DO YOU HEAR ME?!!!!!..........???????

where ARE ALL THE BLOGGERS..................

HELLLLOOOOOOOOO?....HEEEELLLLLOOOOOOO!!!!....WHERE ARE YA'LL.....?

PATTI G.........

good run............

EVEN tho...i did not sleep enough..AND i had to stop... early and walk in......the knee gave me fits...and i know part of it is because i have not cross trained.....enough..........seems like today it hurt more after the run than when i stopped....but now i have iced it twice...and taken aleve and advil...and i am being a big bum.............looking at catalogs....and just goofing off............need to get me together because tomorrow have to be nurse Patti......thanks for the encouragement on the run melissa.....you are always so great about that.....want you to know that i always appreciate your kind words....mark and shawn and alice and sunny...thanks for letting me run with you..............it makes the run go on by.....

.the morning seemed cooler to me......and a lot less humid than last week..here's to next week being the same...I am a marathoner.....(I hope).............want this IT band to get better.....quick! Patti G.

can anyone say MUD

That is what i felt like i was running in today...and i think it may have been a tad cooler....i was very slow .....on my 3..............and there was a lot more walking than running..no music......
you might call this a crappy run.....cause it was...........i may bike with my 12 yr old ...this afternoon......

icing the knees as we speak..............and if you wanted a cheerful blog.....you are out' a luck!
patti g.

3 slooowww

3 miles...very slow.....but no twinges.....fixing to ice....and hope that tomorrow i can do a little more.....or..I may wait until Saturday...and just run the long run...and see what happens....keep your fingers crossed...patti...

Patti

COULDN"T think of a title...can you tell.....i am going to get a massage in a little while....the whole bod feels out of wack today...no sleep..I am going to get a massage today....hopefully she can work on this IT problem...I have iced and aleved and advil'd...and everything...and i am ready to run....i need it for lots of reasons...I hope tomorrow..i can run my little 3...if i do it on the flat part...that would work..and at least i would feel like i could do something...........

hey MATT...you know what you need...at Lowe's..they have this doorknob that you put a code in...and it will open...TADA.......You do not need a KEY>>>>!!!!...i know i made a comment on your blog today...like an old mother hen...but i have reconsidered your key thing...so that is what you need to do....and i am sure you are going to run out and do that....right..?...right....!

hope all of you are jogging and blogging.....

have a good one..patti g.

sat

started out this run....with the girls.....all of us feeling pretty good.....moving on...time is good...and got into a good pace.....nice............but about mile 9 or 10........my knee starting killing me when i ran.............had to stop..walked..for awhile...and a little more...and decided to go on back to the y...after several attempts to run..and the thing killing me......i have not had any problems so far....looks like the IT band is the problem.....hope that i can get this under control...and move on..............got directions from mark and matt and joe.....hopefully, it will respond to the rest and ice.........and stretching...........

the run the part that i did do... was good...and i hope that everyone fared well out there....the heat was tough...but we knew it would be that way....my youngest has seen this as an opportunity to start riding bikes with me.............and that will be good.....

hope the weekend is good for all...patti g.

YUCK!

Got up at 3...yep..3....then snoozed a little more......woke up to run at 5......did not do so well....just 3 miles...decided cut it short...felt sick sick sick.....don't think i ate or drank enough yesterday.....hope that is all it is......things to do today....

but back to the run...there was this big huge moon over the lake all spooky looking with clouds over the orange......so fine..hope some of you saw it......

yep..i am nervous about this 20 miles....but the 10 went well...until yesterday i was doing pretty good with the water and the diet....so...back to it today...and i hope that all of you are jogging and blogging.....

have a good one..patti g.

6.5....maybe

The maybe part..is because cannot remember how much the part is that i added on.....so.....it was at LEAST 5.5 miles...slow and easy...cause i did not want to get out of bed..and waited til 5:30 to start moving...got out at 5:45....

the lake was still....no birds...didn't even see the turtles out this morning....but the sky was blue and that purple and pink line on the horizon...looked pretty nice as I ran up my most unfavorite hill...is htat a word..'unfavorite'..don't think so...anyway..the run was pretty good...altho' the last mile i walked...and wished for a breeze.....my knees felt good...I have to remember the aleve before the long run....

got the internet connection fixed.....so i'll be blogging and jogging....hope your day is good...patti

5 miles

managed...5 today....slooowww...at work..internet is down..so i don't know if i am going to be able to blog...but i will be running.....have a good Monday....Patti

10 miles...so easy..!!!!

Can't believe i am saying that....good good run....I needed one after this past week..and that 18 miles of pure torture...next week the 20 I hope to be in better shape for.....eating better and drinking thro the week..really helped...didn't sleep well last night but did ok thro the week..that helped too.....

and now....i chased those pesky flies away by taking a good hot shower......and i think i am going in here and take a 'rest'...just for a minute......

good weekend to all....I AM A MARATHONER!!

