Yay!

Ok, so the yay part isn't till the end of this 2 subject post.

Subject #1 : running against strong Santa Ana headwinds for the final 9 miles of an 18 mile run sucks. I was so mad at stupid running and even stupider wind. My mentor was running 20, and is fast, so when he passed me, I entertained him by answering his question of "how are you doing?" with "I'm pissed off at wind". It took me 4 hours to do it, way slower than it should have, but I was without any motivation, running alone, and recovering from running fast at the Dana Point Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day and eating full blown Thanksgiving dinners both Thursday and Friday. Yikes! 2 days later, I hurt, but not nearly as much, and I think I'll be happy to run again this Saturday.

Subject #2 : New Baby!!

No, not mine, but my baby brother is now head of a 4 female household. Madison Catherine Murphree was born on Friday, and I must admit that she's cute. Most newborns look the same, and don't actually look unique to me until a couple months have passed, but this one is a good one. So, the main thing we're thankful for is that little one. Oh, and the website of the hospital has a little page with pics, and it also tells what the name means of the baby, and we found out that Madison means "daughter of Matthew" which my brother and I both thought was pretty funny, me more than him. heh.

Subject #3 : I lied

Ok, so there were supposed to be 2, but I thought of another one! Thanksgiving of last year, Jen's brother Jeff came to stay with us. While he was here, one of the days we went down to the beach and watched the sunset. We were photographed by some guy taking pictures down there. Thought nothing of it again until flash to this year. Jeff is visiting again (he's an awesome houseguest, btw), and we decide to go back down to the beach. I think we all had forgotten we did the same thing last year. While there, the same guy is there, taking the same pictures. He doesn't even live down here, and didn't realize it was us until we walked back to the sand from the water. Weird! This time, I gave him my email, and we were able to get one of the pics. Good stuff.

The three dots are Jen, me, then Jeff, left to right.

OC? Really?

Just found out that the Angels have traded Orlando Cabrera for some White Sox pitcher. Really? So a team that has great pitching, has decided to add another pitcher? Really? And what did they decide to give up for him? A shortstop. But not just any shortstop, a shortstop who wins Gold Gloves. Wins Gold Gloves and is a consistent hitter. Oh, and he's also already won one World Series. That's a good idea? Are you sure?

No recent posts, I'm a bad bad person.
Ran 16 miles yesterday. No, I didn't make it the whole way, but the vast majority of it. By the end, I was running until the fire in my calves and hamstrings and the ache in my knees were too much and I would start walking. I did that for as long as I could, until the pain in my hips got too intense, and back to running. Basically, I got to the point where everything hurt so bad that all I wanted to do was lay down on the ground, extend my legs as straight as I could, and not move. Even my jaw was tired by the end... and I have no idea how. The thing I found most interesting was that when I would switch from running to walking, somehow I was able to limp on both legs at the same time. I can't explain it, because limping means putting less weight on one leg, so technically it shouldn't be possible, but I did it. I really feel like I've accomplished a major milestone in human history.
Now that I've ran for 16 miles, I've realized something.
Going to 10.2 more than that in January.... is probably going to suck.
Luckily, we have a bottle of Ibuprofen from Costco, that has 500 tablets in it. We should be fine!