7:00 AM - Alarm went off, hit snooze
7:01 AM - Buttercup lays across my stomach and licks my nose. I choose to believe this is an act of love rather than a message to get my lazy butt out of bed because she has to pee.
7:09 AM - Snooze went off, hit again
7:10 AM - Sota paws my leg. Not sure if this is because she wants to play or because she also has to pee. Regardless, I roll over and go back to sleep.
7:18 AM - Snooze went off, hit again
7:27 AM - Snooze went off, hit again
7:36 AM - Snooze went off, got up, let the dogs outside, began to get ready
7:50 AM - Forced Micah out of bed and gave him some 'tude because he's known about our plans for today for at least a month. And informed him that we were late.
8:10 AM - Headed on our way to Hyannis, MA for the Hyannis Half Marathon, the first of the Cape Cod race trilogy. We were prepared with our running gear, oatmeal, granola bars, 3 clementines, 1 banana, 2 bottles of water, and saltines.
9:35 AM - Pulled into the Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis. Did not see any signs for the race or anyone else wearing their obnoxious running gear. Began to get worried.
9:38 AM - Asked the lady at the registration desk where we should go to get our packets for the Hyannis Half. She smiled and informed us we were a week early, but next week we could get our bibs at the next building over in the recreation area. Also need to mention, we were not the first to make this mistake.
9:39 AM - I hung my head in shame and apologized to Micah for making him get out of bed.
9:40 AM - Back in the car, headed for home.
Oops.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
I don't care if it's February, I'm calling this springtime
For all you cynics out there (Micah) who says it's only a couple days of nice weather, I say NO! I saw a guy in shorts, sandals, and a sleeveless shirt today. Normally I would never trust a man wearing a sleeveless shirt outside of a gym but since this guy's saying what I want to hear, I'll drink that glass of kool-aid. It's spring, dagnabbit.
Weekdays mean short runs (between 2 and 5 miles) and today is the first day this year I have been able to run a quality short run outside. Sure I was dodging Lake Michigan-sized puddles
but I will gladly take the puddles over inch-thick-ankle-spraining-icy sidewalks.
We ran a little over two miles tonight, just to get the blood flowing. The first loop we averaged 10:22 min miles. The second was 8:14 min miles. The difference? 1 squirrel and 1 dog at the .0001 mile marker. Sota hasn't seen a squirrel in over 2 months, so when we saw this jerk running across the electric lines I knew we had a problem. First she stands on her hind legs and whines. Then the screaming begins. The sounds that came out of this animal rivaled those of a mob of 12 year old girls at a Justin Bieber concert. Cars slowed down to see what the problem was. Mothers hugged their children closer. Micah and Buttercup walked away like they didn't know us. I dragged her away from the squirrel and settled her down to the point of only semi-embarrassment, just to the point where Micah would wave at me if I said hello. But she looked for that squirrel for the rest of the run. She dragged me through bushes, snow banks, and puddles for the rest of the mile ready to pounce on anything that moved. Needless to say, once we were back at the house she was thrown inside so Micah and I could continue on our run sans crazy monster dog. Add desensitizing my neurotic pet to small critters to my list of things to do.
Yay spring.
Weekdays mean short runs (between 2 and 5 miles) and today is the first day this year I have been able to run a quality short run outside. Sure I was dodging Lake Michigan-sized puddles
We ran a little over two miles tonight, just to get the blood flowing. The first loop we averaged 10:22 min miles. The second was 8:14 min miles. The difference? 1 squirrel and 1 dog at the .0001 mile marker. Sota hasn't seen a squirrel in over 2 months, so when we saw this jerk running across the electric lines I knew we had a problem. First she stands on her hind legs and whines. Then the screaming begins. The sounds that came out of this animal rivaled those of a mob of 12 year old girls at a Justin Bieber concert. Cars slowed down to see what the problem was. Mothers hugged their children closer. Micah and Buttercup walked away like they didn't know us. I dragged her away from the squirrel and settled her down to the point of only semi-embarrassment, just to the point where Micah would wave at me if I said hello. But she looked for that squirrel for the rest of the run. She dragged me through bushes, snow banks, and puddles for the rest of the mile ready to pounce on anything that moved. Needless to say, once we were back at the house she was thrown inside so Micah and I could continue on our run sans crazy monster dog. Add desensitizing my neurotic pet to small critters to my list of things to do.
Yay spring.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
It's Award Season!!
It's my favorite time of year! And with all the snow we've gotten recently, this is the perfect excuse to curl up and fit in as many movies as I possibly can before awards night. I've got a list of the movies I need to watch before February 27 so I can make my "educated" Oscar picks.
So, join my Oscar pool and see if you can beat me! I am an Oscar-force to be reckoned with. It's a double win, donate to the Melanoma Foundation of New England and enter to win some moolah for your movie knowledge! Each entry is $10 - $5 will go to the winner's pot and $5 will go to the Melanoma Foundation of New England. Payments can be sent through Paypal to massmas4444@yahoo.com or email me at silletto.allie@gmail.com to get my info to send a personal check. The Oscar pool can be found at http://www.funofficepools.com/.
To join, just click join pool.
If the link does not work, copy http://www.funofficepools.com/
And now, here is a good example of what Micah and I looked like running yesterday afternoon on the snow and ice packed sidewalks. Watch Sota as she runs past Micah...
Faceplant.
So, join my Oscar pool and see if you can beat me! I am an Oscar-force to be reckoned with. It's a double win, donate to the Melanoma Foundation of New England and enter to win some moolah for your movie knowledge! Each entry is $10 - $5 will go to the winner's pot and $5 will go to the Melanoma Foundation of New England. Payments can be sent through Paypal to massmas4444@yahoo.com or email me at silletto.allie@gmail.com to get my info to send a personal check. The Oscar pool can be found at http://www.funofficepools.com/.
To join, just click join pool.
If the link does not work, copy http://www.funofficepools.com/
- Pool Name: Silletto Charity Pool
- Password: allison
- Type: Oscar Pool -- select a winner from each category, win the points if you are right.
- Description: It's Oscar season! This pool will support the Running for Cover Boston Marathon team for the Melanoma Foundation of New England. Sign up for $10, half the registration will go to the winner's payout and the other half will be donated to MFNE.
And now, here is a good example of what Micah and I looked like running yesterday afternoon on the snow and ice packed sidewalks. Watch Sota as she runs past Micah...
Faceplant.
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