we'll be celebrating two birthdays here next month. i'm looking forward to making this cake for my girl.
have you tried it?

photo from here.

20!

thanks for all the great ideas of how to enjoy running again! it's getting better. i added a few new songs to my ipod and ordered a new pair of shoes. i don't normally like to buy new shoes during training, but i was way overdue for new shoes. i stayed with the same brand (saucony) and model, so hopefully they will be ok.
not a big fan of purple, but i couldn't say no to a little girl that wanted me to get her favorite color. ☺

20.
today i was trying to follow the cardinal rule of "don't do something new on race day that you didn't do in training."
so, i used this as my experiment run before the marathon.
i wore what i will most likely run in (unless the weather changes drastically), ate the bagel i plan to eat, and used the vanilla gu and sports beans i will use. can't decide if i will run in a hat or wear my bondi band (have you heard of those? i really like them).
felt pretty good overall today. had to tell myself to just.keep.moving.
the weather has been amazing! 70 today. tomorrow 60. i love fall!
starting to taper now 5, 4, 5, 12 this week.

i seem to have lost the joy in running lately.
i haven't had a run in a long time where i just felt awesome.
let's hope that the joy returns sometime soon.
i want to enjoy this, and focus on being thankful that i am able to run.

only 25 more days!

is it taper time yet?! i was daydreaming about the taper during my 12 miles today.
plodding along, until this song came on. it helped to get me moving faster and get back on track.

she has such an amazing voice!!
this will definitely be on my marathon playlist.

here goes week 15 of 18!
5, 5, 5, 20 - the weather looks amazing for running this week!

it was a good week - 5, 5, 5, 19.
perfect weather for my 19 yesterday, and it even rained a little to cool me down.
i felt pretty good overall, but i'm still feeling a little burnt out. so looking forward to taper time!

the kids have been collecting pinecombs and pretty little flowers from our yard.
we found the antique bowl and milk jar at a garage sale this week.

this week 5,8,5,12.

thinking fall

fall is my favorite time of year! thought i'd share some fun fall ideas w/you:

a simple and inexpensive, but fun halloween costume

so pretty!

i made these last year and they were a hit.

love the washer idea!

all images from here.

10 miles down this week.
24 to go.