Friday, August 5, 2011

Fitness Friday, Dirty Dash letter, and a HOT run!

I did my long run today, but I waited too long to get going and about halfway through my run it just got too hot out.  I guess I should have started at 7 am instead of waiting until 8:30.  The sun was nicely hiding behind some big clouds until about 9:30 and then decided to come and get me.  I went through all my water by 8 miles, luckily I was near my house so I stopped and refilled.  I didn’t want  to resume running all that bad but since my kids and truck were at my Mom’s house I figured I had better! My parents live about three miles away from me and luckily it is mostly all downhill or flat to their house from mine.  I was so hot when I got to my Mom’s I downed an entire Sprite in one big gulp and I am not a pop drinker, but it was cold, handy, delicious and did I say cold?  So good.   I really hate running in this heat.  I think I would have been a lot sweatier, but here in MT we have dry heat and the sweat just seems to evaporate away.  I did get some running down my face, the dreaded boob sweat and sweat under my fuel belt but other than that I was dry when I got done.  I had a 14 miler on the books but cut it two miles short because by the end I was so HOT and was walking more than I was running anyway.

My Dad and brother have been very busy combining wheat.  I took the kids over for combine rides when they were just down the road from my house.  I was wishing I had someone to watch the kids for me so I could ride too.

Really made me miss the days when I was little  and I rode with Dad in the combine.  Only the combine he had back then didn’t have a nice cushy passenger seat like the one he has now does.  I would sit on the floor and watch all the golden stalks of wheat get combed into the header of the combine and then I could turn around and watch the kernels of wheat filling up the back of the combine and the straw spewed out the back into neat rows.  I  also remember sleeping on the floor of the combine lulled by the lullaby of monotony and the hum of the combine.  Sometimes Dad would bring us in a handful of wheat kernels to eat.  If you chew wheat long enough it forms a sort of gum.  I was trying to teach this to my kids but they aren’t patient enough yet and just swallow it.  You can't see it, but my daughter is sacked out in the passenger seat of the combine here.  I guess the monotony and the hum of the combine were just too much for her too :)

I am going to get some wheat from my Dad so I can make some of my favorites. wheat salad, cooked wheat for breakfast and wheat chili.  So glad I am not on a gluten free diet!

My internet is down  L so I am typing this up on Microsoft Works and just going to cut and paste it over.  My garden is becoming very productive and recently I have harvested peas, zucchini, 1 cucumber, yellow squash, red beets  (YUM), and lots of lettuce.  Bags and bags of lettuce.  I might have over planted that a little, but I love fresh lettuce!  Coming soon will be carrots, green beans, acorn squash, more cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkins,  more red beets, and corn!  Gardens can be a lot of work, but also very worth it!

The Dirty Dash people sent out this email today, 
Your sacrifice was laid upon the altar and your offering was found acceptable before the Mud Gods.
And while most of you were at that altar, you decided to exchange vows to become one with the mud: To devote yourself to it for time and all eternity, in good times and in bad, in disgustingness and in filth, to love, honor and cherish each muddy moment together till the showers do you part.
The sad thing is—at least two participants took this a bit too far, pulled out their rings to make it official—and lost them in the mud pit. I mean, I would agree with Meat Loaf, “I would do anything for MUD…but I won’t do that.”
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Billings this year, it’s that it has 3 loves besides mud: beer, balloons, and booze. Is that only 2? I meant Bud. Same thing? I mean Brewski. Blue Moon? Blue Ribbon? I’m confused.
We’re no botanists when it comes to math, but try to disprove this equation:
(BEER + RUNNERS + MUD)^BEER = RECORD BALLOON SALES
You guys broke all previous Hog Wash records (probably cuz your aim got so bad), helping the Billings Family YMCA to raise $1500 in water balloon sales alone. You also donated over 1,200 pairs of shoes that will go to benefit Friendship House and Green Sneakers.
Billings blew us away and we can’t wait till next year when we’ll have more mud, more obstacles, more showers, and more of your friends that missed out on the inaugural running.
Not sure what the thing about the rings lost in the mud it was about, just glad it wasn't mine!  I do know two people went to the ER with broken ankles.  I guess that is why they have us sign those waivers!  I also know I am so doing it again next year!  If there is one near you...DO IT!  oh yeah and yay Billings for breaking the record on water balloon sales!

