Running Musings - 030408

I ran! Holy cow, sound the drums! 2 miles. I only ran two miles because I thought I was going to have a chance to see my twin. She stopped by on her way home from somewhere. She dropped off a Mrs. Fields cookie cup, but I wasn't able to talk to her. I'll see her later this week.

It was a good run. I was surprised that I was still a little flexible since I haven't run in over 2 weeks. I talked with my mom later this evening, and she said that she forgot to tell me she supports me in my endeavors including running. Isn't that cool! I think it's very cool.

Highlights included:

Linkin Park's In the End 3x
Pearl Jam's In my Tree
CC+The Music Factory Gonna Make You Sweat
Sleater-Kinney Ironclad

Running Musings - 021408

Oh look! Water. Yep, I drink water after my run. I just ran 2 miles because I drank coffee earlier, and I didn't want to stay up all night. I wanted to be a little tired. Also, as I'm running tomorrow I didn't want to run so much that I would be tired tomorrow.

33 years ago I was in ICU after open heart surgery. This is my anniversary. I LOVE VALENTINE's DAY! Yes, yes, celebrate the heart.

This is my heart song, and wonderfully enough it was the last song shuffled for my run:

Pearl Jam's Given to Fly

Running Musings - 021208

I'm trying to add more photographs to this blog, but I don't usually take my camera with me when I run. Hence, you'll see pictures of what I eat/drink afterwards :)

This is coffee with almond milk. I never tried coffee with almond milk. Quite an experience, needs a lot of sugar. I thought almonds were sweet because I bake with them so much. Also, I drank almond milk by itself and it's sweet(?). Anyway, besides water, I wanted a pick me up. I have a lot of citrus to choose from, but I wanted to see how almond milk tasted in coffee. I usually drink whole cow's milk, and I don't want to go 2% or skim milk. What's the point? However, I am trying almond milk as it is lighter in texture, and would feel lighter within me. Again, it needed quite a bit of sugar so take that as it's worth. It's not bad, just a little too savory tasting for me.

My run was 4 miles, good speed, ran with the natural states instead of away from them. I was happy with my progress. I was on a treadmill, but wore a hat anyway because the little room I work out isn't constantly heated, and it's COLD OUT THERE.

Highlights included:
Pearl Jam's Dirty Frank
Pat Benatar's Love is a Battlefield
Don Henley's Boys of Summer
Third Eye Blind's Jumper

Running Musings - 020408

I woke up at about 5am, and decided to run. It wasn't a struggle, and I made sure to eat 2 grapefruit before I went out the door. I saved one for after the run. It was a very good run considering how early it was. At 3.5 miles I wasn't so happy, but then I remembered that I had to go to work, and I better finish the last .5 miles and get to work.

Highlights included:

Pearl Jam's Undone
Pearl Jam's Why Go
Paul Simon's Late in the Evening
Sade's Sweetest Taboo

Running Musings - 012908

Inside, and on a treadmill . . . base speed and base mileage. It was great! I ate brownies all day, which is probably why it was so great.
I decided that waking up early to run is for the birds, and I'm definitely not a bird. I'll make sure to run at night, and be dedicated to that. However, once the Cherry Blossom Race comes around, I'll just have to suffer that morning.

Highlights included:

New Order's Regret
Third Eye Blind's Jumper
Rusted Root's Ecstasy