took a break

from running

and blogging apparently.

My runnning break was about 11 days.

I was beginning to not

want to even look at my

running shoes

So I took a bit of a hiatus

I did get on the treadmill today

for a mile

the phone rang

I need to go outside

where I can't be bothered

I have a 5K this Saturday

next week I am going to MN

to see my cousins

One has cancer

and isn't well

I want her to hang on

I know selfish huh

Bloomsday 2010

So we survived Bloomsday

I wasn't sure what the hype was about

and since this was only

my 2nd race ever

I didn't have much to compare it to

Doomsday Hill was not that bad

the hills before it

SUCKED

There were a TON

of walkers

who I thought were

supposed to be in RED

as walkers

so we had to do a LOT of

dodging of people

like off the road

on the sidewalk

or whatever trail was there

dodging

We (DH ran with me)

got to

MILE 1

in record time

I thought

Oh this will be easy!

UH NOT!

Mile 2 and still dodging

Frustrating

and

energy sucking

I then had to pee

seriously I had to by

Mile 1

but really had to

at 2

(so did hubs)

and the lines were long

at least 8 minutes

SHOT!

Then there was a hill

finally water about 2.5

or felt like it

might have been sooner

another hill

then we finally get a groove

and are doing well

feeling great

another hill

more water

Mile 5!

don't remember if that

was after

Doomsday Hill

or before

Mile 6-7 totally walked

there were

so.many.people

half mile to go

walk another 1/4 mile

then I hear some guy say

only a 1/4 mile to go!

We.can.do.this!!!

We did manage to run across the finish line

it helped that the last 100+ yards was

DOWNHILL!

Overall it was a good time

liked that hubs went

learned:

~drink more water

the night before

not the morning of

~not to eat tacos

the night before

and

~to lie about how long it

will take to finish so

I can actually be

 with fellow runners

and not with the walkers

Bloomsday is near

Well

I have a 12K on Sunday

that is more than

twice

what my first race was

AND

I have yet to go farther than

5 miles

AND

DH hasn't trained

although we signed up together

I have more time to run

or I make more time to run

My knee wouldn't cooperate yesterday

AT ALL

I have not had any pain since my 3rd or 4th week

of running (which started in January)

My left knee,

which is jacked up anyway

due to surgery 14 yrs ago,

is not happy

whatever

I will finish

may end up walking most

I don't want DH to have a heart attack

seriously

So

I hope to get out

Thursday and Friday

and rest Saturday