webster's dictionary

oh boy here i go sending the wrong impressions again. guess my sarcasm didn't translate very well, so let me define a few things from my previous post:

"sponsorship" - (n). an offer from a co-worker to pay for my travels to boston. he seemed serious but it's weird to me and i don't really get why he'd pay. i asked what i would have to do for this sponsorship and he said "just run, i won't make you wear a shirt with the company logo on it or anything". we'll see if he ever brings it up again; i'm not going to ask.

"coach" - (n). another co-worker, drunk at the time (after all this was at a post-work party), who overheard the boston conversation and decided to lecture me on the five brownies i may or may not have eaten earlier that day (remember they were bite-sized, it wasn't that bad). he told me i need to run more and that he's going to start making me train in the warehouse - i guess i'll do some world's strongest man type stuff and toss oil barrels, flip tires, etc. (again, sarcasm)

sorry it's not quite as exciting as you hoped!

this week is off to a much better start compared to the last and yes, i am still m&m free (9 days). knowing i probably won't be able to run thursday, i switched things up in hopes of staying strong and enforcing both quality days this week. i got in 9.25 miles with 6 threshold on monday and have some lovely 800's on tap for wednesday.

i've been having what i assume is tinnitus for a little over a week now (ringing/roaring in the ear). at first it was in both ears but now it seems to only be in my left ear. it's kind of like having your own personal t-pain adapter, everything is auto-tuned.

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oh spring, where art thou

this week was a pretty crappy effort on my part as i came up quite a bit short on my planned mileage. i salvaged the week with 43 miles, but it took some cramming because i logged a total of 4.5 miles through wednesday... i was off to a very slow start, but i whipped out 13 miles thursday evening in 1:42 (6mi threshold, 1mi gmp).

friday was yet another 0 mile day due to a b-day party for a co-worker. originally i said i'd leave at 6:30 to go run, but i'm awkward/felt bad leaving early and ended up hanging out longer/ditching the run :( sigh. i did get a "sponsorship" offer to pay for my travels to boston and a "coach" who told me i needed to run extra miles for the brownies i ate at work (they were cut up into bite size pieces so all the calories fell out i say.)

i got in a 15-mile long run on saturday morning. it was cold, windy, and snowing yet again. no accumulation thankfully, but it's annoying to have snow hitting your face the whole time. i headed out later in the afternoon for another ~5 miles, and wrapped up the weekend with a short 6+ mid-day sunday. i debated going long-ish again, but decided to accept a shorter mileage week and rest up so i can crack the whip on myself in the new week.

week in review (2/1 - 2/7):
total miles: 43.50 (avg temp 32.4* f)
time spent running: ~ 6 hours 18 minutes
avg hr: 161.25
avg pace: 8:51/mile
off days: 2, technically

for the record i am holding strong against m&m's so far. 7 days down, 21 to go...

last week i was tagged by alissa and jill in the "beautiful blogger" award circulating the internet. they must need to get their eyes checked. i'm going to skip the acceptance speech and jump straight to the 7 random/"interesting" things about myself. i'm also supposed to tag 7 more people but everyone is beautiful so play along if you wish.

1. i recently learned that dry counties still exist. i'm not big on drinking anyway, but it would be a two-hour round trip drive to get booze here in kentucky. they're big on their bourbon, but apparently you have to live outside of kentucky to buy it.
2. i had a pillow (named "brownie", 'cause it was brown) that went everywhere with me when i was little. i accidentally left it at the beach one summer and my parents refused to call the house-rental company to get it back (must be why i was so rebellious as a teenager...). eventually (/later that year) i became attached to a new pillow which has shrunk substantially, but i still sleep with it every night. so what if i'm 25.
3. i have no idea what i want to do with my life (/for work). any suggestions? with food allergies, i think i'd like to somehow work in the realm of food-safety/control/labeling or something, but i have no idea how to get into that.
4. i used to be a lot more outgoing. i had some (health) crap go on in '04, got worse in '06-07, and i just don't feel like the same person anymore.
5. i keep saying i want to learn another language but i haven't actively pursued it yet. anyone had success with rosetta stone?
6. i originally memorized the wrong social security number. this was only during high school/early college so i don't think it really matters. i wasn't exactly making big bucks at the photo shop or robbing banks.
7. my godsister is on jersey shore. my mom facebooked her mom and apparently they are still "getting used to the show". there may or may not be fist-pump dancing at my wedding. i gotta practice some more first.