another half

This Sunday!

I have run a total of

MAYBE 4 times

since my last half

I have all sorts of reasons

and

excuses

It is what it is

I know I will finish

I hope I PR

I still like to run

I feel great after I have run

I just am not making it a priority

life is happening

kids

mom

life

I need to refocus

I need to run again!

Enjoy the Journey

I am back up and running.

Discharged from physical therapy yesterday!

Running pain free.

Today my body was tired.

Heavy tired.

The sun was GORGEOUS.

The wind not bad.

I loaded the kids and their bikes

so I could get my 4 miles.

I took it very easy.

15 minute mile easy

I wanted to Enjoy the Journey.

Feel the sun on my face.

Hear the birds

The trail ends and we end up in a neighborhood

in Stoneridge (golf community)

There were two little Kenyan children.

Standing so still I thought they were statues.

The girl, about 4, spoke to me.

I didn’t respond because I wasn’t sure

what she said.

Louder…

“DO YOU KNOW JESUS!?"

“Well Yes I do! Do You?”

“YES!!”

“AWESOME” I said.

Melt my heart!

On the way back my kids had gone on ahead.

This time the girl asked if they were my kids

I said “Yep.”

“Why they not in school?”

“I am their teacher” I said…”they do school at home”

“Oh”

That was sufficient apparently.

I really did more fast walking than even jogging today

Enjoying the journey.

Enjoying my kids.

Enjoying being asked if

I know Jesus!

We even stopped for a little picnic.

I blogged over at my homeschool blog

about throwing rocks and nature sketching.

Remember to

Enjoy the journey

Don’t get so caught up

in paces and distance

that running becomes a chore.

At least that is what I did for today.

Tomorrow may be a completely different

story.

just have to tell you….

Hubs INSISTED on letting me

buy the

Garmin 305!

Sqqqqeeeeeeeeeeeeeel!

 

And someday the snow will be

gone

and my injuries will be

healed

and

I WILL RUN AGAIN!!

Love My Brooks!

 

Waaay back in April I blogged HERE about how I really liked my Nike Pegasus.

I bought them because my girlfriend wore them.

She also has knee issues so I thought I try them.

I liked them at first. 

So much so I started wearing them all the time.

Then it started.  It being achilles tendonitis in my right ankle.

It was a slow start.

Getting out of bed and not being able to move

my ankle…then the icing at night.

 

So I e-mailed Brooks

and asked if I could review

a pair of their shoes.

Well lo and behold I got a YES.

This was a few months ago.

My tendonitis is so much better.

I am actually in physical therapy now too….

but it was better before I started.

I need to get another pair to run in.

My knees and ankle don’t ache

at the end of the day

like they did in my Nike’s

So on a scale of 1-10

I give my Brooks Ghost 3’s an 8

only because in the real world

I don’t know if I could afford them.

But entirely WORTH every penny!

who am I?

I am a mom to 4

ages 11 1/2 to 20

no I am not old enough to

have a 20yr old

I started running 1 yr ago

weighing in at

163 lbs

I have since lost

15 lbs and 22 inches overall

Why did I start?

The Principal had suggested

we run Bloomsday

sure I said

lets do it

My first 5K on the treadmill

was 58 minutes

I felt like I had won a marathon!

I continued to train for that 12K

and decided to try a 5K

Race for the Cure

in honor of

my cousin Jamie

I then did Bloomsday

and a few more 5K’s

Every time I got out there

I did it for Jamie thinking

she would probably

really LOVE to be running

Jamie lost her battle

October 4th, 2010

My goal is to always run

Race for a Cure

Spokane

and

Coeur d’ Alene

This August I am walking the

3 Day for a Cure

in

Minneapolis

with my cousin Jill (Jamie’s sister)

I am injured right now

and doing PT

for ITBS, Patellar tendinitis and achilles tendinitis

I will run again!

For Jamie.

the numbers don’t lie

I started using Dailymile

almost from my very first run

so

Here are my stats (I ran an extra mile tonight)

319.65 320.65 miles completed

14lbs burned (scale says 15)

169 170 total workouts

277.75 278.57 doughnuts burned

90 hours of training

Not too bad for my 1st year of running

Can’t wait for what next year will bring!

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my running playlist

1. Activate    Stellar Kart  
2. All We    Worth Dying For 
3. Collapse    The Letter Black   
4. Collide    Skillet  
5. Eyes    Stellar Kart  
6. Friend Like That    Hawk Nelson  
7. Get Down    Audio Adrenaline   
8. Hanging On By A Thread    The Letter Black  
9. Lose Control    Stellar Kart  
10. One Way Jesus    Hillsong   
11. Procrastinating    Stellar Kart   
12. Unite    Worth Dying For
13. I Gotta Feeling    Black Eyed Peas  
14. Revolution    Worth Dying For  

What are some of your faves? I need some new tunes!

my tentative race schedule

 

These are the races

I would like to run 2011

Bold are for sure

Race for the Cure 04/17/11

Bloomsday 12k 05/01/11

Windermere Marathon (5K) 05/14/11

Coeur d Alene Marathon (5K) 05/29/11

Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon 06/25/11

Run for the Berries 07/30/11

Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure~ Twin Cities 08/19/11

Portland Marathon 2011 Sunday, 10/09/11

The reason I run

 

I had signed up for Bloomsday

Part of my ‘training’ was

Spokane’s

Race for the Cure

in

Honor of

my cousin Jamie

my 2nd Race for the Cure

was 2 weeks ago

my next one will be

in memory of

Love you Jamie!

4/6/1971-10/3/10

I will not stop

Racing for a Cure!

tweet up anyone?

