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week 9 begins. it's a recovery week - 3, 7, 4, 10.

ran 3 tonight. felt good. it was my last run as a 33 year old!
tomorrow the kids and i are going to do something fun together during the day.
not sure what yet. they are so excited - they love birthdays.
tomorrow night we'll celebrate with steve, get my favorite pizza and have cake and ice cream...
(it's a good thing i am increasing my mileage).

in other news, this picture pretty much sums up our summer. she was so tired, she fell asleep at the dinner table. long days full of fun!

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alarm set for 6:00 a.m. - i ended up waking up at 5:00 and couldn't get back to sleep.
i met amy at her house and we were off. i felt so good today. when i was done i felt
like i could have run more. ahhh, i love days like that! i need to run 6 tomorrow and
then week 8 of training will be done. next week marks the half way point! it has gone so
fast.

i talked to someone this week about marathons. it was an interesting conversation.
some people (maybe most?) just don't understand why in the world someone would
train week after week and then pay to run a brutal 26.2 miles. i found it hard to explain.
there are so many things i love about it, but all seem hard to explain to someone that doesn't
like running, or hasn't experienced the joys of it.

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another 3 at the hotel on the treadmill. good to be home now.
still need to run 6 and 13. amy is planning on going w/me again on saturday. so awesome!
and, it's only supposed to be a high of 75 for the day. it's been a beautiful july. question is, where did it go?

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ran 3 at the hotel today. this week will be another tricky one to get the miles in.
this morning i told the kids i only had to run for about 30 minutes. they sat in the fitness room (thankfully no one else was in there, or it wouldn't have worked) with books while i ran. they started getting pretty antsy at about 20 minutes, but they did great. i
think i might have to do the same thing tomorrow morning, unless we get home in time for me to run 6.

thanks for all the help w/team in training! i'll let you know what i find out at the meeting next week and what i decide.

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has anyone ever done team in training?
if so, what was your experience? please share.

there is a meeting coming up here soon and i'm interested in finding out more.
is travel to the marathon and registration fee included? there are some really neat marathons
coming up and i love the idea of raising money to help w/this cause. it's just a thought right now.

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3 tonight to finish up week 7 of training.
next week - 3,6,3,13.

in other news, the kids had a lemonade stand today w/some of the neighborhood kids.
.25 per cup and they made $21. memories were made on this beautiful summer day.

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ran 12 today. my friend amy roller bladed next to me the whole time. she's planning to come with me for all the long runs she can. i'm so thankful for her. she wears a camelbak, so i have water and a place to put my gels. i think the vanilla bean gu is my favorite. i had 2 today. one at mile 5 and one at mile 9. if nothing else, they are a good placebo.

i was a little stiff this morning. i started feeling better about mile 2, like usual. overall, my legs felt pretty good today. i was able to keep a 10 minute mile pace the whole time, even with all our gabbing. we did have to stop at a couple stop lights, but i stopped my garmin for that.

it was a good day.

i'll leave you with a picture from our trip to the zoo this week and our new kitten - "gertie."
we went to "just look" at some baby kittens and we all fell in ♥love♥ with her.