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August 31, 2005

Getting my life back

I am so happy. Today is basically the end of this 10 days of working like an insane person. Which hopefully means that soon I will stop neglecting my blog and my running! Hoo boy that would be nice.

It has been a few days so let me think back to what has been happening from a running/exercising standpoint. Monday night, I thought about running for a second time but went for a bike ride with Matt instead. It was so fun! Matt had ordered his new bike a long time ago, but because he got a pro deal he could not complain when it took forever. It was such a happy day when he finally got his bike though. And it is SO COOL. It is this nice silver/gray/tan color. And the front shock thing locks out when he is riding on the road which is sweet too! So we went for our bike ride and it was really nice. Once you get down to the Cherry Creek Trail, which goes along Cherry Creek (obviously) and by all these busy roads but you would never know it because it's so quiet, it is really nice and easy to ride. The trail goes all the way to the Cherry Creek Resevoir which is near where I went to high school. It is pretty far. We did not go that far on Monday but we did ride for about 80 minutes I believe.

And let me just say that Denver is a really small town. We are riding along and who rides past us by my ex-boyfriend. How irritating. Denver is so damn small. I run into someone I know seriously every day! That aside...

Yesterday I ran 4 miles in the morning because I was lazy and slept too late. Then I came to work and worked my butt off. It was hot yesterday! I went for my second run at 6:15 and it was still 94 degrees out, which frankly sucked. I do not know if that's why I felt terrible but for whatever reason, I did feel terrible. I was planning to run 6 miles but I could barely run 3. So I guess that was okay, although I felt lame about it! After running I had to go buy lots of groceries so that was my lifting for the day. Tomorrow I am meeting a friend to run so I think I can really lift then.

This morning I was not too lazy and I woke up and ran 7 miles. I did a run along a nice street and then through this one ritzy neighborhood where oddly I ran into someone else I know! This girl is the fiancee of one of Matt's friends. So that was kind of funny. We chatted for about 60 seconds and then we were both like 'Oh I am so late, see you around!'. It was a nice run and it was so pleasant and cool outside. My mother told me it is only going to be about 77 degrees today which will be so nice. I am done with the 90 plus degree days.

Anyhoo, tonight we are tentatively planning on riding all the way to the Resevoir on our bikes. However, if that falls through, I will attempt a second run, and hopefully I will not feel like death warmed over!

There are many plans for exercise this weekend that I am all fired up about as well. On Saturday we have to go tailgate for the first CU game, and I am going up as early as our crazy alcoholic friends but I am going to run for two hours while they start drinking. This is seriously at 8:00 am. It is a sickness. Then I am showering at my friend's house and joining the festivities, where I will not be boozing it up as I do not enjoy boozing during the day. For Sunday, I will run early and then we are having some family members over, and then we are planning to do a nice trail ride. Then on Monday we are doing a 5k that I always enjoy and that I've done with my friend M. for the past several years. It is up in Boulder and the CU team usually attends and someone talks after the race which is always fun. And they have really good cookies!

So that should take care of the weekend. I hope to run some decent mileage, and bike some miles, which will be fun. I hope to blog a little more as well!

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August 29, 2005

Blog slacker, running slacker, crazy week

I worked so damn much last week. It really was not fun. As I am sure many running bloggers know it is hard to fit in running, work, and sleeping sometimes! Hopefully this week will not be nearly as bad and so far it does not seem to be. I am very glad that I took the weekend totally off from work because I was a lot more productive today than Thursday or Friday really.

Anyway, last week was kind of a bust from a running standpoint. Partly due to backpacking and partly due to work. I did not run either Saturday or Sunday, and on Friday I worked an 11 hour day or so. It is tough to fit in a lot of running on a long working Friday. Oh well. This weekend we went for a very nice backpacking trip in Rocky Mountain National Park. We hiked in for 5.1 miles on Saturday, camped, and hiked out 5.8 miles yesterday. The hiking was not terribly strenuous but everything is more strenuous with a big pack on your back! I tried to find pictures of the site and surrounding areas and I could not. If I ever figure out how to post pictures, however, I will certainly post one. On the hike out Sunday morning we saw one of the best waterfalls in Colorado, in my opinion.

Today luckily I did not have to go in to work at 6:00 am. That was certainly nice. So I got up and ran an easy 5 miles. I would like to run again today because that's not what I would call a rock star total, but I think I may go for a bike ride instead. Matt is picking up his new bike today so I think he will want to ride, which should be a lot of fun!

