I think it was mile 10 of the half marathon--about 3 miles past the point where Debbie and I silently agreed that talking was no longer necessary--when I broke our unspoken pact. I had to though! I spotted a toilet seat! Right there on the side of the road! Yes, that's right, running across a bridge, fatigued and slightly dehydrated, I noticed the abandoned throne and just had to comment on it.
Fast forward about 3.5 months to today. Running along Addison, enjoying my tunes and thanking the weather gods for such an unbelievably beautiful day, when I look down and see a fried egg on the sidewalk. Keep in mind, it is late January. There is snow and ice on the ground. And I live in a major metropolis, not a farm. Why was there a fried egg on the sidewalk?
It was at this point that it dawned on me...I see so many odd things on my runs that I should start to catalog them. I shared this idea with Rob today and he thought it was a good idea and even suggested I take pictures. I don't want to sound like a poor sport, but I'm not really sure I want to lug around a camera on all of my runs, so instead, I will just paint a picture with my words. Poetic, eh? :)
So here it is; my list.
The Things I Run Past
1. Toilet Seat
2. Fried Egg on the sidewalk in January
3. TBD
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Training--Part Deux
After a brief hiatus from blogging, we are back!
Rob and I had a wonderful holiday season and are rested and ready to start off 2009. School begins this week and Rob has been back at work for over a week now...so the routine has re-emerged and hopefully we can approach it with energy and positivity.
Thus on the heels of a new year, what better time to introduce another new challenge than the start of a new and tough semester, horrible weather and pants that seemed to get a bit smaller over the past month? There is no better time! And with that, my official marathon training begins.
Mania and I will be running the Rockford, IL marathon May 17th. Sure, I'm racked by anxiety and nausea when I look at my training schedule but, what's new? I had even worse anxiety prior to the half marathon and that went off without a hitch, so what's another 13.1 miles on top of an initial 13.1 miles? Plus, I could use another race t-shirt.
Okay then! Let's do this!
Rob and I had a wonderful holiday season and are rested and ready to start off 2009. School begins this week and Rob has been back at work for over a week now...so the routine has re-emerged and hopefully we can approach it with energy and positivity.
Thus on the heels of a new year, what better time to introduce another new challenge than the start of a new and tough semester, horrible weather and pants that seemed to get a bit smaller over the past month? There is no better time! And with that, my official marathon training begins.
Mania and I will be running the Rockford, IL marathon May 17th. Sure, I'm racked by anxiety and nausea when I look at my training schedule but, what's new? I had even worse anxiety prior to the half marathon and that went off without a hitch, so what's another 13.1 miles on top of an initial 13.1 miles? Plus, I could use another race t-shirt.
Okay then! Let's do this!
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