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!