Bridget tagged me yesterday so I will fulfill my duty and answer the questions.
But first I wanted to say that I ran my 5.5 miles today/last night at a time of 63:33. I first have to say that I started at 3:45am and finished around 5am after I walked .25 miles at a really slow pace. OK I know what you are going to say "What in the HeXX were you up at 3:30 am. I have no clue. The Kids are with Ron's Parents in Canada and I just could not sleep. I knew that I had to run today, so why put it off. Hey, I was able to sleep for about 45 minutes after the run and I had finished sweating by then so I could take a shower and go to work. OK call me crazy, but you already knew that!!!
Here are the questions and info from Bridget's Tag:
WHAT WERE YOU DOING 10 YEARS AGO?
I was working as an accounting assistant ( or as Ron called it an ACC ASS), trying to become pregnant (yes, we tried for over 2 years to have Andy, but Brian was a pleasant OOPS) and I was working on a DIRT Big Block Modified Race Car (you did not know that I could change a tire and bang out sheet metal during a pit stop!!!)
5 SNACKS THAT YOU ENJOY
1. String Cheese
2. Ice Cream
3. Apples and Carmel
4. McD's Double Cheeseburger w/no pickle - OK that is not a snack, but I LOVE them!!!
5. Peas - I love to eat them raw!!
5 SONGS THAT YOU KNOW THE LYRICS
1. Melody of Love by Bobby Vinton - The Polish Prince - Any child that has Polish in them knows most Bobby Vinton songs or Polkas!!
2. She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby - Don't ask right now, maybe if you get me drunk I will tell you!!!
3. I Can't Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar!!! I just love that tune. I love it even before Ron got me into racing.
4. Don't Cha by the Pussy Cat Dolls - OK that is the Inner Bad Girl in me.
5. Keeper of the Stars by Tracy Byrd - This is the first song that Ron and I danced to as Husband and Wife (Sorry Trac!!)
This was a hard question for me - I am a type that loves music and knows the lyrics to most songs!!! I use to use the beat of some songs to remember items for tests. If I could remember the melody during the test, I would get the answer right - Now you know that I am strange!!!
5 THINGS YOU WOULD DO IF I WAS A MILLIONAIRE
1. Quit my job and be with my children. Just to be able to be home when they get home from school would probably help my kids alot. Then we would not have to rush around to get to place like swimming lessons and soccer practice.
2. Give money to the two causes that mean the most to me. The Diabetes Association and the Arthritis Association.
3. Give a donation to the Mexico School District. It is a very big district, with a very small tax basis. Most of the children in this district as almost at poverty level and this will help with every body's education.
4. Open a cross stitch shop. I love to cross stitch, crochet, and sew. There are not alot of places to hang out and do that stuff. Also there are not alot of places to get specialty thread, material and advance cross stitch supplies. This would be a place for stitchers/quilters/people who sew and knit/crochet to hang out.
5. Pay off the mortgages of my family (Mom and Dad, Ron's Mom and Dad, Teresa and Ron's sister Jill) and for my friends and the people who I care about (that is you guys) I would throw a Month long party at my new cabin near Saranac Lake!!! (remember I quit my job!!!)
I have a 5A. Buy new running sneakers!!! I have only said that I need to do this and I have not have the time to do it. I got another blister on my Left foot this time and I'm starting to get sick of them!!!
5 BAD HABITS
1. Hate house cleaning.
2. Thinking people at work have the same work ethic that I do. Then get mad when they don't.
3. Yelling at the kids when they have pushed me over the limit.
4. Only running 3 days a week.
5. Eating fast food!!!
5 THINGS YOU LIKE TO DO
1. Watching/Listening to a NASCAR race - This is the redneck in me.
2. Running
3. Cross Stitch
4. Reading
5. Eating Fast Food - OK I like to do one of my Bad habits
5 THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER WEAR AGAIN
1. Bell Bottoms - I know that they are back in style, but I just can't do them!!!
2. A big shirt with a belt and legging - Big people like me should never wear things like that, but I did.
3. Old style Nikes
4. My shirt with the collar up. I better not be dressed correctly if that is happening
5. Acid wash jeans with holes in them - I though I was the BOMB - NOT!!!
5 FAVORITE TOYS
1. Atari - the first home computer game. Give me Pong any day!!!
2. Monopoly - Us kids would play this game for days with our neighbors. It was the never ending game and if we had to go home we would just leave it in the attic to start where we were the next day.
