Chocolate Endurance

Thursday was a longish day.  I had the joy of watching my friend's new little baby girl.  This also meant, I was the only adult responsible for two children under the age of one.  I actually handled it really well.  If I do say so myself.

Whatever lady - I had to resort to dog toys

That being said, I am very thankful that it is not something I have to do every day.  I suddenly have a lot more understanding and sympathy for all my friends with twins.  You women are superheros as far as I am concerned.


After Mark got home, I was very excited to go to Fleet Feet and pick up my new running shoes.  Yes, I still have my old running shoes.  These are just the same shoes in a fantastic new color.  It's the first time I've been uber excited about my running shoes and talked about how pretty they are.  Dare I say it?  I actually sounded girly!

I was really, really tempted to take off my shoes and put these on, that's how crazy in love with them I was.  But I resisted.


I then ran 5 miles with my friends...and talked, and talked, and talked.  It's amazing they all still like me since apparently, I have no concept of how to shut my mouth during a run.  LOL.  I was talking about Rainier and stuff.


Afterwards, I told those who didn't know about my chocolate bar issues this week and how I intend to bring those with me as food on Rainier.  My friend Sue asked if that was all I was going to bring and worried that I might get sick if I didn't bring something other than chocolate.

My dear friend Andrew had an excellent point - "Not if you build up your chocolate endurance."


Love it.  I went as far as considering writing a training plan for building up chocolate endurance.  I know, I'm special like that.


This morning - I skipped my big group 12 mile run, because I'm running a 15K tomorrow.  It's a guaranteed PR since I've never run the distance before in a race.  I haven't decided how to play it - since my 2nd spring half marathon is 2 weeks away.  Race it or avoid injury???  With my previous luck with the  Cap City Half, I should probably proceed with caution.


Speaking of caution - instead of running this morning, I spent my time researching and spending a small fortune on baby gates....I can no longer deny that Avery is crawling.

Have you ever squealed with excitement over new shoes?


Would you be interested in a chocolate endurance training plan?


What would you do for the 15K?  Race pace or run a tad slower to ensure a good half on May 5th?  Note: This 15K race has no medals.