movin' up...

saturday night, we did some serious carb loading at our local pasta joint. sunday morning we got up early for the "pints to pasta" 10k. our friend w joined us. we took off from the adidas campus in north portland at 8am, and reached the spaghetti factory in southwest by an hour. the party was in full swing - free beer & pasta for everyone, thanks to widmer & the spaghetti factory. what could be better than drinking a beer on an empty stomach at 9am? absolutely nothing. the weather was perfect. started out crisp, & then gradually warmed up. perfect temperature for running. i was really worried about being able to run a 10 k, as i've only been doing slow 3 mile runs 3 times a week. with the swimming i've been doing, the jogs have felt a little tedious & long. pathetic, eh? i thought the swimming would help my stamina, but it seemed like it was hurting it. when it came time for the fun run, though, it was super easy (except for some blisters). anyway, i'm moving up a bit. i just purchased two 15 lb hand weights. i had been using 3, 5, & 10 pounders , & had moved the 3 to 5, and 5 to 10, so i needed to move the 10's up to something. i tried them out yesterday, and i'm pretty sore today. my swim was really slow, too. oh well.