Janae Says...

I’ve had so many good ideas of things to write, but then I don’t write them down or make a note of them, and they’re gone forever. I supposed now would be a good time to go through what I did this November. First and foremost, I’ve written almost 17,000 words this month. And I’ve posted more on my blog in a month than I have in the past couple of years. On 11/1, I had dinner with Laura and Karlie at Core Life. They're the best. On 11/2, Rachel and I saw Bohemian Rhapsody. On 11/5, Brittney and Joyce came over for V for Vendetta. We had chili.  On November 8, Danny and I went to South Towne mall to see the Harry Potter shopping center. It’s just so cute. This year they had all kinds of Fantastic Beast stuff, which was so cool! I got an overpriced chocolate frog and took some pictures. I ran lots of miles and ran my half marathon on Thanksgiving. I went to lunch at Mollie & Ollie and visited a Scottish s...

I booked my massage for last night about five or six weeks ago. I did this in person at the desk and wanted it to be right after my half marathon, but my therapist wasn’t available soon enough. So I went ahead and booked for six days after my race. I showed up to the massage place last night at 5:25pm for a 5:30 appointment, right on time. The lady at the front desk, Julie, said, “Oh you are early,” and said it in a way like she was hoping I would be. I gave her a slightly confused smile and nod. Sure. A whole five minutes early. By 5:35 my massage therapist still hadn’t come to get me. I asked the front desk if Jennica was running behind, or what the issue was. The other lady got up to go check, and said that she was in the middle of a massage, and that it would be done at 6. I was confused. My appointment was at 5:30. An obnoxious back and forth occurred between me and the two women at the desk, where we came to an understanding about the following: I was s...

And so my race has come and gone. I was so much more relaxed this time. I got all my stuff ready the night before. Having trained for a marathon last year and doing the 12, 14, 16, 18 mile distances on a weekly basis, 13.1 isn’t anything that gave me anxiety this time around. The freeway exit was a huge mess, as always. It’s only one right turn lane into two lanes heading west. As I passed the first turn (Ashton Blvd), a white minivan skipped that light and went straight through it even though he was in a left turn lane. Seeing this after my last near accident, I laid on my horn and swerved to the right because I anticipated he’d try to get into my lane (since he was going the wrong direction). As I spun my wheel, I spilled my pre-workout collagen mixture all over myself. It got all over my driver’s seat and made it look like I wet my pants. So that super upset me before my race. Definitely wasn’t how I wanted things to get started. I got over it, figuring the other runners w...

I probably shouldn’t let my race pass by tomorrow without doing a post about my training season. I've almost always done these posts either before or shortly after every race I've done.  Just to recap, I ran the { Provo Half in 2013 }. I skipped 2014. I ran the { Alpine Classic in 2015 }. This was uphill, and I beat my time by a lot! I ran the Fantasy Run at Gardner Village in 2016. It was 0.3 miles short. I was ticked. I needed to know my new PR. Looks like I didn't even write about it besides { this post } which you can see if we're Facebook friends. I was going to do the Alpine Classic again in 2017, but it was canceled with only two weeks left of training, so I ran my own 13.1 on the Jordan River Parkway. I ran the { South Jordan full marathon } in October 2017. And I’m running the Thankful 13 half tomorrow morning at 8am. This training season has been different from the rest of any I’ve had. The colde...

This morning I almost got into an accident on the freeway. I was in the left of the two right lines getting onto the 15 N from the 215 W. Someone decided to come into my lane and not check his blind spot. I didn’t even have time to honk when I saw it happening. I quickly looked right and made sure it was clear. I turned to the right way too hard. Then I had to correct it, and at 65mph, this doesn’t go incredibly smoothly. So when I tried to correct it, my car ended up on the left two wheels, then on the right two wheels. I rocked from side to side going around 60mph getting onto a freeway on ramp. All because someone didn’t check his blind spot. I am so, so grateful I was able to correct my car. I could’ve rolled over. I could’ve hit someone to my right. Someone could’ve hit me from behind as I tried to correct myself. So many different outcomes could’ve happened. I was really shaken up on the rest of my drive to work, but was mostly calmed down by the time I got there, just overco...

Today I want to talk about tinnitus. It sucks. Everyone has experienced it to some degree. But I’ve learned that it doesn’t sound the same for everyone. You know that high pitched whistle you get in your ear that comes and goes pretty quickly? Some people have that all the time. I still get those small occurrences of whistling. They come and go just as they always have. But my lasting tinnitus doesn’t sound like that whistle we’ve all heard. It’s very hard to explain. And I sympathize with those who struggle with chronic pain or other invisible issues because when others can’t see it, it makes you feel like maybe you’re crazy. If you can’t explain it, maybe it isn’t really happening. Maybe you are making things up. But I tell you my friends, this noise in my head is real; I know when it is there and when it isn’t. I'm no hypochondriac and tend to downplay pain or discomfort. So when I say this is legit, I mean it. I had a couple of instances earlier this yea...