Tri-Dogmom

What a week. It was fun, and exhausting and as always, I am so happy to be home. Turkey day went great. We had family over to our house for dinner, so I was busy cleaning, packing, baking, and then entertaining until about 9pm when I finally zipped up my suitcase. The flight to Seattle went great. I actually landed 30mins early. When does that happen? Apparently not too often, but more on that later. My friend Shelby's finance' picked me up and I was in their apartment hugging my friend by noon. Her mom was in town, so we all walked thru Green Lake over to a bar & grill for lunch and a couple of beers. Jeez, I forgot what COLD was like. On the walk back I could see my breath and my nose was cold and rosy.... A couple hours later we heard from my other college friend and roomy, Erin. She was in town for Thanksgiving so of course we had to meet up with her as well. Erin & her husband Vince rented a hotel in downtown Seattle so they could meet up with us & not have ...

It's been 85 degrees at home.... and you are traveling somewhere where the race forecast is: Believe it or not, I actually do own some cold weather running stuff. Before I lived the fabulous work from home life, I used to get up in the dark, cold winter and run before work when it was sometimes, rare as they were, in the 30's. I even did a race in Tucson that was the day after a SNOW storm in Arizona. Race start temp was 39 degs . Finish 45 degs . I started the race in tights, long sport top, long sleeve top, coat, hat, gloves, and ear wrap. I ended in tights & long sport top.... BUT, I was running HARD. My HR was in the 170s-180... So, what I'm not sure about this Sunday is 1. It's been SO warm here the coolest I have run in is maybe 55 degs ? 2. The humidity - when it's cold, doesn't that make it COLDER vs the heat/humidity? 3. I plan on sherpa - ing for Carrie, so I'm not "racing" - I don't expect my HR to be super high? ...

As I mentioned before, I'm turning 30. Very soon. And, apparently, it is supposed to be a BIG deal. But, I really don't see it as that. I see it as another day... another number, and I still think I'm 25. So, I decided to reflect some and take note of some of the things I've done, seen and accomplished in the past 10 years, all before the age of 30.... In no particular order, here are a few of them! Met the love of my life and got married him on an island far away... and alone.. well besides the random other vacationers... Learned there is more to life than a savvy career of climbing the corporate ladder, and most importantly, that it was NOT for me I've been lucky enough to find a job that is perfect for me. I am happy and content, and most of all blessed Raised 2 crazy breed puppies from 7 weeks old. They are my babies, my pride and joy First in my family (immediate) to graduate with a bachelors degree Completed 4 Stand Alone Marathons, several half marathons, tri...

Is everyone noticing the Christmas decorations all over? Is it really almost December? Is it REALLY almost the end of the year? Where on earth did this year go. I swear, it has been the fastest, craziest, most exciting year yet..... This weekend S & I spent most of our time moving my stuff into my new office.... It's ALMOST there, just a couple cables to finish moving around, and then attaching my book shelf to the wall. The kids have decided they think the new futon is the COOLEST dog bed ever. Abby & Baxter are sound asleep next to each other on it. I so need to get some REAL dog beds. I wish they weren't so damn cute. My "GET OFF" "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED UP THERE" lasted, oh, about 2 minutes.... I have no control in this house. It's a quick short week for me. Thursday we are having my family over for Thanksgiving, then Friday early morning I am on a plane to Seattle. It's going to be a mini-reunion with some friends. Carrie will be there ...

I'm thinking my "road to recovery" post was a little premature.. Unfortunately. While, my neck is still healing fantastically , my IT band is still well, the same. I've had little to NO pain in my neck and arms. Some Saturday, but I slept funny and we were running around all day long and picking up boxes, etc. I actually felt great again in the am. Now, my IT band is another story. Saturday I was able to do 45 mins with Shane & the dogs. It was great. Not 100%, I could still feel some tugging, but no stopping me pain. I stopped and stretched a couple of times and it was fine. Later that night my knee started catching a bit more... I took Sunday off, well from normal exercises, Shane & I were busy building my new office (A.K.A. the spare bedroom) and normal weekend cleaning. I'll share pictures of that when it's actually finished. Which includes another trip to IKEA to exchange the futon cover because I decided it's not going to work out...

I wanted to give an update about my Neck Injury/Progress.... Oh, and the IT band seems to be getting better. I babied it like crazy last week, and did a lot more walking than running. I walked 10miles, ran 9.5. On Sunday I was able to do 3.5miles by shortening my stride. It was the best run of the 3, and had no pain after the run. I am hoping to do either 3.5 or 4 tomorrow as well.... I just don't want to lock it up again... On Monday I had my 3rd and final Epidural Injection. My first one was on October 8th, and they are done in a serious of 3 every two weeks. The idea is that the each injection basically works of the last. The steroids are supposed to have more of an effect each time. Fortunately, I think it's working. Although the 3rd one has not had enough time to really change anything yet, the first two have really seemed to help. The first injection was the most painful. It took 3 days before I was not in a LOT of pain. I couldn't turn my neck, or bend it forward or ...

So this whole turning 30 thing hasn't really been a big deal to me. But, it seems like EVERYONE else seems to think it should be. That, or they are just plain old being mean. For instance, the other day I got a nice little letter in the mail from my Health Insurance Provider that basically said, "Thank you for spending God awful amounts of money with us each year to get the very minimal coverage. As a reward for that we have decided to, once again screw you over. We see that you are reaching a new milestone in your life. You are getting old. You are going to start falling apart, therfore, you will pay for it. You have reaching the OLD lady bracket and as of Jan 1, 2008 you will now be giving us your life savings, because, again... You.Are.Old." Thank you." Ok.. so that might not be EXACTLY what the letter said, but it was something like that.... In some ways I don't feel like I'm this age. When I'm asked my age, I swear a lot of times I have to re...

You would think we could actually look at the camera... er... not... Thanks to Nat for the picture! You can't see, but I was sporting one of the over-priced, but adorable tanks from gypsyrunner . "My running partner has four legs" Oh, and of course I HAD to have the one that says "I run for wine."....... It's like these people KNOW me or something....