Sunset 5K

Yeah, I finished the race. I ran with C for about 2.5 miles and then she told me to go and finish. She was struggling a bit and didn't want to slow me down. I was able to run strong at the end because we took most of the race slow and we even took a pit stop at a friends house for some water and pictures. I finished in 34:41!! C finished at 37:18.

I didn't realize how much fun a race would be. The excitement of all the other runners and just being around all of those people who love to do what you do. I look forward to another race.

I am thinking about a 10k in October, but I know I will need a running partner. C doesn't plan on running longer distances than what she already has. So I will need to find someone else. On Saturday mornings the local running store has a running club, but I admit I am nervous about going. Its intimidating to me. I will probably call the store first to get more info and then decide what to do. I know I need the motivation from other people to keep myself going. It is hard by myself.

Its Race Day!

I am super excited tonight is my first race! Its a little warm today so I have been drinking water and plan on drinking some gatorade about an hour before the race. I can't wait to run. I have missed it the past two days. This day has been dragging on and on.

I have had some upper calf pain today in my right leg. It feels tight. I am not quite sure what to do to fix it. I am sure I can get my husband to rub it for me when he gets home from work. I don't think it will effect my race, but I am searching the internet for ideas on what to do. What do you do for calf pain?

The Race is Upon Us

Ok, so I have been bad at blogging. I have been busy trying to train and enjoy my kids before the first day of school, which is today. So the crazy race of life has started today and on Friday is my first 5K. I am looking forward to it. I am guessing my time will be around 35 minutes. I think that is pretty good for a first timer. I didn't get the chance to run yesterday until late, so I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill. I went 2.99 miles in 33 minutes. I didn't want to go the whole 3.1 miles, because I am saving that for the race.

I am taking two days of rest and then I will be super fast on Friday. Wish me luck!

I ran a Marathon

I have been keeping track of my runs and realized that since April I have run 27.3 miles. I can officially say I ran a marathon right? It only took about 10 weeks. :) Ha ha

7 Minute Run

So, the begining of the week started out slow. I had no running buddy, C is on vacation. I found an excuse to get out of my Monday run. I was so tired so I said I couldn't run because my running gear was dirty. I do have other things I can wear, but I was lazy that day. I decided to run Tuesday instead, but of course I didn't.
Wednesday I had to run. I spent the day at my Mom's and on the car ride home (a one hour drive) we got hit by a nasty storm. It was pitch black in the middle of the afternoon. The rain was coming down very hard and we got pelted with one inch hail. I was waiting for the windows to break as my two girls screamed in the back of the car. We were about 15 minutes from home and it was the longest ride ever. My nerves were so rattled and I needed to let go of all the stress. It is hard to be strong for your kids when you are as nervous as they are. I went to the gym to run on the treadmill and it was my best workout yet. I felt great when I was done and I thought I could run another half hour more. Of course on the way home from the gym I got hit by another strong storm, but it wasn't nearly as bad as the first one.

Friday I ran around the neighborhood. There is a park in our neighborhood that I always tell myself I should bring the girls to, but I never had the motivation to run there. I always thought it was too far. Well, I decided to run that direction and guess what. I ended my 7 minutes at the park. I couldn't believe how close it was. I realized that I need to just stop worrying about how far something is and just do it. In the end I know I will always be surprised.
The joy of reaching the park though quickly diminished though as I started to feel fatigued. I had to really slow down and just take my time. My head was spinning by the time I got home from my run. I couldn't get in the cold shower fast enough. I don't think I drank enough before I ran and it really effected my workout. I have been drinking water all day today so it doesn't effect tonights run.

On Monday C will be back in town. Yeah!!! I hate running by myself.

Training Has Started

So, I finally decided to get serious about this running thing. Before I would sporadically go out for runs, but I found myself a running partner and now I go more regularly because I have someone else counting on me. We have been running for about three weeks now and I must admit I love how it feels after a run.

My running partner, I will call her C, hasn't run in FOREVER so we have to go slow. I found a great run/walk program and convinced her to do a 5K with me. C isn't adjust to well, she is sore alot, but I am proud of her because she keeps on plugging away. Next week she is on vacation so I am crossing my fingers that she will go out for her runs. I convinced my husband to go on my runs with me next week. We will be out for our first run tomorrow. I hope he can run five minutes straight.

Tomorrow is run 5 minutes, walk 2.5 minutes, times 4. Next week is run 7 minutes, walk 3 times 3. We will see how it goes.