to all of you

I appreciate the volunteers to drag me across the finish line..because i have been stressing over everything from paying for a new roof....to kids schedules....to this 'easy 10 miler'...to dealing with a frustrated 12 yr. old who is going to be staying at home in the morning until i get home...MAN.....oh man....right now..i am waiting for the 15 yr old to get home..so i can go to sleep..and praying that he has no surprises for me...(he has had a habit of springing things on me this week....)...so yes..i am stressing.....hope to see all of you tomorrow..........

this was a good 'rest' day..went to work...12 hrs...and the babies came early in the shift.....the evening shift will be more productive than we have been...since they are the ones that will deliver the 3 that came in on the ambulance.......

good night...

Later run for me!!!

Went out tonight for my run..with my little 75 cent strobe light pepper spray, and flashlight....the night I THOUGHT was going to be cooler...but nope...it was stillll humid...but I hit the lake route...running on around ...stars up there shining ...and me and the music...keeping time...........coworker passing me on the other side...fussing about the late hour...too bad....i didn't get out of bed this morning..............so felt i had to do a little......the knee is not bothering me....just a little twinge now......i am wishing that i had gone this morning...i miss the sunrise.....plan to try for thursday...cause..i do not think i will run tomorrow.....for some reason this week...i have been really tired....
plan to look up the weather in Chicago...my friend told me that it could be snowing or just cool...or maybe warm......so that about covers it all to me......
I am a marathoner......and if i am not...will one of you volunteer to drag me across the finish line......have a good one...me

RUN!

Hit the road tonight...with my music and pepper spray and the sound of a million bugs out there singing their songs..............the lake is still.....and the road is filled with some lovely dead carcasses.....mostly frogs and squirrels...i just love that...i think i am more scared (is that proper English)...what do i care i do not even use proper punctuation...anyway...i think i am more scared of the roadkill than of people, cars or the night..............the stars were perfect tonight, set in a beautiful midnight blue sky.............the humidy is still tough....and if all of you old timers are lying about how magnificent chicago weather and terrain is.......there will be consequences...!!!!........i hope that you are all having a good week..i did not eat supper...because i knew i wanted to run...so i am going in here and eat some good old soup.......take care...and keep on running....patti g.

back on the road again.......

HELLO TO ALL...hope your weekend has been all you wanted it to be....I have not been running for the last few days...thought i would go this morning..but well...you know why i did not...it was storming.....but this evening it was not raining.........and i want you to know that the humidity was really something....i had an interesting time getting my breathing right...not to mention i felt like i was running thro mud.....I have not hydrated enough these last few days......i hereby solemnly swear to drink water until my eyes float......because i can really tell a difference when i am consistent about eating and drinking lots of water......
even with all of that...it felt good to get out and do it......the music kept me going ....and i know that whether there was a marathon or not i would still do this as often as i can..............
have a good night.........patti

Patti

yep ..that is me.......i am running wild today with kid stuff...and that means NO real running.....I thought i would do 10 miles today..but i do not see that in my future....but who knows....?.....the roof on my house is half done...yippee...and i know that it is going to be raining in the morning...yuck.....I am hoping there will be no leaks....fixing to go talk to the contractor......
my kids are going a million different directions today..and I am wondering how to do everything that NEEDS to be done.....some of what I want...and some of what THEY want...guess it will all work itself out.........

hope if all of you run tomorrow morning....that it is good....later, patti

COOL STORY!!!!

!!!first..I just got thro running 4 miles.....it is H0T and HUMID, folks!....I did the flat route and my knee did not hurt...and it was light when i started....but dark when i finished....and the sunset had to have been really fine..cuase there was THE most beautiful purple , pink and orange line over those trees at the end of the road....

now to the Cool Story......well...i went to the neighborhood store to get some milk for the kiddos...and ran into a girl that lives down the street....she asked me about running....blah blah blah...... she started telling me about a mutual friend that ran.....and has been doing marathon's for the last 6 years....after she moved from here she moved to Illinois...and she does the you'll never guess the CHICAGO MARATHON every year.....and she went home and called her...a.nd guess what....she gave me her phone number...and told me to give her a ring when we get there.....
there is only one problem....she is really good....and i told her...i am just trying to finish....she finished last year in 4 hrs and 7 mins.....how about that...?....!!! She is the neatest person...and i hope i get to see her....

now..back to the run....i have been drinking water all day long...and i think that that was why i didn't run so well this morning...cause everything was fine tonight..and it was much much hotter............

and Matt.......I hope you are reading this.....i want that kitty..but i donot think i am going to get her....i have talked me out of it.........give her to some sweet nice person, please......

uuugghh!

