I am exhausted. It feels like the weekend never even happened; I blinked, and it was Monday morning again. Crap. In summary:
Soccer game Friday night. We lost, but only 3-1, so not horrible for once. I played ok. I came home and went to bed. Zzzzz.
Got up Saturday morning at 7. Got dressed, put air in bike tires, put bike in back of car, drove to Nassau Bay. Ran the Reindeer Run 5K. Was planning to take it easy, but then remembered that last year I’d set my 5K personal record at that very race (29:18), and then it was hard to “take it easy.” So I ran pretty hard, but couldn’t judge my pace because there were no mile markers. Surprised myself by finishing in 30:34. Sub-10:00 miles, yay! I haven’t totally lost my ability to run sub-10:00 miles! Even better part — bizarrely, there were only 8 people in my age group, and five of them were slower than me. I finished 3rd in my age group. Got a trophy. A trophy! I haven’t gotten a trophy since I was 10. So cool! So excited! Don’t know where all the 20-29 year old women were, but glad they weren’t at the race.
A trophy! So excited!
After the race I went biking for an hour with Jason and Ignacio. Jason’s thinking about buying a road bike, so Nacho and I are doing our best to convince him to buy one instead of another gun. Bikes, Jason, not guns. Went home, showered, picked up Jason, admired his injuries from crashing Nacho’s bike because he couldn’t get his feet out of the pedals (those clippy shoes) and drove to Sugarland. Registered for 30K race because I’d forgotten to register online. Dumb.
Drove from Sugarland to Utah, a.k.a. Tomball, a.k.a. allllll the way on the other side of Houston. Watched Nick dance in the Nutcracker. Nick was good as the Snow King, but don’t understand why he thinks the Nutcracker is a stupid part. You get to wear a big head, and be the title character! Anyway. Mouse kids were very cute. Guest performers from American Ballet Theater in NYC were freaking amazing. Had a quick dinner with Nick and 20 other friends at Chili’s, then began the marathon drive home, with pit stop at Academy. Dropped off Jason. Went home. Went to bed at 9:30.
Got up at 4:45 a.m. Yes, 4:45. (Why do I run? At 4:45 a.m., I don’t remember.) Buzz and Ron picked me up, we drove to Sugarland. Got chips, hit the port-a-potty, dropped off sweatshirt back at the car. At 7:00 a.m., I start running. At 8:00, I am still running. At 9:00, still running. At 10:00, still running.
After 3 hours, 32 minutes, 6 seconds and 18.6 miles, I stop running. I finished the 30K! HOOOOOOOOO-RAY! I am another step closer to finishing the marathon on January 16! The race overall went well. Did three packets of goo, and found it rather tasty, and not like snot. Amazing what tastes good when you have been running for multiple hours. Had thought I would finish slightly faster, but my legs were heavy from the start. Probably shouldn’t run fast 5Ks the day before a long run. Needless to say, no trophy at the 30K.
Came home, took one of the most satisfying showers of my life. Hungry, hungry. Eat, eat. Watched NCAA women’s soccer championship on TV, then went to Bike Barn with Jason and Ignacio. Found the bike shoes and pedals I want for Christmas, and talked Nacho into buying some bike shorts. Went home. Was just starting to doze off on the couch when Nacho knocked on the door, very excited about his bike shorts and how they cushion his bum. Can’t believe he has been riding so long without a comfy bum. Also can’t believe the boy has a $2,500 bike and didn’t have bike shorts. A bike that nice deserves all the accessories.
Went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse, then downtown mega-early (thanks, Jason) for Singin’ in the Rain at the Hobby Center. I love Singin’ in the Rain. Home afterwards, soooooo very sleepy. Bed.
Wake up this morning, still very tired, get Starbucks, drive to USA for training meeting at 9:00. Yusef isn’t at his desk. Sigh. Suspect that he cancelled training for the day and I didn’t know because I hadn’t checked my email yet. Drive back to work. It has started to pour down rain. My legs get all wet. Grr.
But tonight — stuffed avocado and margaritas at Cafe Adobe. Yay!
