Marathon Training Schedule

My good friend Marci LeBaron Watson and I are going to be training together for the Utah Valley Half Marathon on June 12th in Provo, and the St. George Marathon on October 2nd! Here is my training schedule I just put together. I hope we get into the St. George Marathon. It is a lottery so there's a chance we might not get in, but we are already signed up for the half!

I have ran 3 half marathon's in the past, but this will be my first MARATHON. I usually run the Canyonland's Half Marathon in Moab. Here are some pictures :)

Julie Bagley's Marathon Training Schedule!

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Friday	Saturday
1 Mar 1st	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min	Easy walk	3 miles
2 Mar 8	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	4 miles
3 Mar 15	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	5 miles
4 Mar 22	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	2.5 miles/MM
5 Mar 29	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles
6 Apr 5	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	3 miles
7 Apr 12	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	7.5 miles
8 Apr 19	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	3 miles/mm
9 Apr 26	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	9 miles
10 May 3	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	4 miles
11 May 10	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	10.5 miles
12 May 17	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	4 miles/MM
13 May 24	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	12 miles
14 May 31	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	4 miles
15 June 7	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	Half Marathon
16 June 14	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	5 miles/MM
17 June 21	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	17 miles
18 June 28	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	5 miles
19 July 5	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles/MM
20 July 12	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	20 miles
21 July 19	off	30 min run	off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles
22 July 26	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles/MM
23 Aug 2	off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	23 miles
24 Aug 9	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles
25 Aug 16	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	7 miles
26 Aug 23	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	10 miles
27 Aug 30	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	26 miles
28 Sep 6	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles
29 Sep 13	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	7 miles
30 Sep 20	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles
31 Sep 27	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	MARATHON
32	Off	30 min run	Off	30 min run	Easy walk	6 miles

Honeymoon!

Spencer and I were lucky enough to spend our honeymoon at his grandparent's "winter home" where they weren't living, for free! They just bought this house in St. George and it was so much nicer than any hotel we could have paid for. We had a blast just being by ourselves, watching movies, making food on the grill, going shopping, and a little bit of hiking. I loved spending so much more time with Spencer than I ever have before since most of our relationship was long distance!
The first day we decided to go hiking at Red Cliffs Recreation Site. Spencer had been there as a kid and wanted to share it with me. This was special for us because on the first 5 dates we went on were hiking dates. It is always the perfect chance for us to relax, talk for so long about anything and everything, and laugh...a lot. I love how adventurous he is with me. He loves that I am daring, too. I guess it works out doesn't it :0

This is Spencer giving me a pre-valentine's day heart :)

This rope was super cool! I love the lighting at this place. Southern Utah is my absolute favorite place to be!

I had to get at least one picture with the both of us in it. Isn't this place just beautiful!?Spencer promised to take me to see the movie NEW MOON. It was actually his idea! While we were hiking he said "do you want to see New Moon tonight?" I thought he was kidding, but he wasn't! I've read all the Twilight books so I was very excited about this one!

Above:

Proof that we went and saw it!

It turns out that Spencer Bagley is an amazing chef! I had no idea his cooking skills were so keen. He loves to grill, so while on our honeymoon we used their grill at least twice and had some very tasty meals together. This picture below is our first homemade dinner together as a newly married couple :)


This picture was taken shortly after our reception :) Our reception was so fun!
The next day we decided to hit the outlet malls. They were right down the street, so why not? We had so much fun trying on different clothes, smelling perfumes, trying on WAY too expensive sunglasses, and finding the perfect jacket for me. Spencer was so sweet and bought me a beautiful purple jacket for Christmas. He took the money I was going to spend on HIM and gave it to me!
Here's a glimpse of the jacket :)
Spencer being so silly again. I love how entertaining he can be. My favorite thing about the honeymoon was just relaxing and being with each other. It was so much fun waking up everyday and having him there! We also spent some time watching movies like Matchstick Men and playing the Nintendo Wii. We also went out to dinner and I ate some really spicy chicken wings.

Another one of Spencer's famous dishes. I at least made the potatoes, right?
If you haven't yet tried cooking with raspberry vinaigrette sauce, do it today! It's SUPER YUMMY!

Sadly, our honeymoon had to come to a close...but not fully! We still had another week of fun left. On Christmas Eve his family has a tradition to go snowmobiling with some close family friends. This year was no exception. The weather was SUPER cold and I couldn't see out of my scratched helmet, but I still was a good sport and had a great time. Turns out Spencer is an AMAZING snowmobiler! Such a talented man that I have!
Here he is prepping the snowmobiles. Back in May when Spencer and I first started dating he would talk about snowmobiling in the winter with his family. His cabin is so special to him and one of his favorite places to be is up in Monte Cristo with his family. I remember one conversation we had about the wintertime while we were on a hike to the wind caves in Logan. He said "I can't wait for you to come snowmobiling with me and my family in December." I said "but that's so far away." Turns out wishes really do come true!

