1 mile warmup @ 11:15 pace
2 miles @ 10:20 pace
.5 mile cooldown
I feel really good about this run today. It wasn't half as bad as I have made it out to be in the past few posts. I think it is all a mental thing. I did have one minor gliche though. The mill decided to stop on me @ 30 minutes. I couldn't believe it I didn't have much longer to go & it was telling me my time was up. What's up with that?!?!? But.....it was all good & I finished what I needed to. I did walk for about 1 minute at mile 1.5, but from there out was pretty good.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Run less, Run Faster
So glad to start this program. I really think it will help me with my time. We shall see!
The program is doing 3 key runs a week. No more than that! I always thought that in order for me to run well i would have to run atleast 5 days/week. So this is good. This is a 12 week program which will take my training all the way to December 28th. This is going to be a huge commitment with the holidays & all. I will do this though.
Todays run: Track repeats
10-20 min warm up
8 x 400's with a 400 rest interval 9:23 pace
10 minute cooldown
I did not really do a warm up , because I didn't have much time. I know this is terriblem but I was determined.
I'm not gonna lie the pace was a little challenging, but it was good I think I need the challenge. The first 2 or 3 sets I felt great. I did a light jog for the rest interval. For repeat 4 I was getting
a little tired but still pushing. By the time I got to repeat 5 I realized I wasn't going to be able to finish because I had to go teach my class. So I started repeat 5 and my left knee was a little achey. Not unusual for me, but not pleasant either. So after 30 secinds I stopped & walked for about a minute. I WAS NOT GIVING UP! I started back up & finished repeat 5 in 2 minutes.
TOTAL:
1 minute warm up
5 repeats @ 9:23 pace
cooldown was minimal because of class
Total time on mill was 30 minutes.
I really need to figure out how to use the mill correctly. I think Christy is going to give me a lesson tomorrow night!
The program is doing 3 key runs a week. No more than that! I always thought that in order for me to run well i would have to run atleast 5 days/week. So this is good. This is a 12 week program which will take my training all the way to December 28th. This is going to be a huge commitment with the holidays & all. I will do this though.
Todays run: Track repeats
10-20 min warm up
8 x 400's with a 400 rest interval 9:23 pace
10 minute cooldown
I did not really do a warm up , because I didn't have much time. I know this is terriblem but I was determined.
I'm not gonna lie the pace was a little challenging, but it was good I think I need the challenge. The first 2 or 3 sets I felt great. I did a light jog for the rest interval. For repeat 4 I was getting
a little tired but still pushing. By the time I got to repeat 5 I realized I wasn't going to be able to finish because I had to go teach my class. So I started repeat 5 and my left knee was a little achey. Not unusual for me, but not pleasant either. So after 30 secinds I stopped & walked for about a minute. I WAS NOT GIVING UP! I started back up & finished repeat 5 in 2 minutes.
TOTAL:
1 minute warm up
5 repeats @ 9:23 pace
cooldown was minimal because of class
Total time on mill was 30 minutes.
I really need to figure out how to use the mill correctly. I think Christy is going to give me a lesson tomorrow night!
Race for the Cure 5k October 3, 2009
I absoltely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this race!!!!!!! It is so inspirational & truly an empowering race.
Me and my girls decided we would make this an EVENT. Hopefully a tradition. The girls consisted of me, Kelly & Melissa, and later my sis-in-law Jillian met up with us. We started off by going out to dinner friday night and doing a little shopping. It was really nice to just be able to hang with the girls. After our shopping excursion we ventured to downtown St. Pete where we stayed the night. Again another fun time to just hang & bond~! We tried to make it an early night. I think we were asleep by 1130 or so & then Jill got there around 1230. Poor Jill...she called me to open the door & I just went back to bed. No chit chat I was tired.
RACE DAY.....
Started off great! We all got up early & walked down to the Vinoy. I was a little crabby on the walk down to the Vinoy, but I was still tired. Once we got there everything changed. Just to see the set up, all the volunteers, & just be able to take in the scenery. I think we forget how blessed we are to live in Florida. It was absolutely amazing to be able to get stretched out with the sunrise. It was so relaxing & mesmorizing. OKKKK, let's fast forward~~~~~~~~~~~~
1hour before race~
I wasn't nervous just doing my usual. Ya know...let's pee 50 t imes before race starts!
AND WE're Off!!!!!!
