Tonight it is 1:34AM as I start to write this entry. It is too late and I should be asleep. I stayed up chatting with my sister who is up for a party tomorrow in honor of my twin nieces, who are in town!
I'll cut to the chase...I ran 6.6 miles today! I am so pumped I can hardly stand it! I had an unintentional day off yesterday (Friday) and I was going to do 5 miles today, but as I was running and feeling good, I decided to continue! It was a great feeling and I felt totally fine on the entire run. It was hot, but what's new? I was sweating hardcore, but what's new? 6.6 in 57:16 - I'll take it!
I will post a July Breakdown tomorrow or Monday to tally up my work for my first month of training :) It is safe to say I'm in it for the long haul (me & running that is). I have enjoyed this past month very much and its nice to feel my progress...the breakdown post will allow me to see it :)
One other item to note here: I signed up for BlueMile's training program. It was $40 and I get to participate in 7AM runs on Saturdays and 6PM runs on Mondays with a group! With a group! I am ecstatic to meet some other runners and try to improve myself...and I got a sweet BlueMile t-shirt for signing up :) More to come on this topic guaranteed!
1:39AM...Goodnight!
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Twilight
It is 1:37AM...I am up and blogging about my non impressive training...why?
Well, I just stayed up to finish reading Twilight, of course. I read the whole saga a couple Christmases ago and I picked up the first book last week out of the blue and started reading and loved it again. I was almost through Marley and Me, which I think is part of the reason - I don't want to read the end of Marley and Me. Either way, I will probably start reading the next book in the series soon.
I did get a run in tonight, but not 5 miles. I did my 3.2 out and back. 26:31. I stopped and walked twice, although not for long. I gotta get a couple longer runs in this weekend. I will - 6 slated for Saturday! 4 or 5 tomorrow. In order to be up for it, I gotta get some rest. Goodnight!
Well, I just stayed up to finish reading Twilight, of course. I read the whole saga a couple Christmases ago and I picked up the first book last week out of the blue and started reading and loved it again. I was almost through Marley and Me, which I think is part of the reason - I don't want to read the end of Marley and Me. Either way, I will probably start reading the next book in the series soon.
I did get a run in tonight, but not 5 miles. I did my 3.2 out and back. 26:31. I stopped and walked twice, although not for long. I gotta get a couple longer runs in this weekend. I will - 6 slated for Saturday! 4 or 5 tomorrow. In order to be up for it, I gotta get some rest. Goodnight!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Family Trumped Running
For the second time in a short period I did not get a run/workout in because I was spending time with family and I am completely fine with this. We had to go to the airport, have dinner, spend time together, ect. It was great to see Drew and Tom, and it was even better to see the girls for the second time! Last time I saw them they were 2 months old. At 9 months old, so much has changed! They are beautiful, healthy, curious, babbling, crawling, adorable little girls. I am so excited to get to spend more time with them in the next few days :)
Without a workout there is not much to report for my blog. I got an email this morning that the Monumental Race was 100 days away. That got my adrenaline going just a little bit. I am getting really excited to continue upping my miles and training hard. I am going to start researching good workouts to do to prepare me for a half marathon. I am going to put a breakdown of the month of July post this weekend :) I can't hardly believe that I have almost trained for a full month - I haven't done that since my senior year in college (March 2009 to be exact). Sad, but true.
In an effort to be totally open and honest on this blog I will tell you that I had considered waking up early to run because I knew that I wouldn't get to after coming home from my in-laws. I hate mornings. It was not even close to actually happening. I want to make it a goal to run in the morning once a week during the month of August to see if I can start a habit of some sort. We'll see how that goes...
Hoping to put 5 on the books tonight :)
Without a workout there is not much to report for my blog. I got an email this morning that the Monumental Race was 100 days away. That got my adrenaline going just a little bit. I am getting really excited to continue upping my miles and training hard. I am going to start researching good workouts to do to prepare me for a half marathon. I am going to put a breakdown of the month of July post this weekend :) I can't hardly believe that I have almost trained for a full month - I haven't done that since my senior year in college (March 2009 to be exact). Sad, but true.
In an effort to be totally open and honest on this blog I will tell you that I had considered waking up early to run because I knew that I wouldn't get to after coming home from my in-laws. I hate mornings. It was not even close to actually happening. I want to make it a goal to run in the morning once a week during the month of August to see if I can start a habit of some sort. We'll see how that goes...
Hoping to put 5 on the books tonight :)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
No Team Blues
Right after work I hit the Monon Trail with my friend. We did the same out and back - 3.8 miles according to Google Maps. We must've had a quicker pace because we completed it faster this time. Last week we completed it in 35:16. This week we were done by approximately 33:30. You know me, I love that progress!
We did stop at the half way point again to get water and stretch for a few minutes. That allowed me to recover, but it was well worth it. I was glistening profusely.
It was so nice to have someone to talk to during the run. I miss that. I think I am going to have to look for a team to join or something. I feel like I am going to need some people to push me. I know I need some people to learn from. Most importantly, I would really like to have some people to experience this training with.
