Well with the Thunderstorm on Monday......I decided to run inside. Actually I waited for about 10 minutes to see if Trac would show up, I heard Thunder and then I got my big butt inside.
I did run for 30 minutes on the Hill setting on the Treadmill at the Y. I kept at a steady pace of 5.0 mph and got up to an incline of 2.2. I think that is the highest that I have gotten to on the treadmill.
This week I have also gotten a really bad backache. It only hurts when I sit down or lay down for a long time. When I walk or run it does not bother me at all.
So tonight I took a mile walk with Brian (He rode his new scooter) . Then when we got inside, I ran 4.5 miles on the treadmill going up to a speed of 5.6 mph by mile 3 and ended with 5.4 mph.
My toe nail is really getting purple now. It is my toe next to my big toe. Of course, I don't have normal feet and that is actually taller than my big toe. Ron told me not to worry. I asked if and when will it fall off. He just looked at me. The man with all the answers!!! I does not hurt to run, so I'm going to run until it does.
It looks like Andy and I will be doing the Race for the Cure together on May 19th. We will be doing whatever his running class will be doing that day. I think Sherie and her daughter Madalyn (sorry if I missed spelled the name) will be doing it also. I think this will get Andy motivated to want to run another race. Which will probably the Swamp Rat Race in Brewerton around June 16th. Teresa and maybe her husband Rob will be running the race with Andy, Sherrie, Madalyn and I.
We think Rob will be running this race, because his first 5k is going to be May 2nd in Albany. We wish him luck!!! And maybe he will get the bug like the rest of us
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
It is SUNNY in Central NY
Well on Saturday I met up with Sherrie and we did the Buckley Road Loop (2.46 Miles according to USA Track and Field). It was just cold and I could not get my breath. My legs were working, but I just could not get enough air into my lungs to save my life or run any more.
On Friday I did walk with Andy and Brian 1.27 miles. Brian ran the whole way....I had to yell at him to stop every once and a while so I could see him. With Andy, I started the walk 4 minutes run 1 on the way back. He did great for the first minute that we ran, but on the second minute that we ran, he started out to fast (because he wanted to catch his brother) and then he almost petered out on me......I had to do the "tough love" that Trace and Teresa do for me.
Today we did fast walk on our road again but 1.47 miles and I have come to the conclusion that I need to put all my efforts in Andy and my running.
This means that I am going to give up on the triathlon this year. I want to make sure that Andy is OK and that we get him on a running program. That means that I have to do "Tough Love" for him. On the other days that I don't have him running, I want to keep up on my running and be able to do the 10K Bud Run on Sept 23rd (I think). I still have a goal that I want to keep. Teresa and I are starting to decide what races we want to do for this year, along with some we want to do with Andy!!! That means some months I will be doing two races (I want to do some in the Albany area with Teresa).
Don't get me wrong.....The Tri is not out of the picture!!! It is just on hold. Andy is in the spot light.
On Friday I did walk with Andy and Brian 1.27 miles. Brian ran the whole way....I had to yell at him to stop every once and a while so I could see him. With Andy, I started the walk 4 minutes run 1 on the way back. He did great for the first minute that we ran, but on the second minute that we ran, he started out to fast (because he wanted to catch his brother) and then he almost petered out on me......I had to do the "tough love" that Trace and Teresa do for me.
Today we did fast walk on our road again but 1.47 miles and I have come to the conclusion that I need to put all my efforts in Andy and my running.
This means that I am going to give up on the triathlon this year. I want to make sure that Andy is OK and that we get him on a running program. That means that I have to do "Tough Love" for him. On the other days that I don't have him running, I want to keep up on my running and be able to do the 10K Bud Run on Sept 23rd (I think). I still have a goal that I want to keep. Teresa and I are starting to decide what races we want to do for this year, along with some we want to do with Andy!!! That means some months I will be doing two races (I want to do some in the Albany area with Teresa).
Don't get me wrong.....The Tri is not out of the picture!!! It is just on hold. Andy is in the spot light.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
On and On and On
This week has not been a week for running. I did not go to the Y on Monday because I had the stomach bug again.
