We got back from Tennessee yesterday afternoon, and after unloading everything and kind of relaxing a bit, I went for a run. Eight miles sucked more than I can describe it, the humidity was suffocating and making 78 degrees feel like a heat furnace. Over the weekend, my diet suffered and so did my body, I am not proud of what I consumed over the trip.... except at the Boathouse Rotisserie near the Chattanooga Aquarium, where I had Spit Roasted 1/2 Chicken (yum), a house salad with ranch and a Sweet Potato roasted in the Ashes (AMAZING), that was on Saturday evening, other than that it was cheetos and a hershey's bar, and water....and some dark chocolate. Sunday wasn't too awesome either, IHOP's Simply Fit Whole Wheat French Toast with bananas and blueberries, and some of the scrambled eggs, with water. After the aquarium, KFC's fried chicken leg and thigh, that night pizza from Dominoes. Monday made me hate myself even more, when we had to stop and feed Dorian, the only place close to us was McDonald's (kicking myself in the teeth right now), I scoffed at the fries Cameron thought I would want, but I ate the Double Cheeseburger and wanted to puke afterwards.... I don't think I have hated myself so much than I did right at that point. Then there was the Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar, but I can be somewhat happy that we stopped 3 hours later near Subway and I got my usual 6 inch toasted Honey Oat/oven roasted chicken breast/spinach/pickles/light mayo/bacon/shredded cheese and a chocolate chip cookie... I saved the other 6 inches for later that night after my run... Now to talk about the run....
The first 3 miles wasn't bad, my plan was 6 but after the 3 I talked myself into 8 miles but after 4 miles I was feeling the toll that not eating too well all weekend had done on my body, and it was pretty miserable from there on out. I had passed the Tahoe at 5 miles and seriously wanted to turn around but I told myself 1.5 more miles on and then I'd turn around...it couldn't be that bad... it really sucked. Shauna had ran for an hour the night before so I was on my own, 8 miles in 1:31:34 and I am just glad I got through it without passing out. My splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:15
Mile 2 - 11:31
Mile 3 - 11:06
Mile 4 - 11:35
Mile 5 - 11:35
Mile 6 - 11:19
Mile 7 - 12:01
Mile 8 - 11:11
The 15k race is this Saturday coming up, so tomorrow night Shauna and I will just run 6 miles and take Thursday and Friday as rest days....I might walk 3 miles on those days but who knows. It looks like the high will be 73 that day and the low will be around 50something but all that can change in just a couple of days, although I am praying it doesn't. I am craving a race under 70 degree temps which will make the humidity irrelevant, I am so sick of these humid runs. This past week had the humidity above 85% and I am ready for it to end.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Run out of the question this weekend...........possibly Monday night??
So at a spur of the moment decision on Friday, I decided to forego on my 9 mile run this weekend and hit the road with Cameron and Dorian to Chattanooga, TN for a weekend vacation away from the shop and home. Friday when we were headed to lunch Cameron looked at me and said "I need to get away from the shop, or I am going to crash", he put me in charge of where we were going an after doing some searching and talking...what started as just an all day trip turned into a whole weekend down in Chattanooga. We're going to go to the aquarium, and some other spots, not really going to stress about going anywhere as we just want to relax and have a good time not thinking or being near the shop. I wasn't sure about the hotel fitness center so I didn't bring my running shoes which after looking in there and seeing what looks like ONE treadmill, I kind of wish I did but then again I don't think my sanity could handle it on a treadmill. Maybe, just maybe when we get back Monday afternoon or evening I can go for a 7-8 mile run and then on Wednesday run 6 miles... if not Monday then Tuesday night run 7-8 and Thursday night run 6 miles. This coming Saturday is the 15k race so we will see. I am trying to relax and not worry so much about it, missing my run and just enjoying a relaxing break from everything and just spending time with my husband and my darling angel who has been such an amazing little guy on this trip. I don't hear of too many very successful trips where the babies/infants didn't cry, but so far Dorian has been in such a good mood. Right now we're in the hotel, tomorrow we're going to aim for the aquarium after eating breakfast somewhere night and then see what else is going on. We ate dinner at Boathouse Rotisserie & Raw Bar, which was AMAZING and DELICIOUS. This weekend other than what walking we might get, I am going to focus on crunches, bridge poses and what not.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Some Runs are Just Strange.... in Good Ways
Last night Shauna and I did our 5 miles, I think we're only going to run 6 miles on Tuesday nights and 5 miles on Thursday nights with our long runs between 7-10 miles. It was about 85 degrees last night when we ran, and extremely humid but strangely our average pace was 10:36 a mile. We pretty much kept under an 11 minute pace the whole run and I am extremely pleased with it. Our splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:00
Mile 2 - 10:47
Mile 3 - 10:48
Mile 4 - 10:43
Mile 5 - 9:44
One would think that during extremely humid runs, the pace would be slower or more easy going but strangely we felt great at our pace and I honestly think I could have kept it up for 3 or 4 more miles...... at least I felt like that at 5 miles. I guess it was just one of those good runs, irrelevant of the weather.
