Forgot my HRM strap. So I have no HR numbers. BLAH!

Decided I was going to try to make this as enjoyable as possible. Since I can't learn to run well, I'm damned well going to learn to enjoy running poorly.

So I looked around alot, pet all the dogs I could find, and I saved a baby turtle from certain death.

And I ran over 12 miles on a hilly hilly course. This will be great for practice runs for March Madness next year.
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Recoverite + Ice bath

Our animals. Don't get along.

My cat Molly will not stand for Taetum in the house. She goes absolutely nuts and she won't let us get any sleep! And Taetum is restless... I think it's all the drugs she's on... so she is fidgety, and she gets up and walks around alot in the middle of the night... and Molly antagonizes her the whole time. It's exhausting. Quentin just sleeps through it all... while Molly is quite possessive and bratty. 

Bottom line: I got about 3 good hours of sleep last night. Bummer. Lots of the laying around, but not much of the sleeping.  I have a 2:30 run today. Not really looking forward to it. I also am ((again)) in dire need of groceries. Going to the store after my run is never fun. Waaaaaaaaaaah. Woe is me.

Pity party. Over. 

Now, to get on with this marathon thing. 

Kelly and I had a **VERY** leisurely ride on the flat route I usually take during the week. We rode and chatted and chatted and rode.

VERY humid outside. HOT! STICKY! GROSS!

Swimmy. After the bike ride. We ate lunch first.

300 easy swim
(there was supposed to be back and breast stroke, but my knees don't like breast stroke much)
4 x 100 IM (:30)
3 x 300 on 5:13
100 cool down
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1700

Was supposed to be 4 x 300 and a longer cool down, but I was fairly tired and I've been swimming a lot lately... pulled the plug a bit early.

Kelly is coming! We are going to ride our bikes and go for a swimmy. I also have some corework to do from yesterday.

500 warm up
200 closed fist + pb
50 OK/50 INDEX
50 PINKY/50 OK
3 x 100 bands
1) 1:53
2) 1:52
3) 1:54
4 x 300 easy free (5:13)
1) 5:04
2) 5:05
3) 5:03
4) 5:05
4 x 200 Hard (3:15)
1) 2:26 (ran into someone in my lane, and then thought I was done, but I wasn't)
2) 3:14
3) 3:16
4) 3:12
150 stroke
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3300

7:08 AM: I have 2 (count 'em) arbitration hearings today, @ the courthouse that's closest to home. I do, however, have to drive into the office, discuss some stuff with my supervisor, and then drive all the way back to McHenry County to present myself for these hearings. Once again, I will need to clone myself, since I will need to testify in two different court rooms at 1:30PM. How is that going to work? Really?

Hopefully, it will be quick so I can get out a bit early and go swim. 3300 swimmy on the docket for today! I want to do it outside!

3:48 PM: Home! Turns out the attorneys stipulated to my testimony and I didn't have to utter a single syllable. In either case. Of course none of that happened until I showed up at the courthouse, and was sworn in. Ah well, at least I got out of there early and was able to run a couple of errands. Now I'm home and getting my swimming stuff together. I should be able to swim in the outdoor pool! Yay!

It's our good friend BRENDA'S (aka Zilla's) birthday today:

Stop by, wish her well, and offer to tease her hair...

Click on the delightfully wholesome yearbook photo:

This felt rough-ish today. Might have been faster, but I was very pre-occupied with work. Didn't leave the office until 6:15 tonight... got to the forest preserve and started running. Luckily, I avoided the rain.

HR seems high. Knees were creaky. Muscled through it, and got it done. :)

That really big spike and slow down was when I stopped to pet a miniature dachshund. The cutest, tiniest, little tail wagger you've ever seen!

Running tonight. 1:10.

On an unrelated note, I have no food in my refrigerator, and will probably wind up having an onion with a side of orange juice and some parmesan cheese for dinner. There may be ketchup involved, as well. Time will tell. Depends on how adventuresome I feel.

Garmin had a hell of a time finding satellites tonight. Didn't pick up until over 2 miles into my ride.

Couldn't help myself. Felt fast tonight and pushed it with the new wheel and the new cassette. I'm much faster with this stuff. Who knew? I have done some serious work on the engine, methinks. With a lighter bike and TWO lighter race wheels, I just might be unstoppable!

Misc Corework

Was supposed to do this last night. AARRGGGHHHHH.

7:12 AM: Yesterday was certainly a nutritional nadir if there ever was one. After having my onion laden chili-dog for lunch, I proceeded to feed the machine a sloppy Harry (basically a sloppy Joe at a place called Harry's) and some coleslaw. And 3 glasses of Pinot Noir. The mayonnaise mixed cabbage is the closest thing to a vegetable I had all day. This is depressing to even me. And I'm pretty liberal when it comes to fuel for the engine. Today ((will have to be)) better. I'm not sure how it could be worse.

Rachael and I did take one cute photo, though, amidst the heartburn, calories and alcohol.  Compare it to our Sweet 16 picture from last Friday. I think we look better now! 22 years later. Fierce!

200 easy free
100 backstroke
200 closed fist and buoy
50 OK/50 Index/50 Pinky/50 scull
4 X 100 IM, (:30)
6 X 150 light pace free, (:10)
200 backstroke
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2200

No stopwatch today. I loaned it to dumpster for the race this weekend and I can't find my other one... I didn't look that hard, actually...

I guess I'm really taking this NO ELECTRONICS thing seriously... I didn't even set my alarm last night. Whoops. I do have to work this morning, so I'd best get my ass in the shower and get going!

Here, let me fix that for you:

And Chris shows us his ((other)) good side: