More Bolder Boulder and A Little Oklahoma

They posted the pictures of the Bolder Boulder yesterday :-) Some people got a whole bunch of pictures, but I only got 4 :-( but considering they completely missed me at the Diva Dash I guess I won't complain. I can't copy the pictures to my blog, but I will post a link. I also found the pictures from the fast and furriest (aka the worst race ever) yesterday so I will post that one too. I make some seriously photogenic faces in both, but at least in the fast and furriest I have my little dog who looks pretty sweet in them! My legs also look like massive disgusting tree trunks in the Bolder Boulder ones, yuck!! Nothing like a few pictures to knock you down a peg or two when you start feeling better about your body! The camera adds 10 pounds right? Here's the link to the Bolder Boulder photos:

 

http://www.marathonfoto.com/10K/Bolder-Boulder-10K-2013/LastName/SMITH/BibNumber/FA317/offering/myMarathonfotos/RaceOID/07972013S1/Language/en?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=0%20Proofs%20Online%20ENG-SPA%20br%20(30)

 

They sent me an email yesterday that had this link that goes directly to the pictures of me which was pretty awesome! No having to look through mass amounts of pictures to find yourself, or having to check back to the website a bunch of times to see if the pictures are up! And here are the links to the fast and furriest pictures:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastandthefurriest/8691820464/lightbox/

 

My dog looks like he is having such a good time in this one and I just look miserable and like I am dying (I was!)... I remember seeing the camera person at the end and thinking I don't even care what I look like I just want this damn think to be over!

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastandthefurriest/8691819122/in/photostream/

 

I love how determined my monster looks in this one :-) I however still look like I am dying! I was trying to figure out why I had something stuck to my boob in this photo, and then I realized nothing was stuck to my shirt it was the bottom of my bib and I was holding it in my hand. I was so ready to be done with that race that I had ribbed it off before I even finished haha!

 

Even though I have tree trunk legs, I know I am getting in better shape because I felt a thousand times better when I finished the Bolder Boulder than I did when I finished the fast and furriest! I think a lot of my issue at fast and furriest was that I took out the first mile too fast, my phone wasn't working so I was worried about that, we were trying to get my friend a qualified time for BB, my dog was all over the place, my headphones where tangled and kept falling out, and there was the whole biffing it in the middle of the course. It just was not a good race for me! I also hadn't ran at all pretty much the whole week before so that certainly didn't help at all! I still haven't made it out to run this week GRRRRR!!! I went to bed at 8:30 last night thinking I would definitely wake up with plenty of time to run going to sleep that early, but I didn't. My monster got me up at the crack of 7:15 so it was already too late to get in a run :-( I'm definitely feeling lazy, but I have been running 9-0 all week so I know my body needed the sleep! 

 

We are leaving  tomorrow at 7 for Oklahoma so I am seriously doubting I will get a run in tomorrow morning, but maybe in the evening when we get there? We'll see what happens. Tonight I have to take the monster to my good friend's to watch him while we are gone. He loves when she puppysits because he gets spoiled rotten and she has a dog he loves to play with! I'll leave you with my race break down and a couple pictures that we took at the BB.

 

Overall place: 19,015 our of over 49,000

Gender place: 7,792 our of 23, 273

Division Place (just 23 yo females): 244 out of 520 (certainly not amazing, but I'm just proud of myself for 1. finishing! and 2. being in the first half)

Overall time: 1:07:37.05 

Overall Pace: 10:52 

Mile 1: 10:58.11 

Mile 2: 11:04.44 

Mile 3: 11:27.77 

Mile 4: 11:03.21 

Mile 5: 10:33.18 

Mile 6: 10:36.07 

Last .2: I calculated it out the other day, but now I have forgotten I think it was like 1:40 something? I know it was the fastest part of the whole race for me!

 

Like I said those middle miles just kill me! They are where I need to do the most work. I think most of it is mental, but I will definitely be putting in some treadmill work to help work on it.

 

 

before the race, oh so happy!

 

After the race, not quite as happy and pretty sweaty and growdy!

Bolder Boulder Recap!

Ah so sorry this is so late I actually wrote this out on Tuesday at work, but then I forgot to email it to myself, and yesterday was just CRAZY! We were supposed to be leaving for Oklahoma today, but they have another storm coming through where they are really likely to have more tornadoes, so we decided we didn't want to be driving through that! We will be leaving Saturday instead now.

 

Trailer is filling up!

 

Mission accomplished!! I not only survived the Bolder Boulder, but I ran the whole thing AND stayed under my goal pace!!! It was slow… like turtle slow, but that’s how I have been running lately so I just stuck with my “happy pace”. There was a group of people there called team turtle and I definitely should have been a part of it! My goal was to stay under an 11 minute mile, so about 1:08.00 was my goal time, and I squeaked in at 1:07.37! The website says my pace was 10:53  a mile so for me and what I have been running lately that’s not terrible. I definitely want to work on my speed and get down under 9 minute miles and someday I would really like to get down to 8 minute miles J

Finish area

 

 The course was pretty fun not tons of spectators, but certainly plenty to keep it interesting. We had a pretty early start time though so there certainly could have been quite a few more for the later times. Not sure how many people in life really want to wake up at 7 to stand on the side of the road to watch runners. They were handing out grapes, doritios, jello shots, and water, definitely some interesting race day aid J (By the spectators not the official race aid stations). My favorite part was that when we ran through neighborhoods several people had hoses and sprinklers set up for us to run through, which was definitely nice to cool off with J They had quite a few bands, but I ran with my headphones in the whole way. It was a super well run race and everything was really organized. We left right on time, everything went as planned, and even though SOOO MANY PEOPLE RAN IT crowding really wasn’t an issue on the course. I got passed A LOT at the beginning (even by people 2 and 3 heats behind me L we started a minute apart), but I never felt super in the way and there was always plenty of room for people to pass. Even at the water stations it wasn’t too bad. They had TONS of volunteers handing out water so I never had to break to a walk when I stopped for water.

We had stayed the night in North Denver at one of friend’s house the night before that way we wouldn’t have to wake up at like 4 in the morning (we slept a whole extra hour till 5). We were late leaving and I kind of started to panic, but luckily traffic wasn’t too bad and we got there only about 10 minutes behind schedule. I had been worried about parking, but we found a safeway not far at all from the start and parked there. We followed the flow of people and found the start no problem. We got pretty luckily with our parking spot we were only about 4 blocks away! Having an early start definitely had it’s advantages even if it did leave us sleep deprived! We made it to the start area and picked up our bibs about 6:55. We had no problems picking up our packets and it was smooth and fast. We headed over to the fed-ex trucks to do our bag drop, and also had no problems. Everything in the start area went super smooth! We were still kind of worried about time so we were hurrying through, and even though I put on sun screen I did it super fast and DEFINITELY missed most of my back (I did however thoroughly coat my hair which made for some nice mats in my little fly away hairs). 

