Lose Yourself

Ran Thursday: 3 miles in 34 minutes. Uneventful treadmill run.
Push-ups: Friday=20.
Total push-ups to date=120.

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On Thursday, after work, instead of taking a direct route home,
I drove through the windy country roads.
Sometimes, we just need to take the off-beaten path, to "disappear" from the regular life,
to "lose" yourself to something/some place new, different, unfamiliar.
The thing was, I wasn't sad or angry. It was a good day at work.
But I just wanted to be by myself, away from all the usual things.
I ended up parking by the side of the road, stared at the vast land ahead of me and the vast sky above me. I broke down and cried. And quite, frankly, I didn't know what I was crying about.
It didn't take but less than five minutes.
And I was back on the road again.

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I received more goodies in the mail this week.
Bought some Gu Chomps (strawberry flavored) and a running light for my running friend.
I am excited to give it to him tomorrow when we meet up for a run.
It's a "Thank You for driving and running whenever I want" gift.

The biggie in the Road Runner box:
New running shoes.
I bought the same pair, same size, same color. 
The only difference?
The new smell!

 

I have been busy reading too!

Here's just a stack of what I am working on.

(And I am an extremely SLOW reader).

This Chicken Soup for the "runners" soul has been a really good read.

I like how the stories are short, but always motivating and uplifting. 
I have been reading a story at the dining table with my breakfasts.
Thank you Christine for this wonderful Christmas gift that I am still enjoying.

Under the Chicken Soup book is an iPad with a story for the beginner runner.
Will do a review when I am done.

Under that iPad is The Pregnancy Bible.

Like I said, running is a whole lot easier than getting pregnant.
Running is within your control. Getting pregnant - so out of your control. 



Spankin' New!

So, I griped yesterday and it was great! 

Thanks for reading and crapping with me too. 

With that, I tai-chi'ed away all the negative chi and welcome the new, energized chi. 

Well, more like "Spend some money and make me happy!" 

It started out innocent - just a drive to make me feel better.

Then, I got to thinking about what could possibly make my knee hurts.

Then, I was toying with the idea of buying running shoes. 

So I drove myself to the running shoe store. 

It was quick too. 

I walked in. Told the sales dude that I am looking for a pair of running shoes. 

Told him I am wearing Adrenaline 10 and I *heart* it! 

He told me the 11 is out. 

I tried it on! 

and BAM!!! SHAZAM! 

I was out of that store in less than 30 minutes!

Check out my goodies 

 Adrenaline 11. 

These babies are gonna make me fast and keep me injury-free. 

 Adrenaline 11, Adrenaline 10, and my Asics Gel 3050.

I don't wear the Asics for running anymore - more for walking the dog or for exercise classes. 

 My current Adrenaline. 

See how the black part of the sole is virtually gone? 

Maybe that's part of the reason? 

I have had this pair since September 2010.

I logged about 350 miles since.
How often do you change your shoes?

 New kicks: See how the black part of the sole is still rather thick? 

I also picked up Body Glide and my favorite yummy Chomps. 

Then the sales dude recommended this Stinger Waffle. 

He said there's honey in the middle. 

He had me at "honey!"

Just in case the new kicks fail to kick the March's running blues away, 

I bought this baby! 

 

Nothing fancy. Just a cheap bike from Wal-Mart.

I am not really a biker and haven't see myself as a biker. 

I just want something to ride to my mail box or to the bank instead of taking my vehicle. 

I think this will suffice. 

And if these didn't make me a happy girl. 

I came home to this sweet baby girl....

The boyfriend gave her a bath to make me happy.

Ok! 

April.... you are up and I will take you down!

Running-related in all sense!

Buttercup is home after spending 2 nights at the vet. She looks much better. She has a loud bark, she jumps and runs after me, and she even went on an easy 1-mile walk with me to the mailbox and back. Paddy Wag went with us and did a decent job of keeping up, even though she is still a puppy.

I finally got my Brooks running jacket in the mail today! That's my Christmas present/2011 present to myself.

 I purposefully took a picture with the flash on to see how the reflective strips work. Whatcha thing? Am I reflective enough? Me thinks nope.