Soggy shoes!!!!!

Today's run was WET!!!!! Left the comforts of a warm bed to go running in the rain with Heather. Reminded me of old times running in the rain in Illinois. We "technically" never ran in "thunderstorms".... but my old coach Walsh must have had some really bad hearing.... wink wink. Today there weren't just droplets or mist....... downpour. And it felt so good. :)

Fun...

Wow. I started running again. Saturday's run was ....... not the best run. Today's run..... was better. :) I got up early this morning, with my amazingly cheerful better half, and we hit Magnuson park together. She walked and I ran. In an incredible show of support of my running, she surprised me with this awesome Nike plus thingie for my shoe. It syncs to my Ipod touch and when I plug it into the computer, I can keep track of all running, pace, time, etc. It is really motivating. On Saturday, I averaged a 13:40 mile. Today, I averaged an 11:40 mile. At one point, I looked down to see that I was pushing hard to a really good song..... pushing a 9:40 pace hard. :) All in all, it was a good morning. We ran in the darkness, trying to follow the trail of streetlights and safe sidewalks. I'm grateful to have someone to be out there with. It makes it less lonesome to know I'm not by myself in this.

I'm going to do this. I'm going to get fit. I'm going to be healthy. I'm going to continue running... and remember how it feels to run.... just for the fun of running. Just to go FAST. Just to feel what it is to be ALIVE. I miss when running felt like that. Today, when I looked down to see that 9:40..... and I was rocking out to a great song.... I remembered that feeling for a moment.

Song of the Day: Galvanize by Chemical Brothers
Great running song...

-Stacey

EUGENE!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has begun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am OFFICIALLY training for the Eugene, OR Marathon on May 2nd! Check out my website!!!!!

http://pages.teamintraining.org/wa/eugene10/sholdagtvz

Whewww.....

Sometimes life happens while you are busy making other plans.......ya' know what I mean?
This weekend was crazy busy! October is dun dun dun "PROPERTY TAX MONTH"....... so I've been working extra, Heather has been working extra, and I had Theo Chocolate call out of what seems like nowhere and offer me AMAZING GIGS all over town! I've been busy for the last couple of weekends and my weekends are taken by chocolate for the rest of the month. It kind of puts a damper on the whole training thing when I'm exhausted from being on my feet all day.

Tonight, I'm determined to wear my really silly headlight and go for a run in the dark after class... granted it's getting dark around 7pm now. So, around 8:00 tonight, I'll be headed out in the darkness to get in a couple of miles, just so I can stop talking and get started. Spin class with Cari has been a blast and I think that I've talked Cory into joining us in class this Thursday. Tuesday night I am going on a long bike ride with my better half.... around Seattle, maybe to LogBoom Park?

I'm stoked for October 15th.... that is the night of the amazing party Jeff Peterson is throwing for everyone doing the TNT Eugene HIT season! I'll be buying a new pair of shoes that night while we are up at RUN 26 and I can't wait. New shoes are like nothing else. I'm so excited to get out and use them....

It's the little things.

-Stacey