Runnin' with the rodent...

Looks like Dice isn't the only lucky one. This morning, I had the fabulous privilege of running with her royal awesomeness. The mouse...aka...my favorite rodent (I'm sooooo kidding Sarah, just couldn't resist). And it was a very good run.

We ran seven miles (or turned up just shy of seven?), which included two hills--both of which I did not want to do--and along the way found ourselves stuck smack dab in the middle of a 5k/10krace. Brilliant. My running stretches were longer than ususal and today reminded me that running with another person is actually a good thing. I typically like to run alone because I always feel like I'm holding the other person back with my walking stints every mile or so. But she happily walked with me. The speed demon even slowed down for me. And though she didn't realize it, her presence pushed me to run a little bit farther before taking that next walk break.

It took us just under an hour and 20 minutes to go the distance, including walking breaks and a few water stops. The best part? I didn't want to stop. AND I felt like I could've done another six miles. So even though we're undertrained, I'm fairly confident that next weekend will go over well. Hopefully it won't be too hot in Nashville

In other news...in my husband's infinite rockstarness (here I go making up words again), he discovered that our local bike shop was having a sale of ridiculous proportions. And since we're poor as it is, we decided that since we need tri gear, that now was the time to invest since it was all absurdly marked down. Shopping was fun...and frustrating. I thought I'd want a one piece tri suit but when I tried it on, I almost had a melt down. It was arguably the most unflattering thing I've ever seen on my body. So I settled for a snazzy two piece deal. And it wasn't entirely disasterous. In fact...if was fabulous.

And even though I'm still having issues wrapping my head around this whole triathlon dealio, at least I'll look like a triathlete...a cute triathlete at that! See?!

I am the proud new owner of the Sugoi Wahine Tri Tank (in seal) and the Tri Shorty shorts. Apparently this will get me through the swim, bike and run this July (and the bike and run next month in Galena...maybe). We saved an ABSURD amount to get the race gear we need...so I'm pretty excited. Also in the shopping bag...a pair of bike shorts that were on clearance.

Sweet times, campers. Sweet times.

Mmmmk...it's time to go and carb-load on some beer. Mouse is on her way back to our place where an evening of debauchary is likely to throw down.

Happy running and enjoy the beautiful weather!