Saturday Run

Onward and upward! ALL the gals DOGGED us today....at least 10 women have been known to show up for our saturday morning runs and ALL of them were absent sat morn, save me...and my dear sis came too! maybe she'll make it a habit! =) she is a self-proclaimed abhorrer (is that a word?) of RUNNING. but for all that talk....she really ran hard and i don't know what it was exactly, but i was dying the whole time! whassup w/ that? the good news is we completed 3.8 miles in 38 minutes. so, thanks, em, for the race! it was great!

so, today was rest day. ironically, my good marathoning friends DID THE PORTLAND MARATHON today! GO GIRLS! i cannot believe i rub shoulders w/ the likes of them. and they are not sloggers, either! one qualified for the BOSTON in their first marathon a few months ago, and the other was hoping to today! wowee! i checked out a multitude of marathon books from the library yesterday...and have read 2 accts so far of running the boston. i'm back to thinking i might NE'ER do it! good grief. 'course, they are both male accts....and they are 'top runners' so they ran 5 minute miles or less! ha! for TWENTY SIX miles? i think not!

i am scheduled to run 7 miles in the a.m. i am a woman (i've never called myself that before! i am still a girl! and i just turned 37) w/ some wt to lose...and a few months ago i wasn't even RUNNING! seven miles? well, i drove a route tonite to figure it out ahead of time, and IN CASE my shins are hurting after 3 miles tomorrow, i can think of a way to cut it down to 5 or 6, possibly. i just don't know ... and i hate not knowing what to do. and i DEFINITELY don't want to make that decision DURING my run! if i even entertain the thought of stopping, i JUST MIGHT! ugh!

this is why i like PLANNING my mileage out ahead of time. all my running yrs, i've just gone for time. i'd PLAN on 30 minutes (in the early 90s they said '30 minutes of continuous aerobic exercise' or it wasn't any good) and i'd push it to more if i could. OF LATE, (after amber so kindly sent me the running timetable....leading up to marathon) i've been planning the miles i'd run each week, 4 days of running, and i go by that. MUCH BETTER. only problemo is i have to drive it to get miles. don't have the new-fangled gps wrist watch thing....yet! =)

our marathon relay is oct30...a Sunday...miss out on worship...wonder if i can take my ipod shuffle and listen to my worship music??? think they'll let me? for 6+ miles i think i'll need it. i'm not a great "me and my thoughts" type of runner. i like to drown out my footsteps and my breathing(my huffing and puffing)! =) anyhoo....since i'm already to 6 miles, i don't need to up my mileage for that run. but i'm working towards the 10 mile run in november.

well, i think this is too verbose for a 'blog' but i'm new to this so i'll cut myself some slack. plus, only amber and i will read it. is this what you wanted me to do w/ my blog, friend? how were your wkd runs? and: on your move to ny, will you get outta the car at intervals and run ....like to the hotel, meet your fam there and shower or meet them in the pool? i think that would be your best bet. i guess you guys could get to the hotel, then he could turn around and drive you x miles back out, and you could run back to hotel. i hope you are able to keep it going!

all 4 now.

stats: sat 10-8-05
miles: 3.8 miles
avg pace: 10 min/mile
comments: HARD
ate granola w/ milk nite b4
not enuff sleep