12th Day of Christmas!!

Today (Saturday) started off the very best way possible.  Holly and I met up with a big group for "Twas the Run Before Christmas."  Rachelle put together this awesome event, thank you Rachelle!!  Everyone there was super fast so we let them go on their way.  We were dressed up in silly Elf hats and Santa socks, we looked very festive!

Aren't those hats dashing?  They had bells on them so we jingled while we jangled but I ran my little bell right off dang it!

I don't know many of the people below but I can tell you that they are FAST!!

We headed up the canyon with the group but the wind was no fun so we decided to turn around and run about the city.  Best decision EVER!  Every car that we ran in front of at stop lights were so pleased to see 2 goofy little elves running about the town.  We would wave and say Merry Christmas, with a few ho ho ho's thrown in every once in a while.  Jake got Christmas music on 2 ipod's for us so we ran and sang.  We spread Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear.  We had people honking at us, waving at us and guess who passed us honking like crazy to get our attention?  The jolliest elf around, old St. Nick himself.  This was seriously the most fun I have ever had running.  I wanted to run all day unfortunately my legs didn't.  We did 15 glorious, fun filled miles!  Best day ever!

Before I get into today's giveaway I just want to thank all of the business' who helped me.  I really wanted to giveaway my favorite things and they were more than willing to help. :)

On the 12th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...an entry into the Utah Valley Half Marathon!  This race will be held on June 8, 2013.  I ran this race this past year and loved it, you can read my race recap HERE!  I hope to do this race again next year, I loved it!

To go along with your wonderful half marathon you will also get....

That's right, ANOTHER super cute necklace.  I was shocked when Scott James Jewelry sent 4 necklaces for me to give away, they are awesome!

To enter like Utah Valley Half Marathon on Facebook HERE!

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If for some crazy reason you haven't like Scott James Jewelry on Facebook yet you can do it HERE!

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Don't forget there is still time to enter some of the giveaways.

On the 12th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...an entry into the Utah Valley Half Marathon. Ends 25th.

 On the 11th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...an entry into the Top Of Utah Marathon. Ends 25th.

On the 10th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a Scott James necklace. Ends 24th.

On the 9th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a stocking full of GU.

On the 8th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a Twete Bird headband.

On the 7th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...$20 to Yogurtland.

On the 6th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a Handful brazier.

On the 5th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...4 FREE meals to Costa Vida.

On the 4th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a bottle of Sportlegs.

On the 3rd day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...Good2Go protein bars. 

On the 2nd day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a pair Pro Compression. 

On the 1st day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...Terra Miaaaaa.

The winner of the stocking full of GU is...

This is actually a little weird.  It looks like the person who really wanted these the very most won.  Congrats, maybe you should enter giveaways more often :)

MonicaDecember 20, 2012 11:00 AM

I don't know if this is funny, but I have not ever entered a giveaway and never enter contests but you totally tempted me with the Gu. I guess it is funny that I consider Gu my best food storage. So, if I win, this may be what my family has to live on if there is a national disaster. Love your posts, thanks to Ashley, I found your blog.

10th Day of Christmas!

Wow, can you believe it's already the 10th day?  Hallelujah, this blogging every darn day is hard work.  I might have to retire after this 12 day adventure!  Let's get on with it shall we?

On the 10th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a necklace from Scott James Jewelry!  Actually I will be giving away 2 today so your chances just increased!  Here is the necklace you will get.

Oh, I love it!

Now instead of wearing your race medals around town you can just add charms for each race that you do.  I don't know about you but I don't like to wear my medal any longer than 3 days ;)

I absolutely LOVE my necklace.  I may not have realized just how much I loved my necklace until I thought I had lost it forever.  I will admit that since receiving my Tiffany necklace from the Nike Women's Marathon I have not worn my beloved Scott James necklace.  I had worn it everyday for well over a year so when I got a shiny new necklace I was excited.  I needed to shine up my SJ necklace so it was just easier to wear the new one.  My friends, after the day I have had I promise from this day forward to rotate the 2 necklaces equally!!!  I loved the San Francisco race so much that I really don't think any race will ever live up to it.  I didn't have the best race but having never been to San Francisco made it amazing!  I wanted to remember that race from that day forward so wearing the necklace each and every day reminded me of the race and of the wonderful family trip we were able to take.

This morning as I went to get my SJ necklace I FREAKED out to see that it wasn't in it's spot.  I was fighting the tears with every ounce of my being, okay I cried :*(  I realized that that necklace meant more to me than anything.  I have charms from different races.  Races that came with many, many memories.  With my necklace gone I felt lost and helpless.  I almost called up Scott himself seems how we are practically BFF's now ;)  I hoped that he would have mercy on my soul and tell me to keep one of the necklaces he had sent for the giveaway. 

Here is my necklace way back when I first got it.

I racked my brain trying to figure out what had happened to my beloved necklace!  I am quite OCD, on certain things, and I always put my jewelry in the same place...ALWAYS!  I thought of a place to look while driving home from Costco, just to come home and be disappointed not to find it.  I nearly cried AGAIN!  I finally decided to look in a piece of our luggage we had taken to San Fran.  I was sure I had seen it since then but figured it was worth a shot.  And lo an behold I found it!!  I was so happy that I shouted with joy and hugged my little necklace with all my might.  I shined it all up and it is beautiful again :) SEE.

