train hard, eat light, avoid TV and people with negative attitudes.

WORK ScHmerK, office schmoffice...I would rather be running and working on my new idea for a pair of earrings. But I gots to pay the bills, so the tiny gray cubicle with the old office chair it is!

So I am feeling like myself again. A few weeks ago, I came down with the flu and 2 days later ran the Marine Corps Marathon, not thinking anything of it. Other than the fact, I felt like complete ass durning the race and even worse afterwards (this is unlike me, I usually recover pretty fast). Instead of recovering, I ended up sicker than I was before I ran the race! Low and behold...it was a case of the PIG VIRUS. SWINE FLU. Eff-you swine flu....

**DISCLAIMER ** Road races are awful and I try to avoid them at all costs, but my pops was a Marine and a Vietnam vet so this one is special. It is the only road marathon I will ever run.

The MCM was a training fun run for the Mountain Masochist Trail Run 50+ miler, which I was slated to run on 11/7. I did not run at all for the weeks leading up to the Masochist. My body was sore, my fever was high, and my energy level was low. Nothing was helping except resting my bones. I made a very hard decision on the Wed. before the race, I decided to not start. This was a very tough decision for me because I always toe the line and I always run the best I can, but I knew it was the right decision albeit a difficult-ass-kicking-hating-life-thinking-i-was-a-sissy decision...it was still the right thing to do. I feel great today.

So, I am back in training. Got a bunch of 50k's lined up and the next one is 12/12, the Gluteous Maximus 50k. It's a fat-ass style run put on by my running club, the VHTRC. Fat-ass means no entry fee, no t-shirts, no wimps, no whining. We just go out and run, your results are not posted on google, you may or may not have aid stations...just a day of fun with fellow ultrarunners.

Today: strength training (front squats, good mornings, walking lunges, and tons of core work) + 30 minutes of running. So glad to be back into it.

My new favorite earrings I have listed in the shop:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34365111



I am trying to teach myself Metalsmithing and copper is very forgiving if I make a mistake (I make alot :P) please excuse the roughness of my pieces. This was just me playing around with wire and i love how it came out!

w00t w00t

Have a great day!