Plan:
Plan A: Do all of the miles on the track
Plan B: Do most of the miles on the track, end up on the treadmill.
Plan C: Do a few miles on the track and most of the miles on 1 or 2 treadmills
Actual Mileage: 11 miles of not so much fun. It was better the first time because I didn't know what I was getting into. Also, there were no food smells that day.
Route: Miles 1-7 were on the indoor track. Once my outside arm and inside leg (on the turns) got stiff, I headed over to the treadmill for the finish.
Weather: Well, see, that's why I'm inside. It's ice covered crap out there.
Wardrobe: LOL. I wore my new Prio Shoes, so that was fun.
Execution:Ugh. Plan B was the winner. I mean, I did fine. I stopped looking at my watch after mile 4 which was the right decision. I lapped my watch manually every real mile. As predicted I got sick of the food smells coming from down below the track. Vindictive me wants to call Minneapolis restaurant inspections and send them over here. Literally, there's no sink, how are you washing your hands? But that's mostly because I hate the smell of donuts or onions or meat while I'm running.
Nutrition: I ran fasted. I did have water a couple times on the treadmill.
From today, I learned: Patience and relaxation. This is gonna take a while, just sit back and do it. I really focused on good relaxed posture, especially on the treadmill.
Bonus: Bonus 1 was lunch with Olive.
Bonus 2 - I checked out the trails in St Paul and they are much clearer than what we have in Minneapolis, so I may head that direction and run outside tomorrow.
31.12.18
2018 Goals - the finale
Eating:
Whole30 in January 2 - Feb 10. Yes
Whole30 March 1 - April 3. Heck no. But I didn't have the races I thought I would either.
Generally Whole30 the 30-45 days before a race. Yes, next races were Loony Challenge.
Running:
Keep up the streak. - I'm writing this on December 28. So far, so good.
Keep weight lifting 3 days/week. Sort of. This has been off and on. Post race I went down to two days/week for a bit, but I'm back with Marshmallow training to 3 days/week. (Except Christmas week when everything fell apart.)
Cross train with Zumba. No. I want this so bad, but no, not really.
Races:
5K in February. - Yes.
Possible addition of 1-2 races in March. Contenders are the MDRA races. Lake Johanna 4 miler on March 17 and/or MDRA 7 Mile on March 31. One entry fee would cover both. - Definitely did not and happy I did not because the weather sucked all spring.
Loony Challenge in October - Yes
Feet in the Street 5K in October. Sadly, this is scheduled for the same weekend as Loony.
Break 30:00 in a 5K - No.
Continue MAF training through June. - Yes
Blogging:
Meal per day Whole30 Posts daily, all publish at the ‘end’ of the Whole30. Yes.
Race Training posts weekly. Yes.
General life stuff:
Read 12 books in 2018. Read 50 books in 2018. I'm over 60 at this point. This is the biggest surprise of the year and it has its own post.
Meditate every day in January. Yes.
February/March Addition: Spanish lessons every day of the month, both months. Sort of. I still knew the most Spanish of the Americans on the trip besides Captain Smiley who is fluent.
Volunteer at a race. Yes, the 1-mile in May.
Learn to french braid my hair. No, but it's long enough now I could try.
Whole30 in January 2 - Feb 10. Yes
Whole30 March 1 - April 3. Heck no. But I didn't have the races I thought I would either.
Generally Whole30 the 30-45 days before a race. Yes, next races were Loony Challenge.
Running:
Keep up the streak. - I'm writing this on December 28. So far, so good.
Keep weight lifting 3 days/week. Sort of. This has been off and on. Post race I went down to two days/week for a bit, but I'm back with Marshmallow training to 3 days/week. (Except Christmas week when everything fell apart.)
Cross train with Zumba. No. I want this so bad, but no, not really.
Races:
5K in February. - Yes.
Possible addition of 1-2 races in March. Contenders are the MDRA races. Lake Johanna 4 miler on March 17 and/or MDRA 7 Mile on March 31. One entry fee would cover both. - Definitely did not and happy I did not because the weather sucked all spring.
Loony Challenge in October - Yes
Break 30:00 in a 5K - No.
Continue MAF training through June. - Yes
Blogging:
Meal per day Whole30 Posts daily, all publish at the ‘end’ of the Whole30. Yes.
Race Training posts weekly. Yes.
General life stuff:
Meditate every day in January. Yes.
