Lindsey Running Off With A Few Records

We just got back from Bozeman, Mt. Where Lindsey ran great. Jared (brother-in-law) and I drove up Thursday night and slept at Shelly and Jim's. Shelly and Jim are always so happy to have us up there. It makes it nice because we are able to split the drive up and don't have to spend money on a hotel. And from what I have learned from Trendwest that is like throwing money away in the dumpster. Thank you Trendwest and thank you for the San Diego tickets and $50 as well. The next day we drove up to Bozeman. Lindsey had a night meet which means that Jared and I got back to Shelly and Jim's around 1:00 a.m. Lindsey had a superb race. She only ran the 3,000 meters and started the track on fire. I tried to tell her that it was my good looks that started the fire, but she just gave me that smile that says "I love you, but let's be serious." Anyway, she won the race by 58sec. and lapped everyone else in the race. When she lapped everyone the announcer said, "Anderson has now lapped the field." You could hear a chuckle in the stands. Well, with the win she qualified for NCAA Nationals with a Provisional time, ran the 2nd fasted time in Weber State History, 8th fastest in Big Sky Conference history and is currently the 3rd fastest time in the Nation. How NCAA Provisionals work (in Indoor Track) is each runner has to run a qualifing time to go to Nationals. If there are not enough runners that run the qualifying time then they add in the runners that have run a Provisional time. Each runner who has run a Provisional time is numbered by their time. Lindsey's coaches all think she will go to Nationals with her Provisional time if she doesn't end up running the National qualifying time. Her current time is 8 sec. away from National qualifying time. She has sure ran well to start off the indoor season. She has a lot of meets that are close so with a few hours of driving I am able to watch her. In two weeks she will be heading up to Seattle, WA with a few of the Men Milers and Coach Pilkington to try to qualify for Nationals in the 5,000 meters. She feels like she has a great chance for Nationals in the 5,000. I am so proud of her and the hard work she puts into everything she does. It is still amazing to me that she currently has the 3rd fastest time in the Nation. That is so crazy to me. I think the last time I was in the top five in the Nation was when I entered all those "Tallest Midget" contests, but those days quickly once they realized I was taking growth hormones (I did get a hairy chest from them though). I have added on some quotes from the WSU Website and the Standard Examiner on the meet and Lindsey; The Wildcat women won seven events and picked up five new conference qualifying marks. WSU also recorded 26 seasonal best performances. Once again the Wildcats were led by senior Lindsey Anderson who had a record setting performance in the 3,000 meters. Anderson won the event with a career best time of 9:38.50, which is an NCAA Provisional qualifying time and is the third best in the nation this season. The time also ranks as the second best time in Weber State history and the eighth best in Big Sky Conference history. Anderson won the event by 58 seconds. So far this indoor season, the Morgan, Utah native is undefeated in three races in the 3,000 meters and the mile. “It was a great meet for us and we made a lot of improvements,” said WSU head coach Jim Blaisdell. “Lindsey’s performance in the 3,000 meters was just tremendous. She lapped everyone in the field and that performance will give her a chance of getting into the NCAA Championships and she continues to run very, very well. The rest of our distance runners were also just outstanding again. We made a lot of good improvements and we are a much better team now than we were before the meet. We had several athletes performing for the first time and they did a good job. I’m very pleased with our performances and were we stand.” http://departments.weber.edu/athletics/Track/Recaps/MSU%20Dual_01-27-07.htm .

Lindsey racing in the 3,000 meters.

Lindsey's #1 Fan's usual look.

Quick Correction

Just a quick correction from Mark's blog . . . I want to qualify for Nationals in the 3000m and the 5000m. It would be amazing to qualify in the mile, but my chances are much better in the 3000m and the 5000m! I had no idea Mark had written that blog, so that was sweet of him! Isn't he awesome?!

Lindsey Starts Her Indoor Season

We are officially back to Indoor Track. It's now the beginning of the last. This will be Lindsey's last Indoor season for her college career. It is sure a bitter sweet for both of us. During the Indoor season I drive up to Pocatello a lot, even though I hate the drive it is a blessing that I am still able to only drive 2 hours to see her. Last night Lindsey ran well. Coach Pilkington had her run the mile. She usually doesn't run the mile (it's usually the 3,000 m. or 5,000 m.), but with her workouts going like they were he wanted to see her mile. She won it with a time of 4:58.53 which qualifies her for Big Sky Conference. Then with not even a two hour rest she won the 3,000 m. with a time of 10:02.24. Both of these times are personal bests. She looked really good throughout the whole race and she said she felt good as well. She has a goal of Nationals in both the mile and 3,000 m. which I am sure she will do. My sister Shelly, her husband and kids came down to watch as well. Lindsey and I both love it when family and friends are able to make it to her races. Lindsey and I are so thankful for all the support we get from all of you. It really means a lot to us, especially Lindsey. For those of you that don't visit the Weber University website I have attached two different sites. One is Lindsey's profile and the other is the article on last nights meet. http://departments.weber.edu/athletics/Track/Profiles/Anderson_Lindsey.htm http://departments.weber.edu/athletics/Track/default.htm I am adding her schedule per request from my brother Brent. I will be writing after each race letting you all know how she does. 2007 Schedule Indoor Track http://departments.weber.edu/athletics/Track/Schedule.htm

