random facts friday

Because I am completely devoid of original ideas this week, I will steal my favorite bloggy post theme from here and call it a day.

1. I have had 10 various operations or procedures ranging from tubes in my ears 3x to having a tiny little person cut out of me on 2 separate occassions to knee surgery and pretty much everything in between.

2.  I ALWAYS put my right shoe on first. Always.

3. If I don't have a watch on I panic a little. (related: I NEVER take my watch off)

4. I don't consider it a dog if it doesn't weight 35+ pounds. It might be a great companion, but it's not a dog, it's a fur ball.

5. I still have to use the little hand trick to multiply by 9.

6. I haven't worn a dress since I wore my wedding dress...8 years ago.

7. I am allergic to adhesive, but ONLY when I am pregnant.

8. I cannot sleep in socks for any reason.

9. I don't actually miss Facebook at all.

10. I broke my finger playing football with the boys in my neighborhood in 2nd grade. My finger is still crooked, but I made the tackle.

Happy Friday!

so proud (mostly a wordless wednesday)

Here is my baby on Monday. My FIVE YEAR OLD baby, ready for her second week of running fun. And a picture of my boy, you know, for fairness sake. :) Happy Wednesday. Hope you get to run today.

She's having so much fun. I'm so glad she is enjoying herself.

And here is my boy, just because I think he's cute. Livin' the thug life, obviously.

april goals

Short term, intermediate goals are not my strong suit. I do well with big, scary (i.e. run a half marathon/marathon) longer term goals, but the little ones are the ones I tend to slack on. So here's my effort to do better at setting, keeping and meeting short term goals.

1. Find my long lost nutritional discipline. I seem to have lost my ability to make wise food choices on a regular basis. That needs to change as I ramp up mileage. Also, my sister is getting married in May. Less of a muffin top would be a good thing. In terms of details that means way less dairy (if any at all) on my sensitive tummy and to back away from the Oreos. Oh how I love Oreos, but that's for another post on another day. Oh and I'm also experimenting with a new pre and post run fuel strategy, but I will get into that when I have been able to see how it's going to pan out.

2. Speaking of mileage. I want to set the somewhat lofty (for me) goal of running 75 miles this month. Now, for those of you who regularly run this in a week or two try to remember what it was like to be a newbie. Besides, the point of this goal is that what I REALLY need to do is to become more consistent on a day to day and a week to week training basis. I tend to go hard for a week or so and then skip most of a week then rinse and repeat. If I could find some consistency in training, everything else will fall into place. Besides, to meet my overall goal of running the FULL at the Route 66 Marathon in November, I need to be running consistently before training actually begins, not just when I get a bee in my bonnet and need to blow off steam. (Bee in my bonnet? What am I, 88 years old and from Revolutionary America?!)

3. Crosstrain. Eww. But it needs to happen. Riding my bike and some weight and core training need to become regular occurrences in my life. Seriously. As my sister calls them, "Nancy Regan arms" just won't cut it in a tank top...or ever.

4. Stop being a wimp when it comes to the 5K. I need to get faster and learn to deal with the short term pain of a 5K. I can do it for a half marathon, but not a 5K? I make no sense. Looking to set a new PR pronto.

So there it is. What I want to do in my running life this April. Exciting, huh? Well, I am already 7 miles deep, so it's a start!! If I can start to pull the little things together, November 18 is going to be a BIG marathon-y success!

Happy Running! (or Zumba, [Erin!] or spin or swim or however you like to sweat!)