I was accepted this weekend into the Piedmont Pacers USATF Running Club. It's out of Greensboro, which is two hours away. But it's the closest one to me. I now have one year to meet all USATF standards. And you'd better believe that was enough motivation for me to kick it in high gear. My mom is visiting for two weeks and I am getting lots of training in while I she plays with the kids :) Tomorrow, though, she plans to do some running with me :)
Tonight I ran five miles. Tonight's run was focused on breathing training. And I can feel that my lungs had a good work out! I sucked on life savers while I ran. That forced me to keep my mouth closed and breathe only through my nose.
I am so tired, but I need to do some work tonight. 'Tis the season to order window treatments :)
Showing posts with label Change to training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Change to training. Show all posts
Monday, October 20, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
A lot has changed in the last 24 hrs
First things first, today's run:
Short run because I have lots of work to do tonight. I originally didn't have lots of work to do, but a few things have popped up so now I have a lot to do.
Ran 5k, lovely weather, just perfect. Wished I could have stayed out longer. My calves are killing me from yesterday's run, but once I get moving I don't even feel it.
My mystery abdominal pain is lessening. So I may not go to my doctor.
No EDS pain today except in my fingers, but there isn't a whole lot I can do about that.
Okie dokie. So did my research on the NYC marathon. If I want to use that as my olympic trial marathon I have to run a marathon before Dec 31, 2014. And even then, it isn't guaranteed I'll get in. They've already excepted all they're competitors and are now onto charity runners and "regular people." The latter two gets selected by lottery. But I just think if it's meant to be then I'll get chosen. If I don't then this wasn't my year. But anywho, I found a few races later in the year. I have decided to run the Richmond, VA marathon for my qual race on Nov 15th. I'm a tad nervous because my current program is structured for the race to happen the first week of January. So I am not sure if it's going to work out. But I am at least going to give it a try.
So tonight I have to make three more training videos because I'm about to hand off all my work to someone else. (I hired three people last week. I might hire two more, but I can't think about that right now :)). I am up back up to eleven subcontractors and I think managing them is going to be quite enough without any of the construction end of the business in my hands.
There was another race later in November, but it didn't work out with my social life ;) My birthday has become a very sad occasion for me ever since my 2011 birthday. Something happened that day that has just tainted my birthday for me. It is no longer a happy day, but a day of grief and great personal sadness. I have forgiven those who hurt me on that day, but they still have not accepted responsibility or even acknowledged how much they hurt me. Even though my birthday (Nov 16th) is still two and a half months away, even thinking about it coming up gives me so much anxiety. I hate it now. I don't even want it to come. My sister knows how much this hurts me. So I am flying out to her in San Diego and she is taking me to the Bastille concert to celebrate my birthday! I wouldn't have it any other way! I have a hard time spending my birthday with my husband because it was his family that hurt me. And he knows what they did and knows how much it hurt and is fine with me celebrating my birthday with my sister.
So anyway, I will be leaving for that early morning Wednesday, the concert is Wednesday night, then my sister takes me back to the airport after the concert. it's going to be the best 16 hours ever! haha! But that's two days out of training. So the end of November races are out for me. The Richmond one is perfect because it's the day before my birthday. So I'll have plenty of distraction from my sadness. And we used to live near Richmond. So I am hoping that on my birthday (Sun the 16th) that we'll be able to take our kids to where we lived for Joshua's first year. I think that would be a fun way to spend the day. Plenty of distraction. Hopefully see old friends. Maybe we'll even go to church in the Bennetts Creek Ward!
I do think running on the 15th of Nov will work out even though it doesn't necessarily work with my current training plan. I think I have a lot of anxiety and a lot of grief I'm still dealing with as my birthday approaches that I will be able to work out in these intense training sessions. Put those feelings to good use!
On Saturday I will be running a tempo race. My husband is going to ride his bike (with kids in the trailer) at a speed of 8 miles per hour and I am going to run behind him. Hoping to do that for a 10k. I won't stop until I've done 5k, but I'm hoping to hold out through 10k.
