Work for the First Time in Awhile (3.3 miles)

Title says it all... I hadn't worked i na week and i worked a ten hour shift ten, pretty much recovered from my wisdom teeth srugery.  I woke up early and went for a 5 mile run with the team.  I rode my biek to an from work to accumulate 3.3 miles, as usual.  At work, i pretty much goofed off all day.  I only have a few more days left there this summer, so why not!  It was fun, but super boring at the same time... I am in a bad mood lately so i do not want to blog anymore, bye.

Total summer mileage: 148.4 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $29.38

Chicago: Part II

So today my girlfriend an i ventured into the city again, finishing our last visit.  Last time we did everything we wanted, except didn't have time for her to shop.  So we went back and spent the majority of our time on Michigan Avenue shopping for mostly her, some for me (i got a new pair of running shorts from the adidas store).  It was a nice time, much less stressful than last time and it was not nearly as hot.  We had a great day. 

Although, it started off shaky... When we got to the train station, we bought our tickets and as we went out to cross the tracks to get to the side we needed to be on, the train started to come and the lights and stuff were flashing, so we weren't supposed to cross the tracks anymore... My friend did this once and she and her 3 friends all got $100 tickets from a police officer that saw them.  We were scared to cross because of this, but we were going to anyway... As we were about to cross, a guy on the other side screamed at us, alerting us of a police officer no more than 200 feet away! I was very thankful! I waited a minute until he turned around, and we bolted across- making it with no problem.  We thanked that man, and he told us that they have been giving out up to $500 tickets now!  On the way home, we had another train adventure...we boarded late, so we got some of the last seats and they ended up being on what we later found out was the "Quite Car"... We got kicked out of this car midway through the trip for whispering. It was ridiculous because there was no need for quiet, everybody was playing on their phone!

Anyway...I talked a lot about the adventures haha.  We did not do any biking today, but that's okay! i finally go back to work tomorrow and it will be nice biking there and back after cross country- can't wait to wear my new shorts!

Total summer mileage: 145.1 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $28.73

Laziness

Today i woke up with quite a bit of pain before cross country, so i iced it a lot.  I iced till the last minute, so i decided to drive to save time.  It was the first time i had driven to practice at my school all summer, so i didn't feel too bad.  After that, i went back to my school to get my schedule fixed for the upcoming year.  After that, i went to lunch with my girlfriend and then we swam at my house until it started storming.  We took it easy again tonight just relaxing before a day in Chicago tomorrow!  That is all, goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 145.1 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $28.73

Feeling Better

Today was day 3 of my recovery. Although the swelling was at it's worst when i woke up, it gradually went down throughout the day.  With a proper regimen on medicine and icing, it is feeling a lot better.  I still did little physical activity, except mow my yard this evening.  I did hang out with my girlfriend again just for a little bit.  I did not run, i plan on running again tomorrow.  However, i have an ultrasound on my gull bladder in the morning so i will have to run after that, not at cross country practice.  I am still tired from my pain and medicine, goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 145.1 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $28.73

Day 2 of Misery

Today was extremly painful from my surgery early on... However, the pain medicines did help.  I did not run obviously because of the pain.  My swelling is expremely bad, it looks as if i have baseballs in  my cheek!  I pretty much sat around all day and watched tv... I did pick up my girlfriend and bring her bacl hoem for a little bit.  It was nice seeing her for a few hours, and then i drove her back home.  My friend also came over with a gift card to an ice cream place! I am super tired tonight, hopefully i feel better tomorrow and i hope to be 100% by Monday to get my running back on track!

Total summer mileage: 145.1 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $28.73

NTD (3.3 miles)

Nothing To Do.  Three words to describe a 10 hour day at work.  Beforehand, at cross country, we ran a 5K time trial, 3.1 miles, and i hit 17:38.  I am happy with that sub 6 pace.  I rode my bike to and from work, 3,3 miles, and on the way there, i was in a hurry and hit a curb...Haha i made a great save and didn't fall but my chain did fall off! My hurrying definitely backfired.  At work, i did pretty much nothing... Then tonight i laid around and watched TV. I am getting lazy toward the end of summer! Tomorrow is widsom teeth day, i cannot wait. Jk.  I am so tired from work and running i need some decent sleep! No running tomorrow because of surgery, goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 145.1 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $28.73

I Hate Rain

Today, the rain forced me to drive to practice at Raceway which i probably would have anyway, however, it was canceled...So i could have just not gone! Then i had to drive to and from work! It was a lot of driving, but i did get more cardboard for my cardboard boat project haha.  Only positive about rain is the grass growing, and me mowing.  Work was so slow today, i spent the first 6 hours trying to find dumb things to do and periodically messing around.  Then, my friend came in for his last day.  He decided to wimp out on the whole swimming thing and he even left early because he was tired...yet he went bowling with his friend without me...great friend.  Not happy tonight, work again tomorrow.  Oh and i might have a stomach ulcer or problem with my gull bladder...yay! Goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 141.8 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $28.08

Yay! (5.0 miles)

As i mentioned last night, today was my girlfriend and I's one year anniversary.  We had a great day, we woke up and got delicious McDonald's breakfast- our favorite.  We then swam at my house for a few hours, then i took her to olive garden for lunch.  We ate dinner at her house and then went to Oberweis and got some delicious ice cream! Although an expensive day- it was well worth it!  We also visited Raceway Woods, the place where i asked her out one year ago, and spent soem time there.  While there, we saw 5 deer...it was crazy because they were like 20 feet away from us!! Prior to all of this, i had cross country practice at my high school, so i biked to and from, accumulating the usual 5.0 miles.  While there, we ran a pretty easy 5 miles.  Usually it would be tempo, but we had gone hard a lot lately so he gave us a day off! We still went at a sub 7 pace, so it was good.  That's all i have for tonight, goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 141.8 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $28.08

