SUNDAY

HEY!!!.....managed a very slow 12miles...if you include my walking time......the knee gets me at 8 or 9 miles.....dang dang dang!!!.....i was frustrated yesterday..cause i felt good and thought i would be able to at least do 15...but nope...so onward...

went home and iced and alleved..and iced....etc....and now this morning...the hip to the knee is sore....but bearable...last night..i wondered if i had lost my mind doing this.....it seems like when i am running it gets sore enough to stop.....the p.t. told me not to keep running after it has gotten too much..but then when i do stop it is really painful...hard to explain...but enough of that....

thank you shawn, sunny and alice...for all you do to keep things moving.......!!!!!

the baby and mom that i was with last thursday....ended up being transferred to umc...please pray for them......they are good friends and they are soo worried about their baby.....things were getting better as of yesterday but little newborns can get sick fast......

and to Mark...hope all is well with you..and that you are healing as i speak.....patti g.

around and around she goes...

Hello to all............pat, pat, pat,....that is me..on around the lake....the air so thick you could cut it with a knife......the lake still..and the stars twinkling up there with a half moon........couldn't get the breathing right at first......my mind thinking with the music........finally slowed down....remember to pace.......did a 2:1 3:1 4:1.....who knows...my own thing......sunny and shawn know...i tend to do what i want.....going from song to song......some songs are just good to run to...you know it...anybody got their favorites......my list...toby keith.....the prayer...charlotte church..josh groban...some kind of classical that i have no idea what it is...just in a collection of cds that i have on the shelf..and loaded up.....rob thomas......rascal flats....all of them..my buddies when i do this crazy thing that we are doing........the knee is bugging me..and i am fretting over the long run....hoping that i can at least put in a reasonable amount of miles.........planning my strategy if none of this 'resting' works...............i am thinking of steroids....hey..i am not proud............i will see.......


i have thought of what i will do after the race.......and i think i will continue to do my 3 around the lake......and keep on keeping on..maybe do a few more....not sure if i will do a marathon...but maybe...who knows..?...............this running thing..is good......and i am thankful that i can do it..........


well.......i have stayed on the computer too long...have to go to work......

we are going to meet a new baby today..and i am taking care of her mom......she works with me...............and we are all excited to be meeting this new person......her mom and dad are great folks...so ...she cannot help but be.....!!!

to all of you...have a good one....patti

welllll....guess what?!

THEY called me in..at 9 am...and I just got home in case you don't know what time it is now...it is 10:44 p.m.......with 2 c/sections...and many many more want'a be's....I never did get that nap..or lunch...........and i only went to the bathroom twice in the last 12 hrs....soooo...now...out with the whiiinninng........well..maybe not...the knee hurts...and i need to ice it...so..ooooo i am going in here to do that very thing....and then..i am going to take that nap i wanted at 8.....and......my 12 yr old got contacs today......so now...one will have braces and contacs...and one will have contacs..and then braces..............

awake...

Yep..that is me...awake at 3 this morning....
on call for 24 hrs today...yuck.....have to take my son to have an eye exam this afternoon....so far, in the last two weeks....the oldest has to have braces...so it sounds about right to have to get glasses for the other one,..since half of his dad's family is blind without them......

wished i could have run with rodney this morning....sounds like i would not have had to get up too much earlier....and i don't care what he wears....i am usually in my own little world with my music..and the watch..........

looked outside and it was a beautiful morning......stars twinkling up there soo fine so fine.....and the moon lighting the way.......off i went....down and around the lake..my usual habit of running a minute then walking until that one certain mailbox.....then i can run under the lights on the dam.....the road felt good..and i did too........time flew on by..and i managed to get in another mile to make it 4.......the knee...well.......it hurts....so i will ice and stretch and take some aleve..and hope and pray this is going to be ok........i keep thinking it will just go away.......that may be too much to hope for...we will see...............may get to swim later....trying to get the crosstraining in.....so i do not get too far behind....

i intend on taking a nap if they do not call me in.....good day to all....patti

MONDAY

got up this morning...tired....took the kids to school...and then went to swim at my friend's pool.....35 min of laps..and that was it.........i am totally too tired......i hope to jog 3 this evening..but i will make no promises...

This weekend was not busy at the hospital...but my partner is pregnant...........like so pregnant we are going to have a baby Thursday...so i ran my legs off for 12 hrs...........she did not need to be at work..and it was not unmanagable.....but busy for me.................

I need to run bad...it makes the day go better..and it makes me better.............I am hoping for a nice cool night tonight...both of the kids have things to do til 5..and a school meeting at 6........Yuck............

24 hrs of call tomorrow..keep your fingers crossed...i need to accomplish at least one thing this week...........
hope all of you are ok....patti

HAVE A GREAT RUN!!

to all of you joggers and bloggers....we have had 14 babies..in v'burg in my dept in the last 2 days.....check out that full moon out there...it is glowing......

hope it all goes well...tomorrow...wish i could be there....patti

Friday

3 miles...slow and easy....no problems with the knee.....big full moon and me and the road...patti

5 dang 30....

When did it start staying dark at 5:30...sometime during this 'resting' phase...i guess....had to take the dang flashlight....hit the road for a sloooowwww easy 3....and did that without too much problem with the knee....just wanted to go further..but time and the little voice in my head saying "don't push it"...(sounded a lot like Alice).....

headed around the lake with my mp3... rob thomas....good music...and the thoughts in my head..the stars were out at the beginning but by the time i reached the other side....the sky was all swirly...? aword...with pink and purple....over dark trees and houses not lit up yet with morning duties....

overall...a good run...now...for myown stuff....the kids are moving sleepily around the house...and I have things to do around here........and then a trip to your town....for some things that i want to do to my house......new patio doors...and painting that i want to do......

hope your week is going well.......

wellllll............

