Running with people

I am use to running in the middle of nowhere. I have only seen another person running once in the last 6 months when I am actually out there running. I see a few bikers, maybe two or three but not every time I run. Sometimes I run and I go a few miles without even seeing a car. You get it, it is the middle of nowhere!! Yesterday my family and I went for an adventure. My husband went on a hike with our two kids while I ran around the lake and circled back and found them again. It was a little after noon and I prefer to run in the early morning. The heat sucked and also I found it strange running while lots of bikers were passing me and people were every where! I really do not enjoy running in the evenings but considering I have a 5k coming up in 16 days (Ahhh) in the evening then I need to get ready for it. I plan to go on an evening running tomorrow night and hopefully I will feel better about the upcoming 5k. Oh in other news, after tonights walk with my family I should make it to another city on my journey of "running to Disney". Hooray!!

New App

I work very well with apps. I have an easier time following someone else's plan than trying to plan my own. I recently downloaded a 5k-to-10k app. Why this app when my ultimate goal is a half marathon? I get overwhelmed by the high miles so starting with a small goal of 10k is first priority. I am on day 2 of the first week of the nine week program. I am so excited about this and after taking two weeks off of running I finally feel really excited to get back to it. I can't wait until my next run! Oh and my first 5k is Sept. 26th! Hooray for running!!

Running, Running, Running

Today I feel like I had a break through! I have a lot of goals like run a 10k, run a half marathon, run more races and greater distance, you get the idea! So I have had a mental block. Every time I plan to run more than three miles I end up sleeping in or finding some reason why I can't run that day. Today I decided that I was doing at least four miles even if I have to walk lots. Well I ended up doing 4.38 miles! I did walk some but I walked less than 2 minutes during the whole 4.38 miles. I felt awesome after, I am only going to improve from there! I want to be able to call four miles a short run. I feel like things are starting to go really great! I plan to always do four miles from now on :D I am thrilled with my break through today!

Sunburns and PR's

Last Sunday me and my hubs went on a hike. It was 102 degrees out and even though I put on some sunscreen after a mile or two, it was too little, too late. I looked like a lobster!! Trying to run while your skin is on fire and hurts is hard! I went on a run earlier this week and only lasted a mile before deciding to walk. Finally my sunburn is feeling almost completely better so I decided to do a two mile run this morning. Lately it seems like my times aren't very good. Which is very discouraging but I am still getting out there so the fact that I run slow isn't the end of the world. However today was different! Normally I can run a mile with a time I am happy with (not great but happy with) but today I did two miles with a time I would have been proud of for just a mile! Not sure why the sudden change of time, I didn't feel like I ran any harder, but I am happy with it.

My sister is coming to visit me in 20 days, YAY!! I am going to make her run with me. I will start her on Day 1 of the Couch-to-5k program which might seem boring to me but I can't wait to be able to run with someone!! Since starting to run in February I haven't ran with anyone so can't wait!

New Adventures...far in the future!

My husband recently went out of town for a few days. When I am given extra alone time then I start planning! I have decided that I will be running in the 2014 Tinkerbell Half Marathon. Why the 2014 and not the 2013, well the 2013 is completely sold out! Plus this gives me PLENTY of time to train and plenty of time to talk my friends into doing it too. With 78 weeks (but who's counting) until the race it gives me enough time to log enough miles to actually run to Disneyland. So as I train I will be keeping track of the miles and will use the goal of "running to Disneyland" as an extra goal and motivation.

I think the heat is making me slow down. I seem to be getting slower rather than faster. Today I tried to do interval training (that kicked my butt) to hopefully improve my running time. Maybe I should just focus on logging the miles and work on speed once I can go the distances I want to run.

Only two more weeks until I have earned new shoes!!! I love setting up goals and actually achieving them.

Goal: New running shoes

My wonderful husband (and probably the only person that reads this blog) has challenged me with finding a running program for myself. If I complete it then I get new running shoes! I am sooo excited about this! I love a good challenge and I really really really want new running shoes. My little brother use to think that the shoes were the thing that determined how fast you ran. While trying on shoes in a store, he would running around the store. He would then report on if they made him run fast or not. It was the cutest thing ever especially since he was about 5 years old at the time. Anyway so the running program that I am looking at is a 18 week half marathon training program. My husband and I have agreed that if I do 6 weeks then I get shoes!! Yippee! I plan to complete all 18 weeks though. Today I ran two miles that kicked my butt. I am still getting over a cold so my nose ran the whole time and my lungs burned. I wanted to stop as soon as I started but I pushed myself for two miles. The road by my house is closed so running was a pleasure without cars passing at 50 mph constantly.

Happy National Running Day

This morning I went out for an easy run. I figured I would do two miles, maybe three at the most. Then I met two crazy dogs that I was sure probably would either bite me next time I ran by them or they would run in the street after me again but the next time there might be a car. So out of concern for their safety and my limbs I decided to extend my run so I didn't have to run by them again. After dealing with heavy traffic, blind spots and poor quality of shoulder on the roads, I decided that I hate that route and will never run it again!! I completed 5.91 miles though and I was pretty excited about that! I find it unbelievable that I can go that far. Instead of using that knowledge as motivation, it some how harms me. I have convinced myself that it was a fluke last time I ran a distance around that. So hopefully with this run I will use it for motivation that I can do it. Plus my goal was to keep running fun so I need to do that.