Another week down, more miles logged. I must say, I'm a little in shock. The discipline I've had, the drive, the motivation... I'm actually proud of myself.
Not much new to report.
#1 - I ran my first 5k this past Saturday. After running 10 miles that morning, just 3 hours later and I put on my running shoes and hit the trail again. I actually finished right at 30 minutes (that's averaging a little over a 9 minute mile). Quite impressive for someone who had already run 10 miles that day. The cool part. When the day was over I had actually run a 1/2 marathon (yeah, that's 13.1 miles)!! Crazy, I know.
#2 - I met with my coach/personal trainer at 6 this morning. He got me squared away with my work out regimen. Looks like I'm running 3 days a week, swimming one day and weight training another. I get two off days and hopefully a decent amount of rest. This thing is for real. I had no idea what I was getting in to.
#3 - The fundraising is going well. I'm well over half way to my goal (yippee). I'm sending out a postcard in February to kind of update folks and remind those who may have forgotten. Do spread the word. It's such a great cause.
With that little update said and done, I'll sign off for this week.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Another week
After last weeks little episode of bad judgement... I had a severe come-to-Jesus with myself. I realized that, first of all, having crappy runs like that were only excusable if I were sick or injured. And secondly, doing that will only hurt me come April 28!! So, this week, I was in bed by 10 o'clock Friday evening and felt GREAT Saturday morning! I was very thankful, this I can tell you! Our group run was more interval training and we had to finish certain distances in certain time. I'll tell you this... I haven't been sore in several weeks and today I am! Anyway, we also had to set our marathon completion time... or what we wanted to finish in. So, here it is... 5 hours!!! Can you believe I'll actually be running for 5 hours straight? YIKES! Hopefully, I'll finish faster than that, but anywhere in that ballpark and I'll be happy.
I wanna thank you guys for your support too. I have gotten some REALLY nice letters from you all and I can't tell you how much that helps, mentally. You all are the best. THANKS!
I wanna thank you guys for your support too. I have gotten some REALLY nice letters from you all and I can't tell you how much that helps, mentally. You all are the best. THANKS!
Monday, January 8, 2007
Lessons Learned
Today's blog is brought to you in good humor and as a mockery of my own stupidity!!!
I never realize how hard headed I am until I sit back and look at decisions I make. Unfortunately for me, I'm that person who has to experience to learn. Let me explain.
Saturday, January 6 I had my first 8 mile run. Okay, 8 miles is a long way people. That's like, not even my commute to work!! But for some reason I felt that I was 'Rocky in the making' and could stay out until 4 in the morning the night before and still be at our run site by 7:45am the following morning to run for over an hour. While I was there at 7:45, that was the most HORRIBLE experience I have had in a long time. Even though I managed to rally and do it - there were times I felt my stomach was about to squirt right out of my belly button and fall on the pavement in front of me. It was rough I'm telling you. On top of that, the guilt I felt while running that morning was even worse. Knowing that a commitment I made to myself and more importantly to those in need could be ruined my childish decision really made me stop and think. It's when I have to sit down and know that every time I fall back on a workout or skip a day at the gym... the choice will come back to haunt me on April 28. So, with all that said. Although I'm 28 and feel I am an adult, I realize I am not... YET. So, today when I look back, I realize my lack of adult decision making skills can definitely see some room for improvement!
Hopefully I'm not alone in the stupid decision category, but if nothing else, I hope you have received a good laugh!
In closing, and to change the subject, I also realize that my commitment to you that I would have a new blog post each week is falling slightly behind, I recommit to be on my game and do better.
I never realize how hard headed I am until I sit back and look at decisions I make. Unfortunately for me, I'm that person who has to experience to learn. Let me explain.
Saturday, January 6 I had my first 8 mile run. Okay, 8 miles is a long way people. That's like, not even my commute to work!! But for some reason I felt that I was 'Rocky in the making' and could stay out until 4 in the morning the night before and still be at our run site by 7:45am the following morning to run for over an hour. While I was there at 7:45, that was the most HORRIBLE experience I have had in a long time. Even though I managed to rally and do it - there were times I felt my stomach was about to squirt right out of my belly button and fall on the pavement in front of me. It was rough I'm telling you. On top of that, the guilt I felt while running that morning was even worse. Knowing that a commitment I made to myself and more importantly to those in need could be ruined my childish decision really made me stop and think. It's when I have to sit down and know that every time I fall back on a workout or skip a day at the gym... the choice will come back to haunt me on April 28. So, with all that said. Although I'm 28 and feel I am an adult, I realize I am not... YET. So, today when I look back, I realize my lack of adult decision making skills can definitely see some room for improvement!
Hopefully I'm not alone in the stupid decision category, but if nothing else, I hope you have received a good laugh!
In closing, and to change the subject, I also realize that my commitment to you that I would have a new blog post each week is falling slightly behind, I recommit to be on my game and do better.
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