just another thursday

it's been an active week for me. after monday's 9.5 running miles, i got out and biked 27 miles on tuesday to loosen up my legs, which i needed BADLY. omg, i was SO sore on tuesday.

on wednesday, i biked over to the tin fish and met my dad and little sister for dinner. it's a super cute little 'order at the window' place on lake calhoun. very minneapolis. i love being able to bike there in 15 mins and meet my fam for weeknight dinner. when i got home, my neighbor was in the yard so i borrowed his ultra heavy duty hedge clipper thingy and cut some weeds, or should i say, little trees, growing behind my garage. as we started chatting he cut me some zenias from his yard for my table. he's just SO darn nice!! (picture attached)

tonight i went for a quick 5 mile run after work and made dinner for paola. she's been working so much lately, i feel so bad for the poor girl. here i am running and biking and meeting people for dinner and she's been slaving away at work :( hopefully it doesn't last too much longer. she did, however, stop and get a chirimoya from byerly's. i've never had a chirimoya before. you know, it's one thing i LOVE about dating and being with a colombian, or, i guess, an immigrant in general. i get introduced to so many different foods i probably wouldn't try. i STRONGLY suggest trying a chirimoya. it kind of tastes like a pear. SUPER bien ;) (picture attached)

gaby and marco, our current housemates, came home shortly after we had finished eating. gaby is one of paola's bff's and they are staying with us for the month of august. they LOVE phoebe, and it's SO cute how affectionate they are with her! phoebe is getting SPOILED with this double attention. she's going to have withdrawls when they leave.

9.5

i tend to life in the extremes. i'm all in, or not in at all. i took off at 5:30 and ran 9.5 miles. it was HOT. it was HUMID. it was SLOW. in fact, it wasn't pretty at ALL. but i DID it. and the only reason i did is because i woke up this morning and told myself i was going to run 9.5 miles. i wanted to see if i could, if i had it in me after all this time not running or training. you see, i signed up for a 13.1 on august 22nd back in may, before my accident. although the accident didn't leave me with any broken bones (thank god), it did leave me with a sprained foot, and whenever i run or put extra stress on it the next day it's really sore and aches and just doesn't feel right, so i've been extra careful, perhaps a little too careful, on not over doing it. but two weeks ago i ran a short 5 mile and 3.2 miles with only a day in between and the foot felt pretty good. because i was in texas for work last week and consumed with work i didn't get any running in. so this week, i wanted to test myself. and that's exactly what i did today. damn! it was painful. damn! i'm out of shape. but damn it, i'm running 13.1 on august 22nd, ugly or not!