September in 2010

Because I'm still trying to get caught up on the blog I'm going to put the whole month of September into one post.  September seemed to be mostly filled with races and events for me.  We started out with the Red Rock Relay race.  I got on a team of people because of Carlee and Jessica Wilson.  I was in Carlee's vehicle with her and Jessica, two college boys and brothers Tyler and Travis, and Kathy.  We had a lot of fun.  It was also fun to get to know the other teams as well.  John and Steve were on a team with their police friends.  We also loved seeing our family in Toquerville and spending a few days with them.

At the first van transition in Cedar Canyon.  Steve had a different costume for each leg of his runs.  He kept it fun.

My first run down Cedar Canyon.  It was a fast downhill 6.5 miles.  It was gorgeous scenery the whole way.  My second run was in the middle of the night.  That was actually my favorite and best run of the whole relay.

At the park near Zion Canyon.  Waiting for Carlee to pass the baton to me.  Scott and the kids met our team here to cheer us for the final way into Zion.

Momma and kids were happy to be together again.

Steve in another crazy costume.  Who would want to run in jean shorts?  We would both run the 2nd to last leg of the relay.

Passing of the baton.

And I'm off.  My run would be along the highway into Zion Canyon.

Someone is not happy that her Mommy just ran away from her again.

But a trip to the park can make things better.

It's a long day for these little guys.  Playing and climbing makes it more fun.

Not a very interesting run along the highway.  Lots of traffic and it is HOT.  Literally 100 degrees.

If it looks like I'm moving very slowly, it's not just the camera.  This was the slowest run for me.  I usually can't even run that slow when I try.  The weather and not being properly nourished, and little sleep really took its toll this day.

We finally made it.  We finished around 2pm.

Team Competition 4x4.

 The next week me, the kids, and Carolyn met Grandam Jeppson at the Clark Planetarium.  Her office sponsored a thank you event.  We got to see "Under the Sea" in 3D.  The movie was just about 50 minutes long.  It was so entertaining to watch Eric try to touch the fish and underwater plants that seemed to be right in front of his face.  Rubie also had dramatic reactions to some of the fish. It was a very enjoyable experience.  Then we enjoyed a quick dinner at McDonald's.

 The next day I had the Wonder Woman Century ride.  Carlee competed in the 30 mile version of the ride.  I was actually really nervous because I had not yet ridden 100 miles this season.  Up to this point 81 miles was the most I'd gotten in.  However, this was a super fun ride.  It was fun and the fastest century I'd ever ridden.  I was the first finisher of the century ride in 4 hours 51 minutes.

At the finish with Carlee.

Marci Lameroux could not ride as she is recovering from injuries from a crash earlier in the year.  She was nominated as one of the "Wonder Women".

 After the ride that same day, we had a Lockhart family reunion out at Camp Williams.  It was a beautiful day, but as always, so windy.  We enjoyed a meal and visiting with Scott's cousins and family members.

 The next weekend found me on another century ride, this one beginning in Heber.  The Heber Valley Century.  I rode with John, Steve Baum.., and Steve Gray.  We had a super fun ride.  I ended up not staying with these three too long but hooked up with some other riders including the Xango owner.  He later sent me some Xango juice to help my shoulder heal and one of their nice biking outfits.

The morning was cold but it warmed up.  My ride time was under 5 hours, but total time out was almost 6.  This was a more difficult ride that the Wonder Woman.  Lots of good hills to climb.  I definitely want to do this one again.

The Utah Half/Two Moms and a Pop 8/28/10

Sometime at the end of July or August, as Carlee and I were setting up our bikes in spin class, she says to me that she is going to do the Utah Half Ironman as a relay.  She will swim, would I do the bike?  Of course!  Who would run?  In walks John.  John!  You need to do this run and be a part of our team.  He thinks about it for a few days, and decides he is in.  That is how the team Two Moms and a Pop came to be.

Early on Saturday morning August 28, 2010, John came to pick me up, then we picked up Carlee and headed to Utah Lake where the Utah Half was taking place.

Early morning before the race.  My breakfast, that banana and 400 calorie protein bar in my hand.  We are excited and nervous.

