Tag: running

Time? What’s that?

 

Oh, I know. It’s something that some people actually have. And I’m not one of those people. Right now, I’m trying to cram about a week’s worth of work into like 3 days–not an easy task, especially not for a perfectionist like me. Sigh. It will get better. It always does, right? Right? Anyway, because late hours at work mean that I’ve already been on my computer for like 12-13 hours today, here are my thoughts–bullet point style. 🙂

  •  Yesterday I ran 3 miles in 30ish-degree weather. Boy, was it frigid. I regretted not having gloves or something covering my ears. But a run is a run. At least I did it. 🙂 And I ran with one of my coworkers who’s awesome and hitting great running goals.
  • I’m planning on running an unofficial 10k on Friday for my Virtual Run for Sandy Recovery. It’ll be good.
  • I’m really liking Twitter. I just recently got an account and, let’s be honest, don’t know how everything works, but I think I might like it more than Facebook (gasp). So if you don’t already, follow me. I’m @FrenchFryRunner. Let’s be friends!
  • I went to bed at 9:45 on Monday. Score.
  • A few online stores are having great sales.

 

Do you like Twitter?

What’s your favorite running shoe?

FFR

Running with the Cows

Today was the first day this week that I went running, and I really needed it. It’s been really crazy at work–actually extremely crazy. I guess in publishing you just can’t get away from the deadlines, but to me it seems I can run away for a little while and feel a lot better afterward. I ran 4 miles with an overall pace faster than average, which is awesome because it means that I’m getting better and–more important–that my foot’s getting better (and I’m well on my way to meeting my POTM goal). Because this route (and my place of work) is in the country, I got to run next to a herd of cows. Okay, so they weren’t running (do cows “run”?), and I was running past them, and they were in a field, and I was on the road next to the field . . . but it was still kind of fun. I didn’t take any pictures, but to give you an idea of what a cow looks like . . .

Moo . . . (source)

In other news, I’m thinking about running the Canyonlands Half Marathon in March. There’s a lottery entry, but two of my friends have guaranteed entry, and I want to run with them. Sigh. We’ll see. And I have another friend who wants to me to run a half marathon with her in January . . . not sure how I feel about that (the running, not the invitation to run). I definitely want to run another soon–and I’m definitely more obsessed than ever with running. Good stuff.

ALSO, The Engineer will be taking a yoga class with me when it starts up again at the local college in January. SO EXCITED!

FFR

p.s. Have you signed up for Lora’s fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy relief yet? It’s not too late! The fundraiser is almost at its goal of $1000. Tell your friends!

Weekly Recap

I’m really not very good at recap posts, but I’m going to try. Please enjoy my attempts at being consistent.

Monday: Still had very stiff legs from my half, so no running for me. I did hobble around a lot though. Score.

Tuesday: A little less hobbling. I’m really going to have to try an ice bath to speed up recovery. It’s no fun to walk around so sore all the time.

Wednesday: Normal rest day.

Thursday: First run after recovering–2.5 fairly quick miles. This was also November 1 and my first miles of the Pile on the Miles challenge. Woot!

Friday: Another rest day.

Saturday: 3.1 quick miles. Felt good. No stiffness or anything, but my foot was starting to annoy me just a tad.

Sunday: Rest day.

Total for the week: 5.6 nearly pain-free miles. I’m making progress! I can’t wait until I can bump up the mileage again.

Anyway, I’m finding out that running 3 days a week works really well for me and I think will help me to keep from getting injured in the long run. Right now, though, running is all I’m doing for exercise, and that has to change soon. I’m planning on signing up for some classes at the university here to incorporate more cross training. Zumba and Pilates, here I come!

In other news . . .

So I know that many of you are concerned for those affected by Sandy and wondering what you can do to help. Well, there are a couple of virtual-race fundraisers going on that you might be interested in.

Run4NYC

Virtual Run for Hurricane Sandy Recovery, hosted by Lora at Crazy Running Girl.

I’m planning on doing at least one. This is a great way to do a small part in helping those in need. Even if you can’t give a lot, anything would definitely help.

Help if you can and run for a good cause. 🙂

Hope you had a great weekend and are ready to tackle Monday!

FFR