I think that's fitting.

Nice. I'm with you with my Shorty shorts I run in everyday. !

we don't need those long baggy shorts they would just slow us down :)

SOME of US need the long baggy shorts---not everyone looks as cute as you do in short shorts. Although, I did look dang good in the orange ones!

I'm so glad you gals are good sports. I could see a couple of lawsuits in future if you weren't. LOL. I should not have said that.

At least I know why I'm so slow. It's my BAGGY shorts!

Oh Kelli i've seen pictures of you in your shorty shorts and you were looking good! :)

We wear short shorts, if you dare wear short shorts NAIR for short shorts. hahahahahaha!

Yeah, just the orange ones, though, and I only get those out for special occasions.

Merri sorry that I am just getting back to you! You don't have to be on the frb team to get a team singlet. They are comfy and nice!

I really need the sleep too. I always do though. Probably I'll take a nap today at work on the cold hard desk.

Love your new pic! So you weren't lieing about having a head lamp.

PS- Do not bring that D#*% Amish bread to me...

No bread for me. To many carbs :) You should have come to the gym with me this morning silly!

Oh girls say it with me...I love Amish people and I love CaRbS!!!!

Burt do you want me to bring you an Amish bread starter?

I'll pass on the amish bread but I will take some of that carmel cake and cookies and cream ice cream you had on fathers day.

I made the bread today and it's delicious. I know the bags get puffy and full of air and it looks and sounds kind of gross to leave milk out for 10 days, but the bread is good ladies. :)

Another cute new picture!

I love that bread, there are some super good recipes out there that you can make. I made a chocolate one once and it was TO DIE FOR!

Did you decide on the midnight half? I kind of want to do it for fun, but not alone. Have you done it before? Still pondering this one...

Kelli - I'm still trying to decide on the midnight half as well. It sounds fun, I've never done it. The pictures on their site look like it's fun. When I did WBR last year my favorite run was the 1 am run so I know i like running in the dark :) Where do you live? Salt lake area?

Love the amish bread and I also love the cArBs... but its all the pressure that comes along with the passing along of the amish bread that I can't handle... the waiting and the baking and the passing along ( I am no June Cleaver!)

So if you give me a starter... I'll ultimatley have some sort of a meltdown .. and then I'll buy a Harley and ride off into the sunset to Mexico and become a professional Salsa dancer. Do you really want all that on your conscience Merri! Huh...huh???

That Amish bread is a handful, and you do eventually get sick of it and have to sneakily throw it away!

I live in Herriman, so close enough to do it. I like running at night, so it intrigues me! Maybe we need to get a group and just do it!

I actually thew away the first starter I got, then a different neighbor gave me another starter so I thought it must be a sign to make the bread. :) But I know about the pressure of passing it along. I've got it now.

Kelli - Yeah lets get a group together :)

Merri,

I'll take a starter -as long as you babysit for 10 days :) I'm usually too lazy to remember to put the stuff in at day 6, then I just end up throwing it away at day 15! I'd throw my shoes in for the midnight run....when is it?

Midnight half is Aug 7th - here are the details...

http://midnighthalf.wordpress.com/

Rad - of course I would babysit for you for 10 days!!! Anything to get this goo out of my hands. :)

golds hates having ac, the trick is to get under one of the fans but that is a feat (spellling?) in itself.

Just thinking about how fast you were running makes me want to throw up! LOL You are so fast - you are one of these "superhumans". I'm pretty sure you have super powers!

I was lagging quite a bit more than normal too. I don't know what my deal was. It didn't help that it was humid. Ugggh!

What happened to the speedy route this morning? Well at least you got out! I was tempted but did not go. Hopefully tomorrow. That dang wasatch back really took it's toll on me!

Merri I have to do the same thing most mornings. Kellie runs at 6:00, so I have to go at 5:00 in order to get 8 miles in. So I run 2 into payson and then 2 back to the house and then 2 towards woodland hills drive. That way I am at least 2 miles from my house. Just in case I get hurt or have to cut the run short. There are so many hoops to jump around with both husband and wife work, plus kids and everything else. Sounds like you women make it work though.

Way to go Idaho.

you are a fast little runner! great workout today even though you were tired.

Maybe it is because it is Friday?? Although I always struggle if I run the night before. Either way, you can check it off your list for the day!

that guy in the background is about to tackle you down. I can see the vengeance in his eyes.

Nice! I need your help with the garminster. So glad I can follow in your footsteps and get one. I just wanna be like you!

Sorry about the funeral, good luck.

Only 10 today! Come on is that all you got!

i know i know i am a slacker :)

Sweet! You did awesome today!

Hey can you post your times you are meeting in the mornings and I can see for sure when I can be there? Thanks chicky!

