officially 14 days

Friday I went and registered for the Seattle Jingle Bell run !! It's a snazzy little 5k here in Downtown and we of course have all kinds of goodies at the condo after. YUM !

I went to my fav running store, Run 26, and said "I need to register for the Jingle Bell Run and I need a pair of Mizuno Wave Inspire size 6 please"... no problem to register for the run, but no Mizunos :( The new ones come out Dec 1st. Sooooo I chatted with the guy and asked what he thought was comparable. The Run 26 guys know there stuff and he brought out a pair of Asics 2140s. Love them ! Wore them on Saturday... the only downfall... they have pink on them. Seriously ?? pink ?

Alrighty then, my 10 mile run yesterday around Greenlake turned into 6 and a half miles. And it wasn't pretty. My hip/groin whatever you wanna call it was not having anything to do with running. Pretty frustrating too... since... it wasn't raining, the temp was decent, I had a good play list going , shin was good, shoes were rocking, cardio was good... but hip didn't cooperate. I smiled my way thru 4 miles before talking a walk. Then ended up walking ALOT of the remaining 2.5 miles. Oh well... I iced and ibuprofened and that was that.

REVISED training schedule for the next 2 weeks = non-impact cardio cardio cardio. Meaning, eliptical and wind trainer. Not how I wanted this to go, and I made it thru October with no injury :) My longest run was 9.3 miles on October 31st. If I can do that, I can certainly finish 4 more miles. WAHOO !! I'll be just fine thank you. And.... no cocktails and limited carbs until Vegas. Easy !

Thanksgiving just around the corner... go to this link for some excellent recipes that are seriously good calorie busters:

http://www.hungry-girl.com/week/weeklydetails.php?isid=1597#stuffing

Keep working gang ! Vegas is almost here ! And then.... what's next you say ?? I'll be focusing on weight training to try to strengthen up my bones !