...back in the swing of things

ok so i just got back from a little 4-miler by my house. i wish the tuesday night group practices weren't at 6:40. why can't they be at 4? lol. i know most people have to work till 5, or God Forbid (!) 6, so I understand why its that time, but it just seems silly to wait around till 640 when i could be done by, 620. which is when i was finished tonight. 

good Lord its cold. come on FEBRUARY! give me some warm weather. i made the mistake of not wearing gloves or my rockin' head band so my ears are hurting, my hands are numb and my nose is running (haha, which really doesn't have anything to do with anything except that i want to complain about the cold some mo'). 

i am buckling down for the next 6 weeks (yes i still have 2 months to train, but 6 weeks till another vacaaay hahaha) and I am determined to raise this money and run this marathon. 

if you've ever raised money for anything or run anything, please leave me a comment or email me @ kimlarge@mac.com with suggestions. other than harrassing my friends i'm running low on ideas. 

besos, 

kimbooo

the best xtraining week ever.

wheeww boy its been a minute.

i have been out of town for the past 3 weekends. first weekend in florida, last 2 weekends in costa rica. this has been throwing my marathon training for a loop .. as well as my fundraising. i really need to pull it together so im refocusing my energy now. between teaching, taking 3 grad school classes and training for and raising money for a marathon i'm a litttttle overwhelmed but something about idle hands and the devil and yada yada yada.

so last week i was in costa rica. i love costa rica. i will move there some day. a problem in costa rica, especially when you're in the mountains, is that you have to walk EVERYWHERE up huge mountains. and not just like a steep incline, but like, a steep incline up a mud / rock hill where you just might (if you're realllllly lucky) have the immense pleasure of sticking your foot in a foot of mud, wherein you pull your leg back up and your foot comes out of your shoe and said shoe is wedged in the mud. yummmmmm. it was awesome. here's a picture:




I'm not really sure if you can tell by this picture, but that is just a straight up climb. my knees cracked with every step (yes, i'm like 100 years old) and that went on for about an hour. on the way back down, yes i did fall on my butt, thanks for asking. it was equally awesome. my running shoes (i know i know i shouldnt have been doing this with running shoes) now are almost completely and utterly covered in mud from costa rica. my own little souvenir.


The other loveeely aspect of travelling in central america is that they dont really believe in toilet seats. or throwing toilet paper in the toilet, but thats a different story. so there's a lot of squatting involved. hahahaha. that might have just reached the point of TMI but i need to stress just howww much i was working on my marathon training all week!! :)


PS. i HATE cold weather. hate hate hate hate hate. how do people live their whole lives like this? no wonder people up north are so angry all the time!!

xxo