(couldn't think of a title again)....Had a heck of a time getting out of my bed this morning.....blew off the run....and slept until I had to get out of the bed.....took the kids to school...and then off to that wonderful exercise machine....the elliptical...!!!....right...?...wrong...the a/c was down...and i was not feeling so great anyway....so forget that.....but never let it be said that i am NOT a marathoner...called my friend down the street and asked if i could swmim some laps in her pool...and guess what...she said i could swim in her pool anytime............not a problem....early morning....etc.....soooo went over there....and swam for 40 mins...almost killed me!!!......and then...roasted by the pool for another 2 hrs.....i feel spoiled rotten..........

Now...gotta go take me to the insurance place..and file a claim to get a new roof................yuck..and then...off to the gettin' place..to get some new patio doors.....and the paint store for a project i need to get to............my house is undergoing a few little changes...........

right now...some chinese sounds really good.....but i do not think it is marathon food...so how about a salad.....maybe...?
hope all of you are repairing, mending...and running....patti g.

YMCA!

Yep...went to the y.....managed 30 minutes on the bike..and 20 on the elliptical....YUCK!!!...i really hate that dang thing....but i did it..and looks like that is what i need to be doing the rest of this week.......i may cheat one day and do a slow run in the middle somewhere so i know that i have not forgotten how to do it...................

i have today off..........trying to get the stuff around this house done.......!!

hope all of you have a very good week...patti g.

xtrain vow

I hereby solemnly swear to hit the pool or the elliptical every day next week...YUCK>>>>>>!!!
i am dreading it............cause.........i do not like leaving the house to do that...it is much easier to just throw the clothes on...and hit the street....................

the run was short......this morning...i think maybe 6 miles...or so......i am not sure...did the lake 2 times..and then walked back to mark's office.............iced when i got home..and now...i am considering a nice nap........

c ya'll at matt's house....patti g.

knee stuff

didn't know what to call this one..cause..no i have not run......went to the doc who sent me to a p.t....who is a runner.....and he told me what to do..which is.....what i am doing............thanks to all the I T experts.....everything you said was correct....and sooooo now...i have to keep the milage low.....and he thinks that i can still do the marathon if i will let it rest for a while.....just keep the cardio stuff up....which means that hateful elliptical.............guess it is time to put something new on the mp3...and get to it...........................................over and out.....good buddies.......hope your days are good.....patti g.

hit the streets tonight

Hello to all......i ran tonight.......3 miles........not sooo great...but not sooo bad either......the lake was still...not a ripple on the surface....sun had just set..so the sky was all orange and pink.....beautiful.............no ducks or geese squawking at that late time.......just me and the road...and the music.......country...blues.....and good old rock n roll.............and a little classical thrown in there to keep me on task.....
yes...it was good..even tho' the knee..did hurt a little......i am going to my appt. tomorrow....and i am going to ice now...........i have taken enough aleve...and motrin to kill a horse........knock on wood..........maybe it will help....
hope your days are good this week.....keep on blogging.......i love to read them...
patti g.

Thank you!

Thanks to all who sent me an encouraging word....i am really bummed about this knee...the girls at work notice when i do not run...the other day..they sent me a message on my phone..'run,patti,run'.....talked to all of them..and they are so excited every week when i tell them what we are doing..........they are like my own private cheerleaders...even the doctors want to know about it...............i made an appt. with a doctor today..for thursday.....had to change my schedule around...but i want to make sure that it is the I T band..and not something else...altho' everything points directly to that....so....wish me luck.............and i just want you to know..that i AM going to do this marathon........one way or another....I am a marathoner..!!!!
patti g.

Saturday....knee troubles...

well.........................the knee thing SUCKS!!!..ok?".....i was hoping to do 15 today....but nope...ended up doing 12.....and felt lucky to do that.......i plan on making an appt. monday...with a doc...and hopefully..i can get this fixed...cause i have to go to this marathon !...i am committed and besides..i have told half of warren county ....luckily we do have a rest between long runs..so maybe i can get it together before then...................

felt good on the running that i was able to do.....the night before....shawn fixed some yummy pasta....and we all headed to bed early for a good nights rest....thanks shawn......silent sunny ran with us.......and spoke to us occasionally out of the clear blue...usually some observation that we have to pry out of her.......the best thing about sunny is that she is consistent........we love you Sunny...!!!

left shawn's house after a good hot shower...and headed to the shopping place....bought some goodies for my kids..and me, too, of course.....and got some good lunch.....decided to take my time since i felt like all i would do is mope....
my whole butt to knee on the left side is hurting...but you know a shopper's job is never done...so i drug myself a round until about 3.....and now....i am at home.....with ice on the knee...and a new book in my lap.......
I am going to try to run Monday..at least 3 miles......and xtrain the rest of the week..........hope your weekend is good..patti g.

no jogging for me...

I have not run this week....only the 3 Tuesday.....work has been busy..and i have been tired....and i felt like i may need to give the old knee a break...i hope this I T thing..will ease up..and i can do my thing..........
thinking of going a couple of miles in the next hour or two..but it started raining here......a few minutes ago...so cannot decide.....
i need the think time....and a little of my music...and a few of those 'dolphins' swimming around up there...
plan to stay with shawn...before the big long run...hope to be able to do 15...i will just have to wait and see.....
ready to all of you....saturday......patti g.