no jogging and no blogging

to all you bloggers.........I have NOT blogged or jogged for the last 3 days......still have puffy eyes..and feel awful.....don't know what it is all about ....but worked all weekend...and it is pretty sad you have all of these medical degrees walking around and none have a clue......well...one did....so have a plan for next week......hopefully this is going to get better...........listened to the meeting during a slow time........and it sounded like some excited speakers........made me want to be there..........back to it in a few...............hope your week is good.......plg

You might say yesterday was a 'personal' day or maybe it was a xt day of sorts ...but today back on the road.....ran most of the way.....gray and cool..no stars this morning.....me and this mp3....and the birds...no hissing at me this morning..may have been catching a morning snooze...like i felt like doing...plg

Puffy eyes patti..gone....

yep the puffy eyes are better..got a shot of decadron shot yesterday.....

ran around the lake the fog wrapping me all up....found a better rhythm today...the last week....has been tough.....managed to run most of the three........ lately.i have wo'd more than 'ogged'......anyway..paced myself better slowed down......stretched some .....afterward.....and now off to school....the 9th grader picked up the wrong set of books.......gotta get more on this schedule...especially the cross training...want to swim at our y here....just hate getting in the car at 530.....so much easier to just put my shoes on..and go out the door...but i know it is the key to a lot of this......what do ya'll like to do besides that hateful elliptical......and the treadmill......?.....let me know......

only 23.2 miles to go?!!!.......hmmmmmm

Up at 530....but not convinced I wanted to run...tired..and these eyes...still swollen...going to the doc this morning.....look like a nut!!!......ended up getting up ...and hitting the road....nice outside except no sun....but the temp was just right.....and I wogged.....mostly......then walked an extra mile....

my bird friend hissed at me again....scared me to death......

the run was pretty good.......but i keep worrying about the other 23 still to do......

I'm Back....

Hello to all you bloggers out there....I am back.....this week has been weird....I have had a terrible allergy to something..... my eyes have swollen up like golf balls every morning....(not a pretty sight)......and I have felt like a dog!!!........ a Patti term....being the nurse that i am I have chosen to take care of myself..instead of going to the docs..progress has been slow......anyway....I have not been jogging or blogging.....but today..after sleeping late....and taking care of kids...and doing my chores...yes...i hit the street...and wogging is what i did....3 miles...not too great but back at it.......definitely felt good...and even tho' tomorrow is supposed to be a xt day..i may run again....just the 3 'cause i have missed so much this week........hope the meeting was good...and i plan to make up for lost time .....by at least being consistent.....have a good week....plg

great morning....not too cold not too hot...juuust right!

awake at 5....oh well....so you didn't get the 6 or 7 hrs..you wanted..........up to it....stars are out this morning winking at me around every bend in the road.....no one out here just me and a cool wind and some bird that hissed at me ....about scared me to death....know i picked up my pace then.......but managed to slow it down.....ran longer...this time, Mark....not so many walk breaks.....and added a half mile to the whole thing .........cause i got up earlier......3.5
yesterday and the day before......didn't run or exercise........read all of the blogs ...tho'....inspired me to keep on keeping on..........
off to a day at the hospital...and getting my boys to school.............hope all of your day is a good one...plg

sunshine....

I am voting for some sun...please......i need it.....needed to stretch after I ran..today...which i did again at the wrong pace....seems in the morning...i can keep going at that slow and steady pace...but after 9am...well..i just want to goooooooooo...................but that is not going to get me thro this marathon..i know it.................hope everyone has a good week....tomorrow..i plan to run ......but it is supposed to rain.........so we will see...may have to do some aerobics in front of the tv......it IS supposed to be xt day,you know......................
have a good valentine's week......everyone..............til next time.......

YEAH!!!!!!SUNSHINE!!!!!!

