Thursday morning dawned cold, but sunny. I had a rough night with Shoo, so I got up a bit late. I ate a bit of breakfast and played musical cars (we live on the route and I wanted them off the street) and then headed over to the race. I continued my pursuit of my…
Odd Distances
I have 93.4 miles to go to hit 1000 miles for the year. If I hit all of my planned runs for the distances I currently have planned, I will be about 15 miles short of my goal. I’m going to try to manage an extra run or two, but that’s going to be a…
A trip to suburbia
I needed a few groceries this morning. I also needed some beer that will be our contribution to Thanksgiving with our friends. Despite the fact that I can walk to Giant, Harris Teeter, and Whole Foods and drive in less than 10 minutes to Safeway and Trader Joe’s, I decided a trip to Wegman’s was…
Something else I’m thankful for: my parents
My parents arrived Thursday evening and promptly relieved me of all responsibilities. Ok, not really, but pretty darn close. Mom got the boys showered and ready for bed. Dad laid down with Shoo, Mom laid down with Jones, I got to go write an article I needed to write. Friday, Dad replaced my kitchen faucet…
What a night…
I stayed up too late last night trying to find some pictures for Jones for a school project. When I went to bed, I woke Jones up accidentally (he lost a tooth and I was trying to play Tooth Fairy). Then Shoo woke up. Finally, I got everyone resettled and crawled into bed. Just as…
I’m thankful that running is my anti-depressant.
Today’s topic for “Take it and Run Thursday” over at the Runner’s Lounge is “Thank goodness for running”. This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart as running plays a very important role in my life. While I love the more physical benefits of running (weight management, healthy body, energy to…
Double Digits
I did it, but it wasn’t pretty. I have some sort of issue going on with my left hip flexor. I’m not sure why, but it began to twinge last week during my 8 mile run and bothered me again today. It doesn’t seem to bother me for the shorter runs. Today’s 10 miler took…
Dreading the ‘mill
We ended up having a nice weekend. I drank 4 beers and promptly went to sleep LOL. On the bright side, the beers were awesome (Flying Dog Amber, Dominion Baltic Porter, and Harpoon Winter Warmer). On the pathetic side, who goes to sleep at 8:30 after only 4 beers? I believe I am officially old….
4 + 4 = happy mommy
I knew I’d have trouble making myself run last night, so I put on my running clothes as soon as we got back from picking Jones up from school. When Beer Geek walked in the door, I hit the treadmill. Since it was Friday night and I was feeling unmotivated, I aimed for three miles…
Nothing to see here
Move along folks. Nothing really running related going on. LOL I thought I might run yesterday, but I wasn’t feeling it after the 8 miles on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize until it was too late that Beer Geek would be home late this evening, so I wouldn’t be able to run tonight. Of course,…
Forced run
I’ve moved my long run to Tuesdays because both boys have school. That way, I can run as long as I want and not really impact anyone but me. Because today was a holiday, the boys and Beer Geek were home. Beer Geek asked me to run early in the morning. I had an eight…
Random non-running stuff
Since I ran yesterday, today I planned to “cross train” by raking the leaves in our yard. We have 6 100+ year old Oak trees that drop a phenomenal amount of leaves every year. I enjoy raking and I figured the boys could play or ride bikes/trikes or help me. Yeah, not so much. I…