The Zumba Crazy,,, sometimes Runner chick

welcome to the blog! Did you know last saturday we ran 5 miles and our last 3.1 miles only took 23:25!!! You've already broken that 5k you ran in april. Our miles were:

8:03

7:50

7:49

7:59

7:38

pretty speedy!!!

Welcome to the blog. By your shirt I see that you are a Zumba fan and instructor. My oldest daughter instructs also and loves it. She goes to school @ U of Idaho. Good luck with your running.

Merri is the bomb, isn't she?

that's right Burt and don't forget it. :)

You are a little contrary, though.

Thanks Rye! Yes I do love Zumba!and I'm starting to love running too, I'm still in the beginning stages of long distance but I'm getting addicted.

Yes Burt, Merri is da-bomb!!!! I feel privileged that she is letting me run with her -- what a great mentor. I hope i can be half as good as her!

Merri- I didn't realize I had beat my time on the 5k, thanks for pointing that out, YIPEE! Progress!

Welcome to the blog. There are a lot of you from spanish fork on here now! Rawesome!

Welcome to the blog! merri is my sis, she is def the bomb. You girls are fast! I need to move to sf, so I can tag a long!

Leandra, Thanks! So you are the famous Leandra huh! Well you definetely should come to SF and take a run with us!

I know! Maybe this saturday I'll come run with you guys. Except you're too fast for me! So I'm trying to find a running buddy I can bring that's more my pace.

Merri is the one who is fast -- Not me! I'm trying my hardest to keep up with her! Right around 8 min miles I'm ok with but anything faster than that is more difficult for me.

B/c we were running fast. :) Our fastest mile was our last and we did it in 7.19. Mile 1 & 2 were 7.34 and 7.37

Lets try for a 7 min mile one of these days.

Welcome to the blog. I usually feel sluggish after a rest day. But yeah, running fast could do it too.

It was a breeze :) your 1/2 marathon will be no problemo!

Thanks, you are definetly helping me!

First off, welcome to the blog.

Second-I am happy that you are going the "running" direction. I think that your will find it's really great.

Third- You are a ZUMBA instructor?! I love Zumba, and I'm thinking about becoming certified. Tell me about it...

Ahhh yes Zumba-- its awesome! I LOVE teaching! It was very easy to get certified and the support you get from ZIN (Zumba Instructors Network) is amazing! You can learn more at www.zumba.com.

You should come and take one of my classes in Spanish Fork. I'm doing a promotional thing on the 9th and 11th this coming week and letting everyone in FREE! So let me know if you want to come and I can get you more info. I'd love to talk with you more about everything.

oh man, I was really really trying to make it to this last night but obviously I didn't. Hope you had fun!

It was Fun! You can still come on Thurs. Tell Mary to come and shake her booty again!!!!

Oh poor Scotlyn!!! I hope her knee is better soon!

Yikes poor kid! I don't like anything with the word cellulite in it.

Sorry I missed Zumba tonight. We went to the temple and got home late. :( I had fun on Tuesday though!!!

Welcome to the blog. My sister goes to Zumba. Katie Shepherd, do you know her? It is nice have more runners from SF on here too. Good job on getting out of bed!

Tyler - I have a few Katies in my class so I'm not sure - Where does she take from?

Wow! I was just looking at your blog - you are quite the runner - Good for you!

Lyns up till 1:30?!! I knew you said you went to bed later but I had no idea that late. I think I am going to go tomorrow morning with you guys too. Should be fun times!

Church + Kids+= tired :)

What you already registered? Shoot I need to get on it.

Merri is such a flake sometimes :)

ps Lily is joining us on Friday.

okay, you don't suck at all, you're doing dance classes all over the place everyday! Have fun tonight!

And you're a really good person to take that stinky lost soul home.

I was jealous you got to lift.

I think Merri has a sweaty beast complex haha

Thanks Leandra for making me feel better, I do think all my Zumba craziness does interfere with the running sometimes.

Lily - Yeah I probably should have done a little less lifting (and talking) and more running :)

ha ha lost soul :) Have fun at ZUMBA!!!

Yeeeahh, I love the sweaty burn myself!

the week looks good. see ya tomorrow!

Coolio! See ya in the morn. Chica!

I'll see you two in the morning then!

LOL!!! We will feel more scared on our run Friday in the dark on powerhouse road. Let's talk aliens that day too. Hey did you ever watch that movie 'signs'?

oh i can't pull anything past you! next time i'll talk about aliens. yeah lily your blog post about the cougars caught in some guys garage in spanish fork freaked us out.

Cougar, as in 40 year old hottie? Growl!

Oh yeah Burt we know all about the 4o-5o yr old Cougars here in Spanish Fork, but they don't roam around the woods- they stalk their pray right in the Local Golds Gym! Ha!

.... And Lily... Never... i will never, ever, never, ever see "Signs" or any alien movie for that matter! I value my sleep...

I'm not going to lie to you. Signs is scary. But it's a GOOD movie!

Well, I'm off for my workout. I thought I'd try Golds Gym today. I hear they have some good equipment there...if you know what I mean...

Burt you are crazy :) ha h aha

One time Merri broke my nephews leg on the trampoline. She tried to take him out because he was cuter... so watch out for real!

Cuter than Merri? Is that even possible?

Wait, I haven't said anything mean to her lately. I have no reason to kiss up.

There's atleast 2 people in this world cuter than merri. My nephew and me.

Leandra is also famous for blaming me for stuff she did...like breaking the poor 4 year old nephews leg...tisk tisk

And for once Burt is right...it's not possible to be cuter than me :)

Ooooh it looks as if "innocent" lil' Merri's True colors are coming out! Leandra is an insider - and she's got stories!

Lily - "Eqipment"!!! Stay away from the Equipment.... stay far, far away! LOL

Lyns, you must have meant that comment for Burt. I do stay far far far away from the Gold's gym 'equipment'. Mmm hhmmm that's right.

Oh... My Bad! That was Burt who wrote that... well Burt, you stay far, far away from the "equipment" too!

Seriously, you must have good energy to go to Zumba twice right?

I guess... or maybe I'm just NUTS!

ha ha Kamrie is on modesty patrol so look out. :)

LOL. I bet you look hot in your swimming atire! We should all hit up the pool sometime this summer.

Love the new picture!

yeah look at us all bundled up in the pic - a blizzard in April - you gotta love Utah weather!

Like the new pic. Cute kids.

Really cute kids. When I run a lot my lower back starts to bug. It's like the movement of running is cramming everything together in the lower back. But everything on my body bugs after I run, my feet, my calves, my shoulders, my ankles just everything so who knows. Hopefully it feels better soon!

Why Thank you! This was a very, very cold day! My first race ever and in a blizzard. But the kiddies and husband still stood at the finish line to wait for me - they must really love their mommy!

Yes my lower back is really tight. I don't know if its from running or dancing - or from picking up children - could be a combo of all 3!