February/March Addition: Spanish lessons every day of the month, both months. Sort of. I still knew the most Spanish of the Americans on the trip besides Captain Smiley who is fluent.
Volunteer at a race. Yes, the 1-mile in May.
Learn to french braid my hair. No, but it's long enough now I could try.
2018 in Pictures
I found an old post where I picked my favorite pictures from each month, and I loved it. So I'm repeating again for this year.
January: Dungeon Master got me out in the crazy cold for Super Bowl festivities.
February: Here were are again, out in the cold.
March: I love the look on Dad's face. The camera timer is so fascinating, right?
April: Felicidades!
May: Again, with the camera timer. And a bonus shot, though Grandma said I only got her wrinkles.
June: There's a pic of Olive and I that I love, but for some reason it's displaying upside down. This is a close second.
July: This is my most favorite picture of the entire year. December is a close second.
August: Super special family came to see me in Minnesota which was awesome. A couple weeks later, I came home. Still goes down as one of the best post-stroke visits I've had with Grandma.
September: All I did was run, apparently. This is my favorite picture because it's from my last 'long run' before the big weekend.
October: Y'all, my teeth were legit chattering in this picture. Dungeon Master saved me with her coat between the 10K and the 5K. Plus a bonus 'favorite' from Qat Lady.
November: I had a bonus trip home. In addition to seeing Grandma, I got to hang out with a cousin I like a lot but rarely see in person. And a bonus favorite, just becuase.
December: I love the way Mom is looking at this baby. This is my second favorite picture of the year, behind July.
January: Dungeon Master got me out in the crazy cold for Super Bowl festivities.
August: Super special family came to see me in Minnesota which was awesome. A couple weeks later, I came home. Still goes down as one of the best post-stroke visits I've had with Grandma.
September: All I did was run, apparently. This is my favorite picture because it's from my last 'long run' before the big weekend.
30.12.18
Marshmallow Training - 19 Weeks to Go
Sunday Planned: 8 Miles Long Run
Sunday actual: 7.87 miles in the morning.
From today, I learned: It's always more fun to run when it's above 30*. There's so much oxygen in the air. Also, totally fine to walk up a hill from time to time.
Monday Planned: Hill Repeats. Weights?
Monday actual:
Monday abs: Done, although somehow I finished I minute early. I don't even know what exercise I forgot.
Hill repeats: Warm up; 8x1:00 running up the hills, recovery on the way down; cool down. Total around 5.1 miles
No weights; my heart just wasn't in it.
From today, I learned: That hill was SUPER steep.
Tuesday Planned: 1 Mile, or 5 Miles easy
Tuesday actual: Merry Christmas. I actually did 3.35 miles, easy, through Ault Park. I think it was easy, I legit didn't look at my watch once. I had a blast.
I also did a finisher, which I have not done in a while.
From today, I learned: Turn my feet over on the down hills. Count and pay attention on the finishers. Sigh.
Wednesday Planned: 1 Mile, or 5 Miles easy. Weights?
Wednesday actual: 3.35 miles through Ault Park. No weights. I did do a finisher.
From today, I learned: Oh man, I am going to miss this weather so hard.
Thursday Planned: 1 Mile
Thursday actual: 1.18 miles through puddles of literal slush and ice cold water.
From today, I learned: Qat Lady told me to avoid the puddles and then at the end, jump in one 'cause it would make me laugh. In real life, the puddles were unavoidable but I still jumped for her. This may be the worst running conditions I've had for my entire streak.
Friday Planned: 3 Miles easy, weights
Friday actual: 1.3 miles on the treadmill at the gym. I did not do weights.
From today, I learned: When I'm tired, don't push it. That was the right decision.
Saturday Planned: 3 Miles easy
Saturday actual: Attempt 1 was 3 miles at Lake Nokomis. I parked, walked across the street, and gave up. It was waaaay too icy.
Attempt 2 was 3 miles inside at the gym. During a basketball tournament where they were fucking making Mini Donuts that I had to smell. I am so over this bullshit. I did make it 3 miles. Also, made a game plan for tomorrow. Tournament resumes with games at 9am. So at least part of my run will be on a treadmill away from the fucking donuts.
From today, I learned: I hate the smell of fucking donuts when I'm running.
Sunday actual: 7.87 miles in the morning.
