Improvement

I sooo wanted to steal Lisa's blog title from the other day for my post today, but decided not to. I'm counting on her picking me up at the AZ airport in Jan. ((big smiles)) Don't want to ruffle her feathers, just yet. :-) Love ya, Lisa. Here's another dose for you....

Lunch Today - 4.2 miles (43:08)

So today, Wow! Why do we do this to our bodies? The running. For me, there is probably 1 out of 10 runs that actually have me smiling at the end, and today was my 1. Those other 9 are so worth this feeling. Whether it be training for a race, loosing weight, just trying to be active, getting fit - whatever it is - it does keep us "running" along. I don't think I got the "Runner's High". Haven't had one of those in a while. Regardless, it felt terrific!

I have 6 miles scheduled for today (well, it was for yesterday - see post). But, I blew it off. I've done 2 runs in 1 day before, so I thought I'd try it again. David did one of those the other day. Since darkness sets in so early, I thought I'd give it a try and set out up my neighborhood hill (45degrees, 6-8mph wind), and took off. I have some things on my mind and I just rolled with it. My legs felt great, my breathing was under control, and my stride was short. Awesome! Before I knew it, I was 2.10 miles into the 3 mile run, and this was my turn-around point. I don't normally do anything over 3 for lunch, because there's just not enough time. So, I did my 4.2, went to the sandwich shop, got my lunch and was back to work. Digits aren't where they were before my slouching on the couch back in Sep/Oct - However, I'm improving.

1 - 10:25
2 - 10:28
3 - 10:19
4 - 10:14
(.2 mi) - 8:32 - Folks, it was only 2/10 of a mile.

After work today, I'll finish my 6, with a short 2 miler in the dark, then get ready for my drill weekend - blah.

We're helping friends move this weekend into their new home that was just finished building. I know they are excited. Grace has a birthday party to go to, and I have drill. David just finished his 8 on the 8th, 1 day off. I will do my 8/8th, on the 9th. We have a full weekend ahead.

So, we are in the Christmas season here at work and that means 1 thing in our department ---- Roseanne-style Christmas! 2 yrs ago, our former boss wanted to decorate our office in some of the most hideous, non-matching, trashy Christmas decorations. Some of the decorations are cute ALONE. However, with all of it combined, not matching - not even (like placed over the door evenly), etc - it just look likes we have NO taste whatsoever. That yr, we went with it, then last year, people were visiting our area to see this demonstration, so we had to live up to their expectations. We're late at getting started and a co-worker started today. We had a manager come visit, asking me (because I'm the ONLY one here right now) where oh where are our lovely decorations. She told me she'll be back to visit Monday to check out our progress. So, co-worker did some and I'm finishing the job. Oh what fun! I am here all by myself. Boss left early, 2 others at our other building, and 1 other left for the mountains (how lovely).

Bummer, I can't surf the net right now - I'm actually swamped with work. There is a new store opening next week and I'm remotely working with a vendor on getting some of the machines up. We're having DNS/IP conflicting problems between the machines. You know - techie geek crapola. No kidding, I've talked to this guy, Rich, probably 35 times today and 25 of those times have been after lunch. It has taken me all afternoon to write this post. I will probably even work over...

Upcoming racers this weekend: Neese has a 5K "over the river and through the woods". She's gonna PR it, I know! Randy has his Honolulu Marathon this weekend as well. Sucks to be him running in one of most beautiful places in the US. NOT! Take lots of pictures ya'll!!

Ta-Ta - have a lovely weekend!

...little tempo

This morning I got myself out of a comfy bed to knock out 5 miles. I heard the LOUD alarm go off, strategically placed in our bathroom, and I actually laid back down. I was thinking: "5 miles this morning, or 5 miles at lunch (in the 90's), or 5 miles after work (when I won't want to do it at all). So, do I sacrifice an hr of sleep to get it done". I answered myself "Yes, it's worth it". I had NO nutrition on this run, which I think is working for me for the AM runs at least up to 6 miles. We'll see once they get longer. Goal was 1 mile easy, 3 miles tempo, 1 mile easy. However, that wasn't the case. I felt I was sort of all over the place. I just ran faster when I could, etc. So my min/mile doesn't reflect what a tempo should look like. I need to work on that. I'll spare you the details...

5.24 mi (48:45) 9:19/mi

So, today's meeting - NOT sold! However, reorganization and a few layoffs (only 1% from our dept). It's apparantly all for the better to make our co. grow. We do have some interest into buying us.. so just hoping it goes well when it does happen. All was well, and David, Grace and I hit our wine bar downtown for a celebration glass (or 2, or 3... hmmm- how many did we have??). So, tomorrow is a birthday party for Grace's friend then she's going to spend the night with my Aunt (who loves her a lot) and David and I are partying it up for a cookout at a friend's house before heading out for a 9pm 5K. Are we nuts? anyway... hope we don't eat too much (or better yet, drink too much)...

Have a nice friday night....