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Work, Marathon Training, and Blogging don't mix really well

2009-09-14T21:07:00.003-04:00

We have a diagnosis! I went to the podiatrist last week and it's official, I have platar fasciitis. I also have high arches and the bones in my feet are at a slight angle. So we ordered custom orthotics. They should be in in about 3 weeks. I'm hoping that 3 weeks is enough time to get used to them for the marathon. The nurse showed me how to tape my feet and arches for better support until the

2.5 weeks of catch up

2009-09-02T19:18:00.002-04:00

I've been so busy.....trying to catch up on sleep. Haha! These 4am wake up calls and long runs have me a little tired. Of course, if I updated regularly it wouldn't be such a big deal or take too long.So, here's what I've been up to.Wed 9/2/09 - 3 Miles - 40:08 (soooo tired, looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow)Tues 9/1/09 - X-train walkMon 8/31/09 - 3 Miles - 37:52Sun 8/30/09 - 16 Miles - 3:

Worst 12 miles ever!

2009-08-10T20:18:00.003-04:00

Maybe that's an over statement, but they were not fun!Ok, since last post.....Fri 7/31 - 3 miles - 43:18 (just Ethel and I and she needed to walk, I'm not about to leave her behind, especially at 5:30am)Sun 8/2 - 10 Miles - 2:02:47 (it rained!!!!)Mon 8/3 - 3 Miles - 36:58 (legs felt like lead from previous 10)Wed 8/5) - 3 miles - 36:15 (actually ran after work instead of before, mosquitoes ate me

Runner Chick

2009-07-30T08:40:00.006-04:00

I saw this at Frayed Laces and just thought it was too cute not to share!Ran another 3 miles yesterday (~37 minutes). I think the 6 from the day before really wore me out. I feel asleep on the sofa just after 8pm last night.My friend Ethel has been joining us this week, too. She is getting ready to wean baby #2 and wants to burn some extra calories. I was super impressed with her ability to hang

6 miles!

2009-07-28T19:13:00.002-04:00

Whoo hoo! 6 miles done before work. Will recap soon....must run out to Target and pack lunches and I'm beat. Would love to be in bed by 9, but not sure I see that happening.

Lots of 3's

2009-07-26T21:09:00.003-04:00

So, since my last post....arch/heel/self-diagnosed planter fasciitis is doing much better! Of course in that time, I did more 3 mile runs vice the 5's and 6's that were on the schedule. And last Sunday, I did not do the 8 mile group long run....I went to bed Saturday night with a wicked migraine and there was no getting me out of bed Sunday morning. Not to mention I had a regular headache until

I'm back

2009-07-15T21:01:00.003-04:00

I'm back! Good news is I've kept up the running the whole time I was gone. I just haven't been blogging. If you read my family blog, you already know that I've 2 different sets of out of town gets, my daughter was in a leg splint for 10 days (thought her leg was fracture, but it appears to just be a sprain). So, as I said over there....."I've been running at 4:45am and 5am, rushing home to get

Still here

2009-07-07T20:28:00.001-04:00

Still here, still running....just don't have much time to blog. Long and short of it, had lots and lots of house guests and my daughter fractured her leg. Will update soon!

2 Races in 1 day!

2009-06-28T16:46:00.005-04:00

Yesterday I ran in 2 races, the Women's Distance Festival in the morning and the Twilight Festival in the evening. Granted, I only ran the 1 mile fun run in the evening. Marc was running the 4 mile race, so I pushed the jogger and ran the 1 mile fun run to give us something to do while we waited.The Women's Distance Festival was in town!! And the Twilight Festival was just around the corner. It

Another morning run

2009-06-26T07:44:00.004-04:00

Michelle and I met at 5am yesterday and ran another 3 miles. We met at the Town Center since it's about half way between our houses and we know its well lit. This is a problem we are having. Neither of us have really run in the mornings around here so we don't have any routes planned out that we know for sure are well lit. I have a head lamp, pepper spray, and a reflective belt. But still, it's

Swimming

2009-06-24T19:44:00.003-04:00

I didn't feel like going to intervals tonight. I was up late (my own damn fault) and this morning was the one morning in 4 days that Sofia didn't sleep in. I have a cross training day on the schedule for Friday, so I thought I'd just switch today's run with Friday's cross train. I headed over to the pool to see if a) I could do the distance and b) how would I feel after the distance.. Our pool is

It's been a week?

2009-06-23T09:41:00.006-04:00

Wow, I haven't updated since intervals last Wednesday. What have I been up to??Thursday was a 3 mile run at lunch time (36:04).Friday was a rest day, and good thing too! I spent the afternoon at the doctors office with a sinus infection. By now the snot and sinus pressure are gone. The cough is mostly gone, although it sneaks up when I push my pace and work my lungs.Saturday was supposed to be a

It's gone

2009-06-18T09:14:00.001-04:00

Toenail is officially gone. Second toenail looks like it might be going too. It's kinda weird how the new toenail grows up from the nail bed and not out from the cuticle.

