Non-Running Post and What Hurts Today

This is going to be an off-topic blog post.

Why? Well...I just have no running wisdom to impart on you this morning.

That's right: no advice to make you a slower, more awkward runner like me! I hope you understand.

This is straight from the Facebook juggernaut...my friend RK tagged me in a note, challenging me and others to play a game of "Guess the Movie" based on character quotes.

Not wanting to upset the Facebook Application Gods, I played along and then made my own list of quotes from my favorite movies.

My friends (all popculturephiles) easily guessed 10 out of the 15.

Here are the ones they didn't get, Blogger Friends:

1) Budd: "That woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."

2) Natalie: "What is the last thing you remember?"
Leonard: "My wife.."
Natalie: "That's sweet."
Leonard: "Dying."

3) Duncan: "There is a war on. How is it that you are headed west?"
Hawkeye: "Well, we kinda face to the north and real sudden-like turn left."

4) Truvy: "In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight."

5) Sands: "Okay, Okay. I'm going to freak right out."

Give it a guess! I even gave you the character name! This should be easy...right?

Eh...My taste is movies is a little immature obscure.


What Hurts Today:

My hamstring all the way down my calf to the bottom of my foot hurts today. It feels like I'm being shocked by an electric eel every couple seconds. Hooray!

Went for a run, thought I was dying, planted some shrubs...

I had a 12 mile run on the docket for Saturday.

The weather was perfect, my legs felt great...what could go wrong?

I'll tell you what: complete gastrointestinal mutiny.

Soon my lovely 12 mile training run became a 9 mile run + 3 mile death march back to the car. I ran as far as I could run, and then it was no longer about getting my mileage in...it was about SURVIVAL!

All the park bathrooms were closed and the only beacon of hope -- a port-a-potty-- was just beyond my grasp; locked behind the fence of a construction zone.

Just...miserable.

BUT the rest of the day was very productive! Hubs and I planted two trees in our back yard and built a flower bed...

...then we stuffed my purse full of snacks and went to the movies to see "Fast and Furious."

Laugh all you want, but my bizarre love for Vin Diesel is immune to your mockery.

And the soundtrack!

If this soundtrack doesn't make you want to slap a spoiler on your Camry and shave your head, then you should check your pulse.

Happy Friday, y'all!

Quick post today...

This is what my tempo run typically looks like:
- 0-10 minutes: warm-up
- 10-25 minutes: "comfortably hard" pace
- 25-35 minutes: cool-down

I stuck to this last night and BOY was I sweaty.

BIG run tomorrow...no punking out this time.

1-week until the Papa John's Ten-Miler!

So I checked out my Google Analytics...

Uh...

To the person Googled "Soffe Trash Bag Shorts" and found my blog post about excessive sweating instead, sorry to disappoint you...but you probably want to avoid trash bag shorts anyway.

And to whomever searched for "hooker radar" and wound up here: Heaven help you.

This post probably wasn't what you were looking for.

*cringe*

The Hazards of Running with a Family Member

Yesterday, my Cousin/Half-Marathon partner and I ran a 5 mile loop starting/ending at our gym. This workout was supposed to happen Tuesday night, but a thunderstorm made us push it back (ie-- I forgot my trashbag at home).

Talking while running (or is it "running while talking?") has always intimidated me...I just assumed that the more I talked the less I'd breathe.

But we chatted it up without any complications during our run. Success!

We ran at a faster pace than usual (she is a 10 min.-miler also)...neither of us cared to admit who kept inadvertently upping the pace, but I think she did for the first 2.5 miles and I did for the last 2.5.

But all in all, it was a really good run.

Oh, except my Cuz hit me at one point---SMACK, right on my back--claiming I led her to believe our finish line was closer than it really was. She blamed the outburst on a seizure.

Ah, family.

Tempo run tonight? YES, tempo run tonight.

Read any good books lately?

I don't know why Blogger ate half of my pictures...and apparently stole my Turtle mascot too.

Is anyone else having issues with Blogger and pictures today?

Anyway...

My Mexican cruise is only one month away! OLE'!

That means it's time for me to start looking for vacation books. This may sound easy enough, but I can go through 3-5 books during the span a typical week-long vacay. I DEVOUR books.

I read (or started) three books during my honeymoon: The Ruins by Scott Smith, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet (didn't finish this behemoth) and The Host by the Twilight chick (she should stick to vampires).

Here I am with The Ruins. It's suspensful and interesting...not the mention, the villian of the story is very unique.

So...read anything worth recommending lately?

What I Don't Like...

Chick-lit is just not my thing...and I've tried it, I swear I have! Nicholas Sparks made me want to puke (toooooooooo sweet). I love Jodi Picoult, but I've read most of her stuff.

And while I appreciate the "bring back the classics" movement, I did enough of that in undergrad...I just can't balance Joyce and a pina colada.

What I Do Like...

Suspense that doesn't smack you upside the head...Odd humor (I know, you must be SHOCKED)...Stories that rely on a character's relationship to their environment...Historical novels that DO NOT involve bodice ripping...

My Short List so far...

- The Road, Cormac McCarthy
- A Dirty Job, Christopher Moore
- American Gods, Neil Gaiman

Despite my list of "dislikes," I'm really open to any and all suggestions!

FOOLS!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Some Ecards

Sigh.

Let's see...ah...ok, I have an announcement! I'm becoming a vegan. Yeah. Save the little baby cows and all that jazz...veganism is the way to go.

I've also decided that 26.2 isn't that impressive in itself, so I'm skipping ahead...gonna do the IRONMAN. So, get excited for THAT.

Oh, and Hubs and I are having a baby! BABIES, in fact...triplets! No...wait, ur....OCTUPLETS like that crazy-lady. BABIES BABIES BABIES!

AND I'm leaving my job and going to LAW SCHOOL in August! Oh wait...that one is real.

Eh.

April Fool's jokes don't really translate in blog form. Or on Facebook.