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<\/p>\nIt’s all crazy up in here lately, so random is the best I’ve got.\u00a0 It’s even taken me 2 days to write this.<\/p>\n
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1.\u00a0 We are about 99.9% of the way there to delivering a product.\u00a0 I actually might be able to share this one with you once it’s out there!\u00a0 It made me realize that maybe I’m NOT so unethused with my profession.\u00a0 It’s stressful and frustrating work making a game at times, but damn do I feel alive when the heat is on and totally engaged at work and in the moment when we’re close to the end.\u00a0 It’s just that I used to do exactly what I am doing tonight once every few weeks, and now it’s not very often at all.\u00a0 It’s that adrenaline rush… is it going to pass?\u00a0 Did we do everything right?\u00a0 Are people going to like it?\u00a0 Is management going to tell me to box my stuff up and collect my last check?\u00a0 You never know…<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 After busting ass through a few 6 and an 8 mile tempo @ 8:55 (attempting at least), 4 miles is super easy!\u00a0 It’s pretty amazing what comparisons can do – I was WAY less miserable during each point than normal (and lets face it, trying to improve your pace is about being miserable for a while until that pace becomes, uh, un-miserable).\u00a0 I was even able to do 30 minutes on the arc trainer after with no issues.\u00a0 I was able to do little but go home and die after 6-8.\u00a0 I still question if I’m going to be able to hold the pace I need to during the race, but I definitely think I have a chance.\u00a0 And I think unless it’s pouring sleet, setting a new PR is a no brainer.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 I am still at a loss of what to do for my birthday, and taking suggestions.\u00a0 Something under a few hundred dollars, within a few hours drive, that doesn’t suck if it’s cold and windy like this weekend, and… I dunno.\u00a0 Something cool.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 This weekend, I am heading downtown to a cool event – at a bar I’ve always wanted to check out (which is usually too “trendy” for us, I guess, as no one ever wants to go there), with free alcohol, and a vintage clothing swap!\u00a0 So I will end up drunk AND with new clothes!\u00a0 I guess until shopping until you drop, it’s shop until you puke, right?\u00a0 Kidding, kidding, I hope to be slightly more responsible than that.\u00a0 Just slightly.\u00a0 Regardless, I am tres excited.\u00a0 Just gotta get through my hardcore fast 12 miler (last tough run of training) in our arctic blasted weather and not die.<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 I have been really slacking this week and not tracking my food, not worrying about my weight even though its a few lbs up, and have made the conscious decision to be ok with a shorter cross training session than normal.\u00a0 I’ve still been eating like my normal healthy self, but I’ve kinda decided that I can’t be too hard on myself for another month or so (up until the race and then a week or 2 after to let my appetite catch up to my activity level).\u00a0 I can tell I’m not at the lowest weight I’ve been at lately, but I am also running stronger than I was then.\u00a0 I do need to make sure I don’t let it go unchecked for too long, I don’t want to start seeing 160s or worse, but I have always been a fluctuator.\u00a0 If you don’t hear me talk about my weight or see some double chins start poking out here, please call me on it.<\/p>\n
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My apologies to my bloggie friends – I’ve tried to keep up but I’ve been very busy lately.\u00a0 This week has made about as much sense as this picture above.\u00a0 Please forgive me!\u00a0 Hopefully things will settle next week and I’ll be back to my chatty self.\u00a0 Definitely need birthday suggestions (it’s about a month away) – if you can’t think of anything for a sane amount of money, tell me what you would do if the sky was the limit!\u00a0 For me – 5 days in Costa Rica.\u00a0 Which isn’t undoable *sometime*, just not right now.\u00a0 Have a great weekend, and wish me luck tomorrow on my freezy ass speedy 12 miler tomorrow!<\/p>\n