Week Who Knows, Workout Something or Other
Written by Katrina
Saturday, 21 August 2010 08:48
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Have I really not ran or posted since July 31st? That just doesn’t seem right. Did I run and forget to post? Have I been in a coma and lost track of time? I feel so out of it. I don’t even know what day it is.
Nevertheless, I did run yesterday morning and I do want to write about it. Because that’s what this blog is for, right? Hello? Is anyone out there? Is everyone else in the same timesuck coma I’ve been in?
What happened to us? We started out strong and then slowly fell apart. (Story of my life, by the way.) I’m not sure if you all are running and just not posting or if you gave up running entirely, but I’m appealing to each and every one of you–authors and readers alike–to DO SOMETHING. ANYTHING.
Post a comment, write about how you ran (or didn’t run), upload a picture of your sweaty armpits and heel blisters–anything to bring this blog back to life!
I fell off the running train, then got back on, then fell off again. Now I’m back on. The great thing is that tickets are FREE! And the train will take us wherever we want to go. We just have to get on and go for the ride!
Okay, so for some of us this running program is not as easy as taking a train ride. More like we’re barely hanging on to the caboose and being dragged down the tracks. But hey–we’re still a part of the train so don’t let go!
If you do, just pick yourselves up, dust yourself off, re-attach your legs, and get out there and run! And then write about it so you can inspire and encourage the rest of us!
And for the record, yesterday I ran for the first time in who knows how long. The bad news is that because I (temporarily) stopped the program I definitely lost some of the athleticism I had gained. The good news is that I was still able to run a little bit. My injuries are healing and the weather is not so unbearable. I mostly walked but I did get in a 4-minutes-straight run. Not bad.
So I’m back on the train. ARE YOU?
Fizzled Out
Written by Katie
Friday, 20 August 2010 11:23
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Remember when we were all fired up?
Remember how we totally rallied on twitter that we were all going to do this and then write about it and we would all be great and held accountable by each other?
Remember how we all posted about our experiences and set-backs and encouraged each other.
Remember how our fire for this burned hot.
…and then fizzled out?
Where are everyone’s posts?
I know what happened to mine. I flipped-off a bunch of my running failures today on my blog.
But then someone left me a comment. It read:
I started c25k around the time you did. You inspired me. I have battled depression for about a year now and thought if you could do it then I could too. C25k is about the only thing I have not quit or gave up on this year. Hang in there. Tomorrow is a new day
Um. hello? I have to get back on it. I inspired someone. It was one person, but it was SOMEONE. I can’t let her down. If she hasn’t given up? Then neither can I.
What about you? Have you fizzled? Did you give up? It’s ok if you did. Running pretty much sucks. Let’s just say it .
RUNNING SUCKS.
but let’s do it anyway.
Let’s fire up.
Week 3 and holding
Written by Katrina
Monday, 2 August 2010 03:21
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What a beautiful day it was on Saturday, July 31st! If I were in better shape and farther along in my running goals, I would have run for hours! No humidity, light breeze, perfect temperature!
Technically, I’m still on week 3. But I don’t really look at it like that (or at least I try not to). I don’t start my workout with the thought that “this is week 3 workout 8.” I guess I just go out with the intention of running as much as I can and walking only for recovery.
I pushed my girls in the stroller this day. The hills are SO HARD! I can barely WALK up them while pushing the stroller. I can’t wait until I’m able to run up them! That will be a huge milestone.
I must say, it’s taken a long time to get to the point where I feel like it’s even worth going outside with my girls. What I mean is that in the beginning, my newborn did NOT like car seats or stroller rides. It was heart-wrenching to drive anywhere because she screamed the whole time. And forget trying to exercise in our new $500 stroller. She would scream the whole time then too. Not to mention the hour of preparation to get us all ready and the 4 bags of necessities I would have to drag out the door. Fellow Moms, you know what I mean.
But the more I just went the flow, the more I just DID IT, and the older my girls got (even a few weeks makes a huge difference in their development and behavior at these young ages!), it kept getting easier each time. And now, even though it still takes time to get everyone ready and get bags packed, it’s mostly worth it! You get a routine down, you anticipate what may or may not happen, you make decisions in milliseconds, and you get your ass out the door!
Now my youngest sleeps during stroller rides. Yay! And my oldest is fine as long as she’s entertained by dogs, squirrels, flowers, or crazy neighbors!
If only I could control the weather (humidity = stay inside)! Then life would be perfect! Ha! I’m dreaming…
So on this day I ran and walked for about 35 minutes. I even went an extra loop thinking it would bump up my time but because I run much more now I’m doing more in less time than before. I felt pretty good. Not great, but not awful. I ran several intervals varying in time from 90 seconds to three-and-half minutes. I was hoping to do a full 5 minutes but just couldn’t get there. Although I didn’t push myself that hard. (I always wonder when I’m done if I really did as well as I could have. I always think I could have pushed myself harder.) And, I made sure to stretch well afterward!
The best part? I FINALLY got a battery for my sports watch. It’s actually a heart rate monitor and has a lot of neat features but today I just used it for keeping a general track of time. And by the way, there’s a reason why for certain watches they say batteries should only be changed by professionals! Holy moly! I took the watch apart and it fell into a bunch of crazy looking pieces. Who knows how I was able to put it back together again and have it function correctly! I actually had to take my husband’s watch apart just so I could figure out how to put mine back together (shhh, don’t tell him!). And here’s another tip: don’t eat cookies while taking apart and putting back together an expensive sports watch. After it was all back together I discovered a cookie crumb inside the face of the watch. So now every time I look at the watch, I’m reminded of stuffing my face with cookies. Ha! Maybe that’s a good thing! There’s no way I’m taking it apart AGAIN to clean it!
The worst part about this day? My cell phone’s (aka music player’s) battery died. What the hell? I really need to get a better phone/player and make better playlists ahead of time. I’m wasting too much energy trying to load the music, get it playing, and then finding the right songs all while running. If I can’t run to music it is a real drag.
So I spent the majority of my workout listening to my toddler say she wanted to pick flowers. I think I said “we can’t pick flowers from other people’s lawns and gardens honey” about 400 times. Ahh…to be a kid again and worry only about picking flowers.