Start area, this was as the heat in front of us was leaving, when we first got in our coral we couldn't even see the start

Right as we got to where the corals were lining up the one in front of us was passing by so it worked out perfect. We jumped in ours and ended up almost at the front of it. It was just a few minutes after 7 so we were enjoying the start area and everything going on when I realized I had pulled a total blonde moment and forgotten my timing chip in the race packet!!!! I really started to panic and I ran back to the back drop and luckily they were just shutting up the truck. The lady was super nice and found my bag for me, and I found my timing chip pretty easily. Definitely still having some rookie moments! Although I found the chip I missed the little zip times to attach it to my shoe so I just put it through my shoe strings and tied it on. It definitely got my heart pumping and gave me a good little warm up though.

 

 

Right before we started we found out CU’s basketball coach was running with us which was kind of cool, but we never saw him again after the start. The gun went off and we started and I immediately thought there was no way I was going to make it through the race without peeing my pants/finding a porta potty. I had been hoping it was just pre-race jitters making me feel like I had to pee since we had made a bathroom stop on the walk to the race (in a porta-potty not just on the side of the road!) but the more I ran and jiggled my bladder the worse I had to pee! About a 1.5 miles in there were porta-potties set up but there was already a line and if I was going to stop I didn’t want to have to wait in line so I kept trucking figuring there would be some more at the 3 mile aid station.

 

Go time baby!!

 

The first aid station was at the 2 mile mark and there were aid stations every mile after. I had planned on taking water just at 2 and 4, but by the time mile 5 rolled around I was panting up a storm so I grabbed another water. I drank half and dumped half over my, I felt like a pro :-) (Really I had just seen the guy in front of me do it and it seemed like a good idea). The course was really well marked it had signs for every mile and km, which was nice for those of us who were counting every step trying to figure out exactly how much further we had to go (who would do that?). The beginning was only bad because I could think about nothing, but how bad I had to pee, through one of the neighborhoods a guy had a sign that said restroom and I seriously almost took him up on it. There ended up not being another set of porta-potties till mile 4 and by then I didn't have to pee as bad so I decided to wait till the end.

Mile 3 was definitely the hardest for me! I don't know what it is about the mid-run miles that kill me, but they sure do! It felt like it took forever long, and it definitely felt the hardest I felt like I was NEVER EVER going to get to that half way point. I knew in my head that once I got there I would be ok, that I would be on the downhill side of things (which is funny because between mile 3 and 4 is the steepest). I really played a lot of mental games with myself through this mile, and was feeling like there was no way I was going to make it through the whole race. I just kept trudging along though and pretty soon I saw that mile 3 banner.

The night before we talked to my friends parents who had ran the Bolder Boulder before. They helped us out with the time to get there, how long the drive would be, partking, the course, etc. They said that between mile 3 and 4 it is mostly all uphill, and then that there is another hill going into the stadium. Once I hit that 3 mile marker I just kept telling myself one step at a time, one foot in front of the other. I've noticed that when I have to run hills if I look down instead of ahead it makes it easier for me. It's like I can focus just on these few steps instead of all of what is ahead of me. I really expected like some huge monster hill (it looked that way on the elevation map) or the whole mile to be pretty steep (my worst nightmare), but it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. It was a little bit uphill most the way to "the hill", but nothing crazy and honestly I think the whole first 3 miles where a little bit uphill. about 3.75 we rounded a corner and there was "the hill", it was definitely a hill, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I just kept my head down and plugged along and pretty soon I was at the top and there was a sign saying "course summit, sea level is for sissies!!" and I loved it! It made me smile, and I knew for the first time that I was going to make it through this race. I had mastered the hardest part and I was 2/3 of the way through!

The rest of the race kinda seemed to breeze by. I kept checking in with myself asking how I felt, if anything hurt, what my "gas tank" was at, and honestly I was feeling pretty good! I was smiling, giving high fives, and giving thumbs up to people with signs. My favorite sign was "Worst parade ever!", and my favorite shirt I saw was PR or ER (that's the lucky thing about being new to running everything is a PR!). Once I went under the mile 5 banner, I had a little emotional moment because every step was further than I had ever ran before! I was feeling pretty good, and I was really proud of myself! I was not only running this last mile that was further than I had ever ran, but I wasn't feeling like I was dying through it either! I continued to feel pretty good till about the 9km mark and then my gas tank started getting a little low and my legs were starting to feel tired, but I was so close so I just tried to think about that. There was a pretty SERIOUS hill before you get to the stadium luckily it was pretty short. Funneling into the stadium is the only place it got a little crowded and made me a little nervous having to weave through people. The hill was making a lot of people break to a walk, and I didn't want to get stuck behind someone and have to walk. After the monstey hill we had to keep going uphill on the ramp into the stadium, and  then we ran a lap around the stadium. I was figuring it would be a 400m length and I was really dreading it, but luckily it was just the football field and it was made even smaller so it wasn't bad at all. I was so excited to see the finish and know that I was going to make it! I knew from previous experience that I didn't have much sprint in me, so I waited till the final corner and then I put everything I had into it! Which was surprisingly more than I thought I would have, I think I probably could of picked up the pace throughout the race a little, but oh well.

Finish Line

 

All in all it was a really good first 10k experience. I'm proud of myself for making it through it, and meeting my goals (even if they are turtle paced goals). My right hip and knee were sore after the race, but nothing the next day or since. I think I just have weak IT bands that I need to build up. The worst part about the dang race was that after you finish they make you walk up ANOTHER really steep hill to get to water/Gatorade, return your time chip, and get your goodie bag. I felt a little like dying then, and decided that is a really cruel joke. We got goody bags that had lots of treats, the shirts were fitted not huge baggy ones so that was nice too, and they had official race photographers and the pictures should be up TODAY. I haven't ran since the race... womp womp!!! I have been beyond busy today this week, but I am going to try and get out today and get a run in. I will post my splits tomorrow because this is already the longest post ever!!!

 

Sunday Funday

Well last night's run certainly didn't go as planned... without fail when I REALLY need my running app to work it doesn't! I got 21 minutes into my run and realized that it wasn't tracking distance grrr!!! I turned it off and started again hoping it would start working, but I had no such luck. Luckily where it stopped working was where I turned around earlier that morning so I knew I was about 2.1 miles. I kept trucking it out and got to a really pretty spot that I didn't know the path lead to. Even though the scenery was pretty I was feeling YUCKY, the Mexican I had for lunch just wasn't jiving with the run. The path led to the community college here in town so once I hit the end of the path I wussed out and texted the BF to come get me. He was playing golf so I had to wait till he finished to come get me so I did some ab/hip flexor workouts and just enjoyed the evening. It did start getting a little chilly towards the end though!

