This Post Has Nothing to Do With Running

But I wanted to share some wedding pictures!

Hope you enjoy them :)

And credit where credit is due...
Hair: Jenn, Valentines Hair Salon
Makeup: Liz Quesnelle
Flowers: Colin Collette
Photography: Becky Hill

A Good Way to Start the Day

Sometimes, I'll admit, I get in slumps and don't do my weekday training. I know I shouldn't, but sometimes it feels really good to sleep in for an extra 30 - 40 minutes. On days like today, I think I must be crazy to ever miss a morning run.

I forgot how nice it feels to start the day with a run, instead of tack one on the end of a long day. It was a quiet, gray morning, and a nice little run. It was so energizing... I only needed a medium Diet Coke instead of a large on my way to work! Haha. :)

12 down.

I woke up this morning after four hours of sleep, looked outside, and saw pouring rain. No part of me wanted to get up and run 12 miles. Who would? But despite my incessant calling, the TNT North Team Hotline still let me know that we did have training today. Rats.

So, I suited up and got ready to face the rain. Despite my hesitation, it wasn't that bad! Certainly better than 90 degrees with humidity. The only real downside was when the rain slowed to a drizzle and the mosquitoes came out to feed on us.

Other than that? 12 miles down in about 3 hours. Slow? Yes. On pace for us? Yes.

Life is good.

I'm Back... and Married!

Yeah, I haven't posted in over a month. But I'm back and ready to go. Sorry for the lack of posting! Let's re-cap what's been going on that may have resulted in inattention to this blog.





June 7: Last day of my first year of teaching
June 17: My then fiance, now husband, had an emergency appendectomy
June 21: I got hitched!
June 25 - July 8: Honeymoon!
July 8: Rescued a 1.5 year old lab/collie mix, who may be the cutest dog ever.
July 10: Schaumburg Flyers Fundraiser

Yeah... it's been busy. But I've got 10 miles in the morning... on hills... and I'm ready to go!

Sinus Infection + Marathon Training =

Me being a total slacker.


But it's okay if the doctor told me to take it easy... right?



*sigh*

Do you like baseball? Read on...

Who: You, of course! (And anyone you'd like to bring!)

What: A Schaumburg Flyers game to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

When: July 10, 2008 at 7:05 pm

Where: Alexian Field, 1999 Springinsguth Rd, SchaumburgWhy: You pay face value for your tickets -- $10 each -- and all you have to do is show up and enjoy the game! $2 of each ticket purchased goes directly to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! What do you have to lose?

I'm heading up this fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training North Team. All of the LLS proceeds will go straight into our fundraising accounts for the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco, California! Please let me know if you'd like to attend and how many tickets you'd like. The Flyers are taking the money straight from my credit card... so you can just give me cash or check for your tickets. Hope to see all of you there! Feel free to pass this along to anyone you think might be interested.

If you have any questions or want to reserve your tickets, e-mail lauren.erbach@gmail.com

Reason #3,476 Why I Need TNT

On Saturday, it didn't fit into my schedule to make it out for the TEAM run. It was far away, and I had to be at my friend's house at 11:15 to get on a train to Chicago for my Bachelorette party. That doesn't mean I didn't run. What it does mean is I didn't run very well.

Melissa and I met up around 8:00 for our 1 hour run. I was so distracted it's a wonder we even finished. I was thinking about what I was going to wear later that day, whether everyone would be there on time, fundraising, anything but running. I just could not focus on what I was doing, and couldn't get in to that appropriately distracted mode where the miles just fly by. I missed running with my gaggle of girls and I missed running with the team.

I can't wait to hit the pavement on Saturday...