yeah, yeah

i know, i am not posting. thats because i am not running. i am taking a week break while the hubby nurses a nasty bruise that happened during an accident that SHOULD HAVE broken his leg. resume running on monday: 6 miles :)

new kicks!

we got new shoes! as evidenced in my last post, we (em and i) got soaked. my shoes were wet for 3 days, so no running for me. excuses, excuses right? well, only a good excuse to go out and buy a second pair of running shoes! i needed a new pair soon anyways and i should have two pairs, right? let me tell you- zappos ROCKS! we ordered our shoes (the hubby needed a new pair too....there was a hole from his toe!) after 21:00 and we got them by 10:00 the next morning!!! free shipping! what!? i figured they would take forever, but zappos is cheaper than buying them from a running store. and kev needs to buy his shoes from there anyways, no one carries his size really. i guess that's what happens when you wear size 17. oh, and aren't we cute??? our shoes match....lol. his have yellow accents and mine are "obnoxiously" yellow.

and yes, i did finally get to do my 4 miler. it was not all that bad and i got to start breaking in my new shoes. 5 miles on monday!

rain or shine???

the next time i use this phrase, just slap me, okay? i did not run monday because we were taken out to eat at red lobster....and i don't think anyone would run after eating half a pound of crab legs, a few stuffed shrimp, and some bread. i wasn't about to, at least. but tonight i finally made it out the door to do the 4 miler. me and the hubby were going to have to do it separate because em was taking a super late nap and soup was cooking on the stove. and no excuses, right? come rain or shine, right? of course, right as i am walking out the door to take my turn first, emily peeks out her door. awesome, right? i mean, i get to have the stroller so i get to have my water bottles, towel, music, all that. well, almost 2 miles into the run i see lightening. where did this come from? so i start booking it and it begins to pour. half a mile later, i finally get to the gas station to use their phone to call hubby to come to our rescue. poor em is shivering and we are soaked. so, yeah, when i said i would run rain or shine, i really would have rathered it NOT rain, thankyouverymuch. and i didn't do my 4 miler :( but i guess i'm better off than kevin- he did not get to run at all. 4 miles tomorrow......do i want to lose sleep and wake up at 6 or do i want to feel like dieing and run in the heat? eh, bring on the heat!

i HATE biking

okay, maybe i touched up on this in the last post, but that was a few days ago and i have a horrible memory. i do not like biking....at all. my hubby is breezing by me with em in tow- doing circles, laughing, having a grand old time. me- i'm huffing and puffing trying to make it up another hill. i would take running over biking ANY day. so, i guess something good comes from it: a better appreciation for running. i am thinking of maybe roller blading, but there are a few hills and i have to push a jogging stroller at the same time. unless hubby bikes with em and i trail behind in skates. something to think about, later. right now, i am psyching myself up for a 4 mile run tomorrow night. while training almost 2 years ago, i wouldn't run anything less then a 5. so it is a little unmotivating to think i am dreading a measly 4 miler. oh well, as they say: "rome was not built in a day." and, soon enough, it will be fall and we will be running our 8 and 9 miles in the cool, crisp air :)