Tag: running

The Weekend Is So Close!!

  • My Huskers lost. Bummer.
  • We’re doing 6 minutes of sports in my show. For a little perspective: When I start putting news in the show, I’m working with about 9 minutes of content. They’re TAKING IT ALL!
  • Whatevs, means less work for me on a Friday! 🙂
  • It is super dry here. Like 15% humidity. We’re in extreme Fire danger and consequently I’ve been drinking water like a BOSS. That’s my 3rd full glass today. 24oz. each. And I feel like I can’t get enough. 
  • I work a double at Corky tomorrow. Money baby!
  • I have a 4th date tonight! 😉
  • 11 Miles are on the schedule for this weekend. It’s going to be cold. I don’t want to run on the treadmill. Bah.
  • I’m having lunch and going shopping with one of my besties on Sunday. Can’t wait!
  • I really want a manicure.

What are you guys doing? Tell Me. I wanna know!

Have a great weekend friends!

Spring has Sprung!

I forgot to wear my green on Monday. So today I’m making up for it tenfold. This is my “spring is finally here outfit.”

I’m still here. I don’t have much to say right now. Work is busy. Life is busy. I’m busy. But I’m still plugging away at life and running(ish). I’ve drastically cut down on my weekday runs during training right now. I need to get back at it, but March has pretty much sucked for me in that department. Only 40-something days until the Lincoln Half. I’m not worried about it. 11 miles this weekend. But I know I need to run for my sanity.

It’s going to be 67 degrees here today. So I think a run is in order first thing after work. Even though I need to go grocery shopping and make oreo balls for my co-worker’s birthday! There just aren’t enough hours in the day, are there?

Hope you all have a good Thursday friends!

“Things can only get better”

  • We had massive computer problems at work all day. There was some question if the Midday show would be able to go on. (It did. But it was dicey.) The program we produce the news with and the internet kept malfunctioning. It was a very trying day. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL, PEOPLE!
  • The GM said we all should go get a drink at the bar next door to the station after we got off to drown our sorrows and crappy day in. My response? I went home and ran a 5k…outside!! I feel much better!
  • Then I ate dinner and got some Froyo! Win-Win.
  • It was 69 degrees here today. I ran outside in capri’s and a t-shirt. Gorgeous day, not a cloud in the sky. Happiness.
  • We are celebrating my birthday at work tomorrow since my actual birthday is Sunday. If I have to get older I might as well celebrate, right? 
  • Everyone is on vacation this week, so consequently I’m in charge! I like it!
  • We are having a Girls Night Out Saturday night for my birthday—we’re getting dressed up and going out downtown. I’m pumped. 

Have a great night Friends! Fingers crossed the computers work tomorrow! Hey, at least tomorrow is Friday…that counts for something! 🙂

Happy Tuesday Friends!

  • I’m in a good mood, despite have a massive case of the DOMS. If it’s possible to be even more sore 2 days after running 10 miles, I am. My hamstrings and lower back and even my shins hurt. But they’re not shin splints.
  • With that said, running outside is soooooo different than running on a treadmill. My body was confused for about a 10th of a mile. Then boom, it was good. Just have to push through.
  • This frozen pizza experience happened last night. Chicago pizza is amazing. They now have it frozen at my grocery store. This is a once in awhile kind of thing. Holy crap. So yummy. Now I really want to go back to Chicago!
  • Look at the present Brooke sent me for my birthday! The big day is Sunday, but this came yesterday. Warm wishes for my run! That Brooke is a gem.
  • Life is truly random sometimes, isn’t it? It’s funny how things work.

Hope you have a great day friends!

Sunday-Run Day!

10 slow miles. 70° and sunny. A gorgeous day. However, The wind was soul-crushing. But once I got to have it at my back? That was fantastic!

That “Eat Breakfast” sign is at a local Elementary School on my route. I dig it. Breakfast is the best. Fan for life.
Also, my phone just corrected “breakfast” in that last sentence to “breasts”. My phone must be a boy.

Its been a pretty great weekend. Days off are awesome. And spending them doing fun things? Even better.

One week until my birthday! Eeek!

Happy Sunday friends!

Sometimes, I manage to get it all together. The hair, the outfit, and the makeup. Sometimes, but not all the time. When it happens, I like to document it. So you get to see it. Picture or it didn’t happen right?

