Stacy's Blog

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.