NOT!!! Holy crap, there was soooo many people there. I think people should be informed of race etiquitte. The girls & I started back by the 10min/mile marker, which I thought was appropriate. It took us about 5 and a half minutes to get from our marker to the start line!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely ridiculous. That totally messed up my finish time!
Anyways, the run went really well. My goal for this race was to be run almost all of it even I had to run at a slow pace. I did pretty good if I do say so myself. I walked only 3 times and for very short periods. Christy (anotehr good friend) always tells me I don't really rest because I alk so fast. But I felt really good while running this race. The best race I've ever run. I was on the last leg of the race rounded the corner & saw the finish line in the distance. There was no way in hell I was quitting now. When I got to the last stretch around the corner I hauled ass like i never have before. It felt really good.
I was a little disappointed in my finish time 40 minutes. THAT SUCKS!!!! But the website for the company said the times were not accurate because it was a gunshot start. WHATEVER!
I had my watch so I started when we crossed the start line. So I finished in 34:24 according to my watch.
Nothing to write home about but it is still an accomplishment.
Like I said, this was an inspriring & empowering race, & I felt SOO blessed to run it with very good friends & family!
Why do I always write books?
Me and my girls decided we would make this an EVENT. Hopefully a tradition. The girls consisted of me, Kelly & Melissa, and later my sis-in-law Jillian met up with us. We started off by going out to dinner friday night and doing a little shopping. It was really nice to just be able to hang with the girls. After our shopping excursion we ventured to downtown St. Pete where we stayed the night. Again another fun time to just hang & bond~! We tried to make it an early night. I think we were asleep by 1130 or so & then Jill got there around 1230. Poor Jill...she called me to open the door & I just went back to bed. No chit chat I was tired.
RACE DAY.....
Started off great! We all got up early & walked down to the Vinoy. I was a little crabby on the walk down to the Vinoy, but I was still tired. Once we got there everything changed. Just to see the set up, all the volunteers, & just be able to take in the scenery. I think we forget how blessed we are to live in Florida. It was absolutely amazing to be able to get stretched out with the sunrise. It was so relaxing & mesmorizing. OKKKK, let's fast forward~~~~~~~~~~~~
1hour before race~
I wasn't nervous just doing my usual. Ya know...let's pee 50 t imes before race starts!
AND WE're Off!!!!!!
NOT!!! Holy crap, there was soooo many people there. I think people should be informed of race etiquitte. The girls & I started back by the 10min/mile marker, which I thought was appropriate. It took us about 5 and a half minutes to get from our marker to the start line!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely ridiculous. That totally messed up my finish time!
Anyways, the run went really well. My goal for this race was to be run almost all of it even I had to run at a slow pace. I did pretty good if I do say so myself. I walked only 3 times and for very short periods. Christy (anotehr good friend) always tells me I don't really rest because I alk so fast. But I felt really good while running this race. The best race I've ever run. I was on the last leg of the race rounded the corner & saw the finish line in the distance. There was no way in hell I was quitting now. When I got to the last stretch around the corner I hauled ass like i never have before. It felt really good.
I was a little disappointed in my finish time 40 minutes. THAT SUCKS!!!! But the website for the company said the times were not accurate because it was a gunshot start. WHATEVER!
I had my watch so I started when we crossed the start line. So I finished in 34:24 according to my watch.
Nothing to write home about but it is still an accomplishment.
Like I said, this was an inspriring & empowering race, & I felt SOO blessed to run it with very good friends & family!
Why do I always write books?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Oktoberfest beer run 5k-Sept 26th.
Sounds fun, huh? Not so much.
