WORKOUT – (31) Ran outside 2 hrs 28 mins/17.3 miles

Maybe today is National Be a Wimp Day but it felt like all I did was run hills today.  I think I kept a decent pace-8:33 but I had to stop so many times and take a rest.  I’m SO not in good long distance condition right now. 

I keep telling myself that it’s ok to walk to walk during the marathon if I need to; it doesn’t mean you’re a horrible human being.  Making fun of people who are walking, now that might make you horrible…

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Tomorrow morning we’re flying out of LAX to…. wait for it… Linton, North Dakota, a bustling metropolis of 1,321 people.

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This is Main Street and downtown all rolled into one.  pic from here

Since we’re not going for the thriving nightlife or the amazing shopping, we’re going to pheasant hunt.

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My family goes every year because my dad is a hunting maniac.  This will be the 3rd year that J and I’ve gone.  I’ve even got my own left-handed camouflage Benelli shotgun.  You better believe it.

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The bummer is that we’ll be gone for Halloween but we never do much for it anyways so it’s not a huge deal.  BUT I am bringing a costume to wear.  Where I’ll wear it besides a farm field, I don’t know.  It’s a candy corn costume.  Please don’t hate me for this; I know it was a mega lapse in judgment but I bought it on sale a couple years ago.  That’s the best excuse I have.

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Speaking of Halloween, at That’s fit, they have an article about “fitness” Halloween costumes.  Being a pseudo-runner myself, I find this incredibly dumb.  Yeah, let me go put on my sweaty sports bra and garmin so I can have a “marathon runner” costume on.  But then again, this coming from the girl who will be dressed up like a piece of candy in North Dakota.  ’nuff said.