One more picture. I love Spencer and I'm so grateful I married him. It has been a very fun, exciting, hard-working couple of months and I'm so grateful we started out with so much to be thankful for, including a beautiful wedding and very fun honeymoon. We have everything we need and I am so overwhelmed with how much the Lord blesses families if you are doing what is right. Thank you all for being such great examples I really look up to you~

Our honeymoon did not END HERE! We still had ONE MORE reception to celebrate our marriage with in Sonora! More to come!!

Valentine's Weekend

Valentine's weekend! It was so much fun. I was really looking forward to this trip because we decided to go to SUNDANCE SKI RESORT and stay at a cabin with Chelsea and Jed Sybrowsky. Luckily our stay there was free...it's so nice to have friends who own cabins and things in such a beautiful location.

Just Call US BOZ

It was great to be with her again!

Originally we were going to go to Vegas but we decided to postpone that trip for a while and wait until it got warmer so we can swim. Sundance seemed like the perfect Valentine's outing for the 4 of us. I used to spend SO MUCH TIME with Chelsea and Jed before they moved to Colorado. It was really nice catching up with them again and feeling like we were back to normal.

Spencer and I had so much fun snowboarding together. He was SO PATIENT with me and coached me a lot. Turns out he's really good!

We left on Friday afternoon and decided to go NIGHT SKIING/SNOWBOARDING. I hadn't been snowboarding in like 3-4 years so I wasn't looking forward to it. The hardest and most embarrassing part about snowboarding is when I get off the ski lift. We went on only three runs and everytime I got off the lift I ended up falling...but Spencer was there to help and cheer me along so everything was great. I had a lot of fun boarding actually. I'm not as scared of the mountain as I used to be. I was hoping the time would last LONGER so I could practice some more! The surroundings at Sundance are so beautiful! It was a perfect night for snowboarding and we all had a really fun time. After that we went back to the cabin for some really good hot chocolate and Tony's Pizza which weren't very big! We stayed up late and watched the movie UNSTRUNG HEROES which is an excellent movie if you are looking to find a good movie to watch. Spencer and I were so exhausted and so used to going to bed around 10:30 or 11 that we fell asleep right when it started.

Happy As Can Be!

The Sybrowsky's

The next morning we woke up about 9am only to open the blinds in our bedroom to see the prettiest view ever! Snow was slowly falling and the trees were so green it was just beautiful. I felt so lucky to be there away from the hussle and bussle of everyday life. I kept saying to everyone "I love just sitting here and doing nothing...I love not working...I love being lazy!" We watched a couple more movies that day and pretty much just relaxed. We made reservations for "lunch" which was supposed to be dinner but it was all booked up at a really nice restaurant at the ski resort. Chelsea and I had WAY too much fun taking pictures and the boys HATED every minute of it. Chelsea and I are huge picture takers so I feel bad for our husbands. One day they'll love it I'm sure :)

Loving the fireplace!

Later that night we had a speed scrabble war. Chelsea and Jed beat us everytime...but we still had so much fun! It is my new favorite game and it's really fun to play against couples. It was a crazy night though. Jed stayed up until 5AM PLAYING UNO! They also pretended to be witches and were flying around the house on brooms. They felt left out of the pictures so they started taking photos with inanimate objects like pens and salt shakers. Good times at the SYBROWSKY cabin ;)

Silly boys. Valentine's speed scrabble decor.

Later on we ate some more pizza and watched the movie "Paycheck" with Uma Thurman and Ben Affleck. I thought it was also an EXCELLENT movie! Another movie we watched was the classic Breakfast at Tiffany's which was actually really cute. A little confusing to us but it all made sense at the end. We again fell asleep watching movies. I couldn't believe how fast time was going.

A little bit of snowball fightin'

The next morning Chelsea and I got up a little earlier and cooked the boys breakfast for VALENTINE'S DAY!! We made heart shaped pancakes, fruit, eggs, and LOTS AND LOTS OF BACON. The boys ended up helping us a lot and everything tasted so delicious! After breakfast we hurried and cleaned up, showered, and SPED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN for church. We made it to sacrament just in time. We had to go to a single's ward sacrament in the exact same building I used to go to church. We saw our old friend Jenna Ralston who is now Relief Society President! So crazy! Church was really great that day. I love going to church with my husband and getting that spiritual upliftment that carries throughout the week.

When we returned to the cabin Chelsea and Jed began preparations for dinner club that night and Spencer and I exchanged gifts. We both wrote each other cards and I got him a box of chocolates. He bought me a pink and red rose which were SO beautiful! I love flowers so much so it meant a lot to me that he did that. He also got me some new workout pants for teaching school. His letter was so sweet and sincere and made me cry. I just loved it and I'm going to keep it for a long time! It just reminded me how much he really loves me and cares for me. Sometimes I don't think I deserve him. He is such a great person and works so hard. I love that he chose me!