Couldn't get myself going this morning...at 5:30 it was already 70 degrees...and the humidity was so thick you could cut it....ran and walked...mostly....mind in the ditch...needed someone to run with to drag me around......so...basicly...what i am trying to say about today's run...was...IT SUCKED...big time!!!!!

hey...there's always tonight...or tomorrow......i will have to see about that......

hope all of you are having a good week.......i will not be at the run Saturday...going to my son's xcountry meet in Starkville..and to see the Bulldogs play ball...or watch them not play ball.....

patti

good run

3 miles today....the moon was high in the sky...and the stars were twinkling up there...and me and my shadow hit the road with some hesitation..cause i am still sore from saturday.....but the time was better than ever before....and i cannot figure out why....the humidity was tough!....and i had thought i would be slower ...but maybe rob thomas had something to do with that....i listened to him sing the whole way around the lake......which by the way was still and quiet....only the crickets out this morning.......and an occasional dog barking....it is still dark out there no sunrise....i miss that....my favorite time of the day.....
have a good one~~!

YEAH!!!Did you hear me say YEAH!!!

I have been so worried about running because of the dang knee...but i managed 19 today .....yes, i do hurt a little..but nothing like I have been...Did I say YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!

I will say my butt is dragging...but i am not too bad off.....
I hope that all of you have a good weekend..i am going to take a nap...thank you Shawn, Sunny and Alice......for keeping me from overdoing and making me stay on the 3:2 thing...it worked!

Feel like i can do this marathon now....just have to get it here....have a good weekend...patti

blue, purple, pink, gray.....3 miles

that is the color of the clouds tonight.....before that big old 3/4 moon appeared..............it is humid out there....i think i have not had enough to drink..............not a dry stitch on this bod when i got thro......shivered when i walked in the house....glad tomorrow is a day off...plan to drink drink drink....hope all of you have a good day...and i will see you Saturday at the Rez....dot dot dot....patti g.

ran tonight....

and it was hot out there...but good...my computer says it is 84 degrees..and i can tell it.....but the run was good...me and the music with a little pink and purple on the horizon over the lake.....no walkers..no dogs....bugs buzzing........and the world getting ready for another night............3 miles..30 min....walking when i felt like it...'patti pace'.....

i got my confirmation ticket...and chip...and i am scared to death....hope i can do this......the last long runs i have not been able to finish..and i am worried worried worried.....but it has been better this week...so...oooooooooo

well....dot dot dot......glad to see the bloggers back...you are an everyday part of my life............have a good one...patti

4 miles

4 miles.....around the lake...back thro the flat part.....and home again.......
hope all of you have a wonderful day...!!!!

no lake today

no lake today...decided to do the flat route....i like the lake better....gives me something to look at.....althooooooo....on the way back to the house this morning..i did get a great fireworks show.....it was dark still..and the stars were out....and i saw this big flash of light..and looked up to see something explode......don't ask me......have no idea what it was...but then right after that........there was a big falling star...i guess that is what it was.......it shot across the sky...and i was wishing that i had someone else's view on that one...but there was not one walker out this mornning...........

the run was quiet....me and the music........pat, pat pat......the usual patti pace....no rhyme or reason......today.........tried 4:1...But not in a real good rhythm this morning...probably more walking than running ........but. iwas moving..may go this evening....have a good monday...

p.s.

and to whom it may concern...:....i missed ALL of you today...and i hope that when this is all done..we can still have some runs together................. 5 or 6 or 8 or 10 miles..it doesn't matter.....it is nice to see all of you!!

12 hr day....1 baby

I want you to know I worked for that baby....!!!!!MAN~!....6#11oz. 18 inches long....screaming his head off.....after a little stimulation....came here in the usual fashion.....that means not a c/section.....cord wrapped around his neck so tight....had me calling the doctor every few minutes after watching the dang monitor alllllll ddddaaaayyyyy long....................wore me out...not to mention the lady was a hefty 300 lbs....whooohooo!...He came into the world at 6:18.....got home at 8....and decided...a run would do me good....sooooo

off i go...around that lake.....half moon shining over it tonight..and hotter..and more humid than i have been used to...could not get the breathing right for a little while...but then..yep there it is...that pace i love...the one where the road is moving on.....and i am too..........no one out tonight....the smell of downy fabric softener in the air...and the occasional dog barking off in the distance...........my mp3 playing somewhere over the rainbow....by faith hill......and toby keith with my list..and kellye clarkson..breakaway...rob thomas..i am an illusion...gooddd stuff...to listen to....and run to.......the knee did not bother me too bad..until the very end..when one of my neighbors saw me and wanted to stop to chat..............i enjoyed the chat but my knee stiffened up...and now..i am thinking ice and alleve will feel good...after a hot hot shower.........

