Grandma

Gotta share another story that I forgot to mention that happened during last weekend....one of those stories that I'm adding so I'll have it recorded for my own memories... one of those stories that I just don't want to forget!.....This is SO my Grandma! I called my Grandma from the cabin up north to apologize to her because my daughter accidentally broke a very expensive vase of hers that she received for her 50th wedding anniversary...I felt horrible. But during the conversation I said Hey Grandma I just finished running 8 miles....to which she responded in her sincerely concerned voice...." OH Tammy, Be careful, don't over do it.....You'll get diarrhea!"...............................................................................................................................................

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........................................................................................................................."yeah....didn't you hear about that girl that was running in the heat in Hawaii and she shit her pants!" I'm still LMAO over this!

fantastic weather today!!

Couldn't have asked for more perfect weather to run in. Got to the park at 7:15 it was 67 and sunny....and no humidity....LOVED IT! Didn't bring my GPS this time because it doesn't work at this particular park and because I really wanted to push myself to run the full 4 miles...didn't want to be staring at my watch every 2 minutes....IT WORKED! Ran 4 straight miles without stopping and it felt fantastic! My only complaint....the damn shorts I wore!! They're new...never wore them before.... and they're too tight around my thighs...they don't stretch....they're way too short....and by the time I finished I had major chub-rub on my upper inner thighs...obviously picked them off the rack with out trying them on!

So I'm revising the "bonus" goal that I wrote in my previous entry....my goal is to not only be able to look in the mirror and say "DAMN I look good"....but be able to run in these shorts without getting chub-rub!!

treadmilled it today

On the treadmill again today...did my 3 miles straight through with no walk breaks. It was hard but I did it in 32 minutes + I warmed up with a brisk walk for 5 minutes and cooled down with the same at the end....so I actually did 42 minutes...and 3.4 miles....did some sit ups obliques and push ups too. My video ipod helped get me through the treadmill work this time...watched the rest of the movie Gross Pointe Blank while I ran. -STUPID movie by the way....don't waste your time!

Body's still feeling good. Me and my friends were having a discussion when this training first started and of course we're all committed to our main goal of raising funds for an awesome cause....but....we were discussing the fact that one of our "bonus" goals is to be able to stare at our naked bodies in the mirror and be able to say "DAMN I look good"....and mean it!.....I'm not quite there yet but there's definitely a shift happen'n....it's taking longer than I anticipated but after 7 weeks (I can't believe it's already been 7 weeks) of training I'm just now starting to notice some nice changes....More incentive to keep up the training!

humidity was brutal

Went to the park for my 5 miles....the miles are really starting to jump up now! I've been doing really good with following the TNT training schedule to a T but I hope I can keep it up when the miles start dramatically increasing. Got to the park at 7:30 thinking I'd beat the heat and humidity...but I didn't.... Did pretty good considering...Ran 5 miles in 54:10. Ran 2.5/walked 1 min./ran 1.25/walked 1 min./ran .75/ walked 1 min/ran to finish. So with my 3 minutes of walking breaks I still finished in under an 11 minute mile. I need to come up with a better way to keep the sweat out of my eyes...my eyes were burning like hell half way through the 5 miles...the hat just isn't cutting it. May try the sweat bands or a bandanna or something. I think I must have lost 3 pounds of sweat this morning!

Every week our TNT mentor sends us a quote of the week...they're very inspirational and motivating. I'm going to start posting them in my blog each week. I really liked this weeks' quote....

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Great Weekend

As Mary (the Ballroom dancing expert judge from the show "So You Think You Can Dance")would say........ "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" Today and yesterday were my best runs yet!!!

Was up north for a long and wonderfully fun and relaxing weekend with friends of ours. So I got my 8 mile run in up there on Saturday. I ran 4 miles straights through then stopped to stretch for a minute and then ran 2 more miles straight....then walked 1 min....ran 1.5 more miles....walked 1 min....and ran to the finish....so like I said.... "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Can't remember my time but who gives a sh-t I RAN!....Time for my happy dance....(picture me dancing in a circle shaking my ass and twirling my finger in the air)....."I can ruuuu-un....and e-ven breee-eath.....and you can't ca-atch me...ha-ha-ha-ha-----ha!" LMAO! Motrin kept me company though out the afternoon but I woke up this morning feeling remarkably good...calves are still sore but even that seems to be letting up a bit. The hills were brutal but I actually really enjoyed running the hills....just when I thought I couldn't possibly go on any longer I'd find myself at the top of the hill and either a plateau in front of me or the decline of the hill and my muscles were getting the break that they were begging for which gave me a little more umph to continue a while longer. It was great!

Then today (Sunday) after a long drive home I put on my running gear and did my 4 miles....ran the 1st 3 miles straight through then walked 1 minute and then ran the last mile home....did it in 42 minutes 56 seconds....."WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

motrin is my friend

Did my 4 miles at the park this morning...another tough one. Upped the intervals to 1.25 miles. Not sure how long it took me because I accidentally shut my GPS off before I looked. My calves are so damn sore I can barely walk...if I sit for any length of time it takes a good amount of time before I can walk normal again after getting up....it's been like this for the past month...I feel like my calves are forever going to feel this way.... I sent my running coach and mentors an email to find out why. I feel NO pain or fatigue in my quads or hamstrings it's ALL in my calves. During the run and after. I'm stretching them good before and after every run and icing them when I think about it but it's not helping. Everyone else I talk to says that they don't have this problem...they all say they feel it in their upper legs. So I'm starting to think that I'm doing something wrong. I've had a couple different people comment on the size of my calves and I've been noticing that they are in fact getting larger....I'm going to end up looking like Popeye if I don't figure this out!

Leaving tonight for a weekend getaway up north. Looking forward to the rest and relaxation. The roads up there are even hillier than Stoney so Saturday's 8 mile run should be interesting. I'll up date the blog on Monday.

back to baby step...=(

I keep trying to run the straight miles but it's just not happening. I just did it last Saturday so I KNOW I can do it!! Not sure what the problem is but apparently I underestimated the impact the crowd at the Race for the Cure had on my performance....plus I was starving the whole time...but I didn't want to eat right before going out to run. Went out today with the intention of running 3 straight miles. Made it 1.5 and had to take my 1 minute walk break....made it 1 more mile and took another walk break. I finished in 34 minutes. I'm still making improvements every day so I'm trying not to get too frustrated.