 

The outside of my knee also really started bugging me and I don't know what that is all about because it hasn't happened before. I'm hoping it was just some weird tweak because dealing with injuries is no fun! I tried running around the soccer field where I had ended up, but the uneven ground seemed to bug it even more :-( When I went out for my morning run my old blister (that's finally almost healed!) was bugging me a little bit too, and I realized it was the first time since I got it that I hadn't covered it in something, which was another reason I quit early. When I went out for my evening run I tried using the Dr. Scholl's blister protector, but it wasn't quite big enough and it bunched funny. I just don't think they are ment to be used on that part of the foot! I ended up getting ANOTHER small little blister :-( I don't know what the heck is going on! I just got adjusted by the chiro on Friday so that really shouldn't be happening! He also has looked at my shoes and says they are in good shape and shouldn't be giving me blisters so I don't know what the dealio is. My new orthotics came in, but he said to break them in slowly and start with short runs. I am also supposed to be wearing them around when I'm out and about, but I just love my flip flops and haven't been wanting to sport tennis shoes with my outfits! Haha terrible excuse I know! I plan on doing a 4 mile run this afternoon so I am thinking I will try them out, I already have a blister so it can't go much worse than it went without them!

 

Tomorrow is going to be really TOUGH and I am still really bummed with myself that I didn't train the way I should of. This is supposed to be a fun race, but instead it is going to take every ounce of my energy just to get through it, and I'm really worried I will have to walk. I almost feel like I should just say screw the entry fee and not go... If my running friend hadn't signed up with me I think I would of. It just seems like it's not even worth it to go if I'm not going to be able to run it. I am feeling pretty much like a failure which stinks :-(

 

In happier news here is a photo dump from the last few days

 

The bf and I last night he had a lot a little to much to drink last night... sometimes he has a hard time remembering he isn't still in college... he has yet to get out of bed yet today

 

A picture I snapped last night while I waited for the bf to come get me :-)

There's a lot of sleeping going around this house today!:-) He's too cute I just wuv him!

This is what my house looks like right now! Plus there are 3 boxes in my car and the bf's truck is FULL I think we might need a semi to get all these donations down there haha

 

Happy Memorial day I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!! And wish me luck that I don't die tomorrow!

 

 

A whirlwind

Whew! So much has gone on this week  I don't even really know where to start! To start with the amount of donations I have collected for Moore, OK is incredible! The graciousness of everyone involved has been awesome and has really made my heart happy. I have WAY too much to even think about actually shipping, so I secured a ride on a truck for everything.... and I will be joining her! I met a girl from Salt Lake City whose family lives down there and lost everything in the tornado. She had been donating to red cross and encouraging others to do the same, but when her uncle went to them to ask for help they turned him away without so much as a bottle of water because he has insurance. Because of this she decided to take a truck and  trailer full of donations down to hand out to EVERYONE in need. She will be passing through Cheyenne on her way and I will be jumping in with her. I have never met her in person before, but I believe in the power of good and I have faith it will work out! We will spend 1 day passing out our donations and 2 days helping with clean up, and then she will be bringing her mom and cousins back with her since they don't have a house anymore :-( I'm really excited for the trip and for the first time in a long time I can say I'm really proud of myself! I set out with a goal and I made it happen and it grew even bigger than I could of imagined.

On the flip side of this those I have REALLY slacked at working out/eating well/blogging this week. I definitely need to find a better balance in my life, and get better at time management. I have always struggled with time management and I really need to get to working on it. I hate that just because I start getting passionate about something new I let everything else slide. I am also struggling to find a balance with finding time for the BF he has definitely been feeling a little neglected this week, and I can't really blame him. I know I need to make more time for him, but it is all just a part of getting better with my time management.

I haven't ran since Tuesday and even though I ran Monday and Tuesday I haven't had any good runs this week. I went out this morning for a run and it was AWFUL. I broke to a walk at 1.5 miles and quit at about 2.1 and walked back home. I felt like a total loser and I think it was mostly a mental game. It was HOT, I didn't drink enough water before I ran, and I hadn't eaten anything. I was really really really struggling and I decided I was better off calling it quits and trying again tonight when it cools off. I knew I should of gone earlier this morning, but when I got up at 7:30 I was still EXHAUSTED so I went back to bed about 8 and slept till 10 eek! I haven't slept that late in forever! I know I know I should of just gotten up and gotten it done, and I know that is part of my learning time management, but it didn't happen. Tomorrow is a new day and I will do my best to do better!

I'm hydrating up and going to eat a healthy snack that way I have NO EXCUSES when I head out tonight. I NEED to make it 6 miles! I am super nervous I won't be able to make it through the race on Monday, but I know most of it is a mental game and I just need to get my head in a good place and go! The last 5k I did I hadn't ran enough and I DIED at the end, I also think I went out too fast and that was part of why I was so dead at the end. I'm just going to find my happy pace and go with it and not worry about all the people who are going faster than me. I have been doing more strength training so I hope that will help me get through this run! I hate being under prepared and I HATE that I haven't been putting in the effort I should of been. I was thinking on my run earlier how proud of myself I was when I made it 5 miles, and how disappointed I was in myself that I hadn't kept going and kept pushing myself like I should of.

Life is full of highs and lows and I have had both of them today! I am going to just keep plodding along and try to have fun on Monday. It won't be the end of the world if I have to walk on Monday, but I REALLY DON'T WANT TO! And I don't think I will have to. If I can make it 5 miles I can make it 6 miles. I CAN AND I WILL!!

Phew is it really already Wednesday?

My alarm went off at 6 (because I had already moved it back from 5:45 the night before) and I decided sometimes a girl just needs some sleep! I have had a few seriously crazy days! After Monday's workout of running, yoga, bootcamp, and zumba  my body was beat! I did get up yesterday and go to butts and guts, but when I went to run my body was just EXHAUSTED! I didn't just quit though :-) I had already run about a 1/3 of a mile so I just called that my "warm up". Then I went to a parking lot and ran sprints between 2 telephone poles, I think it was about 50ish yards. I had originally planned on doing 10, but after 6 I was feeling like dying. So I compromised and decided 8 was a good starting place and I would work my way up on a day I didn't already feel like my gas tank was on E. My calves were already pretty sore yesterday morning, but today HOLY MOLY. I got up to let the dog out and I could barely walk! Glad the BF was still asleep so he didn't see my crazy little duck walk I was doing. I'm not sure if I had actually gotten up at 6 if I would of been able to get my 5 mile run in! I am still going to go after work today (I have to!), but I feel about a thousand times better with an extra 1 and a half of sleep! I seriously needed it!

