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

20 min elliptical in the morning, because hey, I had some extra time :-)

In the evening, I went for a walk with Wyatt.  we ended up walking 8 miles and didn't get back till after dark thanks to the daylight savings time thing.

Taper, shmaper...

Ran 4 with MR.  progressively slow.  It's all good.  Just nice to be out in the cool air with the stars and the bats.

My last speedwork.  It must be a mental thing, but I think tapering messes with my head.  I usually do 7 miles with speedwork, and it's all good.  Today I was feeling tired after 2.  I start wondering how I'm going to run the marathon when I am tired after 2.  Aaarrrggghhh.

Terri, you'll be happy to know that the orange kitty I saw in the ditch last summer is still hanging around in the underbrush beside the road.   I saw him again today, and knew you'd be happy to get some good news.

Got home, drove to seminary and found some missing stuff I'd left in the closet at church, then came home and did my P90X ab ripper x because that's what I do on Tuesday.  Then I had some hot cocoa.  Hooray.

Went on the track with my 3 co-workers and gave them a workout.  We did 1 lap walk, 1 lap with bleachers- running inbetween sets of bleachers, 1 lap walk, 1 lap of run/walk (either 1/2 or 1/4 of the track, either way run 1/2 the track).  Then we repeated it all and finished with 2 or 3 walking laps.  I ran a couple of laps on the walk/run part, so between those and the bleacher run-betweens, I'm counting 1 mile of running.  I walked the bleacher steps because I didn't want to stress my legs out on stairs this week.  Maybe next week if I can walk.

20 min elliptical- medium setting

weights with arms

drive to seminary

40 min elliptical- tougher setting

I am hungry today!!

My last run before the big race.  I've enjoyed sleeping in a little this week.

I did my run- a 9:40something pace.  The moon was so wonderful and bright and full.  I turned my headlamp off and enjoyed a moon-lit run in the dark.

I drove mini-me to seminary and then MR and I walked the park while we waited for class to end.  We managed 2.6 miles.   The walking felt great.  Excited for my evening with the stars (or just the star).

 Do I need to run another 1/2 a mile to be even steven 40 for the week?

sleeping in and ab ripper x.  Getting ready for the race- traveling in the car, and having fun with RAD and Terri.

Shopping at the expo, making tshirts and eating too many nuts at the manager's reception.  These are the things dreams are made of.

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day.  I've got a beautiful feeling- everything's going my way. .....  and it did!

Awesome things about this run:

1- it didn't start till 8 am.  Nice to sleep in a little, and nice to not start at 31degrees. 

2- the 1/2 and 8k started before the full.  So when it was time for us to check our warm clothes, there were plenty of "left overs" from the other runners we could "borrow" and wear to stay warm with.  I found a pair of pull away pants that functioned well as leg-warming chaps for 6 miles.  Good stuff.

3- the river.  I always love running along rivers.

4-the fall leaves.  Beautiful Autumnal show!

5-the company.  RAD, Terri, and RAD's B-I-L. 

6-the wicked downhill at the end.  I've never run a 4:30 pace (even if it was for 3 seconds) before in my life.  The poor little girl who walked out right in front of me will forever be traumatized, but there's a reason they announced 10 times NOT to let your kids, dogs, or cats onto the course at the end.

7- the 6 dollar A1 thickburger I'd been looking forward to for a month or so at the end

8-hot tub times with family & friends.