Our transition area with my bike set up.  Heath set me up on my bike with a good fitting and even aero-bars.  Sarah supplied the snazzy arm warmers.

John and I cheered on Carlee as she swam in the lake.  By this point I was super nervous.  I don't know why.  We were just out to have fun.  I had ridden the course earlier in the week and was feeling great.  But, there was also a threat of rain in the air.

Carlee running from the swim to the transition area.

Where is she?  She is taking longer than we expected.  About this time we got a few drops.

I started out fast on the course.  Even though I knew where to go, there was one area that was questionable.  I was following a few bikers on Center Street, that turned out to not be a part of the race.  One other guy followed too.  About this time it started raining--a down-pour.  Everything was soaked.  It only took a few minutes but I got us back on course.  The rain didn't last too long.  By the time I reached Springville Center Street to go over the overpass over I-15, the rain had stopped, but the road stayed wet for a long time.  I had a great ride and even talked with a number of other bikers.  All men though, I passed some women but was always in a pack of men.  I also wanted to catch up to Steve Gray.  He was out of the water before Carlee and so was able to start biking sooner.   As we came into Lake Shore heading South, the cyclists were to make a turn and head West out toward Lincoln Beach.  Right at that intersection, I believe 6400 S. in Lake Shore, I went down. There was some gravel, and the wet road, and I turned too sharply.  I jumped up and out of the way quickly as I didn't want anyone else to get hurt.  At that point I was biking with Mike, I know from working with him at New Haven.  He was yelling asking if I was okay.  I was yelling back I'm fine, I'm fine please go on.  The police officer stationed there came to see if I was okay and started calling for medical attention.  I told him I didn't need it, I took the crash mostly on the right side of my chest.  I was scratched on my knee and a little on my elbow.  The arm warmers really saved me from road rash on my arm.  And I was dirty from the wet road.  I have had much worse crashes though.  I was mostly concerned about my bike.  The rear derailleur was bent and I fixed it the best I could, got back on my bike, and sped out of there.  I tried to catch back up to Mike, but he had a good lead on my by now.

Out on the course near Utah Lake.  Before the turn around.

 As I approached the turn around Steve Gray finally went past me.  He was psyched he was ahead of me, and didn't even notice the blood on my leg.  I ended up coming in about 10-12 minutes later than I wanted to, and other than that crash, I felt pretty good about my bike.

Scott and the kids showed up to cheer us on.  Eric and Rubie watch as I whiz past into the transition area.

Coming into transition.

There is John ready to grab the race chip.

Getting the race chip, I'm so winded from working so hard I can't even help him.

And off he goes!

John out on the trail.

Relieved I'm finished with my part of the race.  Hoping that John does great.

 

Showing off my prizes.

Rubie is very concerned that I crashed and got a big Owey.  Still to this day she says to me, "You crash on your bike and get a big owey."

As John came in to finish the race Carlee and I ran down the shute with him to the finish line.

He is focused and moving fast.  He beat Steve which he is stoked about.

Finish!!!

Two Moms and a Pop.

 

Chilling, hanging out as we enjoy the day visiting and cheering as other friends and acquaintances finish the race.

Our team did okay.  I think we finished 6th out of 8 co-ed relay teams.  Some of those relay teams were incredibly fast.  It is always inspiring to watch people finish one of these races all on their own.  I'd like to try if I could just get that swim down.

