Stacy's Blog

I feel like am back amongst the living again. Got sick 10 days ago. Ugh. I was feeling pretty confident. Thought I had escaped the nasty germs for the year. Ha! That's what I get for getting cocky. I haven't felt this crummy in years. Between the wicked winter and getting sick I feel like I am soooo behind on my training. Especially the mileage part. Oh well. Have to kick it into high gear and see what happens.  The weather has warmed up and the roads are finally clear. My usual route is muddy. Nice change from all the ice.

Temps are in the 30's during the day and 20's at night. Nice slow melt so far. The sandbagging is in full gear. Everyone is just holding their breath. I read that we are not the only area having to deal with alot of water. Hope all goes well and this ends up being a non-event for all of us.  :)

Ron and I ran the truck route around town and a little of the bike path. The temp was about 40 foggy and damp. The road was clear and the snow is melting! Woo Hoo! My legs were so tired and sore. It was great to be outside!

"The road is callin'. Today is the day" --- Don't look back --- Boston

Intended to run outside, but by the time I got home went to "Girls on the Run" (wow, I forgot how chatty 5th graders are) and got supper, it was time for "24". So I ran on the treadmill and my legs felt good. Pace was 8:30 for the first 4 and 8:13-8:00 for the last mile.

"The sun is shinin', the clouds are breakin'. 'Cause I can't lose now, there's no game to play"--- Don't Look Back --- Boston

Ran outside in shorts! Well, ok I had underarmor underneath. Down to 2 light layers. Temps in the 40's by the weekend. The bears are coming out of hibernation!  :)

Ran truck route and tried to run bike path but it was under water, so I had to take the road. Why is it when you are in the car doing 40 mph it seems so slow. But when cars are whizzing by you at 40 it seems like they are going way too fast? It has been rainy and foggy all week because of all the melting. Everyone is wishing for sunshine, however we all know this kind of weather is best for melting and reducing flooding. The water is really starting to move. Stress level seems to be moving up also. The rain isn't helping with the stress. Temps are supposed to be 40's next week. River levels will start raising. They put out a flood watch today. We will be under that for at least a month or more. Sigh

My running routes are limited to the truck route. The gravel roads (my usual routes) are a muddy mess, the bike path is under water and it is so foggy the hiways are dangerous. So I set out to run 6 miles on the truck route, as I rounded the corner heading into our "downtown district" which is a whopping 1 block long, I saw thick black smoke blocking my way up ahead. As I got to the business district ;) the fire trucks were everywhere and one of the buildings was engulfed in flames. The smoke was so thick and heavy it covered the entire south side of town, including the south truck route. I watched for a few minutes then turned around praying that everyone got out ok. The buildings are about 120 years old so I wasn't sure they would be able to save the block. Turns out the fire started in the cabinet shop. A spark flew into a room with varnish and stain and it went up quite fast. The apartments above the shop were also destroyed. But everyone was safe. Ron and I tried to run later, but the smoke was still pretty thick, so I talked him into taking me out to eat at my favorite mexican food place. :)

Five times around the truck route. My left thigh is really stiff and sore when I run. Otherwise everything else felt great. My training is not going as well as I had hoped. I feel like I am so behind and it is starting to mess with my head. I just have to tell my head to take it one day at a time. I hope it listens.  :)

Flood warning on the Red River. They still haven't said anything about the Sheyenne or Wild Rice. Saw on the website that our town is filling sandbags tomorrow.

4x1mile at 8:00 minute pace. Feel better now that my speed work is on schedule. Felt pretty good, for doing it at 9:30 at night.

I can see clearly now the fog is gone. There was a bright orange orb in the sky today. There was a rumor floating around that it might be the sun! Bayly and I enjoyed every minute of it, even though we could only find 1 mile stretch of road that was semi dry and not muddy. There was water on both sides in the ditches she thought was great and splashed and played most of the 4 miles. My legs felt tired, but the sun was glorious!

Fargo is in full flood fighting mode. Predicted crest 38 ft. this Saturday. Two feet below last year, but still a major flood. Supposed to be 50 tomorrow. That will get the culverts broke open and the water will really start flowing.

There were 2 robins splashing in the sump pump water today. What a nice site that was! Temp was 47 and windy. I felt really good, so turned it into a tempo run.

Bayly and I went out. Temp was close to 50 and no wind. There were a couple of geese keeping us company. Bayly thought about chasing them but, there was to much water between them and us. If all goes well I'll do 15 tomorrow. The temps are supposed to drop below freezing for several days which will be good to slow the run off and give the rivers a chance to catch up.

Woke up this morning to winter, again. North wind was howling and the temp was about 15. And my cold is back. Ugh! Ron and I intended to go 15, but after 11 I was so done. Everything felt achy and I was tired of fighting the wind. Things are just not going as well as I had hoped. Two months out and not feeling all that great. Oh well in the grand scheme of things, these are only minor setbacks on the marathon of life.......Oh my gosh that sounded soo corny.   :)

After spending 3 days with 11 energetic teens at the State SADD Conference even my treadmill looked good. :)

Temp was 50, snow is almost gone, rivers have crested and are heading back to normal, geese have arrived! It was a great day for a run.

Ran 5 miles at above race pace with 1/2 mile recovery in between. Felt good. The wind was really blowing, but the temp was warm. Supposed to be in the 60's next week. Yea! I love spring. Can't wait for the smell of dirt. :)

Legs were tired and Ron was not having a real good day either. So we made it an easy short run.

Weather was awesome. Temp in the 50's, no wind and lots of sun. Even got a start on my tan. :) I felt pretty good until mile 12, started hurting a little bit. Ron brought out some water and that hit the spot. I got my second wind and felt good when I finished. Woo Hoo!

Bayly and I ran. Temp was 68, no wind. Sunset was gorgeous. Wonderful evening run. The ducks and geese were everywhere. They think they are in heaven. Water everywhere and flooded corn stalks for cover. They sure make a mess of the road though. We had 28 inches of snow in March last year. This year we had a trace. Tulips are coming up!