Wow it has been a busy week and a half. And this is going to be a really long blog…so
bear with me!
So let’s start with last Sunday.
Nothing too exciting happened
last Sunday. I went for a 3 mile run (inside)
and had a good time. I seem to always
run faster inside at the track. I think part of the reason is I have to run 14
laps to get a mile. I know that I want
to run each lap under a minute so if I start going over a minute I kick my butt
into high gear.
After work on Monday, we went to the Sports Authority in Roseville to
pick up our Polar Dash packet. There are
two Kim Williams running the thing and per their records both had received
their packet…hum. One was mailed…nope
didn’t get a package and the other one picked it up at the Monster Dash…nope,
wasn’t even registered yet. So I got a
new number and finally got my Polar Dash jacket and penguin hat. The hat is a bit small but cute. I like the jacket too. After that we went to the Rosedale Mall for
dinner to celebrate Eric’s promotion!
Yay! He is now the lead of his
group. I’m very happy for him.
Tuesday was another volleyball day.
We only had 4 again. Thankfully
Jenny found a sub otherwise it would have been forfeit city again. The game was at a horrible time…they should ban 9:15 games. Especially the night before our trip to Omaha! To make sure I stayed awake, I dragged Eric
to the community center for a run. I did
two miles at a pace that was under 14 minutes…that was the fastest pace in a
very long time. I was happy.
We had a long day Wednesday, as we drove down to Omaha for
Thanksgiving. We left around 8:00am
which was a struggle since I got home so late from volleyball and didn’t go to
sleep right away. We drove down to
Mankato and met up with DJ. We took her
van. The drive was uneventful…how
eventful can a ride through Iowa be?
We got to Bonnie’s house around 3 and picked up Juliette and went to the
Joslyn Castle for packet pick up. It was
a very beautiful castle. Abbie wanted to
live there. And the Christmas
decorations were amazing. Such a nice
place! We made a run to Starbucks (of
course!) and had lasagna for dinner. It
was a fun day!
Thursday morning was the turkey trot 5K you can read about the race
here:
After a long shower we were ready for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a fun
evening of food and family. Juliette,
Eric, Morgan and I went out at 8pm for some shopping. It was a much calmer
atmosphere and I know I’m bad person but I like the earlier hours. We went to JC Pennys, Ulta and Target and were
home by 10pm.
Black Friday morning a group of us went to Kohl’s and Bath and Body
Works. I didn’t really go crazy with
shopping this year. With the packed
minivan, there was no room for anything crazy!
Saturday I went for a nice 4 mile run along the creek. It was flat, no wind, the sun was shining and
it was warm…30 degrees…perfect! It felt
good too. My pace was a little slow but I’ll take it. After that I went on base with Leilani for
some shopping and in the afternoon we went to this World Fair event. It was
interesting…we ate ginger snaps and went on a hay ride. After dinner we went to the Papillion tree
lighting event. We saw the lights and
got a carriage ride. It was a fun
evening.
Hiram made us some nice hot
chocolates afterward.
Sunday we went to church, packed up the van, stopped at Starbucks (our 7th time of the trip) for a
drink and were sadly on our way back home.
The ride home again was uneventfully.
Training Recap
Pounds lost: 20
Mileage:
Week 11: Swim = 0 miles; Bike = 0
miles; Run = 12.1 miles; Total = 12.1 miles
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