16
September
2008
I just got a good look at my training schedule for the full marathon in February…from what I can tell, there’s absolutely no need to train for the Philly half in November since the full schedule will take care of it all and then some. God, it hurts to even look at this schedule! Especially since I’ve learned from prior experience that ‘fartlek’ is hands-down, the most painful word in the English language and seems to mean ‘hey, I can’t feel my lungs’.
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8
September
2008
I’ve taken a week off after I finished the Rock N Roll half, but now I guess it’s time to jump back on the shin splint bandwagon and start running again, especially since I’m sure that marathon in February will be upon me sooner than I expect it.
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26
August
2008
I had a premonition that Sunday would be my last run before the half marathon. Really, Ms. Cleo’s twin sister, Ms. Headley, came to me in a dream and told me that I better run like crackheads with hellhounds were after me, cause it would be my last run before the race. Except she said it in a weird Ja-fakin accent, so really, it could have been anything.
Anyway, sure enough, I was stuck at work last night till damn near midnight, today and Wednesday are looking just as tough and I leave for Virginia Beach on Thursday…I guess this is where all that training comes in, huh? 
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15
August
2008
I went to get a new pair of running shoes today (at a different running store than I got my first “non-outlet/offbrand” shoes) and, as a good salesperson should, they whipped out the measuring thingy to find out how big my big, fat, archless, flipper feet were…that’s when I found out that apparently, one foot is a 7.5 and the other foot is an 8.5. Wow. I never realized I had mutant feet before. I’ve been wearing an 8.5 (and sometimes a 9 depending on how stylish [read: narrow and painful] the shoe) for all of my adult life, so that was quite an unexpected tidbit of information.
At any rate, I ended up with a pair of Nikes, which was also astonishing to me. In general, Nike sneakers tend to not fit me very well (see my earlier comment about the shape of my feet) and are always too narrow and/or too narrowly sloped in the front. But I tried on a pair of Sauconys, 2 pairs of Asics (my current holey running shoe) and a pair of Brooks as well, and the Nike pair just fit better and felt good. Feels like I’ve got a tub of Cool Whip on my feet. Full-fat Cool Whip, not the fat-free Target brand. So yay.
Now all I have to do is find a pair of running shorts that won’t bunch up or ride up and I can take over the world!! Bwah hah hah!! 
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8
August
2008
is it time to get a new pair? My running sneaks may have finally given up the ghost. Or even if they haven’t, it’s probably not good to be able to see your toes poke through the top.
oh well, YAY me! Now I have an excuse to go shopping
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29
June
2008
Loving you whether! Whether! Times are good or bad, happy or sad!
Just had to share my happiness - I saw the Rev. Al Green in concert at Carnegie Hall on Friday night. I guess the love & happiness haven’t worn off yet, cause I’m still bouncing around and singing Let’s Stay Together and Still In Love With You. I’m sure my neighbors are tired of hearing Rev. Al by now but hey…it just feels good to feel good, if that makes any sense.
I can hear the questions though - “Ayobami, who the heck is Al Green” and “what does this have to do with training”, to which I answer “that’s SACRILEGE, hush yo mouth” and “absolutely nothing”. Still, I defy anyone in a funky mood or just feeling blah about life or themself to listen to any of the Rev. Al’s songs about love and joy and life and NOT feel better once they’re done.
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17
June
2008
it’s summer, summer, summertime! Time to sit back and unwind!
Or maybe it was for him, but for me it means it’s time to start my “Fit Into My Bikini by Labor Day or DIE Trying” fitness and diet plan…emphasis on the DIE part cause I think it might kill me. Here goes…
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11
June
2008
I have been in SUCH a bad mood lately. Not only was I not picked in the lottery for the NYC marathon (booo marathon), I haven’t been able to keep up training for the Rock N Roll half marathon in Virginia Beach cause I fell down the staircase at my home train station and twisted the crap out of my ankle. I actually tripped over my own pants leg and then fell off my flip flop. Oy vey. I’m going home to have wine and ice cream and watch Sex and The City.
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8
May
2008
I’ve decided that it’s damn near impossible to stay healthy this season. I’m not big on nutritional supplements (since they all make me sick to my stomach), but I’ve been drinking juice and eating my Flintstone’s gummy multivitamins. and occasionally eating something green.
BUT, my boss has been walking around the office hacking up his lungs for the past few weeks, so it’s not really a huge surprise to me that I’m sick now too. Although, it does seem like every other person in New York is sick as well.
If you’re a fanciful person (or high on tussin) and you listen closely on the subway, it’s like the mucus symphony:
ha ha ha ha CHOO!
Cough cough! Hack hack!
ha ha ha ha CHOO!
Sniff sniff! Wheeze wheeze!
Hmm, yeah now that I think of it - perhaps I should lay off the tussin too.
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9
April
2008
I officially love Apple. I took my broken ipod Nano (the one destroyed by the heating magnetism of my breasts - although I didn’t tell THEM that) to the genius bar at the Apple store. Turned out it was still under warranty and I got a new Nano. Yay!! I’ve gotten so used to running with my friend, the Nike+ ipod lady, that it’s impossible for me to run without her. Who else will keep track of my pace and mileage AND have Lance Armstrong pop up at the end and congratulate me on my longest run ever? I sure won’t do it…
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