Welcome to the Windy City!

In Chicago for the next 8 days for work.... and I am really looking forward to it! I flew in this morning on an early morning nonstop, got into my beautiful hotel early, and am gearing up now to hit the 1:00 PM Cubs game with one of my favorite clients. Baseball, beer, and a hot dog in Wrigley is a fine plan! The weather is absolutely gorgeous.

My appetite for blogging has been pretty lackluster lately. I have been working a lot and trying to concentrate on selling my condo and buying a new house. I feel like my life and schedule are in a blender right now :)

I replaced my running shoes (for which this blog is named... actually I am on my third pair now since starting this blog) and they are the same model as my old ones. I admit I am a creature of habit. Friday will be my first run with them- yipppeee!!! I get to kick off my 20 weeks of Chicago training right here... in Chicago!

You may notice my blog looks different, perhaps because this blog is being written on my brand new shiny beautiful Dell laptop. It is soooooo pretty!!! Good riddance, IBM T43!! OK, my blog probably looks exactly the same- but I can tell.

Hmmm... what else? The alligator that lives in our pond at the office (we had previously nicknamed him Eric) had babies! There are now 3 baby gators out there and they are adorable. I guess Eric was really an Erica.

Happy trails to all!

Burnin' the midnight oil!

For some reason, I cannot sleep. I had a kickass workout tonight- speedwork, some fun gossiping on the elliptical with one of my gal pals, weights, rowing machine (which I am strangely addicted to)- and now I am WIDE AWAKE at 1:00 AM.

Of course I am making the most of my productive late-night evening....I am Ebay shopping, looking at my race calendar through the year 2012, and other essential activities that need to be knocked out before I hit the sack. Duh.

We did take a couple pics of Eric the Alligator today from the view from my window. They are zoomed in photos but it is still a little disturbing as Eric is only about 10 feet from the road and people run on that path all day.


Eric's Home- The Pond


Isn't Eric a total cutie?!?

Tip for the Day: If ever chased by an alligator, run zig zag.

Don't ask. Just do it.

I should have been a rap star…

Or at least a rap star’s girlfriend.

I missed my calling.

Today is a good day!

So, I made some yummy Oatmeal Raisin cookies last night and used pumpkin instead of oil or butter. I also used about half the called amount of brown sugar and threw a little honey in there. They are awesome!!! I brought em into work and the coworkers love loooove them.

Tiff-1, Kitchen-0

Damn, I have to go to a family reunion thing this weekend...in Northeast Ohio. Flying into the beautiful Akron/Canton airport. It is supposed to SNOWWW. Aughhhh!!! It is 80 degrees here today though so I am happily enjoying the sunshine as I look out the window at the alligator that lives in the pond on the side of our building. I named him Eric. Eric the Alligator. He is not behind a fence or anything so I hope he does not scarf up one of our clients in town for training. That would be bad. Very, very bad.