This weekend is our 9 miles, and it is going to be extremely humid even though it will be under 85 degrees but between 75-100% humidity which is going to be murderous. I am honestly a little concerned, it's also going to be storming and raining which might make it slightly more tolerable..... I am probably going to wear my shorts and heck, just a sports bra...... I guess we'll just have to see how things go.
Mile 1 - 11:00
Mile 2 - 10:47
Mile 3 - 10:48
Mile 4 - 10:43
Mile 5 - 9:44
One would think that during extremely humid runs, the pace would be slower or more easy going but strangely we felt great at our pace and I honestly think I could have kept it up for 3 or 4 more miles...... at least I felt like that at 5 miles. I guess it was just one of those good runs, irrelevant of the weather.
This weekend is our 9 miles, and it is going to be extremely humid even though it will be under 85 degrees but between 75-100% humidity which is going to be murderous. I am honestly a little concerned, it's also going to be storming and raining which might make it slightly more tolerable..... I am probably going to wear my shorts and heck, just a sports bra...... I guess we'll just have to see how things go.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A Good 6 Miles Last Night
Last night Shauna was able to run with me, and I feel we made up for last weekend... her not being able to run (broken glass in her foot) and my being one mile short of goal. We ran 6 miles, and it felt good, we were in the dark 90% of it and I had my new knuckle light thing but it wasn't really working, it kept going off. Cameron thinks the switch is bad and told me I should send it back. Two came in the package and the other one seems to be working alright, but I don't know.... I think I might send it back and just get a small headlamp for a good price though will feel weird. I am going to either call or email the place I purchased them from, letting them know what is going on.
We're actually still doing better than Team 13, right now their weekly runs are still at 4 miles and won't increase to 5 until after next Saturday's 15k race (another race YAY!!!) then they will run their weekly runs at 5 miles while Shauna and I will be doing ours at 6 miles until the week before the Half (maybe even two weeks before the Half) where we will taper and run 3 miles Tuesday and Thursday night, and our last long run before the Half will be about 8 miles... maybe 9 I haven't decided yet. This weekend we have to run 9 miles, hopefully the weather will be nicer, I definitely won't be running between 9 a.m and 5 p.m though....at least not until it really starts cooling off. This weekend is going to be raining which isn't bad at all, Saturday shows a high of 82 with just rain, while Sunday shows a high of 79 but with thunderstorms so we will have to see here in the next couple of days.
This stupid West Nile virus is annoying me like crazy, somethings I just don't understand why on earth they were allowed to live. On a better note Dorian and I went for a walk this morning, he slept like a baby the whole time so I am wondering if he just doesn't care for evening walks, maybe it's too warm, too humid, too dark, or maybe he'd just rather be at home sleeping or cuddling with me, maybe it is the greenway my mom and I walk on that he hates. Every time he and I go for a walk on the Newburgh Rivertown Trail, he is fine and pretty much sleeps for the whole 3 miles where if I try to take him for a walk in the evening in Evansville he can't even make 1.5 miles before he is crying and screaming and extremely upset........strange.
We're actually still doing better than Team 13, right now their weekly runs are still at 4 miles and won't increase to 5 until after next Saturday's 15k race (another race YAY!!!) then they will run their weekly runs at 5 miles while Shauna and I will be doing ours at 6 miles until the week before the Half (maybe even two weeks before the Half) where we will taper and run 3 miles Tuesday and Thursday night, and our last long run before the Half will be about 8 miles... maybe 9 I haven't decided yet. This weekend we have to run 9 miles, hopefully the weather will be nicer, I definitely won't be running between 9 a.m and 5 p.m though....at least not until it really starts cooling off. This weekend is going to be raining which isn't bad at all, Saturday shows a high of 82 with just rain, while Sunday shows a high of 79 but with thunderstorms so we will have to see here in the next couple of days.