On Wednesday, I took Andy to the Dr's to see if there is something wrong. She did not like his weight gain and has ordered a whole bunch of blood test to be done next week. I will let everyone know what the status is on that when I find out.
Also on Wednesday, I ran 4.25 miles on the treadmill. I think that I did OK. I started out at 4.8 mph, got up to a speed of 5.6 mph and ended the run at 5.4mph. I did it in around 50 minutes...I got the actual time at home.
I did the Animal Planet Dog Selector that Jen talked about in one of her blogs......The one that is good for my family is an Australian Shepard.....Of course the are listed as hard to find. Down in the 30Th place is a beagle (the only dog that was listed as easy to find). Is my family that hard to please?
I hope that everyone has a good week and I will write on Saturday after my run.
On Wednesday, I took Andy to the Dr's to see if there is something wrong. She did not like his weight gain and has ordered a whole bunch of blood test to be done next week. I will let everyone know what the status is on that when I find out.
Also on Wednesday, I ran 4.25 miles on the treadmill. I think that I did OK. I started out at 4.8 mph, got up to a speed of 5.6 mph and ended the run at 5.4mph. I did it in around 50 minutes...I got the actual time at home.
I did the Animal Planet Dog Selector that Jen talked about in one of her blogs......The one that is good for my family is an Australian Shepard.....Of course the are listed as hard to find. Down in the 30Th place is a beagle (the only dog that was listed as easy to find). Is my family that hard to please?
I hope that everyone has a good week and I will write on Saturday after my run.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Is there such a thing as.......
A NASCAR Whore who doesn't sleep with the drivers? I think that I am becoming that person again. I was running today and I was listening to the pre-show. The pre-show that last forever and they talk about nothing......I was really listening to that. I was even running while they were singing the National Anthem.....what has Ron made. I even yelled at Brian, because he want to play on the computer and did not want to listen to the race. Since the boys were born, I have not acted this way....I can't want to see or listen to the race. I'm listening to the race while I'm writing this. If I start naming drivers and their crew chiefs, HELP ME!!!!! You guys are my only help. Shoot, Andy is now starting to get into it and right now he is working on our friends race car with Ron. That's a good thing, they will keep him busy and active.....He won't be home just watching TV or sitting around working on his sukdo because it is just too cold to go outside.
What I have done since the 4 miles is:
Saturday - I only went swimming. While Andy has his lesson, there is an open swim lap. I did about 20 laps and then called it a day. That way I was able to get dressed before Andy's class is over and I can make sure that he gets everything. I did not run afterwards, because I had some things to do in the area and Andy by himself is a great help and does not slow me down.
Sunday - I ran 2.59 (for 30 minutes) while listening to the pre-race and yelling at Brian.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow with everybody. I just hope that it is warm enough to run. I hate to run in the cold with my glasses. Which, by the way, I have to wear from now on. We (the Eye Dr) finally figured out that I am allergic to my contacts and I have to run with my glasses. To top it off, I am allergic to nickel (which most glasses are made of). I can't have the gold or plastic coated, my sweat wears the coating off and then the nickel shows. Then I get big sores on my face. There are not many plastic frames that look good on my high bridge which put my glasses near my face, which then fog up when I run in the cold.......Good thing that I like running, because I think this would stop some people.
I do have a new set just for running and I have a good set for every day. We just have to see how they work.
I would like to thank everybody's concern for Andy!!! It makes my decision to take him to the Dr's alot easier. I also showed what you said to Ron, now he thinks that it is a good idea to take Andy to the Dr's. I'm just worried because my Mom has diabetes, and I know what she is going through right now. You only want the best for your Children (both two legs and four legs) and you just do what needs to be done. If he has it, that is OK (you know what I mean), we will take it and just do the best that we can. If he doesn't have it, that's great!!! We will take this as a learning lesson and just change our ways and make sure that we don't have this again.