3. Connect Four - Brian loves this game too.
4. My bike - Teresa, Mike (my brother), our neighbors and I would ride our bikes every where. Down hills, do jumps made out of dirt, etc. We were the first X Games.
5. A soccer ball - we were the soccer family. Dad and our neighbor Mr Dailey made a regulation soccer goal in our yard so both families could play a game anytime we wanted to!!!
Since I have nobody else to tag that we blog....I going to e-mail, Teresa, Sherrie, Sherry, Kris and Shannon. I will have them read my blog and they will have to e-mail me their answers. I'll let you know if there are any good ones!!!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
The Stoney's Harborfest 5K
OK sorry it took so long to do. I was waiting for the actual time and I just finished watching Celeb Jeopardy. This is what I wrote in my Running Journal:
Harborfest 5K
8:30am 7/28/07 Overcast Muggy!!!
This was my first race that I would be doing along. Like I said before. No Teresa! No Trac! No Bridget, Kris, Shannon, Sherry or Sherrie! My Parents did not come to cheer me on. Ron did not bring the Kids because he thought that it would make a long day for them since we usually watch the fireworks at Harborfest every year, which happens to be the same day. Ron did not think that was a good idea, so no Kids!
So I get up in the morning before the alarm goes off and I start to get ready. The Kids are up and they wish me luck. Brian says as I'm leaving, "You and Aunt Teresa will do good running." I did not correct him.
So I leave the house 1/2 hour before I am suppose to. I don't know why, so I drive to Oswego and go shopping at Wal-Mart. I got a new shirt to wear for the race. (Typical Me)
After the shopping spree, I head over to the Oswego YMCA Armory to sign in. Singing in was fast and I receive my number #94. That is the year that I graduated SUNY Oswego, I just pray that it is good luck.
Around 8am the kids run starts and I see the Hatter's. Kevin (the dad) and Larry (Andy's friend) are running the 1 mile run. Now I'm wishing Andy was here to run with me. Larry and Kevin do a great job and finish the race!!!
Now it is time for the 5K/10K to start. Kathy Hatter was getting ready for the 10K (she does marathons) and I'm getting nervous. The 10K runners were on the left side of the road and the 5K runners are on the right side of the road do to the course that each of them runs.
After the National Anthem was sung, the signal goes off (or at least it seem like there was no time in between). I can hear my MP3 player in my ears, but I don't hear any music - maybe I hear it, but during the whole race I can't tell you the names of the songs that were playing.
I go down the road and cross over Route 104. I feel OK. I know that I'm going a little faster than I want to, but I'm not going to fret.
The 10K's now turn to the left while the 5K's head straight to get to Briebeck Park. I turn to corner at the end of the street and see the hill that goes up to Briebeck Park. For as many times that I have been to Oswego how can I forget there is a hill going up to Briebeck Park!!! This hill reminds me of the middle hill of the Tipp Hill run, but just a little bit bigger. We get to this hill before the 1 mile marker.
I will myself up the hill and do not stop. I'm proud of myself!!! We run to Briebeck Park and we go around the cone. The race then heads back to the hill we just ran up.
The people of Oswego are cheering us on. Just before the going down the hill, a family put a sprinkler near the road and set it so that the spray could go on the runners if they wanted to (and I did). Plus the town peoples were stand outside of their houses cheering on the runners!! It kind of reminded me of the race that I ran in my hometown last year. So as I head down the hill I check out the runners that I think that I will be spending the rest of the race with.
