Laid Out

See Lucy up there? Yeah... that's how I feel when it comes to running these days. The wall has been hit. I'm officially moving into phase 2 of motivation by planning which 5k I'll be doing :) KR and I will be doing one Nov. 20th. We're debating between a Turkey Trot at a lake or a Monster Dash where there's a costume contest, despite being 3 weeks after Halloween!

With no iPod, I went to the gym yesterday afternoon, hoping to distract myself from the increased running time by watching the Vikes and 'boys. Alas... not only did my machine have sound so background noise drowned out normal talking and sound, but the one TV showing NFL at 5pm was way over by the weight lifting areas. I got to choose between 2 TVs worth of bullriding, X-game-ish stuff or talking heads. Utter ugh to ALL OF THEM!!! Working out on a treadmill, though, made me push my speed, especially during the walk breaks. 

Crosstraining is off the menu today because I'm giving blood then dragging Fred to the State fair :) Yes, I realize that demands more crosstraining, but I'll be concentrating on regaining the lost iron, hee hee!

The neverending summer...

Its 78 outside now and it will be hitting the mid 80's today. Even stranger? It will come close to 90 in my hometown today- in CENTRAL ILLINOIS! I never thought I'd be happy to have it be cooler in NC, but, as the roomie reminded me, the cold spurt and then back to heat is part of Carolina falls. One day it will just be cold, until February when it will get warm for a couple days, go back to cold and then one day it will be 80 for the next few months. And repeat...

Yesterday was the last equal walk:run workout, so I upped my mileage to the full 3 miles, or rather, 4.98km. The roomie and Lucy came with me, and while they walked, I jogged as prescribed. While I was turning in 14 minute miles over the 2.6 miles earlier in the week, with the longer distance yesterday, I put in a bit quicker pace :D 

The Wolfpack are playing again and they've got a strong first half going, but we saw that last week, so NO hopes up! My Fighting Illini are in Pennsylvania today, too, but I fear what Joe Pa is doing to them!

Off to read more paper's for the thesis as I get pretty for a picnic with Fred, KR and others :) Oh yeah, Fred is my boyfriend, he's tall, smart, good dancer, and like me, wears shoes that are double digit sized :D His shoes are flanking one of mine, just so you can see how HUGE both sets of our feet are!

Here's to the next TV timeout!

-Syd

Happy OCTOBER

I waited to post until the NC State/ VT game was done yesterday. I did my 2 miles in 26 miles, with .3 mile warm up/cool downs, upped the running times from 90 seconds to 2 minute segments, so I took the pace a bit easier. Man, the time ticked by during the beginning of the game. As a State fan, it was a great beginning! Too bad the defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory :(

Might do yoga today for my crosstraining today. Haven't reallly decided- its between that or total body sculpt!

I got another chapter full of edits from my thesis, so that's where my writing must focus now :( NFL will entertain me today as I watch my faves in pink ;) There's something hilarious about ripped men in pads slamming into each other- in HOT PINK shoes and gloves so KB and the roommie are entertained.

HAPPY OCTOBER! North Carolina finally got the message that its supposed to be cold since its fall and going out to church this morning, I cursed a bit at the cold, until I remembered I'd been praying for it! A high of 60 for tomorrow? YES, PLEASE! My sweaters, turtlenecks and BOOTS have been waiting for me since April!

Here's to the next timeout!

-Syd