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

I went to church, then I baked cookies for 5 hours. 

Kiunkakers, Peppernoten, and pumpkin spice rice crispies.  No need for dinner :-)

Taper week- I've looked forward to this for so long, and now it doesn't feel right to only run 3 miles.  I ran fast (because it was very cold) and got 3.75 in.  Avg pace was an 8:22.  That's fast for me.

I was going to do more indoors, but I had to drive to seminary, and I got distracted making oatmeal breakfast and fiddling around. 

We went out for a little shopping trip in the pm because it was raining cats & dogs and I didn't expect any trick or treaters.  By the time we got back at 7:30, the neighbors said all the kids had come and we only had 5 door ringers for the next hour.  I guess rain doesn't stop candy-hungry children or their parents.  The sad news is, my little buccaneer didn't get to be the queen candy-passer-outer that she wanted to be.  The good news is I'd bought good candy this year, and we've got LOTS left over!  BAZINGA!!

I did my favorite "just dance" game on the Wii while we waited for trick-or-treaters.  I actually got one new high score. 

AB RIPPER X - why does it still seem so hard after 4 weeks? 

45 minutes on the elliptical

planning on doing a run/walk after work.  More walk, less run.

walked 2 miles or so, ran 1.2 miles, and walked another lap (.3) with my co-worker after work.  Time flies when we're talkin' and walkin'.  Since it was a run/walk, I'm calling it a ralk.

Ralk on!!

Yep, it's going to be one of those kinds of days.

5.5 miles- 1 mile warm up, 3.5 miles fast, 1 mile cool down.  Avg pace 8:44.  It was cold, but I stayed warm enough- I added a scarf to my running attire and it helped.

I was falling asleep last night and wanted to wake up early so I could run a longer (6 mile) run than the "taper plan" had listed for me (3 miles).  I feel like I'm not really doing enough.

I decided that if I slept in and woke up later in the morning, I wouldn't have time for a long run.  So I just stayed in bed an extra hour.  It was marvelous, even though I'm still tired today.

I didn't watch my pace, just the time - so I'd get home in time to shower.  The distance ended up being about 3.6 miles. 9:48 pace.  I tried to keep an easy pace.  I guess I did a good job.

No critters, no crazy animal sounds, but a beautiful dark, starry sky.

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Went out after work again with my co-worker.  We had a friend join us for her first ralk in years.  I'm so proud of both of them!!  The middle school was using the football field/track, so we went out in the 'hood.  We walked the streets & ran the cul-de-sacs.  I'm giving myself a total of .5 miles run.  We totaled 3.8 miles, but I didn't measure the running parts.  Just an uneducated guess.

20 minutes elliptical

ab ripper x

dozens of boxes of donuts at work, all screaming my name....be strong, be strong, be strong

My next-door neighbor asked me to run with her this morning, so I couldn't say no.  Our goal was a 9:30- 10:00 pace.  We started out a little fast and then had a slow mile or two at the end, but still pulled off a 9:45 pace over all.

Nice having a running neighbor.  Hoping for new running opportunities.

2 mile walk in the evening.