I just have to say that 4 1/2 hours is not enough time.
That is how long Kara is in preschool, three days a week. But it seems like that time just blows by, taken up with housework (today I did laundry and dishes), playing with Matty and other routine tasks (eating, for example).
I didn't have time to run in the morning. So I loaded Matty into the stroller and ran to the preschool to pick up Kara. The route I took was exactly two miles from the point where I started running to the fence outside the school. Cool. I collected the munchkin and ran back home. In all, it wasn't a bad run. But I did have to run across a busy street (at the light and in the crosswalk, of course), and that always makes me nervous.
I have a new favorite song to run to. It's "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. I feel like the oldest person on the planet listening to that song (LOL!) but it has a great rhythm that my feet like to match and it's just peppy as hell. I did my entire run to that song today (thanks, iPod!!) and it was great. I always seem to find one song to obsess over while running. So I know someday Avril will be usurped by someone else. :-)
Today's stats:
Run (outdoors):
Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 43.01
Pace: 10:44 minute/mile
Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
My teacher, my peer
So I talked with my biology instructor tonight and found out we have a lot in common.
-We're both 32.
-We both used to live in the Redding area, and during the same time frame.
-We both have kids. She just had a baby girl this past April.
-We both enjoy running.
I am pretty darn excited about this!! We had lab tonight, and once the "formal" part was over at 9:30, almost everybody ran out. But this woman, Kim, and I stayed until 9:55, when the class officially ended. Come to find out, Kim did Stroller Strides in Eureka back in March when I did it for a week or so. She and I talked then, and I knew she looked familiar tonight. We chatted and that's when we made the connection. She even remembered my name!!
So Kim, my teacher Jen and I talked about kids, exercising, boobs (LOL!) and other things women tend to gab about. I must say I really like Jen. It's almost like having a friend of mine tutoring me in biology rather than a formal instructor. I feel much more comfortable now that I know she is my peer.
The next meeting is next Wednesday (since Monday is a holiday). I am actually looking forward to going now! Yippee!!! :-)
-We're both 32.
-We both used to live in the Redding area, and during the same time frame.
-We both have kids. She just had a baby girl this past April.
-We both enjoy running.
I am pretty darn excited about this!! We had lab tonight, and once the "formal" part was over at 9:30, almost everybody ran out. But this woman, Kim, and I stayed until 9:55, when the class officially ended. Come to find out, Kim did Stroller Strides in Eureka back in March when I did it for a week or so. She and I talked then, and I knew she looked familiar tonight. We chatted and that's when we made the connection. She even remembered my name!!
So Kim, my teacher Jen and I talked about kids, exercising, boobs (LOL!) and other things women tend to gab about. I must say I really like Jen. It's almost like having a friend of mine tutoring me in biology rather than a formal instructor. I feel much more comfortable now that I know she is my peer.
The next meeting is next Wednesday (since Monday is a holiday). I am actually looking forward to going now! Yippee!!! :-)
Need to get back on track
Yesterday was supposed to be a run day. Tim was going to run with me, but in the end he didn't feel well enough, so we just walked around the neighborhood with the kids.
I ran this morning instead. I dropped Kara off at school (no more tears now, and she abruptly left me to get a seat at the table to have breakfast with her classmates. No good-bye or anything, LOL!), and Matty fell asleep once we got home. So I hopped on the treadmill for a short (and slower) three miles. I still have to take a shower before he wakes up. If not for that, I probably would have gone four miles.
Tomorrow I will try to run in the morning. If I go outside, I'll have to take the kids in the stroller. We'll see what I feel like doing when that time comes, I guess.
I have class again tonight (it's my LONG day). Happy Wednesday and happy running!!
Today's stats:
Run (treadmill):
Distance: three miles
Time: 33:52
Pace: 11:17 minute/mile
I ran this morning instead. I dropped Kara off at school (no more tears now, and she abruptly left me to get a seat at the table to have breakfast with her classmates. No good-bye or anything, LOL!), and Matty fell asleep once we got home. So I hopped on the treadmill for a short (and slower) three miles. I still have to take a shower before he wakes up. If not for that, I probably would have gone four miles.
Tomorrow I will try to run in the morning. If I go outside, I'll have to take the kids in the stroller. We'll see what I feel like doing when that time comes, I guess.
I have class again tonight (it's my LONG day). Happy Wednesday and happy running!!