I want to start off by saying that I have the most wonderful husband, who decided to stay with me for encouragment instead of leaving my ass in the dust ;P
This race was down near Dunedin Brewery on the Pinellas Trail. That's right a race on the PInellas Trail. Seriously who does that? It sounded really good when we signed up. Free beer, free mug, free dry fit shirt & food. But there were many things that were not mentioned. BUt, I am getting off track. There was four of us running: myself, Josh, my bro-Ryan, & sis-in-law-Jillian. Jill & Ryan stayed out front & JOsh & I hung out back. The race itself was rather unorganized & a little confusing. There was nothing indicating when you were starting, you just started to see the stampede coming towards you. SO, we took off at a faster pace than normal, and to be honest with ya I think that set the tone for the race. I know what I am capable of & it is not a fast pace. This was an out & back course on the tiny trail. So it was a little chaotic, but that's ok. We got about a mile in & I didn't feel terrible but just blech. If you know me you know what my blech feels like. It seemed like it took forever for the turnaround/water station to come upon us!!!!!!! When we did get there it was almost a standstill because we were giving shot glass sized cups of some nasty water, but everyone was hogging the table. Oh well, so we started running again. I started to notice that it was REALLY dark out, & I mean DARK! I did not care for this it all, it was kind of creepy & there was nothing to focus on. I guess I just like the scenic runs. We're kinda spoiled living in Florida. Oh & did I mention that every 40 or so feet we had to cross over a crosswalk where we met with obnoxious flashing lights from cop cars. Not good is all i can say. You are gonna love this, Josh knows that when I get discouraged I just need someone to whoop my ass into shape, so he says to me you have 2 more short walks & you're done, running the rest of the way. I <3 him. I think this whole race just threw me off my game, but I am so HAPPY that I had him there with me. Another thing not to love about the race was because it was so dark you couldn't even see where the heck the finish line was. WHO DOES THAT!!!!!!! So, he kept saying we're almost there about 30 times when we weren't. FINALLY....I could see the numbers on the clock so I hauled my ass to the finish line to be met with nothing. THAT"S RIGHT~NO WATER!!!! You had to walk down to the street to go get your water, & I mean literally down the street.
So, all in all, not my favorite race, not my best race, but it is another race under my belt. This has taught me a few things about myself & about Josh. It taight me that I need to not give up on myself because had I not given up I could've finished in the time I wanted to & proved myself. I guess it didn't really teach me anything about Josh, more or less reminded me of why I married him. He showed me he is in this 100% WITH me. He is encouraging & I just love him.
So, final race time...you ready for this.....35:36........1 minute slower than IRONGIRL!
Oh well, I gotta work out my schedule for training.
I want to start off by saying that I have the most wonderful husband, who decided to stay with me for encouragment instead of leaving my ass in the dust ;P
This race was down near Dunedin Brewery on the Pinellas Trail. That's right a race on the PInellas Trail. Seriously who does that? It sounded really good when we signed up. Free beer, free mug, free dry fit shirt & food. But there were many things that were not mentioned. BUt, I am getting off track. There was four of us running: myself, Josh, my bro-Ryan, & sis-in-law-Jillian. Jill & Ryan stayed out front & JOsh & I hung out back. The race itself was rather unorganized & a little confusing. There was nothing indicating when you were starting, you just started to see the stampede coming towards you. SO, we took off at a faster pace than normal, and to be honest with ya I think that set the tone for the race. I know what I am capable of & it is not a fast pace. This was an out & back course on the tiny trail. So it was a little chaotic, but that's ok. We got about a mile in & I didn't feel terrible but just blech. If you know me you know what my blech feels like. It seemed like it took forever for the turnaround/water station to come upon us!!!!!!! When we did get there it was almost a standstill because we were giving shot glass sized cups of some nasty water, but everyone was hogging the table. Oh well, so we started running again. I started to notice that it was REALLY dark out, & I mean DARK! I did not care for this it all, it was kind of creepy & there was nothing to focus on. I guess I just like the scenic runs. We're kinda spoiled living in Florida. Oh & did I mention that every 40 or so feet we had to cross over a crosswalk where we met with obnoxious flashing lights from cop cars. Not good is all i can say. You are gonna love this, Josh knows that when I get discouraged I just need someone to whoop my ass into shape, so he says to me you have 2 more short walks & you're done, running the rest of the way. I <3 him. I think this whole race just threw me off my game, but I am so HAPPY that I had him there with me. Another thing not to love about the race was because it was so dark you couldn't even see where the heck the finish line was. WHO DOES THAT!!!!!!! So, he kept saying we're almost there about 30 times when we weren't. FINALLY....I could see the numbers on the clock so I hauled my ass to the finish line to be met with nothing. THAT"S RIGHT~NO WATER!!!! You had to walk down to the street to go get your water, & I mean literally down the street.
So, all in all, not my favorite race, not my best race, but it is another race under my belt. This has taught me a few things about myself & about Josh. It taight me that I need to not give up on myself because had I not given up I could've finished in the time I wanted to & proved myself. I guess it didn't really teach me anything about Josh, more or less reminded me of why I married him. He showed me he is in this 100% WITH me. He is encouraging & I just love him.
So, final race time...you ready for this.....35:36........1 minute slower than IRONGIRL!
Oh well, I gotta work out my schedule for training.
Monday, September 21, 2009
busy 2 weeks
So, I haven't blogged much lately. I swore that blogging would make me more accountable.
