10 Miler, Ice Bath Blunder, and the Key to a Happy Marriage

I was almost too excited to sleep this Friday, so I can hardly imagine what kind of basket case I'll be next Friday. I was so pumped to get up and run 10 miles. Crazy right? I've never run double digit miles and I wanted an awesome run to make me forget this run. Let me just tell you,

it was amazing.

I had a cliff bar and some G2 before running and I stopped once at 6.2 miles (paused Garmin) to have 3 shot blocks and some water. I am PROUD to show my Garmin this time:

Hells yeah. 10 miler dominated.

However Saturday was set up to be a day of firsts, and while I was very successful with the first, the second was an epic fail.

I happen to be an ice bath virgin. I never thought I was running enough to need one. But I'm reading Kara Goucher's book right now and she says you should at least do one after running 10 miles. So okay, I can handle that.

So let me just share a helpful hint that my BFF Kara failed to mention: You need a shit ton of ice. AKA:  What kind of idiot thinks that she doesn't need to stop and get ice when she knows good and well she made 3 batches of margaritas the night before??

This is what I was working with. NOT SMART.

So I sent this downstairs to Brad:

And he loves me so much that he paused the UK game and went and got me two bags of ice. (If you notice our conversation from the night before, you'll see why our marriage works. I bring him beer, he brings me ice, it's a win, win!)

Back to reality...

I've had about 5 hours of sleep in the past 40 hours... so we're gonna go with bullets for this post. And you all are going to be awesome as usual and ignore my typo's and poor grammar.

• The real world sucker punched me as soon as I walked in the door.  (what a beesh) I'm doing laundry, paying bills, answering emails, and sorting pictures... blah.

• I am getting to cuddle this guy though. I have missed him so much!!

• And I'm watching the Kentucky Wildcats play football. We're looking a little like a hot mess. Our QB has completed one pass... And it was an interception. (Congrats to your Cards, Julia!)
• There isn't any food in the house. AND I'm craving one of these big time:

That's a cupful of pure happiness right there. Tigers blood, kiwi, and tropical punch deliciousness. Thanks to JENN for the recommendation of where to get the best hawaiian shave ice:  ULULANI'S.

What's your favorite shave ice / sno-cone flavor? tiger's blood is my favorite

Do you like football season? Who do you cheer for and why? i LOVE it. i'm obsessed with UK (where I went to undergrad and pharm school), and I'm a Cincinnati Bengals fan by marriage :)

Are you going to watch the LSU v. Oregon game on Saturday?

Let's be clear, I'd be a Gryffindor not Slytherin

3.6 ish miles approximately 11:00 pace

Why am I estimating mileage and pace? Because my Garmin was being a punk. It searched for satellites for so freaking long that it tried to go into power save. You've gotta be kidding me. After about 11 years I finally just said forget it and took off. It quit being a d-bag at some point.

About 10 minutes later, I notice something stretched across the trail. A big fat snake. I tossed a few rocks at it to get it to scoot along. Dummy me didn't think about the fact that I would have to come right back through there.

So the whole way back I was freaking out that I was gonna get bit by a snake. You'd think it would've increased my pace. You'd think.

I Am Such A Nerd...

but I cannot freaking wait to see this...

Then I'll go through withdrawal because it's over.

Sorry I've been MIA, I had to work 10-10 yesterday and 8-8 today. I thought about posting yesterday, but I had nothing nice to say, if you know what I mean. I swear, dealing with the public is sometimes just a little too much for me.