Tonight is the night I have been waiting for! My 9 month old, twin nieces are coming to town! Alex's brother and his husband are visiting and bringing their adorable daughters! I cannot wait to get to spend time with them! Because of this, I might have to jump on the trainer tonight and log some spinning. The knees and the top of my foot think this would be acceptable. I want to do some type of training, but I will never run in the dark. I'll jump on the trainer in the basement and watch TV if its dark when we get home...
Sidenote: I am an avid Asics lover.I have had 6 pairs or more of Asics and I love them! That being said, I saw the new Asics commercial last night. I thought it was a commercial about saying no to meth or something. It was just way over the top and could have been much more tactfully done. It was downright gross really. Oh well...you can't please everyone I suppose!
We did stop at the half way point again to get water and stretch for a few minutes. That allowed me to recover, but it was well worth it. I was glistening profusely.
It was so nice to have someone to talk to during the run. I miss that. I think I am going to have to look for a team to join or something. I feel like I am going to need some people to push me. I know I need some people to learn from. Most importantly, I would really like to have some people to experience this training with.
Tonight is the night I have been waiting for! My 9 month old, twin nieces are coming to town! Alex's brother and his husband are visiting and bringing their adorable daughters! I cannot wait to get to spend time with them! Because of this, I might have to jump on the trainer tonight and log some spinning. The knees and the top of my foot think this would be acceptable. I want to do some type of training, but I will never run in the dark. I'll jump on the trainer in the basement and watch TV if its dark when we get home...
Sidenote: I am an avid Asics lover.I have had 6 pairs or more of Asics and I love them! That being said, I saw the new Asics commercial last night. I thought it was a commercial about saying no to meth or something. It was just way over the top and could have been much more tactfully done. It was downright gross really. Oh well...you can't please everyone I suppose!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
What does debt ceiling mean?
I pondered my title question for about 2 seconds on my run today, among other things. Obama and the Speaker of the House addressed the nation in a way that seemed childish to me - why contradict each other? I felt no better after watching it and it cut into my puppy's walk time...just be smart elected leaders, didn't we elect you to be smart and take care of us? To do your jobs? I'll never understand politics...
My time keeps dropping, which I love :) 4 miles in 33:53! Below 8:30 pace! I ran the first 2 miles in 16:39, 8:20 pace, then must've slowed for the last 2 (after I turned around). I'm cool with it. I did not feel like I was running that hard, just sorta pushing. Honestly, my fitness was lacking and my arms were feeling tired. My legs still haven't hurt or burned in the least - but there are no hills to speak of. I need my heart to pump some more blood, and I probably need to do more pushups ( I hate them with a passion). I'm whipping myself into shape though. I can't wait to weigh myself on August 1 (one month after starting) to see if I have lost any weight. Weight doesn't matter to me, but I have been working hard and wonder what it is doing to my scale numbers. I can feel my muscles toning up and it appears they are a little more uncovered, which is fantastic!
I have a run tonight with a friend, the same friend as before :) I am just putting in more miles this week. I might trade a run for a ride one day, we'll see :)
A couple songs from my running playlist I have really enjoyed recently:
My time keeps dropping, which I love :) 4 miles in 33:53! Below 8:30 pace! I ran the first 2 miles in 16:39, 8:20 pace, then must've slowed for the last 2 (after I turned around). I'm cool with it. I did not feel like I was running that hard, just sorta pushing. Honestly, my fitness was lacking and my arms were feeling tired. My legs still haven't hurt or burned in the least - but there are no hills to speak of. I need my heart to pump some more blood, and I probably need to do more pushups ( I hate them with a passion). I'm whipping myself into shape though. I can't wait to weigh myself on August 1 (one month after starting) to see if I have lost any weight. Weight doesn't matter to me, but I have been working hard and wonder what it is doing to my scale numbers. I can feel my muscles toning up and it appears they are a little more uncovered, which is fantastic!
I have a run tonight with a friend, the same friend as before :) I am just putting in more miles this week. I might trade a run for a ride one day, we'll see :)
A couple songs from my running playlist I have really enjoyed recently:
- Mushaboom - Feist (doesn't seem like a good training song, but I really like the beat/sound for running)
- Rumour Has It - Adele (her voice is like art)
- Call and Return - Hellogoodbye (this song/band is too much fun)
- Monster Hospital - Metric (something about this makes me go fast)
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Weekend Update
This must be quick. It is late, I am typing this in bed, and I have only 8% battery life left - I refuse to get up to plug in my laptop.
Friday I headed down to Bedford after work. My sister is getting married so I had to try on a bridesmaid dress and do some things to help. Also, I wanted to see my family. I took Kenda with me, which was an experience. Let's just say I don't ever want to drive any sort of distance with my puppy ever again. She about wrecked us more than a couple times, but we made it. I ended up not running Friday, which is not what I wanted. Sometimes life gets in the way. Friday, a very good part of life got in the way - visiting with my family.
