....about blogging when I'm not on a normal schedule. Other things I'm terrible about when I'm not on a normal schedule are:

Eating right
Working out consistently
Reading
Talking to my family and friends as much as I normally do

...gosh, there are too many things to list. Do you ever feel that way? If things are a bit abnormal in your day to day schedule, everything is crazy?!? I'm trying to get better about it but
I feel like sometimes it all or nothing!

Well last week as you may have read, I went on the road with the Jazz Band and it was such an incredible trip! We went up to the Chicago area and played at various town's 'Music in the Park' type of events. They were really great. The crowds were super and as we went from town to town I tried to think of anytime that my town ever had anything like that....maybe we did, but I was just too cool back then to notice them. I got to see my Mom while in the area. She came and stayed the night with me and came to a show. It's always so nice to see family! Thanks for coming mom!

Right now I am watching the Women's Olympic Marathon race and they just came up on mile 5. And they are at 29 minutes! Are you kidding me? That is less than a 6 minute mile...and to make it even better, the announcer says that this is a slow pace! My God I'm a snail compared to these ladies! I hope I don't run into any of them at my race:( Speaking of my race....I had to buy new shoes for it because I ran out of my old ones....my feet started to hurt, particularly my left arch. It wasn't easy getting them though. My normal....ahem....supplier Zappos doesn't sell them anymore!!! Can you believe that? They have every shoe ever made in existence but they didn't have my Adidas Supernova Cushion 10W running shoe! Oh my goodness I almost started to hypervenilate. I then went to trusty Amazon and they had them. I had them shipped overnight so that I could have them for my long run today. Those shoes are so awesome! It's like running on cotton balls. So today I hit yet another personal best run for distance....I ran 18 miles in 3:38! Woo hoo!! I can't believe it! Next week's long run is 20 and the following week is 22 and then I start to scale back. My race is coming up so quickly! I'm already thinking about what my next personal challenge will be once my race is over....who knows. I'm really stiff so I need to stretch some more....and I guess it doesn't help that I've been laying on the couch for the past 3 hours...DOH!

Thanks for stopping by!
Keisha