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Monday, January 19, 2009

1/2

I did the full one a few years ago... now I'm a little more sane and will be doing the HALF on May 16th with my good friend Melissa(Flake)Bates.

It's a gorgeousgorgeous course and thankfully I have plenty of time to build up my long run (I'm only at 7 right now).
Anybody else wanna join us??
Sign up by Jan 31 for early registration discount!

8 comments:

rouskafamily said...: Hey!! I am also doing the Ogden 1/2 I am glad some one I know will be there. The people I was suppose to run with dogged out on me. Just say hi as you speed past me. I am excited to do this and more excited that there will be a familiar face.. Good Luck; January 19, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Kara said...: Yeah, I think 1/2 marathons are definitely the way to go. Humans aren't supposed to run marathons I don't think.; January 19, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Mandy said...: Wow, good for you!! I have always wanted to run a marathon . . . but I can't seem to run for more than a week or two! Some day it will happen!! :) Have fun!!; January 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Malerie said...: You are awesome, Chelsea! Brianna is so lucky to have a mom who will teach her to be active and healthy. Good luck with the training!; January 20, 2009 at 11:13 AM
chelsea mckell said...: Jen - YAY! I'm so glad you'll be there! Small world. I thought you were training for a full one??

Kara - I totally agree. Totally.

Mandy - come do it with us!! You have plenty of time to get ready!

Mal - I don't know about that. I don't think Brianna appreciates me being gone for a long time then coming back all sweaty. And she gets a little freaked out at the treadmill noise. But I can't wait til she's old enough to do the little kid's 100 meter dashes that they often have at local races!; January 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM
rouskafamily said...: I am but going to do a full, in September my plans changed a little, I am scared about the full and am not completely mentally commited but..... I will give it a good try. I am pumped about the 1/2 though. Full marathons are for machines, I am not a machine.; January 20, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Sam and Melissa said...: I am so excited! Should we see if Coach K could mail us a few BYUH uniforms to wear just for old times sakes? Ha ha. Are you going to be treadmill training or braving the cold?; January 21, 2009 at 8:51 AM
chelsea mckell said...: Melissa - yes - definitely need to wear the old uniforms. Although I think we'd freeze! I still have the red longsleeve seasiders xc shirt though - I'll wear that if you do. I might have two, actually...
Treadmill vs/ outside... lately I've only been running outside on saturdays when I can go later in the day. Mornings here are still in the single digits, and that's just too nasty to run in. My nose gets really runny. And it takes forever to get all dressed and undressed... I love just hoping on the treadmill in shorts and a sports bra and turning on a movie. It makes the time fly by. I watched "Glory Road" this morning (so awesome). But downside of treadmills: it makes running easier. I can go at a 7 min pace and it's not that hard. But outside, I know I can't do that. Oh well. What about you?; January 22, 2009 at 11:24 AM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

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