That is the news. I think I will be better about blogging this week than last! I hope everyone is enjoying their weeks.

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August 24, 2005

Busy day - work, work, run, work, drive

That is basically how my day is shaping up today. I got into work at 7:00 to try to get through a bunch of stuff with this guy who has a lot more experience than me. We did not get very much accomplished unfortunately but my workload after we met was huge! I was so stressed out by it that I left to go running and walk back and forth on the way to the gym a few times because I was not sure if I should go there. I am glad I did as my productivity improved greatly after I ran.

My run was nice but not too exciting. 5 miles, ran a nice negative split which I enjoyed. I would really have liked to run longer but I was so worried about getting work done that I came back. I would like to run later but I have to go to Fort Collins for Matt's stepmom's office party. I could opt not to go, but I really want to, and now that it's 3:00 and I've finished almost everything I can do today I feel a lot better. I do not mind being really busy but I do wish that I was not quite so busy this week.

Not too much else is really happening. I got a Jamba Juice for lunch today because the line at the burrito place was really long and I had a snack before I ran, which usually keeps me full for about two hours. So I am starving again and I will need to go and get a snack in a few minutes. I am kind of dismayed that a product with so many calories is not filling for very long, but what can you do.

I should mention how much more temperate it's been here lately. I have not been able to run early in the morning due to work constraints but it has not been too bad when I run at 10:00 or 11:00, which is nice. I think it still gets to the high 80's during the day but that is just so much more tolerable!

Well, I am off to work for a bit and then get a snack. I hope everyone is having a nice day.

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August 23, 2005

Sleep

Sleep is the best thing in the world sometimes. Especially when you are a runner! I get really cranky and emotional and frankly irrational when I do not get enough rest, like I was yesterday. However I feel lots better today after going to bed at a reasonable hour and waking up at a reasonable hour as well. I am still at a deficit however and just took a little rest on the couch which could easily have turned into a five hour nap! That would have been bad as I have lots of work to do.

Anyway, this morning I went out for my run around 10:00 which was later than I would prefer but it was the time my schedule would permit. I had a decent but not great run. I felt like my energy level was a bit low for some reason. When I had to run uphill it was like I had someone pulling me backwards, which was annoying! I was dehydrated when I woke up this morning so I'm working to get hydrated again this afternoon. I ran 8 miles this morning and would like to run or exercise more today but I do not know if I will have time or energy to do that.

So while I ran this morning I was also contemplating the fact that because I am no longer in a running group, I hardly ever do anything like speed workouts. This definitely needs to change soon! So that is something I'm going to work on. If I could even do one workout a week it'd be a lot better than nothing.

That is about all the news. I am working from home today and I decided to put the oven self clean on which was a bad idea, it smells terrible! Oh well, live and learn.

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August 22, 2005

Fun weekend, muddy buddy, sleepy blogger, etc.

This was such a fun and yet completely exhausting weekend. Right now it is 3:00 on Monday afternoon and I feel like I could sleep for the rest of the day! Oh well, I guess it is the price I pay for my hard core action adventure lifestyle, or whatever it is that I do have.

I will start with today and go backwards. Today I ran 8 miles at lunchtime on a new course from downtown that I enjoyed. I actually started running a little after 10:00 so it would not be too hot. It was still pretty warm but not bad. I felt kind of tired but kept feeling progressively better over my run. I went by my old neighborhood which was neat, and got to see a lot of new construction. People keep buying cute old houses and turning them into new behemoths. To each his own but I am not a huge fan of this trend although it does make for interesting scenery. Anyway this was just kind of a recovery mileage day, so it was fine.

Yesterday Matt and I did the Muddy Buddy race, which is a two person relay where I ended up running 3.6 miles and biking 2.4 miles, and Matt did the opposite. We also did four obstacles and in the end we crawled through a mud pit! It was a lot of fun and it was actually harder than I expected. I am so bad at the obstacles! So I did not run very much yesterday and by around noon I felt like I could run again but I ran out of time instead. We went to see the 40 Year Old Virgin which was pretty entertaining in the afternoon, cooked dinner, and there was our day.

Saturday morning I ran a nice, uneventful 8 miles. And that was the weekend in running!