I get to the first water stop. I have learned from the Swamp Rat Race - I took the water and only took one sip and dumped the rest on my head!!
I am heading towards Route 104 again and I'm thinking that we are 1/2 over, but I do not increase my speed like I wanted to. I just want to finish the race still running (I'm think at this time) I turn the corner onto Route 104 and go over the bridge that crosses the Oswego River. They have us running on the sidewalk so they can keep 104 open. This is fine with me.
So I cross over the bridge and head towards the hotels that are next to the river. Now my legs are getting twinges and my breath is quick because of the mugginess of the air. I run between the Hotels and run along the river. I'm trying to count 1-2-3-4 to keep my rhythm, but it was not working. Then I see the 2nd hill!!! I turn the corner and see the steepness of the hill. I just knew that I could not do it by myself. So I walk up the hill and turn the corner. I walk for about 20 yards after the hill then start running again. I know that it is almost over and I was in the home stretch.
Now the speed walkers are catching up to me. So I'm trying to go faster than I'm suppose to!! I don't want to spend this much energy so far way from the finish line. I cross over the river one more time and start heading towards the Y. Just one more corner to go around and I can "sprint" to the finish line. After I turn the corner, for some reason that has willed me, I look to the right of me and see one of the speed walkers running with me, trying to beat me. Why would she want to do that. She is in a different division than me and the rules state that walker can not run or they will be disqualified. Now she is messing with my pace. So I look over to her and say that she needs to stop running or she will be disqualified. Then she could not place in the top 5 of the Walkers!!! Boy did she stop running real quick.
At the same time, some of the 10K runners are coming in with me. But I don't let that bother me, I'm trying to sprint now. I keep to the right side like the race volunteers tell me to do and I run to the finish line.
I get to the finish and I get a time of 35:25. I'm thinking that is great since I did not go over the course before I ran it and it did have two hills that I was not counting on. Oh yeah, I walked too.
Even thought the runners were not as friendly as the ones at Tipp Hill or the Swamp Rat race, the Volunteers and the people of Oswego were!!! They were there to cheer someone else on, but they were also cheering the other runners on, giving them encouragement!! That almost made me feel better that I did not have someone there.
Kathy finished the 10K about 8 minutes after I did, so I was able to cheer her on as she finished.
I did not do my personal best, but this was a 5K that was harder than any other 5K that I have done!! I am proud of what my time was.
On the shirts that we received it says "THE MIRACLE ISN'T THAT I FINISHED.....THE MIRACLE IS I HAD THE COURAGE TO START." How true, how true!!! The next race will be my one year anniversary of my first race. The Willow Bay 5K for Women......HERE I COME!!!
Harborfest 5K
8:30am 7/28/07 Overcast Muggy!!!
This was my first race that I would be doing along. Like I said before. No Teresa! No Trac! No Bridget, Kris, Shannon, Sherry or Sherrie! My Parents did not come to cheer me on. Ron did not bring the Kids because he thought that it would make a long day for them since we usually watch the fireworks at Harborfest every year, which happens to be the same day. Ron did not think that was a good idea, so no Kids!
So I get up in the morning before the alarm goes off and I start to get ready. The Kids are up and they wish me luck. Brian says as I'm leaving, "You and Aunt Teresa will do good running." I did not correct him.
So I leave the house 1/2 hour before I am suppose to. I don't know why, so I drive to Oswego and go shopping at Wal-Mart. I got a new shirt to wear for the race. (Typical Me)
After the shopping spree, I head over to the Oswego YMCA Armory to sign in. Singing in was fast and I receive my number #94. That is the year that I graduated SUNY Oswego, I just pray that it is good luck.
Around 8am the kids run starts and I see the Hatter's. Kevin (the dad) and Larry (Andy's friend) are running the 1 mile run. Now I'm wishing Andy was here to run with me. Larry and Kevin do a great job and finish the race!!!
