Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Girls on the Run!

Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Girls on the Run!

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Another Gold Star!!!!

Long time no blog. This was definitely, once again, blog-worthy!

Meg/Mom, Sarah G, & I participated in the Run Like a Girl Half Marathon today! Sarah & I ran the first six miles together. It was a wonderful, albeit quite hilly, morning jog! We were surrounded by lots of lovely women and a very supportive group, including an incredible chase crew made up of some lovely husbands and a puppy! (Thanks Travis, James, & Carlo!!)

We then joined my mom at the 6 mile mark and walked the remaining 7.1 miles with her. No less hilly, but now with more company! I stole Carlo from our chase crew, so he got a crack at all of the Bellingham hills as well!


Race Start! (Not a terribly formal affair...)


Sarah, Meg/Mom, Lizzy, & Carlo at about 9.5 miles


The three of us (and Carlo) at the finish!

It was a super fun and inspirational event. Such an incredible way to spend a Saturday morning!!!!

Thanks Sarah, for joining us at the last minute for a great run. Thanks again to James & Travis for all of your support - and for putting up with us girls for the weekend! Most importantly, thanks, Mom, for being such an inspiration - not quite 4 months out from a total knee replacement. You really earned your gold star today!!!!

We Did It!!

I just wanted to make sure there was a formal post to acknowledge that Kate & I spent an AMAZING 3 days up on Mt. Baker for our Glacier Skills Course!! We had a great guide through AAI in Alasdair Turner. He led us through basic skills such as knot-tying and how to set up a rope line, taught us about glaciology, reminded us about safe glacier travel, taught us the importance of setting a proper ice anchor, showed us how to rappel... Oh, and WE JUMPED IN TO A CREVASSE!!!!!! The moral of that story was DON'T fall into a crevasse, especially if you've only got one other person to help pull you out!!!!
After we each slid into, then got pulled out of the crevasse, we survived walking through an ice fall, and we even got to learn how to ice climb!! And, turns out, we now know that our stomachs are strong enough to withstand drinking ice worms for three days. We're pretty sure they were all dead before we ingested them...

Here's the Picasa Link to all of the pictures. What an accomplishment!!!!!!!


Most importantly, we achieved our goal of becoming QUALIFIED TO CLIMB MT. RAINIER!!!! We have already registered for next summer, and intend to be standing on Rainier's summit at the end of July, 2010!!!!!!

Kind of a Big Deal

While I'm getting caught up on pictures, here's our Rock Superstar Kate Maudie!!!!

And here's the Picasa Link to the rest of the Rock-N-Roll photos. Congratulations again, Kate Great!!!!!!!!

Doing Well!

Mom is doing very very well! She has been very religiously sticking to her routines for exercises, icing, walking, and using the CPM, and keeping a positive attitude. Hooray!!

On another note, the Roadrunner seems to have found some water, and appears to be loving her life as well!! Enjoy your vacation, Kate!

Hiking with Maggie

It was a beautiful Saturday here in Eagle River, so I decided to take Maggie out to the Eagle River Nature Center. Turns out, today was the Crow Pass Race, so it was pretty tough to find a trail that wasn't going to be in the way of the racers. (By the way, Kate, I think I know what we're going to be doing to celebrate our 32nd birthdays!!!)
We ended up going on the Albert Loop Trail, with a bit of a side trip on the Dew Mound Trail to help avoid the race. It was a wonderful decision - we were out there pretty much by ourselves, and the weather was great! There were a few signs warning of bears along the trail, but they were all either laid down or turned around, so I figured that meant the bear had found somewhere else to snack on some salmon...
The trail goes along the Eagle River, so we got to clomp through some of the river silt, which was fun. It was one of those beautiful afternoons that makes me question why I would ever want to move away from this state, with these amazing trails only 15 minutes down the road. I *heart* AK!

Ow. Ow. OWowowowow!!

So, I'm a bit sore from yesterday still. Nothing like walking lunges to make you not want to move one quarter of one inch for days on end. So, back to Jogo I went today It hurt.
First:
1 Rep Max Snatch
Starting with a 5 rep warm-up, then a 3 rep round, and 3 rounds of increasing weight 1 RM
This is my first time doing a max for the snatch, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. I started out at 45#, progressed up to a failed 85#, and ended up maxing out at 80#. Not sure how to feel about it, but my legs do hurt. And my shoulder started to rebel at the end - trying to pop out on my last rep. Oops.
Then, we got some second helpings love. OUCH!
Karen
As in 150 Wall Balls. And that's it. 150. 14# ball, 10 foot wall, and me. For 11 mins & 47 secs. Ugh.

On a happier, but more painful note: word is Mom is doing well, recovering with her brand new knee. Turns out, we can rebuild her. It can be done. And it has been. Hooray!!