Check out the Fitness Friday Blog hop going on by clicking on the picture below.
Do you cut it short sometimes because of the heat? I do, I am a wuss!

24 comments:

  1. I cut it so short, I don't even run outside :-)

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  2. yah, im a total wuss when it comes to the heat. i havent even attempted to run outside in about a month.

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  3. I could never be GF either. ha ha I love wheat and basically everything else that is GF! Good job on the run and that letter made me laugh. :)

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  4. Good job. I would have cheated and called it a day when the sun came out.

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  5. I really have done ZERO training runs outside this summer. Been running inside on the treadmill.

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  6. Gosh I used to love heat.. LOVE it, I still do, but not when I am running unless I am looking to pretend I am Karno!

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  7. I have a tough time in the heat. I love running in the winter (it's the only thing I like about winter). I usually sweat some on a run (OK sometimes a lot!!!! LIke white-crusty face a lot), but I sweat the MOST when I get inside afterwards. This makes no sense to me and is GROSS!

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  8. wow I am totally jealous that you get to have a garden like that!!! Thats awesome!!! The heat down here in texas is killing me too!!

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  9. that letter is hilarious!!! what a fun race! I agree about the heat...it is tough to stay motivated and to stick with the whole distance when you are so hot. Today in the last 3 miles of my run I drank more water than I did than the other 14...it was crazy!!!

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  10. I cut it short last weekend when I was in Cleveland--wanted to do 18, did 16 (and that was after doing the first 10 on the treadmill)--I just can't handle humidity.

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  11. When I was a kid I used to go out to the fields in the car with my aunt to take water and snacks to my uncle and the men working... and the grasshoppers would be jumping all over and into the car. I hated that !

    But your pics bring back great memories. Nice going on the run in the heat today.

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  12. The heat is the WORST. It is one of the reasons I love my Millie so much!

    So fun for the kids. And so yummy for you!

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  13. You definitely have to watch out for the heat!! Glad you managed to get in a good workout however!!

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  14. Last weekend my "long" run was cut short significantly by the heat! I was supposed to do 6 but only did a little over 2.
    I have never had wheat in such a pure form. I love my strawberry frosted mini wheats though!!! :)

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  15. That picture of the field really does drive home the meaning of "big sky". So pretty.

    I love to run in the heat, actually. I know, something is wrong with me!

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  16. I had almost the same run as you yesterday (except you were much faster!) and I ran 12 instead of 15. Too hot and humid!

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  17. No shame in cutting a run short. I did that last week because of heat/shin/calf/stomach badness. I'd rather feel ok after a run than really sick. That mud run sounded crazy! I love all the photos of the fields. I miss the county after being in a huge city for so long.

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  18. I try not to cut it short. I have been doing an out and back long run, but I REALLY have to push myself to get out to that halfway mark before turning around.

    I have also been running in the evenings to try to beat the heat a little, but then it starts to get dark and my excuses not to run just keep coming. It's very hard to get and stay motivated in the heat. Okay, well always but even worse in the heat!

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  19. I have to really stop myself from cutting short.

    Love the pictures....

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  20. I can't wait to get back into the swing so's I am on a long run that might need to be cut short :P I love these combine harvester stories. I have such a romanticized notion of what farm life is like.

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  21. I have not had to much problem with running the heat till this year. The heat and humidity is killing me. I cant believe I wanted warmer weather 5 months ago. So yes this year I have opped not to do some runs do to the heat. I know we want to get our miles in but it is not worth killing ourselves over.

    Thelove seeing the wheat being picked. We start our harvest of beans late sept early oct. I'm the one who usually drives the combine. When we start the days and weeks go by pretty fast.

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  22. I'm so ready for the extreme heat to come to an end! As hard as it is I have never cut a run short because of the heat. I guess I'm just stubborn. There have been times when I started a run thinking ok, maybe I'll cut it short and then I can't do it.

    Thanks for linking up with Fitness Friday!

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  23. Man, I keep erasing my comments to you! Haha, well I think I said something like "Heat sucks, that's why having a treadmill is smart." :)

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  24. Those are beautiful photos. They make me want to go back to MT. (I did a cross-country drive at about this time last year.) :)

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