closure...sort of

during the peak of my training i decided that after the race, i wanted to celebrate by making chocolate chip cookies.





















done! mmm.

i'd be lying if i said i hadn't searched and researched marathons taking place over the next couple of months. i said i would most likely take next year off, but not this year! ha ha. unfortunately (or fortunately?), there aren't any marathons taking place close to home. plus i have a busy time at working looming, so i just don't think another off-site marathon would make sense.

last sunday was the race; i took 2 days off and then ran on wednesday (~3), thursday (~4), and friday (~6). i did not run this weekend because i just didn't feel like it.
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the weather was nice on saturday; i cleaned the gutters, we raked, and i mowed the yard. i can't believe we had so many bags of leaves, my yard really isn't that big.




















































check out the situation above! more raking lies ahead at some point; fun times, i don't mind it actually, fun to be outside on a nice day.