Nike Women's Marathon

I ran the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco on October 17. Fabulous Run especially if you like pouring rain. Slow as usual. Oh well, I finished and felt great.

Bib Pickup Today!

Well, I have been so tied up in California that I have not been able to train at all. Too hot for living things too. How does anyone live here?
Nike Women's Marathon in three more days though. I hope I don't melt in the California heat. I picked up my race packet at the expo today. Number 22,045. It looks like I will have lots of company on the course.

5 Miles Stress Relief

What an insane looney day today was!  I got no sleep, lots of ridiculous phone calls and E-mails.  I was really way too tired to run.  But instead of tossing and turning dealing with all my stress, I just put on my running clothes and hit the treadmill.  Only 5 miles, but very helpful.  It was a pretty good run too.  I am probably going to be totally exhausted beyond words all night at work.  But at least I got a workout.

On the Treadmill Again

So boring on the treadmill, but so nasty, cold, windy, and snowing outdoors.  Just another 3 mile short run.  Not feeling so good today.  But at least I got moving for about 30 minutes.  I did go for a short drive and found my favorite little red fox out wandering around.  When he saw my car he came running to me.  Of course I tossed a cookie in that direction - totally against all of the rules around here, but don't tell anyone.  I can tell that I am not the first person to do that, because the minute I stopped the car, he started trotting in my direction. 

I will be heading home in 3 more days.  It has snowed a little in Palmer, but will probably still be good for outdoor running, and hiking.  Looking forward to going home.

Snow Snow Snow

I tried to run outdoors today but a nasty mini-blizzard passed through just as I arrived at my favorite running spot.  I stepped out of the car into that wind and stepped right back into the car!  I went back to the treadmill and did a short 3 mile run.  Gotta start getting up earlier because I didn't have time to do a longer run.  That's the problem with working 7 days a week. If you get more than 8 hours of sleep, it is hard to fit in a 2 or 3 hour run.  Call me lazy, I deserve it.  Maybe tomorrow I will do a longer run, but will probably just start with the treadmill instead of dealing with the wind chill of about 0.  It is 25 degrees out there right now and quite windy.

But interesting sky today.

Indoors Today

I drove down the road intending to do an outdoor run.  But when I stepped out of the car and got hit by that icy blast, I quickly changed my mind.  Back to the Prudhoe Bay Hotel, and the treadmill.  This was my first time to use the Nike+ with GPS on the treadmill.  I wondered how in the world it could actually track your distance accurately while on a treadmill.  I found that it didn't do a very good job.  But on the treadmill, I can keep track of my actual distance, then the Nike app asks to calibrate to the actual distance.  So, it was accurate in the end.  I only ran 4 miles, but ran faster than I have been lately.  In some ways, the treadmill pushes me more than I am able to do outdoors.  With the current weather conditions, I may use it a lot for the next couple of weeks until I go back home.

Snowing today - the first day of fall!

Snow

I didn't run today but did do a short 3 mile run yesterday down the road about 20 miles to get away from the rain and snow going on in Deadhorse.  Had to take a rest day today though because I had some pretty significant knee pain after the little 3 mile run.  It seems to be better now so I will hit the trail tomorrow.  It's snowing now so tomorrow's trail could be the treadmill. I really need a good long run but don't want to do it with knee pain.