Bad to Good

Today started off okay with a good 7 mile run right by my house.  Then, hours later i was struck with a terrible terrible stomach ache.  It would not back off, so my mother took me to the emergency room.  I finally got some help and it went away after a couple hours- the pain was excrutiating.  Finally, i got to hang out with my girlfriend after a long wait.  We pretty much just laid around all day because my stomach still wasn't 100%.  I did not biking today because none was necessary and i had a stomach ache, all i did was drive 6 miles.  It was still a fun day with my girlfriend though, we had some really good conversations and tomorrow is our one year anniversery so we discussed what to do.  We planned on going to downtown Chicago again, but we both agreed today we were too tired to do that!  Tomorrow will be fun, and maybe we will bike a little! Goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 136.8 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.96 per gallon): $27.09

Storms (3.2 miles)

Today i got to sleep in a little bit because i took the day off from running.  When i woke up, it was storming like crazy outside.  By the time i had to leave for work, it was starting to die down, but it was still raining pretty good.  This meant i had to drive to work.  I also had to stop by my girlfriends house again to drop soemthing else off..haha.  This was 4.8 miles i didn't get to ride!  Work was okay, i had to do the truck by myself again and i even checked everythign thing in myself and built most of the stuff.  After work, the rain was gone.  I drove home, got some dinner, then biked to my girlfriend's house for a little bit to play with her kitten again haha.  I biked back at night for my first official night ride with the light.  It was actually very relaxing and i enjoyed it a lot! Tomorrow i work again and i need to get to the bank...so if everything goes as planned i should have some pretty high mileage tomorrow!  Goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 130.2 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.97 per gallon): $25.84

Hottest Day Yet (4.8 miles)

Today was interesting and tiring.  I woke up to run a 6 mile tempo at practice and it was just too hot, it turned into a 5 mile disaster... After that exhausting practice, i got ready for work and left a few minutes early because i had to run something to my girlfriends house before work.  This added on an extra 1.5 miles, making the day 4.8 miles.  Work was difficult.  I worked all day, half by myself.  I unloaded a huge truck by myself which was awful, the truck driver stood and watched. My legs were so exhausted i had such a hard time.  After work, i hung out with my friends and what did they want to do? Go bowling... more activity for my legs..that's what i needed!  It was a lot of fun though, we played for money and i ended up losing $4 unfortunately... Oh well!  Now i am home, extremely tired.  A day off from running tomorrow sounds great before a 10 hour day at work! Goodnight!

Total summer mileage: 127.0 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.97 per gallon): $25.21

Heat Advisory (5.0 miles)

Although the heat index was above 100 at 8 in the morning, we still ran at cross country.  I biked to my high school 2.5 miles away, making a 5 mile round trip.  We ran a tempo 4, i hit it in under 24:00 meaning under a 6 minute pace- very good for me.  I felt like i was going to pass out- but i just kept going and i feel fine now so it's all good!  After that, i was exhausted so i sat around my house for awhile until i eventually picked my girlfriend up and we swam at my house.  It was very nice, very refreshing.  If only the sun didn't heat the water up to 91 degrees... it would have been nicer at 85, but that's okay.  We swam for a few hours, grabbed some lunch at my house, played with my dog, and then headed to her house for the kitty again.  It turned into a fun night of playing with the kitty and playing Wii.  We even brought the kitty outside and she loved it, it was really cool to see.  Tomorrow practice is at Raceway and i will probably have to drive..but oh well.  I realized, although money is nice, it isn;t everything. Sometimes it is okay to sacrifice money for convenience.  i am slowly becoming less cheap, or some may say greedy... haha. Goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 122.2 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.97 per gallon): $24.26

Bad Day (3.3 miles)

Today was a regular Saturday at work, until i started getting terrible stomach pains.  I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, but this was much worse than usual.  I needed to go home and rest... However, i rode my bike and i was not going to ride home with this pain.  Luckily it was the weekend, and my dad was able to come pick me up.  I went home and rested up for an hour and a half until i finally felt better and returned to work.  I felt fine for the rest of the day, it was quite odd.  I rode home without any problems.  The ride to work was very nice with a nice breeze and it was very overcast.  On the way home, it was scorching outside with the sun beating down.  I also ran in the overcast weather it was wonderful, a 5 miler.  I was going to run more after work, but i did not want to risk stomach ache again, so i have to run a lot tomorrow to hit my weekly mileage.  Since it was just to work and back, i hit the reoccurring mileage of 3.3 miles.  Same deal tomorrow, and with my girlfriend after work!

Total summer mileage: 113.9 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.98 per gallon): $22.67

Work (3.3 miles)

Today was just a regular ole day, working all day with a decent sized truck.  Luckily, this time i had help so it didn't take too long and we finished everything...so tomorrow there will be nothing to do!  I rode my bike to work and back, it was hot weather, but there was a wind too cool you down.  Except the wind sucked while riding!  I was too lazy to run before work, so i ran a 5 miler after work.  The biking was the usual 3.3 miles, once again without my speedometer.  I am quite angry about that, i spent $20 on the speedometer and it stops working after like 2 months.  That totally cancels out all the money i have saved on gas.  I am very dissapointed and do not know what to do, but i guess that is just life.  Hopefully i can find a new battery because i believe that is the problem.  Tomorrow i do not have much goign on, so i will attempt repair then.  Goodnight.

Total summer mileage: 110.6 miles
Money saved on gas (20 mpg at $3.98 per gallon): $22.01