Never underestimate the body's ability to go farther than you ever thought possible. However, the body is a machine. Your mind is the driver. Prepare your mind now to drive your body on race day.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
3 days and 17 hours to go...
Its coming, ready or not I suppose and I am still wondering if this is all real. These past few days loads of people have talked to Jeff and asked him if he is ready for the Ironman race on Saturday and his answer has generally been ready or not its here. Hearing him tell people about the race and as we discuss time, distance, transition, fueling, pace and a whole lot of other worries it all seems surreal. I don't really believe this is happening to us. We have been planning this and working towards it for over a year now and its here. He has trained so hard and we are so blessed that the race is in St. George and he is able to train on the course for almost every workout. Most doing this race just don't have that opportunity and we are hoping it has been to our advantage. As we discuss times and when to fuel I can see him think exactly where he pictures himself on the course at that time. Both of us have been obsessed with reading material and different pro ironman blogs about this distance to the point we might both be going insane with overload of information. We know each sport will be difficult and there will be moments when you body will say to your mind that its time to quit. But what I have been pondering lately is that this is more a mental race, it is physical and the time and training must be put in diligently, but when race day comes you don't know what will be thrown at you. A flat tire, no water, rain, too hot, wind anything can happen that day but what will drive you forward will be your mind. As a kid your always told you can do anything you put your mind to and mentally you have to be prepared for anything. Your body is an amazing thing created by our Heavenly Father and I personally think we don't even have the tiniest idea of what we are capable of. The training that Jeff has done is proof of that. Not only is our body amazing, but it doesn't compare with what our mind is able to do. Is he ready? I know he is, it will be the toughest day of his life mentally and physically but he will be our hero that day. His boys worship him and right now they have no idea what he is going to accomplish and hopefully that will inspire them and teach them that they can do hard things and overcome obstacles that seem impossible. So in 3 days 17 hours 4 minutes and 28 seconds we will have our own hero, our own ironman!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Easter
Easter this year was so much fun. We went camping down to the Whitney Pockets with Jeff's family and it was a blast! Boy I love camping even with babies as long as we have a heater. Jeff's mom's family is a lot of fun, and wow they cook like crazy. It was a gourmet meal and tons of food! Scones, french toast, eggs, chili, you name it they cooked it! The kids did an easter egg hunt in the mountains and they had a blast. We came home Saturday and dyed easter eggs. This gets better each year as they get older. Once they start dipping there is no stopping them! We luckily game out with some color this year after some coaxing from me. Last year they were most brown.
I found that just letting them get on the table worked the best for coloring.
On Sunday we woke up and the kids went on a little hunt for their baskets and eggs. Jax did most of the hunting while Jake found his basket, opened all the eggs and ate all the candy! General Conference fell on the same day so we stayed in our pjs and watched, I wasn't as prepared this year for conference for the kids but it went okay. October will be better I hope. Goals, goals, constantly making new goals. In between conference sessions we went to Grandma's and made egg salad sands with twinkies and cadbury eggs for the kids to have a picnic. Which ended up inside due to the weather. Fun nonetheless! Bev used to do that when she was a kid on Easter. We had an easter lesson that night after conference and it is amazing how much they are coming to understand!
This was on Sunday in our Easter clothes, it was the best they would do for me. What a nutty house we live in!
I found that just letting them get on the table worked the best for coloring.
On Sunday we woke up and the kids went on a little hunt for their baskets and eggs. Jax did most of the hunting while Jake found his basket, opened all the eggs and ate all the candy! General Conference fell on the same day so we stayed in our pjs and watched, I wasn't as prepared this year for conference for the kids but it went okay. October will be better I hope. Goals, goals, constantly making new goals. In between conference sessions we went to Grandma's and made egg salad sands with twinkies and cadbury eggs for the kids to have a picnic. Which ended up inside due to the weather. Fun nonetheless! Bev used to do that when she was a kid on Easter. We had an easter lesson that night after conference and it is amazing how much they are coming to understand!
