foot goes on trail, not in mouth

So I am learning that the way I say things does not at all come across as I intend them. oops. (This happens more than I would like, which is to say, more than 0 times.)

Thankfully, my friends love our friendship enough to help me learn this lesson.

I am sincerely sorry for what I said about Trevor and I understand now that it came across very poorly. Rather than try to explain my way through it and lose all humor, I decided just to remove it. Delorted!

Now let's all forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream! :D

Verdict....

Sorry Grace, I'm running the 10K.

I am really bummed because I think it would be SOOOOO fun to run with family, but I know I have the opportunity to do that anytime during the week, which I would LOVE to do, and will work on setting up tomorrow! :)

But I am supposed to run 6 miles that day. And Sandra is my running partner for the half, so I would like to keep experiencing races with her so we can better prepare for the half. And it's cheaper! Not by much, but that was the deciding factor.

So Sandra.....I'm going to e-mail you now to get the info! Eeek! 6 MILES!!

oh! shoes

I almost forgot! Remember my shoes were giving me problems? So for the first time since I bought them, I thought, I need to lace them tighter. And it worked! My feets were fine. whew! No need to exchange them and risk losing a percentage of the cost (since I have been wearing them on trail runs for the last 20-something days.) That was easy. gah. I wish I had done it sooner!

it was like watching tv

So my life right now is without cable. And to hear Becky talk about running on the treadmill while watching tv sounded interesting, I don't know if I enjoy it so much when I'm at the gym. But running with Becky while she tells me about movies and books she's reading is totally awesome! It seemed to distract us enough to get through a super majority of the run...actually running!
And another milestone is that we were able to hold up a conversation while running. This really means a lot to me, because so many things I've read say "If you can't carry a conversation while doing the cardio, you're working too hard. (You shouldn't be able to sing, that would mean you're not working hard enough.)" Who knew that working too hard was as bad a problem as not working hard enough. We got it just right! And we're only going to get better.
After the run, I ate Papa John's pizza. I was planning on only one slice. It was almost 9pm (I have an aversion to eating after 9pm.) Well the slices looked small enough, so I ate 3. Three! I really need to stick to my plans. Same goes for the running schedule. I really need to just follow the plan. It's already going to be July and I've got a 10K to run! eek. Come'on, girl! Get your head in the game!!

And after

Yeah! We did so good! We didn't run the whole time, but we ran A LOT of it! And Sandra got to hear the entire plot line, beginning, middle, and end, of Steel Magnolias. With a few quotes to boot! Courtesy of me of course. :) I think it was a good strategy cause I don't think we noticed the running so much......maybe. I wonder if Sandra feels the same...... :)

This next weekend (the 4th of July), I've been planning on running another 5K, this time with my family. But Sandra is doing a 10K....and I'm torn. I know Sandra is building her way to the half, completing the proper steps along the way, but I never felt the need to do that. I did the first 5K to get a race under my belt and to really set off the training. And then Grace said she was doing this 5K and I thought it would be fun to run with my family. But now, since my schedule has me running 6 miles that day (which is the distance of a 10K) I'm thinking I should do the race with Sandra instead. But I really want to run with Grace and my brother. Hmmm, what's a girl to do?

Guess you'll have to check back and see what the verdict is..... :)

Just before...

Sandra and I are meeting in 40 mins or so to run 5 miles! I just jumped around, dancing for my son's entertainment and now I'm winded! Let's hope I can recover in time to do well running. I haven't run since Tuesday because of Declan's Dr. visit and then I was sick for a couple days. Poo poo. I'm just glad I'm feeling better now and I think I can do better now. We'll see! :)

Ugh

I did not do my run tonight because of this. Go ahead and read it before continuing....and make sure you've got 10 minutes. :) We were home by 9, but I still hadn't eaten dinner and we needed to get Declan to eat and go to bed. I am bummed cause I really want to get through a week of training where I actually do the entire week. On the correct days! But that's the life of a mother, EVERYTHING drops for the child, especially when their health is involved. I don't know yet if I will make up this night. I think I'll try to run 4 miles tomorrow, which is what I should have done tonight, but then I don't know if I'll do tomorrow's run on Friday or not. And I don't quite know how the run will work on Sat. We have Angel Food distribution and with Trevor leaving early, I can't go for an early run....argh. Smams, let's talk about this at bible study ok? Eh. Poopie night. Yuck.

3 miles later.....

...and the brownie has STILL not been burned off! Ok, well maybe the other walking and what not that I've done today made up the last 100 or so calories needed to cover the 430 from the brownie. It is crazy to think that after running 3 miles straight, only 293.4 calories were burned!