Be careful. my back was so screwed up last Sept.-feb from running, spinning and lifting one heavy boy named Brooks.

I think you're right you were shaking your booty too fast and too furious. :) ha ha I slept in today too. We were meant to be running buds :)

Ahh yes Merri we are a match made in heaven... and for tomorrow - Yes I'm coming - are we just meeting out front @ 5?

I'll be out front at 5. So I was thinking. If you need us to stick close to the neighborhood tomorrow Lynsey, we could totally just run our 8 miles around here. Stay close just in case. Whadda ya'll think?

One other thing, if it's raining I don't really want to run in it. What do you guys think?

Oh yeah - I think our avg. pace was right around 8 mins. ( the usual) I like that pace but someday I want to try to go faster - see how i do!

Yuuuuummmmm Cinnamon bears. So I kept going after I dropped you off. I went at least two more miles. That was a fun run today, even though I lagged a bit.

nice job girlies!

Isn't that the great thing about blogging? You start writing your thoughts down and before you know it, you've discovered the source of your energy. Chocolate covered cinamon bears. I'll have to try that. All this time I've thought root beer floats were the way to go.

Way to go Lily - 2 more miles- I really think I could have done more today - but ya know I had to get back.

Burt - Root Beer Floats! I'll try that next time for sure!

lucky you, zumba, bowling and movie night it doesn't get much better. get enough sleep for nursery though.

I was running my little tooshie off in the gym and could see your little party out there. Looked fun! :)

I like the look of frustration at the end, knowing how bad he wants her and how he'll never have her. Unless they broke their vows together...ENCARNACION!!!!!

yeah burt lyns has been there done that :)

meaning she's dated jack black and the pink panther (steve martin)

I am such a "floosey"! I love to wear my 'leisure pants'.

it was a little weird at first when you and steve m. were dating b/c of the age difference, but he started to grow on me :)

Must be some inside joke going on there. Or maybe, it's totally true.

Totally true!!!! I met Steve one day at the Local Golds Gym,,, he he he.

What? you serious Lynsey?

I guess my sarcasm dosen't come through on this blog very well -- sometimes its hard to type' sarcasm ;) No Lily I just playin'! ☻☺☻☺☻

LOL, I thought so. I got your sarcasm. I had to check though. One time I met David Hasselhoff at Target in Orem when he was doing drugs/alcohol rehab up at Sundance somewhere. He kindly asked me where the q-tips were located and looked me up and down, said thank you and walked away. Nice.....and true story.

http://burt-mccumber.fastrunningblog.com/blog--I-finally-got-David-Hasselhoff-to-sh/03-12-2009.html

Love the new pic by the way. LOL!

Oh no, I think I'm going to cry. :(

Oh and, I know you and Merri were originally training together. It won't hurt my feelings if you guys keep on keepin' on. :) You guys should come and do spinning me with me sometimes. It's a rush.

Lynsey I'll join you tomorrow at 7. I'll do 2 before and do 4 with you. Lily do you want to do the speedy spaniard this week? Any day but Wed will work for me. And I'll join you for spin some time. Just not on Wed :(

Okay Merri sounds good! What time is Spin Lily - I might be able to make it out of here earlier next week - this is k/o of test week to see what time Mo gets done.

Spin is at 5:45 kinda early. But it's so awesome. I also love the spin class on Saturdays so you might want to try that one out with me. It's so fun!

Saturday spin starts at 9:15, but I know you usually do zumba around that time huh?

K maybe I will one of these days - thats something I've never done before...

i'm sorry i'm sorry...see my post for today. I tried to catch you but you must have already left for the gym or were inside your house.

No worries! ☺☻☺

Hey, if you girls are going to run tonight, count me in. I can do it again :)

Looks like we are going to 2 a days already! jk I like the new pic! Good job on the TM! I hate those dang things too.

Thanks! You a Jack Black fan too? Are you from Spanish fk. Tyler - I swear I saw you running on Main st. this morning!?!

I used to be a treadmill lover and hated running outside until like 3 weeks ago when i finally forced myself to go outside. And now I can't think of anything worse than running on the treadmill. :)

Lyns I love in Salem. So that was not me running on Main Street! I do like Jack Black!

i'll be there tomorrow for 4 at 7. I wont sleep in this time. :)

Your abs got it going on!

Her abs, are number one.

What you talkin' bout Willis?

Bruce Willis.

Demi Moore

Ashton Kutcher

Cameron Diaz?

Justin Timberlake

Jessica Biel

Keep going until you get to Kevin Bacon.

Puff daddy

Jennifer Lopez

Ben Afleck

Jennifer Garner

Matt Damon

winona rider

Johnny Depp

Kate Moss

I am so far removed from pop culture. How is Winona Rider connected to Matt Damon or Johnny Depp?

lovers

no they are brothers and sister :)

If anyone knows their celebs, it's merri

Billy Zane

Zoolander

Ben Stiller

Vince Vaughn

Jennifer Anniston

Kevin Bacon

Great time on the run.

What time are you whipping out the pool?

Pool is out! Come on over! I have my sisters kids here today, so theres plenty of kids to play with.

SO it was 7:56 for the first 2 miles and then 7:25 for the last two miles - WoW! I feel good about that!

Oh slip n slide! Wish I could be there :)

Great run today, so speedy!

Look on amazon.com or samsclub.com They have them for good prices! I love my Garmin! I never leave home without it! I would get the 205, but if you like to track your heart rate I would get the 305! Well worth the money!

and check costco too, $20 off until July 5 and free shipping on the 305..... tempting, tempting :)

Leandra thanks for the info on the Garmin, I'll look into it!

oh that stinks. was it a blister?

I couldn't see a blister, I think my toenail is about to come off on my 2nd toe but there was a lot of blood around my 4th toe too, but I couldn't see a cut or blister or anything. Weird!

I used to have such cute lil' groomed toenails - those days are over i guess! ☺

Good job today! You can pretty much kiss those toe nails good bye! You should be running in shoes that are at least one size larger than your normal size. I still lose toe nails on every marathon.

Kiss your toes goodbye. Not literally. You'll get blood on your lips.

Dang it Tyler! Every time I post a comment this morning I see that you have posted one right before me. But not only that, you stole my line!

Lyns you are a speedy gal, I must say. Ummmm, you should see my toes. Let's just say they aren't pretty. We need to get you some new shoes girl!

I guess ugly toes are one negative side effect of running. Yeah, new shoes are in my near future - maybe i'll buy me some new shoes for Moses' B-day! He'd be okay with that right?

oh man, I wished I would have known that you guys went today! I want to run the freedom run but now I am supposed to run friday, and hike timp, do you think it would be too much? And I am nervous, and I don't want to pay $30. But I still want to do it, it all makes sense right? I just barely joined yesterday, I didn't even tell anyone I joined you'll have to show me how to find people on here. Thanks for telling me about the blog oh and my cute hair!

hhmmm tempting. I bet we'll be up for it. The 4th of July is so fun. I'll see what Shawn thinks!

ah sounds like so much fun!! I know, I wish we were staying home in the neighborhood tomorrow. We have tickets to the stadium of fire. But now I really just want to be with friends, ah well I say we have another party on MONDAY! oh my blog name is chizel3

Oh thanks we'd love to come but we're going to be in provo w/ Wes' fam. I can't wait to hear your race report!!!

