Skunk Cabbage Photos

I've been able to keep the crazy away for another day by stepping out to run. I really wanted to get in nice six miles, but I decided to be smart and stopped at 4 since I was mildly uncomfortable by the end.

Blah grey weather, but great temperature for running. 

I was even an extra good girl and foam rolled and did planks! I feel that I should get extra presents from Santa this year. I really could use more compression socks. (Hint, hint)

The good news is that I probably could have run 6 miles aerobically, I just didn't feel that I should push it. But I think I'm on the upward trend, thankfully.

In another news, photos from the Skunk Cabbage is up. I'm definitely not the next ridiculously photogenic guy. Too bad, it would have been fun to get memed.

My personal favorite

I actually did not see the camera man. It probably has something to do with the fact that I was holding my glasses instead of wearing them, because the sudden rain made the glasses as useful as a single sock. (I hate how my socks go to the washing machine in pairs and comes back as one. It's like Hunger Games all up in my washer.)

Oh the joys of end of a race captured right on my face. 

Stefan on the other hand, came out like he's winning the entire thing. His stupid 20/20 vision helped him spot the photographer in time. (Just kidding, it's not really stupid. In fact, I'm insanely jealous of the no glasses thing)

Well, I fist pumped at the finish line , which did not have any photographers to capture it. 

One of these days, I'm going to be so fit that I'm going to look as awesome as the ridiculously photogenic guy at the end of the marathon. Who's with me?

Virtual Race

For the first time in my life, I participated in a virtual race.

I ran 3.4 miles for Jamie for her birthday!

This is Jamie. It's her birthday. 

Today was a whirlwind of projects and meetings, pushing the run to near midnight. It totally counts if I started out the door before midnight, 11:35PM to be exact.

It was cold, and the last thing I wanted to do in this awful snowy cold weather was to run. Did I mention it was cold? To top it off, all of the sidewalks were icy. But I went out and got it done. You're welcome, Jamie. :)

All bundled up and ready to go. Why, yes we are wearing hats with horns. 

It was the slowest 3.4 miles I've ever run since I started running with a pace of 12:05/mile, but I consider the run a success.
1. Neither of us slipped on the snow and injured ourselves (reason why the run was so slow)
2. We made it out the door in the nick of time to get our virtual racing in.

Good thing there was this virtual race, because after my successful long run on Friday, no running happened during the rest of the weekend. But I did think about running and talked about running a lot.

Saturday, Jamie and Mike visited me to drive over the Skunk Cabbage Half marathon course.

From left: Jamie,Stef, me, Mike

This was our self portrait with my ipod, myspace style, because that's always cool.

It was a lot of fun. It was nice to be able to talk for hours about fueling, marathon peeing, shoes, etc without scaring the other people away.

I normally get sketched out by random people adding me on facebook, but I love meeting running bloggers (strangers?) in person. It's hard to think about a blogger as a stranger. But my friend made a hilarious comment about how it's probably the worst idea ever to meet running bloggers, because if they turned out to be axe murderers, I wouldn't even be able to outrun them. Good point, good sir.

The faces of not axe murderers. 

So this was my weekend. Thanks for all your recommendations on fueling. I have about two months to try them all out and find out what works. Also, we should all meet up sometime! Have you guys ever run a virtual race? Or better yet ever hosted one?