WEIGHT LOSS GOAL

Saturday, March 29, 2008

7 miles, woo hoo!

That's right! 7 miles in under 1 hour 15 minutes. Not too shabby! I'll admit to being a little tired that last mile, but I hung in there and did it. A new distance record. Well, I've officially ran over half the half marathon. Hmmm... another 6 miles on top of what I just did. Killer. And only a month to pull it off.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Spring is here!

Finally, finally, finally! it seems spring has sprung. Another beautiful day for running outside. A pretty insane day at work today, so I was looking forward to the run all day and by the end of the day I was pretty zoned out. Unfortunately, the run was not as good as the last 2 I had for some reason. Just struggled a little bit more today for some reason. I will get another run in on Friday, and then the big SEVEN mile run on Sunday-- a brand new distance for me so it should be pretty interesting.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

6 miles & feelin' strong!

Just ran 6 miles outside. Sunny but chilly, no wind. Did it with ease. Was only a little tired in the last 1/2 mile. So, I simply have to run that twice, plus add another mile on it to complete the half marathon. Hmm.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

5K in under 30!!

Finally under 30 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot explain how ecstatic I am that I finally broke 30 minutes in the 5K. I placed 3rd in my age group, 20th out of 161 females, and 64th out of 255 overall. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

So despite the fact that I've been a major SLACKER the last 2 weeks, I managed to really pull it out today. I think this was the first time where I didn't look back at the end and think "if only I hadn't slowed down during that one part" or "if only I'd pushed a little harder". I felt like I pushed hard the whole way! But I did have enough left in the tank to sprint at the finish.

Oh, a little side note... not to be picky, picky but my PR times are important to me and this time the timing chip was really wacky. It was a metal thing on the back of the bib and apparently it did not get automatically scanned at the end mat. You had to get manually scanned by one of the volunteers. So if we are going to get really technical about it, I do believe my actually finish time was 4 seconds faster than what I have posted here.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

No Excuses - Just Reality

Yes, I missed practically a whole week's worth of workouts. No, I'm not making excuses. Other than to say, it's been one hellish week. Started a new job and it is total and utter chaos, which yours truly has to clean up. So it's been an exhausting week and I've missed several workouts. I now have to work all weekend as well. I will have to make sure not to run myself down and get sick! But, long story short, I ate like crap this week, missed one of my scheduled runs, my leg is hurting, and I haven't been doing what the PT told me to do.

Next week will be better. I will do my long run tomorrow, and then work on a plan for keeping up on my workouts next week despite the madness that is happening at work.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Elliptical problem?

Well, don't I feel stupid? After meeting with my physical therapist this week, it seems that maybe cranking up the resistance on the elliptical may have been what aggravated my lower shin. I think I will stay away from the elliptical the next couple of weeks and see if that will make it better. I really don't like the bike but it's only one or two days a week.

It's supposed to be sunny & warmer tomorrow, high around 54 so I'm looking forward to my long run tomorrow.