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August 18, 2005

Rocking Out

So this is why it's good that I am a developer now. I am sitting in my cube, listening to Cream, rocking out and playing the air drums. I have always thought that if I started playing the drums as a child I might have been pretty good. Oh well, it is just one of those things.

Anyway, last night I opted not to go for a second run. My legs were inexplicably sore, so I thought discretion was the better part of valour there. And I was exhausted and just did not feel well. I was really wishing I could have gone home yesterday.

This morning I got up at 6:00 and ran 10 miles. There is a path kind of close to my hotel that goes out to the bay. It is not all that pretty but it's kind of nice, and it is an easy way to run far without having to deal with cars and stuff. I felt pretty good on the run although my feet were wishing they were on a softer surface. I would like to run on dirt tomorrow and most of the weekend. Luckily my mileage is pretty decent so far this week, so that is nice! My stomach feels weird today, as it often does when I have to fly a lot, but hopefully now that I'll be staying in Denver all the time for a while it will start doing better.

I am tired today, I have not slept very well this week but I just can't wait to get home!

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August 17, 2005

A running fool (kind of)

Well, I have been running a little bit more than normal lately, so that is nice. It usually happens when I am in California because I have no one to hang out with after work. Also of course being on pacific time it seems to be somewhat easier to run before work, although I still have a rough time waking my lazy butt up!

Anyway, yesterday I ended up with two runs, one of 7 and one of 4 miles. The second run was a very leisurely trot around the downtown area of Palo Alto, just because I figured I could run or go shopping and I did not see a reason to go spend money when I could run instead.

Something kind of funny happened on my second run, and illustrates why I hate a lot of the people out here. I was running along and was getting rapidly closer to this guy who was running in front of me. I figured I might pass him, even though I was going pretty slow. Not that I really cared. So I get even with him and start to pass and he speeds up significantly. Since now we are running right by each other I say to him, 'I think you are speeding up'. He gives me a dirty look and says, 'No, I don't think so.' Which is a blatant untruth. I pass him, and then he starts sprinting and passes me back. On the next block he turns off. And probably had a heart attack. I hate men that feel like they have to beat everyone. And I have a general stereotype that a lot of men are like that around here!

Anyway, that was kind of annoying, but then I went to a nice dinner with my work friend. Tonight I am leaving work by 6:00, I believe, running for a second time, and then getting sushi with my coworker. I was supposed to go meet my college friend M., but I am too exhausted to drive into San Francisco so I will see her some other time.

I guess I should mention I ran 6 miles this morning. It was not too exciting. I was pretty stiff when I started out but then I felt fine. I would have run farther, in fact, but I was pressed for time. I did not sleep too well last night, which has made me tired and grouchy today. Also I just have a ton of work to do, and I want to go home!! But I am doing pretty well this week actually.

Tomorrow, my plan is to get up at 6:00 and run about 9 miles. I want to run to the end of this little path I've been running on. I've gotten to within a mile of the end before, and I guess it is supposed to go out to the bay. So that might be kind of cool to see. However, that was the spot where what I think the horsefly bit me yesterday, so I am frankly a bit reticent to go back there, because it hurt!

We will see how it goes. I am flying home on a 2:00 pm flight tomorrow and I just can't wait! Woo hoo!!

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August 16, 2005

Back in California

So this is not too bad. I flew out here to California yesterday morning, at a more reasonable time than 6:00 am, and I am leaving the day after tomorrow already. And I will not be coming back for a while! Woo hoo.

It is so weird out here. I think they have different bugs, I keep getting bitten by these strange bugs. They really kind of hurt! I was bitten this morning by something and I ran into a strange plant last night that left me with a scab. Weird. Anyway... I digress...

The weekend was somewhat uneventful from a running standpoint. I didn't quite get 50 miles in last week but I was close enough that I feel good about it. I had a very good 8 mile run on Saturday morning, thanks to cooler weather and my legs just feeling good. Sunday I had a mellow 5 mile day.

Yesterday, I got to CA and whatnot, and then had to leave work at 5:00 to meet my friend L. again for a trail run. It was a good time, it is so nice to chat with someone on a run! We ran about 8 miles. The trail is so nice and soft. It is the best surface I think I've ever run on. We discussed the fact that we may never break 40:00 for a 10k which is kind of sad but okay anyway.

