T-minus 9 days!

i'm coming up 9 days (today doesn't count, i already worked out!) until my next half marathon.

i really want the weather to be halfway decent.

My biggest fear about running any half marathon is having to run in FREEZING cold weather, or rainy weather. i just don't want to do that.

I will say I've gotten caught in rain before. And the most unpleasant thing about it is -- the shoes! the shoes get all slushy and it's just horrible to run in. (it was one of those impromptu rainshowers, and it POURED!)

I'll be ok with a little drizzle. but hey, give me 50 degrees weather, and i'll be fine.

I did 8.25 miles last sunday (not saturday... i was so sore from helping my sister tile her kitchen). so i just put it off til sunday.

The breakfast cookie oatmeal bowl has been excellent for pre runs! it was about mile 7 when  I was starting to falter in my energy levels, so i used one of my clif shots! i just need to remember to get 1 more banana on friday night, so i can make it and have it ready for my saturday morning 10 mile run!

i'm debating whether i should have my ipod with me or not. i've been running on and off with out it. During the week when i'm doing 3, 4, 5 mile runs, i don't usually have it with me. on my 8.25 mile run, i did have it with me. It keeps me going. not that i pay that much attention to it.

I've definitely been paying way more attention to how i'm running. so i think my stride's been much better.

I know i need new shoes! but i'm very cautious about switching shoes, especially since I love these shoes, but the heel on the inside is starting to wear *NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!* I've never done that to a pair of sneakers for as long as I've been a serious gym goer (since 2005). one pair i wore out the soles, my trainer at the time was like, girl you need new shoes, i was slipping and sliding all over the place trying to do push ups. Haha... since that time i've been better about buying sneakers. But these pairs, my first pair of nike shox. I really do like them. They're simple, not complicated. I don't need the fancy schmancy shoes.

i'm mentally preparing for Saturday's run for the next couple days. =)

and provided the weather cooperates...we'll be mountain biking on sunday! whooo hoo! i'm looking forward to that.  hopefully this time we can snap pictures, cuz we both got updates on our phones. I've finally stepped foot in the blackberry world (i've always just had a phone that i only used for texting).

Granted we would have gone with an Iphone. But we like Verizon service, (despite all the hassling with verizon about our internet!) the phone service has been good, the store on the other hand is a NIGHTMARE.

But when we went on tuesday night, it was the easiest visit EVER! I'm not kidding, I even thanked the sales guy for making this a great headache free visit and for not causing me angst. so we upgraded both our phones to the newest blackberry tour -- we figure this was the MOST recently released blackberry, it's gonna be good for the next 2 years. we are both the kind of people to use something until it breaks. so i've got to mess around with it.

and it takes great pictures. so i'm sure pictures will be snapped!