Oooops I did it again.

Oooops, I registered for another marathon!  Lakefront Marathon, here we come!  Angie has had her sights set on this marathon for quite some time and it fills up fairly fast, so she registered right away.  She's a real persuasive gal. . . . so I signed up for that Marathon too!  We'll have a few months between Grandma's Marathon and the Lakefront.  Just enough to taper and then get right back to high mileage and serious training.  It's also a back up plan for a BQ if I don't qualify in June at Grandma's.  I have the 50k first, which is trail running, so if I sustain any type of injury or aggravation, a BQ in June may be impossible.  I'm just going to work hard, hope for the best and enjoy all the miles.

 

If you have kids. . . . you know what a constant battle it is to keep a clean house.  Especially as they age and they have the ability to play with a gazillion toys each day. . . . .and some of those toys are big, and some are tiny and make for even more messes.  With working full time, having to cook, clean, of course get in a lot of miles every week and of course, trying to spend quality time with my little buddy, it's tough to have everything picked up all the time.. . . . despite how much the mess may annoy me.  

 

 

 

I have a 4 year old. . . . . this mess drives me nuts!  I often just close the door!

Solved by a 10 mile run by 6:30 am, I'm too tired to care abiyt all the toys laying around the living room!

 



 

Angie and I had to throw up the white flag for a run together this weekend.  The weather has been terrible.  COLD, snowy, WINDY. . . . just plain awful for long distance running.  It may be easier if we lived in the same city, but we don't so, highway travel is part of our training.  The weather was terrible yesterday so we couldn't get together and run.  I got up at about 4:30 today, maybe earlier (that is without my alarm clock too!) and just got right to it and pounded out (aka: my ass dragged) for 10 miserable miles.  If I haven't mentioned it before, I really dislike the TM.  I had to put a towel over the screen today so I wouldn't watch the mileage tick away.. . . .ever so slowly.  I also couldn't get myself to run any faster than a 10 min/mile.  I ran my last marathon at an 8:40 min/mile pace. . . . so it's sad to me to not be able to run faster right now.  I hope this is not a detriment to my pace for the upcoming race season.  I guess I just do what I have to do to get it in.

Have you ever seen what happens after 99

minutes on a treadmill?  It just turns off! WTF

 

 

This pretty much sums up the last few weeks.  (Well, we've had minimal outdoor running. . .but you get it).













Since I had 10 miles and a shower in before the sum came up, I'm now enjoying a hot cup of coffee while watching the snow fall.  I have all day to do a few chores and relax.  ;)

Hope you are conquering your miles despite this wicked weather.

~Brooke~