Today's stats:
Run (treadmill):
Distance: three miles
Time: 33:52
Pace: 11:17 minute/mile
Monday, August 27, 2007
Big thanks, you guys!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, my dear running buddies, for making me feel better after that last post! You guys are seriously the best!! :-)
Tonight I went back to school for the first time in nearly 10 years. It's still hard to believe that it has been so long since I graduated (May 1998 to be exact). I am taking one biology class this semester to get my feet wet again. It's a good thing, because it looks like it might be slightly more difficult than I expected. We have to do a semester project and present it to the class in December. The last biology class I took (pretty sure it was either 1994 or 1995) didn't require any kind of project, so I was a little surprised to learn of this tonight. Well, I am ready to tackle whatever this teacher (note for Lynn: her name is Jen Westenberg, if you're reading this) throws at me.
Anyway, Mondays are my "short" night, with only an hour of lecture. Wednesdays will be the test, as I will have an hour of lecture, a 1/2 hour break, and then nearly three hours of lab. I hope the labs will be interesting enough that the time will fly by, because I have had boring labs before (Sierra College, chemistry, fall 1993, before I went away to university. Ugh) and they suck. This teacher seems pretty cool though, so I bet it will be OK.
She did assign some reading, so I completed it while riding the stationary bike tonight. Consequently, my pace suffered. That's OK. Two birds, one stone.
Today's stats:
Bike:
Time: 40 minutes
Distance: 10.2 miles
Tonight I went back to school for the first time in nearly 10 years. It's still hard to believe that it has been so long since I graduated (May 1998 to be exact). I am taking one biology class this semester to get my feet wet again. It's a good thing, because it looks like it might be slightly more difficult than I expected. We have to do a semester project and present it to the class in December. The last biology class I took (pretty sure it was either 1994 or 1995) didn't require any kind of project, so I was a little surprised to learn of this tonight. Well, I am ready to tackle whatever this teacher (note for Lynn: her name is Jen Westenberg, if you're reading this) throws at me.
Anyway, Mondays are my "short" night, with only an hour of lecture. Wednesdays will be the test, as I will have an hour of lecture, a 1/2 hour break, and then nearly three hours of lab. I hope the labs will be interesting enough that the time will fly by, because I have had boring labs before (Sierra College, chemistry, fall 1993, before I went away to university. Ugh) and they suck. This teacher seems pretty cool though, so I bet it will be OK.
She did assign some reading, so I completed it while riding the stationary bike tonight. Consequently, my pace suffered. That's OK. Two birds, one stone.
Today's stats:
Bike:
Time: 40 minutes
Distance: 10.2 miles
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Awesome run today!
Let me start off this post by saying that I have enabled the feature to preview reader comments before they are posted. Some asshat came by here a couple days ago and posted something mean in the comment section (I have since deleted it). But it made me realize that I should probably preview all the comments before they are added to ensure that jerks I don't even know don't get their two cents in at my expense.
Come to find out this person is a first-class loser who has posted snarky comments on other blogs, as well (yeah, I investigated his retarded little blog. He thinks *I'm* boring? Whatever). He is certainly NOT welcome here again. Seems like he really has an issue with women (since he's likely a 60-year-old virgin) and some guy named Mike.
Of course I still want all my running buddies here to post!! I promise I will post the comments from the people I know I can trust. :-)
Oh, and the main purpose of this blog is to track my running progress and get feedback from fellow runners. Sure, that is probably boring to some. If I wasn't so into running, I would likely be bored to tears by it. LOL! But then again, I wouldn't waste my time reading and commenting if that was the case.
And just a heads-up: I might make this blog private if I feel I need to. I will let ya'll know ahead of time and invite you guys if that happens. I hope it won't, but I am feeling kinda burned right now. :-(
OK, enough venting.
That being said, I had an awesome run today!! I headed to the track this time for my long run. I tried out my new fuel belt (love it, BTW!), and I figured the track would be a good place since I could ditch it in the truck if I really hated it. Luckily, I found that after a couple laps I didn't even remember I had it on. Yay for that! And it had room for my keys and cell phone. Bonus!
My plan was to run for one hour, but I ended up stretching it to a 10K. It didn't take me that long to complete the distance. In fact, I handily set a PR for 10K. Woo hoo!! Maybe I should run all my races around a track. ;-)
Back to the fuel belt. I left two of the four water bottles at home, which turned out to be a mistake. I figured since I was running at a school that I would be able to fill the bottles when I needed to. I didn't figure that the stupid drinking fountain wouldn't be operating yet. Ugh. So after I drank all the water I brought, I ended up running to the nearby gas station to buy some more. My last mile or so was spent running around some neighborhoods of downtown Fortuna.