 

Besides getting 6 workouts in, in 2 days the other reason I have been so busy is I started this "care package" for the humane society in Moore, OK. I was reading mamalaughlin's blog yesterday and at the end she had links to websites where you could donate. I have a SERIOUS soft spot for animals (in case you didn't notice the 5000 pictures of my dog). So I picked the humane society one. I made a donation, but they had a list of things they were in need. I decided I would gather a few things and send them a "care package". Because of where I work I have access to some of them, so I sent out a few emails and asked around a little bit and before I knew it my "care package" had exploded!! Which is awesome my heart is exploding with how charitable so many people have been :-) It really makes my heart happy and makes me proud to live in a town surrounded by people who are so kind hearted. Because it has grown so much it has become a pretty big responsibility!!! My biggest issue right now is finding a way to get it all there! I had planned on mailing my "care package", but I'm pretty sure I have outgrown that option. Have you ever mailed 200 towels? I don't think I want to even find out how much that would cost! Plus I'm not sure how much of the medical supplies you can actually mail! Don't want to end up in jail for sending needles and vaccines through the mail :-)

 

Even though I am a little overwhelmed right now it is TOTALLY worth it, and I have faith that somehow this will all come together and work out. That's all I've got for now because I need to get a few Moore (tehehe) emails out to try and find a solution. Happy hump day and please continue to keep the people and animals of Moore in your thoughts!

 

 

these shirts are for sale for $20 with 100% of the price going to the victims if you are interested in one let me know!

 

Monday Monday!

Happy Monday! I wrote out a post yesterday about my measurements but they pretty much didn’t change at all womp womp… So I decided I wouldn’t be boring and list the exact same measurements again. I was kind of bummed about it, but when you eat as many brownies as I have this last week you can’t complain! I think I am going to have to get a lot more dedicated with my diet if I want to shred the inches L I have known I need to work on this, but I LOVE FOOD! Baby steps I suppose…

Anywho  even though the weather is crappy and cold, I only ran 2.5 miles this morning, and I REALLY wanted to crawl back in bed when my alarm went off I’m in a pretty crazy good mood today J I love days like today, where I am just in a good mood for no reason.  Monday’s are notorious bad days for me (duh they are for everyone), but I made myself get my butt out of bed and get my workout in this morning.  I really think that is a lot of the reason that I am in such a good mood today. After my run I went to a yoga class. I have been meaning to go to one or two a week since I started my morning routine, but I had always found an excuse not to go. It was only the 2^nd one I had ever been to, but it was definitely just what the doctor ordered! We did a lot of “poses” that stretched out my hips and worked on strengthening them, so I am going to quit making excuses and make sure I get my yoga in! I was the only one there not in retirement and I felt weird having to leave 15 minutes early to get to work but whatevs!

Before my yoga class I had gone to the park to get in my run and I had planned on going 4 miles when I left my house, then once I started running I revised that to 3 miles, and then once the wind really kicked my ass and I could hardly run I took a shortcut back to my car and only ended up doing 2.5… Ah well it’s only Monday and you have to start somewhere! Normally I would feel bad for being a quitter but the wind was REALLY blowing, like seriously looked like I was running in slow motion trying to run into it. I decided there was no way I was going to make it the mile back to my car running into the wind, so I took the short cut. Oh and I learned that 15 minutes of extra sleep is NOT worth feeling like you are going to throw up your whole run. I decided to sleep till 6:00 instead of getting up at 5:45 so my “breakfast” (8oz of green smoothie and a pb banana oatmeal bite) didn’t have time to digest and I definitely regretted it. I thought since it was a little lighter than the normal peanut butter English muffin and banana that I would be ok but I was wrong! My run was super duper slow (grrrr) but I’m going to blame it on the wind/feeling like I was going to throw up 2.5 minutes in 27 minutes, yep totally could win the nursing home race at that pace!

I get to get off work an hour early today (yay!! Told you today is a good day!), so I am going to the Spartacus class at the gym (that I thought I was going to last Monday and ended up taking the world’s worst cardio kickboxing class instead) and then Zumba. I’m definitely getting my exercise in today, but after all the crap I have eaten I need it! I hope everyone’s week is off to as good of a start as mine!

 

 

Happy Saturday!

I have been a freaking terrible blogger these last two weeks, but I promise to be better!!! I have also not been eating so wonderful. I made some DELICOUS brownies for the BF and the girl that helped me study for my math test, so naturally I had to taste test them to make sure they weren't poisonous ;-) And I may or may not of had sonic last night were I tried to make a healthish decision of getting a slush instead of ice cream and then I end up eating about half of the BF's ice cream, whoops.... Good thing today is a new day! The BF is home and mostly settled, aka he threw all his laundry on the floor (he actually sorted it this time) and will take forever to do it till I do it for him. Gotta love man children! We did the truck and horse trailer shuffle that we do every time he comes home/leaves (he takes his trailer and horses to his parents and trades his mom trucks because his dually doesn't fit well in town's like Chicago and DC), and today we get to pick up one of our ponies that he left in Arizona! For the first time since November all my boys will be in the same state :-) Although by Monday that may all change haha! But now that we will have that all figured out my life should calm down and I should be a better blogger! I tried to make it up by having lots of pictures today :-)

 

I didn't get in much running this week BUT I did go to the gym Monday-Wednesday! Geez I just realized I haven't even posted about spin class yet, I really did suck it up this week! Spin class went pretty well, it was definitely hard and my legs were screaming about 1 minute into it, but it was a good workout. My legs were sore the next day which is always a good sign :-) I was going to go to the muscle endurance class after, but I REALLY needed to go to the grocery store and I figured that if I got myself too sore I wouldn't go to the gym Wednesday, so I headed out after the 45 minute spin class. The instructor was super nice and I always feel bad when I only pop into a class once and don't go back. I made sure to let her know that I really liked her and her class, but that because of my hours I wouldn't be back :-( I'm thinking that I might try and work 1 spin workout into my week though either on Saturdays, or a morning Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. It won't be the same instructor, but I think it's always good to get a little variety in your workouts, and I really felt it in my booty and the outside of my legs which is one of my biggest problem areas. We'll see what next week brings.

 

Wednesday was a pump circuit class and I REALLY liked it. It wasn't at all what I expected (I thought it was going to be a knock off version of body pump ), but it was a super good workout and honestly my arms are still a little sore! I wish I could make this one every week because I think it is my favorite class so far, but it's at 4:30 so there is no way :-( The normal instructor who teaches it was gone, (the replacement one was a super cute guy so I was a-ok with it!) so I'm not sure if when she is there if it's a little more like body pump or not. It was a super small class there was just me and 2 older ladies.  A lot of the exercises that we did were partner ones so I got to do them with the cute trainer which would of been awesome except I make really not awesome faces when I work out! I was trying to not make my super awesome faces, but at the end he even said "I could tell which exercises were hard for you".... Gee thanks stupid face!

