Still running over here. Tonight, I finally beat my 5K time. Hopefully the same will hold true for the race next Saturday. I am having quite a bit of trouble with shin splints. A new pair of insoles are helping a little, though the exaggerated arch seems to wreak havoc with the rest of my [...]
Archive for the ‘Training’ Category
24 Jul
5K
Well, I did walk, but it didn’t feel like a failure. I left home at 5 am this morning, stopping along the way to pick up my friend Sarah. I soon discovered that I arrived at the park about 75 minutes earlier than necessary. But, we had a nice time talking to other race participants [...]
23 Jul
Training update
Last night, I ran the final workout in my Couch to 5K training program. It was an easy, 30 minute run on the treadmill—quite a difference from what awaits me tomorrow morning. I made the mistake of doing a trial run on the actual 5K course last week. It went about as well as could [...]
1 Jul
Training update
I closed out week six with a 25 minute run today. I OWN that high school track. …Well, at least as much as a 32-year-old mother of two whose idea of “training” is to limit herself to two glasses of wine the night before she runs could own a track. But yeah, in that way, [...]
26 Jun
Why I quit at week five last time.
What a way to kick off week six! This morning, I followed up my successful 20 minute run with a bit of a failure. I thought today’s run would be easy, at least comparatively speaking: Run 5 Walk 3 Run 8 Walk 3 Run 5 Instead, I found myself seemingly near death during the last [...]
24 Jun
Trust the program
Every time I express my sincere doubt that I will be able to complete a 5K in under 45 minutes and/or while running, Bryan says, “Trust the program.” For days I have dreaded the first full 20 minute run—no walking—and I have honestly doubted whether or not I could do it. But, I woke up [...]
15 Jun
Training update
I’m halfway through week four on the Couch to 5K program. It’s awful. I hate it. No! No. I don’t mean that. It’s just . . . challenging. Weeks one and two were great—not too hard, I enjoyed the time outside (by myself), and I felt good about what I was doing. Now, a couple [...]
4 Jun
Trading stilletos for sneakers
Maybe it’s a short attention span, maybe it’s the price of having small children, but I have a bad habit of picking up new activities only to drop them a few weeks or months later. Bryan calls our guest room closet “the place hobbies go to die.” You’ll find knitting needles, oil paints and paper [...]
