les bleus, nous vous aimons toujours et bonne anniversaire tai shan

as you all must know, yesterday was a sad day, as les bleus lost to italy during penalty kicks in the world cup final. it was such a sad thing to watch, especially since zidane was given a red card only minutes before. in reading articles today in the press, some have been criticizing him for his actions, but if you ask me, he probably only did it because he was provoked. i mean, seriously, no one is going to head-butt someone else for a silly comment like, "you look ugly in your white jersey." my heart went out to french team and to all the fans. even after the game, when regis and i took a walk around the neighborhood, i still wore my france jersey with pride (even though i'm just a wannabe frenchie!)

enough of the aside, back to the running. saturday's 6 mile run was pretty good! after you run 10 miles, 6 miles just seems so much easier! regis, being such a great supporter, came with me to saturday's run, which is quite a feat seeing as how we left the house at 6:15am! he even started the run with me, but after about 15 minutes, he left me and my group in the dust and ran on ahead. sigh... how is it that i've been training for 2 months and he still manages to run faster than me?!

sundays are supposed to be a chill running day, so regis and i did a quick 40 minute run. in celebration of tai shan's 1st birthday (the baby panda at the national zoo), we headed to the zoo. i never run good on sundays and running around on a hot day at 11am certainly didn't make it any easier. however, we managed. i would have loved to have seen tai shan, but alas, the line was way too long. as to be expected, there were tons of people so rather than making a pit stop to see the panda, we turned back around and ran home.

upon yesterday's run, i've decided to keep to running either in the early morning or in the late evening. otherwise it's just too darn hot. this weekend should be interesting, as i'll have to skip saturday's 12 mile run with the team. instead, i will be running in the rockville twilight festival run that evening (4 mile race)... which means i'll have to do the 2 hour run on my own time... but don't worry i'll keep you posted. until then...