Running Chick

What's that you say? Halloween is coming up? You need costume ideas?

Girls’s Costume Warehouse!!!

Woo, busy weekend. Josh and I planned on heading to Marquette with the utility trailer to pick up some building materials on Saturday. We got as far as Baraga when some wheel-related thing happened and we came to a screeching (literally) halt on the side of the road. The wheel was too far gone for fixing, so we ended up calling in reinforcements.

Oopsies. Marquette trip busted, day over.

Sunday was my long run day and I ticked off six miles in the morning for a total of 12 pain-free miles for the week. That's pretty monumental for me. The last time I got up to twelve for the week was back in February. Who knows whan the last time I got there pain-free.

I should have probably taken a rest day today, but the weather was too nice to not get out and do something, so I decided to take a little run on my favorite trails in Oskar. I took my camera with me to get pictures of the leaves, but they had already peaked and were pretty blah. So, I ended up taking a bunch of lame pictures of me running.

My trail. Heart.

Putting on my "Trail running is serious business" face.

Yes, I’m an idiot. The stories are true.

It’s hard to take your picture while you’re running.

The blurry background makes me look fast! I’m not.

Somebody besides me using my trail. The nerve!

Another trip to the vet, another $150+ spent. It seems like every time I make a trip to the vet's office, I end up spending anywhere from $150-$200. This time it was Simon, who has been sneezing up a storm the last two weeks. When he blew yellow/green snot all over himself the other day, I figured it was time to call the doc.

The appointment evolved from just a ear, nose, throat check to a T4 (thyroid) and kidney recheck. Those two tests plus the lab handling fee was $100. Add on $32 for the antibiotic injection, $23 for the anti-inflammatory injection and $40 for the exam, and we're sitting close to $200. But wait! I get a $17.50 multi-injection discount! That brings my total for the day to around $177. Monthly, I spend close to $150 between Simon's thyroid medicine and Spencer's special kidney food and his arthritis medicine.

My cats never really cost me all that much during their early years, so I think they're making up for it in their old age!

Shoes!

Last week while we were in Appleton, I got re-fitted for new shoes. I tested out a bunch of different shoes, probably 8 in total - Nike, New Balance, Adidas, Saucony, Brooks - and ended up with the Brooks Ghost 3. So far I'm really liking them. They're comfortable and responsive with some nice cushioining in the heel and forefoot. The only thing that I didn't like was that my high arches didn't feel like they were being supported enough in the stock insoles. No biggie, I slipped in some arch supporting insoles and all is well.

I've been primarily sticking to pavement, but tonight I decided to take the G3's for a spin on the Tech Trails. Let's just say that they're not really that great of a trail shoe (duh). They did the job, but I was doing a lot more slipping and sliding around on the leaf covered, muddy trails than I would have expected. Oh well, it was just what I needed to get my new oh-so-white shoes looking like respectable running shoes.