1. I’m still tired. I was never really sore, but I’ve been sleeping soundly for 8-10 hours every night. When I’m awake, I’m still tired. I’m pretty sure this is just recovery from pushing myself, but since I didn’t really race the first four and even the fifth one was slower than my previous slowest…
Category: Ramblings
TTT: Treadmills, Amazon Prime, No Kid Vacation
1. Yesterday was kind of a nasty day. The forecast called for 3-6 inches of snow and the schools closed for the day. Reality? 35 degree rain with some flurries mixed in. While I’ll run a race in that kind of weather, I’m not going to choose to go out in that (especially when everyone…
Reality
There’s been a lot of talk on Facebook and in the blog world about the face we show publicly. Lots of talk about the fact that everything we write is a facade, that there are things about our lives that we don’t show our friends and readers. There’s even a term for it, “Fakebooking”, and…
First world problems
This has not been what I would call a normal week, but then again, I’m not sure exactly what a normal week is anymore… Jones came home sick on Monday with a wicked earache. The phone call came during my run, so I ended up running a little over 7 miles outside and then finished…
Kinda Sorta Wordless Wednesday
For those days when you have a really hard time getting up in the morning… Maybe I should let Shoo use a real camera (his picture of Luray caverns with my iphone)… If you are my friend on Facebook, you know that this guy (and his food) have kind of taken over my life… Not…
Three Things Thursday
1. I’m having a bit of a crisis of confidence. I’ve run four days in a row and my legs are feeling pretty trashed. I was pleasantly surprised on my Wednesday run that my speed wasn’t bad. I did find that my heart rate went up when I had to race a few lights and…
Help a non-biker out!
We hit a new milestone in our lives recently. Both Jones and Shoo moved up a size in bikes. This means I can no longer throw Shoo’s bike in the trunk of my Civic. It also means that it’s difficult to put both of their bikes in the back of the Pilot. I have a…
Three Things Thursday
1. While they were here, my parents bought Jones his Christmas present – a new bike. The scarey thing is that he’s tall enough for a 26″ wheel with a small frame, which is a size I could ride (I’m right at the point between the small and the medium). Is it bad that I’m…
Happy birthday to the #1 reason I run
11 years ago, my life changed in ways I never knew were possible. Jones’ entry into our lives was a much anticipated and wanted event, but Jones didn’t come alone. He brought along some baggage in the form of sleepless nights, breastfeeding difficulties, food allergies, and postpartum depression. It was a beautiful autumn, at least…
Random thoughts from an overloaded brain
When I was re-organizing Shoo’s clothing drawer at the end of summer, I stumbled across a bathing suit of Jones’from a few years ago. I *thought* that Shoo had been wearing it all summer. Turns out he was wearing the same 3T suit he’d been wearing for 3 years LOL. (Yes, I bought them matching…
AMR’s 10 Running Related Personal Questions
The lovely ladies at Another Mother Runner came up with a great group of questions for us all to answer. Have you answered? No? Well, get on it. 1. Best run ever: I have a lot of good runs every fall. I can’t say that any one run stands out. When it comes to races…
Plane tickets, bike rides, and Boatswain
1. Guess what I did last night? I bought tickets for our trip for me to run 5 half marathons. Holy cow! Today I need to figure out the tickets for the elaborate kid watching we have arranged. I’m so thankful for parents who are willing to rearrange their week to spend one with my…