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Saturday, December 12, 2009

8 Miles

Yesterday's cross training consisted of shopping, wrapping gifts, and cleaning the house, so I never got around to testing out Jillian Michaels' Shred. But, I think all 3 of those activities count, and the good news is that I'm about 95% done with my Christmas shopping. I just have to get everything for Jerry (but his stocking is done and so are his gifts "from" Norah) and then go stand in line at the PO to ship off everything else. Ugh...not looking forward to that.

This morning, I did not get up early for my planned 8 miler; instead, I "slept in" until 6:40 when Norah got up, then went for my run at about 7:30. It was later in the morning than I had originally planned, but since it's a Saturday and Jerry's home, I don't necessarily have to run in the pre-dawn hours if I don't want to, and because it's December, the weather is temperate enough to run mid-morning. So, I ran my planned 8 miler, and it went pretty well. I actually remembered water this time so that was a huge bonus right there.

I finished it up in 1:24:16, which is an average pace of 10:33/mile, which is right within my target pace range, so that was good.

Anyhoo...my FIL is here for the weekend, so we've been visiting with him, and he has graciously offered to watch Norah this evening while we go to our Christmas party with friends -- not that he has to do much; she goes to bed between 6-6:30, so he's mainly just volunteering to be here in the house with she and Scooter while we're out. Scooter will probably require more attention than she will.

But speaking of the holiday party, I must skedaddle to make the appetizer I'm bringing. Toodles!

20 comments:

Shellyrm ~ just a country runner said...

Yeah for the great run!

Have fun at your party.

teacherwoman said...

Great job on the run! You are on a roll with your training!

JojaJogger said...

Good job on the 8 miles, have fun at the party!

Carly said...

Nice job on the run. I really need to dust off good ol' Jillian and start doing Shred again.

Have fun at your party.

Relentless Forward Commotion said...

Great job with the run!! Seriously, the post office this time of year is an adventure and a workout in itself! Good Luck!

SavvyFitChica said...

nice job! have fun at ur christmas party! take pics!

MN Mom said...

Rylee was pretty crazy when I got here but after Mama and Daddy left she settled down. Now I just put her to bed-7:25-and I am going to catch up on blogs then watch Christmas movies.

N.D. said...

great job on the 8 miles! and the holiday shopping. Sounds great- what are the stocking stuffers, I definitely need some ideas.

MCM Mama said...

NIcely done! Hope you had an awesome time at the party!

lifestudent said...

oh man, am I jealous of your holiday shopping status :( you are awesome! I need some tips please.

Marci said...

Great job on your 8 miler and X-mas shopping, I need to get on that, you are always so organized!

MNFirefly said...

Nice job on your 8 miles!

Anonymous said...

Hope you enjoyed "sleeping in!" Nice job on the 8. Hope you and Jerry had a nice night out.

RunnerGirl said...

I've been considering trying out Shred, do you like it?

runner26 said...

nice job on the eight! hope the party was fun

Marilie said...

Great job on the 8 mile run! I need to increase my distance during the week, but it's so hard since I can't run in the mornings, or during lunch.

Heather said...

Nice job on the 8 miler! Hope you had fun at the Christmas party.

X-Country2 said...

Mama's gettin' her party on!

Anonymous said...

Nice job.

Jess said...

Nice job on the 8 miler Jess!