I went to bed really early last night and felt pretty good when I woke up around 6:30. I ran 7 miles and was attacked by some strange insect but otherwise felt fine. I was running about 9:00 pace based on the mile markers on the path. I honestly thought they were possibly long because I felt like I was running faster than that but my legs were a bit tired from yesterday's trail run, so it certainly could be pretty accurate.

I would like to run again this evening, and I packed clothes, but we'll see. It would be kind of fun to do a workout at the Stanford track before I leave but I don't know if I'm motivated enough to do that. I am supposed to go to dinner with another friend from college tomorrow so I think if she cancels I will do a track workout.

That is the news for now. I am very excited to get home but I am doing fine this week.

In other news on Sunday we are doing the Muddy Buddy, which is a two person relay race with running, biking, and sliding around on muddy obstacle courses. I will get into it more later in the week but it will be fun. After the race we are going to go see our friend's new puppy! It should be a great weekend.

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August 12, 2005

Friday!!

I am so happy that it's Friday. It has been a stressful crazy week. I am currently running a report I have been working on, and if it completes successfully I will be really excited. The nice thing about being a report developer is that while I am testing these ridiculously large reports I have lots of time to write in my blog and read other peoples' blogs! Sweet.

Anyway, yes I am a runner, believe it or not. Last night I ran 3 miles with Matt. It was a good time. My calves were SO tight though. Then we made dinner, and then we had to go out to meet the girl our friend is dating. She was so nice! Of course she is a bit younger than us so they all go out late and we did not get home until around midnight. I slept pretty late this morning because I am a slacker, and it felt SO nice to sleep for almost 8 hours.

I got up and worked for a while and then ran around 6 miles, maybe slightly more. Or maybe I just went really slow on the way back, as I ran a large positive split. I was dragging a bit. Damned vodka cranberry drinks, they are too good! I would like to have worked out more today but I ended up in a huge time crunch so such is life. Right now I am working at Starbucks which is not too bad, and Matt is coming by around 4:30 to head up to the Killers concert at Red Rocks.

It is supposed to be nice and cool tomorrow so Matt wants to sleep very late, which works well for me. I can sleep moderately late and run for a while. After that we don't have much going on so we are excited to relax! I am heading out to California for the last time in a while on Monday morning. Hopefully it will not be too bad.

I hope all the bloggers enjoy their weekends!

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August 11, 2005

Short but sweet

That is all I have time to do today for my blog.

I ran 10 miles total yesterday with a 5/5 double. It was nice. I was somewhat accosted by an old homeless woman but all is well. Last night we went to Twelfth Night at the Boulder Shakespeare Festival, which was awesome. It is such a great play! They did a wonderful job with it.

Since we did not get home until midnight I slept in this morning and ran 5 miles at lunchtime. I wanted to run more but for some reason I just was not feeling the love. I did run some of the time at a little faster than 8:00 pace which was nice. I am planning to leave work somewhat early, go shopping for dinner - I am making fajitas - and then go for another run while the beef is marinating.

That is the news. Nothing too exciting going on here. I am excited for the weekend for sure.

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August 10, 2005

Backdating my resolutions

I don't really make New Year's resolutions as I am far too disorganized (although as Audrey may have seen I do make running goals at the beginning of every year), but this year I have thought about backdating one because then I will have achieved it and that will be cool! The resolution would be to read more books and so far it is going gangbusters. Last night I finished 1984, which is the last in a long line of books I had in the queue. I had always wanted to read it as I really enjoy Orwell and it is one of three or so famous books in the negative utopia category. Which is always interesting if not terribly uplifting.

1984 is probably one of the saddest books I've read in a while. If you do not want me to spoil the ending for you, please skip down a paragraph or so, but I found the end to be so sad. The 'hero' of the book is just so completely defeated. I also found it really interesting however as everything in this negative utopia kind of society is a paradox - the truth is lies, war is peace, friends are enemies, etc., etc.

So that was cool. I am kind of out of books right now. I need to go over to my mom's, where about half of my books are, and get The Wings of the Dove - it is my favorite novel of all time and Matt is going to read it so I am going to read it while he does. It will be my fourth or fifth time but it never gets old except for certain sections which I warned Matt are terribly boring. I tried to explain late James to him the other day and I think he might think I am insane for enjoying it.

