Running in circles....March 24th-31st

[KSH]

RnR girl -- congrats. That's a great time for your 5K! I wish!

I haven't posted about my runs this week because they haven't been a lot of fun. We got our dear new Boston Terrier puppy last Saturday (see avatar), and I've been so busy and exhausted taking care of her. I managed a short trail run on Tuesday and a short treadmill run yesterday (both about 3 to 3.5 miles), but that's it. Fortunately, that should be enough to maintain fitness, but it's kind of sad to see that the past three weeks I've run a lot less than the month or so before that. Oh well....progress comes in fits and starts at times. The weather is just too nasty to run outside this weekend, so I will have to set my sights on another treadmill run at the gym (it's at my workplace) on Monday. Then my biking buddy and I are hoping to go on a mountain bike ride Tuesday after work when it warms up again!

Emily

Treadmill runs are hard. Great job on getting it done!

What a cute puppy! I love puppies. They smell so nice. Yes, that's an odd comment, but puppies, like babies, just have this wonderful smell... and I have a very sensitive nose so smells matter a lot to me.

[KSH]

*Running Confession*

I had a 1:40 run scheduled on Saturday. I skipped it. Didn't run a lick. It was overcast but not raining. I was just a lazy slug. My coach is going to be b*tching up a storm on Monday.

On the upside, I went to the grocery store, spent time with my boyfriend and took a 2.5 hour nap on the couch. Heavenly!

[OakLeaf]

Great job RnR! Such fun running with your newbies!

Must be contagious, that was my exact time in January

Accountability post, now. I've been concentrating more on riding, one thing and another haven't been running much (mostly reasons, but a few excuses for sure!). I'll get out this afternoon/evening, after DH leaves for his out-of-town seminar and the tide drops a bit.

[emily_in_nc]

Thanks for all your sweet comments, ladies! Paisley is indeed a love and smells really good. Even our neighbor who visited this week commented on "puppy smell". Even her poop doesn't stink yet, I swear it!

I still feel like a slug....but not getting enough sleep night after night, I'm just not very motivated to exercise. I'll be back, though. I've had lulls before for various reasons, and I always come back to fitness, stronger than before.

Once we are back to nice weather (we're having a January-like day today with high in the upper 30s and rain/drizzle -- ugh!), I'm sure my motivation will come back with a vengeance!

Emily

[horsemom]

I spent the week in the Smokey Mts of TN with some girlfriends riding our endurance horses. We rode 33 miles on Monday, and I ran (on foot next to my horse) about 10 of it, mostly downhill. Man, my downhill muscles hurt! I chose to not ride on Tues - my horse needed a rest day - so I ran the roads but only four miles, and mostly uphill. Rode 18 on Thurs, with about 6 on foot (I have a gps) and rode 10 with about 4 on foot on Friday. Soooo, I had a good week - nothing hurts too badly!! I am back in NY now and back to the gym tomorrow. I may try to road bike there, though.

I am getting ready for a trail run (22K) on May 1, and then the Western States trail run training over Memorial Day (34, 20 and 20 miles). I think I am nuts.

Despite all the running and riding, I am still 10 pounds up from last summer. What's with THAT????

Run, girls, run.

Laura

[emily_in_nc]

Despite all the running and riding, I am still 10 pounds up from last summer. What's with THAT????

Muscle!!!

[OakLeaf]

It's a good thing I posted here earlier or I don't think I'd have been able to drag myself out

No particular objective today other than to just get my feet back running. Junk miles, if you will

Just over 5 miles in a stiff wind. NWS data calls it 17 steady gusting to 33, but I swear it's always windier directly on the beach than at the airport two miles inland. My downwind return leg was fun, though

Most bizarre thing I've seen on the beach in a long time: tracks from someone's spike-heeled, pointy-toed pumps. Out and back, two-thirds of a mile each way (I had to know!). The heel holes were at least an inch deep. I wish I'd seen the person walking in them!

Also four strapping young Beach Patrol guys helping dig out a large-ish motor home that was stuck in the sand. What were they thinking?

Cloudy and a light mist, not too many people out. It started to rain just as I finished my walking cool-down. Perfect timing