Yesterday was supposed to be either a 5 mile tempo or 6 miles easy, depending on which plan I was using. I decided to do a 6.2 mile tempo because I was participating in Casey’s virtual 10K. The boys woke me up 6! times Friday night, so I missed my morning run opportunity and decided…
Make me happy
So, Xenia decided to tag me for the “10 things that make me happy” post that is going around. She mentioned she chose some of her 10 “tags” knowing that some of those would not do it. I considered placing myself in that category. I also consider doing 10 things in pictures or listing 10…
Three Things Thursday
AKA “What I’m writing when I should be writing a newsletter article” I went to the gym again today. I used the elliptical and the bike again and got a decent work out. It doesn’t feel as much like a workout as running does, but I’m hot, I’m sweaty, and my heart rate goes up,…
Feeling Beautiful and Strong
Beautiful because: I was a lucky recipient of the Beautiful Blogger award from Lizard Runs, a local running blogger that I recently found. Thanks! I’m supposed to list 7 random things about me and then tag 7 bloggers, so here goes: In high school, I “lettered” for being the track team manager and also for…
So, about that schedule…
Last time I trained for a marathon, I stopped racing and only did the marathon. I found that I really missed getting out there and pushing myself in a way that I never seem to do with “just” speedwork. This time, I have quite a number of races on the schedule. I’ve even registered for…
Spotlight on Beer: Belgian style weekend
As I mentioned in my last post, I went a little overboard on my purchasing at Whole Foods. But really, I usually only have one beer a night on Friday and Saturday night and if I’m only going to have one, it’d better be good LOL. Friday night, Beer Geek and I cracked open the…
Grocery shopping while hungry
One of the first tips that diet plans (and frugal shopping sites) give you is to never go shopping while hungry. When you are hungry at the grocery store, you are much more likely to give in to impulse shopping, especially for not so healthy items. I had to go to Whole Foods today to…
Three Things Thursday
1. I joined a gym. Really. And I even did my first work out there. Our county has several really good gyms and it’s a really small county, so there are two really close to my house. Their annual fee is reasonable, but I wasn’t ready for that commitment. As a pilot program, they are…
It’s “just” 13 miles.
Today Beer Geek and I were discussing the Jack Daniels race that Missy mentioned on my last post. I was telling him about the race and mentioned it was a new race, so there were no reviews and I had no way of knowing how well it would be organized. He rolled his eyes and…
Why am I even posting?
Not a whole lot has changed around here… I’m still undecided on the whole marathon thing; I’m still working on booking stuff in Alaska; I’m still emotionally unstable (perimenopause kicks PMS’ a$$) Despite the fact that I’ve put aside my marathon decision until a point in time where I can make a decision without crying…
Mama needed a beer
Once a month, for a couple of days, I become a real witch. (Beer Geek would probably say that word should start with a B.) Today was one of those days. EVERYTHING annoyed me. Shoo also happened to be in rare form ( I never realized 4 year olds got PMS). For once, Jones was…
Three Things Thursday
1. I still haven’t decided on a marathon. As a planner, this is driving.me.crazy. Seriously. 2. I did a nine mile run on the treadmill yesterday, while watching “In Bruges”. The movie was “meh.” The run started off rough, but ended up being awesome. I did seriously negative splits (46:12 and 42:49). Hopefully that’s my…