 

After the class I went and got my only run so far in the week in... Eeep!!! I'm super slacking in the running department and I don't like it and I think I am going to die at the Bolder Boulder. I went and ran on a new path that had hills! I was really proud of myself for pushing through it, but I should probably find some bigger hills this week because I hear Bolder Boulder has some super killer hills :-( So while I was out on my run I did my usual not look at my running app and just go. The first half mile sucked and I kept wondering to myself when am I going to start liking running? But I found my "happy pace" and just kept trucking. Since I had never ran on this trail I really had no clue how far I had gone, but my plan was to do between a 4 and 4.5 mile run. I got to a spot where I figured that I was at about 2 miles so I looked at my app and it saw it said over 2 miles, so I went holy shit I guess I was in the zone and didn't realize I better turn around. I turned around and then I went HOLY SHIT my phone said 17 minutes!!! And I started having an OMG  I'm super fast today I just ran 8 minute mile moment!!! And then I went wait a second... I pulled up my app again and realized it was saying I had gone 2.7 miles in just over 17 minutes.... Yeah we all know that's not true! This girl has never and most likely will never run a 6 minute mile yet alone 3 of them! So my phone had obviously had a freak out, but I had already turned around so I just kept running back and trying to figure out how off my phone was. I felt like I was keeping a pretty fast pace, so I just kept trying to keep it up and hoping that my phone was only like a half mile off. I got back to my car and stretched and tried to figure out the madness on my phone. Basically I think it added about an extra mile to my run. So it says I did 4.32 miles in 34 minutes and I think I did about 3.3 or 3.4 in 34 minutes. It says I did the first mile in 1:48 whoop whoop go me! Since I don't have jet packs we all know that isn't true, but I probably did between .15 and .2 miles in that time, so that's why I think I went about 3.4 miles. I was bummed that I ended up doing a shorter run than I wanted, BUT my time was back up towards the 6.0 mph which makes me happy. When I first realized that I was feeling kinda bummed because I really felt like I was working hard through the whole run and keeping my pace up and I expected to see a faster time. But I realized that my other runs in the last month had been between 5.2 and 5.7 I should be happy with that gain ESPECIALLY since this run included some hills.

 

 I think today I will go out for a 5 mile run and just find a happy pace to get through the distance. I think it is good to have 1 shorter run where I push the pace a week, because hopefully that will help me get my pace up over the longer runs too. I am slowly starting to come up with my own training schedule that works for me, which is nice but I definitely need to work on my consistency and getting my miles in every week! It's been fun getting in the classes every week and I wish there was a way to get in a strength class 2 other days a week, but with the class schedule offered it just doesn't work. There's one on Saturday I would like to start going to, but it's at 2pm which is smack dab in the middle of the day! It's hard to plan around it, and it sounds stupid but I don't want to have to change into workout stuff twice a day. I would like to get my run (or maybe the spin class) in and then do my strength work out, but it is going to be WAY too hot for me soon to be running at 2 pm and the spin class is at 9. I'm thinking that I may just start doing my own workout two mornings a week and on Saturdays either with my Nike Fit Club, or in the weight room at the gym. I know plenty to make my own workouts I just like the accountability of the classes.

 

Thursday I was supposed to go to boot camp, but instead I took a nap and was super grouchy when the BF woke me up to go to the class, and then I got up 15 minutes later anyway :-( I debated going for a run, but decided to make brownies instead and it started storming super bad anyways so I wouldn't of gotten more than like a 10 or 15 minute run in.... and yesterday I went with the BF on the truck/trailer shuffle instead of going for a run womp womp.... yep I sucked it up big time!

 

After my run Wednesday I headed to kohls because my friend said they were having a big sale on work out clothes. I headed there and tried on some, but wasn't a huge fan of much that they had left in my size. I did end up buying some soffee shorts that are blue with pink polka dots and really cute to wear around the house (no picture included because I do not have the legs to wear these shorts hence why they are "house" shorts) and a work out tee that is super soft, it's boring though so there aren't any pictures of it either. While I was there I did try on some pants and shorts though, so enter all my pictures I promised! (Yes I know my hair looks cray and that my face is a hot mess remember it was right after working out outside when it was hot!0

 

I REALLY want a pair of lace shorts so I tried these puppies on in 3 out of the 4 colors they had them in the pink ones were probably my least favorite of all 3

 

The black ones were ok, and this was probably the most flattering view of me in shorts

 

The cream colored ones were my favorite although this is probably the worst view! I ended up not getting any of them because I just felt like my legs looked a little too monsterous in them, plus it kinda had a funky waste ban I wasn't too sure about... seriously though does my butt always look like that?!?!

 

I really want another pair of capri leggings for working out, but I was feeling like these made my thighs look super thunderous so I didn't get them

 

I also REALLY want a pair of white capris! I have a pair of jean ones from this company and really like them, but I felt like in the colored jeans the material was a little too thin and that you could see all my cellulite through the pants... I don't know they don't look as bad in this picture as I remember I might have to go try them again

 

I also REALLY want a pair of coral and mint capris (they didn't have mint in my size) but then I try them on and I look like this and I remember why I don't have any... sigh maybe one day my thunder thighs will go away and I will be able to wear colored jeans

 

Tomorrow I will share updated measurements and progress photos! I am off to get the BF out of bed and figure out a plan for the rest of the day, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A 5 MILE RUN!!!!  I'm not letting myself skip out on it today! Oh and to try and find the THREE pairs of white shorts I can't find! I pulled out all my summer clothes this week and they are all MIA seriously where did they go?!!? I must of put them somewhere "safe" so they would stay clean, love when I do stuff like that! Happy Saturday!

 

Holy Smoly!!!

Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday, but my life has been pretty jam packed full lately!!! This is going to be kind of a random thrown together post. I still have my post that I forgot to email to myself Friday, but I'm in a totally different mood today then I was then so for now I'm not going to post it. The first big thing I have is I passed my math test!!! Woot Woot!!! I may or may not of stress ate my way through like half a watermelon in the process of taking the test, but I passed and officially have full acceptance to CSU :-)

 

 

I also have been accepted to Midway College

 

So now I just have to make a decision about which one to go to. While it's awesome that I have options I am terrible at decisions and they totally stress me out. The BF is not big on Midway because he's not big on Kentucky, but I've already told him I am being selfish about this decision and I'm going to go with whichever is better for me (we have made our fair number of decisions based on what was better for him). Right now I'm leaning towards whichever one gives me more aid which is looking like Midway! I'm scared of all the bugs and snakes in Kentucky, but considering I don't have $25,000 a year to spend on tuition (that's after the $13,000 in loans they offered me) it's looking like it's going to be hard to make CSU work...

 

I have pretty much eaten like a pig and I that stresses me out too. I have a nice little pooch going on in the tummy area and I have just been avoiding looking at it and shoveling more girl scout cookies and guacamole in my mouth. I just can't seem to get ahead and get all my meals lined out these last few weeks and it's driving me crazy!!! I have been eating a decent amount of fruit and a few veggies (avocado's are veggies right? ;-) ), but I need to get my shit together ASAP before I begin to look like an elephant.

