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Location:

Pleasant View,Ut,

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Short-Term Running Goals:

I would just like to get stronger, and feel better, loose a few pounds.

2009 races

~~Winter Racing Circut 5K Feb. 7, 09~~

~~Winter Racing Circut 10K Feb. 21, 09~~

~~Winter Racing Circut 10miler March 14, 09~~

~~Moab 1/2 March 21, 09~~

~~Winter Racing Circut 1/2 April 4, 09~~

~~Winter Racing Circut 25K April 25, 09~~

~~Ogden Marathon May 16, 09~~

~~Wasatch Back Relay June 19-20~~

Pleasant View Founder's Day 5K June 27, 09

Autoliv Race for Life 5K ?

Standard Classic 10K ?

Top of Utah Half ?

Top of Utah Marathon ?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay heathy and injury free. To qualify for Boston.

Personal:

I've been married to my husband for 29 years. We have four children and four grandkids. I'm the department secretary for an automotive safety company. In my spare time (??? spare time???) I sculpt as a hobby and hope one day to do it as a career. www.lorimetcalfdolls.blogspot.com

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Pearl Isumi Lifetime Miles:						147.88
Asicis Lifetime Miles:						406.52

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

Total Distance

5.28

For those of you that have been worried about me… sorry for being absent, but I will explain what has been going on.

I had a big fat 0 on Thursday because I just could not get out of bed, and then I had a work banquet that night. I have been at this company for 15 years in November. Pretty crazy! I got a run on Friday… nothing too great just an easy one, and same with Saturday morning.

So I have been having a VERY stressful week. I have not been feeling very well either. My husband started a week long vacation on Saturday and I knew that he really wanted to get away and do something fun. I’m usually not very good at being spontaneous. But Saturday morning after my run we packed up and took both our mothers and our youngest daughter and drove to Vegas! So my runs on Monday and Tuesday were on the Vegas strip!! I got my butt slapped on Monday as I ran through an intersection! Pretty wild! We took my mother so she could visit one of he brothers that she has not seen in a few years. We took my mother-in-law because she loves to gamble just like my husband and our youngest daughter just so she could have some fun also. My youngest son could not get off work, so he stayed home.

I had a wonderful time! I relaxed by the pool and read my book. We did all three rides on top of the Stratosphere Casino, and saw three shows! It felt really good to just decompress after last week. The one thing that was probably bad was all the food that I ate! Holy Cow! Yep I probably ate as much as a cow!

So today I ran before work… parent teacher conference tonight. Didn’t get a lot of miles in, but it was an OK run. I’m still experiencing some quick but strong bouts of nausea at times, it’s kinda weird. I had some tummy issues this morning, but I think that had more to do with all the junk I ate over the weekend. So it’s back to being more watchful of my diet and I hope it helps with both the tummy issues and maybe the nausea issue. It took me a while to feel warmed up to run this morning… still a bit achy even at the end.

5.28 miles – 47:23

Laps: 9:01, 9:40, 9:12, 8:39, 8:30, (.28) 8:23,

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 13:33:34 from 198.241.156.7

Whew. I'm glad you were absent because of something fun, not because of some awful thing. Though I'm sorry that you haven't been feeling well. I hope you're back to 100% soon!

From Metcalf Running on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 15:00:40 from 207.225.192.66

Yes it was all for fun!!! We had a great time! I hope I get feeling better soon also. It's been a weird health stuff lately, but I'm sure it's nothing and I will get feeling better soon.

From Burt on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 16:05:42 from 68.76.197.194

Hi Lori. I was going to comment, but decided to wait until I read what was going on. Good to hear you're doing all right except for a sore butt cheek. Was it Wayne Newton?

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 16:24:41 from 192.168.1.1

I would not expect anything less of Vegas! The scene is set with a juicy adult store ad as you come into town on I-15 from the north, and the rest lives up to it. That is one reason one time I almost ran out of gas because I did not want to fill up anywhere in Nevada.

From Burt on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 16:29:41 from 68.76.197.194

I was married in Vegas!

From Metcalf Running on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 16:36:30 from 207.225.192.66

Sasha... that was the intersection of the before mentioned butt slap LOL

No Burt it was not Wayne Newton... that would not have been fun. It would have been great if it was one of the men from "The Thunder Down Under" LOL LOL

From auntieem on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 17:40:37 from 67.182.145.8

Glad to see you back, and I'm glad you were having some fun anyway. Sounds like quite a nice spontaneous adventure. You are quite disciplined to get your runs in while in Vegas. Although, from what I remember, if you are an early riser you have the streets all to yourself!

From Metcalf Running on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 17:58:05 from 207.225.192.66

Auntieem... I wanted until the sun was just about to rise. I didn't want to run in the dark, but I also didn't want to run in too much heat. And you are right... about the only other people out were runners :) It was fun to see so many of us out on the street. I could only get a few nods though... I think I might have gotten a smile once and only one good morning from an older lady that was running. I tried to smile and wave at them... most would not even look at me :)

From sam Dean-Howard on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 07:52:39 from 78.32.130.9

Hey Metacalf, great wow Id love to go to Vegas, I love casinos, roulette love it any ways glad you had a great time and still got a run in and a butt slap wild eh ! :-)

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