Our dinner club peeps arrived around 6:30 and it was so fun seeing them all again. Dinner club is Chelsea, Jed, me, Spencer, Katelyn, Trevor, and Christian and Stephanie. We meet together about two times a month. They are great company. We always have some good laughs and REALLY good food. Chelsea and Jed made the best homemade salad and soup. I wish I had more room in my stomach so I could eat more! After dinner we ate some YUMMY dessert and played another game of speed scrabble. After that we all went around and talked about our most romantic moments as couples. So cheezy but fun to listen to.

The next day we packed up and left to spend time with Spencer's family. We ate really good pizza from THE PIE and watched ANOTHER movie called The Lightning Thief. I give it a B+. Anyway, the weekend went to quickly for me. I had SO much fun and I'll always remember this special first Valentine's Day:) Thanks Ba for making it so fun!

Why I love Monte Cristo

So far, this winter has been really fun for us. For the Bagley's it has been a family tradition to go snowmobiling almost all winter long ever since Spencer was about 10-11 years old. When I first began dating Spencer he would always talk about this place from his childhood where he would go snowmobiling and dirt biking. His grandfather Harper built a cabin on some land their family owns several years ago and now only a few of the family members take the opportunity to enjoy the cabin. It is up in Ogden canyon near Huntsville. The place is called Monte Cristo at Curtis Creek Ranch. The first time I went to this place was last summer when Spencer and I hiked up to his cabin when we first started dating. In the summer the trees are in bloom and the grass is lush green. The columbine flowers are incredibly beautiful and it is now my favorite flower. During the summer I fell in love with the place and also learned how to dirt bike...pretty cool huh!

Spencer's dad Brad owns 5 snowmobiles and a trailer so last weekend we all went up to Monte to enjoy them. This was the third time I've been snowmobiling since Christmas Eve. The first time I went I was absolutely FREEZING and couldn't see out of my scratched helmet. Spencer made sure I would be warm this time so a couple weekends ago we went on a date to Cabela's and bought a brand new helmet and some really warm cold weather socks. I was now prepared and definitely looked more like a real snowmobiler. I am getting much better at using the machines and I'm not as afraid of falling off as I used to be. Spencer is very daring and likes to go full throddle on some pretty intense jumps...I enjoy taking pictures and going off jumps about half the speed he does. I'm sure I'll get more daring as we go on more trips.


Those who go snowmobiling with us are Richard (11), Michael (17), Brad and Michelle, and Christie and Ben (Spencer's sister and brother-in-law). On Saturday we left West Jordan at 7:30am and met Christie and Ben in the parking lot....kinda. They didn't end up showing up on time so we left them a snowmobile and made our way up. I drove on my own machine this time. The road to the cabin was SO bumpy because so many people were using the roads that day. When we finally made it to the cabin it had warmed up A LOT and we decided to go up to the meadow and ride some more. We had a few incidents with the snowmobiles this trip. Spencer's machine had an important bolt break off during one of the rides that holds the ski on. Luckily we were able to semi fix it enough to get it back down the mountain. The rest of the trip was super fun. We went on a lot of rides and I practiced going faster and trying more difficult things. It is nice to have the cabin there because we are able to sit and relax, eat some good food, and warm up by the fire. Christie and Ben showed up later and we were lucky to have them there with us. Later on Spencer strapped on his snowboard and had his brother Michael drag him behind a snowmobile. I was a little unsure of how this would work but he ended up being really good at it! I had never seen him snowboard before and I was really impressed with how well he stayed on. He had a couple of pretty good crashes but he was o.k. With snowmobiles it is easy to get stuck in the powder. At least one of us always gets stuck in an awkward position and the boys have to lift us out. Richard got stuck really bad two times and I got stuck once. I love being up there with Spencer and his family. We have so much fun being away from our regular routine and just being together is so nice.

We packed up around 3pm and headed back down the mountain. It was at that point that I realized just how beautiful Monte Cristo truly is. The snowcapped mountains, the beauty of the clouds amongst the silhouette of the hills, the black and white cattle, the freshness of the air was just incredible to me. I can't wait to go back again in a few weeks. I'm so excited to share that with Spencer again. I thank Heavenly Father over and over again for the beauty of this earth. Nature is one of those things that always strengthens my testimony of the nature of our creator.

Our wedding day!

