
-- Ack! So much to catch up on! That's the problem with being busy with awesome stuff, I guess. On Thursday (the 2nd), Ann and I went to the State Fair. She had the day off work and a plan for what she wanted to see, but no fair buddy. I was more than willing to pitch in and eat some ! The photo above is of the agriculture building, which is one of my favorite places, because I like to scoff at the prize-winning vegetables. Puh-lease. You call that a tomato?
-- On Friday, I went on an extremely windy and hilly 13.1-mile run. The wind was blowing from WNW at a little over 20mph, with even stronger gusts -- crazy! But my feeling is that I can't control weather on a race day, so as long as it's safe, it's best to get used to running in any conditions. I'm running an official half-marathon race on the 25th, so my plan is to keep long runs at or under 10 miles until then, but with a lot of speed and hill work. I might actually set a personal record at a race for once, instead of during training! Maybe.
-- On Saturday, Chris and my friend Emma and I went to the Renaissance Festival. Neither of them had ever been to the Minnesota Ren Fair before, and they were suitably impressed. We don't fool around with our fairs, here. You want a permanent, faux-Renaissance village? Done! Now eat an apple dumpling.

-- On Sunday, I got some baking done. I made the above zucchini bread with this recipe (more or less -- I wrote about my changes here). I used a bundt pan, since I could only locate one loaf pan, and I really like the result. No dry end pieces, either! I also made a plain (WW/white) loaf of bread, which didn't rise in the oven, for some reason. It's still really good for sandwiches, though.
-- Yesterday, I made soup and signed up for Netflix, which has the potential to be my downfall. Every episode of The X-Files -- streaming? Chris and I watched the 'Bad Blood' episode last night; he'd never seen it, and everybody knows that's one of the best episodes of any television series ever. Speaking of Netflix, I think I'm done with this update now...











