Day #250: Yeah Giants!!!! Yeah Me!!!

I've been slacking, I know.  I overworked myself last week.  It was my own doing.  I have been working some urgent care shifts in addition to regular work and I signed up for a few too many last week.  Oops.  So needless to say I was exhausted and did not get a chance to post.

Obviously - Yeah Giants.  Sweep!

The second - Yeah Me is because I ran my first 10 miler today!  Yup that's right - 10 whole miles.  That is the distance from my parents house in Chico to Hamilton City!  I ran alone too, because Sarah was working today.  My legs felt good for most of the run.   Around mile 5 or so my right knee started to bother me some, but then went away, then around mile 7 my left knee started to act up.  I felt good though and I finished strong.  My calves felt tight for a good portion of the run, but I just tell my body that it's me getting stronger, which is probably true.

I love the feeling that each week, I've run father than I've ever ran before.  So today after mile 8 - every step is the farthest I've ever ran!

My knees are a little more achey now and I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow.  I'm icing my knees as I type.
Below is my arsenal that I took w/ me on the run.

It contains 2 - 10 ounce water bottles full of electrolyte replacement drink, my cell phone, the pink sticking out is pink lemonade snackie, I had a gel snack pack in my shirt pocket, and .... there amongst the stuff is the pager.  I'm on call this weekend.  Thankfully no pages while running.
I survived and I felt good at the end - I felt like I could have kept running.  I know this feeling won't last forever and there are going to be some really crappy runs to come, but I just try to enjoy each run on it's own and I can't worry about what the future will hold.  One day and one run at a time!  :)

Day #249: Goooooooo Giants!!!

Woo Woo

Day #248: nutrition

This weekend I ran 8 miles. That's the farthest I've ever ran! I've reached the point where I'm running far enough that I get a snackie snack during my runs. At 3 and 6 miles Sarah and I walked for a small snackie snack.
Below is a picture of my snack this week. The shot blocks were actually pretty good, there are other options such as jelly beans and gel in all sorts of flavors. Some apparently are appalling. I'll let you know what my favorites are as I experiment more.

Day #247: Factory Farming

Below are really bad pictures of a cattle factory farm from the road. So just imagine that all the brown you see is cattle. That's basically what it was like. Cattle as far as the eye could see. Lying on the ground, standing, appearing half dead. No grass or any vegetation for that matter in site. Literally as far back from the road as I could see was cattle.


And for educational value - copy and paste the link below to learn why going veggie is good for you, me, the animals, and the environment. You'll have to copy and paste because I do not know how to hyperlink from my phone. :)

http://www.downtoearth.org/environment/top-10-reasons

Day #246: Runner milestone #2

So today there was 20-30mph gusts of wind with some rain, do Sarah and I did not run outside. We instead ran on the treadmill. The LONGEST 5 miles ever. Man did it suck. No fan or air movement to evaporate my sweatiness. Soooooo boring. I tried watching morning TV, but got bored with that. Then I moved on to listening to an ICU podcast on my iPhone which was more just background noise. For a while I focused on watching my legs running in the mirror - semi-hypnotized, trying not to think about how slow the miles were going. Then I focused on my breathing and that after this was all over I would get a pumpkin spice latte. It was awesome, or NOT.

Here's a picture of me flipping off the treadmill. I was trying to make an angry face, but that didn't go so well.
:)

Day#245: On the road again

We started the road trip back to Tuscon today.
We have planned part of our route based off the climbing gyms we can stop at along the way. Short drive today since we worked until 3:30am last night.
In Des Moines, Iowa tonight.
Below is a picture of the weather we drove through to get here. You can see the dark clouds in the background. And then a picture of Sarah climbing at the gym new stopped at tonight.

Day #242: Working Nights

Sarah and I have been on nights.

Here's my non-exciting picture.
Fizzy coffee = survival