Back on THAT Road Again!

I haven't updated anything in so long!!!

I completed the Disney Half Marathon in September in under my goal time by 3 minutes...woohooo. It was awesome! Unfortunately, I lost my momentum after the race.

I don't know if it's the let down from finishing my giant half-marathon goal from the last year or lack of Anna (my running partner was injured) but I can't seem to get up and just go running. AND I GAINED BACK 9 POUNDS! ARGH!

So I signed myself up for the Turkey Trot 10K Thanksgiving weekend and strapped my running shoes back on yesterday, pressed play on my C25K training again (started on Week 4 and it was TOUGH!) and put myself back out on Sparkpeople.com again!

I hope this gets me back on the road!

Nike Plus

I am getting totally frustrated with my NikePlus stuff. I was so excited to be able to track my pace with the little shoe sensor and upload it online. I loved watching the graphs track my progress. I even added the cute little widget to my BLog...but it won't even update now. I keep getting these error messages...make sure your network is connected..blah. blah. blah. It is. Technology makes me grumpy sometimes!

What do ya think?

I'm shrinking...check that waist compared to my last post!

My Boot Camp tour has ended and I was actually sad to not have to get up at 4:30 am to drag by butt to Southern Highlands. Instead I now put myself up for ridicule and abuse from my fellow teacher friends if I don't show up at the gym. This method was working well until the overindulge myself "Mother's Day (Uh hum...WEEKEND) Bender". Yowsers!

I am on a serious weightloss mission for the rest of May. In June, the "real" training for my Disney Half-Marathon begins.

Has anyone ever done a cleanse while running and working out? It doesn't sound like it would be healthy...What do ya think?

Updates...Boot Camp & C25K

A few updates since I have been neglecting this blog since the "plateau"

• I am on Week Five of Couch to 5k. Hooray!
• I am "Running Away with Curque du Sleleil" next Saturday at the Spring's Preserve 5K.
• Yesterday I ran 40 minutes and did a body pump class! That chick was killer!
• I signed up for Boot Camp starting on Monday. Yoowwwch!
• Weight still stuck @ the plateau. A week of South Beach didn't even break it. Maybe Boot Camp will!?!

Fat Boy 5K

I registered for The Fat Boy 5K (uhh, BOY? sexist?) just because it made me laugh that my larger sized body can give me an advantage! You weigh in (scary) and they subtract your weight from your race time. Holy cow! I'd have a chance at placing!!! It's this Saturday and I am itching to put that little electronic time keeper on my shoe. That thing makes me run faster, don't know why??? Wish me luck!

P.S. I need to get out my mouse ears! I AM officially registered for the Disneyland Half Marathon!

I'm a LOSER!

Finally under 190 pounds for the first time in I don't know how long! I am leaving 190-ville!


All this hard work is paying off!
(I didn't run yesterday morning b/c of a super early Ortho appt. for Lex. I am going to make it up by killing my calves skiing Saturday. I know...excuses, excuses)

Losing My Pants

My foot is healed, my ipod's working, it's a good day for running!

Exciting news: I had to hold up my pants while I ran. I lost 1 1/2 inches from my waist the last two weeks and an inch from my hips. Yea!

Also: I am 20 pounds lighter than I was at this time last year. Hurray!

C25K Week 2 Day 1: DONE!

Life is good.

Freak Accident

No running this week due to a freak accident during a fire drill with a small white board and a pencil??? My foot hurts-it's ugly, bruised, swollen, and incapable of wearing running shoes. So sad. (and that's not sarcasm)

Perseverance

Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

(Hebrews 12:1)

Lessons Learned

In two days running, literally, I have learned a few lessons:

*Testing black ice while running is bad! If it looks like it might be ice - accept that it probably is.
*Take your inhaler with you when you run
*I must have 7 hours sleep the night before
*Morning run = complements from others all day long (must produce a healthy glow?)

C25K Week 1 Day 2 = DONE!

Ouch.

I hurt.

Will she or won't she get up to run her promised Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday schedule?

Experiencing Technical Difficulty

I woke up at 5am, went downstairs to take my "special vitamins", ate a spoonful of peanut butter, and downed a glass of water.

I have to take the "vitamins" first so they can kick in when I leave.

It was a balmy 28 degrees outside so back upstairs I went to dig out the thermals. I was all layered up, complete with beanie and mittens. I think the stairs and hunting was almost exercise enough at 5am!

I grabbed the ipod I had readied this weekend and was set to go - NOT!

I left my ipod at work so I quickly load up aforementioned playlists on Stephen's ipod.

Ready. Set. Go.

Start Chubby Jones Podcast. Warm-up walk 5 1/2 minutes. Where was that count down to run? Crap! I was listening to the wrong podcast. Can't get the menu to work and take a few minutes to discover you have to take mittens off to operate the ipod. (Did you know that?) Where was week 1? Week one wasn't downloaded......aarrgh! So on to week 2.

I am pleased to say I began again with week 2's program, almost. On the last run I pooped out at the 30 second mark. But it's DONE!

Couch to 5K Week 1 Day 1- Completed

ipod ready? Check.

Last time around I used the Podrunner Podcasts to help me get moving into interval training. While it worked all right, since I really truly am not a big fan of techno, I have finally created my own playlists for this time around. I used advice from Dan's Running Blog to get me started. My current playlist consists of dings for running/walking intervals with this music for week 1:

*Let's Dance - Miley Cyrus (it's from my daughter's CD but it really gets me moving)
*When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls
*Behind these Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
*Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas
*Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
*Smack That - Akron featuring Eminem
*Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
*Boombastic - Shaggy

I am trying to figure out how to get Audacity to work so the dings won't interrupt my music...but I can't seem to get it right. Guess it will give me something else to look forward to figuring out as I advance through each week???

Just in case I also found The Chubby Jones C25K podcast on itunes. If my playlists doesn't cut it, hers are the next best thing!

Tomorrow C25K (or Tuesday anyway)

I always have the "I'll start tomorrow" thing going on. But for reals. I am. Or Tuesday at least. Since my goal is to run the Disney Half Marathon (or 5k maybe?) in September I better get my butt in gear!

So I am committing to following Cool Running's Couch to 5k (aka C25K) plan to get my ass off the sofa (actually the computer chair) and start running away the pounds.