BUT....I did run the whole way tonight! I'm learning that the treadmill and TV are spoiling me. And running at night as well. Oddly, I've felt better to run in the evening than when I get up in the morning. I guess that's not so odd, I'm NOT a morning person. But I want to run earlier so I can rest at night, and so I don't have to go to bed with wet hair. But my jogging stroller is having some tire trouble, needs to be fixed before the bambino can go runnings with me.

I tried something new tonight. I used my towel that I brought to the gym to cover the display on the treadmill. That way it is a little more like when I'm trail running, in that I don't know my exact distance. It helped! And I have to say, I think I'm starting to notice a difference when I run. I felt more comfortable tonight, like I could have pushed myself farther....in terms of pace that is. I was DONE at 3 miles.

I'm still curious how I'm gonna get through the half marathon......do you think they'll let me run on a treadmill towed by a car with a mounted TV? Oh dear.....

bugs, I don't want to inhale you!

Running is tough. I thought that since I skipped my Sunday run (I had a painful healing blister on my big toe...ouch!) that I would tack on a mile to each of my other runs this week, starting today.

Well, that didn't go the way I planned. My foot is still hurting. I did run the whole 3 miles, but 4 was not gonna happen, today at least.

On top of that, why do bugs wish to be inhaled and make me freak out?! I feel like I should be running dressed in one of those bee-keeper suits to keep them away from my face. blech!

Ok, how am I going to run a 10K on July 4th? Hello?! The tagline is getting our butts in gear (and I think there's some more :) and I'm letting the tiniest things hold me back. Thankfully, Colin pushes me out the door (literally some days) to accomplish my goal. And once I'm out there, even dodging bugs and the occassional bad dog owner business, I really love it. I can feel the improvement now. Finally! That's pretty motivating. Just focus on that. Focus, focus, focus...

LAME excuse

I was supposed to run 3 miles today. My running clothes were not clean, so I did not. Lame.

I'm not so proud of this, so tomorrow I will go shopping for more running clothes. Apparently one outfit is not enough.

And to celebrate not running, I ate a brownie from Pick-Up-Stix. It was 430 calories. I think my priorities have been switched today. :)

Boo.

Sandra, what have you made me do?!?

I'm just kidding! This was something I had thought about for awhile....running a half marathon that is. Me bros and sister-in-law have run half marathons and such, and then the boys ran a full marathon a couple years ago. I went to that marathon to watch and cheer, and boy I'll tell ya....just being around people who've just finished a marathon was amazing. You could literally - ok, figuratively - feel the sense of accomplishment dripping from them. And you could smell it too....hmm.

Not that I could ever do a full marathon, that's all Sandra, and I will cheer her on like no other! But a half does seem doable. Especially the one we're doing: the Disneyland Half Marathon. I've always thought that if I were to do one of these crazy things, this would be the one I would do. Running through Disneyland? Heck yeah! And I believe it will be really helpful (for me, sorry Smams) to be as familiar with the whole course as I am, being that I grew up around here and have been driving around these streets for 11 years. And I'll be able to say to Sandra "only this much further!" and "OOH, this is coming up!" Hopefully that will be a good thing! :)

So I've been doing.....eh, pretty ok with my training. We ran the full 5K last weekend. GO US! But I haven't been able to do a full run since. :( And then yesterday's 5 mile, I just wasn't feeling it. And then I could hardly walk the rest of the day. Yuck. But, oh well, I keep moving on! A new hot body is at stake here! The funny thing is, when this ordeal....I mean challenge is over, I wouldn't mind starting to try for another baby. HA! Good thing health insurance is too expensive, I'll get to keep slim for awhile it seems. :) and :(

Oh hey, Sandra's peeps: I'm being kinda Jr. High about this and not telling all my friends and family, because I want to surprise them. I go back and forth with telling people, I'm bad at keeping exciting news....and, let's be honest, I like attention. I've told a couple people....just cause I couldn't not tell someone...or 3 ones. But I really do want to surprise people! That being said, this is why the blog is private. Sorry to be a pain......at least I'll be a hot pain when this is over! :)

Oh, I should also tell you.....I write A LOT! And I think I'm funny so I think people don't mind that I write a lot. I hope you agree......lie if you don't! :)

3 miles tomorrow! WOO HOO!

oh Tenda-foot

Hello first blog about running!

Fun times. Although, my feet protest...my new shoes? running longer distances? Me not know. I'm thinking of getting into hyphen-hands. ;)

I'm really loving running. Who knew? I hope I can have the stick-to-it-tiveness that will take me to a full marathon in the near future.

Well, this was just an initial post to get me started. Next is to tell people about it. First, a shower is in order after the 5 mile run/walk with Becky. She's such a little trooper. Got such a strong, one leg. The heart of a champion! :D