4 mile floater feels good!!

Beautiful weather (71 degrees in TN today!), lovely red, orange, & yellow leaves cascading down one at a time, nice breeze, and knowing in the back of my mind that in 48 hours I will be stuffing my face with all the sinful carbs & dessert a southern Thanksgiving has to offer!!! Those were the thoughts running through my head as I shared a slow, stress-free, run with my sister Lana today at lunch. I thoroughly enjoyed it, accept for a few stomach issues that set in around mile 2. We had not planned on running together but we were emailing each other at work & I get one from her that said she was about to go do her recovery run and this was about the time I was headed to change for a run also. So I call her and we decide to share the run! Good call! She didn't wear her garmin, but I did manage to start & stop my watch to see how long it would take. We did the 4 miles in 37:02 = 9:15 pace. I'm cool with that considering how easy it felt!

I found some Merrell running shoes in my closet that are really geared more towards trail running, but I gave them a shot today instead of running in my asics. I've probably only worn them 5 times, total! My hip hasn't hurt me yet, but I did a slow, short run so there could be a number of reasons why!

Oh! And guess what!!! I've been wanting a trainer for my road bike.... but I'm a bit of a....... hmm.... we'll just say I try to play it pretty conservative when it comes to spending money!! :-) I want to train on it this winter on some cross-training days so that I dont have to start over when it's warm enough to ride on the road. Well..... I shoulda known..... K was generous enough to get me the hookup on a bad-@ss trainer!! K has a "way" of always making sure my athletic needs are met. Whether it's surprising me with a new pair of SIDI road shoes in the Shoney's parking lot on a lunch break, or breaking out a sweet Polar heart-rate monitor 2 hours before our first half-marathon together, or actually finding me a road bike (free of charge) to ride for 3 months to see if I would enjoy cycling. So, Lana, & Michele, I'm looking forward to suffering on our trainers together very soon!!! :-)

I left work early today... not a lot going on, office is pretty empty & my stomach wasn't feeling so hot. It's so pretty outside today I'm craving to take my dog out for a walk and play a little with her! Check out this pic of Hattie!