 

As far as working out I got nothing Friday-Sunday... womp womp. I only worked out Tuesday and Thursday last week, but I'm trying to be good this week. Yesterday I had planned on doing 2 classes at my gym. One is called "the Spartacus workout" and is taught by the same guy who does boot camp and the other was zumba. I showed up at 5:30 and there were 3 other people in the room, he's classes are usually packed so I knew something was wrong. Turns out he was out of town and we missed the memo. There was a lady there who was going to fill in and teach a cardio kick boxing class. I had been wanting to try a cardio kickboxing class so I decided to stay, which was a terrible decision! It was seriously a terrible class, one other girl showed up so we started with 5 of us and by the end it was just me and 1 other girl who were too embarrassed to leave. About the only workout I got was doing 500 squats, and I certainly wouldn't of called it "cardio". The class ended early and I waited around for Zumba to start.

 

My friend who I ran the fast and furriest with is a big Zumba fan, so she met me for the class. This was my first time ever trying it and I looked like a TOTAL IDIOT! I have no rhythm at all! She kept telling me I did good for my first class, but I'm pretty sure she is lying and just wants me to keep going with her because she likes it haha. After the gym we went to chili's and split one of their new flatbreads (which I'm pretending was healthy since I ate it last night and had it's leftovers for lunch today), and I got a side salad.... and of course we had to have a margarita to celebrate our lovely weather we are having :-) I don't even want to know how many calories were in it, but it was worth it! We ended up staying out way too late talking and it was almost 10 when I got home. I was less than happy with decision when 5:00 rolled around this morning, but oh well!

 

Today I had originally planned on going to the cardio kickboxing class, but after last night there was no way that was happening! It was a different instructor, but I still wasn't willing to try it again. So my next plan was to go for a run and then try out the muscle endurance class, but mother nature has different plans. It is currently pouring rain with thunder and lightning and since I hate running on the treadmill that means no run today. So instead I'm going to try a spin class and hope I don't die!!!  We'll see how that turns out.... If I am not totally wiped out after that I am going to try the muscle endurance class.

 

I really should be cleaning my house right now, so I am going to try and get a little of that done before I head to the gym, and calm some of the chaos in my life! Happy Tuesday!

 

 

Super Sunday

So Friday I wrote this huge long post when I was at work that I was going to post when I got home. Pretty much as soon as I was opening the door of my car to walk into my house I realized I forgot to send the post in an email to myself... so it is sitting on my work computer and will now be tomorrows post :-) Whoopsies. Technology and I are not friends! Forgetting to email that post to myself Friday should of been a sign of things to come. I spent 6 hours Friday night studying for this stupid freaking math test with one of my coworkers daughter (she's a saint and I owe her big time!!!!), only to  try and take the test yesterday and have the stupid freaking web site not work. I had about 12 mini heart attacks/panic attacks, almost cried/had a mental breakdown, and said about every bad word I know in my head (I think I even made up a few new ones). The dumb tech department didn't open till 1 (thank the lord they have Saturday hours!) so I had to sit around for 4 hours panicking. 1 finally rolled around and I called them and their DUMB answering message kept sending me in circles!! I was about to have a MAJOR freak out, but I finally got to a message that had an email address included so I sent an email. I got a not very helpful email back (but very promptly) about having to download some thing that I'm pretty sure won't fix the problem. I tried it anyway and I am going to attempt to take the test again today. I will be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy and relived to have it done and over with. Did I mention I have to pass this to be able to keep my acceptance? Yep kinda a big deal!!!

 

I was feeling super stressed and a nervous wreck yesterday so I SHOULD have gone for a run yesterday, but instead I took a nap and went to the dog park. Mother Nature was being her typical herself anyway and the weather kept going from nice, to cloudy/windy, to rain so I wasn't too stoked on the idea of heading out for a run and ending up getting poured on. Partner liked the dog park idea better anyway. He got to run around with some other dogs his size who taught him how to park at the big dogs, and he learned how to share his ball, so all in all it was an eventful day for him.

 

Sleeping after the dog park

 

This morning I woke up and decided that instead that since it was so nice outside (FINALLY!!!) instead of doing my normal drink my coffee while looking at facebook, I would drink my coffee while going for a morning walk. The pooch was super excited and spend pretty much the whole walk leading me. I knew there was another walking path nearby, but I had never seen it before so I decided we would go check it out and I could decide if I wanted to run on it. Now MY apartment complex is less than 2 years old and is fairly nice, and full of nice people. I consider it to be pretty safe, I have never heard of anything bad happening here or of any break ins. I have forgotten to lock my car several times and never had anything stolen, and same with the house. The part of town we live in though is another story! It is definitely kind of the "rougher" part of town. Granted this is Wyoming were talking about so we don't have any real "ghetto", but I would say that I found about the closest thing to it this morning. The walking trail took me on a nice tour of ALL the trailer parks around my hosue. I knew there was a few around, but I now know there were quite a few more than I knew about. There were lots of big scary dogs who would bark at us and Partner wasn't exactly sure what to do with them. Some he would try to run up to the fence to see, some he would try and run away from, and some he would just stand and stare at them. Once again he was learning lots. For walking I definitely liked the other two paths better, but this one we went on today was nice and flat so I think sometime I might try running on it, in broad daylight, with my phone, and probably without headphones in. We spent about an hour out walking and it was just enough to tire our the pooch and for me to start to get warm.

 

The pooch asleep after our Morning walk... he lives such a rough life

 

It is a BEAUTIFUL Sunday and I am going to try and hurry and get all my inside chores done so that I can enjoy some time outside before I take my stupid Math test. If the test doesn't leave me in tears I am planning on going for a run this evening. Happy Sunday all I hope you are enjoying some nice weather too, and Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!!!

 

 

 

 

Big Achievements For Me!

My brain is just fried this week I have tons going on and when I was thinking this post out this morning I had all sorts of ideas, but now my brain is just tired! Sorry if this is another random rambling post I will do my best to keep it together! First things first I made it to my 3rd Butts and Guts class!!! Woot woot I am pretty proud of myself because it is EARLY in the morning and takes quite a bit of dedication for me to get there. I really do feel better though when I get my work outs in early and don't have to worry about it after work. I already feel myself getting stronger, and I am getting better at the exercises so I'm really happy I started going! I know I haven't posted progress pictures in awhle or done my measurements, but I really want to wait till the end of next week to do it. Next week I am going to be going into work early, so I get to leave earlier, which means I get to make all the awesome fitness classes they offer in the afternoon! I'm super pumped for that and think it will be really good for my over all fitness. I'm kinda sad I'll miss my little 5:30 group, but I will be back to them in a week so it's not too sad. Next week's schedule looks like:

 

 Monday: I'm going to take a class from the guy who does the bootcamp class (the first class I did at the gym) and then do Zumba after. Monday is going to be a break day from running for me and I have never done Zumba so I'm excited!

 Tuesday: I'm going to take cardio kick boxing and run! I'm hoping I don't die, but I have always wanted to try a kick boxing class.

Wednesday: I am going to do a speed treadmill workout and take my gym's version of body pump, I have heard really good things about these classes so I'm hoping it will live up to it's reputation.