Anyways, I went to the Y to run with Melissa today. It was pretty uneventful. Ran 2 miles & did a little bit of weight training. My knee started acting up again, but it wasn't too bad. I ran the 1st mile straight & the 2nd mile I did sprint sets. I think that I like the sprints better. Is that weird???
So, now it is 630am & Josh just left for his run & my house is very peaceful. The kids are still sleeping & the cat has not started meowing yet.
Oh yeah, I have a big 2 weeks ahead. I just signed Josh & I up for the Oktoberfest 5k in Dunedin. I am sooo excited about this. I have run a few races, but josh has never officially ran one, & we get to run it together. I'm pretty sure he's gonna smoke my ass, but that's ok. Then, the next week is Race 4 the Cure. I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS RACE FOR A FEW REASONS. (Sorry must've hit caps lock). My friends Kelly & Melissa are running this race & it's their 1st race. I know they are gonna do great! This is such an empowering & emotional race. I makes you proud to be a woman!!!!!!!
Anyways, I hope to get atleast 1 more run in this week, probably Wednesday. (Only because of the knee.) I am gonna have to baby this knee for the next 2 weeks.
So the rest of the week goes like this:
Monday: teach bodyflex a.m. & step p.m.
Tuesday: teach step am & pm
Wedmesday: teach step am
Thursday: teach bodyflex am & step pm.
love ya
Anyways, I went to the Y to run with Melissa today. It was pretty uneventful. Ran 2 miles & did a little bit of weight training. My knee started acting up again, but it wasn't too bad. I ran the 1st mile straight & the 2nd mile I did sprint sets. I think that I like the sprints better. Is that weird???
So, now it is 630am & Josh just left for his run & my house is very peaceful. The kids are still sleeping & the cat has not started meowing yet.
Oh yeah, I have a big 2 weeks ahead. I just signed Josh & I up for the Oktoberfest 5k in Dunedin. I am sooo excited about this. I have run a few races, but josh has never officially ran one, & we get to run it together. I'm pretty sure he's gonna smoke my ass, but that's ok. Then, the next week is Race 4 the Cure. I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS RACE FOR A FEW REASONS. (Sorry must've hit caps lock). My friends Kelly & Melissa are running this race & it's their 1st race. I know they are gonna do great! This is such an empowering & emotional race. I makes you proud to be a woman!!!!!!!
Anyways, I hope to get atleast 1 more run in this week, probably Wednesday. (Only because of the knee.) I am gonna have to baby this knee for the next 2 weeks.
So the rest of the week goes like this:
Monday: teach bodyflex a.m. & step p.m.
Tuesday: teach step am & pm
Wedmesday: teach step am
Thursday: teach bodyflex am & step pm.
love ya
Monday, September 7, 2009
I did it!!!!!
What a great way to start of a Monday morning!! I had 2 awesome girls to run with who pushed me to the limit. Christy, Teresa, & I ran with the Suncoast Striders today & I thought I would go 4 maybe 5miles, but i went a little over 6. What an accomplishment for me.
We started out in the very cute quaint community of Longleaf & ran up the starkey trail & back to Longleaf. It was a very pretty, nice, & quiet. For the first 2 miles I was ok, after that I just kept asking myself where was the water stop? SOOOOOO grateful for the water stop. I am not even gonna fake it, but the 3 miles back were hell. Not because I was tired, but because my knee was hurting. But I was determined, no matter how often I had to run/walk, I was finishing this 6 miles. WAIT A MINUTE, let me back it up.......I had my 1st running meltdown today. Thank god Teresa & Christy were a little ahead if me;o) On the way back, I'm gonna say maybe mile 3.5 or so we had come off the little bridge & I had to walk for a minute. All kinds of thoughts were going through my head at this moment & I felt like I was gonna cry. I know I'm a big ole baby. I thought to myself I wonder if they can just come back & pick me up in the car, & then something made me snap out of it & I was over myself & picked it back up again as if nothing ever happened. It's moments like this that make me wonder how I can find it so easy to motivate other people, but I have a hard time motivating myself. I dunno! Whatever!
Finally Christy double backed her way back to me & said,"Jen, we're almost there, you've got 5.5 miles in." I was like, "WOOHOO!!!!!! I am so finishing this!" So, I did it in 1 hour 8 minutes & 11 seconds. Not the best time but not the worst either. Not to bad for my 1st 6 mile run. Now, hopefully my knee feels better & I can get through my classes this week. Ice & elevate baby!