He is looking forward to taking the running class. We are writing down how much time he is on the treadmill or does any kind of exercise (not including Gym class) on a calendar.......I think if he gets through the 5K class, we are going to run the Arc 5K race in September......A mostly flat race, other than the bridge, which is good first race. I'm also going to sign him up for the Fun Run in July during Harbor Fest. That would be a great first race for him.....only a mile long....gives him a taste for the races. His little friend Larry is also going to run the race so he will have a friend.
What I have done since the 4 miles is:
Saturday - I only went swimming. While Andy has his lesson, there is an open swim lap. I did about 20 laps and then called it a day. That way I was able to get dressed before Andy's class is over and I can make sure that he gets everything. I did not run afterwards, because I had some things to do in the area and Andy by himself is a great help and does not slow me down.
Sunday - I ran 2.59 (for 30 minutes) while listening to the pre-race and yelling at Brian.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow with everybody. I just hope that it is warm enough to run. I hate to run in the cold with my glasses. Which, by the way, I have to wear from now on. We (the Eye Dr) finally figured out that I am allergic to my contacts and I have to run with my glasses. To top it off, I am allergic to nickel (which most glasses are made of). I can't have the gold or plastic coated, my sweat wears the coating off and then the nickel shows. Then I get big sores on my face. There are not many plastic frames that look good on my high bridge which put my glasses near my face, which then fog up when I run in the cold.......Good thing that I like running, because I think this would stop some people.
I do have a new set just for running and I have a good set for every day. We just have to see how they work.
I would like to thank everybody's concern for Andy!!! It makes my decision to take him to the Dr's alot easier. I also showed what you said to Ron, now he thinks that it is a good idea to take Andy to the Dr's. I'm just worried because my Mom has diabetes, and I know what she is going through right now. You only want the best for your Children (both two legs and four legs) and you just do what needs to be done. If he has it, that is OK (you know what I mean), we will take it and just do the best that we can. If he doesn't have it, that's great!!! We will take this as a learning lesson and just change our ways and make sure that we don't have this again.
He is looking forward to taking the running class. We are writing down how much time he is on the treadmill or does any kind of exercise (not including Gym class) on a calendar.......I think if he gets through the 5K class, we are going to run the Arc 5K race in September......A mostly flat race, other than the bridge, which is good first race. I'm also going to sign him up for the Fun Run in July during Harbor Fest. That would be a great first race for him.....only a mile long....gives him a taste for the races. His little friend Larry is also going to run the race so he will have a friend.
Friday, March 16, 2007
This week in running and other notions
OK, so I'm trying to be cleaver. Just remember, I'm not an English Major.....I work with numbers.
On Monday, even though I said that I was going to take it easy after the race, I ran with Trace, Sherrie and Sherry. We are now trying to do negative splits on the hills across the street from the Y. We did it, the negatives and the running, while running three time around making it about 2.7 miles. Trace describes the course very well in her blog, I'm going to describe how I felt.
First, Tired.....I have to learn to eat something before I go to the Y, and not try to do things and try to succeed without any kind of energy. I eat lunch around 12:30 and have nothing until I get home around 8:45pm. No wonder I look like Poop out there and in swimming on Mondays.
Second, Trace had to push me on the third time around. Thank God for "Tough Love". It seems when I'm running I need someone there to push me. It's like I don't really believe in myself to do it. I need someone to remind me. Teresa even told me the other day, that she is there to help me, to push me so that my other friends can run their race. I need to get a life and start believing in me. I have just proved that I can run (OK with the help of my friends and my sister) one of the hardest races in Syracuse (other than the Mountain Goat). I just have to run a race sometime, by myself,( hey wasn't that the Jingle Bell) and just see how I do.
Then after running I went swimming. I think I only added one more lap.....I was just plain pooped. Also, I got a cramp in my calf with the flippers on. Once I got rid of that, I could only do a couple more laps and then I was done for the night.
