Training

Training for the St. George Marathon has had it's ups and downs

There are some days where I am ready to run and ready to give it my all. 

Ready to sweat, breathe heavily and feel the soreness in my legs. 

Ready to feel exhausted and succeed. 

Then there are the other days...

Which consist of me trying to find my way out of it and feeling zero motivation. 

"Well tomorrow is my break day but today I have to run...But what if my rest day is today and I run tomorrow? Yeah!  That sounds great!"

No. Not great.

In certain circumstances, that plan would actually make sense. 

For example, if I have work but I have to run errands that day and I am just not finding time, then that is a legitimate idea, at least in my opinion.

But if I am just being lazy for really no reason, then there is no excuse. 

BUT, my husband has been great with pushing me to do what is necessary.
A few weeks ago, he text me while at work and said "I have a surprise for you."

Apparently, while with his parents, he scouted out a running route for me!

I had to run 5 miles that day and I was excited for what he had in mind. 

So he drove me near a golf course and said "Stay on this road and I'll see you toward the end," and
proceeded to drive away leaving me in the dust. 

This is where he dropped me off at about 7:30am

I wish I would have taken more photos!  It was a beautiful golf course, gorgeous neighborhood and a view that overlooks Bountiful and the Great Salt Lake. 

I saw quite a few deer on the way as well!

I wasn't quite sure where it was going to end, which was the exciting part. 

I wasn't counting laps around the track (can I just say that when you're on the track having to say "45.......46.....47" it is so mentally frustrating and it sucks so bad!),  I was just running for the sake of running.

Then I came up on this:

If you'll notice, the Bountiful Temple is right there in the distance!

I had a feeling that would be the ending point. 

What a fun running path that was!