ALL I CAN SAY IS, "IF YOU CAN'T BRING IT, GO HOME!"
We started out in the very cute quaint community of Longleaf & ran up the starkey trail & back to Longleaf. It was a very pretty, nice, & quiet. For the first 2 miles I was ok, after that I just kept asking myself where was the water stop? SOOOOOO grateful for the water stop. I am not even gonna fake it, but the 3 miles back were hell. Not because I was tired, but because my knee was hurting. But I was determined, no matter how often I had to run/walk, I was finishing this 6 miles. WAIT A MINUTE, let me back it up.......I had my 1st running meltdown today. Thank god Teresa & Christy were a little ahead if me;o) On the way back, I'm gonna say maybe mile 3.5 or so we had come off the little bridge & I had to walk for a minute. All kinds of thoughts were going through my head at this moment & I felt like I was gonna cry. I know I'm a big ole baby. I thought to myself I wonder if they can just come back & pick me up in the car, & then something made me snap out of it & I was over myself & picked it back up again as if nothing ever happened. It's moments like this that make me wonder how I can find it so easy to motivate other people, but I have a hard time motivating myself. I dunno! Whatever!
Finally Christy double backed her way back to me & said,"Jen, we're almost there, you've got 5.5 miles in." I was like, "WOOHOO!!!!!! I am so finishing this!" So, I did it in 1 hour 8 minutes & 11 seconds. Not the best time but not the worst either. Not to bad for my 1st 6 mile run. Now, hopefully my knee feels better & I can get through my classes this week. Ice & elevate baby!
ALL I CAN SAY IS, "IF YOU CAN'T BRING IT, GO HOME!"
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
not much
Not much to even write about. I have been teaching so much lately that I haven't had much time to run. So i ran a whole whopping mile yesterday before I had to teach inline step. That's right 1 stinking mile. But I did improve, hauled but and ran that mile in 10:02. Very excited.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
crazy
Not sure what I was thinking today! I started the day off by running on the mill before going to Kelly's crazy ass cardio sculpt class, where she did awesome legs. I felt great!!!!! Tons of energy & just all around AWESOME! I'm guessing I only got about a 1.75 miles in bc I had to get off to go help some1 with something. THEN, I was off to cardio sculpt. Left feeling great & I even had the thought to maybe stay for kickboxing, but then remembered that I had the baby with me, so I did not want to push my luck. Went home & was starving so I ate 2 chicken tacos for lunch & then headed back to the gym to RUN with Kelly!
My legs were now sore from working so hard in the a.m. & my belly was blech from eating so fast. However, I did manage to get in 2 miles in 20 minutes. I know it was a short run, but that was all I could manage. My belly just was not happy with me. I did a couple of 1-2 minute sprints & then we went off to go a little bit weights.
Hoping to get a run in tomorrow sometime. It's eitehr gonna have to be EARLY, like before church or in the evening. We'll see....
Schedule for the week
Monday~ teach step @ 630
Tuesday~teach step from 10-1030 & 715-815
Wednesday~teach step 10-11
Thursday~ teach bodyflex 10-11
Friday~hopefully sports conditioning.
Trying to figue out where my runs are fitting in here. Hopefully I will be able to fit in 1 or 2 early morning runs w/Melissa & maybe an evening one.
My legs were now sore from working so hard in the a.m. & my belly was blech from eating so fast. However, I did manage to get in 2 miles in 20 minutes. I know it was a short run, but that was all I could manage. My belly just was not happy with me. I did a couple of 1-2 minute sprints & then we went off to go a little bit weights.
Hoping to get a run in tomorrow sometime. It's eitehr gonna have to be EARLY, like before church or in the evening. We'll see....
Schedule for the week
Monday~ teach step @ 630
Tuesday~teach step from 10-1030 & 715-815
Wednesday~teach step 10-11
Thursday~ teach bodyflex 10-11
Friday~hopefully sports conditioning.
Trying to figue out where my runs are fitting in here. Hopefully I will be able to fit in 1 or 2 early morning runs w/Melissa & maybe an evening one.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Fallen behind
I have definently fallen behind in the running blog thang:) Don't know why really, it was supposed to be here to help hold me accountable. Don't know what happened, but I am gonna try to be better about this.
I'll just start with this week, bc who really wants to back track????
