wilkins wonders: rockin' the ragnar

our team in front of van 1 ("white bread") and van 2 ("wheat bread")

well, we did it! we survived running the back of the rugged wasatch mountains, from logan all the way to park city. i don't know how to explain the great bonding, pain and also triumph you feel when you complete something like this. you'll just have to do it yourself to experience and know. our team was wonderfully supportive and i think that's what got me through.

go team!the RAGNAR!beautiful, blessed mountains coming into PC and, of course, the honey bucketsfinished! on our way up to the finish line

it really was a great experience and i think we all accomplished more than we thought we could. you can read more about it here, here, here and here.

ready or not...

here it comes!
in just about 43 hours we'll be mentally prepping to run this race.
lucky for us, st. george is usually a lot warmer than logan.
please bless we can make it.

hopefully i'll see you after!

one month from today....

i will hopefully be resting, and probably eating, after the BIG run!
i can't believe it's so close.
let's hope we make it there without further injury!

wasatch back 2009

Well, I made it!
Thank goodness for great teammates, lots of water and (not so much)sleep!
I have some pictures to post, but they will have to wait.
Until then, you can read and see more about my team here.

Happy July!

so long, farewell

1) what was i thinking?
and
2) how am i supposed to get up that?

another one bites the dust

I'm sure you know (because I've mentioned it about half a dozen times), but I'm running the Wasatch Back this next weekend.
I'm not the captain of my team -- and I'm glad I'm not!
Here's why:
The team consists of 12 girls.
A few drop because other commitments come up. One drops here, another there. We pick up a few more to fill our vacancies. Another drops. We get another. One decides it's not going to work.....
I think we've ended up with about three or four of our original 12!
I'm so glad we know quite a few people who run because now, a week before the race, we need to pick up two new girls.
It will all work out, right?

Despite the frantic collection of running bodies, I am so excited for the race!

running soundtrack

I hit my 100 mile mark today on my Nike+!
I was pretty bummed last night when I loaded my runs onto nikeplus.com. I knew I was right around 100 miles, and I was -- at 99.84 mi.
Are you kidding me?!
So running my scheduled 3 miles today wan't very hard.

today's songs: "Stick Shifts and Safety Belts"

running soundtrack

June 5, 2009

I run.
And, sometimes when I run I listen to my iPod.
I always put it on shuffle, which means I have no idea what I'll be listening to that day. Sometimes it's Kelly Clarkson or Celine Dion, sometimes it's Hilary Duff or Christmas music.
Today was a listening day, and what better way to start off the day than with a great album by none other than The Standards? (I told you - I NEVER know what I'm going to get, not that I don't have control over what I listen to...)
[for those of you unfamiliar with The Standards' great harmonies you can associate yourself here and here]
Song No.1 for Friday, June 5: "Dreamer"
[am I only dreaming I'll run a marathon, or can I actually do it?]
I also got to hear little from Enchanted - "A Happy Working Song" - and I sang it almost all the way home to Brian. [he loves me!]

Let the Training Begin

Last Name	First Name	City, State
WATTS	BILL	LITTLETON, CO
WATTS	BRIAN	NORTH LOGAN, UT
WATTS	BRIAN L	SALT LAKE CITY, UT
WATTS	JENNETTE	ST GEORGE, UT
WATTS	LORI L	GILBERT, AZ
WATTS	TODD	ST GEORGE, UT
WATTS	WHITNEY	NORTH LOGAN, UT

The results are in folks....

I am one of 7200 runners that have been chosen to participate in the 2009 St. George Marathon!

I'm stoked, to say the least. And, also a little scared.

26.2 miles is a long run.

Any pointers, tips, advice, words of wisdom are welcomed, encouraged and most appreciated!