Finally.

I went running yesterday morning. Only a half mile, because it was extremely hot and I hadn't eaten breakfast yet so I was also kinda dizzy when I finished. (I got my butt right over to the nearest Dunkin Donuts ay-sap, though. Promise. =] Breakfast is important!) But it felt so good. I was so happy to be running I sprinted the last bit and then I almost got run over by the park ranger people on their ATV thingie. Seriously! ahahaaha.
Then I walked a mile and a half with Grandpa and Pat. I'm probably going running with G sometime next week too, and maybe Jamie. I have to get back in the habit. I do. I feel like such a lazy butt not running. And I am NOT lazy!
Gotta go. I've got a book to write.
Love,
Caiti

Finally!

I went for a run today, around "the circle" where we now live...it was a short run, because I was a ditz and, um, forgot to stretch before going. And my hair tie kept slipping off my hair and it's hard to run with my hair swishing in my face and plastered to my back. Not good. Blond...yeah. Especially now that it's almost July. Guilty. As. Charged!
Well, it's just nice to be getting back into the, um, swing of things. I have to work on my stamina. Since I currently have no stamina.
And I've been taking Jack on walks. He adores them. I cringe when I have to pick up his poop.
Love,
Caiti

Another Saturday-morning run!

So Saturday, like I planned, my friend and I went on a run at a local park. I was keeping track of the times with my iPod Touch, which has an oh-so-handy stopwatch feature...and I, being blond, accidentally erased all of the data three minutes before we were done. :-( Of course. But we ran for about thirty minutes...I think. So much for being practical. Then we found a secret meadow behind the tennis courts, which was ginormous, and I took some pictures with my aunt's high-tech camera that turned out really well.
Then we had to stop, because there were (dun-dun-dun!) tornado warnings in our area. Yes, our area, somewhere in New Jersey. Like NJ ever gets tornados...well, we went home and took refuge at her aunt's place. No one wants to be outside during tornados, after all!
Love,
Caiti

I missed it.

So lately I've been taking a lil break from running but of course I'm back now. :) Yesterday in gym was a fitness day, which meant we had to do some act of fitness...and ours was to run.
Since I haven't run in a few weeks, I didn't realize how much I missed running. The feeling of my feet slapping the pavement, my hair bouncing along (yes, yes, I have a full head of thick hair that bounces, don't laugh), my breathing measured and sometimes a little heavy. I missed it all.
I was so happy to be running again, I had a permanent grin on my face. My friend and I even sprinted the last lap.
God, it felt good.
Love,
Caiti

Tumbleweeds.

This blog's been looking quite bare lately--apologies. I haven't been running lately. Actually, I took a two-week hiatus as a break from track and just chilled and now I'm ready to start running again. Tomorrow morning my friend and I are going on a run at a local park. And I'm going to start running every day once I actually, you know, get my lazy butt away from the computer and go work my legs--they're looking quite pale and underworked. It is bathing suit season, after all!
Love,
Caiti

Our last track meet!

So I just got back from our last track meet...and the only one I ran in! I ran second heat, which means it didn't count (which is good, I did terribly) but it was so much fun. And I stuck around for a while after my event to watch the high jump/relay/etc. just because the atmosphere was so much fun.
This morning my coach asked what event I wanted to run. I said one-hundred, but I ended up running the 200. I came in last haha, I got 37 which is not good at all, but I was recruited for cross-country next fall...wow. I'm kind of surprised, but I guess now I'm running cross-country!
We won by a bunch of points (I think, I'm pretty sure) because of the relay. Oh, my God, our relay was awesome! I wasn't in it but...wow. Our anchor kicked butt!! Yayy Tiff!
All in all, it was soooo much fun and it was awesome. I can't believe it's over now. I'm gonna keep it up and beat that awful score so next year when I do track I'll kick butt!!
Love,
Caiti

Best inspiration ever.

Saturday morning I went for a run with my best friend Mar. We ran along the waterfront--on a boardwalk/promenade kind of thing--and it was sooo nice. The conversation that preceded our run (Heather is Mar's aunt, Jen is Heather's friend who was so kind as to bring us donuts for breakfast, Mar is my BFF, and Me is me):

Mar: So how far do you think a mile is? Like four times around the block?
Jen: Probably. How far are you going to run?
Mar: Two miles.
Me: Ughh, are you sure?
Mar: Yupp.
Jen: (to me) Gosh, you're so skinny. Eat another donut.
Me: No problem! (And I take another donut and devour it like a starved lion)
Heather: Now just run a mile for every donut you eat.
Me: I guess we're running two miles, then?

It was much more amusing at the time... So we ran two miles and laughed our butts off at all the people walking. I love Saturday morning runs...gotta do those more often!
Love,
Caiti