With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

butterflies, morning glory, sunshine, breeze

and one dead opossum

1 hr elliptical- first day of school- long day

running in the dark- foggy...stayed close to home

got some better times today, so glad to see something that resembles forward movement rather than swimming in sludge.

pm rain and working 90 min late kept my pm walk in the "Did not happen" box.

90 min elliptical.  I'd planned on running home from work, but I have a list of excuses why that did not happen:

1- rain, thunder, lightening........2- working an hour late.......3- feeling like an ulcer is eating my gut from the inside out...........4- still mad that someone ate all the biscuits by himself and I didn't get my breakfast sandwich I'd been dreaming about........5- headache from dealing with people who are sure the rules don't apply to them or their children, and they need to yell at me because their "specialness" was not properly acknowledged........6- having a job that requires me to use a computer all day and having a computer that only works 20% of the time

If I didn't feel physically ill, I could use a good run to pound #4 and #5 out on the pavement.  I'm going to take some tums and a nap instead. 

Woke up at 4 and had to take a couple more tums. By 5:30 I was ready to run again.  It was dark, humid, and super foggy.  I put on my headlamp and green blinky light along with my reflective gear and headed out.  Beautiful in a quiet kind of way.

Good progressive run with some nice paces (for me).  

Talked with a guy at work who ran 11 miles before work in the same fog.  He said at mile 7 he had to go inside and change his shorts and shoes because they were soaking wet.  All this at 6 am..  I remember a couple years ago running long distances like that in the morning.  I was almost jealous of his accomplishments this morning.  He was just starting to run a couple years ago.  He would ask me for advice, and now he's amazing.... cool to see him accomplish so much with his running and triathalons.  A lot like my RAD... just amazing!

Went for a walk with MR in the pm...2.5 miles.  I'm glad I ran in the morning because I was KO'd from the work stress again today.  I'm 4 for 4 of getting yelled at by mean people at least once a day this week.  Almost curious to see how Friday goes and what adventures it will bring. 

I am ready for the weekend to take the Pirate ship out and wreak havoc on the high seas.  What I wouldn't give for a holocaust cloak...

Every intention of running 6 miles.  Didn't intend on hot hot humid weather slowing me down.

Started out with MR.  After 1.4 mile of running, we had to walk/run and decided to just head home so he could get on the bike.  His calf is still bothering him. 

Got home, got ice water in the water bottle and tried to head out for the next 4.  Ran a mile, had to take a walk break to try and cool off. Repeat.  After I ran 4.1 miles, I just decided it wasn't worth making myself sick to keep running.  I walked another mile plus, then jogged home making my total 4.7 miles running and probably around 2 miles of walking. 

When I got home, we did a couple hours of yard work and called it quits.  It took me a couple more hours until I didn't feel sick from overheating.  I wasn't expecting July heat & humidity in September.