Seen on my Run

A shoe bigger than my shoed foot next to a bench. Sorry about the chicken ankles.

Pretty tree. I liked the way it almost covered the entire building. 

Sidewalk toddler glasses. As a side note, there are two little twin girl toddlers that live upstairs and across the hall from me. The other day my cat tried to bolt out of the apartment and escape upstairs, then heard one of the girls crying, and freaked out and tore back into the apartment. Good call cat, good call.

They're at it again. Not quite as good as the last two, but I still dig it.

Autumn just came on so fast. This red/orange tree really made me realize it. 

Brother Visit Part 1

I went down to Chicago on the weekend on September 8th. I got up at 5:30 to make the 6:15am train. We were going to watch the Redbull Flugtag, but sadly it was cancelled due to high winds. We still had a fantastic time!

For some reason Dan and I have always met up in the awesome room in the old part of the station. I've always loved the way the ceiling looks. And on such a gorgeous, mostly cloudless morning (before 8am, I'm barely at work at that time), I managed to catch a wonderful picture. 

Before we knew the Flugtag was cancelled, we made a stop off for coffee at one of Dan's favorite coffee shops near his work, Lavazza. It was very tasty. The heart on top made me smile. 

We saw this sign on our walk to Flugtag. We both cracked up, as the rocks plus small plants continued on for another ten feet, and that was the extent of the "lawn."

Once we found out Flugtag was cancelled, we took a walk on the beach just past the staging ground and sat down above the waves and had some brother-sister talk time. I really miss my brother and I should go see him more often.

Seen on my Run

Total mileage this week, 21 miles. Right on par with my goal at this point in half marathon training which is that I have to run three weeks of 20 or more miles, then I get a rest one with 15. I also swam for 1000 yards with Brooke on Tuesday up at the Noyes community pool. It rocked. Go cross training! Can't wait to swim again.

Construction on my run. Not sure what kind of crane it is. My dad asked if it had big wheels or small wheels, and then rough wheels or smooth wheels. I just took a picture to send to him.

Random torn up concrete around the burns common area. Someone forgot their hammer. Also caught one of my running shoes.

On Wednesday I did some speed work that ended up finishing kind of late (six miles!). Running up the hill at the end of my run I came across this sight and found it picture worthy.

Then on Friday I did the Milwaukee version of the color run. It got much worse after this when Pete, Craig and I ended up in a colored corn starch packet fight! So much fun. I'd rock the color run with them again in a second, despite the eventual shot to the eye I took.

My hair once I got home. Totally had dinner at Trocadero on the patio afterward. Adult grilled cheese with sweet potato frites. YUM.

As a side note, when I run, prior to heading out I use a neutrogena acne pad on my face and other acne prone areas that tend to get sweaty. It's still coming up a little green three full days later. I'm guessing it's from my hairline, but I guess you never really know!

This Weeks Running Summary

Again, I love this gas station. Cracks me up all the time. 

Wedding. Everyone seemed so happy!

Super forbidding sky to the north. Lightening started moving in on downtown and ended my fantastic feeling run slightly early. That's ok I suppose. Ended at about 23 miles for the week. Not too shabby.

Seen on my Run

Up the Oak Leaf. Four miles down today, plus a bonus leg work out. 

Tree down! Just a block or two from my apartment. I wonder what happened? 

Pretty Sweet Clouds

The photo doesn't completely do them justice, but they were pretty rocking.

As Seen on my Run

Speed work Wednesday turned into rainy day after root canal long run Wednesday with Pete and Tony. Ran around the Nicolet track for 7.12 miles in about an hour. I thought I should keep the risk of cracking my teeth together to a minimum, and avoiding speed work seemed logical at the time. Run felt awesome though!

Also Seen on my Run

Last run before I went out of town.

As Seen on my Vacation Run

Hot, humid, but gorgeous.

Seen on my Run

Half marathon training documented in photos!

Super Creepy Ginormous Bug

So this was on the sidewalk outside of my building. Seriously like an inch and a half long It may be a sign of the apocalypse.

Post Rock and Sole

Dive Bomber

Redwing blackbird, pre-attack.

Goose Booty

A View of the DTW

Detroit looks pretty from Canada!

So Hot! Staring You Down...

At the end of my four mile walk in 90+ degree weather I think my eye was my only body part that wasn't sweaty.

Sidewalk Heel

Ogden just west of Cass.

Non-Color Run

So gorgeous out! Also, who replaced me with someone who doesn't mind heading out for a run 20 minutes after waking up.

The Color Run

In summary, this was it!

I Did This

It was awesome!