Saturday my run was around my house. Where I grew is is awesome. It is secluded and there is a big driveway from my house to my aunt, uncle, and cousin's house, and to my grandparents house. Plenty of room to run. I took off with Kenda for a 40 minute run. I had no idea about distance, but I will count my run as 4 miles - I think it is safe to say I covered 4 miles in 40 minutes. It was hot and Kenda was over it after 20 minutes, so I put her up and continued on. It wasn't bad, I got a good sweat on and I am glad that I got the run in. I saw a black snake. The scenery was very pretty. Like I said, where I grew up is awesome :)
Sunday I went to church with my family then had to pack up and head back to Indy. Kenda was a tiny bit better, but still...I'm not wanting to drive with just her in the car for quite some time. When I got home, I stepped out for a quick 3 mile run and forgot my watch. I was in a hurry because Alex and I had to be downtown for a dinner, so I ran a good clip, but I have no idea what my time was. I got it in, that is all that matters to me.
Looks like I am running everyday this week due to my off day on Friday. That is perfectly fine with me. 5% battery left, I could have been more detailed! I am going to do a little reading and go to bed though :) Goodnight!
Friday I headed down to Bedford after work. My sister is getting married so I had to try on a bridesmaid dress and do some things to help. Also, I wanted to see my family. I took Kenda with me, which was an experience. Let's just say I don't ever want to drive any sort of distance with my puppy ever again. She about wrecked us more than a couple times, but we made it. I ended up not running Friday, which is not what I wanted. Sometimes life gets in the way. Friday, a very good part of life got in the way - visiting with my family.
Saturday my run was around my house. Where I grew is is awesome. It is secluded and there is a big driveway from my house to my aunt, uncle, and cousin's house, and to my grandparents house. Plenty of room to run. I took off with Kenda for a 40 minute run. I had no idea about distance, but I will count my run as 4 miles - I think it is safe to say I covered 4 miles in 40 minutes. It was hot and Kenda was over it after 20 minutes, so I put her up and continued on. It wasn't bad, I got a good sweat on and I am glad that I got the run in. I saw a black snake. The scenery was very pretty. Like I said, where I grew up is awesome :)
Sunday I went to church with my family then had to pack up and head back to Indy. Kenda was a tiny bit better, but still...I'm not wanting to drive with just her in the car for quite some time. When I got home, I stepped out for a quick 3 mile run and forgot my watch. I was in a hurry because Alex and I had to be downtown for a dinner, so I ran a good clip, but I have no idea what my time was. I got it in, that is all that matters to me.
Looks like I am running everyday this week due to my off day on Friday. That is perfectly fine with me. 5% battery left, I could have been more detailed! I am going to do a little reading and go to bed though :) Goodnight!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Street Cred
I felt like putting this quick post up because I talk about running like I know what I am talking about (kinda) and in the same sentence I say that I have only been training for a few weeks. I do know what running is like because I ran for 4 solid years in high school and literally fell in love with the sport. I had some struggles: injuries, mono, and not joining the cross country team until my junior year because before I was in love with running, I was in love with golf. I ran track (800, 4x800, 1 mile, 2 mile) freshmen, sophomore, and junior year but quit my senior year because I was burnt out from being a year round athlete (I swam in the winter all 4 years) and honestly because the freshmen girls were faster than me.
I know what its like to feel the need to run. I know what its like to have a long distance day each and every week. I know what its like to get up at 5:30am to go to cross country practice and run 6 miles before its light outside and then practice again in the afternoon - same day. I know what its like to pschye myself up for a race and really push through the pain in the homestretch to beat just one more person. I have never trained for a race as long as 13.1 miles, let alone 26.2 or more, but I do know what running is.
All that being said, I am not an outstanding runner. I would like to be and I am pretty dedicated to become one at this point. I just want to put some credibility behind my statements such as: "Running is therapeutic" or "Running allows you to step out of the world and into your mind." I fell in love with this sport when I was 15 and ran a mile under 6 minutes for the first time and I am excited (about 10 years later) to fall in love with it again and train for my first half marathon.
Any 30 Rockers in the house?
"I need to protect my reputation. You take away my street cred, and I am Wayne Brady" -Tracy Jordan
I know what its like to feel the need to run. I know what its like to have a long distance day each and every week. I know what its like to get up at 5:30am to go to cross country practice and run 6 miles before its light outside and then practice again in the afternoon - same day. I know what its like to pschye myself up for a race and really push through the pain in the homestretch to beat just one more person. I have never trained for a race as long as 13.1 miles, let alone 26.2 or more, but I do know what running is.
All that being said, I am not an outstanding runner. I would like to be and I am pretty dedicated to become one at this point. I just want to put some credibility behind my statements such as: "Running is therapeutic" or "Running allows you to step out of the world and into your mind." I fell in love with this sport when I was 15 and ran a mile under 6 minutes for the first time and I am excited (about 10 years later) to fall in love with it again and train for my first half marathon.
Any 30 Rockers in the house?
"I need to protect my reputation. You take away my street cred, and I am Wayne Brady" -Tracy Jordan
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