2010
9
Nov
22:21
and lower still…
by another fifty seconds, a new bridge PR of 36:36! sub12s over the bridge… never thought i’d see the day.
Archive for November, 2010
2010
11
Nov
22:07
at a loss
seriously, i have no clue what’s going on. i’m beginning to think my watch isn’t working right. i just don’t see how it’s possible that after twenty-one months of running over that stupid bridge, i’m suddenly seeing all this improvement. tonight was more than a minute faster than tuesday night. 35:32!!! i’m almost beginning to think it’s possible that i might get down to a thirty minute bridge one of these days. even more, i’m beginning to think it’s time to start doing two laps. i’m especially shocked that i was able to run so well tonight because i spent my whole day off laying with a blanket wrapped around my head fighting another monster migraine. it had eased up a bit when we got dressed to head out there but i was very nauseous and light-sensitive on the drive. somehow, when i started running, my head just let up. hubby’s theory is that the relief came from all of the blood rushing out of my head to various muscles while i run. sounds like good science to me. when i finished running, however, the throbbing came back with a vengeance. definitely time to ibuprofin-up.
2010
8
Nov
21:15
floydlike
between this, that, and the other, i have lost my ability to deal with stress. i totally shut down. today was one of those days. thanks to an especially horrid work situation that kept me on the phone until 20:30 friday, and then kept me stressed all weekend worrying about it, and then attacked with a gusto this morning – i spent the entire day on the verge of tears. happily, forcing myself to go for an evening run has ameliorated me to a nice, comfortable numb. i’m pretty sure i used to have the ability to cope… didn’t i?
2010
4
Nov
21:55
an all time low
thanks to some cooler weather and a bit of determination, i set a new PR on the bridge run tonight. truly, i demolished my old PR! i managed to run the roughly 5k with two “hill”s in 37:26!!!! my previous best time was 38:14 so i managed to shave forty-eight seconds off it. i am so stinking proud. i’ve about decided to do another half marathon so maybe this is the start to ameliorating my training pace. i’d love to make my goal time this time around!
2010
3
Nov
17:54
all hallows weekend
what a crazy, social, fun halloween weekend! several weeks ago, sunny invited us to a punkin carving party so the fun started when hubby brought this cutie home earlier this week.
a right cute lil fella
before we got to carve him up, we had the costume contest bridge run. i knew i couldn’t run in my main costume so i was throwing ideas together the night before. i certainly could have executed better with more time and energy but we were instantly recognized by fellow fans as dexter and his victim.
dexter and his victim
can’t see much detail in the pic but i was wrapped in saran wrap (including wrists and ankles) and had a “wound” and “blood” spilling from my chest as well as a cut on my cheek. hubby had a knife, fresh blood slide, and this id badge:
dexter hubby
it was great fun but saran wrap is NOT a breathable running material. i’m known to get hot when i run but i was completely drenched in sweat after that three miles. thank goodness there was a nice breeze or i probably would have suffocated. sadly, we didn’t win… shoulda brought a baby!
friday night was the carving party for which i made a jack-o-lantern cake:
shame i didn’t think to take a pic of it before we left with a real camera. the cell phone really washed it out. also, he wasn’t my finest punkin cake effort but he still tasted yummy. the night was filled with friends, food, drinks, guts, seeds, and chunks of massacred punkin and resulted in these:
punkins of the night
this is my little guy:
my bats in the bellfry
saturday found us going to two parties. some friends invited us to their big neighborhood party and some other friends invited us to the costume bash at our favorite local club to celebrate halloween and a birthday. this was the start of my costume prep:
candy corn manicure
i really do love this costume. sad that i’ll probably need to retire it now that i’ve worn it in both towns i’m likely to. i even got asked to be in the costume contest at the club. sadly, i didn’t make it to the final round but i was proud to get recognized.
working the candy corn
arrested for stealing candy corn?
we headed to the first party around quarter of 6 and didn’t get home from the second until 02:00. that’s a lot of candy corning around! sunday afternoon, we got an invitation to a cookout that we couldn’t refuse. being social is a blast but i need a weekend to recuperate now!