Now it is time for the 5K/10K to start. Kathy Hatter was getting ready for the 10K (she does marathons) and I'm getting nervous. The 10K runners were on the left side of the road and the 5K runners are on the right side of the road do to the course that each of them runs.
After the National Anthem was sung, the signal goes off (or at least it seem like there was no time in between). I can hear my MP3 player in my ears, but I don't hear any music - maybe I hear it, but during the whole race I can't tell you the names of the songs that were playing.
I go down the road and cross over Route 104. I feel OK. I know that I'm going a little faster than I want to, but I'm not going to fret.
The 10K's now turn to the left while the 5K's head straight to get to Briebeck Park. I turn to corner at the end of the street and see the hill that goes up to Briebeck Park. For as many times that I have been to Oswego how can I forget there is a hill going up to Briebeck Park!!! This hill reminds me of the middle hill of the Tipp Hill run, but just a little bit bigger. We get to this hill before the 1 mile marker.
I will myself up the hill and do not stop. I'm proud of myself!!! We run to Briebeck Park and we go around the cone. The race then heads back to the hill we just ran up.
The people of Oswego are cheering us on. Just before the going down the hill, a family put a sprinkler near the road and set it so that the spray could go on the runners if they wanted to (and I did). Plus the town peoples were stand outside of their houses cheering on the runners!! It kind of reminded me of the race that I ran in my hometown last year. So as I head down the hill I check out the runners that I think that I will be spending the rest of the race with.
I get to the first water stop. I have learned from the Swamp Rat Race - I took the water and only took one sip and dumped the rest on my head!!
I am heading towards Route 104 again and I'm thinking that we are 1/2 over, but I do not increase my speed like I wanted to. I just want to finish the race still running (I'm think at this time) I turn the corner onto Route 104 and go over the bridge that crosses the Oswego River. They have us running on the sidewalk so they can keep 104 open. This is fine with me.
So I cross over the bridge and head towards the hotels that are next to the river. Now my legs are getting twinges and my breath is quick because of the mugginess of the air. I run between the Hotels and run along the river. I'm trying to count 1-2-3-4 to keep my rhythm, but it was not working. Then I see the 2nd hill!!! I turn the corner and see the steepness of the hill. I just knew that I could not do it by myself. So I walk up the hill and turn the corner. I walk for about 20 yards after the hill then start running again. I know that it is almost over and I was in the home stretch.
Now the speed walkers are catching up to me. So I'm trying to go faster than I'm suppose to!! I don't want to spend this much energy so far way from the finish line. I cross over the river one more time and start heading towards the Y. Just one more corner to go around and I can "sprint" to the finish line. After I turn the corner, for some reason that has willed me, I look to the right of me and see one of the speed walkers running with me, trying to beat me. Why would she want to do that. She is in a different division than me and the rules state that walker can not run or they will be disqualified. Now she is messing with my pace. So I look over to her and say that she needs to stop running or she will be disqualified. Then she could not place in the top 5 of the Walkers!!! Boy did she stop running real quick.
At the same time, some of the 10K runners are coming in with me. But I don't let that bother me, I'm trying to sprint now. I keep to the right side like the race volunteers tell me to do and I run to the finish line.
I get to the finish and I get a time of 35:25. I'm thinking that is great since I did not go over the course before I ran it and it did have two hills that I was not counting on. Oh yeah, I walked too.
Even thought the runners were not as friendly as the ones at Tipp Hill or the Swamp Rat race, the Volunteers and the people of Oswego were!!! They were there to cheer someone else on, but they were also cheering the other runners on, giving them encouragement!! That almost made me feel better that I did not have someone there.
Kathy finished the 10K about 8 minutes after I did, so I was able to cheer her on as she finished.
I did not do my personal best, but this was a 5K that was harder than any other 5K that I have done!! I am proud of what my time was.