Wed

Hey out there.....up at 5:15.....not too chipper this morning.....but up and at 'em....around the lake...no one out...this humidity is T-U-F-F!!!......did the 4:1 thing...good time for me........6 miles....70 min......the wind blew the first part of the run.....showed up on the lake making it look like one big ripple ...................no sun that early...or at least not one that i could see...................then on around the other part of the neighborhood.....past the walkers....it is flat here...and easier to run.......makes the last part bearable...because the humidity was getting to me.....almost got run over this morning..because my middle name is idiot..and i was thinking about other things and not cars......think i saw a birdy fly out of that window..i am not sure.....
the knees feel fine..the ice worked..and the aleve........and i have been trying to do a little better on the eating..not so much caffeine...and more water......more good stuff..not junk................

not a running note..but right as i was getting finished with my run.....watering some ferns...and walking around the yard......apparently something had rattled some deer in the nearby woods.....3 came charging out of the woods straight at me...i don't know who was more astonished me or them....thought i would have a heart attack right there...but they turned at the last minute stirred up every dog on my street.... i hope they made it to the woods on the other street....they have lived there all year....and some mornings...they look at me when i am running by...........and usually eat my impatiens.....that are around my trees...........

hope your day is great...patti g.

All seT!!!

DANG....it is 9pm...i was going for a run.....my youngest...had his heart set on an mp3 ....got home in time for a lightening storm that was really cool...but then the bottom dropped out...and it looks like no run for me tonight..planned to do that to get 6 in today.....NOT HAPPENING>>>..haven't looked at the weather...hope it won't be raining tomorrow........pg

5:15

around the lake so quiet and still......pat, pat, pat....me and the gray......man is it humid out there.....few stars twinkling in the sky....ran the 4:1 thing....tired this morning..but feels so good to get out of here.....just feel the road underneath...no runners no walkers until the end of the run....wanted to keep going but 3 was it today...maybe tonight..3 more.....we will see.....hope your day is good...patti g.

18..long long long long long long miles!

Did you hear me say that was a long torturous (sp?) 18 miles.....man!....I was WAY TOO tired....and had not eaten the right stuff thro' the week and definitely not hydrated enough....I realized about half way through that I was going to have another headache....altho' I did not get one during the race....BUT i did do it...and i am glad....know what needs to be done before 20 miles comes up....

I will say if it were not for Shawn, Sunny,and Michelle I could not have done it.....the group helps tremendously....we pulled each other through those last few miles....thanks to all of you!

I have figured out what we needed and didn't have to help things along the way....Jelly Beans....starburst.....they would have warded off those evil spirits......next week..those will be on me...i hereby solemnly swear.....

and the diet will be much better.....i can really tell the difference in this long run and the last long run...garbage in..garbage out....gotta have the good stuff to make everything work well...............guess i won't be able to eat the whole bag of j.beans after I buy them, Huh?.....

managed to get myself home to good old v'burg....after going to a friends house in Woodmore and showering......those pesky flies were getting to me........then off to my bed with an ice pack for my knees...and now...i am reading blogs.....several have called to ask how it went...and that is nice......good support from good friends.......they cannot believe that i am still doing this.....feels pretty good know that yes, I am ....and I am a MARATHONER!!!!....

have a good weekend all of you...patti g.

hellooooooooo.....helloooo anyone out there?

up and at em this morning...may I say that some days just stink....my legs feel like tree trunks....and i am sop and wet...and it is cooler than it has been...but i am dying...how in the world am i going to do 18 miles saturday......i think i am not going to think about it...just start drinking water....water water.............and gatorade......and just deal with it when it happens!....

started out around the lake.......still and quiet this morning...no one out...not the walkers..not the early morning runner...who has a wicked pace that i envy...no one......even the dogs didn't bark this morning.....made it around the other side...and there is the perfect electric sunrise with a purple sky......and blue all around......and now.....i am tired...and i am seriously thinking of going in here...and resting for a while longer......and restarting my day later......have a good one...and see you saturday.....patti g.

wooooo....

TELL ME...is it hot or is IT HOT!!!!....hit the road at 5:45 this morning..late for me....had 15 yr old come in at 2this morning....from camp.....had a hard time getting out of the bed...anyway...back to the run...5 miles i think..maybe a little more.....i was pretty slow out there...due to 12hr shift yesterday..and the interrupted sleep....but managed to get the time and the miles in...so with a whole nights sleep tonight..maybe i can increase the distance....maybe......

i always get nervous about these long runs....wondering if i can do it.....and if i am going to feel horrible afterward....the last one was not too bad...i tried to make sure i hydrated......hope we get an early start this weekend....and let's pray for a cold front .....

well..that's all for me...all of you have a good week...patti g.

4:00...?5:15

yeah...5:15 is when i get up...tell my mind and bod that....please!.....no rest for the weary last night...ended up running the usual by the lake..no one out...celebrating the 4th i bet...but anyway...the sun was definitely up and at em...and the lake.....was still there....quiet and still this morning.....good to be back to my usual place to run...even tho' did enjoy the beach...mostly ran in the small group of houses next to ours..and managed to get in 5 or 6 mi most days..but the humidity was SOMETHING!...can't believe it felt better here .......but it did...gotta put nurse patti cap on today..so off to the trenches....have a good one...patti g.

no run...

no run this morning...tired...!..going to the lake....let the skiing be my xtrain...have a good one...patti g.

I'm BACK!!

well..as always the beach is great...!!..made it with the 5 boys ....they were a good group...and i loved watching them enjoy the water..sun and sand.......

i managed to get some runs in...the first day was interesting..started a little late...and felt like my legs were dead...and couldn't breathe...no matter what...but rested another day..and got started back thursday and friday with no trouble....!even tho i did wish that i had a running buddy or two......hope that today was good..for all....

i will be back next week with bells on.........i hope.....and tomorrow plan to try to run something..let you know that then.....have a good fourth.....patti g.