I have returned!!

2 weeks ago I found out I had staff infection
ew.
I was quite traumatized and couldn't really work out because the
incision would break open and blood would come rushing out
( ok maybe trickle out)
Today I finally got back to the gym to really work out
45 minutes of cardio
weights: arms, abs and legs

Welcome back me!

-L

Family Hikes

These are some of our annual backpacking trips in the past..

All the teenagers in Uintas 2010

The whole group in the Uintas 2010


My beautilful cousin and I
The first familybackpacking trip EVER 2007

Escalante 2009


Escalante 2009

Uintas 2008--my first backpacking trip ever..it was definitely quite the experience. I am surprised I ever went on another trip. It consisted of hiking mostly through rain and hail and then sleeping in a wet sleeping back. it was absolutely lovely:)...no but really..it was.

Uintas 2008





Here are a few family reunion hikes..

Park City 2011
Bear Lake 2009




Lake Tahoe 2008

Every year at our family reunions..we do a hike with all 50+ of us. They have a sort of reputation..."oh don't worry guys its only half a mile"..5 miles later and were still aren't half way to the arch. Nevertheless..we all still enjoy them! I have quite a few special memories from these infamous hikes.

Along with our family hikes, we do a backpacking trip every summer with whoever wants to go. Here are some from the past. This started my wanting to be an "organic granola girl" phase. Gotta love it!!:)

Oh and I apologize for the messy post..I'm still getting used to the blogging world.

-Mads

GRAND CANYON!!!..lets just pretend its still May

We loaded the buses in Boulder City and drove to the north rim of the Grand Canyon...

Getting started at 1 AM

Beautiful Sunrise

Me pretending to be cool...

you kind of have to make things fun (even if its stupid) after so much hiking...

its the endorphins...


oh deer...10 more miles to go.


crossing the Colorado River..diggin the hat?:)

3/4 of the way there!!..and yes..i was very exhausted after those very steep switchbacks.

uhh..nuff said.


yaa...i hiked that:)


FINALLYYYY

Standing at the south rim of the canyon..after 23.5 miles and 13 hours of hiking.

Hike the Grand Canyon rim to rim in one day?

Check.

Bike :)

The sweating sisters took a bike ride together this past weekend! The ride was out at Lake Mead, Nevada with the whole family. It took the route of old train tunnels all the way to the Hoover Dam. In total, the ride was about 9 miles.




There is me! I look bald here :)

It was SUPER windy so even though the way back was mostly downhill, it took a lot of effort because it was against the wind. Great workout though and it was so fun being with everyone.

-C

9 more days

I just ran 10 miles in 90 minutes.. I am sooo ready for this half marathon in 9 days.. bring it Provo City!

- L

Finallyy!!

Well I am done with track! Wooooohoooo!!
Don't get me wrong i love it..i just love my afternoon naps and watching Ellen even more:)
I had regionals exactly one week ago and you will never guess what happened...
yes i fell. on the last hurdle. at the regional meet.
What can i say..i went out with a bang!:)
I couldn't help but laugh at myself because it such a typical "Mads" thing to do.

But here is a picture of the damage...not gonna lie..i felt perretty dang cool.
(This is actually a picture of the first time i fell..but they were basically the same)



Despite the falls..this was by far my favorite year of hurdling. I met some amazing people and it was just a blast.






Love these girls


the dreaded 300 hurdles

So this was freshmen year..but i just really like the picture:)

So now that track is done..i am getting ready for my next adventure.. The Grand Canyon.

In exactly one week from Friday I am hiking the Grand Canyon from rim to rim..and yes. I am freaking out. It is exactly 23.5 miles and I have no idea what I am getting myself into. All the advice I have is from C who hiked it four years ago...

heres C:



"It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life."

Wish me Luck!:)

-Mads

Running running.....

This past Monday, I went out and did the 6.5 miles! I decided that the gym doesn't work for me for these longer runs. My arms get cramped from holding them up so that they don't hit the machine and it just gets way too hot.

This past Monday, the weather was in the 80's but there was a little breeze, so it actually felt really nice! I did a little loop that consisted of running by my church and my favorite grocery store. It included a hill, but of course I made sure that was in the first half rather than the second half!

And the miracle of this run was that I didn't have any music with me! I used my itouch so I could see how far I was going (used the nike hook-up), but my itouch doesn't have any music. It surprised me that I was able to run with just a song in my head! haha.

I ran at a REALLY slow pace though (that might also be due to the lack of no music and stopping for stoplights). I'm not going to worry about it for now, I am just going to try to increase my endurance.

-C