LEG ASSIGNMENTS

#1 - Dev
#2 - Amy
#3 - Scott
#4 - Steph
#5 - Becky
#6 - Brian N.
#7 - Nancy (Meriel)
#8 - Virginia
#9 - Jordan
#10 - Bryan H.
#11 - Tanya H. (Jeanne "Oh Crap" Holt)
#12 - Cath

TO DO LIST:
1.Train :)
2. If you need an Incredible Holts TShirt - Take a digital pix of your face & email to Bryan H. Bryan will do the super imposing onto the Incredible Hulk face, email it to Jordan. Send your TShirt to Jordan, they will print them out & iron them on the TShirt. Don't buy a spandexy stretchy shirt. We will need to reimburse Jordan/Marie the printing and iron on costs. Thanks Jordan & Marie (Marie did you know about this yet?)
3. Find 3 Volunteers before 5/9/08
4. Calendar in the Pasta Feed @ Grandma Holts - 6 pm Thursday 6/19
5. Plan on sleeping in Logan overnight at Virginia's friends' huge home on 6/19. We'll all be at th starting line on 6/20.

This is going to be great! Thanks for running this!! It's going to be great!!!

cath

p.s. Let's take a vote - Would you rather run a steep uphill or a steep downhill? If anyone has ANY advice about this, please let us know so that we can all run correctly and not hurt ourselves, pass out &/or kill over while running the Wah Ba:>

Excitment levels are rising.

Thanks for the great phone call yesterday. We are all really excited for WahBa, despite what you might gather from our previous post!

As the weather starts to clear up and the ground up the canyons start to dry, we are going to do some trail running. Anyone care to join us? It's long, hard work, but really rewarding. We'll do stuff like Stewart Falls, the Bonneville Shoreline trail, etc. etc.

Come on. Let's have a great time getting ready for race day!

Cathy Is Lying.

We are on our conference call and Cathy is lying.

Downhill runs make you want to die. Your thighs feel like Jello after mile one. By mile six, your stride is about two inches long because you can't stretch them out any further. Once you're done, you jump into a van and drive for five more hours without stretching. Once that's done, you get to run again.

But then again, carrying 40 pounds less and training a little could help!

Here's a picture of me after a short 100 yard downhill run. Note the Camo hat. Rumors that a Camo had would help the pain of the downhill run were greatly exaggerated.

Leg Leg, who has the Leg?

Hi all,

I don't know about all of you, but I am so excited and I am a little anxious to start training according to the Legs I will be running. I have a suggestion that may be fun - and take a little pressure off of Cath. I was wondering how everyone feels about maybe getting together as Vans and making the decisions about what Leg assignment we might like and discussing with our Van peeps where our strengths are and work as a Van to come up with the best race order, etc. (Cath - I don't want to step on toes - let me know if you're open to that or if you would like it to be a Captain thing.) It might take some load off of you, Cath - alternative to trying to figure what strengths 12 people have. Also, it might be fun to make it a semi-team decision and to do some early bonding as a Van and have some fun with it too, making the decision with our Van peeps. Just a suggestion?

PS. I ran 5 miles yesterday! It was great - felt really good after. We need to hear more about other team members training and how its going for y'all!!! We need to help motivate each other! Run baby Run!!!

SOMEONE STEPPED UP TO DRIVE!!

Hi team - Yes - our first driver is signed on!! Thanks to Mat Ulmer (Jeanne's little brother & Bry's best friend since High School)!!Our driver's are really critical and we're so excited to have Mat on our team!!!

Everybody send a warm welcome to Mat!!

Marie - Can Mat sign onto this blog too? Let me know what you need in order for him to get on.

Thanks,
cathy

Feelin' Good . . . and I need some assistance please :)

I love having a purpose in mind with running (besides staying healthy)!!! I have set my goals and am very excited to reach them. Scott and I have have been running consistantly for the last two weeks, but we officially started our training for WahBah this week. I am feelin good!!!

Becky and I are both going to run the Hurricane 1/2 marathon in May. Does anyone else want to join us?

Eating really healthy is where I struggle. Does anyone have any suggestions on keeping consistant healthy eating habits that don't deprive you entirely? I need some examples for healthy, fast meals.

i'm gettin into it!

okay so i ran a total of nine miles this week and nine miles last week . . . i feel like I am doing pretty good! i am going to run the hurricane half marathon in southern utah the first saturday in may, so anyone is welcome to join me!

hooray for training!

Wasatch Back VS Holt Family

Wasatch Back doesn't know what it is up against with the infamous Holt Family. Have fun and get running.

When's the Next Challenge?

I heard some of you talking about half marathons. OR I just found out that Wasatch Back Relay is June 20-21, 2008. I will have just had my baby, but I think I will be ready.

Who is the team captain?

Trifecta!

Well, it is official! I am now a Triathlete!

The Catalina Triathlon was today, and I was lucky enough to be counted among the finishers! It was a great experience and totally different from any other race event I have been in. Very cool.

My store, Del Sol, was one of the local sponsors for the event and I had been toying around with the idea of competing for a few weeks but never really committed to it. (Sue had started talking about wanting to do a Triathlon after we did the Carlsbad Marathon and got the initial spark planted in my mind.) Anyway, about 9:00 last night, we were coming home from the supermarket and Sue said "Hey, what if you ran the triathlon tomorrow?" I waffled a little bit and decided that "What the heck, I will give it a try." So, without any training or preparation, less than 12 hours later I found myself at the starting line for the Catalina Triathlon! To make a long story short, the swim was tough, the bike ride went smoothly, and the run started hard but ended great. I didn't push myself super hard because I didn't want to bonk and my main goal was just to finish and have fun doing it. My time ended up being 1:53 and change, but my ego and permagrin are beyond compare! I can't wait to do another one!

-Pics coming soon!