My beloved Blackhawks have a playoff game tonight and Thur. and I knew it would be impossible to get my booty to the gym during the game. So I went last night instead. (see attached pic of my "Earn Your Feathers" Hawks shirt!) Same workout as this weekend with the two repetitions of 1.5min jog/1.5min walk, 3min jog/3min walk.
I only got 2.11 miles on the treadmill. But the workout was only 28 min this time instead of 30-31 min like it has been. It seemed so walk heavy that I tried to push my jog speed for the 9 total minutes that I was running.
Jog 1: 5.5 speed
Jog 2: 5.8 speed
Jog 3: 6.0 speed
Jog 4: 5.6 speed (my legs were getting tired and I didn't want to bust my face open. Being overly cautious is basically my life.)
I was noticing at the lower speeds my stomach would keep bumping the front of the treadmill so I thought, maybe I can go faster. This was my test of that. And I did not die nor feel like I was way out of control.
Wed is next and that will be same workout as above. Maybe I'll try to walk faster too. Then I move onto ones that involve 5 min of running. Exciting stuff
On a side-note: Watching all these people pushing themselves to try harder races is super inspiring. I have no idea if I will be brave enough to try for anything over 5k this year. But we shall see. Maybe in 2016...Never say never I guess
So how do you all keep your goals without looking to far ahead to new goals? Or is doing that actually helpful to make this current goal seem easier?
Thanks Keels! I am going to talk to my family this week and I may just have to take you up on the offer to run it with you.
I really appreciate the pep talks too! Now off to put all my nervous energy into watching playoff hockey.
Ok, so I talked with my family and I've decided to just do the 5k with my father-in-law this year. Because we are only going to be there for such a short amount of time, and it is a family vacation for my toddler too, two days of running is just going to be a lot for us. And it's a lot more money (that I want to put towards an epic princess castle breakfast.)
BUT BUT BUT
I am putting an 8k or 10k (or call me crazy a 15k/10miler) on my bucket list for the Fall in Chicago area if my body is ready for it. Something where I can just try to run a personal best and something to train for when the 5k thing gets easy (if it ever does, haha)
BUT BUT BUT
I really really want my end game to be a 1/2 marathon at Disneyworld or land in my future. I am not putting a year on it. We plan to go skiing in 2017 as our big family vacation. But mama slipping away to a Princess half or a Disneyland half or a Wine & Dine 1/2 at some point in 2017 or 2018 doesn't sound so bad.
So I guess I just don't want anyone to be disappointed in me, as this is what is best for my current trip. And my cookie intake at Christmas time. It's too bad these things sell out so fast before I really know my ability. I will FOR SURE be cheering you all on all weekend and my friend boxlessthoughts in her Disney marathon debut too. I will be trying to find Keels and PixieHeart pre-5k race for hugs and high-fives and I just need to figure out how to make the most annoying and awesome signs for the marathon!
Oh and tomorrow is my treadmill day so expect lots of exciting updates tomorrow. Like what speed I do all my intervals at...exciting stuff
And now a series of random questions.
1) Do you all run on the street or the sidewalks in your neighborhoods? I see people doing both. Just wondering what is best. I've been doing sidewalks, but they are a bit old and crackly. The streets have lots of cars parked on them.
2) has anyone bought a sparkly running skirt? Any recs on sites with good ones? My May race is called the candy run and the medals look like big piles of pink, green and blue jelly beans. My "matchy matchy-ness" makes me want to wear something fun. But I don't want to be the super dressed up girl huffing and puffing in the back of the pack either. Should I just say " who cares" and wear sparkles? Will the sparkles give me power?
3) why isn't it Tuesday yet? I'm so anxious to just get signed up for the marathon weekend already!
I got my 5k spot. Wheeeeewww!!! That's all for now.
I'm about to go see Cinderella the movie. And it's treadmill night.
So last night had its ups and downs...literally. I hemmed and hawed over revealing my kind of hilarious but also embarrassing story here and my husband said everyone would think it was funny and be supportive.
I did go to the gym...yay me!
But then I managed to somehow drop my water bottle, step on it, and do some kind of commando fall & roll on the carpet landing like a turtle on my back behind the row of treadmills and elipticals. Smoooooth. I "think" only maybe three people total noticed. Either that or everyone else was too polite and were pretending they did not see. Thank the lord it did not happen in front of anyone. Maybe this is why I hide in the back rows of the gym.
One short and super beefy muscle guy came over to see if I was alright. I just laughed and made a joke. Seemed like I have a pretty good case of "road burn" on my elbow and some bruises on my left side of my leg and arm. I am very Irish so I get bruises when it's a windy day.
So at this point I had two options...Run out the door and never look back (which at least I could say I ran that day) OR
Text my husband to recall the insanity that just happened, hop onto my treadmill, pop my headphones back in and pretend like nothing happened. Thankfully I chose the latter.
I somehow managed to score my best distance on the treadmill. 2.76 miles in 31 minutes. Best avg. pace...getting down into the 11's which is good since there is still walking intervals built into that pace. I honestly think because I was so focused on just getting my workout over so I could go sulk away back into my car without looking anyone in the eye...I managed to run really well.
So this morning I have a bruised ego. And I'm half laughing at myself and half feeling a bit ouchy. Maybe I need to add "walking while drinking from a water bottle" to my training program. Seriously. Did I ever mention the time I practically poured a whole cup of water down my front on a very cold March day during my first 5k? Well that's another story for another time.
I feel cathartic getting this out in the open. Now let's hope no one was videotaping me when it happened.