Each charm has special meaning to me.  I got the chain, 26.2, run and stone at the Utah Valley Marathon Expo in 2011.  You can read all about the race HERE!

A week later I added the Ragnar symbol, race recap HERE.  I bought the charm before my first leg of Ragnar and will wear it as a badge of honor for surviving that miserable race ;)

Holly gave me the ultra charm for my birthday right after my "Ultra Ragnar" you can read about that HERE.

While at Ragnar Holly and I talked to Scott about getting a Boston charm, for THIS race!

See all the charms have precious memories attached to them, I treasure my necklace.  I also have cute little runner girl earrings that Holly gave me.  Next on my list is one of their super cute rings, check them out on their website.

So like I said I have 2 necklaces to give away, so get busy.  You know the drill right?!?

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Before I recap the giveaways I have a dumb Steph moment to share.  I just went to pick my kids up from gym and I walked past a fellow, he said "what's up?"  To which I said "good!"  Ha ha ha, what a dorkus! 

Don't forget there is still time to enter some of the giveaways.

On the 10th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a Scott James necklace. Ends 24th.

On the 9th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a stocking full of GU. Ends 23rd.

On the 8th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a Twete Bird headband. Ends 22nd.

On the 7th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...$20 to Yogurtland.

On the 6th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a Handful brazier.

On the 5th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...4 FREE meals to Costa Vida.

On the 4th day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a bottle of Sportlegs.

On the 3rd day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...Good2Go protein bars. 

On the 2nd day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...a pair Pro Compression. 

On the 1st day of Christmas Lil' Mama gave to me...Terra Miaaaaa.

And the winner of $20 to Yogurtland is...

Coupon PersonDecember 20, 2012 1:18 PM

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Congrats!!  Email me (kyt1976@gmail.com) and I'll mail you your prize :)

CAUTION: Treadmill in Motion!!

I guess karma wanted to teach me a lesson this fine Thanksgiving Day.  A few days ago a co-worker told me about a gal who flew off the treadmill while doing the gait analysis.  I laughed hysterically and wondered how on earth that could even happen.  Well, although my experience was a little different I now see how one could fly off a treadmill.

After Holly and I finished up our leg workout we headed down to the "shoe shop" for a little Thanksgiving Day 10 mile run.  I was running along when I decided I wanted to dump out my electrolyte drink and get water so I pushed what I thought was the STOP button and hopped off.  Apparently, I pushed the FAN button not the STOP button.  I filled my water and attempted to get back on the treadmill.  Now let me just say that it was dark, I just have the T.V.'s on and no lights and the movie was turned up really loud.  So I couldn't see a whole lot and I heard nothing.  Anyways, I stepped onto the treadmill while drinking my water and suddenly I was eating the treadmill, I guess I wanted a pre-feast snack.  I couldn't figure out what on earth was happening.  I kept trying to get up and wondered why I couldn't, I soon realized that there was no way I was getting out of the situation so I gave up and let the treadmill take me where it may.  I rolled across the Shoe Shop floor and my water went flying.  I was laughing uncontrollably and looked up at Holly, she was looking at me like "what the heck are you doing?"  She thought the treadmill was off too and couldn't figure out what was happening.  I decided we had better take some reenactment pictures so that I could share this exciting morning with you.  Enjoy!

BAM!!  I literally ate the treadmill, luckily I didn't get treadmill burn on my face :) I got it lots of other places though!

Somehow I ended up sideways, threw my water and started rolling..

and rolling! These aren't the most flattering photos ever but oh well!

I think our reenactment photos are quite accurate and hilarious!  Even though I didn't see myself, when I finally composed myself and started running again I kept picturing the whole thing.  I could not stop laughing and let me tell you it is hard to run and laugh at the same time.

I got a little beat up

The pictures don't really do it justice...it hurt!  Well, it actually didn't hurt right away but after a few minutes my leg, hand, elbow and shoulder started burning.  That darn machine took my skin clean off!

It definitely made for an entertaining morning and don't worry Mr. Bell I have written up and signed a waiver ;)

So what did I learn from all of this?  Well, first of all I need to learn not to laugh when others fly off treadmills or anything else for that matter.  Secondly, I now know to make sure that the treadmill actually stops when I tell it to.  My kids now believe me when I tell them that treadmills are dangerous and not to be played on.

We ran 10 miles and from the very beginning I was just not feeling it.  I am so grateful that as much as I wanted to quit I didn't.  I pushed through and I didn't even let that treadmill bucking me off get to me.  Now I can go enjoy Mama Jex's feast without feeling guilty.

Here are a couple small things that I have been grateful for today.  As I was getting ready I had the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on and Avril Lavigne came on and sang the song that made me think of my dad during the Utah Valley Marathon.  Today is definitely a day that I wish I could see my dad.

As I sat down to write this post my favoritest show of all time, Three's Company, came on.  Oh, that Jack Tripper cracks me up and he has always reminded me of my step-dad Mike.  I'm not really sure why but he has.

Lastly, I'm so grateful that Mama and Papa Jex are willing to make a huge Thanksgiving Feast for just the 6 of us.  I guess my sis and her kids aren't coming until dessert.  So thank you Mama and Papa Jex for going through all of that work just for us.

Have you ever flown off a treadmill?

I have now :)

What are your Thanksgiving Day plans?

Did you get a workout in this fine day?

I hope that my little treadmill mishap has brought a smile to your face :)