I liked the fuel belt so much that I might even use it for shorter runs. It's nice to not have anything in my hands when I run, you know?
Today's stats:
Run (outside):
Distance: 6.2 miles
Time: 1 hour, six minutes, 58 seconds (former PR was 1:11:30 (seriously!!) set on June 24)
Pace: 10:48 minute/mile (I am pretty freakin' proud of this!!)
Come to find out this person is a first-class loser who has posted snarky comments on other blogs, as well (yeah, I investigated his retarded little blog. He thinks *I'm* boring? Whatever). He is certainly NOT welcome here again. Seems like he really has an issue with women (since he's likely a 60-year-old virgin) and some guy named Mike.
Of course I still want all my running buddies here to post!! I promise I will post the comments from the people I know I can trust. :-)
Oh, and the main purpose of this blog is to track my running progress and get feedback from fellow runners. Sure, that is probably boring to some. If I wasn't so into running, I would likely be bored to tears by it. LOL! But then again, I wouldn't waste my time reading and commenting if that was the case.
And just a heads-up: I might make this blog private if I feel I need to. I will let ya'll know ahead of time and invite you guys if that happens. I hope it won't, but I am feeling kinda burned right now. :-(
OK, enough venting.
That being said, I had an awesome run today!! I headed to the track this time for my long run. I tried out my new fuel belt (love it, BTW!), and I figured the track would be a good place since I could ditch it in the truck if I really hated it. Luckily, I found that after a couple laps I didn't even remember I had it on. Yay for that! And it had room for my keys and cell phone. Bonus!
My plan was to run for one hour, but I ended up stretching it to a 10K. It didn't take me that long to complete the distance. In fact, I handily set a PR for 10K. Woo hoo!! Maybe I should run all my races around a track. ;-)
Back to the fuel belt. I left two of the four water bottles at home, which turned out to be a mistake. I figured since I was running at a school that I would be able to fill the bottles when I needed to. I didn't figure that the stupid drinking fountain wouldn't be operating yet. Ugh. So after I drank all the water I brought, I ended up running to the nearby gas station to buy some more. My last mile or so was spent running around some neighborhoods of downtown Fortuna.
I liked the fuel belt so much that I might even use it for shorter runs. It's nice to not have anything in my hands when I run, you know?
Today's stats:
Run (outside):
Distance: 6.2 miles
Time: 1 hour, six minutes, 58 seconds (former PR was 1:11:30 (seriously!!) set on June 24)
Pace: 10:48 minute/mile (I am pretty freakin' proud of this!!)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
No run after all
So I didn't run today. I couldn't get in the running spirit. I think my legs just didn't want to run four days in a row, since I am planning on running tomorrow. That's OK. I rode the bike, instead. And I watched House Hunters while I did it. That is by far my favorite show on HGTV.
I stumbled upon the funniest blog ever the other day. Dawn is Mom to six kids (!!!) and had an auction on eBay recently. She was offing some Pokemon cards her kids unknowingly suckered her into purchasing. The eBay story had me rolling! I only have two rugrats, yet I could relate to her shopping nightmare. Poor, poor woman.
Apparently I'm not the only one who finds her writing hilarious. She's had more than 188,000 hits, with 77,000 of those coming on Wednesday and another 94,000 today, she says. I guess you need a wicked sense of humor when that many kids have emerged from your uterus. I will gladly remain unfunny in comparison, thank you.
Today's stats:
Bike:
Time: 40 minutes
Distance: 10.3 miles
I stumbled upon the funniest blog ever the other day. Dawn is Mom to six kids (!!!) and had an auction on eBay recently. She was offing some Pokemon cards her kids unknowingly suckered her into purchasing. The eBay story had me rolling! I only have two rugrats, yet I could relate to her shopping nightmare. Poor, poor woman.
Apparently I'm not the only one who finds her writing hilarious. She's had more than 188,000 hits, with 77,000 of those coming on Wednesday and another 94,000 today, she says. I guess you need a wicked sense of humor when that many kids have emerged from your uterus. I will gladly remain unfunny in comparison, thank you.
Today's stats:
Bike:
Time: 40 minutes
Distance: 10.3 miles
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