Today was my 15 mile long run in the marathon training cycle. There were so many firsts! First time I’ve ever run in Forest Park and started & ended at my house First time I’ve ever had to “find some bushes” while running First time I’ve almost gotten caught while using said bushes First time…
Especially when that thing is a run that Sarah & I are doing on a new route. We’d talked about doing a point-to-point run on Marquam Trail. This trail goes from the Zoo to Willamette Park (waterfront) and is 7 miles. I have previously run on all of Marquam Trail but the last .7 miles…
1. I am working from home today. I have a gigantic to-do list, but I am confident it will all get done. Why? Because when I work at home, people who send me emails cannot come into my office 2 minutes later to (a) confirm that I got the email and then (b)talk about said…
Ha! Just kidding. Please don’t go (girl). There were no shoes yesterday, because I am in a shoe funk. Over the weekend, I packaged up two of the four pairs of shoes that I’d recently purchased. They are going back. *sob* Yesterday morning, on my way to work, another pair broke! NEW SHOES BROKEN! So…
This morning, at about 5 AM, I was having a crazy dream involving submarines, fog monsters, crossbows, and Sarah refusing to help shoot the encroaching fog monsters because she was afraid of twisting her ankle and not being able to run tomorrow. And then, there was a bright flash of light. So bright that it…