(shirt, shorts)

It snowed on us for a bit during the run so that was a fun May surprise.

I love my helix piercing but goodness gracious I regret it when my ears are cold because it hurtsssssss. I need to be smart and always wear an ear covering if it’s under 35°.

Brooke needed Yogurtland so I made that happen and of course joined her in the goodness.

Grocery store sushi makes me very happy and I might be the only one (besides Andrew) with this opinion (especially in a landlocked state ha).

Let’s cover the tangents for the day:

*How we felt after our 3 mile tempo that we told ourselves we would take conservatively before we started but didn’t take conservatively at all.

*She is closer to a pull-up than I am.

*Knox led cross-country the other day. He was so proud.

*Look at Brooke out in the real world for a few minutes! Turns out cotton candy is perfect post tonsil removal because it fully digests in your mouth.

*And this is picture is from when I really became addicted to running… My first marathon.  Before this marathon, I would run off and on, but never longer than a few miles.  It was this race and the training that lit the flame for me and made me want to run every day for the rest of my life.  Before this, spin classes and the elliptical were my usual aerobic activities, with some running thrown in randomly but once I had that marathon training plan telling me what to do each day with a square for me to check it off… I fell hard.

Well, that is a tangent from the tangent I really wanted to talk about. I saw this picture and wondered how, in the world, I survived 26.2 miles with my phone strapped on one arm and my headphone cords flying around the whole time. These days, I want the least amount of things touching me during a marathon.  

I would love to know, is there anything you used to wear or use for your training or racing that you couldn’t do now? 

Piercings… have any?

-3 on each year! I had one in each year until the beginning of my mid-life crisis that started recently and I’ve considered

Have a tangent for me?

I cannot get my blog to use different-colored fonts anymore, and it is making me very sad.

Thank you, Emilee and Jo, for meeting me early on Saturday morning for a run. Thank you, legs, for running our 3-mile segment faster than the previous week. Thank you to the majority of my fake eyelashes for staying on during the windy run. Thank you, Panda, for being open at 9:30 am… Brooke was … Continue Reading

Sleep and sweats won over going for a run. Yesterday was more painful for Brooke so we took it extra low-key. I’ll be back on Monday with a normal post. Thank you for being the best. Tell me three things you have going on today!

(shorts, long sleeve, bra, shoes) Back to gloves but at least I can say the shorts are here to say. These bushes that we run by smell like actual grape candy. Day #1 of Tee-ball for Beck occurred. Bless the coaches of the 3-4t team. They are truly angels. Brooke even decided to come to … Continue Reading

(ribbed tank ((with a built-in bra, and a great deal)), shorts, shoes) Well, day #1 was better than we expected! I also think Brooke is very used to her throat hurting (when they looked at her throat before the surgery, they asked how she could even eat with the state of her tonsils!), so she … Continue Reading

I woke up at 3:15 am with my heart pounding and so much fear about Brooke getting her tonsils out. I think Andrew’s job (he works in organ donation… the sad side of it and the stories are so hard) has made me even more anxious about my kids, and there was no chance I … Continue Reading

I bought Brooke shorts to match with me. 11 miles @ 8:25 average. Don’t be surprised if I get a restraining order placed on me due to the number of pictures I have taken of Clayton Young and Connor Mantz (just Clayton yesterday). I’m so excited each time I see them. Don’t let anyone ever … Continue Reading