Wednesday Night Intervals

2009-06-17T21:48:00.002-04:00

It was so nice and cool and overcast night. But as cool as it was, it was very humid. And (sorry if any guys are reading) I'm PMSing. So, I've got all that going on. Plus, my cold is not completely gone. It's now a barking cough, a sore throat that comes and goes, and some slight drainage. I was so not feeling intervals tonight. But I went, I did it, and I'm glad I did.Tonight we did 1200 repeats

I did it!

2009-06-16T08:38:00.003-04:00

I got up and got out the door and did a run this morning! I only had 2 miles (24 minutes) on my schedule this morning and that was perfect because I didn't allow myself time to go any farther. I had to get back so Marc could get to work. But it should start getting easier and easier to drag myself out of bed and get going. And it's a very wonderful feeling knowing that I don't have my workout

Oh yeah!

2009-06-15T12:57:00.003-04:00

Sit-up challenge it is! After having a baby, I really need to get my core strength back. Plus it will help my running. Maybe in a month or so , I'll add in a second challenge. I'm going to do the test sometime this week to see where I am and hopefully start the challenge by Saturday.

Marathon Training

2009-06-15T12:28:00.003-04:00

Yesterday was the start of marathon training. There are about 30 people registered for the class, although I'm not sure all 30 were there yesterday...all shapes, sizes, speeds, men & women. Yesterday we were told to run 4 or 6 miles, your choice, on the W&OD Trail at an easy pace. Some people finished 6 miles in the time it took me to run 4 miles and there were still some people who were walking

Hehe

2009-06-12T15:38:00.002-04:00

I'm fighting a cold and not really feeling like running. Add on top of that the comfort food I've been eating and this seems entirely appropriate!see more Lolcats and funny pictures

First night of Intervals

2009-06-10T21:34:00.002-04:00

We did a quick warm-up, some yoga-like stretching, 2 by 400's, a timed mile, 1 by 400, and a cool down. I'm just have to brag about myself here for a sec...well, it is my blog, I'm allowed to brag if I want! My timed mile was 9:32!! Whoo hoo! Don't believe me....go check it out here! Now if only I could sustain it...like, say for a women's only 5K I've registered for at the end of the month.

3 Posts in 1 Day!

2009-06-09T18:53:00.002-04:00

Wow, that's a record for me, I'm sure!I'm considering doing at least one of these, if not all.Push Up ChallengeSit-up ChallengeSquat ChallengeSo, anyone with me?

Must cross train more!

2009-06-09T15:25:00.002-04:00

Phew! I had to ride the bike over to the gas station because I couldn't get our little hand pump to fill up the tires enough. And there is a fairly large hill between the house and the gas station. Man! My quads were tired! Once I finally figure out my work schedule and get a routine going...where I'm going to work, how long my commute is, are there facilities on site in order to clean up if I

Intervals here I come!

2009-06-09T12:12:00.003-04:00

I haven't done much running lately. My marathon training starts on Sunday, so I've been giving myself a little break so I don't get burned out once I start marathon training. I went for a little 2 mile run last Friday and I took the dog for a longer than normal walk one day last week. I woke up with a very tight right calf and a sore right knee (like I've been standing with my knee locked all day

It has a name....

2009-06-02T21:03:00.001-04:00

...and it is Gavin the Garmin

Zooma Annapolis Half Marathon Report

2009-06-01T19:28:00.001-04:00

Yesterday, Michelle, Beth, and I ran the Zooma Annapolis Half Marathon.Our Sunday morning wake-up call came way too early at 4am! Our plan was to be out the door by 4:45, but we were all moving in slow motion and made it out just after 5am (good thing we always plan to leave early so we have some wiggle room). We step out the door and it's pouring....hard! We get all the way to Annapolis with no

Lunch-time run

2009-05-27T22:13:00.002-04:00

Whoo hoo! I got a run in today at lunch. It's nice because the building I'm working in right now is in the same parking lot as our gym and it's right by the trail. I just changed real quick, hit the trail, and was able to shower when I was done. I did 2.77 miles in 30:03 which is a 10:51/mile average pace. I was pretty happy with that pace. I don't know how much longer I'll be working in this

MCHH Pictures

2009-05-22T21:57:00.003-04:00

These are courtsey of the Fredericksburg Freelance Star and MarathonFoto.I think this is almost at the half-way point....it's definitely before mile 7.5.Somewhere close to the mid-way point (look at all that water on the road)I'm a finisher! (And I had to swipe Sofia's blanket since they were out of mylar blankets)Michelle and I towards the beginning.I thought this was a cool way to capture the

iPod

2009-05-19T21:29:00.002-04:00

It works!!! It turned back on!!On another note, my daughter and I are sharing the coxsackivirus this week. It is quite possible that running will be non-existent.