On Wednesday (Boy Scout Night), I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. I wanted to do my long slow run just in case I could not do it on Saturday. OK, I'm planning on the Y to be packed on Saturday and I to be kicked off the treadmill. So, I wanted to get my mileage in. With Brian on the computer and some music in my ears, I ran between a 4.8 and 5.2mph. (I up the speed towards the end because it was getting close to my run time for Tipp Hill and I did not want to go over that, what a Dork). The only thing that bothered me was my Toe nail. I think that I'm going to loose it. It did not bother me on Saturday or Monday, not like it did on Wednesday and the days that followed. It looks kind of purple. It is not like I'm a toe model. Nobody looks at my feet anyway with work's stocking/sock rule. So there is really nothing to lose? Right? OK, I'm going on the running sites to see what I can do.
Because Andy has swimming and Brian has soccer, I will be at the Y on Saturday. There is an open lap lane during Andy's swimming lesson. I'm going to see how many laps I can do without stopping. Then, I'll go on the treadmill and see how long I can last there.
I also have another problem that I'm trying to work on. Andy!!! The only activity that Andy wants to do is swim one day a week. He just does not look right. He says that he is always tired and does not want to do stuff. He keeps on telling me that he wants to run like I do in a race, but on Tuesday he did not want to go for a walk with me and his brother. He stayed inside and cleaned his room. What 8 year old kid stays inside and cleans their room when they can go outside and play? This year he did not want to sign up for baseball. He LOVED playing baseball last year, but he was very adamant that he was not going to play this year. Also, Andy weighed 85lbs for his Dr's appointment in August. Last night, he weighed 101.5. I'm in shock!!!! He drinks all the time like he can't quench his thirst. He goes to the bathroom all the time. On Saturday, after the race, at the restaurant, he had three adult size glass of soda and went to the bathroom three times during the hour and 1/2 we were there. Ron says we have nothing to worry about. But I am!!!! I have a Dr's appointment for 3/21, I have brought up the Diabetes word to the nurse, and with what I described (even before being over 100 lbs) she thinks we should bring him in. This might effect my running.....if I can get him to do it, I will be running with him and trying to do my own. Lets see what happens!!!
On Monday, even though I said that I was going to take it easy after the race, I ran with Trace, Sherrie and Sherry. We are now trying to do negative splits on the hills across the street from the Y. We did it, the negatives and the running, while running three time around making it about 2.7 miles. Trace describes the course very well in her blog, I'm going to describe how I felt.
First, Tired.....I have to learn to eat something before I go to the Y, and not try to do things and try to succeed without any kind of energy. I eat lunch around 12:30 and have nothing until I get home around 8:45pm. No wonder I look like Poop out there and in swimming on Mondays.
Second, Trace had to push me on the third time around. Thank God for "Tough Love". It seems when I'm running I need someone there to push me. It's like I don't really believe in myself to do it. I need someone to remind me. Teresa even told me the other day, that she is there to help me, to push me so that my other friends can run their race. I need to get a life and start believing in me. I have just proved that I can run (OK with the help of my friends and my sister) one of the hardest races in Syracuse (other than the Mountain Goat). I just have to run a race sometime, by myself,( hey wasn't that the Jingle Bell) and just see how I do.
Then after running I went swimming. I think I only added one more lap.....I was just plain pooped. Also, I got a cramp in my calf with the flippers on. Once I got rid of that, I could only do a couple more laps and then I was done for the night.
On Wednesday (Boy Scout Night), I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. I wanted to do my long slow run just in case I could not do it on Saturday. OK, I'm planning on the Y to be packed on Saturday and I to be kicked off the treadmill. So, I wanted to get my mileage in. With Brian on the computer and some music in my ears, I ran between a 4.8 and 5.2mph. (I up the speed towards the end because it was getting close to my run time for Tipp Hill and I did not want to go over that, what a Dork). The only thing that bothered me was my Toe nail. I think that I'm going to loose it. It did not bother me on Saturday or Monday, not like it did on Wednesday and the days that followed. It looks kind of purple. It is not like I'm a toe model. Nobody looks at my feet anyway with work's stocking/sock rule. So there is really nothing to lose? Right? OK, I'm going on the running sites to see what I can do.
Because Andy has swimming and Brian has soccer, I will be at the Y on Saturday. There is an open lap lane during Andy's swimming lesson. I'm going to see how many laps I can do without stopping. Then, I'll go on the treadmill and see how long I can last there.
