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Uphill, and then some… May 8, 2008

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Tonight for EZ8 class we ran the Snoqualmie Parkway. We start at the bottom of the hill at the fire station, then run up to Center Blvd.  There is a Starbucks on the corner there. Talk about motivation.  The elevation gain is about 300ft.

I was tired from the run earlier today, but held up pretty good.  I had this delcious meatball stew for dinner that didn’t taste nearly as good the 2nd time around.

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Beige. I think I’ll paint the ceiling beige… May 8, 2008

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After some errands this morning I pretty much forced myself to go to the gym today.  At 10:30am there is no one there, so I couldn’t people-watch like I normally do.  I decided that I had been lacking some distance in my runs lately so I signed up for 5 miles.  I adjusted the speed throughout, trying to consistently push myself but still leave enough oomph to get through it.  And oh yeah, I forgot to eat breakfast this morning.  Ooops.

At about 1.5 miles I was thoroughly bored.  I started playing with my Sansa trying to find something on it that would motivate/distract me. I found the “You on a Diet” audio tape that I had loaded earlier this year. Then I remembered that it put me to sleep. I decided that wasn’t a wise decision. (”I don’t know, she was running right along doing fine. Next time I looked over she was draped across the console snoring.”)

Even though it was a good effort, it wasn’t really that fun.  I bounced around between 6.0 and 6.7mph.  I’m tired, but satisfied that it was a decent run.

I did give me a lot of time to think about Tigger.  I decided that I’m going to go the bribery route.  He is REALLY food motivated, so I think that type of distraction would be really good for him/me.  I am going to try and schedule all my rides so that Sherene is around so a) she can hold him when I get on and b) for safety’s sake. For days she’s not around, we’ll do ground work.  Hopefully with a little practice I might even be able to long-line him.  I think for now that’s a good plan of attack.

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