On the shirts that we received it says "THE MIRACLE ISN'T THAT I FINISHED.....THE MIRACLE IS I HAD THE COURAGE TO START." How true, how true!!! The next race will be my one year anniversary of my first race. The Willow Bay 5K for Women......HERE I COME!!!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Stoney's Harborfest 5K.....
A good report to follow. Finished at 35:08 (I think) with two hills that I was not counting on. Only time I walked was up the 2ND hill. This race is on my list next year!!! More to follow!!!
Friday, July 27, 2007
Am I ready for this race?
Hell NO!!!! I am not looking forward to the Stoney's Harborfest 5K run. I am going this race alone. No Teresa! No Trac! No Bridget, Kris, Shannon, Sherry or Sherrie! No Parents to cheer me on. No Kids or Husband to cheer me on. Just me, myself and my MP3 player.
My friend Kathy Hatter (her son Larry is friends with Andy) will be running the 10K race, but I will be doing the 5K alone. And we know how well I pace by myself!! Well at least there will not be anyone there to see how bad I do this time!!! I have been trying for the last 1/2 hour to pull the race course up and I can't, so I don't even have a map to see what I am up against. So we will see what will happen.
On a better note, this morning (at 5am again) I ran 4 miles. I did it in 44:10 minutes!!!! I really don't believe that I did it. I think doing it on the treadmill is helping my speed. But in the back of my mind it think "Will I be able to do that speed outside?" But of course, it is just too dark at 5am to be running in the "Boonies" and I have to get my running in somehow!!!
Will update you on Sunday about what happens in the race. Trac, Bridget, and Jen have a great time this weekend at the Greyhound/Wine tour!! Jen, you will do great!!!
My friend Kathy Hatter (her son Larry is friends with Andy) will be running the 10K race, but I will be doing the 5K alone. And we know how well I pace by myself!! Well at least there will not be anyone there to see how bad I do this time!!! I have been trying for the last 1/2 hour to pull the race course up and I can't, so I don't even have a map to see what I am up against. So we will see what will happen.
On a better note, this morning (at 5am again) I ran 4 miles. I did it in 44:10 minutes!!!! I really don't believe that I did it. I think doing it on the treadmill is helping my speed. But in the back of my mind it think "Will I be able to do that speed outside?" But of course, it is just too dark at 5am to be running in the "Boonies" and I have to get my running in somehow!!!
Will update you on Sunday about what happens in the race. Trac, Bridget, and Jen have a great time this weekend at the Greyhound/Wine tour!! Jen, you will do great!!!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
This morning....
I made up for not running the full 5.25 miles that we were supposed to run on Saturday. So at 5am (yes Bridget, 5am), I ran the 5.25 miles in 59:48 minutes. I though that was really good until I read Bridget's blog and they ran 5.5 miles in 1 hour!!! I really have to practice now to keep up with them!!!!
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Still Running with Blisters
I have been running this week, just not the miles that I want to . On Thursday I ran on the treadmill again at home. I did 4 boring miles on it. I hate just looking at the walls. But I did it in 46:16. That is a 11:54 mile? Ok, I'm still bad, but at least I can do it.
Since Bridget and Trac were in Lake Placid "Feeding the Bears" and Shannon was on vacation with her family, only Kris and I ran on Saturday. I felt good. I put my MP3 player on bass so I could only hear the "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP" and that seemed to work for me. Kris is only up to 4 miles and I think that I finally got over the 3 miles wall without wanting to kill myself. But I could only do 4 miles because I still have the blisters on my feet. And of course I did not put a bandage on it before I run so at mile 3.5 my foot was is pain. I finally popped the first blister, but now I have a blister under that piece of skin. I have to go to the drug store to find something to put on it!!! I also have to buy new sneakers!!! I really think they are the reason that I am having troubles. This is my first pair of Asics. I think I really need to go back to New Balance, I don't remember ever having this much trouble with my feet when I wore them.