Wow, nice job. You are making amazing progress as a new runner. That is a very good time. Keep it up.

WAHHHOO I knew you could beat 23 minutes!!! AWESOME job Lynsey.

Lyns, you are so speedy! Way to go! What place did you come in?

Thanks guys! I don't know what place i came in - I haven't seen the results, I'm not sure when they are going to post either.

Merri - how did Wes do? Hopefully no knee troubles...

Great job! They finally posted the results just before 9 am, it was a long wait!

Are the results online yet? If so, Where?

Are you supposed to wait around after to see the results - I am so new at this I have no idea what I'm doing!

I do not think they are online yet, I just saw them at the park when they posted them. There was a huge delay because a ton of runners signed up to run the 10k and then ran the 5k instead. It messed the timing up royally.

I guess I shoulda looked for ya, but did not even think of it. How rude am I??

Usually the results are posted pretty quickly. But due to the above mentioned issue, it took over an hour. We only waited around to see if my 9 year old would get a trophy, but he came in 4th so no such luck.

Oh shoot! Well Maybe I should have stuck around - oh well!

No idea what's going on and yet you ran that fast?

You came in 133 overall (male and female), 22nd overall female, and you were first place in your division F(30-34) Hopefully they will mail you your crystal trophy. It is really nice. Maybe you could contact them. (There was another in your age group faster but she was the overall female winner, so she got that award). Congratulations.

Results at: http://results.active.com/pages/searchform.jsp?pubID=3&rsID=46063

It says 2007, but it is 2009

Oh my goodness! Thanks for the info. I had no idea they had results right after the race or trophys or anything... I feel like an idiot!

Yeah I'll have to contact them about that trophy! Thats awesome!

22:36 official chip time.

Alright Lyns! I am so proud of you. I told you that I thought you were fast. Good job girl!

Hey we will probably come over with a dessert after dinner. I think Shawn wants to relish his steak hot off our BBQ here. Is that okay with you guys? maybe around 7:30 ish?

That sounds good! See ya then! ☺

Woo hoo! You see? That's why I asked what place you came in. I knew that was a speedy time. Way to go!!! (I already said that.) You rock!!!

Woo hoo! I'm so excited right now!

AWESOME!!!!!!!

First place in your age group?! WAY TO GO!!! Wish we would have seen you too, I can NOT believe how many people were there.

If you want to run Saturday I am so there.

I'll join you tomorrow morning. Not sure on Sat plans yet. Let me look at the old schedule :)

it was a good run

Staying up late to watch fireworks throw you off your schedule?

I can't ever sleep on Sunday nights. Uggh

Yeah Fireworks and leaving your windows open and the wind blowing your blinds all over the place - I just want to bite the bullet and shut all the windows and turn up the AC at night. I think I'd sleep so much better!

Yes Merri it was a good run - Thanks for breaking your stride to go running with Lil' Ol me.

You guys looked good today, I said,"show offs" because when you were running towards us you looked like you were going so fast! My cousin said, "those your 8 min friends?"

you guys are way fast! i'm still thinking about how you took 1st in your age div on Sat! Nice run and great way to start the week.

I need one too, take me with you and your fam :)

No rest for the Zumba instructor!

Let me know if you find a good Vaca spot... Looks like you are busting onto the running scene. Keep it up and you WILL be addicted!

I feel the same way. I need a restful break. I keep imagining sitting on a beach somewhere with warm breeze and hearing waves.....

Lily you should just go hang out inside Nancy NeSmiths house. It's pretty close to the beach. :) And you can listen to the pool in the background.

Lysney, you're welcome to come over Thursday around 11 with the kids to play in our little pool and trampoline. Merri is coming with her kids too. I can make lunch :)

I say we all book a trip...

Feel like you were back playin Frogger... I 2nd your vote btw. Somewhere with sand and sun!...

Frogger... he he he

we like to live on the wild side what can I say.

You two are crazy wild!

Today I ran across a completely deserted road, and all the sudden a car comes out of no where and honks at me, so I can kind of had to dodge cars too, glad to make it out alive too

I hear ya.. "Tristan and Isolde"...???

Yeah I thought it was Tristan and Ryan :)

Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences and some sexuality. Sounds great.

not.

Tristan and Isolde - circa 2005 (free library movie). One of these great epic sagas, from the producer of "Gladiator", another of my favs.

Merri- Tristan and Ryan? I totally forgot about them - but when that show was popular i got told i looked like that girl ever day!

Burt - you will watch Tristan and Isolde...and you will LIKE it... thats an order...

Fine. I'll put it in my queue. But I have 130 other movies in front of it.

Oooh. I just noticed that Run Fat Boy Run is being shipped to me. Now that should be good.

Burt you are really behind.

I wonder if run fat boy run is based on a true story.

Are you insinuating something Merri?

Just looked up Tristain and Isolde on Blockbuster.com. There were 4 to choose from. I'm guessing you watched the one with that hunky James Franco from Spiderman.

Yes thats the one. Watch and report.

Plus they're both speedy.

Yes - they are speedy which is really pushing me - I ♥ it!

ha ha It's so funny what we each remember about the run. Like somehow I forgot the king of Scotland until now.

Hi Lyns!

Thanks for the encouragement! I see that you have your half coming up! My goal is to run a half by next September, once I have a solid year of running under my belt. Is the Hobble Creek race in Utah?

hehehe your funny. I thought the course felt way easier this morning too. We gotta do it again next Friday. It'll be fun!

Wow - Nice to have running comps with extra powers - 4:45 - seriously! It is usually worth it though.. Usually...

Yes Oreo -- they are quite exceptional!

you guys are awesome! I think I would puke running that fast!

moses moses moses...

It's all about the Zumba isn't it?? :)

I cannot lie I am a Zumba Fanatic, its the best way to sweat.... well next to running :) I'm pretty sure I'd be banished from the running blog if I didn't say that.

Good for you girls!

Target always has cute running shorts.

Do they really have to be cute?

Old Navy has some cute ones too, but I already told you that! :)

Ooooh I'll have to check out those places... and Burt - Yes they do HAVE to be cute!

Could be a heart attack.

I had that on saturday. It went away. When I had to cough or laugh it was a twinge of pain. I'm sure it will go away.

Sometimes muscles do weird things.

You could run with us at 5:50 if you want, I know we will slow you down but I need a little push.

You are having that pain again? Hopefully that goes away soon, did you get it checked out last time?

Yeah thanks Burt - you sound just like my mom! ( could be the swine flu - oh no!)

I can't run that early tomorrow Tynelle - if I could I would totally run with you guys. I'm going around 7 AM. (Treadmill = Hate) grrrrrr.

