I made a pretty Fae character in EQII a month or so ago. I played her until I realised her wings were like Killian’s. So I deleted her today. Then after I confirmed deletion I remembered she had quite a bit of $$ on her. Oops.
I haven’t been this sick in over 10 years. I went to the doctor today and was told it’s just a cold and to tough it out. She gave me meds anyway. Going on 7 days straight. meh
While detailing an e-mail to my pet sitter for a future babysit date it occurred to me that I’ve known her so long / have used her services that… all my original pets she used to watch are no longer with us. I do have their Urns in a place of honor.
When she first started babysitting them, she took a little portrait of each. Here they are behind the cut. Rest in Peace, my lovelies.
My KSOs are too big. WAY too big but I’ve loved them the entire year I’ve been running in them anyway.
The major disadvantage is when I”m running in wet/muddy conditions. Then the feet start to slip around on the inside a lot. Sunday run was fun regardless!
Aprox 1,600 feet up Tiger Mtn looking down
Elevation gain and loss – 2,000 feet
KSOs= blue camo
Sprint = green
Purchased 5/10/09: KSOs: 416 miles
Purchased 11/20/09: Sprints: 143 miles
The blue KSO nubs are worn down pretty good. I attribute this to the fact I got them a too big and I landed too much on my toes at the start of my transition.
Mon-Friday 8am – 5pm. Back to normal working hours. Exciting. I do admit I’m going to miss my mid-morning adventure-runs before 12pm.
I always thought my Mother’s grey hair was so pretty in all it’s variations. I have colored my hair off and on over the last 20 or so years. I haven’t had any color done to if for two years and now that I see more grey in it – the coloring is going to stop. I hope my grey hair turns out as beautiful as my Mom’s was.
My husband was a bit over-excited when he pointed out my first noticeable grey hair last summer. It was a pretty fun reaction. He grabbed my head and was all “I see a grey hair!” YANK! Thanks babe, that kinda hurt.
Today:
Today I’m celebrating 3 years since I returned to Non-smoker status: It’s been 156 weeks, 4 days. The number of cigarettes I have NOT smoked since then is around 14,245 and the money saved is approximately $4,629.63.
Quitmeter.com rocks
As soon as I have official results and hopefully pictures I’ll post about it. For now – here’s the run – holy crap best time for me EVER in my VFFs!! Make that best time for me ever Period!
Average speed was 6.7mph! 
woah! Way to go 40-yr-old me!
Time: 01:06:20
Distance: 7.41 mi
Avg Speed: 6.7 mph
Max Speed: 9.1 mph
Avg Pace: 08:57 min/mi
Best Pace: 06:36 min/mi
Updated: Found some real results!
My Stats:
overall place: 366 out of 883
division place: 9 out of 64 <—- In the top 10 of my division! 
gender place (F): 112 out of 471
time: 1:06:17 (that’s 7.40 miles in 1hr 06 min) !!!
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Total Stats:
Number of Finishers: 883
Number of Females: 471
Number of Males: 412
Average Time: 1:09:49
Full results here: http://www.onlineraceresults.com/event/view_event.php?event_id=4700
take the long way home
Posted: April 9, 2010 by oboros in fivefingers, health, mental, running, trail, vff, zombiesTags: vff
My husband and I work in the same area. Yesterday was a day off for me and I planned my run as a “run home from work” event. Woke up to crazy snow-covered ground but I put the FiveFingers on anyway, rode into work with the spouse and proceeded to make my way back home.
The run was fantastic. Combo of street, sidewalk, paved trail, against the daily-grind-commute traffic and after making it 7.8 miles I have THIS to conquer!
- see the powerline in the distance? That’s where I’m headed.
Running up that area I encountered large areas of water & mud that I couldn’t go around.
So of course my VFFs got nice & muddy. Check out the Flickr! photos on the right if you’re interested.
Overall elevation gain = 588
but I never do. I think I got over that phase during my last decade.
Yesterday I went out for (what supposed to be) a short run before work. With my new job I don’t start until 12pm so I can be lazy about getting out later in the morning.
I ran around the neighborhood and veered off onto a trail – which I then took an obvious detour to a really NON-trail. Once I figured I was veering into “I’m going to be lost” territory I couldn’t turn around because a HUGE dog was chasing me and doing his duty of keeping me off his master’s property.
So I continued on this non-trail path and ended up in a marsh. I mucked through the mud and bog, crawled over a beaver dam and eventually made it to a stream to wash off my feet/VFFs/legs and continue on. (side note – that was SO MUCH FUN!)
With my trusty GPS watch tracking my movements, I knew I was over 3.25 miles away from home. I had no idea where the dirt road would take me but I took the left fork anyway.
The FIRST building I came upon out of the clearing?
This is an LDS church-my parents religion
With a “Thanks Mom!” I got my bearings and continued running home.
Figures Mom would direct me out of a bog and drop me off on the church doorstep, eh? She’s been trying to get me back to church for over 20 years and just because she’s passed doesn’t mean she’ll stop now!
22.5km (14mi) Saturday Run!
Posted: March 21, 2010 by oboros in fivefingers, friends, life, running, vff
Enjoyed a nice long Saturday run with a group of ladies celebrating a friend’s birthday together. She was “Running 45K for 45th Birthday”
I only ran the ‘half=22.5km’ (ONLY half? who am I kidding that’s 14 miles!) with a few other ladies. It was quite fun!
I ran in my VFF Sprints. This is the longest distance I’ve run since finishing the LV RnR Marathon Dec ’09. My left foot pad wasn’t happy at the end. However, in December it was the right. I think it’s the muscle still building up.
I went from 7-10 miles a week for the last three months to 25. Oops! My calves are a little sore but life is good!
since my Mother passed away. I miss you mom.
I really should go running.