  • In other news, I’m so tired. Like eyes are still burning even though I slept all night-kind of tired. This tooth infection (which I’m still taking antibiotics for) knocked me on my butt. I feel like I need a nap. 
  • I’m in week 8 of Lincoln Half Marathon Training. I am redoing last week because I missed most of it due to illness.
  • I was supposed to run 4.5 miles today. There is just no way it’s going to happen. I think I can row for 20-30 minutes tonight. Maybe the same tomorrow morning. 
  • I’m thinking of taking a Spin class. I think my body is just too used to running, so I can’t lose weight. Gotta switch it up to confuse the muscles I suppose.
  • I’m going to the Dentist tomorrow to get the tooth looked at. Fingers crossed I don’t need a root canal. 
  • I’ve had a few epiphanies these past several days. Learned some things about myself. I kind of dig it. 

Happy (Fat) Tuesday Friends!

Five Five!

  1. Hey guys, Miss my face? 🙂 I’m still alive! I honestly don’t know how people OD on prescription drugs! I had to have Hydrocodone and when that wouldn’t take away my pain, they gave me Percocet. I felt nauseous, seasick, tired and kind of foggy on those drugs. The Percocet was way worse. But! The pain is gone and I’m currently only on Tylenol and my antibiotic. I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday on the couch, “resting my eyes.”
  2. I don’t like feeling foggy and out of it. I like feeling in control and on top of my game. I like feeling clear and awake and energized. I’ve not felt that way for the past few days. That’s the drugs talking. They get rid of the pain, but at a cost. My arms and legs and even chest felt funny. So did my ears! So freakin’ weird.
  3. I’m off from Corky and The station this weekend! Hooray! Yesterday was my brother’s 35th Birthday and so tonight is a family dinner. I miss my 3 nephews. I haven’t seen them in nearly 2 months. That’s waaaayyy too long.
  4. The 2nd picture is the photo collage I made for Facebook for his birthday yesterday. He and his wife ran the Lincoln Half last year. They’re doing it again this year with me. I’m so proud of my family!
  5. I don’t think I’m taking in enough calories. I don’t know exactly how many I’m doing, but seeing as I’ve gained a few pounds, and I’m eating healthy AND running 20+ miles a week, I think THAT’S the problem. Advice?
  6. Bonus one: I’ve only run 2 miles this week. This tooth infection has made me so tired. I could have ran this morning, but I needed sleep. And I’ve slept a lot the past few days. Clearly, being sick and fighting infection takes a lot out of a person. 

Happy Friday Friends!

The mind and body are pretty freaking amazing.

I was not in a good frame of mind to run today. I think I have a weird infection or something causing pain in a few of my teeth. Like the kind of pain that nearly has me in tears. I’ve dosed with meds and I’m rubbing numbing stuff on it every time the feeling starts to come back. I’m going to call the Dentist in the morning. I also did not get enough sleep Friday night and didn’t catch up on enough last night. So I’m exhausted. Not a good combo to run long with.

Add to that, it’s cold outside, windy, and this run had to be completed on the treadmill. Things did not bode well for my 9 miles.

But ya know what? Once I pushed past the first 2 miles, where I nearly cried from tooth pain, and my legs felt like pieces of wood, this run was pretty great!

My mind wandered to so many places during the run, my body relaxed and I enjoyed it. 

Things of note: my treadmill resets at 99:59 so I had to start it up again to finish the run. It also resets calories after 999. So that’s awesome.

9 miles//1:38:06//10:54 pace.

Boom.

Sunday Funday indeed.

Friday Five! The smiling Face edition!

  1. Another busy weekend ahead! Corky tonight and tomorrow night. I’m heading to Omaha tomorrow morning to go wedding dress shopping with my friend. I’m in her wedding this fall. At least I think it’s this fall. They haven’t set the date yet! 9 miles is on tap for Sunday.
  2. I’ve been a little MIA lately. Not much to say, nothing of substance really. Life is….eh. Just when I think I’m doing better, something hits me from somewhere and I get seriously bummed out. This too shall pass, right? I sure hope so.
  3. BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I have 13 months of student loan payments left!!!! This is huge! I will pay them off 2 months early. I’m super pumped.
  4. Tonight is karaoke with my co-workers for my friend Keith’s birthday. Should be a good time. I want to sing the song “Hold the Line” By Toto. Love it. Currently, I’m loving this song. You can thank the ABC promo team for that one. Also I’m digging this song. So good. I danced it out to that song the other night. Felt great.
  5. Good News! Spring is only 27 days away! And the time change is a little over 2 weeks away. I need sunlight. And warmth. And flowers.

Happy Friday Friends!