it sounded like a good run today......sorry to hear that mark is trying to take out bridges.....but recovered enough to hang in there with that hateful elliptical....and matt.....what is going on....no creative juices.........and now...not getting up to run with the group...?!....i was hoping you were going to show off the kittens......i have already thought of one name....bobbie for one...gues which one....and i have to look at the other one to decide......i was working but i wanted to read the blogs about them....but nooooooo.....

and to Carol and Melissa...and whoever else wants to.....you are always welcome to come to vicksburg to run...but this beautiful lake i always talk about is probably only beautiful to me.......i find it comforting to run around my same old route....... the sunrise and sunset and the moon and the stars over it are the best.....but that is just me.......it is a constant ......
and to shawn and sunny...i missed ya'll today......
hope everyone is having a good weekend...patti

4 miles tonight...

started running at sunset.......me and that road running right under me....all the way around the lake.....it was still this evening..with a few ripples caused by the bugs hitting the water......sometimes wonder if the fish in there are those 3 eyed, 2 tailed variety......all the run off from yards and general pollution..but the ducks do not seem to mind...or the geese or turtles..so guess it is ok................

back to the subject....the run was slow..and tedious the first few miles with me running no real pace except street light to street light............and then.....about mile 3....things got better as usual...it seems the first 2 are always hard for me to get into...

saw a morning walking buddy who was questioning me about running two times today...but i did not explain........he will not understand this marathon thing.....

back to the flat route...and home again..with the moon shining low in the sky..and the stars everywhere...reminding me of why i love this street i live on..........

my yard looks funny with several trees that i had cut.....due to katrina...........hard to recognize things with the limbs everywhere..and spaces where they do not belong.....

tomorrow...may be a rest day.....or not..........depends on how many babies are born...........
saturday..a rest for sure..causei have to work 12 hrs....and then..Sunday...probably at least 3 miles..........i have enjoyed getting back into my running routine.......it is good think time....and being outside now...is getting bearable......hope all of you have a wonderful friday...!!!!

2 miles quick

Quick...cause i woke up late.....so did the flat route.....the knee doesn't hurt too bad if i go short distances......it is the long runs that i am worried about....(chicago, duuuhhh).....anyway..the morning was beautiful....and Rob Thomas sang for me the whole way.....

i will not be at the run..have to go to work....but i will be there with bells on next week.....all of you have a good one...patti

another beaaauuutiful morning...!!!!

just a minute to blog.....started out tired this morning...but really needed to get me going...so off i go......pat, pat, pat...around the lake....stars out in that midnight blue sky....no one out this time of the morning..and some of the street lights out...so..that put a little pep in my step......managed the 3 miles with pretty good time...but the knee bothered me yesterday at work....thinking of going to get a good massage...and see what happens..........this is getting cloooossseee.......i am afraid to lose what i have gained ......so keep pushing on and trying not to overdo....but since i have done nothing...for the last week...can't help but think a little is better than nothing................

hope all of you are having a better week than the last......
our life is getting back to 'normal'....relatives trying to get their house back in order...but afraid thatis going to take a long long time...............

keep on running....patti

ran this morning

Ran this morning.....3 miles....slow and easy....talked to my walking buddy.....80 something.....he weathered the storm well......and now...going to bed...plan to get up and at it again......need this time to listen to that music i love...and start the day off right...hope all of you are jogging and blogging...patti

perfect weather

low 60's this morning.....felt so good........a huge blanket of stars over head............made me feel happy to be alive...and RUNNING>>>>the knee has been bothering me..and i do not know what else to do.....managed 3 miles...and decided to come in even tho' i wanted to go the 5 route.........i do not want to be stupid..so kept things slow and easy.....the lake was still..and no one else out this morning............

hope all of you are cool....and enjoying all the amenities of our lives...........a few days without electricity makes me appreciate everything..........

alice....i hope andrew is doing ok....let us know...!!!!

have a good weekend...patti

HEllo to all...hope this finds all of you cool..and in good spirits......I don't know about you..but all of this hurricane stuff has made me count my blessings.....the babies have been coming right on into the world...in spite of the storm.....we had 2 sets of twins.....perri and terri......cute little boys...both over 6 #...........and then there was the little girl...we all named stormy.......don't know if that is what she ended up..but that is what we called her....

lights came on night before last...and family came in with the electricity.....from hattiesburg...some of them still near the coast.....with a house that is damaged pretty bad by the wind and the rain.....no water or electricity for them...but they feel blessed to have something to work with...........

I myself feel fortunate to have only a few trees down........and no damage to my house ........

i have not run this week....at all...nothing since Saturday.....the knee has really been hurting.............after the storm i did a lot of yard work...limbs and raking and sweeping....and my knee has been really hurting....i hope that does not mean something new....but i plan to try to run tomorrow morning...and see how it does...........i definitely feel that this storm has put a new light on the run......but still...it is an accomplishment for all....and i want to finish what i set out to do......run a marathon!........i hope all of you have a cool weekend...!! patti g.