Thursday: I'm going to run and take the bootcamp class

Friday: Is still up in the air! I'll see how I feel when it comes around :-)

 

I haven't figured out exactly how long I want my runs to be next week, but that leads me to my next big thing....... I RAN FIVE MILES TODAY!!!!!!!!!!! Yep that's right this girl right here is officially in the 5 mile club :-) This morning I started out thinking I would just do a 4 mile run. I think I pulled a muscle in my saddle bag area of one of my legs (I don't know though I have never pulled a muscle before? I just woke up and it was super ouchy!) and I was planning on doing the 5 mile run tomorrow, so I figured it would be good to keep it easy. About mile 2 I started thinking well maybe I could do 5 miles today, and by mile 3 I had made up my mind and committed to making it the 5 miles. I had mapped out a 5 mile route at work the other day, so I didn't look at my phone I just kept going. I kept telling myself that I had found a happy pace and that I was feeling good at it so I just needed to keep that pace and not worry about time. And that's exactly what I did! I had a feeling that I was going to be a little short when I got back to where my car was parked so I made sure I kept my same pace and didn't try and finish strong in case I had to keep going. I was right when I looked at my app I was at 4.77 and there was no way I was stopping at that! So I kept on going and made a little loop and got my 5 miles :-) Since I hadn't tried to speed up at the end of my run I was feeling pretty good at the end of it and like I will definitely be able to keep upping my mileage. I don't want to count my chickens too soon, but I would really like to break into the 6's next week. I'm just going to keep going off how I feel until I get back on track with my training schedule. My run break down is:

Total distance: 5.00 on the dot!

Total Time: 54:00 also right on the dot! I couldn't do that again if I tried

Average Pace: 5.6 mph - moving up!

Average Mile time: 10:47

Mile 1: 10:25 pace 5.8

Mile 2: 10:51 pace 5.5

Mile 3:10:51 pace 5.5

Mile 4: 11:18 pace 5.3

Mile 5: 10:31 pace 5.7

Slowest .5: between 3.5 and 4.0 miles 5:46 pace of 5.2

Fastest .5: was my first .5! I don't think that has ever happened for me before. My time was 5:03 at a pace of 5.9. My last .5 was the second fastest at 5:13 and a pace of 5.8 so I'm glad that I could finish at the same pace and didn't just totally peter out.

 

I don't know what the deal is in the middle. I think that I automatically slow down because I think I am going to run out of energy. I should probably start watching my running app more and trying to stay at a constant pace, but for me it makes it way harder to get through the run when I'm watching the mileage... hence why I hate the treadmill!

 

I was feeling like a beast after my run today!

 

In other news I had Wholly Guacamole for the first time today and I think I have a new obsession!! It's delicious! I was skeptical when I bought it  that at 100 calories a pack it had to be full of a bunch of nasty preservatives and additives, but it's not! So I may just start eating like 10 packs of it a day and substituting it for all real meals!

 

I had a bunch of other stuff to talk about, but I am going to save it for tomorrow because math studying calls :-( why am I going back to school again?!?!?! Sorry I have been so boring and scatter brained this week I promise to be back on track next week!

Running, Running, Running and a terrible hair cut

One day I am going to get my shit together and do Skinny Meg's Workout Wednesday link-up, but that is obviously not today! I am still in catch up mode since I missed so many days of blogging. My biggest thing is that I got my butt out of bed AGAIN at 4:45 Yesterday and went to the Butts and Guts class!! I was pretty dang proud of myself. I laid in bed thinking that it really would be better to run before my class, and that I should just go back to sleep and go to the 7:00 one. BUT I didn't do that! I knew if I went back to sleep I would not be getting out of bed in 45 minutes so I just quit being a lameo pants and just did it! And it was definitely worth it, I'm feeling the affects today for sure! I'm really starting to like going to the classes (yes I know I've only been to 2, well and one other random one 2 weeks before these two) I can tell they are making me stronger and really helping me build muscle.  While waiting for my pokey puppy outside I was examining my calves, and notice that they are definitely getting more defined! There is a whole other muscle starting to show up there that I have never seen before. I still have a long ways to go, but I know feel like with these classes I might finally get there!

 

Not only did I get up and go to my class, but after I went to the park and busted out 4.5 miles! Yep that's my longest run to date! I'm definitely behind on my training plan so I am going to have to improvise to be ready for the Bolder Boulder My plan for the rest of the week was to do a speed treadmill workout tonight, 4.5 miles Thursday, and 5 miles Friday. But then life happened and I didn't get up to do my workout this morning because I rationalized that I had to be to work early so I couldn't go to yoga so I should sleep since it's the only day this week I can really do that. This was a fine and dandy idea except that I have a SHIT TON of stuff to do and my house looks like a bomb exploded. I have a really super important math test I have to take by this weekend and I procrastinated studying so I am going to spend my night doing that, cleaning, and actually cooking dinner since I have been eating tortilla soup for a week. I'm disappointed I'm not getting my workout in tonight, but sometimes that's just how it goes! 

 

Even though yesterday was my longest run to date, it was a really weird run... Also for the first time ever I had to stop in the middle of it. My ankles were really bothering me and were feeling "tired" I guess is the best way to describe it. I'm really not sure what is up with that since it is the first time it has ever happened! I stopped at about mile 1.75 and spent about 2 and a half minutes stretching out my right ankle. At the time it was the only one bothering me, but by mile 3 they were both feeling that way. I'm not sure if it's because I rolled them a little bit while I was running at the fast and furriest, or if it's from the chiropractor adjusting them. I'm thinking  that maybe since now they have been adjusted and everything is moved around different muscles are having to work that weren't before? I don't know, but my chiropractor said that it's very possible.

 

Other than my ankles I felt pretty good for most the run. In the beginning my legs were a little tired from the beating they had just gotten at Butts and Guts, but they got over it by the end of the first mile. When my ankle was hurting I almost talked myself into only doing a 3 mile run, but I really wanted to push myself and do it! I kept telling myself you made this commitment to yourself now do it! I was really proud of myself when I got done. I realized while I was running, that that's the thing about running you continually get to make yourself proud. I get to keep proving to myself that I can do things that I never thought I would be able to do. I HAVE NEVER BEEN A RUNNER! Even though I played sports I never thought of myself as athletic, I still don't, but even so I can almost run 5 mles! I never in my wildest dreams would of imagined that some day I would be able to run even 2 miles, but here I am and it's truly awesome!  While having these thoughts I was also thinking about my half marathon, and how that really is the ultimate thing to prove to myself. I couldn't image how it would feel to cross the finish line and to be able to say I proved to myself that I could run 13.1 miles! I still want to have that moment, but I still haven't decided if it will happen this year or not.

