Mmmm...Doughnuts

This morning, instead of going to spinning like I was suppose to, I went to buy somethings for Mike and treated myself to breakfast #2 at Zabars. I got a #9, opting for the chocolate croissant and then saw it. A doughnut from the Doughnut Plant. I hadn't had one in so long. I didn't even know Zabar's carried them. I purchased a pistachio doughnut as well and my oh my...Delicious. Doughnut Plant has the best doughnuts ever. (Though my love and nostalgia for apple cider doughnuts ranks them quite high.) This site had a good description of their selection.

A fantastic start to a mediocre day. I think if I go back tomorrow, I will try the orange doughnut.

See Gimpy? See Gimpy Run!

Next week is the first of the Grand Prix series. I was (am) so excited to do all 5 bouroughs, especially since the first one (Manhattan half) was going to be run with Josh. But I went for a 8 mile run today and while there was no serious knee pain during the run, there was significant post-run pain. I couldn't bend my knee and therefore couldn't really walk. This injury started several weeks ago during a 10k race. The air bubble in my sneaker popped (don't wear really worn out shoes for races!) at mile 2 or so and for the rest of the run, I think my one leg was compensating for the other. I then continued to run a few runs with this bad pair of shoes (against the warnings from Mike) and now I am injured.

This means I can't do the Manhattan Half. It's pretty upsetting, but I am trying to rehabilitate so I can do the Bronx Half on Feb. 11th which I will have to run really slow to prevent further injury. Oh well. If anyone is interested in doing these with me (So sorry about the Manhattan Half Josh!), let me know.

I thought it was winter...

Today was ridiculous. I mean, it was great because Mike's family (and a few wonderful members of his extended family) came up to visit us. We had great time since in Central Park since it was unseasonably warm. It was so warm that I wore shorts and a tank top on the 6 mile run Mike and I just finished. I came in and checked the weather and found that it is currently 61F. What's up with that?! I live in a region where I expect four distinct seasons. This is just creepy, scary and sad (sometimes it's nice [like this afternoon] but it's especially bad since people are expecting winter and turn up the heat).

Where's winter? I have a feeling it's going to come on strong, like a punch in the face.