This stupid West Nile virus is annoying me like crazy, somethings I just don't understand why on earth they were allowed to live. On a better note Dorian and I went for a walk this morning, he slept like a baby the whole time so I am wondering if he just doesn't care for evening walks, maybe it's too warm, too humid, too dark, or maybe he'd just rather be at home sleeping or cuddling with me, maybe it is the greenway my mom and I walk on that he hates. Every time he and I go for a walk on the Newburgh Rivertown Trail, he is fine and pretty much sleeps for the whole 3 miles where if I try to take him for a walk in the evening in Evansville he can't even make 1.5 miles before he is crying and screaming and extremely upset........strange.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
SWEET, SWEET, SWEEEET!!!
Shauna didn't run with me AGAIN, there's some issues going on her marriage so I am not going to bug her right now. When my run started, I was a bit doubtful and wondered if I would even make 3 miles tonight as I felt kind of sluggish and my leg hurt a bit. I just told myself to make it to 1 mile, then I aimed for 2 miles, then when I hit 2.6 I turned around headed back. I told myself to just aim for 4 if I could, and see how I felt. I was doing pretty okay but the humidity was a bit much compared to the last couple of days. I hit the 4th mile and just said what the heck and sped up, it was a bit downhill so that probably helped, but I looked at my watch and saw that I was at 4.2 miles but what surprised me was that I was running a 9:14 pace! I told myself to keep it up to 4.5, then I figured I would at least aim for 4.7 because I was feeling a bit sick an out of breath but I passe 4.7, then 4.8 and then I saw 4.9 and was still under 9:20! My splits were as:
Mile 1 - 11:37 / Mile 2 - 11:10 / Mile 3 - 11:15 / Mile 4 - 10: 54 / Mile 5 - 9:14!!!
That is the best mile I've ever done! And what is more amazing is that I had already ran 4 miles before that one which was unbelievable, I am still excited about it.
Other than that, I am still a bit nervous about this weekend's 8 mile run, something tells me Shauna won't be running it with me either. I am going to have to remind myself to stay at a slow and steady pace for 90% of it. Anyways, Dorian is being a butt hole so I must finish my blog.
Mile 1 - 11:37 / Mile 2 - 11:10 / Mile 3 - 11:15 / Mile 4 - 10: 54 / Mile 5 - 9:14!!!
That is the best mile I've ever done! And what is more amazing is that I had already ran 4 miles before that one which was unbelievable, I am still excited about it.
Other than that, I am still a bit nervous about this weekend's 8 mile run, something tells me Shauna won't be running it with me either. I am going to have to remind myself to stay at a slow and steady pace for 90% of it. Anyways, Dorian is being a butt hole so I must finish my blog.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Running with Stomach Issues
Shauna wasn't able to run tonight, she was still feeling sore from Sunday night's long run. Around 4 p.m I began to have huge stomach issues and wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run. My mom got to the house around 6:20 p.m, and I went ahead and tried for 5 miles. My bowels didn't act up a whole lot, thank god but I definitely felt weak and lacking energy. I noticed that I did run a bit faster in the beginning and throughout, my stupid garmin isn't syncing with the ANT agent right now so I am going to try and read off of my watch what my splits were.
Mile 1 - 11:35 / Mile 2 -10:52 / Mile 3 -11:13 / Mile 4 -10:53 / Mile 5 -10:35
So it wasn't too bad really, either my body isn't adapting to the extra weight or I am feeling the difference as I slowly begin to lose weight. I have noticed a huge difference/improvement in just the last couple of months since beginning my training, after 2.75 miles I had realized that in order to keep going I had to slow down and stop trying to reach my pre-pregnancy pace, once I did that things got a bit easier. Now with my 2 weekly runs at 5 miles each I've gone from averaging 12-14 minutes per mile back to 10:30-12:00 minutes per mile, so I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for now. I've gotten back to stretching after my runs, as I've noticed my knees and hams trying to tighten up after 4-5 miles so hopefully the stretches will help.
Mile 1 - 11:35 / Mile 2 -10:52 / Mile 3 -11:13 / Mile 4 -10:53 / Mile 5 -10:35
So it wasn't too bad really, either my body isn't adapting to the extra weight or I am feeling the difference as I slowly begin to lose weight. I have noticed a huge difference/improvement in just the last couple of months since beginning my training, after 2.75 miles I had realized that in order to keep going I had to slow down and stop trying to reach my pre-pregnancy pace, once I did that things got a bit easier. Now with my 2 weekly runs at 5 miles each I've gone from averaging 12-14 minutes per mile back to 10:30-12:00 minutes per mile, so I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for now. I've gotten back to stretching after my runs, as I've noticed my knees and hams trying to tighten up after 4-5 miles so hopefully the stretches will help.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
A Great 7 Miles Tonigh
Shauna and I ran our 7 miles tonight, it went pretty well overall. We averaged an 11:23 mpm pace and finished at 1:20:33 which was about 9 minutes slower than last year's 7 mile long run, but that is alright with me. Our pace was :
Mile 1 - 11:33 / Mile 2 - 11:24 / Mile 3 - 11:21 / Mile 4 - 11:37 / Mile 5 - 11:44 / Mile 6 - 11:41 / Mile 7 - 11:13 so pretty good overall.
