Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Recovery and a Sunshine Award!

Hi everyone! I had the day off yesterday due to my little guy not having daycare and it was actually a blessing. I was super tired and needed a hang out and do nothing day:) I wore sweatpants and a t-shirt and basically slummed it the entire day. I took a two hour nap and loved every second of it:) I was not nearly as sore as I was after my first half marathon. My feet and toes do not hurt as bad either. I think that even though my toes were screaming during the race, I did make the right decision by wearing them:) I am doing pretty good today and will attempt a four to five mile run tomorrow.

Now, I would like to take a moment to thank everyone for the wonderful comments that I have been receiving for the past few posts:) Wow, I am in total awe!! I really do appreciate them and I love hearing from you all!! I am so grateful for every single one of you and I truly mean it!! All of your comments make me smile:)
I was tagged by Anne, AJH, Sarah, Tara and Heather to receive the Wonderful Sunshine Award!! Thank you so much ladies:) I am now supposed to tag a few more people who I would like to give this very special award to:) I am going to give the award to some of the bloggers who always make me smile and send me warm fuzzies every time that I post:) There are several of you who have already received the award so don't feel bad if you don't see your name. All of my blogger friends are deserving of this award.
I would like to tag Jamoosh, Adam and Wes for always making me laugh!!
I would like to tag Slomo, Happy Trails, Glenn, Jon, Johann, and Thomas for your kind words and encouragement!
I would like to tag Aimee, Psyche, Angie, teacherwoman and little Jill for being my new gal blogger friends:)
And since I was tagged three times I think I can give out a few more so...Holly, Beth, Meg and Jenn:)
I also would like to tag my three very special blogger friends from across the pond who always make me smile with their posts...Ultra Running Collie, Runningbear and Runningfox! These three bloggers live in Northern England and I love reading their blogs:) If there is anyone else who reads my blog and wants to also have the Sunshine Award feel free to copy the picture and consider your self tagged!! I really do love you all;) Cheers!!
Also, go check out Christy's blog at It Just Looks Like Slow Motion! She is hosting a great blogger give away:) Feel free to check out the Yurbuds web sight!
And, Adam is haveing an awesome give away too!! Check out his I am Boring blog:)

33 comments:

  1. A two hour nap sounds wonderful, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Have a nice run tomorrow!

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  2. I am honored!!! Thanks Julie and I am very glad to have found you and your charming blog :) You post the nicest comments and encouragement! Thank you again for brightening my day!!

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  3. Hi Julie, thanks for the tag! I'm glad to hear you're recovering well. Take it easy, nothing wrong with relaxing a bit now.

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  4. Hi Julie, really kind of you to give us Brits a mention. Thanks for your regular visits and comments, it's lovely to hear from blogger friends overseas.

    Well done for your HM run too, treat those pinkies well as they clearly deserve a pamper. Happy running.

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  5. Thanks for the ray of Sunshine!

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  6. Glad you wore your toes during your half! LOL I am going to check out some of the posts of people you tagged! Have a good day!

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  7. Julie, I came across this link that has TONS of info on foot issues, including burning toes.

    http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_5/191.shtml

    There are a couple items in there that describe what you were describing. Hope this helps!

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  8. Good for you to give yourself a rest day, naps are GREAT and you deserve it!!!

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  9. Wes for always making me laugh!!

    I told you! I tryin to be serz :-) Glad the toes are feeling better today. Somes things can just rub us the wrong way, but recovering quickly is the sign of a veteran runner!

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  10. a day off and a long nap....hooray!

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  11. Glad you were able to take a nice recovery day. Those are always the best :)

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  12. I just have to say right here, that you really are one of the sweetest blogger ps/commenters. Really! Your genuine sweetness shines through on all the comments you give to all the blogs. It's amazing!!
    So yah, you DEF deserve this sunshine award;-)

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  13. Thanks :) Glad our blogs fuond each other!

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  14. Thanks for the award Julie! But to be honest, the reason I read yours o a regular basis is becuase it *is* a ray of sunshine each day I open it! Keep the great posts coming!

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  15. Hey Julie-

    We're blog dummies - what the heck is a tag? :)

    S

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  16. Julie, thanks for the award! I love catching up with you each day, and you never fail to brighten my day. Thank you for that, especially:)

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  17. Happy Trails makes me smile and laugh. I did not about the tagging thing until everyone was getting tagged and not me. Thanks Julie. You make me smile and laugh with every post reading you actually run in below 10 degree temps. Actually running in below 40 temps has the same affect. Thanks for the rays and smiles Julie.

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  18. Thank you so much for tagging me! :)

    I'm glad you were able to have a nice recovery day. Those are always welcome! :)

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  19. Thanks for the Sunshine award. I sure could use a piece of sunshine today. :(

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  20. Hey, I noticed that you posted on another's blog about doing a run/bike sometime down the road. I just wanted to let you know, before I forgot, that there is Irongirl in Bloomington, MN in September. It's a run 2 miles, bike 22 miles, run 2 miles thing! Just thought you might be interested!

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  21. Thanks for the tag and so gld that you are recovering well. Glad you had a good day off, too.

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  22. Thanks for the Cali love Jules, you are so sweet!

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  23. A two hour nap is great - glad you are recovering!

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  24. nice! Accidental days off are the best. Sometimes you just need to take a 'mental health day'. or, I guess in your case a foot pain day!

    Thank you VERY much for the sunshine award. Hopefully I don't let you down! :)

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  25. Hahaha! I just tagged you too. You DON't have to tag anyone else! Congrats on all of your sunshine awards!

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  26. Glad you're feeling good after the race! Oh boy, I love the rare chance to hang out at home all day in comfy clothes!!!

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  27. Happy to hear you got some downtime....I'm off to check out some of the bloggers you tagged...have a great weekend!

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  28. Wow, a lot of new blogs to follow, and thanks for the tag!

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  29. For some reason, I thought that you had a new post. Maybe my reader isn't working right. Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful weekend Julie!!!

    Keep on running!

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  30. Maine and NH in Feb. are not soaking in the sun visits. But there will be the ocean smell, the ocean view and seafood!!!!!

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  31. I love naps, and take them every weekend! Glad you are recovering well! Did you figure out what was the issue with the toes?

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  32. Julie,

    Thanks for the post on my blog. I am a little east of you in Anoka county.

    I have gone to the darkside for a few months, and have been doing most/all of my training on a treadmill.

    I might do a few road races this year. Maybe I will see you one of those (I am not a big fan of the 5K. It is not my best distance).

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  33. Hey Julie - for some reason I didn't get the email. If you want, try the email address adamrisu(at)yahoo.com - where you replace the (at) with @.

    (I didn't want to type it out because sometimes SPAMers will have robots search webpages for email addresses - crazy right?!)

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