I went to the gym Monday after I deposited everyone to their destination for the 1st day of school. Got on the mill and after a mile in I thought I was gonna hurl. Not from running, but I was sooooo nervous for my babies on their 1st day. Especially Noah since it was his 1st day of pre-school EVER. I did like 2.3 miles in pretty decent time. I was at a 10 minute pace & happy with that. But bailed after my 2.3. Then asked myself WTH!!!!
However, the week before I was VERY EXCITED! I hit a good spot in my running. Went to go run on the mill & did my 5k in 32 minutes & that was with a 4 minute warm up. WHOOP WHOOP! I was so excited. As soon as I was done , like a dork I texted Josh & then once I got in the car HAD 2 call Christy. Very good day for me.
Hoping to get a friday & saturday run in this weekend. I WILL fit 2 days in somewhere.
Miss training with Christy & the girls greatly. Miss the friendship & encouragement, but every1's lives are so hectic & it's only fair that we have our own training schedules:)
I'll just start with this week, bc who really wants to back track????
I went to the gym Monday after I deposited everyone to their destination for the 1st day of school. Got on the mill and after a mile in I thought I was gonna hurl. Not from running, but I was sooooo nervous for my babies on their 1st day. Especially Noah since it was his 1st day of pre-school EVER. I did like 2.3 miles in pretty decent time. I was at a 10 minute pace & happy with that. But bailed after my 2.3. Then asked myself WTH!!!!
However, the week before I was VERY EXCITED! I hit a good spot in my running. Went to go run on the mill & did my 5k in 32 minutes & that was with a 4 minute warm up. WHOOP WHOOP! I was so excited. As soon as I was done , like a dork I texted Josh & then once I got in the car HAD 2 call Christy. Very good day for me.
Hoping to get a friday & saturday run in this weekend. I WILL fit 2 days in somewhere.
Miss training with Christy & the girls greatly. Miss the friendship & encouragement, but every1's lives are so hectic & it's only fair that we have our own training schedules:)
8/2/09
It's all good
So, I totally forgot to blog about the last run so I'll briefly catch you up. I ran w/Christy, Teresa, Ryan , & Jill. We did a 5k & it was not great...not terrible, but not great. My mind was playing games w/me. It's all good.So, tonight I am thankful for friends who tell me to get my butt out there even when I DO NOT want to. Thank you Kelly & Melissa!!!!!!! I think I had already had it in my mind that I wasn't running b/c Christy sadi she was gonna take Sunday off, but thank god that these girls know how to get my butt off the couch! Anywho, we ran 3.9 & it was all good. It was a medium pace for us. Poor Melissa hadn't run in a month & just wanted to go. Had to remind her to slow down a little bit. I think she's gonna smoke us all;0) So, not much to gab about tonight. we got through it w/ a lot of complaining, but nonetheless good friendship....Next training run probably won't be til Thursday, I have a busy week this week.I teach basic step Monday night.Tuesday a.m. I teach spin & @ night I teach in-line step.Wednesday a/m/ I teach Step 1.Thursday morning I teach bodyflex.Sooooo.......like I sadi busy week, & that doesn't even include other obligations or having a life. ~~*~~~If you can't bring it go home!!!!!!!!
So, I totally forgot to blog about the last run so I'll briefly catch you up. I ran w/Christy, Teresa, Ryan , & Jill. We did a 5k & it was not great...not terrible, but not great. My mind was playing games w/me. It's all good.So, tonight I am thankful for friends who tell me to get my butt out there even when I DO NOT want to. Thank you Kelly & Melissa!!!!!!! I think I had already had it in my mind that I wasn't running b/c Christy sadi she was gonna take Sunday off, but thank god that these girls know how to get my butt off the couch! Anywho, we ran 3.9 & it was all good. It was a medium pace for us. Poor Melissa hadn't run in a month & just wanted to go. Had to remind her to slow down a little bit. I think she's gonna smoke us all;0) So, not much to gab about tonight. we got through it w/ a lot of complaining, but nonetheless good friendship....Next training run probably won't be til Thursday, I have a busy week this week.I teach basic step Monday night.Tuesday a.m. I teach spin & @ night I teach in-line step.Wednesday a/m/ I teach Step 1.Thursday morning I teach bodyflex.Sooooo.......like I sadi busy week, & that doesn't even include other obligations or having a life. ~~*~~~If you can't bring it go home!!!!!!!!