 

I found a BUNCH of races that I really want to do this summer. They are all only 5k's, but they are fun ones and I want running to stay fun. I also still want to work on getting in overall better shape. I really feel like if I were already in shape, and already a "runner" it would work a lot better, than trying to get into running while trying to train for a half marathon... but I still really want to prove to myself that I can reach this ultimate goal. I think it is still an obtainable goal, but I am worried it will burn me out on running and it won't be a fun experience for me... who knows some day I will make up my mind! The races that I want to do are a night race where they cover you in glow paint, foam fest which is another obstacle course, drenched which is pretty much like it sounds you run through a bunch of water obstacles and there is a huge water fight at the end, and insanity mud run which is well a mud run. I think there were some others, but I lost my little sticky note that I had them written on :-( I also would really like to try a trail run, but I don't have a specific one picked out. My plan so far is just to keep winging it and see how if works out! If I can keep running fun AND train for my half marathon then I am all for it, but I don't think I am willing to give up the fun aspect of it just to meet my half marathon goal. Oh plus I need to keep up my other fitness aspects so I can actually wear shorts and a swim suit this summer!

 

This post is a mumble jumble mess partly because I'm scatter brained and partly because I started it this morning and ran out of time so I'm finishing it tonight. I apologize! Anyways my run yesterday broke down like this:

 

Total Distance: 4.5 miles on the dot

Total Time: 49:31, but I spent approximately 2:30 minutes of that taking a break stretching my ankle... so I feel like that is a win and I am getting faster! I don't know if that's fair to compare though since I got a little break I guess we will see how tomorrows run goes

Average pace: 5.4 mph  with my pit stop

Average Mile time: 11:00 minutes on the dot with the pit stop

Mile 1: 10:36 5.7 mph

Mile 2 (mile my pit stop was): 12:46 (so without the stop about 10:15ish) pace 4.7mph

Mile 3: 10:27 pace 5.7mph

Mile 4: 10:50 pace 5.5 (I was definitely feeling tired this mile and wanting to take the short way to my car)

last .5 mile: 4:49 pace 6.2 mph

 

My slowest half mile split was from mile 3 to 3.5 (disregarding the pit stop one), my pace dropped down to 5.3. I'm not really sure why, I'm thinking maybe that was where both my ankles were really hurting? Who knows!!

 

Anyways now that I have a ridiculously long post all about running it's time to get to the terrible hair cut. So while my mom and I were in Colorado for the weekend my little monster went to the kennel. He has been there a few other times and normally he has a pretty good time and he gets spoiled the whole time he is there. While he was there I decided it was far past time for him to get a hair cut. I'm not sure WHY but no one seems to either A) listen or B) be able to give him a good hair cut. This is his 4th hair cut since August. I have taken him to TWO different places and both of them shave him completely. The first time I about died because it was the beginning of October and it had just SNOWED and I had only asked for them to trim his face hair out of his eyes. I was in some serious shock and we have never been back. That was by and far the worst of the four hair cuts he has gotten. The other two were also not good, but they were better than the first. So when I dropped off this time I gave specific instructions. I wanted his body shaved because he's getting hot and it's time for a summer hair cut, BUT I specifically told them I want his face hair left LONG!!! I even then want on to specify that I wanted the Yorkie (he's a Morkie half Yorkie Half Maltese)) teddy bear cut... This is what I saw when I picked him up.

 

It took about 30 tries to get this picture he is so embarrassed he won't let me take any pictures of him...

 

Well long random post over! I promise I will be back on track tomorrow now that I am all caught up, but now I'm off to make the dinner I should of been making while I was typing this post eek!

 

 

Diva Dash 5k Recap

Whew sorry for the large mini hiatus I took! It was a crazy weekend with my mom here to visit and then a million other thinks. I planned on writing a post on Friday before my mom caught here, but then I ended up dealing with stupid Wells Fargo instead womp womp... And then yesterday, well yesterday was just a Monday and I didn't have my shit together! By the time my mom left it was 7:30 and I was already too late for yoga and I needed to shower so I didn't really have time to run, aaaaaaaaaaanndd instead of writing a post I decided I needed a 30 minute nap, so there you have it! But I didn't totally fall off the bandwagon I have had a productive few days!

Friday my mom and I had an awesome lunch at a place I had never been to (only plus of dealing with the dumb bank for 2+ hours was the lunch suggestion), then packed the pooch up and dropped him off at the kennel, and headed to Colorado. We shopped till we dropped and I got some really cute springy clothes. Then we indulged in a little pre-Cinco De Mayo dinner (perfect pre race dinner right?), where I may of fallen off the bandwagon a lot a little with all the chips and salsa/queso I ate... Whoops! I love Mexican, what can I say!!! And in my defense I don't even remember the last time I had queso! After dinner we headed over to a friend of my Mom's house where we stayed up late being Chatty Kathies. We woke up about 6 am to get in some more chatting, and my mom's friend was a wonderful hostess! She had some yummy greek yogurt (a brand I had never heard of and I wished I remembered now!), a beautiful fruit salad, orange juice, and coffee (chai for me because I'm a wimp without my creamer) ready for us. We left her house a little before 8:30 to get to our race. We were in the 10:45 heat wave, but it was about an hour there and we wanted to be an hour early, plus we had to make a pit stop at Wal-Mart to exchange the tank tops I had gotten because it was WAAAAY too cold for those suckers!

Once we got the shirt situation sorted out we made it to the race in no time. We arrived with plenty of time, the race was easy to find, and parking was a breeze (but I guess when you pay 10 bucks it better be!). We put our tutu's on and headed for the start area. After some minor wondering we found the area to get our bibs, and there was virtually no line. We wondered around the booths for a little bit, and then I decided a potty pit stop would be a good choice (yes I used a porta potty for the SECOND time). All in all the race was REALLY well organized and I was impressed. There was music and lots of booths and they had zumba going at the start area, they did a really good job with it and I would HIGHLY recommend the race if you have one in your area! We found a group of my friends who were also running it, and also in our heat wave and hung out with them.

We accidently tried to start in the 10:30 heat wave, so we ended up right in the front of the 10:45 heat wave. I would say there were about 50-60 people in each wave. It wasn't super crowded and we got to the first obstacle and there was no wait. We had ended up a ways in front of my friends so after the first obstacle we stopped to wait. We chose just to do it for fun and didn't have our run timed (which I'm super glad about because when I checked the results in my age group there were 72 girls and I would of been like 67th I'm guessing which would of been depressing haha). Once they caught up to us we started again, but we ended up losing them and chose to just keep going without em. We really never had to wait at any of the obstacles, and a lot of the obstacles were really fun! The volunteers and people who put on the race were really awesome! The bibs had our name on them so when we would get to the obstacle the race helpers would cheer you on by name which made if feel super personable. I really have nothing bad to say about the race it was really fun, really well ran, really positive, and the locations was super pretty! There were photographers at the obstacles, so I'm hoping when they post the pictures there will be some I can share with you! But for now all I have is 2 of us before the race.

And my friends group winning at tug-a-war

 

I planned on making this a much longer post, but this girl has been up since 4:45, and needs to be up early again tomorrow to get my work out in so for now this is all I got! I will fill you in on the rest tomorrow I promise!