I also have another problem that I'm trying to work on. Andy!!! The only activity that Andy wants to do is swim one day a week. He just does not look right. He says that he is always tired and does not want to do stuff. He keeps on telling me that he wants to run like I do in a race, but on Tuesday he did not want to go for a walk with me and his brother. He stayed inside and cleaned his room. What 8 year old kid stays inside and cleans their room when they can go outside and play? This year he did not want to sign up for baseball. He LOVED playing baseball last year, but he was very adamant that he was not going to play this year. Also, Andy weighed 85lbs for his Dr's appointment in August. Last night, he weighed 101.5. I'm in shock!!!! He drinks all the time like he can't quench his thirst. He goes to the bathroom all the time. On Saturday, after the race, at the restaurant, he had three adult size glass of soda and went to the bathroom three times during the hour and 1/2 we were there. Ron says we have nothing to worry about. But I am!!!! I have a Dr's appointment for 3/21, I have brought up the Diabetes word to the nurse, and with what I described (even before being over 100 lbs) she thinks we should bring him in. This might effect my running.....if I can get him to do it, I will be running with him and trying to do my own. Lets see what happens!!!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
I'm Alive!!!!
We did it!!! We ran the 2ND Annual Tipperary Hill 4 Mile race. And I'm alive!!! But right now everything hurts. My shoulders, my chest, my toes (blisters) and maybe a little bit of my pride.
My sister Teresa came into town to run the race with us. She got up at 5:30am drove from Troy (OK my parents drove, but she still came) and ran with us. She did awesome. I feel like I hold her back in these races.....She says that she does not care, but I do. She is a better athlete than that to finish where she does. I love her for what she does.
I meet my Parents and Teresa at the Y around 9:20am and we head off. We part at the zoo parking lot because we think that it will be better to get out if we do. We start walking over to the race start and we see Jen. So the three of us start for the building where everything is held. There we see Bridget and we all pile up in her van, with Trace, Andrew and Bill. Bridget has great pictures of us in there.
At 10:30 we meet Kris and Shannon and we get ready for the race. Of course, like the good runners that we are we start in the back, that means we have to climb "the hill" even before we start the race.
The race starts and off we go....I try to keep a steady pace with Teresa right next to me. I do great most of the way. Teresa did have to tell me to be quiet because my 1-2-3-4 up the first hill was too loud that the people in front of us were laughing. OK I was loud, but it keeps me going.
I was OK when we went down the hill, over near St. Patrick's, where the Mexico Marching Band had some drums and was trying to bang out a beat. Of course, I knew one of the girls because she lives in Palermo and her brother was on Andy's baseball team. There they had water....my mistake....I didn't need water, why did I take it. I just don't know.
So we turn the corner and head towards Nipsy's bar (A bar right near a church, such a novel idea). I'm OK there also, but in the back of my mind, I know that it is going to be hell from now on....I start doubting myself.
We get to Coleman's Bar and turn the corner.....I can't breath...I just can't suck in enough air. I stop to walk. No matter what Teresa said or did could help me at this point. I know that I frustrated her. I walk up the slow incline, but now I'm determined to run up that hill.
We turn the corner and Teresa is talking me up the hill the whole way. I don't remember much of it, but I do remember seeing our friend Sherrie who is taking pictures at this time. She is at the top of the hill.......I MADE IT UP TO THE TOP OF THE HILL!!! I can't breath again. Almost to the point that of hyperventilation. We are almost done and I'm walking. I finally get enough air and we start running again. Now at this point I just want to finish the race. We go around Burnet Park and we head for the home stretch. Teresa tells me "It is almost 50 minutes....you want to beat 50 minutes don't ya" So we sprint to the finish line. We made it under the 50 minutes.
I don't remember what our actual gun time was, but our chip time was 48:30 (I think Teresa said) I'm still waiting for the actual times on the web site (I really don't remember much of what happened after the race) I do know that Teresa finished 858 and I finished 859 out of around 1200 people. I do think that is good.
