On my run this morning, I was thinking that I wouldn’t have much to write about because this week’s runs were boring, uneventful, as runs should be. Well, ask and the sidewalks shall be uneven for thee. I prefer a Slow-Mo Superman fall, where my limbs are all splayed out like a cat who is … Continue reading
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Death Wears Purple Tennis Shoes: Week 6
I went running on Saturday with my friend, Ashley, who is the friend who said that she ran so slow that she was running 12-minute miles and I laughed outloud. She’s been running with another half-marathoner friend who was out of town this weekend so I got to play substitute. We went to the Katy trail, which … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Tennis Shoes: Week 5
Imma be honest with you. I don’t know what week number we’re on. We haven’t been running en schedule like we should be because we’re worried that our tennis shoes will melt to the asphalt AND our schedule has been so busy that, at this point, I would welcome the end of the world because I … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Running Shoes: Special Biking Edition
Alex and I took a week off from running to train for the Tour de Gap. Haven’t heard of it? Haven’t heard of the bike race in Buffalo Gap, Texas which is a city that has approximately 432 people? Okay, weirdo. It’s a bike race benefitting a local food bank and you can choose from … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Tennis Shoes: Week 4
(Sigh, okay this is actually from last week but I’ve been busy) Gracie came with me on my interval run this week (six minutes of running/three minutes of walking x5). Luckily, I earned my place as the neighborhood lunatic in the process. Gracie is “leash trained” but she still goes psycho when she sees another … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Tennis Shoes: Week 3
Usually we run on Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday, but our groove got thrown off this week so I ran this morning. Want to know what’s nice about Saturday morning runs? Garage sales. That’s right. I looked up garage sales in our zip code and plotted my course. I hit approximately 4 garage sales and one mislabeled estate sale … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Tennis Shoes: Week 2
This week’s theme is “Wise Family Circus Takes it on the Road”. Yes, that’s right folks. Step on up and see these appropriately-dressed pseudo-runners as they attempt to follow a half-marathon training program. Let’s watch on: -While waiting for my run to begin, I noticed that my tennis shoes were untied. So I bent over to … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Running Shoes: Week 1
We’ve started training for this half-marathon this week. We’ve had multiple people say that they’re going to sign up, which is amazing and just reassures me that we have awesome people in our lives. I’ve had some very helpful advice about http://www.runnersworld.com. I am requesting citizenship to their world but they’re still not sure. I … Continue reading
Run Like You Mean It
Alright. Alex and I are committed- to one another, to this adoption, and…to running a half-marathon at the end of October to raise money for aforementioned adoption. Wowee. If you knew my long, tawdry history with running, you would be surprised that I would commit to running anything anywhere. To be honest, some times I … Continue reading
D.C. Day Three: Wherein my legs and fingers falleth off
The time change really threw us off schedule today. We were running an hour behind allll day. We trekked off this morning to find Bike and Roll DC, which is where I had reserved two Trek Comfort bikes (plus kids equipment) for us. I didn’t know what the “kids equipment” entailed but I noted strongly … Continue reading
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