Love a Good Book

Oooh, I absolutely LOVE it when I find good books on good deals. The DI is my favorite place to find books and today I found 9 books (for a total of $16). A couple of them were my favorites growing up, and all of the others were on my "to read" list! I'm so excited I can't believe it. Now, if I could just find more time to read all these great books, that would be awesome!

Red Rock Relay!

Yes, we are doing it! I put together a team of 12 people to do the Red Rock Relay in southern Utah. I am SOOOOO excited. It's similar to the Ragnar Relay I did last year. I was seriously having withdrawals from NOT doing Ragnar this year, so I found this new one in So. Utah that is going to be AMAZING and beautiful--and I get to run it with my friends and sisters. It's two vans of 6 people each. We run through night and day 180 miles. It starts at Brianhead and ends at Tuacahn theater in St. George. It will be so much fun (and a huge challenge). My friends and I ran 9 miles down the canyon yesterday in 95 minutes. The last mile was a killer, but I really feel pretty good today. Not as sore or tired as I thought I would be. I LOVE that I found friends to run with that are about my pace. James pushes me too hard, and my work friends that I did Ragnar with last year are all too fast. So I really look forward to running each week with my buddies. Yay for us being slow-pokes-haha! I will keep posting RRR updates on here as we get closer to our race. I am so excited! Can't wait.

YW 4th Year Hike

So I thought that being one of the ward camp directors meant we were also supposed to go on the 4th year hike with our girls. The stake organizes it (even though we went as a ward to camp this year). I even took work off to go. Apparently, I was the ONLY one that thought that! My friend, Julie, and I were the only ward leaders from the entire stake! What's up with that? And we only had 3 girls from our ward going. Whatever. We did have a good time (if by good time, you would consider sleeping on sheep poop, lumpy, tilted ground, being scared of the injured bear out there and basically not sleeping). When we got to our "campsite" (haha) there were sheep everywhere baa-ing to their hearts content and pooping all over our supposed tent sites. Ugh! The shepherd did take them up over the mountain after informing us that the bear was following the sheep and had been shot in the arm. What the ---? So we put all of our food and garbage up in a tree for the night and made the girls put their backpacks in a separate tent away from where we were all sleeping, but still....Ugh! Not to mention the 11 mile dirt road we had to travel to get to where our hike even started. I think my car probably needs new shocks now. LOL. Wow, I need an attitude adjustment. But, overall it was a good trip. No, seriously. I always have fun when I'm with Julie. And I do like spending time with the YW. So other than the complaints, we survived and lived to tell the tale!

Messed up Brain? Or just an Obsession?

Is something wrong with my brain? Or is it I'm just driven (possibly in the wrong things--hmm, my messy house, scattered junk piles; exhibit A and B) once I get an idea in my head. So ever since I stumbled upon the Red Rock Relay site, that's all I can think about?! I want to run (and organize) it soooo bad. I want to make it fun and unforgettable for those I recruit to run it with me. I want to challenge myself (and others) to excel beyond what we believe we are capable of. Why can't I focus all this energy and thought process into something really important in the grand scheme of life. So many other things I could accomplish. Not that running, exercising, spending time with friends is anything bad to focus energy in...I'm just a tad bit obsessed. Don't know why. Hmmm, maybe my brain is messed up after all.

Relay Anyone?

Ok, so I'm going through withdrawals since I didn't run the Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay this year. It was such an empowering experience last year. So I'm wondering if anyone is interested in running the Red Rock Relay this year?!!! Please?!!! I found this relay by accident but am dying to run it because it starts at Brianhead resort and ends at Tuacahn in St. George. You run through Zions, Snow Canyon State Park and all these really amazing and beautiful places. It would really be awesome...but we need a team of 12. It is September 4-5. Plenty of time to train still if anyone is interested. I wouldn't mind being the team captain and organizer if we could pull this off. You would run 3 legs during a 24 hour period--each leg anywhere between 3-8 miles. We live in the vans and just have tons of fun. Or...we could do the Ragnar Relay in Las Vegas which is Oct. 9-10 (even more time to train). Either one would be awesome with beautiful scenery and loads of fun. But we need to decide NOW so I can rearrange, finagle, or beg my way out of work those weekends. The entry fee for either one is around $80-85 each. Then we would split gas, food and hotel (for the night before). Come on; 180 miles, 12 team members, two vans, lots of music, no kids, little sleeping and burning loads of calories! What do you think? Here are some links if you are interested and want more info. Red Rock Relay and Ragnar Relay