Another 16 Miler Recap... and 8 more weeks til Chicago!!!

First up... another Saturday, another Long Run with Lazy Runner... and staying true to form, another text message at 1:43 am saying "I might need a second wake up call." GRRRR!!!

Any way, we hit up the Seminole Wekiva Trail for my second 16 miler of the training plan. Since Negative Nancy filled in for Morgan all week expectations were not high for this run, so imagine my surprise when it ended up being one of the best runs I've had yet! Vicious cycle be damned! (B.o.B. and I keep having alternating weeks of good run/bad run) Highlights of the run include:

• Lazy Runner proposing to me... (Jokingly of course)


• A lot of TMI about sex (or lack there of) after discussing the new post over at the other blog (Is running better than sex?)


• Coining the term "Run-gasm" as a direct result of said conversation


• Lazy Runner attempting to run me into a swamp (JERK)


• Charging a bridge


• Admitting I wasn't wearing underwear (my shorts have them built in but I've never gone sans a regular pair too) and then being mocked for wearing them to begin with (apparently "runners" don't wear underwear??)


• Given the creeps by a gas station attendant who asked if I always ran dressed like that in the mornings... AHHHH!!!!


• LR chasing Roosters in Oviedo... apparently Roosters just hang out round those parts...


• Stealing water from a random persons hose


• Wanting to kill LR for getting the "I make the good girls go bad" song stuck in my head


• LR - "Morgan you don't need a Get Lost Garmin, you have Mapquest Man!"


• Picking up the pace for a good 3/4 of a mile to rock out a 7:43 min/mi at mile 13!!!


• Singing "This is why I'm hot" which seg-wayed into "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me" during both of which I was most certainly far from hot... except in the literal sense


• Finishing strong with a negative split!!!

Here are the stats against the last 16 miler:
7/18 - 16 Miles
Duration: 2:37
Overall Pace: 9:43

8/15 - 16 Miles
Duration: 2:23
Overall Pace: 8:55

I shaved 14 minutes off my overall time and 55 secs off my average pace! Hell's to the Yizzay!

Besides having such a great run overall I'm also stoked because after extensive research on handhelds (Thanks to everyone for reviewing them lately!!!) I finally decided on this fantastic little bright green Fuel Belt Handheld (that conveniently matches my new kicks) that worked like a charm! I never got tired of carrying it and although it doesn't hold nearly enough water for a 16 miler (it seems the Seminole Wekiva Trail is sans water stops! WTF?!?!?) I could refill it easily enough along the way. (Thank you random people's hose!)


After a run well done I gave Tall Guy Surfing a call to rehash our respective long runs, hit up Einstein's for what is becoming my new fav after run breakfast, a lox bagel, Mmm... Got to the digs and caught up with the roomies, cleaned up, chilled out and then The Brunette and I hit up a Yoga class. OMG! The regular Saturday instructor was out so we had a fill in that she just so happened to post about the other day and how fantastic she was. Well she did NOT disappoint! This chick really rocked it, I LOVED this yoga class! It looks like Yoga is fast becoming a great after long run tradition as well... I'm telling ya, it really helps work out the kinks!

The rest of Saturday I just took it easy, visited Baby RJ & my Beaker Luv, caught some rays, had lunch with my invalid friend Kimmy (she's having serious back issues poor thing), grocery shopped, chillaxed over at Therese's for a a few, she made me almond butter toast (LOL!) and then hit the hay. Oi what a day!

Sunday in preperation for B.o.B's arrival, everything got discombobulated. Therese was supposed to come run with us but ended up getting in a fight with the pavement and losing... I had forgotten all about the fact that I usually work Sunday nights and couldn't find anyone to cover my shift... So our recovery run together got canned. We did manage to soak up some sun before I went in to the night gig but B.o.B was left to fend for herself... so she hit up the Dreadmill and got her run on while I went to work and played the "I have a friend in town please let me go home!!!" card. It worked. Right about the time The Brunette & B.o.B showed up to grab a bite to eat, I got cut and was able to join them. After dinner we headed back to the digs, I hit up the Dreadmill to get my recovery run in but seriously, I can not run on the dreadmill. 3 miles in and I was over it. So I headed back upstairs and B.o.B and I settled in for our pillow fight... then it was off to bed.

8 MORE WEEKS TIL CHICAGO!!!

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