Update on the Anderson's

Well, it's been a while since we last wrote so hopefully those of you who read this blog haven't given up on us! We've been busy with the holidays and are finally beginning to get back into the regular routine. We had a great Christmas! It was nice to relax at home this year and spend time with both of our families. During the break Mark did some Extreme Sledding over our hill on a water knee board (he had nothing to hold on to either) with my little sister. He has expressed to me a few times that he is still feeling the pain and bruises. But I am sure he would say that is was all worth it. You know Mark is always looking for an adventure. My Mom took some great pictures. Here is a trip down frame by frame (these pictures look blurry to me so I hope they are clear for you).

We also had an awesome New Year's! Paul and Diana invited us to spend the weekend with them in St. George so we left on friday, Dec. 29 and came home monday, Jan. 1. We were spoiled the first night to stay in a Trendwest Penthouse! It was so nice and it even had a private hot tub on the balcony which we all enjoyed! While there we went to a Trendwest presentation after telling them about 100 times "no" we came out with $50 and two round trip tickets and two night stay in San Diego. So it was well worth it. Then we stayed in the Ore Condos (thanks Richard and Shauna) for the rest of the trip which were also awesome! There was a heated outdoor pool so even though it was a little cold outside we were still able to go swimming which was a blast! On saturday we spent the evening at First Night and met up with David! Although we've heard it's been better previous years it was still a lot of fun! While we were there we also went to Snow Canyon and played in the red sand and climbed on the beautiful rocks! We had so much fun and were so thankful to be able to spend that time with Paul and Diana and their family. School starts in less than a week and we're not necessarily looking forward to it. My first race is coming up and once that gets going I'll be gone almost every weekend on trips until about the end of June. (The indoor and outdoor track season is Mark's favorite time of the year j/k) I am excited to start racing again though! My workouts have been going really well and it'll be fun to see what happens throughout the indoor and outdoor track season! Speaking of running, I had quite the experience a few weeks ago on a morning run. Here's the story: I was running up Hardscrabble (a road by our house) when I had my very first near death experience on a run. I was coming up on a turn in the road when I saw a Llama up ahead on the opposite side of the road about 20 meters away. To myself I was thinking, "Oh cool, a Llama!" Little did I know what this Llama had in store for me. As I took a few more strides, the Llama started trotting towards me then all of a sudden it dropped its head and charged at me! As the words 'OH CRAP' shot through my mind (and no I did not swear) I took off up the side of a small hill next to the road. I got about half way up the hill then quickly switched directions and went back down the hill hoping to fake out the Llama in the process. Well, it worked, at least for a few seconds. So the Llama was at the top of the hill and I was back on the road. We stared at each other for a few seconds as I slowly started running again hoping that was the end of it when all of a sudden it dropped its head charged at me again! So I took off on a dead sprint towards the closest house. Fortunately there was a house to the right of me, but unfortunately the driveway was about 30 meters long, so I kept sprinting up this driveway. Yes, it was the longest 30 meters of my life and I'm positive it was the fastest! I had plenty of time to picture what this Llama was going to do to me. I figured he would first knock me off my feet then start stomping on me everywhere. When I finally made it to the front porch I started banging on the door and ringing the doorbell, like a madwoman being chased by a Llama, but nobody was home. Luckily, the Llama got about 10 meters away from the porch and wouldn't come closer. So the Llama and I sat there for a while staring at eachother. There was no way I was getting off that porch! Finally after a few minutes it slowly started making its way back towards the road, turning around every so often to make sure I was still there on his way down. My plan was to wait for a car to distract him so I could get away. After a few minutes a car came around the corner and slowed down because of the Llama in the road. As the Llama was distracted I snuck through the yard hiding behind bushes (more like weeds) and stuff so the Llama couldn't see me. Once I was out of sight I took off towards home looking over my shoulder every so often to make sure the Llama wasn't coming. I don't think my heart rate ever dropped the rest of the day. I think that was the most scared I've ever been. The one thing that I am thankful for is that it was light outside, about 9:00am. I don't even want to think about how scared I would have been had it been dark outside when all this happened!! So that's my near death Llama experience! It's funny to me now, but I wouldn't wish that same experience on anyone! We hope you all are doing well and that you had a great holiday. Happy New Year Everyone!