hogs hunt

one of the things that texas has going for it currently is interesting easters. this is my second easter in texas. last year, i got up way too early and went for a long bike ride with mike (bf at the time), michelle (my labmate and training buddy) and michael (michelle's husband). afterward the four of us went out to lunch. later that day, mike and i had about 14 people over for dinner at his house. i think that day made it into my top 5 list of really great days. nothing particularly strange or life-changing happened, it was just a really fun day.

today will likely not even make the top 10, but its still been an interesting day. after the 32-hour sleep fest to start my weekend, i found it rather difficult to sleep last night. i spent most of saturday awake and reading, but wasn't into walking around much after that initial run. i was still having trouble eating too, so i just felt kind of weak. well, i woke up to a rather loud rain storm in the wee hours of this morning. by 6:20a, i'd had more than enough of laying in bed unable to sleep, so i just got up. i went to the 7:30a easter service at st. austin's. i think the homily was written just for me.

i got home from church to find one of my other housemates awake (that rarely happens in the early weekend hours), and we decided to go get breakfast. halfway to the restaurant we ran into our another housemate on her way home and she turned around and joined us on our easter breakfasting quest.

the rest of the day has been spent finishing 'running through the wall,' a book of short (true) stories by ultramarathoners about...ultramarathons. the day has turned out to be absolutely gorgeous, so most of that reading was done happily sprawled on a beach towel in the front yard. which brings me to future races...i'm signed up for the hogs hunt 50k in huntsville, tx on may 16th. it'll be my second 50k and 3rd ultra. i'm looking forward to it.

so i guess if today is a day for new beginnings (its easter), i'm eager to see what today's combination of activities means. in the mean time, its back to reading as much as i can about stability in walking and running because the aims for my dissertation are due in a couple days!

happy easter everyone!