I am looking into getting a personal trainer to help me with my form and strengthening my core muscles. I'm a wimp when it comes to my core. After two c sections and an appendectomy I have an intense fear of splitting open and having all my inside fall out of me. I've gotten better and have been doing tons of core workout lately. But I'm pretty sure it isn't enough for what I am about to put my body through. Have to step it up. At that point, I'll be making more detailed records of exactly what I'm doing. Follow my twitter @MelRunTheWorld. And I'll be getting an instagram soon since I just figured out what that is. haha! And I guess it goes together if you want to have a twitter and post images or something. I don't know. I'm so dumb at the Internet.
Peace out, y'all! Thanks for reading! I hope to inspire people as I progress. As of Tuesday of next week, both my kids will be in school during the day and I will be ramping up the training schedule! Look for it if you want to join me and follow along.
Short run because I have lots of work to do tonight. I originally didn't have lots of work to do, but a few things have popped up so now I have a lot to do.
Ran 5k, lovely weather, just perfect. Wished I could have stayed out longer. My calves are killing me from yesterday's run, but once I get moving I don't even feel it.
My mystery abdominal pain is lessening. So I may not go to my doctor.
No EDS pain today except in my fingers, but there isn't a whole lot I can do about that.
Okie dokie. So did my research on the NYC marathon. If I want to use that as my olympic trial marathon I have to run a marathon before Dec 31, 2014. And even then, it isn't guaranteed I'll get in. They've already excepted all they're competitors and are now onto charity runners and "regular people." The latter two gets selected by lottery. But I just think if it's meant to be then I'll get chosen. If I don't then this wasn't my year. But anywho, I found a few races later in the year. I have decided to run the Richmond, VA marathon for my qual race on Nov 15th. I'm a tad nervous because my current program is structured for the race to happen the first week of January. So I am not sure if it's going to work out. But I am at least going to give it a try.
So tonight I have to make three more training videos because I'm about to hand off all my work to someone else. (I hired three people last week. I might hire two more, but I can't think about that right now :)). I am up back up to eleven subcontractors and I think managing them is going to be quite enough without any of the construction end of the business in my hands.
There was another race later in November, but it didn't work out with my social life ;) My birthday has become a very sad occasion for me ever since my 2011 birthday. Something happened that day that has just tainted my birthday for me. It is no longer a happy day, but a day of grief and great personal sadness. I have forgiven those who hurt me on that day, but they still have not accepted responsibility or even acknowledged how much they hurt me. Even though my birthday (Nov 16th) is still two and a half months away, even thinking about it coming up gives me so much anxiety. I hate it now. I don't even want it to come. My sister knows how much this hurts me. So I am flying out to her in San Diego and she is taking me to the Bastille concert to celebrate my birthday! I wouldn't have it any other way! I have a hard time spending my birthday with my husband because it was his family that hurt me. And he knows what they did and knows how much it hurt and is fine with me celebrating my birthday with my sister.
So anyway, I will be leaving for that early morning Wednesday, the concert is Wednesday night, then my sister takes me back to the airport after the concert. it's going to be the best 16 hours ever! haha! But that's two days out of training. So the end of November races are out for me. The Richmond one is perfect because it's the day before my birthday. So I'll have plenty of distraction from my sadness. And we used to live near Richmond. So I am hoping that on my birthday (Sun the 16th) that we'll be able to take our kids to where we lived for Joshua's first year. I think that would be a fun way to spend the day. Plenty of distraction. Hopefully see old friends. Maybe we'll even go to church in the Bennetts Creek Ward!
I do think running on the 15th of Nov will work out even though it doesn't necessarily work with my current training plan. I think I have a lot of anxiety and a lot of grief I'm still dealing with as my birthday approaches that I will be able to work out in these intense training sessions. Put those feelings to good use!