It was such a wonderful day. All I remember are great memories of the perfect day. Others said it was SO cold, but I hardly noticed due to all of the excitement. Spencer and I were so excited to finally be together. I remember when I got to the temple and I was waiting in the celestial room just how calm and peaceful I felt. I knew we were making such a good decision and with the Lord's help we had made it to the temple. My maid of honor was Chelsea Sybrowsky and my bridesmaids were Jamie Relei, Katie Brown, Laura Brown, and Christie Bagley Maxfield. My two best friends and three sisters :) Spencer had two best men David Chandler and Michael Gerber. My brothers and his brothers were also groomsmen. My mom, dad, two brothers and their wives, and my aunt Natalie were the ones who were able to travel in from California to our wedding in Utah.
We had the privilege of having Spencer's Grandfather Bagley seal us in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. I knew how much that meant to Spencer and to have a family member be the one to seal us was incredibly special. So many of our family and special friends were able to join us. We really enjoyed every minute of the temple. I cried so much knowing I was starting an eternal journey with my bestest friend! Also knowing that my brothers and their wives were there was so special for me. I love this gospel so much and I'm so grateful for the blessings of the temple.
As we went outside we got a few quick pictures with the group and some family photos. Everyone was so cold so we had to cut it a little short. I was really happy with how all the pictures turned out! Our photographer did a great job. His name is Brandon Burke but he works for Trinity Photography. After the temple we quickly drove to the church on Wakefield Way to begin the luncheon. The luncheon was my absolute favorite part of the whole day. It was so special because our closest family and friends were there. Olive Garden catered our meal. We had delicious salad, breadsticks, and 3 different kinds of soups. Before I forget I must say thank you to everyone that helped decorate the church. It looked absolutely beautiful. The lighting and Christmasy theme was more lovely than I could ever have hoped for. I wish we had more pictures of just how nice everything looked. Spencer's parents and ward members did SO much to help put the wedding together. So back to the luncheon. My brother Dustin sang a beautiful song called "For You" by John Denver. It is such a perfect song and he sang it so well. After the song we had toasts given by my parents, Spencer's parents, and several of our close friends and siblings. I loved what everyone had to say about us. It was so neat meeting even more of Spencer's family and close ward friends and getting to know even more how much of an impact Spencer had made in their lives. After the toasts we watched a slideshow that was made by Brandon Bagley (my brother-in-law) who is currently serving a mission in Forthworth Texas. We miss him so much! The slideshow was so neat and perfectly depicted the two of us growing up and then our love story after Spencer's mission. I felt so loved the entire day and I was so excited to have everyone who I feel closest to in my life be a part of our wedding. I know Spencer and I are so grateful for our friends and family who have helped us get to where we are today. It would be near impossible without you all!
The luncheon ended too soon and it was time for the reception to start about an hour later. The reception was at the same chapel and unfortunately I found out it was a hard one to find!
The reception went so fast and there were SO many people to see and say hello to! We did cake cutting, dancing to our song "Fields of Gold" (which was really fun but hard for Spencer because he hates to dance! Thanks for doing it anyway!), a line, and an ice cream bar that everyone seemed to really love. I also had the privilege of dancing with my father. This was such a sweet memory of ours. My dad was so happy and he had been waiting for this moment for so long. We danced to the song "I loved her first." Several of Michelle's friends helped with the food and it was so delicious! A few of my friends from Provo came up and that was really sweet. Most of the guests were from Spencer's ward (who I didn't even know)--but I was grateful to meet so many new people. The cake was beautiful and made my Spencer's roommate at USU Christain. I don't know if many people know this but the bottom two layers were made of styrofoam! We only cut into the top layer which was pretty good carrot cake.
My niece Lainey was there also. It was special having her there because my other two nieces and my one nephew weren't able to fly out. She followed me around all night trying to carry my dress. It was so priceless! Spencer looked so happy all day and I was so proud to be his wife. I just love him so much and he made the wedding day so magical!
As the reception came to a close I did a boquet toss and my friend Janae Blank caught it. Who knows maybe she'll be the lucky girl! My photographer was set up on an "after-wedding date" with my friend Jamie. Lots of matchmaking going on that night :) Several of Spencer's friends from USU came down to celebrate and some of my students from Joel P. Jensen and my ward in West Jordan came as well. After the bouquet toss I quickly scarfed down some ice cream and before I knew it, it was time for us to leave! Dustin was our announcer and told everyone we were on our way out so they all followed us out to our car. I guess no one prepared to decorate so my dad and brothers decorated the car with ice cream cones and vanilla ice cream and toppings from the ice cream bar. Oh well :) I still thought it was fun. I couldn't find any of my bags and they ended up being scattered in everyone's car! My wallet and temple bag ended up flying back to California with my brother but I got it a week later when we had our Sonora reception.
Chelsea, Jed, and Jamie decorated our hotel room that night and we ended up going to St. George for our honeymoon. That trip was so fun and will be in my next post. Thanks to everyone for making our day so wonderful and memorable. We love you and we love being married! Until next time!