WEIGHT LOSS GOAL

Monday, August 25, 2008

Funky Toenails

Something is wrong with one of my toenails. It's a funny color and it hurts when I press on it. I've heard of runners whose toenails turn black & fall off. In a sick, twisted sort of way, I was kind of excited when my toenail started looking weird. If my toenail turns black then I can call myself a real runner!! whoo hoo!

Actually, I am not running near enough miles for that to happen. And it would be darn painful and probably make running kinda difficult, just a guess...

I did run 7 miles Sunday and it was AWESOME. In a painful, gut renching, air sucking, energy draining, goodlordpleasehelpme kind of way. ha ha! Truthfully, it was a little hard. But I fought through it. A little humid, and definitely warmish, so I stopped a couple of times for a drink. But I compared my time to the 7 miles I ran training for the last 1/2 marathon and I shaved off 1 minute. Not too shabby, consider I ran that first one straight through with no stops.

Watched the Olympic Men's Marathon Saturday night which got me fired up for my Sunday run. Those guys ran the marathon twice as fast as me, for twice the distance. Wowser! While we were watching, I said my goal for the next half would be however long it took them to run the full, but then they ran it in 2:06 something, and I don't think I can pull that off!! Maybe 2:15?? We'll soon see... Stay tuned.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

sick..

I haven't been feeling too well this week, so not only have I NOT run, I haven't done much of anything. After being out of town last weekend and eating out way too much, then laying around the last couple of days, I am feeling rather fat! Though hubby assures me I am not fat, I'm not convinced. I feel like I am totally out of shape. ugh. And I'm supposed to run 7 miles Sunday, so I better squeeze a least a couple of runs in before then.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Another PR... Really!

I know, I can hardly believe it myself. I ran a 5K this weekend while I was on a mini-vacation out of town. It was a little warmer out than I would have liked and by the end of the race, I thought I might barf. When I reached mile 1, there was a volunteer who called out 8:35. Holy crap, really??? Well, no wonder I was dying! So I slowed down considerably during mile 2. Or at least I think I did. I left my Garmin at home so I was running blind, which was also a little different because I always ALWAYS run with it. Plus I stopped to drink at the 2nd water station and walked for a bit which I never do either! I was HOT! Anyway, during the last mile, I was upset because A) I was convinced I was really bombing and B) I was convinced they had threw in a couple of extra miles without telling us and C) I was mad at myself because I'm a distance runner, not a speedy runner, so why the blazes was I running a 5K??

Needless to say, I struggled with this one but when I reached mile 3 they called out the time again and I realized that if I pushed it, I would PR again. Yes, again! So basically, I have shaved yet another minute off my 5K time. When oh when will the madness end?

(hopefully never)

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Quick Post from a busy woman

just a quick post because i'm busier than hell right now. Did strength training this morning, after meeting carpet installer at the office at 8 am. Now I have to clean out the house and move a bunch of furniture & other crap over to Mom's for a garage sale next month. Then, I have to go back to the office tonight to lock up and make sure they got all the carpet in alright. Then gotta pack & get hubby ready for his business trip. I will be tired tonight!

Saturday, August 2, 2008

30 Days of Hell

The next 30 days will be rough. By the end of August, my long run will be 8 miles which right now seems a little far fetched. But I'm sure I'll get there. However, not only am I ramping up my training, my job has me taking on another total life-sucking project over the next month. I struggled this week with getting all my runs in. I have been running in the morning, and it definitely helps. At least it's kept me off the treadmill, unlike last summer. I just cannot run in the heat, and I'm finally accepting that!