Sunday, November 27, 2011

November 2011


November has treated us to some typical fall weather. Beautiful crisp sunny days and ugly dark rainy days. I'm once again shocked how quickly the holiday season has arrived. 
I am back to 10 miles in my running. Yay! My foot has felt pretty good, which, of course, I hate to say out loud. After last weekend and running 4 days in a row, it has flared a little. I'm taking a few days off this week, so it can calm down. I really don't want to get up in my mileage and have it stop me. I have plans to run three half marathons next year. I discovered that I can only run in my toe shoes, for runs 5 miles or less. The more distance I added, the more sore the balls of my feet were becoming. I now run my longer runs in a racing flat. We will see how far I can go with these, since they are fairly minimal cushion/support too. I am still working on adjusting my foot strike, not landing on my heel, but more on the midfoot/forefoot. 
Alright-here are some pictures from this month:
tailgating before the Ducks game (Kelsey and I did not go to the game)
xc banquet-captains
on the wall at the school
Thanksgiving was at our house. Michael worked a shift at Albertsons, and was home by dinner time. Pat smoked the turkey, and all the food was delicious! Even the new crockpot recipe I tried for the stuffing turned out well. 
with Mitch and Shelley-my newer running buddies. We got out for a 4.5 miler in the morning. Then they stopped by for a beverage. 
the craziness of my family...note Michael turned away, Pat offering a turkey leg to Kerri, and Kelsey's hand turkey with Ryan (extra credit for a class)

at the Macy's parade downtown on the Friday after

cousins!

found our co-worker, Drew 

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