Hey Everyone, Come See How Good my Feet Look!

Apparently beer and pizza is good fuel for a long run.  Who would've thought?  Friday night we went to a friend's house for some bean bag fun, and I decided to have a couple of beers to enjoy the summer night.  A couple turned into three, followed by a mix drink at the bar, along with 4 slices of 'za.  Luckily I followed them up with a huge glass of water and refused to drink ANY more when offered.

Saturday I woke up feeling just peachy and got ready to set out for a 9 miler.  I've yet to do a long run early in the morning, so I failed to fuel before the run.  Luckily, it didn't seem to effect me much.  The run was ridiculously consistent for the first half, and then I allowed myself to pick up the pace on the back half.

1. 9:13
   
2. 9:13
3. 9:12
4. 9:14
5. 9:09
6. 9:03
7. 8:59
8. 8:46
9. 8:05

I did the 9 in 1:20:58 for a pace of exactly 9:00.  Some highlights of the run:

• I saw a mommy and baby deer around mile 5 1/2.  I was so excited I pointed it out to a runner in the opposite direction, who thanked me for showing him.  Once he had ran by, I checked to make sure no one else was looking, and waved.  :)
• I saw a chick with fabulous abs and she inspired me to be dedicated with my ab work so I can run sans shirt and spike envy in people who see me.  Ha.
• I took a Mocha Gu at about 3 1/2 miles.  Every time I have one, it gets a bit easier to suck down, but still not good.  I think they help though, so I'll keep on it.
• Go girls!  I saw about 8 or 9 female runners to every 1 male runner.  That was pretty sweet.  Every time I saw another chica I wanted to yell out, "Girl Powa!"  In a British accent like the Spice Girls.  I refrained.  I figured waving to animals was quirky enough.  I did see a lot of women running together, and it made me jealous of not having a running pal.  Sad.
• I did run by a girl who went to my rival school for sports.  She was their star basketball player that I always had to guard and try to keep her from scoring her season average of 25 points.  Maybe I'll facebook stalk her to see if she's looking for a running buddy.  I'm a genius sometimes.
• I also saw an old coworker and his fiance, who used to play on my intramural basketball team in college.  Small world, small town, small bike trail.  :)
• Light colored tops show off nippage much easier than darker tops.  Light pink tank was a poor investment.  I apologize for anyone who saw me miles 2-9.

After the run I attempted ice bath #1.  I stretched, chugged some water, ate a cereal bar and started filling up the tub.  Mental note for ice bath #2:  Start filling up tub during stretching time, so it's actually FULL when you're ready to use it.  Apparently my tub is slooooooow.  I had time to clean/scrub the toilet while it was filling!  I wanted to get a pic to commemorate the momentous occasion, but Taylor was still snoozing HARD, and my camera is so old school that

 it doesn't have the self-timer option.  Oh well.  To give you a mental image, I through on some swimsuit bottoms and an old school high school track hoodie, hood up.  I did have to tuck the bottom of the hoodie in to my sports bra, so it wasn't sitting in the water.  Um...that was a bad idea, as that's one of the um...sweatier areas post-run.  It was covered in sweat.  Yuck.

The initial shock of the ice bath was kind of intense, but after that it felt pretty awesome.  I definitely could've used more ice, but I only had a couple of buckets full.  Most of it had melted when the 15 minutes were up.  Next time, I need to remember how thick my quads are, the water was about 1/2 an inch to low to cover them completely.  :(  

After a successful long run and enduring my first ice bath, I was off to the running store to celebrate with a new pair of shoes.  :)  I knew which ones I was looking to get, the Nimbus 11 in pink, but I thought I would look around before.  Lucky for me, I found the Nimbus 10's (with the wonky side lacing) in pink, in a 7 1/2 on SALE.  Boom.  I swear I have the most average shoe size, so I rarely find my running shoes on sale.  So excited.  I decided to try them along with the 11's on to see which I preferred.  I previously had the 9's and HATED them, so I wanted to make sure the 10's had been updated enough.  

Both shoes felt exactly the same to me, and the 10's were $30 cheaper.  Guess which ones I chose.  :)  I figure by the time these ones are maxed out on miles, it will be close to the new 

release of shoes, so then I could get the 11's on sale.  Maybe that's wishful thinking, but it sounded like darn good reasoning to me.  I also got some Espresso Love Gu's and some Blueberry Pomegranite.  I'm hoping for deliciousness.

My apologies on the make-up free face and frizzy hair.  This is as cute as I look on Sundays.  :)