The crash turned out to be quite the ordeal for me.  Later that evening, Scott and I went to a movie, while in the movie he leaned forward in his chair.  I went to put my arm up on his back and had lots of pain in my shoulder.  Over the next few days as I tried to pick up the kids, exercise, sleep, do anything, I realized that my shoulder was really messed up.  I first went to my family doctor, mostly so I could get a referral to see an Orthopedic.  My family doctor thought it was probably a labreal tear with maybe some things going on with the rotator cuff.  When Heath learned of my injury he asked if I would like him to work on it through massage.  He did and agreed with the doctor's diagnosis.  In the meantime, I kept doing my normal stuff and probably ended up injuring it more.  Swimming became more difficult.  I could stand about 20 minutes.  By the end of the day my shoulder was in lots of pain and my arm was numb all the way down to my fingers. And my neck was so sore and tight also. By the time I got in to see the Orthopedic he was concerned about the symptoms, but because I still had such good range of motion, he wasn't sure what was going on.  He thought it seemed like more rotator cuff, but was certain because of my age that it was not torn.  He ordered an MRI.  The day after the MRI I biked the Wonder Woman Century.  Biking didn't hurt me too much.  A few days later the Ortho called me late one night to report the results of the MRI.  He said I had a severe tear in the labreal tendon and much swelling of the rotator cuff.  He recommended surgery as soon as possible.  Heath suggested that I go see Steve Orrock for physical therapy and see if it couldn't be healed through treatment without surgery.  During this time I then rode the Heber Valley Century and participated in the Red Rock Relay.  But after about 3 weeks of physical therapy 3 times per week, some painful massage sessions, and remedial exercises, Steve said he was 95% sure I wouldn't need surgery.  While I am still in recover mode with my shoulder, I'm doing well.

Cascade Springs Hike and Camping

We so wanted to go camping one weekend this summer, but we were so busy.  There was always something planned.  Finally we found a weekend on August 20th that we could get away.  But Scott still had to work that Friday.  A month before I started calling all the campgrounds to reserve a camp site.  But nothing was available.  Each campground did have a few first-come-first-serve sites, but you had to be to them by noon and be quick to get those.  I thought I can do that.  Getting ready for a camping trip is never easy and fast, especially with the kids.  But not bad.  I wasn't able to get out of the house until 1:00.  But I still wanted to try to find a place to camp.  I drove up to Granite Flats--nothing.  Then Timpanooke--the camp host literally laughed at me.  Aspen Grove--nothing.  Now I was getting a little nervous.  Even Salamander Flats had nothing.  I thought about driving over to Mapleton or Hobble Creek, but wondered if by the time I got there every camp site would be gone.  Eric and Rubie were so excited about camping that I had to keep looking.  Then I remembered from biking on the other side of the canyon near Cascade Springs that I had seen some camping spots.  So that is where I went.  Most of those sites were taken too.  Wow!  Then finally, I found something off the main road, on a little dirt trail.  It turned out not to be too far from Cascade Springs.  Great, this would be fun to explore Cascade Springs, not even I've been there, and then camp here near a little stream and really roughing it with the kids not in a campground.  So I set up camp, got the kids a snack.  They played and explored while I set up the tent and chairs and got our site ready.  Then we headed back down the canyon to pick-up Scott.

Now with the four of us we headed right to Cascade Springs for a little hike and exploring.

An afternoon nap on the way to Cascade Springs.  Who did that?!

Trailhead of Cascade Springs.

One of the springs.

There are these springs seeping out all over the mountain side.  A network of trails has been built all around them so people can hike and enjoy the beauty while preserving the springs.

A pretty bridge and waterfall.

Oh, a bench.  I need to try it out.

I'll check the map.

Some more springs.

On the trail.

These trails beg to be run on.

Always seeing things to point out.

Ever watchful.

At the campsight roasting hot dogs for dinner.

Searching for some fire wood.

Eric proud to be wearing his own head lamp.

Chopping fire wood.

Good Morning!!  We had a fun night sitting around the fire, playing some games in the tent and sleeping all cuddled up next to each other in our large family tent, on air mattresses and with warm blankets.

Our huge family tent.

We drove over the top to hike at the something Pine trail.  Eric was not happy that Rubie got to ride in the carrier and he couldn't.  He started to cry and refused to go.  "My legs are tired, I can't hike."   It was still morning, we hadn't even done anything yet.

Rubie is ready to go.

Rubie decided she was done with the carrier, she wants to hike with me....

...so now Eric is happy.

She loves to touch and investigate all the flowers.

A break.

We were almost run over by some guys on motor bikes.  They came up the trail so fast.  Rubie was now scared and didn't want to hike anymore.  Daddy carried them both down the trail for a ways.

This was a fun camping trip.  Two hikes and a nice little site right in our back yard.