I am going to try to do 5.25 miles tomorrow or Wednesday, but it all depends on work (of course). I have the Harborfest race on Saturday Morning so I will only be doing 3.1 miles on Saturday. I still want to be able to keep up with Trac and Bridget when I meet again with them!!! That is if the Boogie Man or Gentle Ben does not get them!!!
Since Bridget and Trac were in Lake Placid "Feeding the Bears" and Shannon was on vacation with her family, only Kris and I ran on Saturday. I felt good. I put my MP3 player on bass so I could only hear the "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP" and that seemed to work for me. Kris is only up to 4 miles and I think that I finally got over the 3 miles wall without wanting to kill myself. But I could only do 4 miles because I still have the blisters on my feet. And of course I did not put a bandage on it before I run so at mile 3.5 my foot was is pain. I finally popped the first blister, but now I have a blister under that piece of skin. I have to go to the drug store to find something to put on it!!! I also have to buy new sneakers!!! I really think they are the reason that I am having troubles. This is my first pair of Asics. I think I really need to go back to New Balance, I don't remember ever having this much trouble with my feet when I wore them.
I am going to try to do 5.25 miles tomorrow or Wednesday, but it all depends on work (of course). I have the Harborfest race on Saturday Morning so I will only be doing 3.1 miles on Saturday. I still want to be able to keep up with Trac and Bridget when I meet again with them!!! That is if the Boogie Man or Gentle Ben does not get them!!!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Could It Be Tuesday?
I just read Bridget's blog and her run was just like mine. Except I did it on the Treadmill at the Y in between Andy's swimming lessons and Brian's Soccer Practice. I did 3.75 miles in 47 minutes (I forgot to write the seconds down because I was trying to see some of Brian's Practice before it ended). It just felt like I could not run. I was just going in slow motion. I physically had to force myself to breath and count 1-2-3-4. The last .5 miles I had people look at me because I must have been talking to myself.
This proves my point that I need someone with me to help me pace, except my mp3 player was not working and I was on one of the treadmills that only had cable TV on it. But I really don't think that music would have helped that much. But I know that I can not watch TV while I'm running. I don't get my "running" rhythm when I do that!!
I got to start thinking of things that will help me be more determined. When I read about Karen Smyers who is doing the Iron man (she is a mother who has recovered from Thyroid Cancer and had been hit by a 18 wheeler on her bike) and Amy Palmiero-Winters (a single mother and leg amputee from a motorcycle accident) finishing a marathon in record time, I just got to get in my mind "Suck it up Sue and get determined. There are people out there who can do it, you can too!!"
So I am on Trac's running schedule but with one of the running sessions out if I can't do it. So I'm going to try to do 4 miles again sometime this week, but I am bound and determined to do it outside!! Upward and Onward to 6.2!!! Saturday 5.25!!!
This proves my point that I need someone with me to help me pace, except my mp3 player was not working and I was on one of the treadmills that only had cable TV on it. But I really don't think that music would have helped that much. But I know that I can not watch TV while I'm running. I don't get my "running" rhythm when I do that!!
I got to start thinking of things that will help me be more determined. When I read about Karen Smyers who is doing the Iron man (she is a mother who has recovered from Thyroid Cancer and had been hit by a 18 wheeler on her bike) and Amy Palmiero-Winters (a single mother and leg amputee from a motorcycle accident) finishing a marathon in record time, I just got to get in my mind "Suck it up Sue and get determined. There are people out there who can do it, you can too!!"
So I am on Trac's running schedule but with one of the running sessions out if I can't do it. So I'm going to try to do 4 miles again sometime this week, but I am bound and determined to do it outside!! Upward and Onward to 6.2!!! Saturday 5.25!!!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Why?
Why did I do so much better on Saturday's "Slow Run" than I did on Thursday's 4 miles? It is called, I need someone to pace me. I really do need someone to run with to get me going.
