hungry hungry

Had a pretty good training week last week. I wasn't thinking though on Wednesday and I gave blood right before my 4 fast miles. I went to do them anyways but I barely made it through the first mile. Oops. Guess there is a reason that they tell you to wait at least 24 hours before any vigorous activity. From what I have read, it takes 24-48 hours for your blood volume to be back to normal and 4-8 weeks for your RBC count to be back to normal. If I would have known that I probably wouldn't have given blood. Also, I think I used that as an excuse a little bit to not have a great run Wednesday night.

Well Friday I think I was scheduled for 8 miles and I ended up running 6 but felt pretty good. Had to cut it a little bit short because I had a patient to get to at school.

Sunday I ran 18 miles. YAY!!! I felt AWESOME and was so proud of myself. Saturday night I worked on a new marathon playlist and so that made me pretty pumped for my run. It will probably go through a few edits before it's finalized, and right now it's at about 11 hours so I should have enough music for about one week of running. That should be good so that I don't get too tired of it.

Now I am starving. Yesterday I had a pretty good lunch and dinner, and when I laid down in bed around 10:30, I realized I was STARVING. So around 11:15, I couldn't handle the hunger anymore, got up and ate a pretty good amount, and then woke up this morning STARVING again. I guess I'm getting that post-long run ravenous appetite.

Also, I have a strange localized pain in my back. It started the last 8 or so miles of my run. You'd think I'd know what it was but right now I am kind of confused by it!

Less than five weeks! 

This weekend is the Mo Cowbell Half Marathon outside of St. Louis.

Sorry Colin. It's been too long.

This post is dedicated to Colin because he has been reminding me about my lack of posting. Sorry Colin. Now that school has started again, I'll try to do better.


A lot has happened since my last post. Not too much running but a lot of other things! I will try to summarize:

1. Flew to Washington State and then drove to Calgary via Kootenay and Banff National Parks. It was beautiful! I got caught in a snowstorm and got to walk to the end of a glacier.

2. Had a great visit at the office I'll be interning at in Calgary starting in January!

3. Drove back to Washington state and visited my grandparents, cousins, aunt and uncle, saw my first Barn Dance, went to the Ferry County Fair, saw a really ugly turkey, got to pet a chicken, had a nice little hike around a lake with Aunt Patty, Katy, and Jenna.

4. Dan and I had an evening to ourselves and he took me hunting and I got to shoot a gun for the first time. That was cool! 

5. Mikey and I had part of a day to ourself and we went boating and hung out at the lake cabin. I love my cousins.

6. Also had a great 6 mile and 13 mile run!

7. Haven't run since then. Oops.

8. Got Kansas license plates. I'm almost official. I need to get my drivers license now.

9. My car hit 100,000 miles. Yeah little car!! I clapped for it when the numbers changed over.

10. EMILY GOT MARRIED!!!  She was a beautiful bride and had such a beautiful wedding.

Time to get back on the running (and blogging) wagon. It starts tonight with 4 fast miles. 

Also, my friend Laurel is also running the Marine Corps marathon and is trying to raise money for a non-profit organization that help kids and homeless people start to run in an effort to get their lives on track. Here's her blog!