See the run for today posted above? That probably wouldn't have happened without Ashley. I had a kinda crappy day for whatver reason and was feeling like all I wanted to do was either come home and sit on the couch or immediately take a nap. On top of that I was scheduled to do my trapshooting leauge which takes almost 2 hours after factoring in driving time, etc. So I wasn't particularly psyched to fit a run into my night as well.
As soon as I walked in the door I saw Ashley (well first Pim attacked me w/ slober and presented me w/ his rawhide as if it were a million dollars - the same thing he does w/ the same rawhide every night). She was already in a sweatshirt, shorts and had her running shoes on. How could I say no? I'm the one that wants to run this race. So thanks to her I changed quick and we headed out the door sans dogs.
I got going a bit quicker than Ash right away so we didn't see eachother again until we met at home tonight. My dad pointed out that I really need to be extending my distance so I set the Ipod for 2 miles (it tells you when you're halfway, almost there, etc.) and took off on a new route. This took me directly down the main road running by our house which I kept running along until I hit one mile, then crossed the street and turned back. It was a good course because it's a gradual incline all the way up and obviously the reverse headed back. I was pretty tired I think afer last nights run though and my body hurt more than I was having trouble breathing. After just half a mile I was dragging, but I was able to stabilize a pace I think and then pick it up a bit in the last half mile. It felt good to run two straight miles w/o stopping but I would probably struggle to do more.
I was a bit dismayed by the fact that my pace was only 10 minute miles. This is pretty sad - but I guess I need to keep in mind that other than hockey once a week this summer, I really haven't done much exercise at all. Still - seems like I could powerwalk that!! On the positive note, I burned 356 calories which is probably a lot more than I took in for dnner tonight.
Speaking of Calories here is the food report:
Breakfast- nope
Lunch- Went out to my favorite pizza place in Naperville for the buffet which I knew would be dangerous. I still wanted to go though because I go at least every couple weeks to see my friend Elsie who is the hostess and helps seat people. She is probably 75 years old and about 4'10" tall - and I absolutely love her. She takes me to my booth, gets me the paper and my drink, then after I've filled up my plate comes by to give me a backrub and ask me how I'm doing as I eat. I'm not kidding - she gives me these awesome 5 minute backrubs while we talk about life, it's great. I even had Ashley come out to meet her for lunch one day and she sat and talked to us for awhile (I'd been telling her about Ashley for some time). So of course she asked about how my "beautiful girl" was doing today. She also calls me "T" now which is pretty cool. Anyway, I did overdo it a bit but not too bad. I had spinach salad, 2 pieces of thin crust pizza, and one chicago style deep dish piece, along w/ a small piece of bread and butter and a brownie. So thats not great - but I used to eat WAY more than that when I went there, so it wasn't bad.
Dinner- Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, water
The Peanut Butter and Jelly was necessary as I had to take off immediately after our run to go to my shooting league. It must have been pretty good because I shot a 21 (out of 25) from the 16 yard line, and a 17 from the 21 yard line (trap shooting clay pigeons). I think it was our last night so it was nice to go out well. Still, I missed three of the last five and that is never fun!
THE BIG NEWS!
Ashley signed us up today to run the 5K on Saturday during Batavia "BatFest". The run is a fundraiser for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, something I wholeheartedly wish to support considering my past work in the field at Orchard Place in Des Moines and my own experience with mental illness. I'm a little nervous about this just because it will be the biggest distance I've run. But if I can run tomorrow and then do 3 miles on Thursday and rest on Friday I think I'll be set. And it is a run/walk so obviously it's not like a bunch of pro runner people will be the only ones there. I'll be sure to report on it Saturday!
The only other thing I'm really thinking about tonight is that it's too bad the little nike graphs don't show up on here like the actual website. The little green line actually shows your pace by graphing it up and down while a little man runs in front of it. On here it's just a flat line which is no fun at all! **NOTE** I just posted this entry and the line showed up for the first time!! either blogger or nike must have updated something on their website to make this work, yahoo! - the only bad thing is you can see how inconsistent my pace is as I continue to work on it!** Well I have some other stuff to work on tonight that I can't put off. Hope everyone is doing well and if you have a chance send out a good thought/prayer for my grandpa down in North Carolina who is going through some health stuff and is currently in the hospital. Love you Boompa!
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