From today, I learned: It's always more fun to run when it's above 30*. There's so much oxygen in the air. Also, totally fine to walk up a hill from time to time.
Monday Planned: Hill Repeats. Weights?
Monday actual:
Monday abs: Done, although somehow I finished I minute early. I don't even know what exercise I forgot.
Hill repeats: Warm up; 8x1:00 running up the hills, recovery on the way down; cool down. Total around 5.1 miles
No weights; my heart just wasn't in it.
From today, I learned: That hill was SUPER steep.
Tuesday actual: Merry Christmas. I actually did 3.35 miles, easy, through Ault Park. I think it was easy, I legit didn't look at my watch once. I had a blast.
I also did a finisher, which I have not done in a while.
From today, I learned: Turn my feet over on the down hills. Count and pay attention on the finishers. Sigh.
Wednesday actual: 3.35 miles through Ault Park. No weights. I did do a finisher.
From today, I learned: Oh man, I am going to miss this weather so hard.
Thursday actual: 1.18 miles through puddles of literal slush and ice cold water.
From today, I learned: Qat Lady told me to avoid the puddles and then at the end, jump in one 'cause it would make me laugh. In real life, the puddles were unavoidable but I still jumped for her. This may be the worst running conditions I've had for my entire streak.
Friday Planned: 3 Miles easy, weights
Friday actual: 1.3 miles on the treadmill at the gym. I did not do weights.
From today, I learned: When I'm tired, don't push it. That was the right decision.
Saturday Planned: 3 Miles easy
Saturday actual: Attempt 1 was 3 miles at Lake Nokomis. I parked, walked across the street, and gave up. It was waaaay too icy.
Attempt 2 was 3 miles inside at the gym. During a basketball tournament where they were fucking making Mini Donuts that I had to smell. I am so over this bullshit. I did make it 3 miles. Also, made a game plan for tomorrow. Tournament resumes with games at 9am. So at least part of my run will be on a treadmill away from the fucking donuts.
From today, I learned: I hate the smell of fucking donuts when I'm running.
29.12.18
2018 Year of Running
Thanks to Eat Pray Run DC and a few others for the prompts.
Best race experience: Loony Challenge was probably the best overall experience. It's 3 races in 2 days. The races went well and I had a blast.
Best run: Day 2,000 of the running streak, in CDMX. I ran 2K at altitude and Olive was there to celebrate with me.
Best new piece of running gear: For Black Friday, I got myself a pair of Xero Prio shoes that I'm falling in love with, and will love much more once the Minnesota snow and ice crust is gone. Also, I am legit surprised at how much I love my Flip Belt.
Best running advice you’ve received this year: I just recently started working with a coach. Go slow on slow days.
Most inspirational runner: Des Linden in Boston, with a side of Camille Herron setting the 24 hour track record while eating tacos and beer.
Favorite picture from a run or race this year:
This is my favorite picture that I took during a run this year:
This is my favorite race day picture:
Race experience you would repeat in a heartbeat: Well, the real answer is Avondale 5K which I did not run this year due to scheduling and travel conflicts. The races I did this year were VDay 5K, Loony races, and Cupcake Trot. For 2019, I am repeating VDay 5K, and then we'll see about TC 5K or TC 10K.
If you could sum up your year in a couple of words, what would they be: Up and down with nutrition. Sigh
Best race experience: Loony Challenge was probably the best overall experience. It's 3 races in 2 days. The races went well and I had a blast.
Best run: Day 2,000 of the running streak, in CDMX. I ran 2K at altitude and Olive was there to celebrate with me.
Best new piece of running gear: For Black Friday, I got myself a pair of Xero Prio shoes that I'm falling in love with, and will love much more once the Minnesota snow and ice crust is gone. Also, I am legit surprised at how much I love my Flip Belt.
Best running advice you’ve received this year: I just recently started working with a coach. Go slow on slow days.
Most inspirational runner: Des Linden in Boston, with a side of Camille Herron setting the 24 hour track record while eating tacos and beer.
Favorite picture from a run or race this year:
This is my favorite picture that I took during a run this year:
If you could sum up your year in a couple of words, what would they be: Up and down with nutrition. Sigh
Hanging With the Family: Christmas Edition
Running: 1 Mile, in the morning
Travel: I couldn't even manage the bus schedule so I took a Lyft to the airport. I had a remarkably smooth flight, including logistics.