Happy Birthday today Scottie!!

Oh fun! She's really 2? :) But she's so tiny.

She's getting so old.

Thanks for the bday wishes for Scottie!

life doesn't get better than zumba and parties! :)

Okay...I'll do it.

k burt meet us at 8.

Stupid bugs and stupid dogs. Next time I am bringing mace for the rabid dogs. I'm not taking it anymore :)

Great run for you guys! :)

Thanks Lily, wish you could have been there too.

be there or be square for tomorrow ;) that means I'll be there.

and I'll be there on Wed & Fri as well.

I will be there too! See ya in the morn.

LOl were all on the FRB at the same time. Sunday nights are boring and I usually can't sleep. Time for some facebook too.

Do you want to drive up to the SS race with me in Fri? Or maybe you have a different plan. Let me know...

Yeah that sounds good, my fam will probably just meet me at the finish line.

Wes & I will both be running so we might drive separate. Or I'll see if he doesn't mind riding w/ some women :) unless we weren't invited and only lynsey was :)

Of course your invited silly. We can all go together. I assumed you'd just go with Wes. Just come with us. :)

Yeah the treadmill is getting beat. But it'll be our friend again when the winter snow is back. Ugghh, I don't even want to think about that!

I ran on the dreadmill once all winter and I hated it. Kellie and I still run outside all winter. I have some cool spike things that I wear on my shoes and they help a lot. If you can keep your face from freezing off you will be ok! I hate the treadmill so good job on running today!

'Dreadmill' -nice one!

Yes lot's 'o names for the Tm! That should be punishment enough don't you think?...

Dreadmill... I like it!

I do not like the cold or snow... so guess i'm out of luck when winter comes!

I finally went to the gym today. I need to go more, to see if there's any fresh meat :) wink wink

the song your post reminded me of...

Oh come and dance with me, my baby

Let's dance, do it, go crazy

The night is young and so are we

I wish I could go, I can't :( Shawn is off playing with the Irish till Thursday.

I am glad to see that you are using the dreadmill word! It will catch on around the globe here pretty soon! :) jk

its too perfect... I'm so using that from now on. Let it be know that TylerS was the first to use the term "dreadmill" LOL

Could I get that on paper and notarized?...Please! jk I actually heard it from a friend, who head it from another friend who in turn heard it from the first friends sister's brother! :) Wow that was hard to type! Good luck on Friday!

Thanks... and as far as I'm concerned that word is all yours!

Moses is so old. Or he's not the one I'm thinking of. I'm thinking of the one in the Bible.

Hey! I don't know how I missed your call today. I was up early getting kids ready so I could go to the Dr. at 9:40. Anyways, it was crazy morning and I am just now getting back to you. Thank you for calling, that was sweet. I am doing well and am able to take care of the kiddos and all that stuff. Don't worry about me. :)

Happy Birthday Moses!

Not the Moses from the Bible - but he is pretty Righteous and performs small miracles every now and then.

Shall we leave at 5:30?

nicely done my friend!!! by the way it was us honking at you and your fam walking up 100 s. :)

Good Job Lyns! I saw you after but I was stuck in the shute and didn't get out in time before you had walked away. Good Job! That's an amazing time! someday I will keep up with you guys!

You're the best girly. I am so glad we all could do this together. :) You rocked today.

Great job today, way to smash your goal!!! It was nice to meet your for a sec!

Nice job on the good old Speedy Spaniard!! Didn't you say you just started running?? Pretty incredible if so! You must be a natural. It was nice meeting you and talking to you for a quick bit!! I promise I am going to make it one of your zumba classes if it kills me :). Again, nice job~

Look how awesome you are. You join the blog, and all of the sudden you're a super-speedy.

Thanks!

Kellie - it was great meeting you, and yes I would love to see you at one of my classes. You did great at the race girl!

Burt- yes Burt I believe joining the blog is the source of the added speed. ha ha ha. I'm still thinking the choc. covered cinnamon bears help too ;)

I'll join you tomorrow for 5 at 6:30

cool c u then.

I predict 1:33:28 for your Hobble Creek Half. That's what the race time predictor says anyway. :) So shoot for a 7-7:15 pace.

So Merri is predicting off of a predictor? :) I predict you will do something close to the same :)

ha ha it's the only way to predict lily!! :) you just make someone else do the work for you ha ha

Wow! Do you really think I could do that? That sounds easier said than done right now. I guess we'll see, I'm hoping I could keep that pace for 13 miles - I don't know!

if you're still using the same training schedule I have it looks like you should do 8, 9, 10 miles on the next 3 Saturdays. Maybe you should try to up it to either a 9, 10 & 11. But maybe that wont make much of a difference. i was just thinking it was a big jump from 10 miles to 13.1 in one week. But I did a half once after only running an 8 miler before so you should be good.

You are crushing it out on the course! What's the secret to this SF womens running club. You gal's are all putting the speed down. Very nice race on Friday. My brother and niece ran it - sounded like a rock'in time.

Merri- ok lets do a longer run coming up the next couple of weeks. I Can't this weekend cuz I'll be gone - but I wouldn't mind doing it next week. (Whatever you say Master - I would jump off a cliff if you told me it would help me run better - ha ha)

Oreo - thanks dude! ...and yes the S.F. Womens Running club is Da-bomb!

Let's see what magic eight ball says about you running a 1:33...*shake shake* definitely a maybe.

Now that's how you predict!

ahh yes the eight ball. where is mine? did you take it?

The eight ball has always worked for me. Ever since like the 4th grade.

Ooo late night. I feel zzzzz too.

Cool so does that mean Moses Jr is here? And i'll see ya tomorrow at 7 :)

Yes Jr. is here! And yes tomorrow at 7 I'll see ya's!

Speaking for Merri - don't let it happen again.

Merri didn't have to say anything - she's the silent aggressive type - she was just giving me the evil eye ....

I know I kinda wished I had gone, but I was too tired to go alone. Have fun camping!

Oopsy. Well, have fun camping.

I can join you for sure Mon, Wed & Fri. Not sure on Sat yet. We might be doing a triathlon in Duchesne...decisions decisions. ;)

Have a great week!

Thanks Kelli!!! You have a GREAT week too!!!

Merri - when you are such a "celebrity" runner its hard for you to choose which event for which weekend. Tough life! =)

Glad you got a run in tonight!

Ha! I'm glad I don't have to worry about too many bugs.

hahaha I know all about the bug swallowing. Been there done that!

avg pace 7.53

Oh, I hope it goes away. Maybe you need to take things a little easier for a bit? Nothing ever slows you down though! :)

yeah that is weird. couldn't hurt to go get it checked out :)

Yeah I think I'm going to get an appt pretty soon, might as well. Merri thinks I'm going to have a heart attack on her! .... even weirder .... I spelled weird wrong up above... wierd... or I mean weird.

whoa that is weard

avg pace 8.05

weerd!

did some one say weed?

cuz i could go for some weed right now :)

Who is smoking weed?