The whole group got together after the race and we checked on everybody. Trace did what she set out to do, finish the whole race without stopping. Bridget and Jen did awesome (of course). Kris, Shannon and I finished the race!!! Pictures were taken and the are posted on Bridget's Blog and some should be posted on Trace's.
The only things that I could change.....I wish that I did not hold Teresa back all the time and that I did not walk....I wish I had the guts to just kept on Running the whole time like Trace did!!! But I do believe that I doubted myself so much that thing happened the way that they did. Now I have something to strive.
Next, training for the Tri......I'm going to train the best that I can and we will see what we can do.
My sister Teresa came into town to run the race with us. She got up at 5:30am drove from Troy (OK my parents drove, but she still came) and ran with us. She did awesome. I feel like I hold her back in these races.....She says that she does not care, but I do. She is a better athlete than that to finish where she does. I love her for what she does.
I meet my Parents and Teresa at the Y around 9:20am and we head off. We part at the zoo parking lot because we think that it will be better to get out if we do. We start walking over to the race start and we see Jen. So the three of us start for the building where everything is held. There we see Bridget and we all pile up in her van, with Trace, Andrew and Bill. Bridget has great pictures of us in there.
At 10:30 we meet Kris and Shannon and we get ready for the race. Of course, like the good runners that we are we start in the back, that means we have to climb "the hill" even before we start the race.
The race starts and off we go....I try to keep a steady pace with Teresa right next to me. I do great most of the way. Teresa did have to tell me to be quiet because my 1-2-3-4 up the first hill was too loud that the people in front of us were laughing. OK I was loud, but it keeps me going.
I was OK when we went down the hill, over near St. Patrick's, where the Mexico Marching Band had some drums and was trying to bang out a beat. Of course, I knew one of the girls because she lives in Palermo and her brother was on Andy's baseball team. There they had water....my mistake....I didn't need water, why did I take it. I just don't know.
So we turn the corner and head towards Nipsy's bar (A bar right near a church, such a novel idea). I'm OK there also, but in the back of my mind, I know that it is going to be hell from now on....I start doubting myself.
We get to Coleman's Bar and turn the corner.....I can't breath...I just can't suck in enough air. I stop to walk. No matter what Teresa said or did could help me at this point. I know that I frustrated her. I walk up the slow incline, but now I'm determined to run up that hill.
We turn the corner and Teresa is talking me up the hill the whole way. I don't remember much of it, but I do remember seeing our friend Sherrie who is taking pictures at this time. She is at the top of the hill.......I MADE IT UP TO THE TOP OF THE HILL!!! I can't breath again. Almost to the point that of hyperventilation. We are almost done and I'm walking. I finally get enough air and we start running again. Now at this point I just want to finish the race. We go around Burnet Park and we head for the home stretch. Teresa tells me "It is almost 50 minutes....you want to beat 50 minutes don't ya" So we sprint to the finish line. We made it under the 50 minutes.
I don't remember what our actual gun time was, but our chip time was 48:30 (I think Teresa said) I'm still waiting for the actual times on the web site (I really don't remember much of what happened after the race) I do know that Teresa finished 858 and I finished 859 out of around 1200 people. I do think that is good.
The whole group got together after the race and we checked on everybody. Trace did what she set out to do, finish the whole race without stopping. Bridget and Jen did awesome (of course). Kris, Shannon and I finished the race!!! Pictures were taken and the are posted on Bridget's Blog and some should be posted on Trace's.
The only things that I could change.....I wish that I did not hold Teresa back all the time and that I did not walk....I wish I had the guts to just kept on Running the whole time like Trace did!!! But I do believe that I doubted myself so much that thing happened the way that they did. Now I have something to strive.
Next, training for the Tri......I'm going to train the best that I can and we will see what we can do.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Lets see if this works today
Hi -
I think I got this working!!! I hope.
Tomorrow is the big race. The Tipp Hill 4 mile. I'm scared. I know that I will finish the race, but will I have to walk up the hill. Last week, the hill was a bear.
I just have to have a positive attitude!!! Things will be fine. I will write about what happened as soon as I can!!!
Sue
I think I got this working!!! I hope.
