Happy Thanksgiving to all, from the girl at the end of the Group W bench. The beauty of being me: I think I'm supposed to be downstairs panicking over the food, but instead I'm spending my afternoon putting together my training plan for the half-mary. :) I'm taking the USMC plan and using that, it's the most straightforward no-fluff one out there that I've seen.

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God bless my little brother for having enough faith in my cooking skills to trust me with the turkey... Though I'm not sure he realized the approach would be in my typical fly by the seat of my pants style. Recipes? We don't need no stinkin' recipes...

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My upcoming 5K was cancelled. :( No reason given, but they assure me "the race is definitely on for next year and will be a huge event!" Now I am VERY glad I did the 5 mile run at Quantico.

YAY! My Coastie got the boat he wanted! However, it's in Pascagoula MS, so it's a bit of a haul for a Sunday run.

OK, let's change yesterday's statement to "Must get some bike time in - this week". I fell asleep on the couch trying to read about 10 minutes after dinner and realized my body needed sleep more than a workout, and I'd best listen to it. Feeling kinda cruddy this morning, gonna just play it by ear this week, no sense in making myself sick.

Ecch. Considering it's 8:45 and I just finished dinner, it's going to be a somewhat late session at the gym...Think I'll go more with a spinning type thing than resistance tonight. I will be so happy when little bro's stationary bike is delivered to the house. (He was actually apologizing for the fact that it's a recumbent.)

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Yay, chip times are in! 54:55 - 32 out of 43 for age group and 343 out of 475 overall!

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Short week, thank god. Much to cram in today, work, pickup contacts at lunch, more work, last bit of T-day shopping (missing slightly critical component of turkey), pick out & order new carpet for TH, possibly some more packing at the old homestead, then the gym. MUST get some bike time in.

Still grinning ear to ear over yesterday. My Coastie made me promise that I'd do some light recovery today so that I'd be able to actually move tomorrow, so I cranked up the tunes and boogied around the house for 20 minutes. (Funny, I didn't feel like a run...)

I'm still flying pretty high from this morning. Have to say, there are just not enough good words for ChipmunkHeart for running with me today - I don't think my time would have been nearly as good without her sticking with me and to have someone that totally appreciates what you've accomplished as you come across the finish line is just awesome

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Race report posted, will edit if they post the chip times.

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I never thought I'd be saying the words, "I puked and it was awesome!" but there you go - unofficial time 52m54s, 10 MINUTE 35 SEC MILES! Race report to follow soon.

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Cocked, Locked & READY TO ROCK!! Race Day!

Mmmmmmmmmm, carbo loading. I have no idea if it truly makes a difference, but it's a great excuse for comfort food on a cold night. I've come to the realization that I've put more thought into what I am wearing to run tomorrow than I do for most dates. (Yes, gents, hard to believe I am available isn't it?) Yeah, I'm just a tad stoked for this. Oh, neat thing last night - after a day so mind-numbing that I completely forgot HH, I decided to stop in at my bar and catch the end of the hockey game. After getting stuck next to a nice but borderline lecherous gentleman, I throw out a 'help me' to two guys down the bar that I'd made eye contact w/earlier - got over w/them and they said they'd been talking about me and were betting that I was a marathon runner, because "Well, you look like one." I have no idea what one looks like, but after 3 1/2 months of training, that was a killer compliment to me. :)

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There is ICE on the back deck this morning... Still trying to figure out what on earth to wear tomorrow so that I don't freeze and yet don't leave a 5 mile trail of clothing in my wake as I get warm.