Trac and Bridget did awesome on Saturday's run. I don't know how Bridget did it knowing that she had to be at the Church at 11:00 of the renewal of Bill and Her wedding vows!! Trac ran without any music. Then there was Sue, bring up the rear. I had nothing to worry about and I had music in my ears the whole time. I complained that my shins hurt, my feet hurt, that every thing hurt. But Trac and Bridget just did their magic and kept me going!!!
Trac just wrote to me that we did a 11:25 m/m? Where in the world did that come from? I did not know that I had it in me? Now I am scared to run Harbor fest!!!! I will be running it alone. My friend Kathy Hatter is running the 10K and I will be running the 5K. We know what happened when I ran a race alone. Can we say SWAMP RAT!!! That will always be my demon child. Shoot, the first race that I ever ran was not as bad as the Swamp Rat!!!
This just proves to me that I need to run with somebody, that music does not even help. I just have to brain wash myself to think that I am running with somebody. I only have until 7/28 to train my brain to think that!!!
I also have not run since Saturday since I have a blister the sized of Mount Everest on the bottom of my right foot. I covers all of my arch on that foot! I don't know if it was from my shoes (because I don't think it was my socks since I had on my PowerSoxs) or my body was not use to the mileage. I does not help that I walked for an hour at the Farmer's Market to get $40.00 worth of veggies and fruits. Ok, I did buy some local wine and soap. But they were on shopping list, ok the wine was not on there!!!
So after this I am going onto my favorite running website and see if I can get any info. I don't think in the year that I have been running that I have had a blister that big!!! Hey, I could always tell Ron that it was the shoes and I can get a new pair!!!
Trac and Bridget did awesome on Saturday's run. I don't know how Bridget did it knowing that she had to be at the Church at 11:00 of the renewal of Bill and Her wedding vows!! Trac ran without any music. Then there was Sue, bring up the rear. I had nothing to worry about and I had music in my ears the whole time. I complained that my shins hurt, my feet hurt, that every thing hurt. But Trac and Bridget just did their magic and kept me going!!!
Trac just wrote to me that we did a 11:25 m/m? Where in the world did that come from? I did not know that I had it in me? Now I am scared to run Harbor fest!!!! I will be running it alone. My friend Kathy Hatter is running the 10K and I will be running the 5K. We know what happened when I ran a race alone. Can we say SWAMP RAT!!! That will always be my demon child. Shoot, the first race that I ever ran was not as bad as the Swamp Rat!!!
This just proves to me that I need to run with somebody, that music does not even help. I just have to brain wash myself to think that I am running with somebody. I only have until 7/28 to train my brain to think that!!!
I also have not run since Saturday since I have a blister the sized of Mount Everest on the bottom of my right foot. I covers all of my arch on that foot! I don't know if it was from my shoes (because I don't think it was my socks since I had on my PowerSoxs) or my body was not use to the mileage. I does not help that I walked for an hour at the Farmer's Market to get $40.00 worth of veggies and fruits. Ok, I did buy some local wine and soap. But they were on shopping list, ok the wine was not on there!!!
So after this I am going onto my favorite running website and see if I can get any info. I don't think in the year that I have been running that I have had a blister that big!!! Hey, I could always tell Ron that it was the shoes and I can get a new pair!!!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Today's run
Well, I took Trac's and Bridget's advice and I did run twice this week.
The first time was on Tuesday morning around 5:30am. I only had 1/2 an hour so I ran on the treadmill while the kids were sleeping upstairs (Ron had already left for work and I did not want to leave the house with the kids still sleeping). In the 1/2 an hour, I got in 2.75 miles. At the time, that was a good distance. Even though it was early in the morning, it was still hotter than a devil. I had sweat pouring off every inch of my body. A shower did not help after that, I felt hot all day. Good thing I did not stink!!!
Today, I ran at Onondaga Lake Park after work. I really need to run with somebody because I did 4 miles in 48:42!!! I did better at the Tipp Hill race with the devil hill. This run had no hills!! What is happening to me. I think that makes it a 12:10 m/m. I did better at the Swamp Rat Race, I think, and I did not stop this time!!! I did make mile two at 23:42, that sort of makes me feel better, but not alot!!!
