Not wind nor snow nor freezing hail will stop poor GG she will prevail!!!!

I don't have much to report.

I've been running - it gets easier and easier...

Well, sort of...

Yesterday I had slept in and had to get to work to do some 'speriments' as Ivy used to call them, so I decided to run later at work. So I just wore my windpants and an underarmor and grabbed some sneakers and put them in my bag and off I went to work. At about 3 I decided to go, grabbed my fully charged Ipod and my gloves and off I went.

First thing, i forgot to put on a windproof coat - so i was just wearing a sweathshirt...but more importantly - i had the wrong pair of gloves they were more like liners than gloves - but OH WELL... not wind nor snow nor freezing hail will stop poor GG she will prevail!!!!

BUT... 2 minutes into my running...my ipod froze. Not in the brr Holly I'm cold kind of froze, but in the hey I'm really just a miniture computer and I don't want to do anything else anymore kind of froze. And to me. there is nothing, I repeat NOTHING, worse than running with a useless piece of equipment.

But then something worse happened, I FROZE, and not the I'm really just a miniature kind of computer froze, but the BRRRR i can't move kind of froze. OH MY GOSH was it cold. I was so not approriately dressed, I hung on for my 6.5 miles, but when I got back there wasn't much movement from the old digits.

Now to back track on the Ipod. My computer, well not so much my computer, my computer's power cord, bit the dust. For $100.00 Dell will furnish me with a new one (how sweet) but it takes a week to get here...and of course i need my computer to reboot my ipod. so I'm ipod less. Which is fine but I'm SO used to running with it, I keep messing with my ears because I think that the headphones aren't working :)

Today I ran 7 miles which puts my weeks total up to 19.5 - I hope to have enough time before the "BIG PARTY" to run around the lake. Or maybe sneak in one with Dan and Kate :) What a busy weekend - my sister turning 13 YIKES, my mom turning...um, another year older...and Grandpa and Grandmas 50th wedding anniversary!!!

2 posts in 3 days!!!

Wow! I'm officially...without a life!

ANYWAY... big news, I had a baby. Errr....I bought a truck.

It was (is) a girl. I named her Tilly!

Originally I named her Tully, as in the town two exits before McGraw on 81. Now the story on that one is that my Ranger is named affectionately "Tug" not really for any reason - I just liked the name, and Tim McGraw the country singers Dad's name was Tug. So...everytime I went by the town McGraw on 81 (which surprisingly I do quite often - as it is on the way to all the susquehanna races) I would think of Tug. I was worried yesterday as I drove down to Philly to get her, that she didn't have a name. Marc wanted me to name her Hope. Which is an OK name, but not for a truck, but then I went by the town Tully - PERFECT, its right after mcgraw...and it sounds like a truck name, until I thought of the phrase dad used to always say...no so affectionately... refering to overweight women as Two ton tillies. So.. after 6 hours of being named Tully, her name done got changed - she is Tilly.

I took marc and Bailey for their first ride with tilly today. Bailey got a new seatbelt that he managed to get all wound up in and whined for the entire ride. I shouldn't have expected anything better...but anyway - nothing to do with running - I ran 5 this morning - just in the nick of time too, as I write this it is 6 out with a windchill of -15 YUCK!

more later - yay for Tilly!

Who says you need a car?

WHAT A DAY!!!

Long story short, I'm getting a new vehicle tomorrow!!! (Yippee) I'm getting my friend Dale's Ford Exlorer Sport Trac tomorrow, and I'm selling Tug to my cousin Daniel, since he is 18 and looking for a vehicle and Tug's in VERY good shape - and I'm happy to help him out. But I decided to take him into the shop to get a power steering leak fixed- and a few other things to make sure Tug's in tiptop shape for his new life in Wanakena (and where ever else Dan goes). Well I made the mistake of telling the mechanics that I was in no rush because I was giving the car to my cousin etc...which they read as...I have another car already.

I don't.

So since Tuesday, I've been carless. Marc has been kind enough to take me to and from work everyday. But today, I took the day off of work, and told Marc that I would take care of myself.

Big mistake.

I talked to the people at the shop yesterday, they said that they'd have it done today - I assumed that meant...well...that they'd have it done today.

So...here is the break down of my day.

6:00 - Bailey and I walked 2 miles
7:30 Went for my 5 mile run up to the resevoir and back
9:30 Walked 1.5 miles to get my hairs cut
10:00 Walked 1.5 miles back
10:30 Ran 2.5 miles to my house (where I assumed that at some point, the shop would call me, at which time I would walk the 1 mile to the shop to get my car - but of course - that wouldn't have made a good story)
1:30 Walked to my buddy Kyle's house - 1 mile
2:00 Walked back - 1 mile
4:30 assumed that I was being stood up by the mechanics at the shop- ran 2.5 miles back to marc's house.

An unanticipated 10 mile day with an additional 7 miles of walking.

This no car stuff is for the birds.

NEW CAR TOMORROW - less traveling by foot.

PS - and at 6:00 - still no word from the shop - oh well - tomorrow it won't matter anyway :)

Happy Groundhogs Day!!!

I don't know if Punxatawney Pete (or is it Phil) saw his shadow or not. But I certainly didn't see mine.

Thanks to wikipedia.org I've got the low down on Punxsutawney Phil (that would be the correct spelling and everything) - apparently he did see his shandow so its 6 more weeks of winter. I also learned that there is a Canadian version...Wiarton Willie. AT ANY RATE...

Today has been a pretty good day. I haven't really been feeling that well this week, so I hadn't been out running. Except for this epic tale:

On Wednesday I had a physical therapy appt at 7:30 am. So Holly, not being the brightest crayon in the box, decided that I would leave my apt at 6:45 and run to my appt (running straight there only takes 10 minutes, so I was going to GO for a run, and then end up there. Well that was the day up here that there was 55 mph winds. And in case you are wondering in a headwind of 55 mph, a 140lb girl will be stopped dead in her tracks. So instead of going for a run...I more went for a forced stomp to PT. I made it on time though! I don't mind the cold, but the wind really sucks...or more accurately ... blows.

So today, after I took the stooge (Bailey) for a walk I went for a 5 mile run up to the reservoir. It was actually really nice, since that is the Police communications they keep it very plowed and maintained.

I'm starting to get some races scheduled out. My first running race this year will be Johnny's Running of the Green. Obviously, its St Patty's day weekend. It's five miles. Marc, Jason Quagliata, (maybe Kyle) and I are going to do it. Jason is a VERY good runner, he ran cross country for U of R in college, his record is a 4:12 mile. He doesn't train much for running anymore because he hurt his ACL. BUT, he still kicks our butts in the races by a landslide. My first canoe race thisyear (USPP, which is April 19th) I will be racing with Jason as well.

In other news...Tug hit 100,000 miles today. I didn't get to see it, go figure, Marc was driving my car and I was driving his... :(