Anyway, this blog is apparently about running. Yesterday my old buddy F. and I tried to kill ourselves by going out way too fast in 90 degree temperatures so we had a rough time. We are disappointed in ourselves as we are old and slow now. We used to run in 100-degree temperatures all the time, and we just hammered! So we are going to try to run together more often and get back to our old form. I ran about 3.5 miles with Frank and 1.5 by myself. I planned to run more after work but Matt cooked dinner and I was exhausted as I have not been sleeping well so I was a big slacker. I did lift weights and do abs yesterday however.

This morning I could not sleep terribly well, but I got up at 7:00 and ran a little over 5 miles. I felt a bit slow but my legs and feet felt good so that was nice. My plan for today is to go to lunch with coworkers and then go to the gym around 3:30 and run more, or elliptical if I can't run. Then I am staying at work until Matt picks me up so we can go up to Boulder and see Twelfth Night at the Shakespeare festival. It should be fun!

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August 9, 2005

Two short runs

Yesterday ended up being a really weird running day. I wanted to have an easy day, so I started running on the treadmill at lunchtime while all the elliptical machines were taken. I had planned just to run but they had good trashy magazines for once, so I ran about 2 miles while I waited for an elliptical to open up. Then I ellipticalled for 45 minutes. I thought about finishing up my workout for the day by running another two miles after I finished ellipticalling but I decided I needed to go back to work at some point.

So after my two mile run I decided I could not put two miles in my log. So I got home from work after a long day, started laundry, and ran 4 more miles. It was pretty hot when I started out but by the end of the run it wasn't too bad. Not much of an exciting training day but sometimes you just have to do what you can to get a few miles in.

Today I am meeting my old buddy F. for a run at lunchtime, and I think we will go 5 or 6 miles. After we run I would like to lift weights really quickly and then I think I will run again after work. We don't have anything going on tonight but the rest of the week is pretty busy - Wednesday we are going to Twelfth Night at the Boulder Shakespeare Festival and then Friday we are going to see the Killers in concert. I have not been sleeping too well so I don't feel the best but hopefully that will change for the better soon.

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August 8, 2005

Golf, Sunburn, and a Good Run

So, this weekend we did not plan to go to the golf tournament that is in my parents' neighborhood, and I did not care too much as my favorite golfer was not playing there this year, but then we got some tickets and went on Saturday morning. I had been frustrated with things coming up and not being able to run on the weekends so I made quite a scene that I needed to run. Thus I did run 7 miles and felt good and all that stuff. Then we watched golf and I got a ridiculous sunburn. It has been so hot that I never go outside apparently, and I was not quite prepared to be outside for 5 hours.

After the golf we went straight to my mom's house for her birthday celebration which was a good time. My insane dog did not try to kill Matt which was nice.

Sunday morning Matt had to go quit his nice gym up near Boulder so I dropped him off and went to South Boulder Creek to run. I was hoping that I could run relatively fast because I always run pretty well on that course. I felt good for about 10 minutes and then I felt terrible so I expected to hit the halfway point (3.5 miles) in a little over 30 minutes which is about average. However, I hit it at 28:35! That is the fastest I've done the first part of the course. When I turned around I felt a lot better, partly because at least then I knew that I was running fast and that was a good reason for feeling terrible. When I ran back I just concentrated on running steady, so I expected to run about the same although I wanted to run back a bit faster. When I got back my split was 26:30!! What the heck. This is the fastest I've ever run the course by a long shot. I was pretty excited and although I had really wanted to run farther, it was hot out and I was pleased just to run faster.

Today I didn't feel like running before work because I was kind of stiff when I woke up so I came into work early and I am going to run on the treadmill or outside at lunchtime, depending on how ridiculously hot it is. I hope to run 50 miles this week, so we'll see how it goes. I hope everyone is having a nice week so far!

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August 5, 2005

Getting back on my game

So you know what I have not said in my blog for a while?

A big, fat, loud, obnoxious WOO HOO!!!

I can't believe it has been so long. How sad. Well, there it is, and I am happy to say it's Friday, life is good, I have already run 8 miles today and I'm running 3 more later! It is so nice out today. It's nice and sunny again but I do not think it will be unbearably hot.

