Hey everyone! I hope you’re all having a great weekend, Molly and I sure are! My brother and sister-in-law are out of town for a while, so I’m staying with Molly and, well, being her personal entertainer.
I looked quite ridiculous carrying all my stuff over, and this was just enough for 2 days! I had to bring my school stuff, my “gear bag” for after the 20 miler (I’ll explain tomorrow) and my foam roller! All so I wouldn’t have to keep going back and forth between my apartment and theirs.
When I got to their apartment, I had a surprise waiting for me! Brooks send me a pair of Ghost 5 running shoes!!! I won’t be using them for the marathon since I’d feel more comfortable in the Asics I’ve been running in this past week (they’re the exact same as the shoes I’ve been training in all summer), but I’ve been walking around in them all day and love them!
Even Molly approves.
Friday night I headed out for drinks with Linsday, Kelsey and Kim! The three of us and Lindsay’s boyfriend went to see a show at Second City. Kelsey’s boyfriend was a writer! It was waaaaay past my bedtime (the show started at 10:30!) but I was so glad I went, I had a great time with them!
When I got home I woke poor Molly up!
However when I tried to go to bed, she was not having it!
We were up bright and early Saturday morning to go meet Cate on the lakeshore path. She was doing her 20 mile training run, so Molly and I ran with her for about a mile.
We also ate a spider on the window sill.
For dinner I went to Mista to grab one of their “cracker crust” pizzas. They have gluten free! I was excited to try it but pretty disappointed when I got it home. If you’ve been following a while, you know I used to make “pizzas” on brown rice tortillas quite often. Well, their gluten free “crus” was the exact same tortilla that I use at home. In other words, I paid $12 for a pizza I’ve made myself several times… Party. Foul.
My plan for this evening is to get to bed early since I have an early wake up call: the Newton 20 Miler! It’s my 20 mile training run and I have to say I’m pretty nervous about it. Not the distance, but the fear that some injury will pop up, forcing me to stop. I want to finish this run so badly! I’ll take as many prayers as I can get!
Have a great Sunday!