If you don’t know the song…then I’m sure you’re thinking I
have a weird sense of humor and where did she come up with that…if you do know the song…I’m certain you still think
I have a weird sense of humor and I apologize that the song in now stuck in your head. We loved
that song in high school because it was just one of those songs that stick in
your head and just so happened to be one of our high school rivals mascots so
it only seemed fitting (the boys on the team may not have thought so but it was
a nice thing to harass them with on long road trips)….
I blog with a heavy heart today. My hometown community has had a rough weekend
of tragedy that has struck and it’s always so hard when it hits so close to
home. Please know for the 2 tragedies
that have happened that a community of prayers are and thoughts are behind to help
through the hard times of all those involved.
I have had a whirlwind of the last week. I forgot to warn you that work will be taking
me out of town along with a hectic schedule to blog through due to events
scheduled for all day. Now…don’t feel
too sorry for me in the meantime, as having to “work” at West Virginia’s Finest
and Historic Hotel, The Greenbrier, doesn’t make work all that difficult. You tend to escape into another lifestyle
when going there that it’s almost hard to want to come back to reality. I will never complain about having 3 gourmet
meals provided to me each day that I know I couldn’t prepare myself even with
my hardest of efforts. Believe me when I
say I used the excuse “I’ve been running and training for a marathon….I need to
eat” every opportunity I had.
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| The Greenbrier.....One of the highlights of WV |
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| I can't believe they made us suffer through a dinner event with this view :) We were told this was a home Jerry West stayed in often before he built a house there.... |
My side note to all this though and the running side of
things, it is truly unfair for a girls legs to even want to cooperate with the
concept of running after having to be walking around in heels all day. Maybe I’m just not use to it, but that is
exhausting on your legs! J Before you roll your eyes boys…you should try
it and get back with me on it.
My running story today reflects my long run…those seem to
take precedence most weeks I’m beginning to see. I was supposed to do it on Saturday….and
somehow I hate to admit that I talked myself out of it on Saturday and pushed
it to Sunday…if you ask I had about 15 solid excuses as to why…. You know..weather…humid…heat…etc (You get the
idea)….. So thank goodness I stuck to it
on Sunday…woke up early….and made myself get to moving my legs before I talked
myself out of it…. I had 2 ½ hours ahead
of me to conquer what my training schedule told me. This was my longest run yet so far..and they
continue to get a little longer for a short bit more. I enjoy it once I get going…I love it
actually….it’s just some days the mental game is a little more than
others. Sunday was one of them. I passed by my furthest “turn around spot” so
far on this route..and almost seemed overwhelmed that I still had about 20 more
minutes to go before I needed to turn around.
So…I obviously just kept running….
Before I knew it….. here comes 2 dogs running towards me. At first my happy self wanted to think…”Ohhh
hey dogs…it’s ok..I’m only running through…with a soft voice”….then realize
soft voice or not..these dogs aren’t as friendly as my nonstop licking your
face husky is at home. Apparently I
missed the 3rd dog coming over before I felt a quick nip at the side
of my leg….then I got mad. Beyond the
crazy barking and growling the owner who came out on the porch didn’t seem to
care too much, mind you it was an older lady…but I referenced still trying to
be friendly that your dogs aren’t very nice and you should probably tie them up
(I also said I needed to come back through here and if they could to please tie
them up)….She never left her porch….
When I came back through…of course the dogs were still out…so my tone of
niceness had sense disappeared and my affirmative get back or else seemed to at
least get me through without another ordeal and they finally left me alone.
Why can't all dogs just be as friendly as "Smokes" :)
For those of you who haven't seen him since my blog post when he was just a little guy....
I don’t think I really realized that I should have actually
been scared….and it could have been worse.
Ohhhh the life of a runner and random dogs, I’d almost forgotten. We use to know where every potential dog problem
use to be and could have avoided it.
Lesson learned to be better prepared.
It also took my mind off of the fact of my route of running. The WV Hills are an understatement when you
are going for 2 ½ hours…Every time it seems I turned a curve in the road…there
was another hill waiting for me! Don’t
get me wrong…it was beautiful scenery….but my gosh! J I wish I had a picture to share a few images
of the run, my cell phone has decided it didn’t want to last long enough
anymore to handle the runs with me…so I’ve added a new phone to the wish
list/to do list and left this one at
home. (Which yes creates another problem to the planning runs better aspect)
I also made one pit stop at a neighbors for a quick little
water break….I of course under estimated the level of “hotness” of the
temperature…. So moral of the story…the
2 ½ hour long run is marked off the training list and no records were broke
through the process of it J Now to stick to the training schedule this
week so I don’t keep going through panic stages of being prepared for NYC.
60 days..WHAT!?!….Insert Rocky Theme in my head before
nerves set in… J
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