This morning at church, the pastor did a children’s sermon on taking care of pets (a tie in with the Jesus as our shepherd sermon). Both of my boys went up for it. When he asked for different ways that we take care of our pets, Jones was happy to provide an answer. He told…
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Fab Four for Reese
I ran my four miles for Reese’s Run (there’s still time to sign up!) today because I won’t run tomorrow or Saturday in preparation for the GW Parkway 10 miler on Sunday. I planned to take it really slow and easy, but apparently I suck at pacing myself. The first mile was 9:05. A little fast,…
Back to Maine
So, I’ve been dragging my feet on registering for the Toronto race. Not sure why, but I just wasn’t feeling the love. Yesterday, I found a Maine race! I’m so excited!! It’s the Maine Lobster Festival 10K in Rockland, Maine. It’s a day after the one I tried to get in, which actually works better…
Let’s add Provinces too.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m trying to run a race in all 50 states. One of the states I was planning to hit this year was Maine. Unfortunately, I did not get into the race I wanted to do and there aren’t any others that are at the right time and are longer than a…
Newfangled running
I ran with the new ipod today. I’m still loading music and haven’t had time to set up a running playlist yet, so I just set it on shuffle. It started off good with a peppy Ace of Base song, but the next song up was Air Supply. While I like Air Supply, it’s not…
7 + 3.5 = (not so) Fat Tuesday
Poor little Shoo was still feeling not so hot this morning. I managed to get some sugary liquids into him and he perked up some, but he decided he wanted a nap (he gave up naps almost a year ago). After he fell asleep, I decided to hit the treadmill. I wasn’t expecting much in…
Apparently Beer IS good food!
I just totally rocked my 13 mile run – 2:04:30! That’s a 9:35 pace, people! I even did negative splits with the second half of the run being about 40 seconds faster than the first half. I did 13.1 in 2:05:24 and finished my 13.25 miles in a total of 2:07:10. My first mile was…
FFFK Virtual Race
In honor of Non-runner Nancy, USJogger organized a Freakishly Flexible 5K to be run on or around Valentines Day. Since Nancy has done so much for us running bloggers, including hosting the very first virtual run I ran in, I decided to participate and let her know how much she’s appreciated. I was planning to…
7 on the 7th times 3
I originally planned for last Sundays 12K to be my “7 on the 7th” and was quite pleased with my 1:03:15 time. Then I ran 12 miles on Tuesday and figured I should count that 7 since it was closer to the 7th, but my time was closer to 1:08. But, oh my goodness, it…
Picking a pace
As I mentioned earlier, I am running a 12K race this weekend. Several of you commented on what a weird length that is. I didn’t realize how weird it will be for me until I started looking at my running log to figure out my goal pace. 12K is just under 7.5 miles. The only…
Great run! and a retraction
We had an awesome time yesterday at the Monster Jam! The boys got to meet some of the drivers and then we had a blast watching the show. I ended my low carb eating (as planned) by having a couple of beers. Then for dinner we ordered Thai food and had more beer. Today, my…
So, about running in Texas
I’m a city girl. I run on streets and sidewalks. Even the trails near me are pavement. While in Texas, I had two options for running: run on Beer Geek’s uncle’s property or run on the paved country highway. Dogs and random men in pickup trucks scare me, so I decided to run on the…