I know it's been awhile since I updated the running blog. We have been so busy with company that I haven't had the time to update, not to mention that I feel soooooo defeated right now. I am having so many breathing problems. I get into my run and can't breath in through my nose. I get myself worked up and am truly struggling my the time I round into the driveway.
I did run on Friday. Saturday, our 1-mile race was cancelled due to the terrible weather. Sunday, I took a day off because of terrible weather. Monday, Ben and I went for a 30 minute run. It's not distance I am ever concerned about, it is always 30 minutes and recently, I have been trying to push myself really hard and and 30 minutes as fast as I can. I thought I was going to die, literally, with as hard as I was moving out trying to keep pace with Ben. We were running at 6.5-7 miles an hour.
Tomorrow, my plan is to run for 1 hour at the gym. Hopefully, with no humidity, I will be able to maintain a better pace and I can finish feeling confident.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Running in the rain
I have found that the best therapy is to run in the rain. It feels like such a cleansing and it really reinvigorated my training.
Thursday, I went to water aerobics and it went well. I felt good but once Ben got home I felt like my soul needed a cleansing and I went for a run. I was just curious to see how I did. I took longer than I intended but in all fairness, it was raining and I ran through so many puddles my shoes were soaking wet and weighed about 5 pounds each. I ran 2.38 miles in 28:50. Not too bad and I felt awesome when I got home.
Today, I went for my normal Friday run. It's typically a 5X1, followed by as much time as I can possibly do and then finished with two 5x1's. I did 2.92 miles in 38:35. I ran 32 minutes of it. Pretty proud of myself, but unfortunately, my thighs are feeling every minute of these last two runs. Tomorrow we are running the Savannah Miler. Even though it is only a mile, all the proceeds benefit the dependents of fallen firefighters, a cause I am certainly going to support. I wish I could say I had a goal for finish time, but honestly I want to shoot for less than a 10-minute mile.
Thursday, I went to water aerobics and it went well. I felt good but once Ben got home I felt like my soul needed a cleansing and I went for a run. I was just curious to see how I did. I took longer than I intended but in all fairness, it was raining and I ran through so many puddles my shoes were soaking wet and weighed about 5 pounds each. I ran 2.38 miles in 28:50. Not too bad and I felt awesome when I got home.
Today, I went for my normal Friday run. It's typically a 5X1, followed by as much time as I can possibly do and then finished with two 5x1's. I did 2.92 miles in 38:35. I ran 32 minutes of it. Pretty proud of myself, but unfortunately, my thighs are feeling every minute of these last two runs. Tomorrow we are running the Savannah Miler. Even though it is only a mile, all the proceeds benefit the dependents of fallen firefighters, a cause I am certainly going to support. I wish I could say I had a goal for finish time, but honestly I want to shoot for less than a 10-minute mile.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Been awhile, old friend
I pretty much feel like I was on a workout vacation the last few days. It hasn't been good either and it feels awesome to get back out there again.
Saturday was my off day, as always. Off day in terms of exercise and off day in terms of dieting too. Holy moly....it feels like I ate in one weekend what I took off in one week. Sunday, I knew I really needed to get out there and do a timed distance run because I always slack on my Sunday runs and I know I have to figure out where I'm at and how I'm doing. Unfortunately, my husband had alternate ideas and we had gotten into a horrific fight that day. I thought a run would do me good and help clear my head, but 2 miles in and I was fuming and steaming. I couldn't concentrate on what was going on, I lost my focus and had to just stop. I felt lousy. It felt lousy walking home. (On a side note, we are going to be fine....we have a lot to work on, but it's going to be okay.)
I thought to myself, no worries, Monday is a new day, a new week and I can pick back up again and I'll be fine. Someone forgot to tell the weather. I woke up and it was raining and cold, and it didn't let up. It rained all day long, there goes my excitment for starting over with new motivation.
Tuesday I went to water aerobics and it felt good to stretch my muscles, but again, because of the weather, we were home bound in terms of our 3-mile walk. Today I ran, and again, the weather cut it short. I ran for 42 minutes and in the 6th set of my 5x1, it started raining. I was afraid of the skies opening up and pouring on Connor, so we turned around and high tailed it out of there.
I have to say, that I am mildly disappointed in myself. I am getting discouraged that I may not be able to do this. I haven't run a timed 3-mile in so long....and the marathon is 4 times longer than that!!! I really need to put my focus and motivation in the right places and really take this seriously. I won't be able to do it if I don't let myself believe that I can do it. I will be defeated before I even give it an honest attempt.
Saturday was my off day, as always. Off day in terms of exercise and off day in terms of dieting too. Holy moly....it feels like I ate in one weekend what I took off in one week. Sunday, I knew I really needed to get out there and do a timed distance run because I always slack on my Sunday runs and I know I have to figure out where I'm at and how I'm doing. Unfortunately, my husband had alternate ideas and we had gotten into a horrific fight that day. I thought a run would do me good and help clear my head, but 2 miles in and I was fuming and steaming. I couldn't concentrate on what was going on, I lost my focus and had to just stop. I felt lousy. It felt lousy walking home. (On a side note, we are going to be fine....we have a lot to work on, but it's going to be okay.)
I thought to myself, no worries, Monday is a new day, a new week and I can pick back up again and I'll be fine. Someone forgot to tell the weather. I woke up and it was raining and cold, and it didn't let up. It rained all day long, there goes my excitment for starting over with new motivation.
Tuesday I went to water aerobics and it felt good to stretch my muscles, but again, because of the weather, we were home bound in terms of our 3-mile walk. Today I ran, and again, the weather cut it short. I ran for 42 minutes and in the 6th set of my 5x1, it started raining. I was afraid of the skies opening up and pouring on Connor, so we turned around and high tailed it out of there.
I have to say, that I am mildly disappointed in myself. I am getting discouraged that I may not be able to do this. I haven't run a timed 3-mile in so long....and the marathon is 4 times longer than that!!! I really need to put my focus and motivation in the right places and really take this seriously. I won't be able to do it if I don't let myself believe that I can do it. I will be defeated before I even give it an honest attempt.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Extra work=Extra dessert
I have lost 2 pounds so far this week between my new runner's diet and the hard work I have been putting in with my workouts. I am hoping this means when I FINALLY have a date night with my husband tomorrow, I can have a fabulous dessert!!
I went to water aerobics this morning and had a fairly good workout. It felt good because it we focused on legs, which doesn't happen very often. I didn't get a 3-mile walk in this afternoon, but it was pretty hot out!! I did almost two miles and was sweating to death, mostly because of the humidity. It's going to be a hot summer!
I went to water aerobics this morning and had a fairly good workout. It felt good because it we focused on legs, which doesn't happen very often. I didn't get a 3-mile walk in this afternoon, but it was pretty hot out!! I did almost two miles and was sweating to death, mostly because of the humidity. It's going to be a hot summer!
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