If it's the same as before Moses got the morning job Lyns would be running 5am Mon & Fri and 7 on Wed. Tues & Thurs I might need my sleep so 6am? I'll figure out official times by tonight :)

k sounds good.

Yeah let's do the speedy spaniard this week. Scary in the dark! How about Thursday or Friday? Either one works for me.

5 am thurs works for me!

Ha ha thats funny! I didn't even hear you! That little Carson! If its not your Carson than its my Rhoman. I think they just take turns.

And yes... alas there is still tonight...

you probably couldn't hear me b/c I just woke up and had that crackled sleepy voice.

It's time Carson starts to practice what we big boys like to call 'self control'.

ha oh little cars. Merri, I have done that before too! It's like I'm all dressed, which is really the hardest part, and ready to go and all I have to do is get out the door but somehow I'm back in my bed. It's wierd.

oh I thought you were going to tell us about how you pee through your diapers at night, when you said you have done that before too.

i think he had too many beers before bed.

Today might be a good day for you to call and get me out of work. I'll meet you at the pool.....

6 is awesome Merry Merri! :)

gotsta have white teeth to go to the pool!

good news,

no Cahv-ah-tees

Yay for no cavities! and 6 miles is not uneventful, you are way to good for your own good!

Yeah to no cavities! I swear to you I have one every time I go. You would think I would run out of teeth to get cavities in. Maybe I should stop eating cookies for breakfast! Wait, I already did. I save them for lunch now.

Great job and nice new picture. You have more running pictures than anyone I know!

well kelli the last time I went it was 4 cavities and 1 root canal. So I decided it was time to start brushing my teeth, and I guess it worked. :) ha ha and yes my friend and I ran a million races last year and we took a million pictures after each race. :)

My dad is a dentist and he says his kids have the worst teeth of all of his patients. Hmmmmm.....

This is my year of a zillion races, but I do not let people take pictures of me often! I HIDE from cameras.

So you brush your teeth now. If we can just get you to shave your pits, you'll be doing all right.

those splits are awesome! We should keep a fast pace tomorrow on the speedy run. Are you still up for it?

rain at your place? None here..... mittens kept me up all night peeing the bed and such (he learned it from his naughty cousin) so i didn't run today. Maybe tonight.

Good job on your 4! fast fast fast

yeah lets do it tomorrow.

Wow! Those were some nice times! Yeah lets try to do that tomorrow - I'll try and get some sleep tonight.

Nice splits! You are one speedy woman! I can't believe you've got a 'speedy' run planned for tomorrow...I would've guessed that was today!

thanks rad, I wish I was speedy, I was sucking some air today :)

Why are you on lone faithfuls, you're the most popular gal around :) Thought I better come comment again.

how embarrassing. I can't be seen in the lone faithful's box!!! :)

hey what happened to that ugly girl that was punching a pie into her teacher's face pic?

I thought I had embarrassed you enough for one day.

Blame it on the cat Leandra. We all know it was you peeing the bed.

right, who do you think taught Carson?

Can ya put a ring on a run? I hear it is a fast course. I think I need to come run it and see if it will make me fast.

Great job today, have a pleasant day!

It is quite fast. Last year I ran the Provo 10k on the 4th and the Speedy Spaniard on the 24th and it was like 3 minutes faster.

The first mile is up hill the whole way. Mile 2 has some down hill and so does mile 3 but they are not long down hills. Miles 3-5 are flat with some slight up hill and mile 5-6.2 is flat. It is a pretty true course. We would love to have you at the race Kelli! Good job on your run Merri that is smokin fast.

Why don't you get sealed to it for all time and eternity?

♫♪All the single ladies, all the single Ladies - put your hands up - oh oh oh ♫♪

Did we do that song the night you came to Zumba?

yeah and it was awesome. :) hey do you dance to that one song that says you know I want cha, I know you want me blah dee blah blah I like that song and need it on my ipod :)

Yes I have that song its Pitbull - the warm up that i did was his song too, Its called "Krazy" that song will get ya pumped!

When I'm at the gym and that song by beyonce comes on, all the dudes tend to stop and stare at the TV. As Shawn says, Beyonce has some show stopping thighs and hips. She's got nothing on me! haha just kidding!

Yo mama she gets krazy :)

You should have run a little further just to get away from that 666 number! Scary! jk

We were atually laughing over that satanic number at the end there!

I think I need to start eating before runs too. Shoulda made a smoothie with your banana and gatorade. yummy! oh oh oh oh oh oh ohoohoh

I finally YouTubed that video and that woman can shake her thighs and her keester. I found the video quite boring, however.

Keester LOL

Yo yo yo Merri, are you and Lynsey running in the morning? If so, I can go at 7 since Shawn is off work tomorrow. Let me know!

Sorry Silly Lily, I just got this message. I just slept in today. It was much needed :)