LOL

Brother McCumber is.

where do you guys go?

That's it Merri. You thought I wouldn't come back to check on Lyns' blog today. I'll smoke you!

Miss Chizel wants to know where to go to get in on the weed action! :)

Merri i knew we needed to get you a pee test to check for your drug use.

Did you run today? I should be available for a 5 miler...but I need to ask Wes first. He's working today until 4 or 5.

No I haven't ran today - would love to run tonight - let me know when.

How was the 1/2?

It was really really really fun! I am sure you would have had a blast :) It was tough and I was tired, but it was fun running in the moonlight.

we could run 6 on weds to make up for our extra mile :) and 7 on weds good? wes has spin you know.

6 @ 7:00 on Weds. sounds good!

I know. I was gonna say...

Hey, you know who's suckier? ...Lily...

Lily has a good excuse - she's livin' it up in Lake Powell.

i'll plug in the watch now. :)

Lyns, you rock! Way to run 10, it's not easy and that's a great great pace!

Indeed that is a great great pace for 10. Indeed that is.

I'm liking the temps in the high 90's.

That is funny, that is about all I can pull off as well! Nice job!

Lyns are you out there?? COOOOMMME BACKKKK

She's been really sucky at blogging lately. LOL!

The sucky blogger returns!

ROFL!!!!

I put ketchup on my ketchup. LOL!!!

If you knew my husband you would know how true that is.

Hooray for not being sucky!

sucky is my middle name.

so sad I had to miss it. ed week is ruining my life. :)

I thought you said ed week rocks.

you bring up a good point burt...

Lyns I am confidant you will do it in that time or less. I figure that last night we ran the 8 miles in 1:07 minutes. You can do this! :)

Thanks Lily - hopefully my knee will hold up - I don't know what I did, I'm really frustrated!

Lyns, you're a speed demon, you'll do awesome. I'm nervous too! I'm shooting for around a 9 min pace but the first 7 miles are down hill-ish, so I'm just going to go as fast as I can without overdoing it on those and then try to keep 9 minutes for the last 6 miles.

Sounds like a good plan Leandra.

I don't have a Garmin so I'm going to have no idea how fast (or how slow) i'm going. Not sure if thats a good thing or bad thing!

It's probably a good thing! sometimes I'll look down at my garmin and tell myself i'm going to fast and slow down when really I could probably keep up that faster pace.

UGH!!! I'm sorry, that stuff always happens when you want it to the least!!! Just ask Lily. Hope it's better by tomorrow. Maybe try icing it today and taking it nice and easy.

on a side note the new picture is cute!

It's the race curse! Why did I sprain my ankle 3 days before the Speedy Spaniard???- so annoying!

I'll send some quick prayers up for you. Ice ice ice.

Oh that is so annoying! hopefully if you take it easy today and Ice it you'll be feeling better by the morning- I just ditto what everyone else said.

Thanks for the support ladies~

Oh ps take ibuprofen before the race. that should help and it wouldn't hurt to take some during. Maybe take 2 before the race and 2 during the race. At mile 8 or so.

Sometimes with knees you just have to not baby it and walk it off. But you'd be wise to never take my advice.

Awesome debut for 13.1. 1:32 are you kidding me. Keep it rollin...

You did awesome! But I knew you would! You were made to run Lyns. And I am glad your knee felt better- prayer works :)

We do need to run a half and we will!

Awesome work on your first half, that is quite the impressive time! I saw you fly by, and you were flyin'!!! That loop into the park threw me off last year, too! 1/10th of a mile can seem so darn long when you are DONE!!!

Dang toenails, who needs them??? I lost one when I started running and it has never had a chance to grow back, it just keeps falling off. If you ever figure out a solution, you will be one rich lady.

Love the new picture, cute family!!!

Lyns, you rock! That's an amazing time, especially for your first half! Way to go! So fun hanging out with you before and after the race.

Wow Lyns! That's not sucky at all. Maybe you should change your blog title to The Garmin Moocher.

1:32:54. I'll never be that good.

Sweet stuff speedy gonzales!!! That's a way fast time for your very first 1/2!!!

Lyns, I am still amazed at your performance yesterday! Very nice work! You made it look effortless. It's an amazing accomplishment and you should be SO DARN PROUD of yourself! I see many great things for you with running in the future. Nice chatting with you before and after the race also ( I wanted to take your little girl home with me, SO CUTE!!) Thanks Lyns.:)

Thanks Everyone! I love this Blog - its so nice to get all of the encouragement! You all are great! I really appreciate it!

Hey Lyns, so I haven't seen your blog before but clicked on it because of it's sassy name. So 1:32 for your first half???? Wow you have some natural talent for this running thing, I'd stick with it even though it was done off a bet. And losing a toenail is a badge of honor for runners :) Congratulations on such a successful first half.

Wow great job on your first half, that is a great time.

Thanks Josse - you came in just ahead of me in our age group. I think I remember seeing you.

Did I look like death? I remember you too... although I thought it was you passing me.

Josse you never look like death! :)

Yessss the decision. Which 5k I want to slay?? :)

Love the new blog title. And the new picture. LOL. I especially love Leandra's farmer's tan, but mine's better.

Now if I can only get Lily to comment on my Friday blog entry.

Lyns what is that monstorous pic of me? And burt I grew up on a farm so I'm allowed to have any kind of tan I want.

Nice job getting up and doing 8! I'm going to do 1 of those races too. :). I'm thinking onion days because of that awesome breakfast afterwards! But probably I'll do whatever you girlies do

'The garmin Mooch" LOL!!!!! Lyns you kill me!

That is a cute picture of you 3!

love the new pic. :)

I feel so tall now.

and just one more comment, are you running tomorrow?

Leandra - monstrous?!? I think not!

Lily - you know its true! Well you and I both are Garmin mooches!

Merri - everyone feels tall next to me!

Great week, I do hear you on the sleep thing. I think we ALL need more. Get some rest this weekend!

Go to bed especially early tonight, so tomorrow you guys can all have happy, shinning, non-sleepy pictures :)

sleep shmeep so over rated :) just kidding. hopefully you got a nap while the kiddos were at school.

Hope you have gotten some sleep!!

Kelli,

Yes I finally caught up this weekend. I'm supposed to be in bed in 5 mins to get my 7 1/2 hours tonight! Better hurry!

Where did you, where did you go go go? I know you've ran this week!

I need more sleep everyday...

I'm HERE Leandra.... I just suck at blogging I guess...

PS - I have been getting more sleep, I think the sun going down earlier helps a lot. And I've been trying to not drink as much caffiene.

Just don't cut the caffiene out of your pre-race breakfast. Next time i'm drinking a pepsi before and maybe I'll keep up for oh about 2 seconds :).

Leandra will be glad to see you back blogging again. :)

Zumba Zumb Zumba! Jiggy Jiggy Jiggy. Bomb-diggity Bomb-diggity Bomb-diggity!

