The Sunday Run...ugh

I haven't run nearly enough since I did an 8 miler two Sundays ago. I'm ramping up for a half marathon on NOVEMBER 1st!!! (that's 13 miles, what am I thinking?)

I had wanted to do 10 miles last Sunday, but we I had a weird quad cramp on a shorter run on Saturday and was afraid I'd really mess it up. So I waited and did 3 miles on Monday and it was OK.

But then I didn't run at all or Tuesday, Wednesday...um...or Thursday..

Then Friday, I had energy and did a 3 mile test run in the morning, 29 minutes...not too bad considering I wasn't straining at all and was fighting with the dogs the whole way.

I'm so dumb, though, I had a race that night! A 3 mile run downtown that a co-worker Shanghaied me into! Course, I ran it...and did 25:53, which is a pretty good time. But now my legs are killing me.

So I went out today and did 6.15 miles in 1.02 hours (one water stop for the dogs).

Average pace was 10.09 min. mile.

Best pace 6.57 min. mile (I had to get out of the way of a truck!).

Burned 729 calories. (According to my very cool wristband GPSer that my friend Olivia gave me.)

I'm not too worried about my speed. But I've GOT to get more mileage in! And I really need to drop the 10 POUNDS I gained over a summer of haphzard workouts and way too much beer drinking!

Sigh.

Oh, well, at least it was nice today. The high is supposed to only be in the 70s, so this morning it was very nice running weather. Here we are at the 3 mile mark, turning around and slogging back. Jack Jack is in the lead!

Pretty sky!
Oh, and look here, someone is building a bridge! This is the Allen Road extension across the "mighty" Kern River.

More bridge building...
After the run at Riverwalk (there IS NO RIVER!) park.

Someone got married!

Looks like someone got married, that or they just don't want to be caught without enough toilet paper in handy reach...

Congrats to Chris and KelliAnn!

Saturday night at Mexi

A festive night out.
Michael, fun, as always!
See how he likes JELLO SHOTS out at Ethels last March.
(Click on "jello shots" above and a new page will pop up from this blog, scroll to the bottom and click on the video)
Josie and her, um, young, um friend....rock on!

Mr. Don and Ms. Jen and their friends the margies.

Here's Wiz, trying to tell me astrology is bunk. What's he know??? He can't even explain why electricity works! And Robin, contemplating her next Ebay purchase...