I went to the store today to buy 8 beers for the auction basket…
Shoo decided to throw a huge tantrum (he’s 4 – shouldn’t he be done with this?), so I was completely unable to focus. I just grabbed a whole bunch of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina beers. Oh, and one from West Virginia. I ended up with 20 beers. Wonder what I’ll do with the extras? ;o)*
Yesterday I had 9 miles on the schedule, but I woke up late – 9am (which of course meant 10 am). I decided I’d do six during Jones’ second soccer game. It was wet and dreary and I just wasn’t mentally into the run, so I only ended up doing four. From a running standpoint, it wasn’t a bad run – 9:52, 9:43, 9:39, 9:33 without pushing at all. It’s amazing how much not wanting to run can play into making a bad run out of what should have been at least an ok run.
This week is my first REALLY hard week of the plan. I have 9 miles on Tuesday and then 19 on Wednesday. Luckily, one of my friends needs to do 8-10 this week and is willing to run at my long run pace, so I’ll run with her for part of the run. I’ve also arranged for Shoo to go home with a friend, so I’ll have time to take an ice bath and eat afterwards, so hopefully I’ll be in a better mood after this long run!
*Jamoosh and Glaven, stop drooling. It’s not very attractive.
8. 20. they are practically the same.Good luck with the heavy mileage!
Not drooling – drunk. I swear that picture is blurry and it's not even 5:00 yet…
Yikes! That is a hard week. You can do it!
hahaha. child throws tantrum, "distracted" mother loads cart up with beer. now I see how to swing this whole motherhood thing.
That is a hard week! Good luck with it.
I never actually managed to scroll down past the pic of teh beers…but I imagine all of those words underneath meant something witty and poignant….
You know how to get the guys' attention! LOL!Good luck with the heavy mileage tomorrow & Wednesday!
Beeeeeerrrr…what else did you write about?! Oh, ok.ummmmm, glad to see you have a picture of beer. Must focus…OK, glad to see you have a running buddy for part of your 19 miler. Great plan to lose the little one too so you can use ice-ice baby. 🙂 I ♥ beer
ok, I'm totally laughing out loud at these comments 🙂 It's nice to have someone along for even part of a long run hey? Eat lots and get good sleep this week!
Those are long mid week miles. Good luck. Enjoy the company for some of it.
Extra beer, what a tough problem to have!Good luck with the 19 this week. It's great that you have a friend to run part of it with you, that will help break up the miles!
Mmmmm…beeeer! 9 miles on one day and 19 the next? That's hardcore! 🙂
What's worse? The 19 mile long runs with 8-10 mile runs mid-week or THE TAPER? I think I miss the 19 mile runs.
cheesy peesy you will need a beer after 19, hell I almost need one just reading you are gonna run 19! you will rock it!
You are amazing for running during a soccer game. I always intended to during my son's football practices, but it never worked out. Good on you!You are going to do great this week! You would have definitely earned the right to consume those extras!
Wow you are going to run more than a marathon in 2 days. WOOT!!! Ooops I bought too many Cadbury Eggs what will I do?? ;p
I do the same thing – child throws tantrum – mom unable to think straight. Good luck on the 19!
More beer porn for the interwebs. Too bad it's just not my thing.Good luck with your running this week!
When you wrote 'do six during the game' all I could think was that you were going to slam down six of those beers 😉
Oy – 9 followed 19! Glad to see on FB that your 9 went beautifully today – hope the 19 goes just as gloriously :)Word verification = fetshiev. It looks like it should actually mean something…