go little turtle, go!

11/3/12

Today started off about as good as any day can!  Arjay made me some delicious pumpkin pancakes and bacon, while I got the dough started for the bread for Communion tomorrow (plus a couple extra loaves for us.  Jesus said it was totally ok with him.)

After breakfast, we made our to-do-list for today - let's just say, I'm looking forward to the launch of Arjay's blog, "The 72 Hour Saturday."  We had big plans!  I needed to finish clearing my garden beds to get ready to cover them up for the winter, Arjay planned to make the back gate for the garden, cut limbs from a pine tree that had completely taken the sun from a cedar tree, and then he planned to go for a bike ride.  But, enough about that...I'll let HIM tell you all about it.  

Once the To-Do-List was made, Arjay headed to Lowes, and while my bread rose, I went for a freaking amazing little run.  My Long Slow Distance (LSD) runs are supposed to be super-slow, keeping my heart rate under 156.   I did pretty good!  I averaged 156, which meant I probably spent more time at the higher rate, but that's ok - it also means I wasn't over it by ridiculous amounts.

Remember how I had that one run on the "unfinished" greenway?  Well, I went back there, and they've made quite a bit of progress!  There's only one section of mulch now, and it's only about 1/10 of a mile long; the rest is either paved (most of it) or packed dirt, ready to be paved.   It's absolutely beautiful!  

Here's a nice photo:

Keeping it slow really allowed me to enjoy the time outside.  I'm looking forward to getting further down the trail as the weeks progress!


11/4/12:

Well, it's official!  Daylight Savings Time is over, so it's going to be dark when I leave work, but light when I wake up - so, my test begins tomorrow!  I'm going to T-R-Y to get up at 6, to go for a 1/2 on hour run.  Those of you who run first thing in the morning - do you have a little snack?  I'm thinking a banana - that ought to give me some energy, but no gastro-intestinal distress.

Today, is cross-train day.  Do hauling a lot of stuff down to our burn pile, carrying lumber to the lumber stack, and raking count?  It felt like it should, so I'm going with it.  That's about as paleo as it gets.  I feel like I should kill a saber-tooth tiger and pick some berries to make the day complete.  Instead - we are heading to the pub for beers and Trad. music by the best darn irish session players in NC!  

Fall Back? Why don't YOU Fall Back, and just let me sleep.

November 2, 2012

I tell you what - I'm really enjoying this weather!  Yesterday it was a little over 50 degrees, kinda sunny, kinda not.  Just about perfect, as far as I'm concerned.

I ran for just 30 minutes, at a little over 12:00/ mile pace.  That's right about where I'm supposed to be for hitting my marathon goal of 5 hours...maybe even meeting my stretch goal of 4:50:00.

Pretty exciting!

This "training slow" business is great - in the last 6 weeks, I've noticed how my per mile pace is decreasing while my heart rate is remaining constant.  The body is a pretty cool machine, huh?

I'm a little worried as we head into the standard time model.  In Daylight Savings Time, I'm able to run after work - but now it's going to be dark....So, that means morning runs.  BOOO!  It means I'll need extra doses of motivation.  Unfortunately while my husband is a chipper little bird in the morning, my two dogs are snooze hounds, like me.  AND they are snuggly.  It's almost impossible to get out of the bed when Matilda is curled up on your tummy, and Fill is curled up on your feet.  BUT!  We shall find a way!  We will power through!  We will not be defeated!  (i find i get more motivated if i use the Royal We when talking about myself.)

Those you early morning types - how do you do it?  What advice do you have for me?