On Saturday I will be running a tempo race. My husband is going to ride his bike (with kids in the trailer) at a speed of 8 miles per hour and I am going to run behind him. Hoping to do that for a 10k. I won't stop until I've done 5k, but I'm hoping to hold out through 10k.
I am looking into getting a personal trainer to help me with my form and strengthening my core muscles. I'm a wimp when it comes to my core. After two c sections and an appendectomy I have an intense fear of splitting open and having all my inside fall out of me. I've gotten better and have been doing tons of core workout lately. But I'm pretty sure it isn't enough for what I am about to put my body through. Have to step it up. At that point, I'll be making more detailed records of exactly what I'm doing. Follow my twitter @MelRunTheWorld. And I'll be getting an instagram soon since I just figured out what that is. haha! And I guess it goes together if you want to have a twitter and post images or something. I don't know. I'm so dumb at the Internet.
Peace out, y'all! Thanks for reading! I hope to inspire people as I progress. As of Tuesday of next week, both my kids will be in school during the day and I will be ramping up the training schedule! Look for it if you want to join me and follow along.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Running with my MIL and ditching the headphones.
My mother in law is visiting :) I was going to go for a run and she wanted to come along but just to walk since I was going to the track. Today was a successful day for several reasons. One being that I successfully convinced my mother in law to run the Disneyland family 5k in May with us :) I didn't think she'd go for it but she said, "Yes! Sounds fun! but only if it's for fun and I can walk some of it." I'll take that is a confirmed YES!
I had another success tonight. Well, I guess it wasn't a success, but I am extremely please with the result and was happy enough to call it a night a little early. So I went to the track to do some drills to strength my psoas muscle and do a few other things. Then I decided to work on my fore foot strike and my foot placement, etc. On my first quarter mile that was just practice with foot placement I did 400 meters in 2:20! So I wondered how well I could do if I was really focussed on it. My goal has been to do 400m in 2:00. So I tried it again and did it 2:04!!! I was content and called it a night! It was also pouring down rain. I was surprised my MIL stuck it out as long as she did in the rain.
One change I've made this week that has helped a lot has been to ditch the headphones! I found that I would run and get discouraged every time a song ended. I'd beat myself up because if a song ended it must have been around three minutes and I hadn't gone very far! So I ditched the headphones and just focus on counting my foot strikes and hearing my feet hit the pavement. It keeps me focused and keeps me from getting discouraged. It has been an amazing change! I didn't think I'd be able to do that because I have OCD and tend to have obsessive thoughts. If I don't have music to distract me I tend to pick something to obsess over until the point of anxiety. Of course, anxiety doesn't help anyone's running. . .
But I haven't had an issue yet. I think running has also helped me keep my OCD in check. It's been helpful in so many aspects in my life. Everyone should run!
I had another success tonight. Well, I guess it wasn't a success, but I am extremely please with the result and was happy enough to call it a night a little early. So I went to the track to do some drills to strength my psoas muscle and do a few other things. Then I decided to work on my fore foot strike and my foot placement, etc. On my first quarter mile that was just practice with foot placement I did 400 meters in 2:20! So I wondered how well I could do if I was really focussed on it. My goal has been to do 400m in 2:00. So I tried it again and did it 2:04!!! I was content and called it a night! It was also pouring down rain. I was surprised my MIL stuck it out as long as she did in the rain.
One change I've made this week that has helped a lot has been to ditch the headphones! I found that I would run and get discouraged every time a song ended. I'd beat myself up because if a song ended it must have been around three minutes and I hadn't gone very far! So I ditched the headphones and just focus on counting my foot strikes and hearing my feet hit the pavement. It keeps me focused and keeps me from getting discouraged. It has been an amazing change! I didn't think I'd be able to do that because I have OCD and tend to have obsessive thoughts. If I don't have music to distract me I tend to pick something to obsess over until the point of anxiety. Of course, anxiety doesn't help anyone's running. . .
But I haven't had an issue yet. I think running has also helped me keep my OCD in check. It's been helpful in so many aspects in my life. Everyone should run!
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