Dean...Karnaxes? Oh! Marathons!! Are you running in a marathon?!?!

The guy at the library was easily over 60, but he seemed so excited to hear that I was taking out a book about running a marathon. He had mentioned that he had run four of them in his life, many years ago. He asked me if I ever planned on running on. "Some day," I said. 'I'm building up to it." He told me it was the best thing he's ever done, and that you only need to do one (not four! which I thought was funny to add) and people will just be amazed.

I felt like he was rooting for me. And after the day/week I've had, it felt nice to get rid of some of that stress for a little bit and take a nice brisk walk back to the office.

Situation Normal...

I feel like the last three weeks have been crazy. I had an amazing four day birthday weekend, and then promptly Tuesday morning all of it went back to shit again. I am desperately waiting for this weekend so I can go running, take a long hot shower, and then just curl up in bed and watch a movie with Kenneth.

My head is squished in a vice. I just need some r&r.

Tuesday Cat Hates Tuesdays

There are parts of me (mainly, my left calf muscle) that are still sore from Saturdays 5k. LAMMMMEeeee. The pictures from Brightroom aren't up yet, which is terrible for an impatient person like myself. Oh well. I need to get back to WORKING, but I just felt like I needed to share a little bit of my soreness with all of you.

5k Al Gordon Snow Flake Run

So, today was my very first "race" It was a simple 5k in Prospect Park. (where I'd never run before) I was definitely out of the breath by the last half mile, and that last hill suuuckkkkeedddd.

Thank you to everyone who wished me good luck, and told me they were proud of me, it meant a lot. Most importantly, I am proud of myself. I did something today that I could have made a million excuses to not do. I finished in 32:10, which is something I am happy about. I'm looking forward to running more this year, and, running faster :)

I am about two minutes to write this entry before I need to go take the Turkey Meatballs out of the oven. There is no way that I can do that.

I woke up at 8:30 this morning, on my own, feeling refreshed, so I was afraid to fall back asleep and wake up at 10 and feel like shit. I've gotten a lot done today (ran almost 3miles OUTDOORS, knitted some more in a baby blanket (present!) made Spinach-Ricotta Gnocchi, made turkey meatballs...umm..ate sushi...!) and I am now exhausted. I want to curl up in bed with my bear and watch a movie. Maybe I'll flip through his giant DVD book and pick some Japanese horror movie and break out the Godiva that my boss bought me for V-DAY. The funny part is when I cook so much it kind of kills my appetite. I am thinking about doing laundry briefly, but, it might kill me.

I am trying to figure out my gym/running/yoga schedule for next week, and I have no idea what I'm doing when. THEORETICALLY.
Sun - Gym, Monday - Bikram or Run outside, Tues - Run or Bikram, Wed - Pilates @ OMALA if I can get out of work on time, Thurs - Run? Rest? Relax? depends on work Fri - Bikram or Rest, Sat - 5k in Prospect Park....as long as it's not FRIGGIN SNOWING. Ugh. Please be 40 and sunny on Saturday...

Totally unrelated, I haven't gotten that many comments on the hair, which makes me think that most people do not like it, but honestly, it's a huge change for me, and I love it.

NY Brooklyn Half Marathon

Okay, so this is like a little bug burrowing it's way into my head, because every time I run, I think about this. Who am I kidding, I am training for this.

I looked up last years course map (http://www.nyrr.org/races/2008/pdf/bklyn_half_map.pdf) and it makes me laugh. Start out by running on the Boardwalk, and up Ocean Parkway. Really? Do you know how comfortable I would be? Maybe I shouldn't say that. But do you know how comforting it would be to start a race there? It's HOME!

Oh, and also I'm an idiot and can't do time related math. After looking at the race results from 2008, my "goal" time would be 02:11:00, (10 minute mile aka 6 miles per hour) NOT 01:30:00 (which would a 6:52 minute mile...)

Saturday

I could not think of a good title for this post. I ran 5 miles at the gym today, which is the longest I've run....in a long time. Ever maybe. I did not run anywhere near a speed that would be considered "fast."

I had something else to write in here, that was not about running, but I don't even remember what it is. I bought a new scale on Amazon. I bought yarn to start knitting a baby blanket. (no, not for me) I have been stressed. I have been sad. Slowly it is all starting to slip away (the stress and the sadness, that is) and I can almost see the light. I love my iPhone.

I cannot wait until the weather warms up. LET ME SAY THIS AGAIN.

I cannot wait until the weather warms up. I want to run outside, bike, go to the beach, swim, eat outdoors, take walks, take real photographs.