MCHH Race Report

2009-05-17T17:11:00.002-04:00

I've been a little MIA in blogging lately. That is because I started a new job this week, so I've been trying to figure out schedules and packing lunches and getting Sofia to daycare in time and what to wear. And I'm working full time now, instead of part-time. So, I haven't had as much time and I haven't run all week (hard to blog about running when you aren't running).But today I ran my first

Happy Early Birthday to Me!

2009-05-09T20:39:00.003-04:00

Marc, Sofia, and I went over to Fairfax Corner because REI was having a huge sale. I ended up getting my birthday present! The Garmin 405 with the heartrate monitor was on sale for $90 off of retail. Then to top it off, they were offering a $50 mail-in rebate. That ends up being a total of $140 off retail. I couldn't let that little gem just sit there for that price. We are going to a family test

Recommitted to Weight Watchers

2009-05-09T10:35:00.004-04:00

I ran to Weight Watchers today! I'm recommitting to Weight Watchers and I thought the perfect start would be to get my exercise on the way there. According to the Nike+ I ran 3.09 miles, but according the Nike map and gmap-pedometer it was 3.25 miles. And that really big dip would be when I was waiting on the light to change so I could cross the street. And I was down! 0.4 from the time I weighed

Just don't feel like it

2009-05-04T10:21:00.003-04:00

It's wet and dreary here (again...but I'm not complaining, keeps the pollen count down) and I just didn't feel like running this morning. It's a little bit chillier out so I didn't want to run in the rain and I didn't want to run period. Since our gym is so close to Sofia's daycare, I went to the gym after dropping the lil one off at school (my last week of such luxuries...I start a new full-time

3 Miles

2009-05-02T12:21:00.004-04:00

Sofia and I went out for a run this morning. And I pushed her. :) I've decided that's it's probably good for me to push her at least once a week (even if I dread it)...it's my form of interval training. I did walk up all the really big hills though. And we stopped at the 2.5 mile mark so that Sofia could play on the playground for a few minutes, then ran the remaining 0.5 miles home.I think I'm

Singing in the rain

2009-04-29T20:07:00.007-04:00

Well, actually, running in the rain. I love to run in the rain and it was finally warm enough to do it for the first time this spring/summer. I thought it was going to be a bit chilly (at 55 degrees) but it wasn't raining too hard, so it was perfect! I actually got kinda hot and had to take my jacket off. I took my iPod with me so that my Nike+ would track, but I ran the whole time without music.

Onwards

2009-04-29T15:38:00.001-04:00

Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo<

Earth Day 5K Pictures

2009-04-27T10:07:00.002-04:00

They finally posted pictures from the Earth Day 5K. There are some much better ones of Bernie (the Biggest Loser contestant) and there are some of me running and there are some that I liked just because (photography is something that has always intrigued me).All pictures are courtesy of the Silver Spring Earth Day 5K and Mr. Brian W. Knight.A pre-race shot - we are in the top right corner by the

Stretch!

2009-04-26T22:20:00.003-04:00

You know, those nice people that said I looked graceful while I was trying not to fall...well, they also said to be sure to stretch because I would be sore from my 10 feet of bumble, stumble, and not falling. I thanked them, but silently I was thinking "Sure buddy, that almost fall is going to make me sore....nah, the next 3 miles are going to make me sore." Sure enough, my left hammy and my left

Oh well

2009-04-26T09:26:00.003-04:00

So much for running this morning. Marc is running the GWP 10 Miler and the jogger is still in his trunk from when he picked us up at Home Depot Friday afternoon and his trunk is in Old Town Alexandria. Ok, so we'll take the other stroller and just go for a nice walk, let's take the dog since I'm not sure if Marc took him out before he left this morning and he could use the exercise too. Wrong!

A not so fun run

2009-04-26T07:32:00.000-04:00

I went for a run yesterday morning. I knew it needed to be a longer run, but I didn't have a route planned out. I was just going to run around the city based on how I felt. Big mistake! I should have a planned route (and I should have worn my camelbak!). My total route was 4.9 miles, but my Nike+ says I did 4.5 miles (probably not calibrated accurately for all the walking I did). After 1.75 miles

Walking instead of running

2009-04-24T20:01:00.004-04:00

Sofia and I were butting heads today, which is odd, since she was such a sweat-heart this morning (giving lots and lots of kisses without being prompted). And to top it all off, she just wouldn't take a nap today (which is probably why we were butting heads). We decided to go for a walk. We ended up at the playground, ran around, had fun. Then, I got it in my head that we should keep walking and

3 Miles Down

2009-04-21T19:16:00.006-04:00

Glad I got my run in around lunch time. We've been having some good thunder storms around here tonight. The Nats/Braves game has been rain delayed and the animals have decided to stick close to me (you know, in case those claps of thunder should shake the house into pieces, I should be able to save them).Just did one of my 3 miles loops. I had to stop at the red light and wait for traffic both on

Sore

2009-04-21T09:16:00.004-04:00

I'm sore today! A good kind of sore, too. I finally gave my Bender Ball a try last night. (Don't order it from the website. I've heard stories of them sending you all kinds of crap you don't need or want. Beth picked it up for me at Wal-Mart. But we also saw the same thing, different name at Marshalls. ) Whew, I can feel it in my lower abs. And I can feel my large muscles in my legs and my

In non-running related news...

