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Just ran 9 of what was supposed to be 15 miles. It didn't go as I'd hoped. Lots of knee/ankle pain. I'm beginning to think the pain is originating at my ankle/achilles and causing knee pain. It's odd. Hope Dr. Bergin has some answers for me on Wednesday and I HOPE that one of them isn't don't run. I have my heart set on this Valentine's Day marathon. That finish line is calling my name. At this point, I'll be happy to finish it...not so sure time goal is going to hold. Praying for some solid answers about what's wrong, so I'll know what to do about it!

It was cold out there: 37 degrees. Used my MP3 player for the first time. It was really nice to get lost in some music.

Just stretched and now for the shower!
Luke is past the contagious part of his chicken pox. Thankfully, he and Allie both seemed to breeze through it. It wasn't terrible at all.
Danielle has a big swim meet next weekend.

Hoping to get to watch a movie and sit by the fire tonight! I have so much to do, but that just sounds so good.

Off to the shower and heated tile!! Yay.

Flappers and Gorilla Glue

So I'm turning 40 in February. Fun. I don't feel like that could be even remotely possible. So why not run my 2nd marathon?! A triathlon probably just isn't realistic training-wise right now, so I'm going for the marathon. It's 4 days before my birthday. That's good because the day of my birthday I'll be able to eat my birthday-er...frosting. The cake part just isn't worth the calories. So just gimme my bowl of very chocolatey frosting and a spoon and I'll be happy.

So I head out on my run this morning before it's over 100 degrees-again! I take my first few steps and hear a funny flapping noise. Grr...it's my shoe! New running shoes are just not in the budget, so maybe some gorilla glue?! Duct tape? Hmmm...endless possibilities. They do make duct tape in all kinds of colors these days. Bet I could find some to match my shoe. I'll post photo documentation when I figure it out.

My husband's tennies fell apart and he actually did duct tape them! Pretty bad, though, when you have trails of tennis shoe behind you!

Packing for a short trip to cooler weather with John soon.