Just Plodding Along

February was kind of a bust mileage wise. Only ran 57.3 miles in February. Of course even with leap day this is a shorter month, yes...yes that is the reason. Have run 138.1 miles this year. That is pretty good. Kind of want to see if I can pick it up and hit 1000 miles this year. A goal to consider. Pounds lost in Feb.  = 4 = solid effort (I don't even want the  glitter shoes anymore, but still think I deserve a prize if I ever actually hit my goal weight). Half marathons run in Feb.= 3 Sedona 1/2 Lost Dutchman 1/2 Arizona 1/ 2 Medals obtained in February = 3 Half marathons where I acted like a punk butt: 1 Goals for March: Figure out what the pain in my calf is about and fix it. Work on stretching and balancing my hips. I need to get better about stretching. If I don't bad things happen. Take another week off of running and spend it swimming and pool running to let my calf/hip feel better Continue working on gaining...

Warning: This post is long and has more pictures than really necessary Saturday morning the alarm went off at 6a.m. and I had already been awake since 4a.m. Why oh why do I always do that? I was faced with outfit indecision again. I had brought four outfits to choose from. It was cold but once the sun came out would be warm. My leg was wonky and I had happened to order shorts ( Aspaeris shorts ) that are supposed to help with wonky but the world is not ready for my backside solely clad in a spandex like material sooo.... Long sleeve shirt and double shorts plus shin compression sleeves and knee brace for the win plus my awesome glitter bic band . Now I hadn't tried running in the compression shorts before so I was a little nervous about how that would go but I was more worried about my leg/IT band issue so thought I would chance it. D and I left the hotel at 6:30 since our GPS said it was a thirty minute drive to the race parking and they recommended getting there at l...

After work today D & I struck out on a road trip to Sedona which is about a 3&1/2 hour drive from Tucson. On the way there we stopped at the most beautiful rest stop I have ever seen about an hour outside Sedona and had a photo shoot. When we got into to town we headed straight over to packet pickup. The pick up area was in the Tlaquepaque shopping village . Really easy to find with big banners leading the way to the pick-up area and plenty of parking.  Tlaquepaque shopping village Tlaquepaque shopping village Tlaquepaque shopping village Packet pick-up Number secured- ready to race After grabbing the race packet we wandered around the shopping area.... and I found my spirit animal No silly, not this THIS! The mighty swine, the original plodder! His name is "Eat More Beef" and I love him. I tried to convince D that we could fit him in the back of the car but it was a no go. Pesky voice of reason. ...