It's raining cats and dogs .. oh wait, that's just hail

Unintentional run #2

Jeff and I decided to take the dogs for a walk this afternoon. The light drizzle when we started quickly turned to rain and then lots of rain and then hail. So we decided to run home (well, run/walk as Jeff isn't a big runner). Anyway, I probably ended up doing close to 17.5 miles today. Good to know I can run on tired, achy legs.

More good news, one of my favorite authors (H.P. Mallory) who self-published her first three books just got an agent and a book deal and is now hosting an awesome contest to celebrate: http://urbanfantasyauthor.blogspot.com/2011/03/win-amazon-or-barnes-and-noble-gift.html

She gives all of us wanna be published writers hope!

And, I discovered coconut water today as a recovery aid (good alternative to gatorade for those of us who don't do sugar and chemicals) - and it tastes great! It's also pretty expensive though ($2/serving at the Co-op), so I am looking on-line for cheaper places to get it.

It's official

I signed up to run the Capital City Marathon in Olympia, WA on Sunday May 15th. I did 16.3 this morning (33 for the whole week, which is a pretty high mileage week for me). It hurt, but I felt like I could have done more - maybe not 10 more, but more. Next weekend is Dry Creek Half Marathon, then it's an 18 the weekend after that, then Salt Lake City Half, then 20.... The miles keep rolling by.

The other piece of good news is that I am officially on Spring Break. My goal for the week is to finish book 3 of my romance series and send out 10 more queries on book 1. Wish me luck!

14 down, 12.2 more to go

I ran 14 miles today. It's the furthest I've run since last Fall. I was tired and my quads were sore, but I felt like I could have done more if I had to. Maybe not 12.2 more, but more nonetheless. It gives me hope.

I wish I could say that the rest of my new year's goals were going as well as my running, but unfortunately, they're not. (You probably guessed that from the fact that it's been awhile since I blogged.) Still no requests for partials on either of my queries and I still haven't finished book 3 or revised my first YA. I have started book 4 and another YA, but progress has halted on those as of late as well. Too much work work, too little writing time. Spring (and almost even better, Spring Break) are coming up quickly. Maybe I can finally make some progress on my non-running (and running) goals during my week 'off.'

My race countdown has begun. Two weeks to Dry Creek Half Marathon, four weeks to Salt Lake City Half Marathon (I lucked out that there happened to be a race the weekend I have to be there for a conference, even though it means I'll miss Robie. :(  ), 8 weeks to Famous Potato or Capital City (whichever marathon I decide to do). Woohoo!

Then it's back to the business of trying to get pregnant.

Wish me luck on all fronts!