That’s what Lumpy and I did on Thanksgiving. A little hungover, and a little bit slow, but fun, nonetheless. We got DIP in our swag bag!!! YUM!
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
Nope, not mine…
The fuzz-face was chasing a bunny last night at about 12:30am and managed to break his foot. Roommate #1 was out with him in the backyard and I returned home about 5 minutes or so after it happened. So we took a very expensive emergency trip to the Vet in the middle of the night where they took X-rays and splinted his leg up to the elbow. Nothing we can do today except keep him quiet and take him to our normal vet on Friday morning. The emergency vet warned me that it’s quite possible that the furry monster will need surgery to pin the bones back in place. He broke 3 metacarpals and they are not aligned properly.
I skipped my run yesterday because I was really tired and sore. I’m skipping my run again today because the little guy goes nutty when I’m out of sight. I’ve been saying all week that I needed to take it easier on this taper. This is not what I imagined… I’m just really glad it wasn’t something more serious. We have doggie vicodin and he seems to be feeling more discomfort than pain. Hopefully they’ll be able to set the bones properly and he’ll be back to his leaping lunatic ways in no time.
Happy T-Day to all of you! I wish you all a wonderful weekend full of running…
Ok…so it’s 43F outside with a windchill factor of 35F. FINALLY!!! Perfect for my 8 miler - gotta run!
Have a wonderful day! 
It’s been about two months since I last went for a run. I had the day off today and class was canceled due to the holiday. So I thought, why not? My arm and neck are feeling better–I should almost be done with my PT. I ran my usual three miler, and it was nice. The weather was cool, but sunny. I had a nice time, except my arms get bored sometimes. They don’t know if they want to sit in their proper running form or dangle down to the sides. I tried both, but they keep coming back up into position. So I guess that’s what they want. :) Anyway, spoke to Toots earlier today. Salma and I will arrive to SAT tomorrow, and Monica has already made plans for me to join her in a 4 mile run on Friday. It will be cold in San Antonio. We’ll see how I do with that. Brrr!
I finally started this week. After yesterday’s scare I was not feeling trail-ish today. I did, however, do a trail-ish run. Ran a section by the creek. 3.5 miles all in all, averaging 8:59/mile. I was getting worried because my average had slowed to 9:20-9:40. Not good after all of the Paris training.
Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring. ~Jimmy Carter
Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be. -George Sheehan
Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission. -Neil Kendall
http://www.alternet.org/story/67465/?page=1
http://www.wlwt.com/news/14561039/detail.html (This one was also in our newspaper, I believe. I know I read about this last week.)
http://www.alternet.org/story/67388/
I’ve never run this trail so hard or so fast. Tonight was a lesson in trust- in myself and my faithful furry running companion. I went to Jensen Lake, didn’t pay enough attention to the darkening sky. Started running, having just realized how frigging dark it was out. G took off like a shot, but then kept turning around after we went around this one bend. I thought she was just excited about the geese, but she wasn’t looking up at them at all. I stopped to see what was going on, and she stared back at full alert which almost always means there’s something there. After I tugged on her a few times to start her up (there was NO WAY I was waiting to see who or what was coming), she sprinted the whole rest of the way, once again at full alert the whole time. She doesn’t usually scan the woods like she was this evening. I was scared, but not in a terror-stricken kind of way. I just trust my dog, and know there was something there, and I learned really, really fast how to sprint in the dark on trail. I knew I had to stay upright, because I didn’t know if I’d be able to get up and I didn’t bring my cell phone. I actually feel shaken up right now. Guinness doesn’t lie, you know? I trust her instinct, and I trust my instinct, and while I sensed lurking danger, I was fairly certain she/I/we would/could handle it. I’m going to have pizza now. And a glass. And hug my dog.
Toots’s comment on my last post got me thinking. Dangerous, considering how tired I am right now. This is my first marathon, and I’m not as anxious as I thought I would be. Why? Because I stress about everything. Usually. Except that I haven’t been doing that so much lately. It’s about control. The control I’ve achieved over my own life and happiness. Continue reading ‘Lessons Learned’
I laughed a little, cried a little, amused myself a little, was mad at myself a little, went to war with myself a little, then I was just in awe of myself…. It was quite the emotional rollercoaster, but at least the weather cooperated with me nicely - overcast and breezy…I think it made it to about 80 degrees but it didn’t feel like it. Anyway, sometimes I forget how beautiful some of our downtown architecture is. I ran the same training 20 mile route that I ran for both the San Antonio Marathon & the Paris Marathon training runs…keeps my mind focused on the sights and the tourists rather than on my running pains. So now I’m just sitting here with Tomate, Punxsk8erdude (who’s team won 2nd place in this weekend’s Fall Shootout soccer tournament, by-the-way), Brodie, and Shakespeare…resting my legs and enjoying an entire bottle of bubbly all to my self. An so now, in the words of Coworker #1, “the taper begins“….
What can I say? Last week’s 20 miler was about being physically prepared for the marathon. This week’s long run (12 miles) was about mental preparation. At least- that’s the best spin I can give it… It took forever, I was exhausted and achy and dehydrated and miserable and cold. But I kept putting one foot in front of the other and soon enough, it was over. And I know I need to take it easier over the next two weeks so that I feel well rested for the marathon. Just because I’m tapering doesn’t mean I can add back all the other physical activities I’ve been missing out on just yet. I will have plenty of time for that after the run. And this was a good reminder.
On a happy note- I love how friendly the other runners I encounter around the lakes are. I passed one guy several times during my run- the last time about a mile before I finished. I must have looked as bad as I felt because instead of just smiling at me like the previous times, he said “keep it up, you’re doing good.”
