You, Go Girl

 

September 18th I ran

well, wogged

(walked/jogged)

You, Go Girl half

in Tacoma.

I was going to re-cap

the race.

I finished.

I was a tad faster

than See Jane,

but you see

I received a phone call at

6 the next morning.

My mother had passed away.

I was at my besties house near Seattle.

I was 6 hours from home.

My younger two were en-route to Alaska

on a cruise with my MIL.

My hubs was home.

My older two lead their own lives.

We were NOT together.

Suddenly, finishing my 2nd

half marathon seemed so

unimportant.

I hadn’t talked to mom

to tell her

I finished.

So.

I know I often take blog breaks.

I haven’t run since the race.

I do know this.

I won’t stop running.

I want to run a marathon

when I am 80!

Mom was 81.

So

please bare with me as I

have been quiet here

and on my

other blog

MamaKautz.com

I will be back!

I ran 10 miles….on purpose

 

I have BUSTED through that wall

I wogged 10 whole miles!

I was supposed to go 9

I should have gone 9

The first 6 were great!

No potty stops

No pain

In fact my turn around was supposed

to be 4.5

and I was feeling

so great

I kept going!

Uh ya

Mile 6 was a 15 minute

bathroom stop from

HELL

Got going again

and mile 7 my ITBS

is BAAAAD

like gotta walk

more than run bad

Like

I feel tears bad

(not a crier)

I walked most of

miles 8 and 9

I gave it a valiant effort for the last mile

I was NOT going to walk it in

and I didn’t

Barely!

Mile 1:  14

Mile 2:  13:09

Mile 3:  14:19

Mile 4:  13:43

Mile 5:  14:07

Mile 6:  14:10

Mile 7:  13:55

Mile 8:  15:30!

Mile 9:  15:26

Mile 10:  15:41

I then went to Car d Lane

and walked about 4 miles

no stiffness for this chick!

Exhaustion?

Yep

Slept most of Saturday away

BUT

I ran 10 miles

ON PURPOSE

7 miles….

 

Today I ran 7 miles

On purpose

7.1 to be exact

Still

I did it on purpose

and my body

is

MAD

at me!

Even more than

after

Bloomsday

which is

a 12K

My ITBS is flared

my

IBS is flared

my other

unmentionables

that are a result of

4 hours of pushing in labor

aren’t happy either

Why do I do this again?

no really

Please tell me

Cause right this minute

I could take

or leave

this

Running on Purpose thing

The Run Down

Race for the Cure 2011

because we all need pictures of ducks

Here I am all cute before the race

I think I may have to hunt down a

running skirt

So this run was not

what I had hoped

I didn’t run the whole thing

I didn’t PR

or even

PR the race from last year

There were, again, a ton of walkers

I just wasn’t feeling it

For one I am not an early riser

and

I am an hour away from any run in Spokane

So I always have to get up

early

I felt great this morning

and even when I got in line at the start

I just ran out of gas early!

Pretty sure it is because I am a heel striker

not a

toe runner

I ran on the treadmill the other day

barefoot

and love it

Hmmmm maybe I need to change things up???

I will still run Race for the Cure for Jamie

just might be in

Coeur d Alene

less people

Ponderings

 

I am sitting here wondering, pondering.

Why?

Why in January of this year

did I finally start

this journey.

And why

is everyday a struggle

to get it done?

My first 5K on the treadmill took

almost an hour!

It was still 3.1 miles!

I had never walked or jogged

that far in my life.

The Saturday before Thanksgiving

I did it in 38 something!

My body is smaller

than it was in January.

I have lost weight and inches.

I feel great!

So why everyday do I

HATE IT?

Running on the treadmill is fine

it is the ice and ibuprofen

I hate.

It is the creaking and stiffness

getting out of the chair.

I am not so old that

I should be creaking.

Am I?

If you have the answers please share!

Off to ponder more…maybe even Shred

still here

 

Last week I upped my

per run mileage

and

did some Yoga

apparently my 40 year old

body decided it was too much

and rebelled

so I haven’t run in a week

I hate that

I hate when I get motivated and serious

my body gives out

not like my mind is playing games

maybe I am a wimp

at the same time

I can’t get hurt

and be laid up with an injury

I will get at it again this week

probably the dreadmill

but at least it’s moving

5K Day

 

no pictures

no cheers from the crowd

no actual race

just me and my lil ‘ol self

I ended up doing 4 miles

2 miles in town

got too stinking hot

and

drove 15 minutes to home

I decided I felt better and ran 2 more

I sure hope it isn’t 73 out

next Sunday for the

10K

In January I couldn’t

WALK

4 miles much less

wog it

Okay jog a bit, walk a bit

I have completed BOTH

Race for the Cure’s

without walking

Something special about them

I am motivated.

things I learned

 

The Sage Memorial 5K was so far my worst race ever!

Worst in terms of how I was feeling etc.

BEST in terms of fun though!

• Don’t drink coffee (ie Mocha) 20 minutes before race
• Go to the bathroom…even if you don’t think you need to
• Drink water the morning of
• Drink water the night before
• AF came to town and I don’t normally run when AF is here
• Every race can’t be a PR
• I can only go up/get better from here

 

Sunday afternoon I stepped on a nail….

Had to make a trip to the ER for a tetanus shot

I still can’t walk normal on it

I hope I make it to the Timber Days 5 miler.

At least I have to let it heal so

hopefully my achilles  will heal also

ice. elevation. ibuprofen

repeat

1st running injury

 

I apparently don’t

do enough stretching

I think I have

Achilles Tendinosis

 

Last night

getting out of my chair

I couldn’t bend my foot

to walk

So I googled my

symptoms today and

it comes up with

Achilles Tendinosis

lovely!

took a break

from running

and blogging apparently.

My runnning break was about 11 days.

I was beginning to not

want to even look at my

running shoes

So I took a bit of a hiatus

I did get on the treadmill today

for a mile

the phone rang

I need to go outside

where I can't be bothered

I have a 5K this Saturday

next week I am going to MN

to see my cousins

One has cancer

and isn't well

I want her to hang on

I know selfish huh

not all days are good days

well today pretty much sucked

I needed to run 6 miles

to stay on track for my half marathon training

I got about quarter mile on the mill

and the kids were driving me nuts

so I went outside

wasn't good

the road is a mess (gravel)

and the wind was well windy

I had only a tank top on

no hoodie because I was supposed

to be inside on the mill

it was COOLLLLLD

so ran back up to the house

and got back on the mill

total milege

1

yep

1

maybe it was 1.25

but by far not the

6

I was supposed to do

there is always tomorrow