BURT - now your speaking MY language!

...and of course you read that in the congo line voice.

If I wasn't so uncoordinated!

CONGo....cOnGO....CoNgO....

Lily -- you could do it! You should just try!

Pump up the jam pump it up while your feet are moving

Pump it up a little more, get your body going on the dance floor...

Seek us that's where the party's at

and you'll find out if you do that.

LOL! I've never understood what that lady is saying. I've always thought it went 'see cuz that's where the party's at'

Don't even ask me what the next line is. I no wa, a place to say, get your booty on the floor tonight, make my day?

Make my day

Make my day

Make my day

Make my day

Make my day

Pump up the jam while your feet are stumpin'Look around while the crowd is jumpin' pump it up a little more , get the party goin' on the dance floor, see cuz this where the party at , and you'll find out if you do that. (lyns version)

Merri - come to Zumba tonight and pump up the jam with me? bring Leandra too?

ANd by the way , it will....

Make my day

Make my day

make my day

What time and Leandra you know you want to. :)

8-9 PM...

Yes Leandra - you KNOW you want too, and Lily does too and Burt...

i know you already know this b/c I've been to your class once before, but just as a warning the Tew girls (maiden name) are not coordinated w/ hand eye movements and such. we look like uncoordinated noodles. sorry lani someone had to say it.

Whatever - believe me I've seen it all .. and it dosen't matter anyways - the whole point is to sweat and have fun! Nobody cares! As long as your moving it dosen't matter if your on beat!!!

If you come you'll see how killer it is to do Zumba the night before a 5:30 run. Come on - take the challenge! Its on me!

NoOdle, NoOdle, NoOdle, Everybody NoOdle, Leandra is a noodle, her legs don't have coordination. Neither do her a-arms. (refer back to the Conga line jokes from the beginning for the tune to this song).

Exactly why you should come! I'll give you $100 if you don't have fun!

leandra will be there with bells on.

Merri -- you rocked it girl!!!!

The salt turns the bodies into mummies!

it's the bodies of runners they catch trespassing on their construction site. I called the city and asked and that's what they told me.

I would not doubt it Merri - they are doing more than just "giving out tickets" on that trail.

Burt is that line from Home Alone? b/c that's my favorite show and this morning when I ran past the body piles I thought of Home Alone...

Yes. So many good quotes from that movie.

That's awesome. I seriously love Home Alone so it made me laugh when I finally realized what you were saying.

My favorite line is when Buzz is talking about how he doesn't feel bad for Kevin because

A.

2.

and

D.

I know. I was thinking about that part. LOL. Keep the change ya filthy animal.

Burt you're what the French call les incompetents

Merri you know what happens to you when you drink Pepsi before bed.

There are way too many people in this house. When I grow up and get married I'M LIVING ALONE I'M LIVING ALONE

I made my family disappear. I made my family disappear!

Next time I'm there

ha ha h I was totally loving that when we started!!! so my favorite song, and I loved the cow boy dances.

what me quiet??? no way jose! :) I was trying to talk, but you girls wouldn't let me in on the conversation. You two would run really fast ahead of me and then try to turn corners fast and lose me. :( ha ha only kidding!

She must have been PMSing pretty bad. (Well, it was funny when Dwight Schrute said it to Pam.)

burt why I otta

:)

yeah it was quite a bit chilly today! it must have been the farm country. :)

...ummm...yeah. That's pretty fast.

I think it's great you had a small break last week from running though. :)

that's good stuff there. :)

I'm loosing one right now too. :(

Once you lose a nail, your foot smells like strawberry. Tomorrow immediately after your run take your shoe off and smell your foot. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Strawberry huh!.... do you really think I'm that gullable Burt!?!?

It was worth a shot. I thought if I said chocolate, it would be a dead give away. lol!

Oh - my - goodness.

Very consistent miles yesterday by the way.

Sub 7? You are awesome!! I told you you were going to win! Almost. You won your AD. :) I'll PM you the way to upload pictures.

Awesome!

Thanks Burt and Lilster!

Nice job, super fast time!!!! And I am glad your kids had fun. Perfect day!

Thanks Kelli! Yes it was fun to do one with the kids.

ha ha I always do what I want when we run. if i want 5 we run 5, if I want 3 we run 3. it's just how it goes :) It was pretty cold again today.

A marathon? What has Merri done to you?

I did my 3 miles in 25 minutes this morning. Even though I was actually going for that pace, I felt bummed because I usually am in the 23 range. Thanks for making me feel even worse.

Burt burt burt, you must remember nothing is ever my fault and I am always right. I say lyns byns lets do it. I'll look at the odgen, slc & uv marathons and we'll decide which one would be most fun. Lily and Leandra are you gonna be innys or outeys???

I don't know if I want to put my body through that. hhmmm I'll think about it.

mmmmmmm, mostly outy :). But I DEFINITELY think you should do it lyns byns!

leandra look how happy you are in the picture to the left after your 1/2. you know you want to go twice that distance!!!! do it do it do it

do it do it do it!!

Yeah I know, I know.

I've heard good and bad about marathons. I would like to know for myself.

Go Salem!

I thought Salem was in Massachusetts.

I can't believe you took my boys with you out that day too. You are wonder woman!

Burt~ Salem Utah - yes lots o' witches there too!

Lily~ No problemo - I love your boyz!!

you're a man eater.

Shaved ice is the bomb and we know you are a zumba-ing fool. :)

yes I could tell you were excited. but you can't help but be excited when you get a free shaved ice. nice new picture. :)

I think Moses is saying, "Here it is. I found the bicep. It's right here, but you have to look real closely."

Good job Lyns! You still ran and that totally counts!

Burt sorry to bust your buttons but that isn't Moses, that's 'body by banks' behind Lynsey. :)

Rrreeeeeaally??? Well, he seems to be getting a little fresh with our little Miss Lyns, doesn't he? LOL!

Lyns... Thanks for the words. It was a fun race. You would kill it down there. Next year?? Your dance moves would be sweet on that course! You have any races coming up?

Burt - its hard not to be jealous of my massive biceps, everyone is! And yes that is Michael Banks behind me - not my husband - (the other black guy in SF)

Thanks LIlster -- Body by banks - ha ha

Oreo- I think I do want to do SGM next year. I'm going to do a Marathon in the Spring - We'll see how I do there- then I'll decide on St George. No upcoming races lately - I'm teaching a lot - I've got 5 classes this week, and its looking like that for all of October. So running is taking the backburner for now. But i do love it - so I am going to keep on doing it.

I know I've been missing in action. :) I couldn't run yesterday b/c I slept in and Wes didn't get home until 8:30. So planning on 5 today and tomorrow and THURSDAY is finally the day I am buying this girl's gym contract. Oh it will be so nice to have a warm and cozy gym to work out in. I was going to bring some cookies over, but I wasn't sure who was all allergic to peanuts over there at your house??? would the allergic kids be ticked they can't eat the cookies??

