Great Friday!

I'm on a new schedule where I run six days a week and its taking some adjusting to but I think I'll be able to stick with it. Lori just texted me that she signed up for the race and that she's got a 2:05 goal this time and it made me want to set my mark. I'm striving for a 4:18...just under a ten minute pace. I know that I can do it if I can just get out of my head about the last six miles. That ten k has been my nemisis in both marathons. I'll have to train better for this one so I don't let Lance down by letting him see me walk. Oh and the thought of the Juniors cheesecake is already getting my mouth watering, and so is set my post race reward. Now that we have hotel arrangements down we just need to figure out the flight schedule so we all get into the same airport and then decide if we want matching shirts or not...y'all's call on that one.
Happy Easter (Resurection Day if you choose)!
Love,
Lindsey

Barbed Wire Hurts

Friday I did something sssstupi...silly. I was running four on the greenbelt and when I got done I really had to pee. It was a beautiful day and there were a ton of people hiking around the trail and enjoying the falls, so I jumped off the trail in search of secluded area. I had to go so bad that I was sprinting through the woods and did not realize that there was a barbed wire fence blocking off an area of trail. Yes, I ran full speed into it. One of the barbs stuck in my shin and I was bent over it, pretty much in a downward dog position holding myself up so I didnt get any more stuck in the fence. It took what seemed like 30 minutes but was probably more like 2 to walk myself backward with my hands and pull myself up into a standing position and then pull the wire out of my leg. I kept praying really hard the whole time that God would help me get free from the mess I had got myself into. I also kept telling myself that people and animals chew off their own limbs to get free so I could definitely get out of this. I wore a long dress to the wedding I attended this weekend, needless to say and Sunday afternoon I was back up and running. Lesson to be learned: don't get ahead of yourself, take a break when you need to instead of pushing yourself to the finish only to get hurt, watch where you are going and take the time to enjoy all the things around you. If you aren't able to see a fence infront of you, you are missing the beautiful things that God has to show you. That's it. Keep pushin' LJ

Well, sorry Margaret, that you didn't get to come up with your own nickname---just like I DIDN'T name myself "Wonderwoman - Destination Runner".

I am looking forward to running with you all again! It does fit my criteria of a good destination (even though I didn't think of it myself)

running doesn't suck, you suck

There...I said it. I didn't set this page up so I could talk to myself, I can go for a run if I wanted to do that. This is so we can all keep up with each other. Like I heard someone is doing P90X, maybe they could blog about it, or if you've signed up for the race you could let us all know...that kind of thing. So I've officially named Margaret Mojo. We can change it if you don't like it, but I thought it was cute for you. Also, does anyone want to get tech shirts made for this run at $35 each, with your nickname on the back? We can do a texas something with the renegade logo on the front. We just need to decide by mid summer. Oh, AND BLOG ALREADY!!!
My runs this week have been subpar because I'm so upset with y'all...not really. I ran three with strides on Monday which was officially my day off but I took tuesday off, and it actually ended up being 4 miles when it was all said and done. I ran 60minutes (just over 6.5miles) with hills today. I'm going to run 6 miles tomorrow and 4 and 10 this weekend. I'll do 5 days of P90X with 3days of P90abs this week also. What's your workout?