Lazy Saturday

For some unknown reason I am always looking for a fun picture to put on my blog. I guess it just makes it look fun and exciting to me. The above picture is from a 5 k I did last year. I am in the crowd and we are doing some yoga before the race starts. I know this is completely unrelated to what is going on in the present but oh well.

So this week I did not complete my 5 mile run on the treadmill. I tried and then I let myself believe that I could not finish. I just got so bored running on their. I did run 3 miles. WOW! That is not that impressive at all. I am to run 7 miles by myself tomorrow. Doug is off in the mountains skiing for a bachelor party which leaves me to run alone. I am such a quitter that I can so see myself giving up. It is scary to think that I am trying to already give myself excuses for not wanting to run the full 7 miles. After I just wrote the last 2 or 3 sentences I decided that I am going to give it my all!!!! Why can I not run 7 miles? WHY? There is no reason in the world why I can't do it. I need to do some good stretches today and make sure I drink a lot of water.

So Super Bowl Sunday here I come......7 miles of love.

Rough Week Already

So I took off Sunday and Monday from running. After I ran my 6 miles on Saturday my whole body hurt. It was a good hurt but it still hurt. Every time that I run I worry that I am going to hurt myself. It is funny once again my fastest mile was my last. I tend to slow down when I get to my 3rd or 4th mile which is no fun :(

Enough about the weekend.

So I ran on Tuesday morning. It was my slow easy run which is only 2 miles. Man that was a hard two miles. Errr. I want to get faster but I am having troubles with the slow miles. Part of the problem was that the power company was doing work on the dam where I like to run so I got a little aggravated. I almost did not go at all.

Well tomorrow I am going to run my 5 miles. 3 fast 2 slow.

Look I wrote it down so I must do it!

Sharen

Signed up for another 10k

Morning World!!
I ran my 6 miles yesterday and I am sure sore today. I also signed up for another race. A 10k! I figure it could not hurt to get a little practice in before the big 10k in Charleston with 40,000 racers. I think that it will also help to build up my confidence as well. Today I am going to take it easy and try to get my muscles from feeling so sore. I have some new stretchs that I am going to try and I think that will help.

34 Days until my first 10k!!!

Five Miles All By Myself

Well I ran yesterday and yes I completed all 5 miles by myself. I know as you read this it doesn't make since why I keep saying all by myself. Well let me explain, I have never ran that distance alone before. Usually my husband is right their beside me encouraging and helping me believe that I can finish.

I wish I knew how long it took me but once again I had watch problems. I was suppose to do the following warm up for a mile ( I ran too fast) run 3 miles at 10:54 (Didn't happen) and then a cool down mile. Well at least I can say I finished my 5 miles even if I did not accomplish the times. I am running 6 miles either on Saturday or Sunday. Not quite sure which yet. Need to check the weather report and find out which day is going to be nicer.

I am very proud of myself for not giving up during the 5 miles. I thought about it once because my knee started hurting like crazy. If there is one thing I must learn how to do it is stretch better. I always forget what stretches to do when I get to my place to run.

Well that all for now. I need to sign up for the St. Patricks Day 5k. Maybe I will do that this weekend.

Good Morning World

Above is one of my favorite animals in the world. I really like Sea Turtles. They are so cute to me. I love watching them swim with their big shells and legs a flapping. I know this post is completely unrelated to running but I wanted to write something a little different today.

Today I got up and took a second shot at helping myself. It is not an easy process and I am trying. I am scared that I am trying to make myself believe that I don't need what I am doing which is so far from the truth. I guess right now all I can do is keep at it.

Tomorrow I am going to run 5 miles all by myself. I can not wait, mostly because I am going to be home for the next four day and also because I want to prove to myself that I can run that sort of distance on my own. I have to run 2 miles as a warm up and as a cool down. The 3 miles in between I am to run at a speed of 10:37? We shall see. I know I am going to try my best though.

Ok enough for now. I will post tomorrow about my success!!!

Sharen

This is a catch all blog for the last week

So last week I believe I wrote a blog about falling of the wagon. Well I am glad to say that I am back on and ready to go. Last week I ran 3 times. First Day 2 miles, 2nd time 3 miles and 3rd time 6 miles. The six miles is what I am most pround of. I have never in my entire life though that I would ever been able to run that far. I did it in 107.52. That is really good for me. I will admit that I tried to slack off last week I really did. During the middle of the week the temperture dropped very low for my kneck of the woods. I was thinking there is no way that I am going to go outside and run when it is in the 30's. Well I am thinking this and I turn on the TV and the Weather Channel comes on and the are reporting about negative tempertures and really cold air and I see a a runner go by the reporter and that is all it took to get me off the couch.

This weekend I saw a flyer for Team in Training and I saw a few people running with Team in Training Shirts on and I looked at the information and it really interests me. I am thinking about going to the meetings this coming weekend. I am not sure yet if I can run a marathon but I am thinking about this half marthon idea and the fact that I could help others by doing it would be a great reward for me and also a way for me to give back.

On a final note I got my ass up this morning an ran my easy run on the treadmil and it rocked. It is easier to run outside and I do like it much more.

Sharen

Slacker is the name of my game

So I have really been slack lately. I have fallen off the wagon and have almost started back at square one. AHH I have taken off more than two weeks from running. My hubby has given up on me and it sucks. I always do this to my self. I get all excited about what I am doing at the time and then bam out of now where I fall off and become completley unmotivated. I was hoping that keeping this blog would some how help me become more deticated to running and getting into shape not to mention that I did sign up for a 10k in April that I want to be able to finish.

Well enough whinning and moning I am going to get up in the morning and run again. I think part of the reason that I have stopped is that I have been very stressed out lately and that I have not seen the results that I saw the last time I started working out. I actually lost some weight and felt like I has more energy. This time no wait loss and no more energy. I did watch what I ate a lot better last time so I guess that counts for something. Ok so that it I am going to do it. I am going to post a picture of me before my fist 5k race ever. Hopefully this will motivate me.

Sharen