Meh

It’s funny; if this were an ordinary week in my training, I’d just be thinking of it as a step-down week in mileage, which would be fine and welcome. I know, though, that it’s not a step-down week, that next week will be even lighter than this one, and therefore I feel completely lazy and horrible. Of course, it’s completely irrational, but there you go. Yesterday, Eric took a day off work, and we went to the gym together; I normally hate treadmill running, but since it was a chance to work out with my husband, it was worth it. I also used the opportunity to do some speed work – something that is so very hard for me outside, but is easier on a treadmill. I alternated one-minute shots of easy running, about 9:13 min./mile pace, with two-minute sprints, beginning with 8 min./mile paces and slowly getting faster until I was doing them at around 7:30 min/mile. It felt frankly fantastic. Then we did some strength work together, which was fun, as well.

Of course, then we went out for lunch at a pizza buffet, and it was all downhill from there. The kids were well-behaved there, but then we pushed our luck and tried for sushi at dinner, and Gabe just didn’t have it in him. Oh, well.

No dishwasher, though! We were having so much fun that we just never got around to that. Maybe this weekend! And now that temperatures are really starting to perk up in these parts (excepting the sleet and snow we had a few mornings ago), I’d really like to think about finally doing some yard work – most notably, replacing the tree in the backyard that we had taken down a few years ago. I don’t want a huge tree, such as we had, but a smaller one, perhaps with pretty blossoms, would be lovely. I need to move the rhododendrons out of the front yard, too, and into the back somewhere. They’ve never thrived where they are, since there’s just not much sun there. I’ll replace them with something evergreen-ish and hardy, and I hope they survive transplanting; I’m not a gardener, by any means.

Well, this was a thrilling entry… They can’t all be wolves and whatnot.