healthy yet YUMMY oatmeal cookies

i have adapted this oatmeal cookie recipe to be healthy and yummy.  believe me, i'm a totally sweet tooth as my pant size can confirm, but i am trying to be a little healthier and since i know i need some sweets, this recipe is great! honestly even the menfolk love em!!

1 3/4 cup brown sugar

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 1/2 cups quick oats

1 cup applesauce

2 eggs

1/4 cup skim milk

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

cream applesauce and brown sugar. add all dry ingredients. add eggs, milk, and vanilla. mix well. stir in choc. chips.  bake at 350 degrees.  i just pored the dough onto a cookie sheet pan 10x16 and baked them for 25min. (with 2 babies running around i don't have time to drop cookies on a sheet, plus the bars end up being nice and fluffy)  ***let me know what you think***

legends of running

runners all around the world  for the past 35 years and counting come to run the st. george marathon every october.  i have run 3 st george marathon's myself and i am blessed and fortunate enough to know this guy. Paul Rosser, he is married to my oldest sister and has been in the family for more than 21years!!! which is crazy i'm only 30 yrs old so he has been in my life longer than i can remember.  paul has been selected as #7 in the st. george marathon legends series here is a brief bio of his running career that was sadly and extremely devastating ended prematurely due to an elective surgery on his right leg gone bad....(complete dr's error left his right leg with severe nerve  damages from the knee down)  he still some how manages to run (run fast) and coach and love the sport.    i wanted to brag about my brother in law and tell him congrats for being such an amazing competitor all these years!! its really an honor to have been selected, let alone be in the top ten.  paul is such a great and humble amazing guy, i love him like a brother and its so nice to see him being honored again for all his amazing running talent.  --i remember going to his races and waking up at 6am to see him finish...i wish i knew back then how amazing it was to not only finish a marathon but to win them! way to go paul!!  you can read more about the legends here.  and if you are interested in training with paul email him at pkrosser@yahoo.com


Paul Rosser, Salt Lake City, Utah, completed the St. George Marathon six times during the 1990’s and early 2000’s, and his top level performances easily qualified him as a Top Ten ... Legend of the race.

Paul went to Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, and while he did run in high school, he was considered a late bloomer that did not excel in running until he entered college. He was a Junior College All-American in track and cross country at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, and was a member of the 1986 National Junior College Championship team. Paul then transferred to Brigham Young University where he was named All-WAC eight times and was on the WAC cross country championship team three years in a row. He had success in a wide range of distances from the 800 meters (1:54) to the 10,000 meters (29:43).

Paul decided to take the marathon seriously in 1993, when he won the Lake Powell Marathon and set a course record in 2:34:36. He decided to also run the St. George Marathon in 1993 for the first time, and his decision to run in St. George was because his good friend, and a previous legend, #30 Larry Smithee, encouraged him to run the race. He ran well and finished in the top 10 with a time of 2:23:21, but Paul was not satisfied with his effort, with the last few miles being some of the hardest and slowest miles that he has ever run. However, Paul was just getting warmed up. Paul returned to run the St. George Marathon in 1994 and was focused on running an “A” standard qualifying time of 2:20:00 for the 1996 US Olympic Marathon Trials in Charlotte, North Carolina. Paul had done countless training runs getting ready for the race, and also felt more confident because he was now familiar with the course. He had won the Deseret News Marathon in July of 1994, so Paul was ready to continue his running success when he was at the start line of the 1994 St. George Marathon.

Paul and Larry Smithee led the 1994 race and went through the seven mile mark in a time of 35:07 and was feeling very relaxed. When they made it to the top of the Veyo hill at around mile 9, Paul had taken the lead and continued to push the pace. He went through the half way point in a time of 1:08:48. As he began racing the second half of the race, he continued to build his lead, and also still felt very good. At mile 16, he even felt strong enough to give a few high fives to the spectators, which not only surprised the crowd, but livened them up with some cheering. Paul was never challenged and by mile 25, he finally felt comfortable that he would run the “A” standard qualifying time. Paul was the Overall Winner of the 1994 St. George Marathon with a remarkable time of 2:16:10, which is still the 5th fastest time ever recorded in the history of the race, which will have its 100,000 finisher in 2011. Paul was thrilled with his race, as he never felt fatigued at all during the race. He had never ran so far, so fast, and so easy in his entire life. His effort in 1994 also meant that he won the Utah road racing circuit and was also invited to be on the US team for the Marathon World Championships that were held in Athens, Greece in April 1995.

Paul came back to defend his St. George Marathon overall title in 1995, and he felt like he was in even better shape than in 1994. He was in the lead pack up to mile seven, but had to make a pit stop for about two minutes. He actually caught back up to the lead group, but one runner had jumped into the lead over the pack. Paul fought hard to catch the leader, but fell just short as he finished in second place overall, but still had a solid time of 2:18:06, which is the 15th fastest time ever recorded. This time would have won 24 of the 34 marathons that have been held in St. George.

Paul had one more top ten finish when he finished in 7th place overall in the 1998 St. George Marathon in a time of 2:28:34. He finished his career in St. George as one of only three runners that had two performances in the fastest 20 times ever run in St. George. Paul still has such positive memories of the St. George Marathon, and it is still his favorite all time. He has run marathons all over the country and St. George remains at the top for organization, course, scenery, and overall experience. He has had success outside of St. George, as he finished 23rd at the 1996 US Olympic Trials, he also took second place overall at the Hartford Marathon and 3rd at the famous Big Sur Marathon in California.

Because of this performance, Paul Rosser is the #7 all time performer in the St. George Marathon