3km and on vacation

Today the girls woke up at 6am UGH, so I got up.  Seriously 3 time zones doesn’t seem like much but my body is wrecked.  Yesterday I was joking with friends about running and one said that she ran like Pheobe from the TV show Friends and I said that so do I occasionally.  Today was one of those days.  At least that’s how I felt.

But I finally decided to go after about 3 hours, a couple cups of tea and a protein shake.  So I put on my shoes and away I went. I think around 2 miles, at least it was 12 mins out and 12 back,

View from the path:

Rob said to go out and turn left.  I did and the path immediately stopped.  I thought Rob wouldn’t send me out to run on the road so I kept going and found the path a little farther up.

Welcome to Oakland, the land of hills.  It’s even worse than at home.  It’s crazy.  At least I had a down hill to start, of course that meant an uphill home.

Not much to see but the hills around Catherine’s new digs are beautiful.  It was also great to run when I wasn’t sweating before I started running.  It was a loverly 70 degrees.

The Music:

Got my run mix back!

• Sing – My Chemical Romance
• Ours – The Bravery
• Somebody to Love – Glee
• Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
• Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters – Elton John
• 18 Wheeler – Pink
• Paparazzi – Lady GaGa
• Only Girl - Rihanna

July 12, 2011 - Feeling Hot Hot Hot

Well today we leave on vacation and yes I got up and went for a run. Holy cow it’s muggy out. 

Now the great about running is that no matter how many time you run the same run it’s never the same run.  Especially when it’s 85 out at 7am.  It’s suppose to get to 101 today.  Good thing we are heading to California to cool off!

View from the path:

Well today we mostly thinking about all the things that need to get done, mostly what to pack for the girls b/c god forbid I forget something precious!

The Music:

• Loser Like Me
• Faithfully
• She’s Not There
• Total Eclipse of the Heart
• Somewhere Only We Know
• Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
• Somebody to Love

My plan is to continue to run in Oakland, we’ll see if it happens won’t we!

July 11th, 3km!

One more day until vacation and my plan is to run today and tomorrow before I get on the plane.

So for today…check!

View from the path:

Not so much of a view but more of a pondering.  Today I was thinking of my friend Kim from Recipes To Run On and her latest blog.  She reveals her current pause in exercise due to an unknown injury and her taking stalk in the other things!  It made me a little introspective about my past challenges with running and that being able to run at present without pain is a blessing and shouldn’t be taken for granted.  I mean we all try to be good to ourselves with diet and exercise but as we get older (ugh) it gets a little harder.  It’s not as easy as it use to be.

So today I think of Kim and wish her well and am thankful for everything in my life, especially these faces:

The Music:

• Proud Mary
• Breakthrough – Lemonade Mouth
• Keep Holding On
• Hey, Soul Sister
• Hello, Goodbye
• And the Crowd Goes – Lemonade Mouth
• I Want to Hold Your Hand