Kathleen's Adventures

I'm just plain worried about running the St. George marathon on Saturday. I haven't had a good run in 2 weeks, at least, and I don't feel anywhere close to recovered. If anything, I've been on the light side of training during my taper and I still feel ugh. Everyone else seems to be doing just fine. I am worried I'm not going to meet the expectations I have set for myself. It is so hard to have any gauge of how you are going to run a fall marathon when you've been training in Houston all summer. My only indicator was the half I ran in San Diego which didn't go well at all. The weather also isn't looking great. This race is known for its great weather, until, of course, I show up. The highs there right now are still 90+. Lovely. Why do I do this to myself again? I'm also worried my knees (IT bands) are both going to spontaneously combust during any one of the ~21 miles of downhills. Running downhill is about the worst possible thing for IT ...

Just over 2 months ago, Greg Johnson stood before a few hundred of his closest friends and family and proclaimed that he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth. Why? some may ask - especially considering his wife Stephanie had just died a few days earlier? He proclaimed he was the luckiest man for being married to Stephanie and for being able to live the life he had with her and their 3 wonderful children. I am still in awe of Greg's courage throughout Stephanie's entire battle, and it shone brighter than ever as he stood up in front of the church, proudly dressed in his best pink shirt, to address the mourning audience and ensure them that he would not only be ok , but that he considers himself the luckiest man. Wow. The courage he has shown would not have been out there without the love that they shared for each other. It was that love that was able to let Greg stand up there and say he was the luckiest man in the world. It is that love that will keep his head up throu...

My Jazz Hands almost ended up coming out... And heeee's ALIVE.....

Seriously. I have spent my Saturday night with my DVR and Zoe's chocolate cake. Wow. This sucks. I think I'm going to work tomorrow "for fun." I am definitely looking forward to next weekend as I don't know how many more loser days and nights I can take.

I've used this philosophy many times before, along with the "ignorance is bliss" philosophy. Often on a long run if my knee hurts, I just ignore it and the pain goes away, just like that! Or if I dive headfirst into a race I'm not prepared for (the ignorance part), soon enough it just goes away (or well, mile by mile, but you get my point). However, I do not believe this is a good technique to use with people. I think someone is trying to use it with me right now and I don't appreciate it. What can I do about it though? Going away is about the only solution I've come up with, so I guess it does work. What a crappy game. In other news there isn't much news going on. I did have a good track workout Tuesday night. It was supposed to be 8x400 and 2x800 at marathon pace. Do you know how slow that was? I surely didn't run in the inside lane because I didn't come close to deserving it. My running ADD hit very early on and I decided instead I wo...

So the post about me going private was really all a ploy to get your email addresses so I can spam you with advertisement for my new business (whatever that may be)...NOT. I have talked to a few people and the situation that caused the need to go private has apparently been remedied. I will stay public for now and see how things go, but I am keeping all of the emails you have sent me in the event that I feel that I do need to go private at any point down the road. By the way - thanks for all the emails. Thanks for going to the trouble to email me and thanks for reading my blog. Now I will go back to looneyville because this all makes it sound like that is where I came from!!

No, not talking about Galveston or Bolivar this time...I'm talking about me! Shellie and I ran 14 miles Saturday morning with our new pace buddy Tim (he's stuck whether he likes it or not!) and we had a good run. We ran well under 11:00 pace which is fast for us, but I felt dead the whole time. I'm not surprised though and just kept reminding myself I'm supposed to feel like crap right now. We ran a little over 3 last night and I thought it would help with the soreness, but I'm even more sore today! I may do a very short run with some stretching tonight, or maybe not. I'm just pooped. Life is still getting closer to normal for me while it is anything but for others. Shellie probably won't have power until later in the week so she is still staying with me - it has been super fun though. Randy came over Saturday to do laundry, and we cooked for him and Luke Saturday night. I've had more company through Ike than I have had in months. Jen and Augie a...