 

Anybody going to be at the

Spokane Marathon

1/2 Marathon

or

10K

on

10/10/10

I am running the 10K

hoping that my friend

who is running the 1/2

doesn’t pass me

Amazing….

 

 

I had my yearly appt. today

Doc was happy with my weight loss.

January 1, 2010

I was 165

today

152

It’s just a number

I didn’t keep track of inches

darn it!

I am also weaning off of my

“happy pills”

Which is good too.

Amazing how running

clears my head,

lightens my heart,

and refreshes my mood.

It helps me re-focus

or not focus on anything.

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!

still at it

 

 

So I am still running

Went to watch the

Coeur d Alene Ironman

pretty inspiring

Would like to try a

Triathlon

but who knows

I am staying on track

for the Sandpoint Scenic Half

up to 4 miles….

I am still a wogger though

you know

Walker/Jogger

my pace varies

12-15 min. mile

I would be happy to be closer to 12

but

in January I was happy

just to be able to move

forward…..and faster

than a 20 minute mile

What are you up to for the summer race wise?

leave me a comment with

your plans….

where is your wall

at what point do you hit your wall

what exactly is ‘a wall’

To me

my wall

is when I get to that

why am I here?

how much longer?

do I have to keep going?

Every run at about the 2nd mile

I wonder why the heck

I am out there.

I don’t really like running.

I do,however, love the feeling

AFTER

the run.

I can’t recall a time

that I felt worse

AFTER

a run.

Running is always worth it.

still running

I am still here.

I am still running.

I took about 10 days off

while on vacation.

Ran Tuesday for 1 mile

thought

I.would.die

Back in January

I could hardly

WALK

a mile

I am now

unofficially

15 weeks away

from

Sandpoint Scenic Half

So

I CAN DO IT!

or

die trying

Bloomsday 2010

So we survived Bloomsday

I wasn't sure what the hype was about

and since this was only

my 2nd race ever

I didn't have much to compare it to

Doomsday Hill was not that bad

the hills before it

SUCKED

There were a TON

of walkers

who I thought were

supposed to be in RED

as walkers

so we had to do a LOT of

dodging of people

like off the road

on the sidewalk

or whatever trail was there

dodging

We (DH ran with me)

got to

MILE 1

in record time

I thought

Oh this will be easy!

UH NOT!

Mile 2 and still dodging

Frustrating

and

energy sucking

I then had to pee

seriously I had to by

Mile 1

but really had to

at 2

(so did hubs)

and the lines were long

at least 8 minutes

SHOT!

Then there was a hill

finally water about 2.5

or felt like it

might have been sooner

another hill

then we finally get a groove

and are doing well

feeling great

another hill

more water

Mile 5!

don't remember if that

was after

Doomsday Hill

or before

Mile 6-7 totally walked

there were

so.many.people

half mile to go

walk another 1/4 mile

then I hear some guy say

only a 1/4 mile to go!

We.can.do.this!!!

We did manage to run across the finish line

it helped that the last 100+ yards was

DOWNHILL!

Overall it was a good time

liked that hubs went

learned:

~drink more water

the night before

not the morning of

~not to eat tacos

the night before

and

~to lie about how long it

will take to finish so

I can actually be

 with fellow runners

and not with the walkers

getting on track

no pun intended

actually it is track and field season

so running on the highschool

track isn't possible

I have been forcing myself

to run outside

it is harder

I actually miss my treadmill

well cause it is nicer to me

then the pavement

I ache the next day

from the pavement

BUT

I enjoy the fresh air

so

I will persevere

and stay

outside

Next up

Bloomsday

a

12K

my 1st 5K

this was my first race

I had no idea what to expect

It was really a family event

so if all races have this

many kids in them

my running career is

OVER

Started out well enough

the walkers were way back behind us

chipped runners went first

The rest of us finally get moving

and I went to the side to get away from the people

that was something new too

running with others

My goal for this race wasn't so much to finish

hello, just a

5K!

It was to NOT WALK

I did this to honor my cousin Jamie

The water stations slowed me down

there weren't enough

people handing out water

which I NEEDED (the water)

I used that as an excuse to slow down

but not walk

I passed mile 1

this is where, in my head,

I need to walk

it's a wall for me

I didn't walk

I got passed

a lot

but by a walker

with legs as long

as I am tall

whatever

I was slow and study

there was a small hill

and thought

CRAP

I didn't walk

what goes up must come down

I was most excited

to have a down hill

when we looped around

My NIKE+ says

2K to go

Still moving

slow but not walking

kids are everywhere and

in.the.way!

and jogging strollers

not sure they should be allowed

just sayin'

So my NIKE+ says 5K

and the finish line isn't in site

WTH!

okay

 I want to WALK

my thighs feel like jello

and I see

my love

He walked so he could see me

on the course

I LOVE HIM!

it was just enough for me to

keep going

Then my son

yells

GO MOM!

Mind you this was

'just' a 5K

not a marathon

or even

a half

but

 I

DID

NOT

WALK!

3 months ago I

could barely walk 5K

so to me this was

a HUGE

thing.

here are some pictures

that my son took

only pink shirt I had....wish somebody had told me it was too small!

I am down 10 lbs since starting in January

thought it would come off faster....whatever

real men wear pink!

survior balloon release

crossed the finish line!

I ran again

I finally ran again.

It had been almost a week

unless you count that

horrid mile on Saturday

which I don't

So

today I am going to run

while the kids are all at soccer

this will be interesting because

it will be outside

I haven't done much of that

I feel better already.

Oh

I am reading the

50/50/50

50 Marathons

50 days

50 states

by Dean something

great read

inspirational

I won't be doing it mind you

but still a good read