Tomorrow is the big race. The Tipp Hill 4 mile. I'm scared. I know that I will finish the race, but will I have to walk up the hill. Last week, the hill was a bear.
I just have to have a positive attitude!!! Things will be fine. I will write about what happened as soon as I can!!!
Sue
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
I'm having trouble with Blogger at home
I tried to write a post at least 6 times on Sunday and Monday. I think that it has something to do with Norton.....We need to update it anyway, especially if Ron wants to do the Taxes.
I will write as soon as I can get it going!!!!
Sue
I will write as soon as I can get it going!!!!
Sue
Monday, March 05, 2007
Thursday, March 01, 2007
This week was not that bad.
Well, starting to get psyched for the Tipp Hill race on the 10th. I think that I will do OK in it, remember I just want to finish without having to stop!!
That gets me to what I did this week.
I ran on Monday with Trace, Cosmo, and Sherrie. We did the hills across from the Y. (3.6 miles to be exact) This is the day that my feet felt like concrete. The first lap was not so bad, but I noticed that I was behind everybody......I just did not have any uph in my step. I was just wanted to get it over with....sort of. I wanted to run, but I didn't....If that makes any sense? I kept on going, but after? the third hill, I had to stop and walked. After I got down the hill, I ran. That made me mad.....I know that I can do it. I have done it before, but I just could not. I had to stop again right before the fourth. But Trac was there with me every step of the way and kept me going. If Trace, Sherrie and Cosmo weren't there, I think I would have stopped after two hills!!!
She also helped me with my swimming. I did what she said about not really thing about how many laps that I have done, just do them. I added another 3 laps to what I already had accomplished. Ya!!!! But boy, I was really tired after swimming!!!
On Wednesday, I did my weekly run on my treadmill. No Ron to acted like a child, and Brian can get around after last week!!! I ran 3 miles.....I could have done more, but for some reason
it was really hot in the room with the treadmill. I think the pellet stove was on higher than what is normally is. I was throwing sweat everywhere. I'm lucky that I did not get any on Brian while he was on the computer.
This week is our last practice before the actual Tipp Hill Race!!! We are going to do the whole course this time.....I'm trying to plan out my play list for the race. I already know some of the songs that I want to put on, I just have to figure out where to put them. I know that I really need a good song for that last hill and the .5 mile after that. The music is what is going to keep me alive in this.....I'm going to need all the help that I can get. I know that Teresa will be there for me....but I might have to help her with this one!!
That gets me to what I did this week.
I ran on Monday with Trace, Cosmo, and Sherrie. We did the hills across from the Y. (3.6 miles to be exact) This is the day that my feet felt like concrete. The first lap was not so bad, but I noticed that I was behind everybody......I just did not have any uph in my step. I was just wanted to get it over with....sort of. I wanted to run, but I didn't....If that makes any sense? I kept on going, but after? the third hill, I had to stop and walked. After I got down the hill, I ran. That made me mad.....I know that I can do it. I have done it before, but I just could not. I had to stop again right before the fourth. But Trac was there with me every step of the way and kept me going. If Trace, Sherrie and Cosmo weren't there, I think I would have stopped after two hills!!!
She also helped me with my swimming. I did what she said about not really thing about how many laps that I have done, just do them. I added another 3 laps to what I already had accomplished. Ya!!!! But boy, I was really tired after swimming!!!
On Wednesday, I did my weekly run on my treadmill. No Ron to acted like a child, and Brian can get around after last week!!! I ran 3 miles.....I could have done more, but for some reason
it was really hot in the room with the treadmill. I think the pellet stove was on higher than what is normally is. I was throwing sweat everywhere. I'm lucky that I did not get any on Brian while he was on the computer.
This week is our last practice before the actual Tipp Hill Race!!! We are going to do the whole course this time.....I'm trying to plan out my play list for the race. I already know some of the songs that I want to put on, I just have to figure out where to put them. I know that I really need a good song for that last hill and the .5 mile after that. The music is what is going to keep me alive in this.....I'm going to need all the help that I can get. I know that Teresa will be there for me....but I might have to help her with this one!!
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