So Saturday is coming and our long run is going to be 5 miles. I don't think Trac needs to put a stop watch on me!!! I think that when I do the 10k in September, they will be taking down the stuff when I cross the finish line. I'll be saying on Saturday "Go ahead Trac, I promise I won't stop"!!!
The first time was on Tuesday morning around 5:30am. I only had 1/2 an hour so I ran on the treadmill while the kids were sleeping upstairs (Ron had already left for work and I did not want to leave the house with the kids still sleeping). In the 1/2 an hour, I got in 2.75 miles. At the time, that was a good distance. Even though it was early in the morning, it was still hotter than a devil. I had sweat pouring off every inch of my body. A shower did not help after that, I felt hot all day. Good thing I did not stink!!!
Today, I ran at Onondaga Lake Park after work. I really need to run with somebody because I did 4 miles in 48:42!!! I did better at the Tipp Hill race with the devil hill. This run had no hills!! What is happening to me. I think that makes it a 12:10 m/m. I did better at the Swamp Rat Race, I think, and I did not stop this time!!! I did make mile two at 23:42, that sort of makes me feel better, but not alot!!!
So Saturday is coming and our long run is going to be 5 miles. I don't think Trac needs to put a stop watch on me!!! I think that when I do the 10k in September, they will be taking down the stuff when I cross the finish line. I'll be saying on Saturday "Go ahead Trac, I promise I won't stop"!!!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
I know that I have been a bad girl about writing in the blog, but I have been at camp most of the time and Ma only has a cell phone and regular television (Yes, my kids still go there even though she does not have cable). She does have a PlayStation that they can use!!
Andy did great at the 4Th of July Race. It was only 1 mile and he did stop twice, but there were short stops (about 20 seconds) that he picked out and they were short for his standards. It really helped that his friend Larry and his Dad, Kevin, were running the race. He had been practicing at Ma's camp and that really helped him!! So now he wants to run the Harborfest 1 mile race for kids.
I got to plan out a mile run here for him. Also, the Syracuse Chargers have a mile run every Thursday. That way maybe every other Thursday we can see how he improves on his time.
My running has almost been non existent!! Trac has the perfect description of what happened to me on Saturday. She was right. After mile 3, I hit a brick wall. The only time that I did any real running was on Tuesday and that was only 2 miles. I have been a bad, bad, girl!!
The one thing that Trac did not say was she knew that I was done after mile 4.25 because I sprinted to that marker!!!! She knew that I was not going to run after that. I gave every effort to get there fast to have it be over.
So Trac, yes I learned my lesson! I am getting with Hubby right now to see what days will be good for me to run. I do not want to stop and I want to have a great run on Saturday!!!
Harborfest here we come!!!
Andy did great at the 4Th of July Race. It was only 1 mile and he did stop twice, but there were short stops (about 20 seconds) that he picked out and they were short for his standards. It really helped that his friend Larry and his Dad, Kevin, were running the race. He had been practicing at Ma's camp and that really helped him!! So now he wants to run the Harborfest 1 mile race for kids.
I got to plan out a mile run here for him. Also, the Syracuse Chargers have a mile run every Thursday. That way maybe every other Thursday we can see how he improves on his time.
My running has almost been non existent!! Trac has the perfect description of what happened to me on Saturday. She was right. After mile 3, I hit a brick wall. The only time that I did any real running was on Tuesday and that was only 2 miles. I have been a bad, bad, girl!!
The one thing that Trac did not say was she knew that I was done after mile 4.25 because I sprinted to that marker!!!! She knew that I was not going to run after that. I gave every effort to get there fast to have it be over.
So Trac, yes I learned my lesson! I am getting with Hubby right now to see what days will be good for me to run. I do not want to stop and I want to have a great run on Saturday!!!
Harborfest here we come!!!
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