Cincinnati: Mom and I hit up Skyline. Then we visited Uncle Spaghetti who was in the hospital, and then Grandma. For supper we had Indian food. I found out all kinds of health information about Dad at supper, and that was kind of alarming.
Running: 3 miles, through Ault Park.
Surprise: Mom's hair dryer literally blew up in my hands today. That was a new thing.
Visiting: This time Dad and I saw Grandma first, then Uncle Spaghetti (who was finally getting sprung from the hospital after our visit).
Shopping: In the afternoon, Mom and I had a shopping trip where both all and none of the decisions were made.
Evening: We picked up a friend of the family and had Taste of Belgium for supper, then a show at Ensemble Theater. Supper - the food was trying to be good but wasn't quite there. The show was Alice in Wonderland which is, literally, not my cup of tea.
Running: 2 miles, in the morning, in the dark
Visit 1: Saw a long time friend. Our visits are almost always at breakfast becuase of everyone's schedules.
Visit 2: Headed up to Dayton to see the Texas cousins. Always a good time to mess with Texas.
Visit 3: Headed down to KY to see Uncle Spaghetti, the NewYork Cousins, the Kentucky people, and play 'find the Lizard'
Running: 3 miles in Ault Park in the morning
Visit 1: I got coffee and saw Grandma on my own. She stayed in bed but we read Christmas cards and had a nice time.
Visit 2: I'd originally planned to see some people from KY in the afternoon but those plans were scrapped. So I went back over to see Grandma with Mom and Dad.
Sight seeing: After hanging with Grandma, we went to the Krohn to see the flowers. And apparently the elife selfie things too. Dad wasn't impressed.
Visit 3: Saw friends of mine from long long ago. Friend, husband, and their 3 kids met us at Skyline. Because, where else do you go with 3 kids, right?
Sight seeing 2: We hit up the lights at Sharon Woods. Mom and I thought they were adorable. Dad was captain grumpy pants.
After that, Mom and I hung out and wrapped presents.
Running: I had permission to run. What time do I need to be back? What time do I need to be ready to help? So I set out and ran almost 8 miles. I don't know my coach well enough to know if she'll care that it was only 7.87 miles. On this end I'm all "how healthy that I didn't walk in circles to make it exactly 8.0".
Visit 1: We had the family Christmas party at the place where Grandma lives. I had a blast. Bonus is that I got to talk to Marathon Cousin (that's her blog name now, because it was her running a marathon that made me think I'd eventually do it myself) and that chat was extremely helpful.
Visit 2: Mom and Dad's neighbor had a small get together at her house. I was aloud to tag along and meet some of the people where Mom and Dad live. There was bourbon so it was all good.
Bonus: Mom needed a hair dryer, since her old one blew up. So she opened one of her gifts early.
Running: Actually happened in the middle of the day, and it was a hard workout.
Visit 1: I got to see Marge early, for breakfast, which turns out to be my only chance this trip. I made Mom some crepes for Breakfast. Marge came over and told us about her holiday and we had a great time.
Visit 2: We hit up my aunt and uncles in Kentucky for Christmas Eve. Usually they come up here, but some health changes from my Uncle made it better for us to head that way. We had a Venezuelan feast.
Running: I had special dispensation to run this morning. I did an easy run through Ault Park. There was no one else out. Remember this tomorrow.
Visit 1: Mom Cousin, Super Mom and Super Baby came over. We had breakfast solely dictated on the baby loved this food the last time she was here. It was the Betty Crocker Squash/Apple dish that was a hit. We had a great visit with the baby, including some super sweet moments with Mom and the baby.
Visit 2: Grandma. And her guest Andrew. Grandma was having a rough afternoon. 2:30pm seems to be the witching hour. And then we met Andrew who is a 9th grader at Summit Country Day, wants to go into business, and already has his own LLC relating to intellectual property and social media. And he knows that Grandma's baby doll is 'Sweetie' and Grandma feels better when she has a cup of cold water. Andrew was a great addition to our Christmas.
Visit 3: Find the Lizard. We headed back down to Kentucky to see everyone and have spaghetti, per our tradition.
Running: I had special dispensation to get in one last run. Because a storm is coming in Minnesota.
Visit 1: Actually just with Mom and Dad for breakfast.
Visit 2: One last visit with Grandma. She was having a great day. It was nice to end on a positive note for once. We took her to mass, sang In Excelsis Deo, and Mom and I ducked out at the kiss of peace.
