Shoo decided last night that sleep was for the weak. And apparently he’s not weak. I didn’t go to bed until my usual way too late bedtime and then he woke up before 2:00am and was up for over an hour. Since Jones is back in school, I had to get up at 6:30am. Needless…
Wee little run and a quick little post
Today I just did a 3 mile recovery run. I discovered I’m not very good at taking it easy. Thankfully, my legs are a bit sore, so that (c0mbined with lots of stoplights) slowed me down to about a 9:30 minute mile. I also did a lower body workout, complete with assistance from Jones and…
Enjoying the Nation’s Capital
Although there are things I don’t like about this area (too much traffic and expensive houses to name just a couple), there are a lot of things I like about living where we do. One of those is that a decision to head into the city requires little more than grabbing my bag and a…
*YOU* made me run today
I had three miles planned for this afternoon, but I really wasn’t feeling it. I have real issues with getting into my running clothes when I’m already cold. I was tired from all the bickering that the kids had been doing all day (CAN NOT wait for school to start back up). I put in…
994 miles to go; 994 miles*
Ok, I jest. I don’t actually have a mileage goal this year. I would like to run at least 15 miles a week, but I plan to do some cross training this year. I won’t worry about total mileage until November. Then I’m likely to set a “stretch” goal so that I run a lot…
Goals for 2009
I don’t have my 2008 goals on the blog, as I didn’t start blogging until May, but I wrote some on my livejournal account. I wanted to run a half marathon and a marathon. I don’t think I realized at the time what I was getting in to, but I did accomplish both. So for…
Feeling sluggish and non-committal
I’ve only run 3 miles in the last four days and I’m starting to feel, well, just kind of blah. I’ve been eating too much most days and even when I eat a reasonable amount, too much of it is cookies and other not so healthy stuff. And water? What’s that? All I’ve been drinking…
Merry Christmas from small-town Wisconsin
Merry Christmas to all! It’s a beautiful day here in Wisconsin. Cold, but sunny. It’s so nice to look outside and see the sun shining off of all the snow, instead of seeing more snow come down. And now, for your amusement: How you know you are in a small town in the midwest for…
1000 miles in the bag!
Woot! I did it and I still have a week of running left in 2008! Today I did 8.4 miles on the hamster wheel. Thank goodness for the Today show. Everything on there is perfect for someone who isn’t paying close attention. I averaged a 9:15 mile, which is a great pace for me for…
Single digits
It’s 3 degrees outside and that’s a huge warm up from yesterday’s -8 with -30 windchill. Needless to say, I’ve been doing all my running on a treadmill. I only have 8.4 miles to go to my 1000 mile goal! If the weather was decent, I’d knock it out in one run, but I’m not…
I should have bought a lottery ticket
Yesterday was apparently my lucky day. Despite Milwaukee airport being closed for most of the day due to 12 inches of snow, we got to WI last night. We flew out on the ONLY direct flight from DC to MKE that made it out yesterday. Woot! It was 1 am EST by the time we…
Puke threshold
Beer Geek had a holiday event this evening, so I only had about 45 minutes to run between when he came home and when he was planning to leave. I decided to run a three mile loop and then run in the neighborhood until the 45 minutes was up. As I’m desperate to get this…