PickleBall

0 miles - I'm in Tucson now and it is amazing. I'm loving it and having a ball. I'll be working from here all week, a picture of my Tucson "office" is to the left. :-) We are staying in the gorgeous home of my best friend from Boise's parents. They are so gracious and fun! We also have Tiffany's step daughter and niece with us (all of 10 and 8 respectively). Our day yesterday consisted of a great start with smoothies and tea/coffee and the morning at a horse ranch while the cowgirls *please note their get-ups in the pic* learned how to handle and trot with "Cotton" their horse, zipping around on the golf cart looking at cactus flowers in the retirement neighborhood, a fierce game of pickle ball (that's right, I had no idea either), cocktails and a dinner of amazing salmon and fresh salads and a late night ride in the golf cart looking for havelina's and other wildlife on the golf course, a sort of wild pig that lives in this area of the world. We settled for 2 deer and a lot of bunnies and getting caught when the sprinklers clicked on! So needless to say, the run today didn't happen, but I think the pickle ball will improve my agility on my next run for sure.

Box of Chocolates

4 miles - Quick neighborhood jog today with sunshine and warmer. Fabulous. I leave for Tucson for a week later today to visit my Boise bestie Tiffany at her parents place. Needless to say, I'm sooooOoooo excited and am anxious to feel warm and do some runs in a new place. I'm meeting up with the TNT team there. Yay for spring break! Then I'm off to Louisville for a week to visit my new niece Drew and big bro Reese. Touching base with the Louisville TNT team as well. So this girl is about to go all Forrest Gump and do some running across the country! You know what they say, life is like a box of chocolates... (although I'm pretty sure what I'll get when I eat them... more time on the treadmill. ;-) Here's a pic of my latest yummy treat that doesn't require extra time on the treadmill... edamame. Sauteed in a wok and then drizzled with soy sauce. I had this at Star Bar on Ingersoll and asked them how they made it so I could do it at home. Costco has some great individual 2 serving packs that come in a larger bag. It's kinda addictive like popcorn though. Beware! :-)

It's Here!

10 miles - Rough start to my day as I got in my car at 6:40am on a Saturday (a miracle in itself) and my car battery was dead. No warnings, no malfunctions, just no nothing. Ahhh, that'll wake you up. So after some chaos ensued, I finally got there albeit a bit late. Jonna was so great and waited for me. And alas, we got the final thing that we hadn't been dealing with weather-wise yet... flooding and wind. We are truly super troopers. It was so windy you could see it blowing the water across the sidewalk. We were out in WDSM because our usual spot at Grey's Lake was flooding as the rivers crest from all of the melting snow. However, we did it! 10 miles this week and despite the yucko weather... I saw something very exciting. Spring! That's right, my first robin sighting of the year, this little guy was cheering us on at about mile 6. Way exciting. :-) As usual, I had a busy Saturday and once I got my car jumped by my awesome neighbors (sidenote: same ones that helped me when I locked myself out of my car) not to mention they have the cutest little Libby ever. She's 1. Then I headed home to nephew Sami's 9th bday party and to my parents for an Irish dinner in honor of the holiday this week. Please note: we are neither Irish nor have we ever celebrated St. Pat's really. However, this year it was a corned beef and cabbage with green beer kinda meal. It was fun and they did a good job mixing it up! Here's a pic.

Effort = Weak this week

0 miles - I've had an unmotivated week! oye! The only thing I was motivated to make happen today was getting some ice cream since I've been craving some this week. Thank goodness, now maybe I can quit obsessing over getting some. :-)~ Running effort has been "weak this week". I'm gonna call is spring fever. or #fail

Drizzle

4.25 miles - Afternoon team runs are always a good thing mid week. It gets me outside and always has a variety of weather conditions for your running pleasure. :-) This week it was drizzling on us by the time we finished. Instead of carefully stepping around frozen areas of ice covered pathway, we just plowed through puddles. It was awesome! Wet, but awesome. I had forgotten my ipod in the car so had some time running by myself where I had to actually listen to my feet pounding and my own breathing. It's kinda humbling. And not elegant or graceful by any means. I had a Pat Benetar song in my head (we are young! heartache to heartache we stand!) that kept playing in my head over and over. Do not ask me why or how it entered my head but it would not leave. Next time around I'm taking my ipod.

struggle

6.5 - so it was a struggle to get myself motivated today. Could be the rain, could be the fact that I took a couple days off. You'd think that would be renewing, but not so. However, with the help of my fav show Biggest Loser (Mamma Cheryl got voted off) and my treadmill (cause the rain was a falling)... I knocked out 6.5 miles. Nothing too exciting. You know what is exciting though? It's raining and not snowing! That means we've had temp's in the 40's. Feels absolutely balmy outside. Love it. I've also realized how wide the roads and my driveway feel now that the snowbanks are melting off of them. Nice 'lil perk. :-)

The Continental

0 miles - I opted for appetizers and drinks at the Continental with friends tonight after our Jr League meeting. I couldn't help it! I've vowed for a good long run tomorrow to compensate. But the guilt is still there. Me = -2 points. But I didn't get a drink and had water. Me = +1. But I ate some really yummy hummus & pita chips and a fabulous cheese plate while there. Me = -1. So, yeah... Me = -2.