The best laid plans...

Good note: After a day of eating vegetables and yogurt, I feel loads less gross.

Bad note: I have to go look at houses this afternoon, so I might not be able to get my run in before I meet up with fellow book people.

Good note: Kristina is having car trouble (not good for her...) and we might change the day we meet, so I could possibly get a run in today.

Bad note: The real estate market might literally make my head explode.

Perestroika!!!

IT IS TIME FOR A REVOLUTION!!! THE SLACKING STOPS NOW!!!

I'm officially in the worst shape I've probably been in years. In the past, I might not have always exercised, but I at least attempted and pretended to eat healthy. But these last six months I've eaten whatever, whenever and how ever much I pleased. When I eat junk, I just feel sluggish and gross. And currently I feel extra sluggish and gross. Especially after spending the weekend away from home and having to eat out for every meal, I actually miss vegetables and foods with out sauces!!

I have plans this evening, but my bag is already packed for a run tomorrow. Twenty six miles is a really long effin' way no matter what, but it's going to be a million times worse if I'm not trained.

SHOOZ again!

sorry, i can't help it, i'm obsessed with the shoes. i've decided that good shoes are the secret to my success and bad ones are the reasons for my FAILZ. (this is in lieu of taking responsibility for my slackness in training....)

anyway, i wasn't sure about the Asics i bought at PR pre-cherry blossom so I went to georgetown running company and tried on a bunch more shoes, including the newer edition of the Nikes that I (and Amber!) had been running in before, some Mizunos and some more Asics. This salesman was a Real African Runner, so I beleebed ebery word he said.

And.... i bought the same Asics again. thinking they were a different model. *slaps forehead*

(in my defense, they looked different- different years! but really.... same shoe....slightly different lacing pattern, but... same shoe. sigh.)

I guess this means that this really is the shoe for me though!

I didn't run.

I suck.

BLARG. I stayed up too late and will probably go home and nap today instead of running as well.

Running dates

Hello fellow peeps of questionable running dedication.

I'm le worried about my base building as I have not run but once since our 10 miler and only once or twice before that! How would you guys feel about doing some "long" runs together before we start training? Like every other week or something?

4 miles 5/2
6 miles 5/16 (I think this is the day Chris graduates so the 17th might work better for me)
7 miles 5/30

This way we still have some motivation and accountability, but we're not giving up all our weekends... yet.

O, and I hear by promise to run for atleast 30 minutes tonight.

Running Date!

Hey! Let's run together soon! How about Sunday, May 3rd, 9:00am. How about, meet up at Elizabeth's and go for a run on the trail again? Do 4 miles? Eliz, you available? Amber and I were chatting and this day/time works for us.

I also want to invite Jessika because May 3 is the final day of the biggest loser, which we all seem to have basically bailed on, but we may as well fake it to the finish? good excuse to get together anyway, right? if she doesn't want to run, we can tell her to just meet us at Elizabeth's around 10:30? and we'll.. do brunch? or something?

whimper

I'm really starting to worry about myself guys!! I haven't been out running yet!! At ALL. This weekend Zach and I went for long walks both days, but.. that's not the same. I can almost feel my leg muscles deteriorating.

I feel like if I just get out once, it'll start me up again. Maybe tonight I'll be hardcore and run in the rain. ..hey, it could happen..

-RachAL

30, 000 people have signed up for the MCM and it's all full up!! i really can't imagine - thirty thOUSAND nutburgers that all want to run 26.2 miles??? geeeeez!

did you guys get any good runs in this weekend? i didn't do jack!

tempo run

Amber. plz explaaaayn. what's a tempo run, again?

THIS IS A BLOG TEST FROM SUPER SECRET BLOG EMAIL!

Yeah i don't really wanna buy shoes online too much, unless they're ones i Knnnnowww.  i was trying to find my nikes on there, but there's a new generation out (which i haven't tried yet) and mine are now "endangered".  which means good sales price, but not too many 6.5's available.  did find them on ebay though. but. i don't like ebay for some weird neurotic reason.

Did you gais get my fwd from the =PR= running store? they're having a tent sale & bbq thing at the arlington location! same day as kara's shower though....and amber will be in an aeroplane.... 

Rachel are you doing the Pacers run tonight?!  free tech t-shirt!  i will be graping with the apes at the zoo....

new easier faster more fun blogging option

Ok guys I'm trying this out. I Think I just set up the blog so that you could send posts directly to the blog as an email and it posts the same way as if you'd logged in and posted it yourself.

I will send you an email with the "secret" blog posting email address you need to send your blogs to. this should make it easier to blog right??

I was trying to find some pertinent marathon blabber to post here, but I too had trouble finding anything in our old emails worth posting!

One thing I can share is this link Amber found, with a marathon training schedule AND a "mileage buildup" schedule. I lurve it. http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_mile.html

SHOOZ

I need to return my pricey shoes. But i still need a new pair! Any good online shoe stores?

here is amber and my shooz, not available in my size, but they have an 11... is that what you wear, Aber?

http://www.zappos.com/product/7369273/color/166435

My leg still hurts. :( my coozy isn't helping very much either! it kinda itches!

did you guys do your runz you were planning??

How about something that is a tribute to how we met? Or how we've been friends?

I've been busy today, so the best I could came up with so far is "The Virginia Haulers" (since we all lived in Virginia Hall as freshman and that's where we met.) But it kind of makes us sound like a moving company.

I'll think more tomorrow.

Pump me up!

I want to be as pumped as Team Awesome.!!!!! What is our team going to be?

Ooo, so my bike ride this past weekend was on the Mount Vernon trail. Did you gais ever train on that? I'd never been before, the views of the water were suuuper pretty!

Hey You Guysss

Hey here's our blog! I've added you (Eliz and Amber) as contributors, let's see how it works.

Elizabeth, doesn't this picture of Team AWESOME. get you all PUMPED to be as awesome as that??

I was trying to find a pic of just the three of us - this is all I got. We will have to take pictures of our amazing training sessions.