Music...

I love music. It can be so theraputic.

I think there are so many good songs out there that can express exactly how you feel. I wish I had the talent to write a song about exactly how I feel sometimes.
Unfortunately, I do not have that talent. Maybe fortunately for you all. :)

I have found so many good songs out there lately that express almost exactly how I feel.
I love it. I need to re-do my ipod with some of these new found songs so I can run to them.

I should make a good running playlist so I can get out some energy in a good run.
Maybe I'd be willing to run a little further and harder, just so I could hear all my good songs.

PG Triathlon

I'm a little behind. But I did another Triathlon June 13th. It was a good Triathlon. The course was a good one, but hard for me. It seemed like the majority of the run was up hill. And the bike had some good hills too. I was glad to be able to run the whole thing without stopping. The weird thing is that I got really bad side aches on the down hills. Guess I better start practicing down hills more.

My time wasn't great, but I finished before the last person, so that is good.
It was a reverse tri. And I'm not exactly sure why they did it that way.
We ran first.



Then biked. The bike was shorter than usual, but I'm totally fine with that. I stink on the bike.



Then we swam. I actually enjoy swimming the most, but for some reason, this swim about killed me. I had to stop several times for fear of drowning. But I made it to the end alive. Yea!

It ended up being a wonderful workout on a beautiful Saturday morning.

Memorial Day & the Heber Creeper

Memorial Day with the Family on the Heber Creeper!

I went with the family on a train ride through the canyon. It was a perfect day. Sun was shining, cool temperture. Perfect for sitting outside and relaxing on a 3 hour ride. It's 1 1/2 hours to Vivian Park and another 1 1/2 hours back. Going down was great. We were in an outside car and enjoyed the cool temperature and beautiful views.

And even watched waterskiiers on the lake (it was GLASS! Wish I were skiing). On the way back we moved to an inside car and pretty much read and relaxed. It was fun spending time with the family.

Some got bored and had to find ways to stay busy. Hide from the camera.

Over all it was a good day! Good food (ok not so much), Good "Friends", Good Fun.

2009 Breast Cancer Run

This year I went up and participated in the 2009 Breast Cancer 5K. It was amazing how many people come out to it. If you can blow up this picture you can tell there are people as far up the street as you can see. And probably that many more behind them. Some racers were finishing before others even started.

I decided I wanted to run the whole thing and that was interesting, trying to dodge in and out of people without knocking into them. It was a fun race. And I think it was one of the first times I've actually felt like I love running. Not sure if it's because I was going slower than I normally go, so I could enjoy it more. Whether it was the number of people around me, or the nice weather. Maybe it was all of the above. Maybe it's because I am actually starting to like to run??

What a great cause this is helping and hopefully they can continue to fight cancer with all of this support!

Timing is everything...

Someone said to me "Timing is Everything" and as I was thinking about it in the shower one morning (I don't usually think in the shower, must of been an off day), I got thinking how that is so true in so many situations.

I've had my fair share of car accidents. If I'd have been one second earlier or one second later, the outcome would have been so different. Bad Timing!

Getting your finger slammed in a car door....Bad Timing!

When buying one of my houses, I saw it and couldn't afford it, then I get a call a week or so later and I'm offered a job with a company I've wanted to work for for YEARS! Now I got to work for a great company and got a house! Good Timing!

My old place went up in equity $25,000 in 7 years, and just before I got my 2nd place it jumped another $25,000 in 1 year!! VERY Good Timing!

Deciding to start exercising only 3 months before being invited by a couple girls at an Enrichment Committee meeting to sign up for a Triathlon. Had I not started already a little there is no way I would have ever done that, and that has been a great blessing to me. Good Timing!

Callings...
In Relationships...
Crashing on your bike...
Meeting new friends...
Getting a free cell phone because they're trying to reach a sales quota....

Pretty much in every situation, timing has something to do with it.

I also know that Heavenly Father has a huge hand in it. I've needed changes in my life and he has prompted me to do things I thought were crazy, but had I not done them so many things would not have happened how they did. Now whether other options would have resulted in worse events happening I don't know...But I would probably still be lazy, sitting on my butt doing nothing, instead of running triathlons...I would still be living at my old place and would not have met all the great people I've met since moving to my new place. Things seem to come together better when you follow HIS timing! And I'm so glad I've listened at least some times! :)