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Hot Humid Days

If you live in Ontario/Quebec you obvsiously know that there is a bit of a heat wave going on right now. I think this is the first heat wave (more than 1 day of heat) of the season. Is this going to be a sign of what to come during the summer? Lots of humid days? Yuck! I hate humidity with a passion. It makes me uncomfortable, sticky, and I feel like I am always sweating (why do I always sweat?!). Right now it is 23 degrees right now, but it feels like 31. But the ‘feels like’, is just one problem with humidity. When we have humid days, I find it harder to breath and the air feels thick. I can deal with the heat – but the heaviness sucks!

So Max and I will not be running for the next couple of days. We set out for a short run yesterday at 10am and halfway through the run I could start feeling the humidity start up. I planned on just doing a 5K, and I did do my 5K route. I did walk the last KM though as I felt like crap. I also started to feel that spot in my ankle that I can’t for the life of me figure out what is happening there. With the new shoes my shin splint problem has disappeared, but this ankle thing is still there. I will see how this race goes on Saturday and perhaps it is time for a doctor’s visit to figure out what is going on. Also, it doesn’t really hurt yet – it just feels a bit tight I guess? I’m worried that it might really start to hurt and don’t want to over-do it.

Other than the Warrior Dash, I have no plans for any more summer races, so I think a good rest is in order (I have run 4 races in May/June). Technically I am supposed to be starting my training for the half…but honestly I already have a bit of a base, so I might start at the 12w mark rather than the 18w mark. But looking at the “Half – To complete” training schedule – First couple of weeks are 3K runs anyways.

Running Pet Peeve: When a random black fly finds you and then decides to chase you for quite some time. Nothing more annoying than a buzzing insect flying around your head trying to bite you!

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To escape the heat for the next couple of days, what can you do?

- Go to the mall

- Go see a movie

- Sit in your basement (if you have one)

- Go to Ikea and eat meatballs and test out furniture (no joke, this is on my agenda for tomorrow)

- Go Swimming

- Eat lots of popsicles/eat a DQ ice cream cake for dinner

Stay cool everyone!!

By Rebecca|running, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Manic Monday

After a pretty busy weekend, this Monday isn’t as crazy as it usually is. But that isn’t really a bad thing. This week is a slower one – but I do have some things on the agenda. Today I applied for a pile of jobs for September – so much fun to play with baby and write cover letters at the same time :-S

On Saturday I have Emilie’s Run. Due to Track, a slight injury and yucky-hot weather, I’m not sure whether I will PB or not. I have gone on a few runs though, and plan on doing evening runs this week. I’m pretty sure I can do a sub-30, but we will see. I don’t want to aggrevate whatever is going on with my lower heel and risk screwing up my half-marathon in September. Once this race is over, I am on rest for a few weeks I think!

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The Farm has opened! First thing up for this year’s harvest is Strawberries! I picked some up yesterday and they were super juicy! Might make some strawberry crisp or something for dessert tonight (like I need more dessert….)

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I go back to work in a couple of weeks for summer school, which means it is time to get organized and ‘lesson plan again’. So far all I have done was take out my ‘office in a box’ and made folders for each day. Hopefully the more organized I am, the easier this will be. Last year I probably did 12 hour days, every day for 3 weeks straight. This year I don’t have to make a website, create lessons from scratch and I am NOT taking an online grad school course at the same time. I should be in much better shape!

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I am adding to “my collection” this week.

Still waiting for it to be shipped….

What is it?

By Rebecca|Random|1 Comment

Need new shoes

I buy new shoes every running season. My preferred make is New Balance and they are not always cheap. Because I stopped running by June last year, I didn’t feel the need to buy new shoes for the first part of this season. Well, I think the time has come to buy new shoes! I am getting some shin splint pain now. Not too terribly bad, but that doesn’t mean I continue to run like everything is fine. I also need to stretch more.

Anyhoo, so I am thinking that I need to go to the Running Room and get properly fitted for some shoes before I start training for the Army Half. Thoughts?

In the meantime, I do have brand new Nike shoes that I may start wearing. They gave me a bit of knee pain when I was running with the chariot though. I should test them out this weekend.

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Grey’s Anatomy

Season Finale is tomorrow night and it is looking like it will be intense! Grey’s finales have had a tendency to cause a bit of “grey’s anxiety” and usually very surprising. Re-cap of the previous seasons:

Season 1: Derek is married and Addison shows up

Season 2: Denny Dies. So sad

Season 3: Burke and Christina Wedding. Not too bad, but still a bit sad in the end

Season 4: Most boring finale yet. But Derek and Meredith finally get together

Season 5: Izzie and George: will they die? The George getting hit by a bus and Meredith figuring it out still gets me every time. I totally did a “OMG!” moment when I watched it

Season 6: Most anxiety-ridden finale ever. It was the shooting episode. I did not enjoy watching that episode, at all.

Season 7: Meredith messes up the trial. Kinda dull on purpose due to the season’s very dark nature

So Shonda Rhimes (the writer) has said that last season’s finale was boring on purpose in anticipation of what was going to happen in season 8. Big thing is that it is contract negotiation year and anything can happen. There are rumours out there about who is staying, but so far no rumours about who hasn’t signed. There are lots of rumours about who is going to die tomorrow night. Both ABC and Shonda have said that someone will die. She has also said that she is awfully worried about what she has written and how it may cause more backlash then the whole George being hit by a bus episode.

Many people have said that it will be Lexie or Arizona. They are two obvious choices as in the promos, they are pinned under the plane.

Now: that could very well happen. But I think that is way too predictable and not in the style of Rhonda’s writing. However, maybe for the first time she will be predictable? Who knows! I do have a very bad feeling that it is Lexie…..*sigh*