Last Saturday, Heather and I dragged ourselves out of bed before dawn to drive up to Minneapolis. The reason? We were running in the inaugural Get Lucky 7K, put on by our friends at Team Ortho. These are the same folks who put us through bitter winter temps on New Year’s Day for the Polar Dash, and last fall we also ran their Monster Dash on Halloween. They always put on a great race, with lots of helpful volunteers and awesome swag! We added to our collection of sweet medals for the year (incidentally, adding the Get Lucky 7K gives me four races this year, so I can complete my medal pie! Heather already was going to have one complete because she’s running the Minneapolis Marathon) Here are our results:
We certainly didn’t break any records, but it was a helluva fun time! Here’s the view from the start line:
Heather also just came down with bronchitis earlier in the week, but she was determined to push through it…brave or foolhardy, you decide! 
I was glad to have her there, at any rate! We are back into the swing of things after battling some illnesses, and worked out this morning at a great intensity. I’ve also started biking to work, and I forgot how much I miss it! I think eventually I’d like to walk to work in the morning, bike home to see Heather over lunch, and walk home again at the end of the day. It would be a nice time to clear my head…something driving to work can’t really do for me.
It’s been pretty hard getting back into working out since our honeymoon…these past few weeks haven’t been the best for us! Determined to turn over a new leaf, Heather is slowing transitioning into a vegan diet, to see what that does for her. I am also trying to phase out meat, but man! is it hard. We watched Food, Inc. recently, and we just finished reading the Skinny Bitch/Skinny Bastard books, so those are also providing the impetus to change (even if it is by grossing us out/guilt tripping us). I’m ordering “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan today, so when that arrives, perhaps it will give us even more information to use in our quest for health and knowledge.
Coming up this weekend is the Fools’ 5K, put on by our local race organization, Trekman Racing. Hopefully all the trails in George Wyth Park aren’t underwater come race day! I will keep you all updated with race results.
Challenge your beliefs. Learn from those whose opinions differ from yours. Take what is useful and discard the rest. Build yourself a library of knowledge you can apply throughout your life. Stay strong and train with purpose!
I read Omnivores Dilemma several years ago. It’s a good book, very insightful. His follow up book ‘In Defense of Food’ goes farther into what to eat vs what not to eat. Ryan and I have been cutting back on our meat consumption too, lots and lots of beans.