2009-04-20T14:20:00.002-04:00

I made it to Body Pump today over lunch. I figure there are other muscles in my body that don't get worked from running. Imagine that! I'm going to try and fit Body Pump in at least once a week, if not twice.

Earth Day 5K

2009-04-19T17:48:00.004-04:00

This morning we got up early and drove to Silver Spring, MD (just around the Beltway from us) so I could run the Earth Day 5K. And guess who was there? Bernie Salazar from season 5 of the Biggest Loser. He was the at-home winner that season.It started and ended at a local running store and was an out and back course. The only problem with this was the first mile was all down hill. You all know

Easter Bunny 5K

2009-04-11T21:16:00.004-04:00

This morning, we got up at 0-dark to drive to Clemson to run a 5K with Beth, her cousin Jill, Jenny, and her daughter Mattie.We got to Clemson with plenty of time to spare. We checked in, got our stuff, and we waited for everyone to get there. Beth called, she was having car trouble and we thought we were going to have to go and get her. She was able to get there about the same time as Jenny. I

Whoo hoo

2009-04-11T21:15:00.003-04:00

I'm so proud of myself.....I went out and got a 3 mile run in when I thought I wouldn't get one in at all that day.

Cherry Blossom 2009

2009-04-05T20:42:00.001-04:00

Bear with me folks, this is a long one, and picture heavy. But I actually took pictures all weekend! I normally forget when Beth is here to take them until the last minute when she is packing up to go.Beth, Jeff, and Elaina got her Friday afternoon. Sofia and I did some last minute cleaning/tiddying on Friday....well, I did the cleaning, she found another pair of shoes to keep her busy.Saturday

You can run

2009-04-03T09:19:00.005-04:00

I saw this on Facebook....and apparently it is from Runner's World Mag. I really liked this quote."If you can walk from the couch to the refrigerator, you are not too fat or too old or too slow to run."And here are some pictures I tried to take on our run yesterday.These are on the $9 camera I got to run with on Sunday. I figured for $9, I didn't care if it got lost or broken. I was giving it a

Another 3 in the books.

2009-04-02T15:51:00.003-04:00

Today was supposed to be just an easy run in preparation for the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. And it was, but I had forgotten how hard it is to push Sofia! (Marc usually pushes Sofie when we go out together.) Man, I wanted to stop and turn around after 5 minutes. Maybe go get a smoothie instead. And it was pretty muggy. I did walk up a hill at the turn around (which you can see in the little graph).

More Races

2009-04-02T11:50:00.003-04:00

If you have noticed my future races in the side bar, you will notice that I have signed up for some new races. :) I'll be in SC visiting friends and family for Easter, so I signed up for the Easter Bunny 5K in Clemson (with an Easter Egg hunt afterwards for the kiddos). I have also signed up for the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon in May.Game on Galxichic! Time to get running!Sofia and I are

Nike+ Recalibrated

2009-03-31T13:49:00.000-04:00

I got 8 miles in Sunday in preparation for the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. I'm so excited! This is one of my favorite runs, and I get to share it with some of my favorite people, Beth and Michelle. This will be Beth's first long race.Last night I went to the middle school track and I recalibrated my Nike+ (just in case my stride has changed...you know, gaining weight, having a baby, losing weight,

Ran to daycare

2009-03-11T09:44:00.000-04:00

Pushed the stroller to daycare, picked up Sofia, and pushed everything home. It took me 17 mins 28 secs, which, according to Runner's World pace calculator is a 10:54/mile. And I could tell I was going hard, I was huffing and puffing when I got home. I thought it was from all the hills or from pushing Sofia...nope, I was hauling booty. I'm pretty happy with that. Oh, and a side note, it's really

Back in the Swing of Things

2009-03-09T09:43:00.000-04:00

Whoo hoo! I did 5 miles yesterday and I did another 3 today! Yesterday I was extremely thirsty, I think that's what kept me from doing 6 or 7 (that and the fact that I hadn't run in 3 weeks and kinda wanted to test drive myself). I probably walked a little over half a mile total and I still finished in 1 hr 4 mins 44 secs. Which means that I had to have been running faster than a 12 min mile when