Travel: The flight was interesting. I moved a seat so a mom and her kid could sit next to each other. I felt like even though I moved back on the plane, I dodged a bullet not having to sit with anyone from that family.
When I got home, I hit up the grocery store and then 'hunkered down for the storm'
28.12.18
Quality Miles Monday
Plan: Similar to my last hill workout. Warm up, 8x1:00 up the hill, with recovery down the hill; Cool Down
Actual Mileage: 5.10 miles, though my watch say 4.96. I had a user error in my first recovery rep. Sigh.
Route: I warmed up on some side streets by my parents house. The 'hill' was up the steep part of Tarpis Ave (by the funny looking house) and then the recovery was down around Erie past the police station to my starting corner. The cool down was straight back down Erie to Mom and Dad's.
Weather: 40* and 10mph winds. It felt like the wind was in my face the whole time except the cool down.
Wardrobe: Yo, I wore my Christmas shirt!
Execution: This was hard mentally and physically. After rep 1 I was all "what the hell was I thinking picking this hill?" with tones of "no way can I do this eight times". I just kept thinking, well, try this next rep and see how it goes. I focused on staying 'loose' up the hill, and not hunching over at the top of the hill, which was a thing my body really wanted to do for some reason.
Nutrition: I had a big breakfast around 9am and this run was around 1pm.
From today, I learned: Stay relaxed up the hill. Swing my arms up the steep hill to increase my leg turn over. (Relax and swing your arms.)
Bonus: I got to run down the hill by the police station 8 times, so I'm all "that part was great!"
Route: I warmed up on some side streets by my parents house. The 'hill' was up the steep part of Tarpis Ave (by the funny looking house) and then the recovery was down around Erie past the police station to my starting corner. The cool down was straight back down Erie to Mom and Dad's.
Weather: 40* and 10mph winds. It felt like the wind was in my face the whole time except the cool down.
Execution: This was hard mentally and physically. After rep 1 I was all "what the hell was I thinking picking this hill?" with tones of "no way can I do this eight times". I just kept thinking, well, try this next rep and see how it goes. I focused on staying 'loose' up the hill, and not hunching over at the top of the hill, which was a thing my body really wanted to do for some reason.
Nutrition: I had a big breakfast around 9am and this run was around 1pm.
From today, I learned: Stay relaxed up the hill. Swing my arms up the steep hill to increase my leg turn over. (Relax and swing your arms.)
Bonus: I got to run down the hill by the police station 8 times, so I'm all "that part was great!"
27.12.18
Long Run Sunday: Don't Worry, there aren't any hills
Plan: Run easy, 8 miles or so.
Actual Mileage: 7.87 miles. I thought it was such a healthy thing that I didn't try to run in circles to get the last 0.13 miles in, either.
Route: This is the "I think it's pretty flat" route that Mom suggested long ago. True story: it's not flat. At all. I head up Erie to Madison Road, then turn on Grandin Road, to Edwards road, back to Erie Ave and then home.
Weather: 29* when I started. Not much warmer when I finished. Wind was minimal. It was super humid.
Wardrobe: Compression socks, Brooks running pants, short sleeve shirt, sweat shirt, buff on my head, and Merrel shoes.
Execution: I didn't set heart rate alarms, but I did well keeping things under control. I was thinking it was going to be rough when my heart rate got to 130 in the warm up, but it turned out fine. I walked up one of the hills on Edwards and a small bit on Erie just before Paxton to keep my heart rate under control
Nutrition: I ran fasted. I had goetta when I got back though!
From today, I learned: It's okay to walk up the hills sometimes. It's fun as hell to run down them.
Bonus: We've driven by this house from the side a couple times. But for this run, I totally went down the sidestreet and took pictures.
Actual Mileage: 7.87 miles. I thought it was such a healthy thing that I didn't try to run in circles to get the last 0.13 miles in, either.
Route: This is the "I think it's pretty flat" route that Mom suggested long ago. True story: it's not flat. At all. I head up Erie to Madison Road, then turn on Grandin Road, to Edwards road, back to Erie Ave and then home.
Wardrobe: Compression socks, Brooks running pants, short sleeve shirt, sweat shirt, buff on my head, and Merrel shoes.