7/22/09
Trying to find where I stand
Today was a good day....I am right around the corner from OFFICIALLY training for the Race & I'm just trying to find out where I stand. I am ever so thankful for the good friends that I have in this b/c in the long run, they are what gets me through it.It was just Christy, Kelly, & I tonight. We did really well. I mean Christy could so blow us out if the water, but she sticks through it & she is sucha good trainer & great motivator. The three of us did the first 2.7 at a slow-moderate pace walking every few minutes. At this pace I could have definently run the full 5K non-stop. Then we waved bye to Kelly & Christy wanted me to pick up the pace a little bit. So, I started to set the pace, which was a mistake. I have a tendancy to set the pace way faster than it needs to be & then exhaust myself. I think I am going to invest in a nice watch that will help me w/this. At any rate, I couldn't run the last 1.35 or whatever it is fully. I really need to push myself. & I will. What did I say in my first blog??? If you can't bring it go home!!!!!!!! I need to stick to that. I know I can do this & I will!!!! So, all in all I had a good night. My training this week was a little wishy washy, but that's ok. I'm still getting it in.
Jen
Today was a good day....I am right around the corner from OFFICIALLY training for the Race & I'm just trying to find out where I stand. I am ever so thankful for the good friends that I have in this b/c in the long run, they are what gets me through it.It was just Christy, Kelly, & I tonight. We did really well. I mean Christy could so blow us out if the water, but she sticks through it & she is sucha good trainer & great motivator. The three of us did the first 2.7 at a slow-moderate pace walking every few minutes. At this pace I could have definently run the full 5K non-stop. Then we waved bye to Kelly & Christy wanted me to pick up the pace a little bit. So, I started to set the pace, which was a mistake. I have a tendancy to set the pace way faster than it needs to be & then exhaust myself. I think I am going to invest in a nice watch that will help me w/this. At any rate, I couldn't run the last 1.35 or whatever it is fully. I really need to push myself. & I will. What did I say in my first blog??? If you can't bring it go home!!!!!!!! I need to stick to that. I know I can do this & I will!!!! So, all in all I had a good night. My training this week was a little wishy washy, but that's ok. I'm still getting it in.
Jen
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Ok, so I had another blog, but I am a little blog challenged. SOOOOO.....I will just copy & paste my posts.
Here is post #1 from 7/19/09
Had good thoughts going in....
Here is where my journey starts. This is going to be a good but hard training, but I know I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!! I think my saying for this training is going to be, "IF YOU CAN'T BRING IT, GO HOME!" I am currently training for Race 4 the Cure in Tampa, FL on October 3rd. I ran this race last year & I thought I was going to die by the time I was finished. NOT because I was exhausted, but because I had a SERIOUS case of PLantar Fasciaitus & heel spurs. It was so bad I could not walk by the end of the night. It got better over the course of about 2 months, but I am no where near 100%. I have done about 4 races this year & have faired ok. Two of them I ran w/my then 7year old daughter, Taylor. The last one was IRONGIRL. I think i did ok for that race...I finished in 34 minutes, which I thought wasn't terrible since we had to go up & down the AWFUL Clearwater bridge not once, but TWICE!!!!! Not only that I did not train for that race at all. Just got out there & did it. Stupid I know.I have an AWESOME group of friends who are very encouraging & running as well. A few of them are well seasoned runners & a few are just getting started, so there is a good mix. So far, our group consists of myself, Christy, Teresa, Barb, Shannon (who will always be there in spirit), Kelly, Melissa, Christie, & my soon-to-be sis in law Jillian. It's a big group, but they are GREAT!!! It's so nice because everyone brings something different to the table. They are funny, witty, encouraging, kind, awesome, open-minded, good-hearted, some say just what's on their mind & say it like it is (yes, I fall into that category), & CRAZY!!!!!!!!! It's a great group of girls to be with & I am just grateful to have them all.The goal is to be able to run the Race 4 the Cure in 30 minutes. You would think that would be easy to shave 4 minutes off my IRONGIRL time, but we'll see. No, I take that back. I WILL, because IF YOU CAN"T BRING IT, GO HOME!!!!!!!!! I just need to have a good mindset & fit one more day of running in.OK....so I had good thoughts on the drive over to Christy's tonight. Ihad eaten dinner early enough, I was really gonna push myself & stick it out & then it happened. Shannon dropped the bomb that TONIGHT was going to be her LAST RUN!!!!!!!!!! She is leaving tomorrow!!!!! I thought the girl was just being a pain, but HELL NO she was dead serious. So we waited for every1 to get there & took a before race pic & she lost it. So ya know what happened?? You got it I lost it! Running time was supposed to be somewhere around 8 & I don't think we started til 815-830ish. So we started the run. Pace started good & I was feeling good. We got just about to mile 1 & I had to walk. What a freakin wimp. But I promise it was just short walk. This went on for the other 2.2 miles. The pace we running was a faster pace than what I had been running at before which was good, but man it was kicking my big ol'butt. At the last mile the trainer in Shannon came out.....THANK GOD! That is what I need. She was pushing me & talking me through it...& damn as I'm typing this I'm getting emotional. I don't know what I'm gonna do without her crazy ass. Anyways, I felt like I was slowing the pace down for everyone else tonight, but I know that will change. I will be able to keep up with these awesome girls someday!
