*I discovered something very important about myself today. Apparently, I would prefer running 12 miles at a humanly-normal pace (aka, 10-min. miles) rather than running 3 miles at an unhuman pace (for me, that’s apparently 8:50 miles). I have a feeling that I’m going to start dreading my Tuesday speed runs… *I discovered something else very …
To-Be List
While the rest of our holiday weekend hasn’t exactly been as magical as planned (for starters, our heater blew out last night and we have been freezing all day, hence the Matt-burrowing-into-his-coat picture above), I did have the chance to get started on this week’s To-Be List. Can I share something pretty miraculous first? So …
Marathon Training, Week Seven
Matt and I made a big decision this last week about our marathon training: we decided, after much stewing and deliberation and advice-seeking, to switch up training programs. Thus far, we’ve been on a training program that called for running 6 days a week, with the shorter runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, mid-length runs …
Holiday Mid-Point
We’re only halfway through the holiday weekend, and I don’t know if we can pack much more fun into it. Our good friends, Kayla and Sam, came up to stay with us last night to celebrate Sam’s birthday (above). We started the evening out with a hot chicken and corn chowder, then went up to …
To-Be List
A few months ago, the woman teaching Relief Society made a comment like this, “We make to-do lists, but why not to-be lists?” Although the comment made a strong impression on me, I didn’t really do much about it at the time. Meanwhile, over the past two weeks or so, I’ve had the awesome opportunity …
Tuesday Tell-All, Valentine’s Edition
*Yesterday I came home from the school to find all of this waiting just inside the apartment. You can imagine my confusion (as yesterday was the 13th), and I was thinking that Matt just got his days mixed up and gave me my present a day early. But it turns out, he planned it that …
Marathon Training, Week Six
I knew it would happen eventually–a week where I couldn’t get in my required mileage for one reason or another. I failed a bit in my training this last week because I wasn’t able to go running Wednesday or Thursday (Wednesday because I was feeling nauseated and a little lightheaded, and Thursday because I just …