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

2 mile walk around the hood

gummy bears, cookies & sweet potato fries

3 of the 4 major food groups.

Legs were sore from Saturday, so it took a while to get the ouch out.  Progressive for all but 1 mile.  Glad to have the miles done with.  Chilly morning, but it felt good running in cool, crisp air rather than muggy hot soup air.

ab ripper x

shred level II

20 min elliptical

after I finished getting ready in my room and went out to the kitchen to get my lunch packed for the day, I was treated to a wonderful delight - Littlest Buccaneer had baked cookies for breakfast.  Oh how I love that child.  She even left me a few scoops of cookie dough in a bowl with a sign that said, "eat and enjoy!"  And I did.

Celebrate Diwali!!

Speed work today.  Dreading it, but glad when it was over.

1 mile warm up, then 1600 x 8:05 pace, 800 x jog (repeated 4 times).   Some days it feels good to run fast. 

Total miles - 7.11 so I took out my double gulp cup and got it filled with diet coke to celebrate.  Totally coincidental that it happened on Diwali.  But when I realized it, I had to smile.

I've actually been getting to bed on time the last couple of days, and I didn't have as much trouble waking up on time as I usually do on Thursdays. 

I did a slow "recovery" run, but wanted to do my 9 mile loop that I haven't done in a long, long time.

I had a good run, and kept the pace around 9:50.  It went by faster than I'd expected.  No dogs today, just a nice cool morning. 

 AFter work, I went walking/running with a co-worker who is getting back into shape.  We ran .6 and walked 3.4 miles.  It was great, and I felt like I had uber energy all afternoon.

Ab ripper x.

6 with MR in the rain, then the 11.2 with Wyatt in the cloudy cool morning.  It was great to be back with Wyatt visiting and enjoying the scenery.  This was the best find of the day: