July 2008

I didn’t think there were enough miles in the world

July 31, 2008

Before I got on the treadmill today, I was in a horrid mood. Shoo slept horribly again last night, I think because he was overtired from not napping for four days. Jones woke me out of a sound sleep at 8, so obviously I didn’t hit the treadmill this morning. It’s that witchy time of [...]

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Cranky

July 31, 2008

I need to go to bed. I’ve been tired all day (thanks to a 2 or more hour hang out with Shoo around 4am), but I had almost zero kid free time all day and right now, quiet trumps sleep. I had a really good, but very hot, run yesterday. I did 7 miles in [...]

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Week 7

July 29, 2008

Today marks the beginning of Week 7 of training. I ran 4 miles in 36:50 on the treadmill today. Not a bad time since I got on the treadmill five minutes after I rolled out of bed. It looks like most of my runs may be on the treadmill this week. I’m still trying to [...]

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500 miles and other random stuff

July 28, 2008

Yesterday I hit 503 miles for the year. Thanks to the marathon training, I should manage 1000 total this year. Since all the “cool kids” are doing it, I’ve been doing the 100 pushups work out. I just finished week 2 and was only able to do 10 pushups (yeah, upper body strength, not so [...]

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Nice “long” run

July 26, 2008

You know your perception has changed when you don’t really think of a 9 mile run as a “long” run. As I was heading out the door, Beer Geek asked when I would be back. My response? “About an hour and a half, I’m doing 9 miles”. His response “Oh, a short run today. Ok”. [...]

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Nice "long" run

July 26, 2008

You know your perception has changed when you don’t really think of a 9 mile run as a “long” run. As I was heading out the door, Beer Geek asked when I would be back. My response? “About an hour and a half, I’m doing 9 miles”. His response “Oh, a short run today. Ok”. [...]

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Smokin’

July 25, 2008

I needed to run three miles today and had no assistance lined up. I didn’t manage to pull myself out of bed early (I stay up way too late when Beer Geek is gone), so I knew I needed to run while Shoo napped or I’d be doing it late at night. Unfortunately, Shoo napped [...]

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‘Cause I’m bored

July 23, 2008

Beer Geek is still out of town and both boys went to sleep early, so I’ve been chillin’ with the computer this evening. I added my race PRs to the sidebar, mostly because it give me an easy place to find them. The one thing I’ve noticed is that my speed has not improved much [...]

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Casper the (running) ghost

July 22, 2008

I have very pale skin. Very. So, I am pretty careful about always using sunblock. Chemical sunblocks make me nervous, so I usually use a zinc oxide based one (Badger is my favorite). I tried out a new one today and it turned me white. It just sat on top of my skin. And judging [...]

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95 degree run AKA Must. RESPECT.The HEAT

July 21, 2008

So, I took the advice of “tiny frog” and Jess and did my 3 mile run outside today. My babysitter came over at 3 and I headed out the door not much after that. It was 95 degrees and the weather said it felt like 97 and it was quite sunny. Thankfully, there was a [...]

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