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<\/p>\nSince no one has submitted a question for me to answer – and by the way, if you want me to give my unfair and biased opinion on something, please comment below… or if you’re shy, you can email me at pinksparkly at yahoo.com –\u00a0 I’m all about the 5 random things today.<\/p>\n
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1.\u00a0 I can’t lie.\u00a0 I’m getting a little bummed.\u00a0 I still have a cough – it’s actually worse today.\u00a0 My nose is a little stuffy (though it’s totally tolerable).\u00a0 My throat is tickly from all the phlegm (I know, TMI and gross, but whatever).\u00a0 My body is stiff.\u00a0 I am totally not having the week before the race that I wanted.\u00a0 I’m going to roll with it though.\u00a0 In the next two days, as long as I can get rid of the cough, I’ll be happy.\u00a0 I’ve run through allergies, and the nose dries up after a mile or two.\u00a0 Sore throat just means that I need to DEFINITELY bring my camelback to stay hydrated.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure this is the worst of the aches and as long as I yoga, rest, and maybe do a easy, easy run either tomorrow or Saturday.\u00a0 Send me good, healing vibes please!<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 That being said – my new main goal is a PR.\u00a0 Something better than 2:16.\u00a0 Sure, I’m going to start out at my intended pace, but I will self correct as needed.\u00a0 While I keep having visions of seeing 1:56 as I come into the finish line (which doesn’t even make sense because it’s a big race and I won’t get across the line for at least a few minutes…) but I can be a realist.\u00a0 Sub-2 hours was going to be an awesome challenge completely healthy, but it will be like climbing Mount Everest sick.\u00a0 I’m up for the challenge though if my body can take it.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0 It has been so crappy weather-wise this week (for Austin at least).\u00a0 It’s barely made it out of the 40s, and been cloudy and\/or rainy most of the time.\u00a0 The one day it was sunny it was soooo damn cold it didn’t really help.\u00a0 We’re still rolling without central heat until the tax credit thing kicks in, so it’s always fun to get home from work and have the house be in the upper 50s.\u00a0 I am STOKED that this weekend it looks like it’s going to give the rain a rest and the race should at least be in the 40s, and be up into the 60s.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 Work is still going good, I am happily challenged and busy!\u00a0 I haven’t really done a video game or industry post – because, well frankly, I’ve been very occupied (happily) with things at work, and my head has been all running all the time outside of it (I mean, I do have a little race I kinda have been training for, and my body has kinda decided to go poop on me).\u00a0 I have a few posts on the horizon, but they require brain power.\u00a0 Not fueled-by-NyQuil power.\u00a0 So next week, hopefully!<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0 Valentine’s Day is Sunday.\u00a0 We are totally not v-day people, and considering it’s my race day, it’s a good thing.\u00a0 We usually have a tradition where the night before, one of us cooks for each other, and the day of, the other one cooks for…uh…the other one (the NyQuil is beginning to kick in)?\u00a0 This year, due to it being the craziest weekend evar, we are putting it off until next week.\u00a0 Trying to decide what to request.\u00a0 Last year, I got a delicious crab boil.\u00a0 In the next few days we have plans to eat steak, lobster, and crab, so I need to get creative.<\/p>\n
So, wish me luck and send healing thoughts my way.\u00a0 I’ll post as soon as I have my wits about me after the race, but if you want to follow me on twitter (quixotique), I’ll definitely let you know sooner.\u00a0 So – do you have any random questions you want me to answer?\u00a0 What would you request if you could have someone cook you dinner and you could have anything you wanted?<\/p>\n