A Hokey Birthday Poem for Ollie’s 35th

The year was a whirlwind -
both good things and bad.

We went on vacation,
but not much fun was to be had.

Our house gave us troubles.
Thought the ship surely would sink!

We bailed out in time
for a baby in pink.

The holidays had us
running here, there and home.

Then house problems did resurface.
Aching muscles (though not toned).

Here we are once again.
One year later, to the date.

Your only present arrived broken.
Hope it’s not a sign of future fate!

On your 35th birthday,
may the next year be great.

Happy 35th, honey. You deserve a good year!

I’ve decided to get back on the horse and start posting my miles on here again. How else can I remain accountable, right?

So on Thursday, I dropped Erik off for preschool. It’s a 2.5 hour program. The preschool’s conveniently located right next to the Great Western Trail (where I ran the Great Western Half Marathon in the spring). Well, lemme tell ya, I did 6 miles and I cannot see how I ever ran 13. It’s been so long since I’ve done longer distances that I feel like a slug. Granted, I felt GREAT afterwards. I am not even too horribly sore today from it. Just a little in the legs, of course. It was a nice run. It was a gorgeous day, and I can’t wait to do it again.

There was just one thing missing. I sure could use a furry running companion (hint, hint…)

-Trish

Well this week before half marathon week has been, ummm, busy. I managed two two-milers and hope to run 8 this weekend along with another shortie of around four or five. Nothing huge. I’m breaking in new shoes, too, which is kind of late in the game but they’re the same exact shoe so hopefully about 30 miles of warmup miles will be enough for these shoes to carry me through to the finish line on May 7.

I’ll be traveling on Monday through Wednesday of race week. This is perfect, because in past years I have brought my shoes and gone for short early morning runs on the Stanford campus before my meeting. It is such a beautiful campus to run on. I’m looking forward to it.