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.