If they are ticked they just have to get over it... plus that means more cookies for me!

When are you running Weds and Fri. You think it would be Ok to run outside on Friday?

Sweet some no bakes will be coming your way after school. :) Looks like it will be cold Wed & Fri. I would be willing to go in the morning if you wanted to join me. Or maybe after Wes got home from work. Or maybe Friday at the gym since I will finally have a membership again. What do you want to do?

I don't think it would be too bad if we bundled up good, but it's up to you.

Okay - haven't seen the weather- guess its going to be cold from here on out :(

If you want to run tomorrow morn. (if its not raining) I will.(6:30?) and then maybe I'll see ya Friday morn at the gym - I'll be there about 6:30 or 7:00.

Wait, your Mormon? I never would have guessed.

LOL!!! I keed, I keed.

She's flds

yeah 6:30 I am cool if it's not raining :) see ya then. and if it's freezing we can decide in the morn as well.

Yeah Burt - Merri converted me - she bribed me with delicious no-bake cookies.

Merri-Merri, I will see ya in the morn. all bundled up. Might be the last week of running outside - if your getting gym pass - maybe the weather will warm up - we shall see.

yeah it's murphy's law right? as soon as I buy a pass the weather gets beautiful?

So Sorry LYnS!!!! Kamrie threw up 3 times last night. She wanted me to sleep w/ her. No clock in the guest bedroom where we were sleeping. I kept thinking I should get up to see what time it is, but no energy left from cleaning up her throw up. :( blah blah and bleh sorry!!! we need to buy face masks. then maybe no one would mess w/ us when we run and we wont need to be so scared. and 20 minutes? I would give you 2.5 miles for sure!

Yes I like what I see on the side that says running goals: MARATHON!!!

ps I'm glad you liked the halloween decor :)

Oh Merri poor you! Caring for a puking child all night long :( and Poor Kamrie too.

PS - I'll get right on the face masks

You're brave to run in the dark and cold. I am over that for now. Till March or April. Hopefully we can all run together again.

Glad your new shoes are serving your lil' feet well. :)

Love the Halloween colors.

aw Burt you are so festive!

Seriously though. My wife is the festive one. And crazy when it comes to Halloween. Are house is so decked out in Halloween decorations. And not the cute little scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns. I'm talking severed heads, decaying corpses, 20 foot long witches hanging from the roof, skulls everywhere! I swear it looks like we're devil worshipers. Kind of embarrassing actually. "Oh, you're my new home teachers? Yeah, just look for the house with all the demons."

Burt I didn't know you were a mormon.

But really your wife sounds awesome. We could get along. halloween is my favorite!!!!

What gave me away? The Light of Christ not in my countenance?

I'll have to post some pictures sometime. Not of my countenance. Of my house.

I did my FIRST Zumba class today and LOVED it. I have ITB issues and have always been told it's all about hip stability. I think I just found the perfect x-training/physical therapy for me! I'm not very good at it, and I'm sure it's comical to watch me, but I still had a good time :)

Yay!!!!! Thats so awesome!!! I'm so glad you had fun, and stick with it and I promise you'll see increased strength in your hips and core.

RAD got jiggy wit it too tonight!!!! ha ha You go girl! So when you gonna come try my class?

I moved my hips doing step all the time at my gym until they moved it to a different day. (I only go M W F.)

I would LOVE to come to one of your classes. I don't know if the teacher was just keeping it conservative because she didn't know the crowd or what, but the class was a little less cardio than I would've anticipated. I know your class would kick my TRASH! Just wish it wasn't so far....

Riverton Paul, moving his hips. Sweet!

nice :)

running can never take the back burner :) ha ha

I know.... Right!.... am I going to be banished from the running blog for writing that?

ha ha you might be.

I just told Sasha.

ha ha I like your new blog title

LOL!! You're pushing some buttons Lyns.

Hahahaha I am laughing my rearage off at this conversation.

Lyns it's ok if you post about your Zumba stuff. I for one love reading about it. What matters is your keeping active in between runs and we do want to know about it :)

Burt - You told Sasha to come to my Zumba class... aww thanks dude.

Well Thanks lilster - I do like to track my workouts (be it running or otherwise)

JUst call mine the "Zumba fast running and shaking it blog" phew - glad thats all cleared up.

What marathon did you decide to do?

Leandra - I'm not sure, gotta check with Merri-Merri and see what she's thinking . . . Are you in ???

I didn't do anything saturday. Not today either. Someone got me pretty sick. :( I hope this goes away soon for me and you!

I think I passed you on you way to the gym today. Is your house feeling better?

Woo hoo!

You probably did pass me Lily. We are all feeling better now. How's Gavin?

my long lost girl friends does it seem like we haven't seen each other in years???? :)

Merri it's been tooooo long. I miss though summer morning runs. Where the heck did summer go :(

Seriously! And it's almost NoVeMbEr!!!

I know I know. I miss those mornings too :( I so miss seeing you guys all the time. Cold weather changes everything.

Colorful blog. Nice run.

Oh, I still haven't posted pictures of my house. I'll do it Halloween Day.

2 zumba's in one day, you crazy girl.

really at golds!!! this is the best day ever right? :)

ha ha ha I had t he same bad experience w/ the "free session" a couple years ago. I vowed never to talk or look at the personal trainers again. :)

Oh Zumba Zombie Princess. What a story! You shoulda told her that you honestly don't want to have a personal trainer that doesn't know what she's doing. Say that tomorrow, and see what she says.

What station did you find Christmas on? I have looked all morning and have hear nothing! I love Christmas music!

Nice job on the 3 miles today Lyns-o

It was on 1400 AM.

Black and yellow, silly. How can black and white be boring to you? I'm asking because I just watched Lakeview Terrace.

I had more egg nog this weekend, too.

What is Lakeview Terrace??? Fill me in? I had more eggnog too - I bought the pumpkin spice one again - mmmmmmmm.

Lakeview Terrace, wait, let me look it up to make sure I got the title right, yes, I did, is a movie starring Samuel Jackson. He is an old cop. He's lived in the same neighborhood forever. Then an interracial couple moves in next door to him, and he gives them a hard time. Put it in your queue.

Oh Lyns byns if I've said it once I 've said it a million times, if you listen to AM you're not cool. :) ha ha ha Oh you little Christmas lover. :) Burt has an infatuation with interracial couples. I have a brother that I wont allow to drink egg nog. He gets the WORST egg nog farts!!!!

Egg nog farts? I don't know if that's the sickest thing I've ever heard or the coolest thing I've ever heard.

As far as my infatuation is concerned, I haven't started asking the "weird" questions yet.

I drink it straight or add Ginger Ale.

I haven't had a swig of egg nog since I was a kid. I think it sounds gross. It doesn't have raw eggs in it does it? Maybe I'll buy some today and try it.

Who knows what's in it? Just creamy goodness. You're going to love it, Lily. Just love it.

Eggnog farts, interacial couples, and AM radio... I love this conversation. What will be the next topic?....

