Busy Weekend

We had a busy birthday weekend for my grand daughter, Sophie, but I did manage to get on Tabetha's treadmill once and then get an actual run outside with my sidekick, Ayla. The 5000+ foot altitude was difficult to run in and I felt like I was struggling to suck in enough air! We got a good mile in though before dinner and I had some hill work on the way home. I'm going to look for a fun 5k that Ayla can do with me. She has the determination (and the clothes) for it!

 Just for fun, this is the Lego cake we made for the party.

Lego Cookies I made for the favor bags

 

 

Whats on your playlist?

I found it ironic the other day that while I pushed towards five miles, a few songs popped up for me to hear. Superwoman by Alicia Keys, Here I Come by Fergie, Press on by Maggie Wheeler, and Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. My intent today was to post my running play list on here but I have no idea how to export it from iTunes to the blog! I have an eclectic list, Everything from Leona Lewis to the Zac Brown Band to Pink. I'm always looking for some good running music so if you have some suggestions, let me know! If you know how to upload my play list screen, give me instructions please!

I'm off to Denver tomorrow at oh dark thirty so might not check in until our return Tuesday night. I am looking forward to some run time with Ayla, my sweet grand daughter! No running with Tabetha since I broke her the last time we ran together and she's not healed, grimace!

I'm going to come up with my own 50 reasons in an upcoming post! What are your reasons?

Feeling Motivated and Very Very Proud of Myself

I never, not once in my life, would have imagined that I could or would run five miles. I know I registered for a half marathon but planning to run one and actually running one are two very different things. I'm training hard and yesterday was my weekly long run, a whopping five miles. I'm hesitant to run the highways in our new town so I stuck to the treadmill, appropriately inclined. I told myself that if Forrest Gump could run for 3 years, I could run for an hour and a half! And then I ran, and I ran, and then I ran some more. Seventy seven minutes. The sweat dripped off my elbows, ran down my face, I sucked down two bottles of Gatorade, and ran from the Zombies (see yesterdays post!). I have to admit, I talk to myself when I run, sometimes out loud, but always in my head and yesterday I was counting steps, counting pace, counting down mileage. Today is a recovery day, my loving husband made me promise that I would not run today so I will do some cross training and wait for tomorrow to arrive before I lace up and get my run on.

Zombies, Run!

I love zombies and I love to run. What could be better than a running zombie game app! Zombies, Run is incredibly cool! It walks you through the story as you run and mingles your own play list music throughout the session. It has speed workouts as well as interval training, if you dare! Collect supplies, build your city, be motivated to run faster and more often with this epic adventure. No, I have no interest in the company but I wanted to share an app I have enjoyed!

Runners, Marines, Semper Fi

Runners are a special breed, in case anyone had any doubt after the 2013 Boston Marathon

The Story

CFS All For Hope Virtual 5k 2013

CFS All For Hope Virtual 5k 2013

Anyone who wants to run a 5k and "can't find one" near them now has the opportunity to run a virtual one and help a great cause in the process. Count me in!

I just have to find a decent 3.1 mile route!!

Home today and looking forward to the new stuff!

 

I am home from work! To some, that would mean going to work in the morning and coming home in the evening. To me it means flying to California on Wednesday and flying home a week later. Six 12 hour nights and then hop a flight to Texas. Gotta love long commutes. I missed Mark while I was gone and I only ran my first day there, the rest of the week I slept and worked, that's it. So now I'm home and I'm getting back on training track.

Sneek Peek at 2014

I've run my typical 2 point something miles (thirty minutes) twice since I've been home and am trying to make a 5 mile route for my long run this week. You'd think it would be easy but it's not. I live in a subdivision and it's short circles of roads that don't amount to anything. To map a 5 mile or longer run, I'm our in 50-60mph traffic. I realize Texas is the home of "friendly drivers" but it still worries me to run with traffic whizzing by. I may have to do a straight out and back shot and even then...its not an easy thing to route around here. Even Mapmyrun doesn't have any decent routes in the area. I guess I'll keep trying.

WOW!

I'm enjoying all the new shoes and gear the running sites have been previewing for 2014. I love the bright colors for sure. Shoes seem to be getting more advanced and lighter every year.

I think the purple will be on my feet next year!