Easter

Easter was nice. I woke up and had a nice run (see a previous post).  Then I hurried and showered then started cooking. i was delayed. Oops.

The picture is after my run.  I ran for 97 minutes but stretched for a few minutes twice and stopped to borrow Dave's iphone since mine was about to drive.

On my 9th mile, my orthotic started digging into my foot.  It is hard to tell but I got a blister.  The same foot bothered me at the great race during the 4th mile. For the great race I cut my foot. At least this time it was just a blister. Or maybe a cut is better.  I wonder if I should get new or different custom fit orthotics.

 After my shower, I did my shin exercises.

I had to start cooking. i was in a rush so I didn't take any pictures of when I prepped the roasted red potatoes.

 My parents came. They brought some food too.

A quick picture of the table.

The dessert

 Then we went to a Lake near me. Apparently my parents went there years ago to fish. It is called Glade Run Lake. It is really close to me but I never knew.  I will crop and edit the photos later.

 We then went to the park connected to where I voted. No good scenery there.  Then it was off to North Park.  That lake was drained so we got some nice pictures.

My mom took gameboy.

I sure must have been having fun.

In the Lake

I found a walking stick. My mom liked it. She took it and another home.

 There was a portion of the lake that wasn't drained.  We saw some geese.

You can see my ribs poking out and you can see geese in the background

I told Dave I wished that he could pick me up and hug me like Big Mike on American Idol. He said he could and then he did.   Too bad my shoes are ugly.

We came home and ate leftovers and then had chips and dip.

More pictures from the day can be found at the following links
main gallery and the rest

The pictures will be so much better when I edit them. My camera came with software but I haven't used it and then I also have photoshop.

Nice Things

Dave did nice things for me at one time.
The day after our 6 month dating anniversary (where I got a gift) and the day before my birthday (where I got a gift), I came back to my dorm room to find this.  I had no idea what it was or what the deal was but of course before I touched anything I got out my camera.

The right side of the card said: Colleen, I depend on you like the leaves depend on the sun. I love you more now than ever. You are my sunshine. Love, Dave - I didn't verify I was taking clear pictures. 

Wasn't that nice of him?  This was back in 2003. 6.5 years ago. That's a long time.  Too bad I put all the leaves (but 1) in a text book and forgot and sold that text book.  I still have one in a frame.  It is rather brown and hard to read but I still have it.

Saturday continuation

I did a load of laundry. We went to Panera for dinner.  We started watching a movie but I fell asleep.

I spent very little time cleaning up for my parents visiting.

We had all the windows open so papers did fly around until we cleaned them up or weighted them down.

I got a sandwich and a soup at panera. It was the first time I got something other than just soup in so long.

MapMyRun.com - Regular Run: iMapMyRun: Apr 4, 2010 10:12 AM on 04/04/2010

MapMyRun.com - Regular Run: iMapMyRun: Apr 4, 2010 10:12 AM on 04/04/2010

I used iMapMyRun app and it was killing my battery so I only used it for about 40 minutes instead of for all 97 minutes.

I came home and did map my run for total distance.

Saturday so far

I keep feeling like today is Sunday and it is a great feeling that it is Saturday.  I woke up at 10:30 when Dave woke me up.  I was up until about 3:15. I fell asleep watching the Biggest Loser. I didn't go upstairs until 4am though.

I then read the internet until I was caught up on emails, blogs, and facebook.  It took until 11:30 or so.  Then I got a load of laundry in and headed out for my run.  I noticed the neighbors had a bouncy house and kids in it.  I called Dave to tell him but he didn't answer. I had to leave a message.   I found this odd because Dave told me to text him when I'm making my loop so he could watch for me and then would know I wasn't dead.

Well the run didn't turn out so well. I did run in that other housing plan for the first time.  I really like running places I've run before. I like knowing what to expect so at least next time I'll have this under my belt.
I only did the loop 1 time that I was going to do 3 times but then I did a small loop around my house (that is .6 or so).

I got back and was so thirsty. I knew I should have had something to drink before I ran. Oops. I did almost call Dave asking him to bring water to the end of the driveway and then I would drink and keep running.

After I got back I spent an hour typing in my numbers and trying to figure out how far each stretch on each road was.  I'm .02 off. I think that's pretty close.   I felt like I was running so slow but I actually ran faster than I'm used to.  I had a close call with a car. It was the worst time to meet a car. It was over a peak of a hill. Luckily I heard the stupid car and also heard him beeping his horn. I about dove off the road.  This was on Butler Street Extension.

I like the loop I run now. The hills aren't bad at all. I think I should run at the track sometimes because that is flat. I like the consistency of knowing 1 lap, how it's flat, and how it's way better on my knees than pavement.   Last year I ran on the track every time I ran. This year I haven't run once on it.

Gowear data

Then we decided it was lunch time. Well the Pizza would take 45 minutes so I thought I'd use the exercise bike and finish watching the biggest loser while it cooked.  Timmy called just as I was starting to use the bike. I talked to him the entire 32 minutes I used the bike.  I still think my physical activity duration for today will be low. I also won't have enough steps in.  The bike usage went quickly while on the phone but I went slower than normal since I was on the phone.

I burned 319 calories during my run. I burned 136 on the exercise bike.

Then we ate and watched Trauma. Man that show is good.  We then turned on Kitchen Nightmares. I love this show too.  I stretched a little while watching this.  My right side is much more flexible than my left. I need to work on this. I always say this but I don't work on it.

The supreme pizza. I didn't think I'd like it. It was good. 

I had Dave take my picture stretching and he also took this.

This side needs to be more flexible

We paused the show because the neighbor (farmer behind us) is using his bull dozer to tear down some trees.   I went and got my good camera to take pictures. I actually uploaded the pictures of the tree/bulldozer so I could post them.  I hadn't uploaded since before February 6 and I also rarely used that camera so I think the last upload was December 26.

Taken before we knew they were tearing down trees.

As Dave took this he said "Polytechnician"

Taken from upstairs to get a new vantage point.

Here is the album if you want to see the pictures larger.

My run (3.96 miles)

My 9.45 mile run got cut short.
I suck and quit.  I felt like I was running incredibly slow.



I'm icing my shins now. Then going to do the shin exercises and still need to get more of a workout in.