Kate gosslein is doing it

She's running the vegas half folks. Yeah so who cares, I agree. If I see her I will trip her, although I'm sure her skinny ass will be way ahead of me. I've had a bad week ok? Mon I woke up with a UTI and went to doctor and didn't go. Tues I drug my ass to gym and did a single grand mile on the tready. And yes I walked most of that mile but at least I went!!! THEN Wed I had to go back to the doctor because the antibiotics they gave me weren't working.  Yesterday and today things were so bad at work it was all I could do to drag my ass home to the couch to hide under a blanket. So there dammit.

3

i'm trying to decide if i am going to do 10 after work tomorrow or put it off until saturday.

did three on the tready today.

sandy, what the hell? i'm going to be kicking your ass in this thing if you aren't careful... you can't get your ass kicked by the fat sister!! get it together, woman!

2.3

I meant to go three, but around two miles I started to feel kind of yucky, which was the reason I didn't go yesterday at all. Some kind of nausea, my stomach just isn't feeling well. Plus, it was 25 freakin' degrees outside. Jaysus.

Time was 28:15, 12:18/mile and it will just have to do for today.

When its bad, it ain't bad enough

That's some badass INXS for you on this lovely Sunday evening. So, a moratorium was declared on the moratorium on Friday drinking, plus we had a football game to get to, so Saturday run was off. Today I entertained thoughts of 8 whilst driving back from Tucson, but by the time I got home all I could think about was a nap. I decided I'd just go tomorrow, but then thought how difficult it will be tomorrow to get my mojo back after taking 3 days off. So, it was by far the most difficult time I've had getting my ass out there but I decided I'd do just 2 miles and walk the whole damn way if I felt like it. But after I started I figured I'd give 3.5 a shot. I had to make a pit stop at the park on my way home, which I will attribute to Dads delicious ground almond and flaxseed pancakes, but then I ran the rest of the way home.

So, I can do 3.5 with relative ease, and a decent 6 with some effort. But what does this say about my personal best goal in exactly 4 weeks?!? Not lookin good folks.

So knock me down, tear me up

This wind is killing my soul.

Since it's not really an option for me to take a rest day on a weekend, I decided to do a "recovery" run, since I'm always reading about people doing that after a long run. I don't really know what it means, but I just reversed my intervals and did 2W/1R. I did three miles. It was windy and miserable and now I have to go to my strength exercises and put chapstick all over my face.

Stats for the Week:

Total miles: 22.5

9 Mile Underwear Run

I did nine miles today. It was overall fairly miserable. It was windy, but the time has passed that I can just refuse to go because of a little wind, since I have no idea if the next day I am going to be buried in snow, so if I can go I have to go. So, the first five miles were windy which was miserable.

Then, on my way back, I passed by a pair of men's jeans AND UNDERWEAR! Now, keep in mind, this was the second time I had passed this area on the trail, I was on my way back..... and I feel certain that I would have noticed a pair of tighty whities on the trail on my way there if there were any tighty whities to see. This means that in the hour since I had been there last, someone had lost both their pants and their underwear and this person was presumably somewhere near the trail. So, I spent the last four miles feeling a bit nervous and turning down my Ipod, trying to make sure that if there was some creepy flasher about that I would see him before he saw me. While I am confident that I could kick a flasher's ass, even while in the middle of a miserable run, I felt I would rather not.

Anyways, so about a half mile from the underwear, I feel okay enough to have my Ipod on again, and I hear a man's voice behind me... and because I was kind of nervous about the whole underwear thing, I naturally let out a shriek and jump about a mile and the guy goes "sorry, sorry, that is exactly what I was trying NOT to do" and I was all "it's okay, really it's okay" and I wanted to tell him that I usually don't act like such a ninny, but I was feeling a bit nervous on the trail today due to the pants and underwear lying a half mile back, but he was kind of a fast runner and he was already way too far ahead of me before I could gasp the words out.

Anyways, so my time was okay, 1:54:51, 12:46/mile, but it wasn't great. But the run wasn't great, so it's okay. My legs just felt really heavy and the first five miles felt like they were all uphill because I was running into the wind. Also, it was pretty cold, and the sun never did come out for longer than a minute or two.

Chilly

Did a very chilly three outside. It was 42 degrees when I started out, and rather breezy. But it was a good run, I did 3.5R/1W intervals, and felt pretty good, although my lungs were more burn-y than usual, whether from the cold or the longer run interval, I don't know. But anyways, time was 36:56, 12:14/mile. I was slowed down also by having to jump/tiptoe/walk through many ice spots, and also there is this one busy street I have to cross when doing this particular route, and today I had to actually stop and wait for a bit.

Blue eyes, you're the secret I keep

That's the Cary Brothers, awesome song. Tonight I did my 3.5 mi route at an easy pace, probly 12 or 12:30 and it felt pretty good. I was contemplating how well this is all goong when it occurred to me that I only have 4 weeks left until this damn race!!!

"Its so sublime when the stars are aligned
But you don't know the greatness you are
Cause Blue eyes, you and destiny sing
And I just wanna be the one."

2 for tha show

And before work this morning!! My body was all like "what the FUCK?!" And I was all like "Shut it, Beatch! We're doing this!". And my body was all like "I do what I want!". So I walked the last half mile.

Walk and Three

Did a couple of miles walking on the treadmill yesterday, even though it was supposed to be a rest day. I just didn't feel like resting, so I compromised. I enjoyed myself, I always forget how much I love a good walk until I do it again.

Then today I did three outside, a very good and happy run. It was dark and cold out when I started, but it was okay. Time was 36:38, 12:10 per mile according to the Garmin, but I think that is because my actual distance was 3.01, that must account for the extra seconds.