How about my Santa Claus socks that I'm wearing today?

*NEXT TOPIC* Why in the H3!! is Burt wearing Santa socks, and does the big red man really exist?

Would you have ever thought you would influence the way I dress, Lyns? Seriously, I saw the Santa Claus socks in my drawer and thought, "Lyns heard Christmas music, so I guess I can wear these."

Nice.... the power of the fast running blog to influence others... hmmm... its got the wheels a churning in my brain now...

And yes Lily of course he exsists - How could parents actually buy all that stuff for there kids and then get it wrapped and all out under the tree without them knowing? Impossible I tell ya..

Yo lily when do we get to do the tour de santa in your house??

Yo yo yo girls. Never fear, when I have all the Santa's up I will have you over. I go nutso at Christmas. Our house turns into a glitter wonderland.I was thinking of doing a little Holiday party. Do you guys think that would be dumb or fun?

Holiday party-dumb -- thats a total oxymoron Lilster!

It would be totally FUN! Totally (in a ninja turtle voice)

yes very fun! IF you can keep burt & his egg nog farts away...

Totally ( in a BIll & Ted voice)

Lily - I checked and yes there are egg yolks in eggnog. THere ya go!

I just want to keep on commenting on this so that I can reach the goal of being on the "Hot Discussions, (Most Commenters)" spot on the side of the screen.

Just think - people will click on it thinking that they are going to get some running tips and then they'll find a discussion about eggnog farts. Help me out here - lets make this happen peeps!

lyns - found your blog through Burt, the funniest of all bloggers. This would be the 25th comment, ten more and you'll knock teena off the "Hot Discussion" board.

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but Sasha changed it to where it's no longer number of comments, but number of commenters. Plus if he thinks it's a meaningless discussion (I don't know why egg nog farts would be meaningless), he'll take it off.

Lyman - I'm not the funniest blogger. Montelepsy is. Unfortunately he doesn't blog much lately. Then Merri's next. Then me.

Add one more poster to the count. You'll need at least 35 to make the list :)

Just to keep this running related: Eggnog farts would definitely make me run faster!

Bert must study the FRB all day long. He knows all the rules! LOL

ahhh b-burt I'm blushing. :)

*pop* Bubble Bursted

I do not have an infatuation with interracial couples. Just black people in general: http://blackpeopleloveus.com/

FuNNy! Good one Burty-Burt!

So your infatuation isn't with me but with my husband....

He's a hotty.

Hey Lyns Christmas Music is now on the FM so you don't have to listen to the nerdy AM radio anymore! :)

Heck yeah! I've been singing my heart out to Christmas on the radio this week. :)

Burt - back off! HAHAHA He's mine! Just ask Merri & Lily about the cougar who already tried to get her hands on him.

Lily - If listening to AM radio makes me a nerd ... then so be it! I love switchin to the AM every once in awhile. You can't here Jim Reeves on the FM dial.

What, a nerd? I think Miss Merri thinks it's nerdy.I guess I'm a nerd too because sometimes listen to AM radio. But Delyla on Kozy did bust out the Christmas tunes this week. She's pimp!

What station is Jim Reeves on and what time?

how were romeo's teeth? :)

I always make sure they are late enough to still get my workouts in :)

Boo on anything that crowds workout time.

Romeo had 3 cavities - ouch! So they had me on the waiting list to get in and it just so happened to be this morning at 8 - oh well!

I have a dentist appt this Friday at 8:00 AM - so I think I'll go to the gym before and then just go to the dentist in my workout clothes and all sweaty and stuff. Maybe it will get me out of there quicker.

cavities hah I laugh in the face of cavities. :) talk to me when he gets his first root canal :) ha ha

no worries i am full of excuses as well. i'm hoping for a good week next week.

Too much Napoleon?

what is this other energy alternative and where can I get my hands on it?

It took me 15 days to kick the 32 oz of diet coke every morning last August. Headaches virtually every morning. Worth it though. Good luck!

I'm with Merri - Talk to me...

You will probably have to take ibuprofen for a few days to get through the headaches. After I stopped drinking Dr. Pepper everyday, I realized later how different I felt.It sucks to be dependent on something everyday like that. I won't touch Caffeine now. I know what it will do to me, and I know I won't be able to sleep well that night too. You can do it Lyns!

My alternative to Pepsi now is from Mona-vie its called "E". http://www.monavie-emv.com/#/benefits/acai-energy-drink

Moses' friend came over to get his hair cut on Saturday he sales it and gave me some to try he guaranteed me that it would give me energy and I would be able to kick the soda/caffeine habit.

Its now 2:35 PM and I still have energy and NO Headache! I'm impressed so far! Its only day 1 so I'm not jumping on the bandwagon yet - but its all good so far. ☺

Merri and Oreo -- I'll be the guinea pig I'll try it out for awhile and see if it really works. Like I said So far So good! I thought for sure I'd have a headache by now.

Uh oh! I just yawned! Ha

Okay so I guess I'm not going cold turkey on the caffeine - just looked into the ingredients in this a little more and there is Green Tea and another natural herb (Guarana)that has some natural caffeine content.

But I am getting rid of the carbonation and High frucotose corn syrup and all the other crap in soda.

Aight... keep us up to speed. If things get dicey - just down a MoNSteR low-carb of course.

Lyn - I kicked caffeine because of a higher than normal reading on my blood pressure. I was getting some additional life insurance that required a medical exam and high blood pressure actually increased my insurance costs!

Anyway - check this link out:

http://men.webmd.com/features/coffee-new-health-food

There is a very good argument to have a daily dose of caffeine.

Thanks Lyman! Good link.

I'm sticking with this drink I have felt Awesome the past two days!

Is Monavie code word for vodka?

It breaks the WOW on so many levels. LOL!

WOW - word of wisdom

LOL - little old lady

No of course it not Vodka!.... its Rum!

Did she say rum or run?

How's the energy/headaches/ new drink Lyns? I saw your cute sister out wtaching your kids today.

You still up for Saturday? And Merri, do you want to come to the busy biddy with us Saturday?

Merri - I said Tequila.

Lily - I ♥ my new energy drink and it has caffeine in it so I don't have headaches. I'm not kicking the caffeine habit just the soda.

Yes I'm good for Sat. 2:00 senorita? Merri you should come! Unless its me that you hate and then I guess you wouldn't want to come.

That sounds fun...I'll talk to Wessally.

So you got your speed & running talent from your grandpa. That's cool :) Hey by the way, my Dad is older than your grandpa...i'm not joking :)My Daddio turns 80 next Febrary! :) And so glad you finished off the orange sticks they really don't need to be tempting anyone anymore.

Merri - I'm old enough to be your dad.

Nice run! Hope you guys had fun at pirate island!

YEs Piratey fun once again. I wonder where Rhoman is going to want to go for his B-day?...

Happy 9th Dallas!

So what marathon are we doing next year gals??? I think i wanna do St Geo......

Yeah St. George sounds good!