Up and At 'Em

Good Morning!
Sitting at the airport.
Waiting to take off soon.
On our way to the airport was beautiful. The moon was HUGE and orange.
Probably hit the expo today. Maybe hook up with Ann Marie and certainly get in a run.
Ready for some 75 degree weather. Sunshine. Palm trees. Shorts and flip flops.

Time for the Mickey Ears

Well, it's January 6th and I think it's time for a VA.CAT.ION!
I'm so fortunate to have worked for the same company since I was 12 (not really, but it seems like it) that I have BUTTLOADS of vacation. Actually even carried over some time from 2008 after all the traveling we did. Lovin' it!

It's off to get in a run. Then probably a Molly Mile. Then to packing.

This Week In Workouts

HBBC is still in play. I may not be counting points, but certainly am keeping track of all I've been doing. Usually I just kept track of running miles but I'm going to try to keep track of it all now-make sure I get my cross training in. Yesterday looked to be a non workout day until Doug got my butt up to take a walk with Mols. It was only a mile, but a mile nonetheless.

This week's workouts are shaping up like this:
Saturday 6.5 mile run/ 2 mile walk
Sunday 1 mile walk
Monday 30 minute bike/ 3 mile walk
Tuesday will be a 3 or 4 mile run
Wednesday will be VACATION with some sort of cross training-hopefully more than house cleaning
Thursday will be a 3ish mile run at Disney
Friday will be a rest day
Saturday 13.1 mile run
Sunday 26.2 mile run

Worked from home today. Will be in the office tomorrow and then off for another week. Whoo Hoo!

Just Mousin' Around

Time is getting close for Marathon Numero Uno for 2009.

So before we get there, I thought I would take a look back to our Disney trip 2008.

Doug was coaching and I ran the marathon. It was my first time to Disney World.

We shared a lot of good times with many friends, like eating Mickey Mouse pancakes with Steff, running Carrie's first marathon with her and watching fireworks every night.

This year, we're going Goofy. We're doing both the half marathon AND the marathon.

We looked into signing up for the 5K on Friday, but it was sold out.

This year, I'm looking forward to many more memories and am expecting a little more pain.

It'll be worth it carrying home 3 mega medals. I'll be certain to post pictures.

Looking forward to some nice weather. Watching the palm trees blow in the breeze. Run a couple miles. Eat Mickey Mouse pancakes. Relax. And have a fantastic time.

HBBC Comes to a Close

I'm sad to say HBBC ends today. I really enjoyed the challenge of keeping up some sort of workout routine during the holiday season. The best thing that's come from this is my return to cross-training. I have really enjoyed trying some new things and have really benefited. My running has become stronger and easier. I feel a little lighter and my muscles, a little tighter. I certainly plan on keeping up my running, my biking, walking Mols and the other cardio workouts I've been doing. Maybe once the gym settles down from all the yahoos returning to the gym for their short lived New Year's resolution, I may return to take some classes.

Below is a breakdown of my workouts during HBBC:

Run-48.5
Bike-8
Walk (with Mols)-20
Stretch/Abs-2.5
Weights-4
Other-6
Total 89 points

Thanks RunToFinish for all your hard work putting this together! It's been VERY helpful.

Add to that another Molly Mile...so 90 points. It's so darn cold out. I really didn't expect to get out today, but the fire burnt out and Doug wanted to 'pick up sticks' to get the fire going again, so we took our usual 1 mile Molly walk to do that. The fire is going again and I plan on sitting next to it all night.

What a Beautiful Morning

Hit the trails today at 7:00 am on this January 3rd for the last training run with my Disney peeps. We were supposed to cover 6 miles, but it ended up being a long 6 that turned into 6.5 miles. I was more than okay with it as it was a glorious day to be out. 47 degrees in January. Whoo Hoo! I totally overdressed this morning, getting ready in the dark. I had 3 layers on top with a light jacket. But soon realized once I got outside, half of that wasn't needed so I stripped off 2 layers. Only to find out after my run, the shirt I did keep on, I had put on inside out. That's what I get for not laying my clothes out the night before and getting dressed in the dark.

I had a great run. The weather was PERFECT. The legs felt strong. My Garmin was ringing in some nice numbers. There was lots of chattering on the trails. The birds were chirping. A fun morning. I was feeling my Wheaties.

So after the run, I head to Starbucks to grab a Peppermint Mocha Twist-skim milk-no whip, please. The drive thru line was a little backed up. I would have gone in-but didn't want to turn my shirt right side out cuz it was nasty sweaty and cold so I opted for the drive thru. Long story short, this lady totally cut in front of me in her minivan after it was obvious I had been there before her. Or, at least, it was obvious to me. After her little maneuver, she looked back in her rear view mirror and I gave her one of my snarly looks. Which is so not pretty. And then I went about my business of jacking around on the Internet on my phone while I patiently waited in line. As I drove up to pay, the sweet girl at the drive thru told me that my drink was already paid for. The the lady in front of me paid for it cuz she felt bad. Awesome! I totally accepted her apology. Ha! Cool beans!

Then I got home, walked in the door and it was like 'POP'. Doug put up the bottom portion of the stained glass window last night in our living room, so when I walked in, there is this splash of color that is beautiful. He did such a great job. Can't wait for the other window to be finished now. Take a look:

What a great way to start off the day!

Happy New Year!

We had a great time last night being with friends we hadn't seen in a while. Lots of stories, laughing, food and beer were had by all. After the toast and kiss at midnight, we were one of the first couples to head for the road, around 12:45ish and of course, was given a hard time about it. Everyone wanted to know why. We let them know we were running New Year's Day morning. Somehow Doug's 10 miles he was running, turned into our 10 miles.

So we crawled into bed around 1:30 and rolled outta bed about 8:30. So we actually got a decent amount of sleep.

We met up with RuntoFinish this morning before the run. What a doll! This tiny, cute, super speed demon. I'm not sure we could run together unless I pulled a Tonya Harding on her to slow her down. I promise, that WON'T happen...Just Sayin'...she's WAY faster than I am. Which is fine, we'll just have to meet up before and after runs.

We took off and honestly once we got started, I still wasn't sure what sort of mileage I was going to cover. I was pondering 6. But then remembered my spouting off last night that I was going to run 10. Why did I do that? I guess it sounded good at the time.

I started out strong and felt really good. So I decided to cover 10. Why not start the New Year with double digits. After Doug realized I was running long he slowed down so I could catch up and we ran our miles together. Mrs. Speedy was coming back as we were still heading out and she turned around to run with us a bit. Then I was dying and needed to walk so we said our Happy New Year's and nice to meet you's and she scooted on.

We hit our 5 mile turn around and was doing great. The wind to our backs now. Ahhh...Then we ran into some poor girl that lost her group. She was supposed to do 3 miles total and she was already at almost 5. Yikes! She about cried when we told her it was 5 miles back. So we told her there was a gas station about a mile up so she could call her friends to come get her. Poor thing!

We finished with an 11:04 average for 10 miles. I was very happy with that. Especially considering the long talk we had with the lost girl and the water stop we were at forever as I was pouring everyone drinks.

It's nice to log 10 miles already for 2009!

Then it was home where feta eggs were made and a hot bath with a bath bomb were in order. Doug started working on his stained glass project and we were watching a CSI marathon when Mols let us know it wasn't quite fair that there had been no walk for her yet, so off we went for a 2 miler.

Now we're all back home, the fire is crackling and we're hanging out for the rest of the afternoon. What a great way to ring in 2009! Happy New Year!