My knees did start to hurt around the 5th-6th miles and then my right leg started getting tight, it was getting difficult but I kept going and ignored it. I probably won't walk tomorrow evening, I was thinking about doing 3 miles but maybe I should give my legs a rest, then Shauna and I can run 4 miles Tuesday night. We've got to run 8 miles next weekend, hopefully my knees won't hurt so much, I'm really enjoying my runs with Shauna, just me an her out there. I remember really enjoying the group runs last year and the year before, but now I am quite alright with just me and her.
The Half Marathon is getting closer and closer, and I am getting excited. I really want to do trail races, I keep thinking about it and I'd love to run those ultras that can take days to finish. Run/walking for hours, resting for a few hours and just going on. I like Half Marathons, and would like to do at least 2 a year but I really want to do ultras, trails and races like the Spartan Race, Warrior Dash and Tough Mudder.
Continued (08-20-12)
I weighed myself this morning just out of curiosity, I purchased that scale 1 week go and weighed myself at 152 lbs... this morning I weighed myself at 150 lbs so the 7 miles helped. Hopefully as long as my legs don't act up and recover from each run, with the 2 5 mile runs during the week and then the 8, 9, 10, and 12 mile runs coming up I will begin to shed a lb to 2 lbs each week. I have 7 more weeks until the Half Marathon, if I can lose between 1 lb and 2 lbs a week I should be able to lose around 8 lbs between now and the Half Marathon and that will have me at 142 lbs which I can deal with although I really wanted to be closer to my pre pregnancy weight by the time I ran the Half. I won't sweat it much though, come to think about it now, I've lost 2 lbs or so in just a week so hopefully it will keep up that progress for 7 more weeks which would leave me at 14 lbs less than I am today when I run the Half which would be really awesome! Anyways, I won't sweat it, I will worry more on my joints and legs recovering after every run. I might go for a walk today, not sure yet but I really want to at least walk 2 miles.
Mile 1 - 11:33 / Mile 2 - 11:24 / Mile 3 - 11:21 / Mile 4 - 11:37 / Mile 5 - 11:44 / Mile 6 - 11:41 / Mile 7 - 11:13 so pretty good overall.
My knees did start to hurt around the 5th-6th miles and then my right leg started getting tight, it was getting difficult but I kept going and ignored it. I probably won't walk tomorrow evening, I was thinking about doing 3 miles but maybe I should give my legs a rest, then Shauna and I can run 4 miles Tuesday night. We've got to run 8 miles next weekend, hopefully my knees won't hurt so much, I'm really enjoying my runs with Shauna, just me an her out there. I remember really enjoying the group runs last year and the year before, but now I am quite alright with just me and her.
The Half Marathon is getting closer and closer, and I am getting excited. I really want to do trail races, I keep thinking about it and I'd love to run those ultras that can take days to finish. Run/walking for hours, resting for a few hours and just going on. I like Half Marathons, and would like to do at least 2 a year but I really want to do ultras, trails and races like the Spartan Race, Warrior Dash and Tough Mudder.
Continued (08-20-12)
I weighed myself this morning just out of curiosity, I purchased that scale 1 week go and weighed myself at 152 lbs... this morning I weighed myself at 150 lbs so the 7 miles helped. Hopefully as long as my legs don't act up and recover from each run, with the 2 5 mile runs during the week and then the 8, 9, 10, and 12 mile runs coming up I will begin to shed a lb to 2 lbs each week. I have 7 more weeks until the Half Marathon, if I can lose between 1 lb and 2 lbs a week I should be able to lose around 8 lbs between now and the Half Marathon and that will have me at 142 lbs which I can deal with although I really wanted to be closer to my pre pregnancy weight by the time I ran the Half. I won't sweat it much though, come to think about it now, I've lost 2 lbs or so in just a week so hopefully it will keep up that progress for 7 more weeks which would leave me at 14 lbs less than I am today when I run the Half which would be really awesome! Anyways, I won't sweat it, I will worry more on my joints and legs recovering after every run. I might go for a walk today, not sure yet but I really want to at least walk 2 miles.
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