are you ready???

another sure sign of fall ~

good ol Hank, singing his modified-from-a-classic football song, and getting the nation (and a few good friends of mine) pumped up for the 39th season of Monday Night Football! how can you not get a little psyched up for games when that song is on?? that and the ABC football theme which i can hear in my head but can't really transfer to blogland without a sound bite...

And what a way to start the season....the big local rivalry bringing it to the main ESPN stage on Monday the 8th @ Lambeau. I'll abstain from which side of the border I'll root for...I have friends on both sides of that tussle...

Break out the chips, belly up to the bar (or hit the couch by the big ol' tv), & crack open a cold one....(yes, even i LOVE chips with dean's french onion dip!! or chips & salsa.. and beer! runner girl or no runner girl. i still have my 'off' nights of salty alcoholic goodness...)

i won't have my new cowboy boots in time for this weeks Monday night game but likely by next week's.....sing it Hank Jr....and to all my rowdy friends, come on over anytime ;)

heading to work on my day off. there's always too much to do....at least it's payday ;) TGIF ~jd

summer turns to fall....

literally in about 4 hours.

left the house this morning to head to work...jungle feel outside. hot. humid. HU-MID.

leave the library for lunch....rain has since occurred and the temp is at least 15 degrees cooler.

aaaaaaahh..

also, i turn the page of the calendar to start a new month of stats in my running log.

August left me with these numbers:

Miles run: 109.7
Miles biked: 22.0
Grand total: 129.7

Time it took for all of this: 21:20:17

For someone who 3 years ago had never run a mile, to me, it's amazing to see this on paper. I'm still just an average Jane. Who happened to fall into the laps of an amazingly supportive and stellar group of women at a local gym a year ago, who have helped get me over some major goals since then. More to come....thanks, sistas~ couldn't/wouldn't have done it without all ya'll...

3 more major events for me racing wise in 2008 coming up in the next 6 weeks, then it's break time for a while. that doesn't mean no running, it just means cutting back without having to start over again next January. Iron Girl Duathlon in 19 days; TC 10 on Oct 5th and Whistlestop Half Marathon on Oct 13th. yeehaw! Time to groove it back to the workplace....~jd

i went to the state fair...

and did this.




i also ate french fries and mini donuts. and an icee. (david kept trying to get me to eat more....i really didn't want anything else. i do have a workout in the morning...and lots of fried food just doesn't appeal to me...a few courses is plenty).

that was my menu of choice today. a beer would have made me go right to sleep...after walking around for 5 hours, and a long day yesterday, by the time a beer sounded good i was pretty beat.

so instead i got henna'd. david's idea really, but i'm diggin it'. diggin' the design too~

back home now, having that beer, waiting for the grill to be ready for the burger course...

god i hope gustav doesn't hit new orleans but man, it's looking likely. mother nature is not something to ever mess with or take for granted. i feel for the southern states right now.....and could really care less about the RNC. is that wrong?

tis the season...

changes are in the air....

literally. it was 52 when i woke up today. brrrrr. feels great to snuggle under the covers, but it's harder to rise early when it's darker and colder :( also means longer clothes needed to run :( well that's part of living where there actually *are* four seasons, and for the most part i do like that...

on the upswing it's time for this:



fat free yummy goodness :)

big run in the morning....longest ever is planned. 14 miles. we'll see....Gateway Trail, here I come....

to update a previous post last week, the palm trees & sandy vacation for winter will happen, just in a different location. no Cruise to Run this coming year, but Maui instead with Gram. :) just nailing down which half marathon to work that around :) there are 2...one Jan 25th and one Feb 7th. why not tie a warm sandy trip to another medal for my collection? do the run, and then *relax* for DAYS afterwards....bring me my umbrella drink :)

have a great labor day weekend! ~jd