Hit the road at 730 this morning....me and the school buses....not a good time to run...much better in the early am before the birds get up...but the sunshine was great!!!..hope we have more of it and less of the wet stuff.....ran 3.0 in 30 min. ....can't help it, Mark...I needed to get finished.....I have things to do.....definitely need to pace myself better....I am going to try to walk and run like Mark is talking about and maybe I will last longer....26 miles...is looking really tough from here......haven't really done the xt very well.....went to the y the other day to do wts...and yesterday almost died....so sore.....need to go back over that wt. training program...but my speakers have to be hooked up on this dang computer...and i can't figure out how to hook them back up......it is color coded..how hard can it be....!!duh....have a good one....

STILL NEED THE BEACH

well..supposed to xt today....cause i changed my schedule around...i am not sure you would call what i did cross training....went to the y......did some of the machines.....one of my friends from church saw me..and decided to have a heart to heart....cannot chew gum and walk at the same time..so you can guess how that went.......on the elliptical for 15 min...the treadmill 15......and just so you know.....that elliptical thing...is the pits..!!!!....somebody
told me i would like it....guess I will have to get used to it....it seems to be better than the treadmill...anyway.....decided after coming home..that it could NOT be that wet outside...and I still have two hrs. before going to work ...so...ran about a mile and a half......and then the old brain hit the ditch...and I just floated the 1.5 the rest of the way home....me and my mp3.......wishing for a really nice beach..with those waves rolling in.....and the hot sun shining overhead....yep...THAT is the life....!!!

Patti Gilmore's Marathon Journey

Patti Gilmore's Marathon JourneyWoke up at 4:15.....yuck....back to sleep and then up again...so set out to the lake...sky all purple and pink......thought the sun would shine then...but proved me wrong and we are back to a gray day......time was ok...but still walked a lot...tired today....planned to rest tomorrow and then start back Tuesday with those weights they talked about Saturday......the Saturday run motivated me....and seeing all the different folks makes it even better.....have a great week....and enjoy the superbowl!!!!

Mark needs a watch that really times a minute....!!!!!

Yep..you heard it....that watch does NOT give you long enough to walk.....I needed a little more time..........Matt and Alice agreed..I am bringing my own watch the next time....and see for myself....!!...I will never remember all of those machines....At our y....(v'burg)....there are some of the same machines...I just have to remember which ones are the ones she talked about.....I will figure it out...eventually.....can't decide whether to run tomorrow and rest Monday...have to work 12.....and sometimes that is too much in one day..............do not know how to pace myself .....wore myself out.........excited about meeting new people.....and doing this.....thanks..mark.....

My brain is in the ditch.....and I walked more than I ran.....but my time was almost the same...keep thinking I have a looooooonnnnnnnngggggg way to go......have not really run the whole 3 miles this week....more like walk run walk run....but i am moving.....guess that will have to do.....for now....expecting Mr. Encouragement...to get us pumped up Saturday......I hate the cold and it was cold and gray out there this morning.....not even the birds wanted to wake up....and not one dog barked.....they all felt like me....sluggish.................I am sore....wishing I had that pool you talk about to jump in....but I HATE cold weather.....it is time for the sun to SHINE..............

I NEED SUNSHINE and A BEACH!!!!!

Hit the road this morning...thank goodness...I did make good time...no mp3 this morning...just me and the gray day.............I need some sun....and a really great beach to look at.....this rain is not happening............... i was supposed to xt yesterday .....but never did get to the v'burg y and the brain went to the ditch...so today is the 'new' day....think I will still run tomorrow.......this is really mind over matter, isn't it...?.........I need to eat better....too........when and how long before you go do you eat........I am afraid i will be sick sick sick.....and that is not a pretty sight....yuk..........................actually got hot today in my running stuff..and didn't have that much on.......of course it wasn't 22 degrees...like it was the day i bought the stuff.........I am definitely ready for shorts and a tshirt.....easier.......more tomorrow......blogging and jogging....

cruddy day

went to the y...walked 1.5 there...and then noticed it wasn't raining...and i just wanted to get outside...the place was so full of people.....felt claustrophobic...so off to my road........gray and wet...but quiet...and best of all no people..no bad news on tv...no music....nothing but me and the road.....and the tightest muscles......i have ever had....couldnot get in the rhythm...but enjoyed it anyway....all in all....about 4. miles...........now off to work......hopefully lots of babies.....and lots of business...........have a good one....!!!!