I felt kind of weird this morning - we went to be very early since Matt is sick now, and I didn't feel like getting up until it was quite late. Luckily I had warned my coworker I would not be arriving until around 9:00 today and she still isn't here at 10:30 so I do not think it's a big deal. My legs felt kind of wretched this morning, maybe some soreness from lifting two days ago or something. Also, I am retarded. Last night I made thai chile beef - a recipe from Cook's Illustrated which is hands down the best cooking magazine - and it had jalapenos in it. Stupidly I forgot about them and I took my contacts out and it really hurt. This morning I tried to put them in and it was not going to happen. I cannot run in glasses so I was running somewhat blind (my eyes are really not all that bad, things were just a bit blurry when they were far away).

Anyway I did not feel too good but I had to drop off my last rent payment at my old apartment so I headed out on my 8 mile run. I went through all my time checkpoints on pace if not slightly fast so I kept trucking and by 6 miles in I was feeling good.

After work today - I'm leaving after I interview some guy at 4:00 - I am running with Matt and then we're going to dinner with some friends, so it should be a good time. I am very excited for this weekend, and I hope everyone has a nice one!

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August 4, 2005

Cold and Rainy!

It is so weird. It has been HOT for days and days, but today it is freezing and it's been raining for about 14 hours straight. So it is a nice change although I think they still have the air conditioning on at work and I am a frozen icicle right now.

Yesterday I ended up running 7 miles at lunchtime, on the treadmill because it was hot. It was fine and I finally feel recovered from my cold. Unfortunately now Matt has gotten sick! I feel terrible for him especially since this was a pretty nasty cold and I know he will not feel well for several days.

This morning I got up somewhat early and ran 4 miles. It was pouring so I was totally drenched when I got back but it was fun! Some girl passed me going at a pretty good clip but I decided that since we were the only two people running (due to weather) I needed to pass her back. So I did and at that point I was going pretty fast!

I would like to run again after work but who knows if I will be motivated. We were supposed to go up to Boulder for a play tonight but since it's still raining and cold we changed them for next Wednesday. So we'll see if I am still feeling good after work!

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August 3, 2005

Some news

I think we are going to try to go out to DC for the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile run next April. I have always wanted to do it, and we've been planning to go to DC forever, so it could be cool.

What I do not know is if I have any chance of getting in. I am going to try to register the day it opens and hope for the best but we shall see. If I can't get in, I think we'll go out another weekend in April because it's supposedly a really nice time there. It should be fun - neither of us has ever been!

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I am NOT sick!

Ha ha, or at least that is what I tell myself and everyone else as I hack up my lungs and lay on the couch for two days because it is too exhausting to do anything else.

I am kind of proud of myself as yesterday I wanted to work out twice but I didn't, I'd rather be healthy this weekend than work out more this week. And working out when you don't feel well is probably just not that productive, and right now I am in a new state of mind where I am running to get faster, not just to add miles to my running log.

So yesterday I ran 5 miles and felt not that great but not that terrible, but I decided it would be bad to run more. Today I was supposed to get up at 6:30 and run but I decided to sleep until 7:45 and run on the treadmill at lunchtime instead. I think that was a wise decision since sleeping is good when you are a bit under the weather, it's hot as balls at 7:00 am anyway right now, and it's nice to have some variety and if I go to the gym I may even lift weights.

Not that much else has really been happening. It's been kind of a boring week - it's too hot to do anything outside and we haven't had social plans so far. However tomorrow we are going to see Twelfth Night in Boulder so that should be lots of fun. We are in a theater-going phase right now, so we have lots of plays coming up, including Wicked which I am so excited about.

So far this week my running is way behind where I'd like it but the good news is that we don't have anything going on this weekend that would prevent me from running. So I want to get a nice long run in Saturday or Sunday. We'll see how it goes!

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August 1, 2005

New shoes

Sometimes having new shoes is just so awesome. Like today. I bought the new Saucony Grid Omni 5's over the weekend from my old coach and they are awesome. I am so happy!

I am feeling under the weather so I did not run Saturday or Sunday - although on Sunday Matt and I did an 11 mile hike which was a lot of fun - and today I only ran 5 miles. I felt terrible this morning and had a weird dizzy/sweaty/nauseous spell, but by 11:00 I felt okay so I went for the run. It was too hot by then so I won't be making that mistake again but it was a nice run. I would like to run over 50 miles this week so if I feel a lot better later on, I will work out again. However, that might be the extent of my exercise for today, which is fine.

Otherwise the weekend was nice but unremarkable. It went by so fast! Now I am going to rest for a little while as I am tired and hot. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekends.

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