The Things You Do!

It amazes me the things that you have to force yourself to do when you work a 40 hour week AND train. I was up at 4:45 this morning so I could run by 5:00 and be done by 6:00 so I could get ready for 8 hours of financial babysitting. The crazy thing is that the workout felt GREAT!! My heartburn has subsided substantially as well. The thing I have learned about Dean is that the paces always seem hard on paper, but when you do them it's easy (well, easier). I can't believe I hit my paces in the shape that I am in right now. Oh well, can't complain.

So now my day will consist of work, a nap at lunchtime, a walk with the dog when I get home, and some circuits... maybe a swim if I have time... a fun swim though :)

Hope everyone has a good day. The dog in the pic is Luna. She's our crazy shephard mix we got at the Wake County SPCA back in October.

FITAthletics

Hey guys, here's some good non-running related news..... Casey got a job out here, he starts July 10th but will be out here Jul 1st. yay! It's actually a really good job too with benefits, 401K, all that good stuff.

COFFEE

So, yup, it was one of those mornings .... I spilled a medium size coffee fully on the floor of my advisors office - and he was like "just leave, it - it'll dry," but I'm like "but it's going to stain, I can still get up some of the liquid," and he's like, "naw, what can you do really." Great, so now there will be a giant stain on my advisors carpeted floor - my legacy.

Anyway, point is - this is already fun!!! My two cents from the past two years and doing this post collegiate running. One, I swear you train harder when you train, but might miss a workout or a day here or there - I'm not ready to post my actual habits. Two, meets are freaking annoying .... try to get a potential schedule together before a season starts - some big meets are picky on open athletes - so, check out the D2 school schedules - while keeping in mind that it might not be worth ($$) it to drive 3 hrs to win a race by 8 sec, with a time you consider crappy. And three, get used to answering 'so you can still run college races, how?'

Otherwise, it's also all up to you - Dean has never been upset or cared if I've called and said, 'so, yeah, I'm sorry, I sorta took last week off - I'll just go ahead and repeat it' - he would probably reply,'ok, what- you just feel tired' and then I'd say, yeah - and he'd say, you've gotta a life, sometimes that happens. Anyway, I've gotta go and get some more coffee!

bee sting

Yesterday I got stung by a bee on my ankle and now my whole foot is swelling and hurts to walk on. So, I have one cankle foot (sort of looks like my foot if I was 100 lbs heavier) and one normal one. Training schedule starts tomorrow.... hopefully will be able to run by then.

Confession

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to say that I am so excited about this opportunity to be running with you ladies again. I must confess, I have taken a little over a year off from serious training, so I have a lot of work ahead of me. I am severely out of shape:( But this is just what I needed!! I am more determined than ever to fully explore my potential. I felt like I left college not really running to the level I could have, and I am ready to do that now. I guess time off helped me realize how much I took it for granted.

I am ready to rock!!!

just a hint...

To add a post... instead of just a comment, I think you can click on "BlogThis!" that is at the top of the main page. Im trying it now but it should work.

FITA

Hey guys, Here is the blog-- should be fun....