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Marathon Training - Week 6 - Day 6

Marathon Training - Week 7  - Day 1 & 2

I have been enjoying a bit of a 'staycation' with the family for the past five days. It's been super enjoyable, but has me way behind in the blog world.  I have a fantabulous post coming up about all the amazing food we consumed...and the wine too!  For now I am going to catch up on our marathon training!

Saturday we had a 10 mile long run on our training schedule.

This was the weather at 6:00am.  It was warmer and the dew point was higher by the time we were done.

We went to River Legacy Park and ran 5 miles out and 5 miles back on the trail.

Randee was all chipper & ended up being my cheerleader to finish this horrible run!

Brittany and Talia were getting ready to rumble.  Something about Brittany was gonna kick her butt if she ever said she was going to quit running again.

WHAT?  A boy?  Little Brittany brought her "friend" Jaryd along for the run.  Rule #1: No making out while running.

Little did I know when I took this self portrait how bad my run would be!

We were off.  Kinda.

We went a good 25 feet before one of Randee's water bottles fell out and the lid busted.  Not a good start.

And were off...again.

We did the first five miles with no breaks.  It was hot.  I was sucking wind from the start.

One positive...the sky was GORGEOUS!

At mile 5 the plan was to turn around, walk while taking a GU and then to turn our music on and run it home.

5 miles done and still smiling....not really, but we can pretend for one picture.

Randee gagged down some new version of GU.  She said it was nasty, but is sure seemed to give her a major burst of energy.

I ate a few sharkies.  I was also sucking down water.  I was dehydrated from the get go.  I'm sure my wine consumption (to be discussed in the next post) had nothing to do with it!

Then we went to put our music on....and Randee's iPod was dead.  So, since she was feeling so peppy I begged her to talk to me the entire five miles back to the car.  She kept me entertained and somewhat focused.  I did have to stop and walk on a few occasions.  Just a really sucky run for me.

But we finished! 

Brittany and Jaryd finished in about five minutes, and had time to bake a pie and still make out before we got done.  Talia had a good run and was having to cover her eyes from the make out session until we got there.

Driving to Starbucks....ugh....I was hating all things running at this point.

Brittany was taking self portraits of her "Freakishly Amazing." shirt.

Jaryd was trying to figure out how he got suckered into waking up at the butt crack of dawn to run 10 hot miles with a bunch of bitches.

Randee and Talia met us at the park, so we had a convoy on the way to Starbucks.

Jaryd had the great opportunity to listen in on girl talk at it's best.  Sex.  Losing Toe Nails. People we like.  People we don't like.  The catty teenagers sitting next to us.  Randee's filthy mouth.  No subject was off limits.

Ms. Thang is trying to get a job as a Sexy, Gangster Starbucks model.  I hear they're in great demand.  Please notice the LUNA headband she was rockin'. 

On Monday Randee and I did Yogilates by the pool.  It was crazy windy and we were both only half into it.  But we did it. 

Tuesday called for 4 miles at race pace.

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However, this was going on outside.  So we skipped our workout.  There is plenty of day left to make up the 4 miles, but as of right now I'm not very motivated to make that happen!

I'm about to be out of town for a week.  It will be interesting to see how we manage our training while apart!  You know I don't like to workout alone!  However, my family has promised to join me on my runs  Ooohh...and my cousin teaches Pilates.  She is supposed to lead us in pilates on the beach.  That sounds amazing!  Except she might tell me how horrible my form is.  When you do home videos there is no one there to tell you that you really suck.  Oh well, it'll be fun just the same!

Less than 16 weeks to race day.  Seems like forever...but also right around the corner.  We really should book our flights to Chicago soon!

Happy Tuesday!

A Dog, a Cat and a Rat. What?

Marathon Training Week 4 - Day 6

Saturday called for eight miles.  We decided to run at River Legacy Park in Arlington. It is a very scenic paved trail run.  It's also very shaded, and with the record temps already this season, shade is good.

Nice tree lined paths.

There are multiple bridges, water fountains and benches.

You go under a main road.  I have seen homeless sleeping under the bridge, but thankfully not this time.

We chatted nonstop the first four miles.  Than stopped and stretched, had a few Sharkies and popped in the headphones and ran silent for the last four.

My first time trying the Sharkies...and I really liked them!

I felt great on this run.  I think we will do more running here.  I believe they have eight miles of trail, so this location will also work for our longer runs.

Talia did not enjoy herself, and declared she was burned out on running.  Hmmm...maybe her new Vibram Five Fingers will get her back in the groove.

Brittany was all distraught over Talia's sudden dislike of running.  I'm not sure if she is channeling Elvis in this picture or passing gas.

Randee was just a ray of bitchiness sunshine.

Am I the only one who enjoyed myself?  How can you not be happy when you have boob sweat?

We headed over to Starbucks when we were done.

My weekly trio of drinks after my run.  Venti Nonfat Vanilla Latte, Chocolate Milk and Ice Water.  I'm also loving the Kind Plus bars.

I've only tried the Cranberry Almond....and they are tasty!

I had a fantastic "me" afternoon on Saturday.  No good pictures to share, but I had a manicure and pedicure and got my hair did.

Doug took the kids to the park to play.

Apparently the monkey bars took the hide off both of their hands.

I arrived home to lots of tears.  After screams from hydrogen peroxide, they settled down after I bandaged them up.  Today they seem much better, and I think they might survive.

Saturday night we went out with a few friends.

We went to the Fort Worth Stockyards.

You could give this guy money because he had a dog, with a cat and a rat on it's back.  I have no words....

We were gonna have a drink at Billy Bob's, but didn't want to pay the $15 cover.

So we went to the Neon Moon...where we were the only people in the entire place. That's Brad, Doug's friend since grade school.  He appears to be having a better time than me.

Doug's friend John and his girlfriend Laura joined us.

Lame is how I would describe the night up until this point.  Not my thing.  So we headed back towards our "hood" and the hole in the wall bar known as the Yacht Club.  The Yacht Club is nowhere near water.  Many of the people there are missing a large number of their teeth.  It reeks of smoke.  The live band was so drunk they could hardly stand up.  However, it was better than the stockyards.

Chuck and Cher joined us.  Don't know what's in those cups, but they are both sucking it real hard.

Aren't we cute!

When the band took a break Cheri played "Teach Me How to Dougie"....Doug's theme song....than they entertained us doing the Dougie.

Self portrait master piece.

We ended the night with a glass of wine by the pool.  Overall a fun evening. 

The best part....I slept until 10:00am on Sunday.  Awesome!

Doug grilled up some more tasty steaks...

...and played my "sexy pool boy" in his awesome new hat.

I laid in the hammock and got my lazy on.

Here is my top half chillin' in the hammock.

Here's my bottom half chillin' in the hammock.

The middle is the scary part, so no need to show that.

Now I'm sitting by the pool writing this blog.  A storm is blowing in.  The sky is gorgeous and the temps are finally dropping.

There is also lightning happening in the distance.

I'm hoping for some rain tonight, but clear skys for morning yoga by the pool.

Marathon training week 5 starts tomorrow!