Divided By Zero's Journal, 27 July 2009

I woke up at 6AM Saturday morning, ran 8.5 miles...

...and I liked it.

I'm beginning to question if I'm insane. Probably. Oh well, doesn't matter. I have things to do.

The half marathon is now less than a month away. I was worried about the distance because the longest race I've ran so far has only been 5 miles, but I am confident right now that I can finish the full 13.1 miles. This weekend's run is the longest I've ever gone so far, but something just seemed to click into place with my running. It almost feels easy.

I'm starting to get cocky enough to think about a full marathon. I told you I was crazy. I wouldn't train for a full marathon until next year though. My ticker needs more time before it can take that kind of punishment.

In other news, I made strawberry cupcakes. Not the boxed kind, either. The fo' realz, from scratch kind. Then I made the icing. My baking sills are a danger to myself. I found a way around it though. As long as I make it as a gift for someone else I won't touch it. Someone at my office asked for the cupcakes for their birthday today.

In other, other news, I'm about 700 pages into the first book of the Sword of Truth series. It's crazyness, but I can't put it down. I don't think I've done anything else with my free time but read. The plot is amazingly predictable, but I can't put it down. I just have to see what happens next. I do have one complaint. Every evil person in the book is a vegetarian. LAME.


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When I make a million off my first self-authored book, I am going to hire you as my personal life in baker/chef/friend. Sound good? Come to MN.... those strawberry cupcakes sound AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGG.... PS: ROCK ON with the marathon running! SO PROUD OF YOU!!!! 
27 Jul 09 by member: lgatzke
Well, we know you're insane already. Regardless of how much you run and whether or not you enjoy it. I've been a reading fiend lately too, but with the Harry Potter books.  
27 Jul 09 by member: Starladesiree
ew. veggies done the wrong way...  
27 Jul 09 by member: cindyshine
wow awesome about the running! a half marathon is going to be easy for you ;) mmm strawberry cupcakes sounds AWESOME! i have had a craving for doing some baking recently and now i want to even more. if i request some cupcakes for my birthday will you bring them to me ;) x 
27 Jul 09 by member: SelinaMinus60
How cool about the baking!! I love to bake. I made some awesome Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins the other day. Oh and from scratch is the way to go! I haven't used a box mix in forever. I usually only have ONE of what I make, but I just love putting things together. I think if I ever run a race I will get cocky and try to go a longer distance as well. You're not crazy for running the 8.5 miles and liking it! You're just realizing what you've been missing this whole time. : ) Love that first randomness picture. Hahahaha! 
27 Jul 09 by member: FakePlasticLala
I tried shipping baked goods to England once using super-mega-expensive fast shipping. Things didn't go to well. I think I sent brownies, and by the time it got there they had been beaten into spheres... and it was two weeks later. Ewww. 
27 Jul 09 by member: Divided By Zero
randomness3) The book I'm reading right now is titled "Wizard's First Rule". I finally got to the part where they explained what the rule was. It was... enlightening. 
27 Jul 09 by member: Divided By Zero
You are not insane - you are a RUNNER! I can't wait until I get where you are. Love both randomness thingies. I'd like to morph into the second one when someone makes fun of my vegetarian food. :) So, what was the rule? Is it something we can apply to our FS journey? :) 
27 Jul 09 by member: amryk
Is the rule "Never tickle a sleeping dragon?!" Oh... wrong series.  
27 Jul 09 by member: Starladesiree
"don't feed them after midnight, and never, ever get them wet"?  
27 Jul 09 by member: amryk
LOL... Wizards First Rule: People are stupid. 
27 Jul 09 by member: Divided By Zero
GREMLINS!!! LOL @ amryk! heehe 
27 Jul 09 by member: cindyshine
I just got what the veggie pic was actually of SIX HOURS LATER.... hmmm! 
27 Jul 09 by member: lgatzke
I love this Veggie pic!! And nice work on the running!! So proud of you! 
27 Jul 09 by member: yanawhite
Seriously? That's the rule? Lol. That doesn't just apply to wizards then.  
27 Jul 09 by member: Starladesiree
Fo' realz cupcakes? Those are the best. :-) Oh, and you're right, vegetarians are SO lame. He-he.  
27 Jul 09 by member: brittiful
/0, I officially idolize you. Enjoying eight miles... unimaginable... but definitely something to strive for. Also, where can I get a full size print of the veggie alien, lol?  
28 Jul 09 by member: MelbaA
@Starla, LOL There's a bit more to it than that, but that's the basis of the rule. 
28 Jul 09 by member: Divided By Zero
First, that is an awesome pic of the salad alien. Second, if you're enjoying the running you are crazy, but not insane. :) Seriously, nice work on that. If you're looking for something that isn't as hard on the connecting tissue to do on off days looking into cardio interval training, also called HIIT. 
28 Jul 09 by member: wintersmith
There were some very lean yet sweaty people at my gym doing that. It's supposed to burn calories like crazy. 
28 Jul 09 by member: MelbaA

     
 

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