I give up trying to get this Week In Review out on Sunday – it just ain’t gonna happen. Weekends are crazy – and honestly, I’m just lazy. I want to get my miles in, and then not think about running. And since this is a running blog, my aversion extends to this blog on weekends.
Well, y’all know that Hubz was not thrilled with the idea of me running over the border to Mexico during a long run, and nothing I said would convince him of the brilliance of my plan. But I need miles – lots of miles – in preparation for Worlds, and a girl can only run around her neighborhood so many times. So, I decided to cross a different border, one that is safer and doesn’t require me to carry a passport.
El Paso sits right on the New Mexico border, as well as the Mexico border. In fact, pretty much every place west of El Paso is easier to get to than any place in Texas. When people tell me we are crazy to commute to Los Angeles, I point out that it is faster to get to LA than Houston – Texas is a big state. So, this week, my long run was along the Rio Grande into New Mexico.
Miles run: 143
Speed Sessions: 4 (mixed into other runs)
Hill Sessions: none (missed the group – I went to the wrong location and then was too lazy to do it alone)
Outfits worn: 18
Shoes worn: 3 – had to rotate between 3 pairs because I was sweating so much, my shoes got soggy – blech!
Cupcakes eaten: 1 – but only because I ate half of Hubz’s birthday cake throughout the week. Devil’s Food with whipped cream icing – Yum!
Slushies: 1 Extra large Coke/Wild Cherry blend after long New Mexico run.
Dogs that chased me: 3 (biggest problem running in Texas/New Mexico – people do not believe in fences or leashes).
Dogs I scared by morphing into Crazy Screaming Lady: 3 (amazing how dogs get the exact same look in their eyes as Hubz when I start the Crazy Lady routine).
Aerobics workouts: 5
Core workouts: 6
Hours spent watching the Olympics: 14 (give me time, they just started).
Sport I’d never seen: Man-made course kayaking (so cool how they built a “river” inside a stadium).
Sport that has surprised me most: Water polo (used to play as a kid, and I don’t recall it being so similar to cage fighting).
Must-Have Olympic accessory: Tatoos. I haven’t seen a single athlete without one.
Most Unfair Olympic attribute: model good-looks. You should not be talented enough to be in the Olympics AND look like a model. It simply isn’t fair. If you are going to be that talented, it is only fair that you be ugly. Clearly, many of you athletes didn’t get the memo.
Time to get busy: many more miles to run, cupcakes to eat, and Olympic events to watch!
Happy Running!
Mom, ultrarunner, four-time US 24 Hour National Team member, adventure athlete, food writer. Graduate of the Pro Cooking Program at the New School of Cooking, Los Angeles. Will run for food.
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Glad to hear you didn’t tempt fate by running into Mexico. I do miss Texas though, please kiss the ground for me [figuratively, of course].
I can’t get to 143 in THREE MONTHS combined, but maybe one day…
I should’ve sent you one of the cupcakes I made… peanut butter. chocolate. reece’s cup in the middle. oh yeah. Yes, I had to MAKE some after we found ‘our place’ had sold out. The nerve…
Thanks for stopping by, Natalie! I’m jealous of your cupcakes – they sound delicious!
I totally agree that these elite athletes should NOT be attractive as well. And then you hear that they are studying to be a doctor/astrophysicist/mathematician who specialises in the chaos theory and it makes you downright sick to the stomach. They should all be plain – so plain that it almost hurts to watch them. And so dumb that they can hardly string an intelligent sentence together.
No I’m not bitter about not being selected AGAIN.
Oh, good, I’m not the first to objectify women in the Olympics this time around. I thought the Russian delegation at the opening ceremonies were the best-looking. They had Maria Sharapova carrying the flag, probably thinking “Let the ugly girl have her moment by carrying the flag, poor thing.”
Can’t wait for the high jumpers. I’m more into short girls, but for some reason the ridiculously long-legged jumpers always catch my eye.
Too funny, Steve! I haven’t seen any pole vaulting, but it definitely seems like a “pretty” Olympics.
Yes, Char! Glad to know we are on the same page 🙂 And plain is the perfect word.
I too am riveted to the kayaking. Maybe it’s middle age delerium but I don’t remember Olympic athletes all being so built and attractive either. Very nice training week minus the dogs! I’ve had way more than my share of birthday cake as well and I’ve not run anywhere near triple digit miles. Oops.
Love the Olympics, Marcia! And it is too weird that everyone is so spectacular looking 🙂
Is there fighting in water polo? I couldn’t get past those ripped guys in little swimsuits. Yum. 🙂
That man-made kayak course was amazing!
Love the Men’s Volleyball 🙂
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