Execution: I didn't set heart rate alarms, but I did well keeping things under control. I was thinking it was going to be rough when my heart rate got to 130 in the warm up, but it turned out fine. I walked up one of the hills on Edwards and a small bit on Erie just before Paxton to keep my heart rate under control
Nutrition: I ran fasted. I had goetta when I got back though!
From today, I learned: It's okay to walk up the hills sometimes. It's fun as hell to run down them.
Bonus: We've driven by this house from the side a couple times. But for this run, I totally went down the sidestreet and took pictures.
23.12.18
Marshmallow Training - 20 Weeks to go
Sunday actual: 10.16 Miles in the sunshine.
From today, I learned: I am loving this weather. This run didn't feel nearly as bad as I'd worried it would
Monday Planned: Tempo run, weights, abs
Monday actual:
Monday abs before the run.
Wednesday weights on Monday after the run, becuase you know, why not right?
Tempo run was
0.5 miles warm up
4 sets of 0.5 miles at 5.6mph (10:42/mile), 0.25 miles at 4.1mph (14:38/mile)
0.5 miles cool down
From today, I learned: I was intimidated by this workout when I first read about it. Then I was all "ok just try it" and then I had to do it at the crack of dawn on the treadmill which actually made me know I could get the pacing correct. My Garmin crapped the bed this morning. Heart rate didn't work at all and my workout I built for this wouldn't sync to the watch. And it thinks I was doing like a 12:30/mile during the 'fast' part. So I had to write my coach and reassure her I did this thing as written.
Tuesday Planned: 5 miles easy, weights
Tuesday actual:
Bonus abs as an indoor warm up for this run while I was waiting for the sun to come up a bit more.
5.27 Miles, early in the morning, easy, but faster than I expected. Avg pace 12:57/mile
From today, I learned: This run felt really good. Turn the legs over!
Wednesday Planned: 1 Mile
Wednesday actual: 1 Mile before flying home.
From today, I learned: Get up and get it done. Also, I have lost an important pair of shoes.
Thursday actual: 3.30 miles in Ault Park. No weights.
From today, I learned: I went fast on the down hill. That was super fun. In the rain, focus on 'pounding the ground' to get good footing.
Friday Planned: 1 Miles
Friday actual: 2.04 miles, easy.
From today, I learned: This is definitely a 'get up and get it done' kind of day. I had a wicked busy day after this.
Saturday actual: 3.31 miles. In Ault Park.
From today, I learned: This was a fun run, focus on cadence down the hills.
17.12.18
Long Run Sunday: It is so warm!
Plan: Run easy, 10 miles.
Actual Mileage: 10.16 miles.
Route: This is the Creek River Greenway Loop. I've had good times and bad times here in the past.
Weather: I am mostly in heaven. Temps were over 30 when I started, around 40* when I ended. Winds were out of the west, so the Greenway was a little chilly.
Wardrobe: Compression socks, light weight pants, my neon 10 mile shirt, 1/4 zip, buff on my head, Merrel shoes on my feet.
Execution: I kept an eye on my heart rate for roughly the first 8 miles, and kept those miles 'easy' The last two miles, I covered up my watch so I couldn't see it and just ran by what made me feel good. The only mile split I know is my last mile.
Nutrition: LOL. No. I ran fasted. I was a bit nervous about the decision not to carry good or water around mile 5, but I calmed down and felt fine.
From today, I learned:
1. I wished I'd brought my sunglasses. I knew there would be sun, but it was kind of cloudy when I left. The sun came out in full force and there was some wind too.
2. I was okay fasted and no water, even though I got nervous about it.
3. Nice and easy is so much easier when it's above freezing and there's oxygen in the air.
Bonus: The Dungeon Master is at the Viking Ship today. She is part of a half time presentation. So I took a picture of her from far away on my run.
Actual Mileage: 10.16 miles.
Weather: I am mostly in heaven. Temps were over 30 when I started, around 40* when I ended. Winds were out of the west, so the Greenway was a little chilly.
Nutrition: LOL. No. I ran fasted. I was a bit nervous about the decision not to carry good or water around mile 5, but I calmed down and felt fine.
1. I wished I'd brought my sunglasses. I knew there would be sun, but it was kind of cloudy when I left. The sun came out in full force and there was some wind too.
2. I was okay fasted and no water, even though I got nervous about it.
3. Nice and easy is so much easier when it's above freezing and there's oxygen in the air.
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