Here's the schedule for the week:Sunday-Run 5k w/the girls
Monday- Teach step 45 minutes
Tuesday- A.M.-teach spin 45 minutes P.M. -teach inline step 45 minutes
Wednesday- teach step 1 hr
Thursday-A.M.-weight train P.M.-Run 5k w/girls
Friday-????
Saturday-Cardiosculpt
Here is post #1 from 7/19/09
Had good thoughts going in....
Here is where my journey starts. This is going to be a good but hard training, but I know I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!! I think my saying for this training is going to be, "IF YOU CAN'T BRING IT, GO HOME!" I am currently training for Race 4 the Cure in Tampa, FL on October 3rd. I ran this race last year & I thought I was going to die by the time I was finished. NOT because I was exhausted, but because I had a SERIOUS case of PLantar Fasciaitus & heel spurs. It was so bad I could not walk by the end of the night. It got better over the course of about 2 months, but I am no where near 100%. I have done about 4 races this year & have faired ok. Two of them I ran w/my then 7year old daughter, Taylor. The last one was IRONGIRL. I think i did ok for that race...I finished in 34 minutes, which I thought wasn't terrible since we had to go up & down the AWFUL Clearwater bridge not once, but TWICE!!!!! Not only that I did not train for that race at all. Just got out there & did it. Stupid I know.I have an AWESOME group of friends who are very encouraging & running as well. A few of them are well seasoned runners & a few are just getting started, so there is a good mix. So far, our group consists of myself, Christy, Teresa, Barb, Shannon (who will always be there in spirit), Kelly, Melissa, Christie, & my soon-to-be sis in law Jillian. It's a big group, but they are GREAT!!! It's so nice because everyone brings something different to the table. They are funny, witty, encouraging, kind, awesome, open-minded, good-hearted, some say just what's on their mind & say it like it is (yes, I fall into that category), & CRAZY!!!!!!!!! It's a great group of girls to be with & I am just grateful to have them all.The goal is to be able to run the Race 4 the Cure in 30 minutes. You would think that would be easy to shave 4 minutes off my IRONGIRL time, but we'll see. No, I take that back. I WILL, because IF YOU CAN"T BRING IT, GO HOME!!!!!!!!! I just need to have a good mindset & fit one more day of running in.OK....so I had good thoughts on the drive over to Christy's tonight. Ihad eaten dinner early enough, I was really gonna push myself & stick it out & then it happened. Shannon dropped the bomb that TONIGHT was going to be her LAST RUN!!!!!!!!!! She is leaving tomorrow!!!!! I thought the girl was just being a pain, but HELL NO she was dead serious. So we waited for every1 to get there & took a before race pic & she lost it. So ya know what happened?? You got it I lost it! Running time was supposed to be somewhere around 8 & I don't think we started til 815-830ish. So we started the run. Pace started good & I was feeling good. We got just about to mile 1 & I had to walk. What a freakin wimp. But I promise it was just short walk. This went on for the other 2.2 miles. The pace we running was a faster pace than what I had been running at before which was good, but man it was kicking my big ol'butt. At the last mile the trainer in Shannon came out.....THANK GOD! That is what I need. She was pushing me & talking me through it...& damn as I'm typing this I'm getting emotional. I don't know what I'm gonna do without her crazy ass. Anyways, I felt like I was slowing the pace down for everyone else tonight, but I know that will change. I will be able to keep up with these awesome girls someday!
Here's the schedule for the week:Sunday-Run 5k w/the girls
Monday- Teach step 45 minutes
Tuesday- A.M.-teach spin 45 minutes P.M. -teach inline step 45 minutes
Wednesday- teach step 1 hr
Thursday-A.M.-weight train P.M.-Run 5k w/girls
Friday-????
Saturday-Cardiosculpt
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