Injuries, Set-Backs, and Triumphs!

SO...

Neola 5K came and went and I was not amongst those runners who made their way down Uintah Canyon. WHY do you ask....WELL CUZ I AM CURSED!!! LOL!!! Just kidding, I am not cursed BUT, I have been VERY serious about changing myself and my lifestyle AND this means I am bound to get injured whether I mean to or not!

OF COURSE...if you know me personally, then you also know that I am not the exact word of grace! LOL In fact, I am pretty much a MAJOR KLUTZ!! :) Thats ok though!

5 days before the 5K, I was bucked off my horse while I was running barrels in Duchense where I am a member of the Turn 'Em Tight barrel group! (NOT FUN!!) I bruised my lungs, had some serious muscle strains through my pectoral muscles, AND YES, I WILL ADMIT IT...I HAD MAJOR BRUISED EGO SYNDROME!! But lets just say to even breath at this point WITHOUT moving was about enough to make me pass out! LOL!!! So I thought I would just use a compression band that my husband has and just tough it out! Afterall, I am a cowgirl and that old saying you always hear about "cowboy up"...WELL IT IS TRUE!! It hurts, but grow up and do it anyways! SO I figured I would just have a bad time but do my run anyways!

SO...this is not the end of my tale! Since I am doing the jackpot series for my barrel group, I try to ride several times during the week so that my horse and my kid's horses are ready for Monday nights. Well on Wed night, June 30, after my accident in Duchesne and I was at the arena in Neola where I was riding and trying out a new horse my parents let me borrow when I had another accident. I remember saddling all the horses and getting on the ride. I was riding my horse Jazmyn and I was ponying (leading) the new horse Copper. This is all I remember, until I woke up the next morning at 6 AM because my alarm went off and I SWEAR i thought I had been ran over by a steam roller!! (it is ok to laugh because I am now!!!)

Well I guess my ride went great that night and when I went to load the final horse she thought she was going to get kicked by the horse in front of her so she tried to unload herself and when she did she hit the end of her trailer tie and it swung her head into the side of the trialer. Not a big deal, except my head was inbetween her head and the trailer and I went DOWN!! BIG TIME!! Like it knocked me out for about 2 min and I was unconscienous under the feet of this horse. (Good thing they are well behaved horses!!) My husband finally was able to pull me out and get me to come too, but realized how badly I had hit my head when I couldnt even remember the last 2 weeks of my life. SO I ended up the ER in Roosevelt where my neighbor was my attending physician! (THANKS JASON!!) SO...with a HUGE black eye and all my other bumps and bruises, I was forbade by my family to run on July 4th! SORRY GUYS!!!

HERE IS MY BIG NEWS THOUGH!!

So I went down yesterday to work out with Shilo and we did measurements (AND YES IT HURT LIKE HELL, BUT OH WELL!!!) AND I HAVE LOST MORE WEIGHT!! I am down to 214!!! YEAH!!! The point is that even with my injuries and set-backs, I was able to still find a way to keep going!!

JUST WAIT!! My goal for the end of July is 205 (if not lower!!)

AND I AM GETTING NEW PICS READY TO POST TO SHOW YOU THE WEIGHT I HAVE LOST!!!

Countdown

SO, if you haven;t been reading my blog then you might not know that I am getting ready for the Neola 5K which is going to be ran on July 4th here in Neola where I live! I will say that at first I was really scared, but I was down at the gym today and I can 1.5 miles with a pretty fair amount of ease. I believe that the 5k is like 3.3 miles total BUT I am so happy becuase our running course IS ALL DOWN HILL! :)

YEAH FOR US! LOL!! We are running down from the sawmill up here in Neola towards the church and it is all down hill. I am actually getting excited about it! PLUS, I am even more excited to let you know that I am going to doing barrel racing stuff on Mon nights in Duchesne! YEAH FOR ME! LOL!!

Yes, I am a dork BUT I am just so happy to be able to do this stuff because I have taken the time to get healthier! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Michelle 6-17-2009

What did YOU do this weekend?

So what did YOU do this weekend?

ME, well I participated in the 3rd Annual Diabetes Fun Show in Vernal, Utah at Western Park. Check out my photo slideshow up above to see what we did!

Out of 11 events, I placed in 7 of them. I took 3rd place in 3 events and 4th place in 4 others. Not bad for a first timer, eh? I had fun and so did the kids AND OH MAN, AM I SORE!!! LOL!!

I have rode my horse a lot but it is normally on the mountain and so then to go and do events like this really put my body and past few months of excercise to the test! It is definitely a lot more work than I realized. BUT it was so worth it. This entire event came about because 2 young ladies decided that they wanted to help others and so they decided to help raise money for the juvenile diabetes research fund. This is their 3rd year doing it and this year I was able to go out and join in the fun!

If you decide that next year you want a day of just laughs and horses and kids and fun and all of it meant for a good cause, then make sure you join us!