Beautiful day

40 minute run went well this morning - it was beautiful! It was also nice to have a little bit of company. Craig took off on his bike at the same time...so I saw his back for about 30 seconds before he was out of sight.

We are both finishing our first summer session, so this week is busy! I think this week is going to require a lot of coffee and chocolate!

2 Thumbs Way Up for WALL-E!

Yesterday turned out to be a productive day. I was able to make a lot of progress on the essay, unfortunately without my group member's help, and submitted it early enough to go on our date. We left late, so our romantic dinner was Subway in the car! But the movie was GREAT! It had a lot of funny parts and I liked that they did a really good job on animating Wall-E's facial expressions. Two thumbs way up.

This morning was very overcast and pretty humid. The running goal was 9 miles at a 10:40-11:10 pace. I wasn't very motivated to start my run because I didn't have a course planned, but it turned out to be a good run. I ran a similar route as last week's 7 mile run. I figured out another mile loop through a good neighborhood and just did that on my way out and back. I still haven't figured out a way to carry water with me, so I just ran with a water bottle. Not the best method, but it works for now. However, we didn't have any water bottles at the house, so I stopped and bought one along the run. My average pace was 10:45.

It has turned out to be a very beautiful day. And a good day to buy a bike! Craig has been doing a lot of research and found a really nice bike. He took me to look at it and after a "test drive," he decided that he really liked it. He is excited and I'm just as excited because now I have a running partner!! For those interested, it is a 2009 Trek 7.2FX. And it is pretty! And it has a bell!! Now it just needs one of those cute little bike licence plates that says "Speed demon" or "C-diddy." HaHa! I'm sure that idea will never get clearance!

Running is good for thinking

One of the things that I love about running is that it gives me time to think. I made two realizations tonight: 1) I am letting myself get too stressed about my class. Actually Craig helped me realize this as I was walking out the door and while I was running I realized he was right. and 2) In one week, I will be done with this class and will be ready to enjoy the 4th of July weekend. Anyone doing anything fun for the 4th?

My 30 minute run tonight went well. I ran into a few lightening bugs, but luckily no mosquitoes!

Hopefully my mind is clear and I can make some progress on my essay. I am hoping to get it completed early so that we can have a date night to see Wall-E Friday night!

New shoes

Sunday afternoon we went to Pacesetters and I got another pair of running shoes. I guess it is recommended to switch between 2 pairs during the week so that each pair has a chance to bounce back and provide the support it is supposed to. The shoe salesman is a runner himself, so I feel like I had good help and information to buy a good shoe. He ran the mini this year also - 40 minutes faster than me!

I tried out my new shoes Monday morning during my 40 minute run. They felt really good. Actually the shoes are a 1/2 size bigger cause my feet will swell with all the miles. Monday I ran to the post office and then took our water bill to city hall...just trying to get some different scenery in.

Today I moved my Wednesday run to this evening. It is supposed to storm and get hot and humid tomorrow...yuck. Also another reason I ran tonight was to burn off some frustration. I met Craig at the library tonight to take my Geography Exam. I was about 25% of the way through when it kicked me out of the exam. This actually happened with the first exam and the professor was nice enough to let me restart the test. This time he is out of town, so I don't know when I will be able to try it again - if he lets me. The worst part though is that the exam is really horrible. I just wanted to get it over with. I can't wait to be done with this class.

Tonight's run was 8 x 400 at 2:05 pace with warm up and cool down. Tonight's run felt better than last week's when I ran 6. I ran it again at the track. It was nice to see the sunset for a change instead of the sunrise. Got to go...Craig is making waffles!! Yum!

Morning run

Morning run went really well. I was supposed to run 7 miles at a 10:40 - 11:10 pace. This is so I run the distance at a maintainable pace, rather than run a race each week. My average pace ended up being 10:43. It was hard to go the right pace at first and then it felt really good. It is a beautiful morning.

Coming June 27th!

Topic of Conversation

This picture was posted on WTHI when all the flooding happened 2 weeks ago. The flood is still a very big topic of conversation with my patients. This picture of Hobby Lobby and Kroger shows how bad the flash flooding was in Terre Haute. This area is about a mile from where I work. My dental office received no damage, but Doc had to take a boat to the door to assess if any water had gotten into the building. Most of my patients talk about just having water in their crawl space, but there were people who lost their house and vehicles. There was also flooding in Clinton, but the water stayed about a block away. I woke up that Saturday morning and it was raining...hard...and it just kept raining hard. I decided I should turn on the tv and watch the weather. Pretty soon, I was thinking...hmm...maybe I should wake up Craig and start thinking about what I need to grab if we have to evacuate. The roads were closed and we just stayed put. We were very fortunate to have no water issues.