I ran! and a fun tag

by - Thursday, October 01, 2009

Well last night I finally got bored of sitting on my butt every night after work and doing nothing so I headed out for my first run since my back to back half marathons.

I decided I wanted to push myself a little bit to see if I could run with some kind of speed after taking a week and a half off.

I did a 3.67 mile loops (I need to find a way to make that equal 4. I hate weird mileage numbers) in 34:11. That's 9:18 minute miles. I'll chalk that up to an awesome success. It was a nice evening too. Slightly chilly so I wore long sleeves for the first time this fall. Ended up pushing the sleeves up about half way through, but never felt overheated. Crossing my fingers that fall running is finally here!

In nonrunning news, Stacy over at Dare to Tri gave me this sweet award. But in order to accept, I have to play a fun little game and then pass the award on to six other bloggers.

So here we go:

Answer the following questions with only 1 word answers...


1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2.Your hair? short
3. Your mother? awesome
4. Your father? fun
5. Your favorite food? pasta
6. Your dream last night? horrifying
7. Your favorite drink? water
8. Your dream/goal? Boston
9. What room are you in? office
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something you aren't? sad
15. Muffins? delicious
16. Wish list item? Garmin
17. Where did you grow up? PA
18. Last thing you did? typed
19. What are you wearing? sweater
20. Your TV? Old
21. Your pets? none
22. Your friends? rockin'
23. Your life? good
24. Your mood? tired
25. Missing someone? maybe
26. Vehicle? taurus
27. Something you're not wearing? earrings
28. Your favorite store? pacers
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? last month
32. Your best friend? Emily
33. One place that I go over and over? metro
34. One person who emails me regularly? coworkers
35. Favorite place to eat? cosi (for lunch at work. the only one name place i can think of)

And now for the six people (only six?!) that I choose (trying not to repeat anyone).

Lindsay at Chasing the Kenyans. This girl rocks. I got to meet her at the VB RNR and she totally kicked some booty at that race!

Frayed Laces. I love reading her blog. She's always tackling some new awesome challenge and is just a first class bad-ass athlete.

X-Country2. She cracks me up every day, usually because she's busting on RazZ. Plus she just started tackling tris and is doing awesome!

Wes from a Code Geek's Tail. Wes is one of the most thoughtful, inspirational bloggers I read. If you don't read him you should. Plus he's an IronMan.

Laura from Absolut(ly) Fit. I love reading about her quest to become the youngest woman to run a marathon in all 50 states. And I can totally relate to the whole balancing a social life/trying to fit in runs conundrum.

Susan from Nurse on the Run. What's a tag without a shout out to my fellow UMD alum! Susan's a super speedy runner, who's currently trying out biking while she gets over an injury!

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8 comments

  1. LOL... ok... so you finally got the urge to run AND you wanted to push yourself. *hee hee*....

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  2. oh such fun answers!! i always love learning more about people

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  3. Nice almost-four miles. Congrats on getting back to it. Cheers!

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  4. yay for #12 - happy is what it's all about

    and good job on your run :-)

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  5. nice job on the run! love the 1 word answers.

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  6. that's for the tag. i feel honored and loved! :)

    nice job on the run! i'm glad you wanted to get out there, and love that you pushed the pace that that. i'm actually jealous :) definitely enjoying this cooler weather though - what a relief!

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  7. I came over to your blog from Lindsay's and she definitely deserved that award, great choice! I liked your one word answers, especially your dad. Cute! Nice visiting your blog!
    meg

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  8. Cute list and thanks for the tag. I shall get on that soon.

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