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August 27, 2005
Catching Up on ZZzzzzzs
Ahhhhh….I only slept 6.5 hours last night…BUT, I had no stress in my life and no interruptions from roommates. It was a great sleep. I feel so much better physically than I have the past couple of days. On Friday especially I was feeling like I did in college and HS-slightly less functional (though in HS and college I didn’t realize I was suboptimum function). Nowadays I always forget how being fatigued makes me feel until I am behind on sleep and catch myself taking longer to do tasks, running slower, making mistakes or forgetting things, and not understanding things I read or people tell me.
With that in mind, I was thrilled I got to leave DC earlier than planned and get back to NJ at a sane hour. I was also really happy to take a much needed break from the 4 hour drive and meet Blondie. She is almost directly on my route back north. I got to hear first hand about some of the things she blogs about (like jobs, family, and running) and ask questions I had (it was more interactive than blogging) and that was awesome. She is super friendly (and we drive the same car!). I love putting faces to names and I love that when I read her blog now I will know her a little bit better. The good news is I will hopefully see her in October when she is in town for the Tufts 10K. I think I may add that to my race calendar. (I feel cool for using the term “race calendar.”)
I called my Dad last night and we made running plans b/c I knew he would be asleep when I got home. He doesn’t usually run in the morning so he made that concession for me. We left the house at 7:30 AM and ran for 32 minutes before he turned down our street. I ran another 31:25 on my own on a different route. And guess what. There are crazy hills here too. Good thing I am in awesome hill running shape from my summer of varied of elevation :) The weather is absolutely gorgeous. It’s like fall here. There are leaves on the ground. The air is brisk. I. Loved. It. I might clock how far I ran later with the car. The whole run was on main roads so it’s a bonus to actually know how far the route was. It must be mentioned that running in NJ is gorgeous!!
And, I bought a house. Just kidding! But congratulations Beth!!
Posted by Audrey at August 27, 2005 10:58 AM
Comments
I'm so glad that we got to meet up last night!!! I am also so happy that you made it the rest of the way safely. I may have to do that run we were talking about just so that I can blog about it next week!
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at August 27, 2005 01:32 PM
Thanks. :)
Posted by: Beth at August 27, 2005 07:06 PM
Leaves on the ground already? That's depressing. I guess August is almost over. Although, the cooler weather is nicer for running. I almost miss the snow. Almost. :)
And its a shame you won't be up north next week. You could come meet all the bloggers that are going to the New Haven Road Race. I wasn't planning on going initially but changed my mind at the last minute.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at August 27, 2005 09:02 PM