Eye Candy

This is why I ran fast today.....I was running on the track, minding my own business, when this major league baseball player showed up to run also. James Loney. Enough Said! Couldn't have him lapping me right???? I even asked him not to lap me and got a laugh! Well...in 3 miles he only lapped me once! I was running faster than I ever had before. I love it when he shows up to run at the same time as me. This happens a lot in the baseball off season so I have 3 more months of eye candy on my week day runs! Lord help me to be strong!

Fall Mornings

There is nothing better than a nice crisp fall morning. I was so excited when I woke up, knowing I would have an awesome run in this weather. I put my favorite nike running tights and long sleeve running shirt in my bag and was off to work. I couldn't get the freshman football players out of my office fast enough after 1st period. Please go...don't you see I just want to run! As soon as they were gone, I got dressed, put on my favorite running gloves and Oakleys, and popped in my IPOD to my girl power playlist and was off to the track outside my office door. It was 41 degrees outside! I had planned on 2 miles...but 2 soon became 3...and the next thing I knew, I had run 4 miles! I almost kept going but had to remind myself this was suppose to be a recovery run from the half marathon relay this weekend. I feel great! And to top off my day...my favorite cold day lunch! Progresso Vegetable Classics 99% Fat Free Lentil Soup YUMMMMMY!!!! I can't wait for tomorrow! More running and more soup! I'm starting to get excited about this running thing again!

Luke's Half Marathon Relay

39 3672 FBF Girlz 2:42:33.6 2:42:33.6 12:25/M

What a beautiful day for a run! Thank god I only had to run half of the half marathon...I could have run more but finished strong like I wanted. You can see Tessy and I averaged 12:25...Tessy averaging 10:10 on her half so what does that tell you about my half...

I MADE MY GOAL!! If I run the half marathon in January like yesterday I will finish it under 3 hours...my goal for the year. My plan is to run the Houston half in January, the Austin half in February, the Seabrook Lucky Trail half in March...all leading up to the New Orleans 70.3 on April 5th! I have to get my run times down...that is why no full marathons in the near future! I am working on speed these days!

I actually ran up all the "hills" on Allen Pkwy! In the past I would deviate from my run/walk schedule when it came to the hills...but not yesterday! If it was time to run, I RAN UP THE HILL!!! I switched to 5/1's yesterday from 3/1's about 2 minutes before I started my half of the relay and that turned out to work really well for me. I was able to get in an actual groove before it was time for another walk break.

And thanks to Tessy for the awesome fajita post race lunch....it made it a great day!

Facts of Life

Lightning storms mean Josiah sleeps with mom which means NO SLEEP FOR MOMMY!!!!

Sleepy Wednesday

So I was up coughing all night...this cold is now on day 8! Last time I looked at the clock was 4:15 am...I thought GREAT!! 30 more minutes of sleep until the alarm goes off. Next time I looked at the clock was 6:50...SHIT!!! I was suppose to be at work 20 minutes ago!!!! I slept through the alarm. I have never done that before! It is gonna be a long day.

I did have a great 3.5 mile run yesterday in the warm afternoon after lunch. I had only planned on 2.5 but felt so good I kept going. I am excited for the half marathon relay this weekend! The weather forecast looks perfect and I am excited to get back into things after having so long off after Vineman!

Weekly weigh in....Minus 1 pound. I drank a lot of beer this week! 15 more pounds to go!

Weekend Recap

First...I need to say GO TEXANS!!! Two in a row...even if you only beat the Dolphins and Lions...YEAH!!!! Sio LaToya and I took Josiah and Champ to the game to watch Chester yesterday. Champ went in the kids care room and Josiah went to the actual game with us. He is such a big boy and loves going to the games. Yesterday was different. He must have been very tired because he fell asleep 3 minutes after the game started....and didn't wake up until we left our seats with 2 minutes left to go downstairs to the family room to meet up with Chester. What a waste of a field level ticket!!!!

I ran with Lurlean Saturday morning. I owe her a big thanks because she has 1. been running a much faster pace than me and 2. is running more mileage than me. We ran 7 miles...a big jump from 4.2 last week. She was fine with it because she isn't signed up for any races and was tired and almost didn't even get up to run. We had a lot to catch up on since we haven't ran together since the end of July. I feel good and am ready for my half marathon relay this weekend with Tessy...watch out for those FBF Girlz!

Elkins beat Clements this weekend in football 56-49...nobody could play defense! This is homecoming week which is so lame in Texas compared everything we did in high school for homecoming in Cali....man those were the good old days....

Rain Rain Go Away....

...I need to run!!! I do not run in the rain unless it is a race...I hate having wet shoes and socks. Before anybody questions this and triathlons....I don't wear socks on the bike, so that my feet will dry before the run....so no blisters.

Football + Running + Hockey + Triathlon = Busy Weekend

Elkins played our football game on Thursday night...freeing up the rest of my weekend. We lost in the last 36 seconds to the Travis Tigers. That is all I'm gonna say about that because I don't want to get all worked up again about sportsmanship.

Saturday morning I ran 4 miles. I saw Tessy when I was starting so we started together and then she left me in her dust. It was a much better run than last week. I had my ipod on and quickly found a rythm...something that never came to me last week. It feels good to get back in the groove of running. The Luke's Half Marathon and Marathon Relay is Oct. 26th. Tessy and I have decided to do the relay to get back in the swing of things again without overdoing it. Yeah...I will only have to run 6.6 miles of the race!

Saturday night I took Josiah to the Houston Aeros hockey game. It was opening night and Josiah's first hockey game. They won 2-1 in a shootout. He had a blast. They showed him 5 different times on the jumbotron dancing. I just know it was because he was the cutest kid there! He can't wait to go back and asked me today to go to tonight's game...I had to throw the whole not on a school night one at him! Maybe he liked it because we were 15 rows up center ice...he is soooo spoiled. Or maybe it was the fight 30 seconds into the game! He was jumping up yelling FIGHT FIGHT with the rest of the crowd! On a side note, have you ever seen the people that go to hockey games...I felt like I was in a 80's rock video with all that 80's hair surrounding me! I am including an example of what I saw!

Sunday morning I volunteered at Try Andy's Tri on the bike course. I was at the bike dismount line and almost got ran over 3 times. Slow down people...you are suppose to be off your bike by this point!Now for my weekly weigh in.....I lost 5 pounds in the past week. Only 16 more to go to get back to where I was!

Back to Running

This is how I felt running on Saturday....my first run back. Like a pig trying to run...not like a real runner. IT SUCKED!!!! I weighed myself and have gained 21 lbs since Vineman. ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!?!?! Granted 8 lbs were probably from Hurricane Ike and all the junk food....but the rest???? My jeans aren't even fitting right. All the cards are ligned up against me right now. I was injured and couldn't run, football started which meant eating out a lot, Hurricane Ike, etc. It is back to business today, I have to start running for real and get back in shape....I will not be successful at the New Orleans 70.3 with this weight on me.