This was on Sunday in our Easter clothes, it was the best they would do for me. What a nutty house we live in!
Lessons in Food Storage
The past two years jeff and I have tried to live off our food storage from Jan.-March in order to save some money and just to see if we can. We only went to the store to buy fresh produce, milk products, and eggs. We did it again this year and I have learned some things I want us to remember.
First of all I can make bread without a bread maker! Not much to others, but a miracle I thought I would never achieve. Though I love the bread maker when I am in a rush and have no time. I enjoy doing it without if I make the time. I made about 3-4 loaves twice a month depending on our appetites. I simply can't resist the smell of freshly baked bread. Maybe its from working at Old Grist Mill one summer during college, I wish I could just bottle it up. I have used two recipes I enjoy, Emilie's Whole Wheat Bread, and a recipe I found from Sister Hinckley in her Small and Simple Things book. I love both.
Second I realized I don't have near enough wheat stored up! I am thankful I learned this because I thought those calculations for your family had to be off, but you really need a ton if your making bread every week.
I also learned that we must purchase a cow yearly. Our family does this and shares the meat and it has less fat and it so nice to have in the freezer. We have buffalo also, and it is surprisingly good.
We decided this time to not buy any special snacks for the kids like fruit snacks, etc... Though I did cave a couple of times. The funny thing was is that they started eating their meals so much better and healthy fresh snacks. I had a good habit when Jaxon was little but it was so easy with the other stuff. I am sure we will still buy those goodies, but it showed us how much it affected their appetites.
I learned to plan ahead, each Sunday I would plan our week's menu including side dishes. It was hard to prepare ahead of time with having a baby around again, thankfully I had some casseroles in the freezer.
I learned that I need a checklist of exactly how much I have of each thing, so I can keep a list of what I need to buy to keep our supplies up. I learned I need to write the year on each can so I rotate through things better as well.
I also need to stock up on cleaning supplies and water. We don't have nearly enough water and it is what keeps us going!
All in all it was another good experience and has made us appreciate what we have. Food as well as devices like microwaves and bread makers! Prepare every needful thing!
First of all I can make bread without a bread maker! Not much to others, but a miracle I thought I would never achieve. Though I love the bread maker when I am in a rush and have no time. I enjoy doing it without if I make the time. I made about 3-4 loaves twice a month depending on our appetites. I simply can't resist the smell of freshly baked bread. Maybe its from working at Old Grist Mill one summer during college, I wish I could just bottle it up. I have used two recipes I enjoy, Emilie's Whole Wheat Bread, and a recipe I found from Sister Hinckley in her Small and Simple Things book. I love both.
Second I realized I don't have near enough wheat stored up! I am thankful I learned this because I thought those calculations for your family had to be off, but you really need a ton if your making bread every week.
I also learned that we must purchase a cow yearly. Our family does this and shares the meat and it has less fat and it so nice to have in the freezer. We have buffalo also, and it is surprisingly good.
We decided this time to not buy any special snacks for the kids like fruit snacks, etc... Though I did cave a couple of times. The funny thing was is that they started eating their meals so much better and healthy fresh snacks. I had a good habit when Jaxon was little but it was so easy with the other stuff. I am sure we will still buy those goodies, but it showed us how much it affected their appetites.
I learned to plan ahead, each Sunday I would plan our week's menu including side dishes. It was hard to prepare ahead of time with having a baby around again, thankfully I had some casseroles in the freezer.
I learned that I need a checklist of exactly how much I have of each thing, so I can keep a list of what I need to buy to keep our supplies up. I learned I need to write the year on each can so I rotate through things better as well.
I also need to stock up on cleaning supplies and water. We don't have nearly enough water and it is what keeps us going!
All in all it was another good experience and has made us appreciate what we have. Food as well as devices like microwaves and bread makers! Prepare every needful thing!
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