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Stuff this week.

I'll start with the jewelry. I posted a run down of what I accomplished this week at my jewelry journal. The first three are listed in my Etsy store. I want to put the last one on a necklace before listing it. I'm trying to get at least 20+ items in various price ranges up there before really trying to pimp market my store. I vowed not to work on the weekends so I still have time for hobbies. I plan to do some sewing this weekend while I'm not running a race and taking Jonah to his first circus. The next phase of my Angel gown has been pinned to the dressform for a couple of months now. Since I've been in the office working on jewelry this week, it's begging for some attention.

As for running a race, wouldn't Murphy's law strike the day before the race and have me coming down with some sort of funk. Yesterday, I woke up with big lump in a sore throat and a stopped up nose. Last night, it was pretty bad as I was going to sleep and I felt utterly miserable. This morning, I can't really tell if it's better or not, but I think it is. My throat is still a little sore and I'm definitely still stopped up, but the congestion feels like it's breaking up a little at least and the lump in my throat is gone. I'm popping handfuls of pills to try to fight it. Vitamin C, Zinc, Echinacea, B Vitamins (just for the energy boost, really) and Sudafed and Ibuprofen as needed. All things considered, I'm still going to run the race today. I just might need to go get some DayQuil beforehand. I figure if I can make it through the race and through the circus tomorrow, then I can collapse on Monday and be sick all next week if necessary. At least that's what I keep telling my body. As a courtesy to the Smial, I'm going to say that I'm definitely going to miss the book discussion tomorrow.

I'll do a report on my runs this week after the race today.

I did it!

I finished my first 5k. My time was 43:15. I was trying to keep up with my individual miles on my stopwatch, but I didn't do very well (missed marks by a few seconds and accidentally hit the lap button twice and such), so I didn't save the times. Seems the planned strategy worked. I slowed down from what I had been training at and was able to fairly comfortably finish the race. Tasha was a fantastic running partner! If I didn't have her to talk to and joke around with through the race, I would have just been focusing on every little discomfort. We're both already looking for the next races we'll enter and hopefully run together. The Cinco de Mayo 5k is a given, but we're on the lookout for one between now and then, maybe in March when both of us are done with our training.

So, here was the week:
Mon - rest
Tues - rest
Wed - 1.75 mile run; 2.53 miles in 30:22; 1st mile 11:15, 2nd .75 mile 7:53
Thurs - 2 mile run; 2.53 miles in 29:40; 1st mile 11:03, 2nd mile 10:43
Fri - rest
Sat - Zoo Run Run 5k; 3.1 miles in 43:15; avg. pace 13:46/mile
Sun - rest

Mileage totals:
Week - 8.20
Month - 24:57
Year - 24:57