What happens when your running friends no longer run? If you happen to me ( which I am...lol ) You start slacking. You go on shorter runs, you take more walk breaks and you totally regress as a runner. Well friends, that is exactly what has happened to me. I am not as fast, nor can I run as long as I used to be able to. I have found that I am constantly waiting on other people for my runs. That, clearly, is one of my main mistakes! I decided to take a different approach to this dilema that I have found myself in. I found a new training partner. YAY.
I decided that just because I have been running with friends, does not mean that I need to keep that up. It is my training and my goals that I am looking out for. If my friends don't have it in them, I cannot force 'it' out. I decided to put an ad up on craigslist for a training partner. I had exactly one response. Dhillon responded and is now my new training partner. I will help him lose weight and he will help me do the same. I want to PR and he will help me get there.
Today was my first run with Dhillon and I am very happy about it. Despite the fact that we have a huge age gap ( he is double my age) I found that conversation was flowing very well. I canot wait to see what we can accomplish together.
Here is to achieving your goals!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
CANDY+ emotional eating
Wow. I have consumed roughly two days worth of calories this evening alone. Today, I am not a runner. Today I am an overly emotional female who needs some food therapy. Not joking. For dinner I had a bowl of pop corn, the better part of a package of twizzlers and am currently working on some chocolates.
I can be a loser and blame it on emotions or I can recognize that it is self sabotage. Yes, today I did wake up from a bad dream and felt bad about the way my last ' relationship' went down. Yes, I do have crazy hormones right now... and YES, deep down the reason that I am doing this is to guard myself against actually achieving my PR. If I eat right, sleep enough and train my butt off and don't PR I will feel like I failed. If I sabotage myself and say things like " It was a bad time for me emotionally" or " I just totally let my diet go and that killed my running" I am giving myself a cop out. I guess I need to stop being a loser and just RUN.
Ok so that is my rant about my day and the way that I am feeling. Best to just put that beind myself and just move on. Let me discuss the awesomeness that was yesterdays run!
The other day I decided that I would head out on a run before I went to work. I slept in ( which turned out to be great!) I work the graveyard shift and sometimes sleeping during the day is not something that comes very easily to me. I decided that I would actually take a break during my shift and head out on a run. I set my timer for 40 minutes and decided to just run circles around the block. My music was soothing and the run made me feel totally at ease with my day. It was the perfect addition to my long shift. I drank less coffee and was relaxed for the rest of the day. SOOO basically what I am saying is that instead of popcorn and twizzlers I should have just put on my runners. That, my friends, would have been the better life choice. We live and we learn.
I can be a loser and blame it on emotions or I can recognize that it is self sabotage. Yes, today I did wake up from a bad dream and felt bad about the way my last ' relationship' went down. Yes, I do have crazy hormones right now... and YES, deep down the reason that I am doing this is to guard myself against actually achieving my PR. If I eat right, sleep enough and train my butt off and don't PR I will feel like I failed. If I sabotage myself and say things like " It was a bad time for me emotionally" or " I just totally let my diet go and that killed my running" I am giving myself a cop out. I guess I need to stop being a loser and just RUN.
Ok so that is my rant about my day and the way that I am feeling. Best to just put that beind myself and just move on. Let me discuss the awesomeness that was yesterdays run!
The other day I decided that I would head out on a run before I went to work. I slept in ( which turned out to be great!) I work the graveyard shift and sometimes sleeping during the day is not something that comes very easily to me. I decided that I would actually take a break during my shift and head out on a run. I set my timer for 40 minutes and decided to just run circles around the block. My music was soothing and the run made me feel totally at ease with my day. It was the perfect addition to my long shift. I drank less coffee and was relaxed for the rest of the day. SOOO basically what I am saying is that instead of popcorn and twizzlers I should have just put on my runners. That, my friends, would have been the better life choice. We live and we learn.
Friday, August 20, 2010
My new relationship. . .
Wow, I have really lost myself as a runner. I have not blogged in an exceptionally long time...EEP. Well let me start by saying that Paris was amazing! I had a great time and worked my little butt off. My finishing time was not even close to what I wanted, but it was what I earned. I honestly wouldn't have changed a thing about my Paris experience. I am proud of myself and my accomplishment :)
Ah Paris... 42.2kms worth of love... and apparently something to hide behind for months! Here is the truth: I got lazy after Paris. Not just " Oh I only want to run 20kms this week" but " Oh... I don't actually remember the last time I ran!" to " That cheese and wine last night was amazing!" I am sure that you get the awful picture that I am painting. Soon I began to realize that the ten extra pounds that I noticed on my hips were not going away. They were hanging out because I was doing NOTHING to get rid of them.. As in zero. I regressed more than a year in my fitness goals and activity level. I am ashamed to say that I started back on the road to being a fat chick. I stopped caring.
The thing about running a marathon is that it gives you an 'out'. You can say things like " I am a long distance runner!" and " I ran a marathon in PARIS" That is great, but if you sit on the couch and you start getting fat, you are no better than the fat guy who says that he was the star of the football team. . . 10 years ago.
The only reason that I came to this stark revelation is of course an emotional breakdown ( blame a boy) . So now I am doing the only thing I know how to do. I am taking my emotions to the pavement and working on a new PR. I signed up for the next race possible and set a healthy PR.
My official goal: To run the Good Life Half Marathon in 2hrs or less!
Wish me good luck :)
Ah Paris... 42.2kms worth of love... and apparently something to hide behind for months! Here is the truth: I got lazy after Paris. Not just " Oh I only want to run 20kms this week" but " Oh... I don't actually remember the last time I ran!" to " That cheese and wine last night was amazing!" I am sure that you get the awful picture that I am painting. Soon I began to realize that the ten extra pounds that I noticed on my hips were not going away. They were hanging out because I was doing NOTHING to get rid of them.. As in zero. I regressed more than a year in my fitness goals and activity level. I am ashamed to say that I started back on the road to being a fat chick. I stopped caring.
The thing about running a marathon is that it gives you an 'out'. You can say things like " I am a long distance runner!" and " I ran a marathon in PARIS" That is great, but if you sit on the couch and you start getting fat, you are no better than the fat guy who says that he was the star of the football team. . . 10 years ago.
The only reason that I came to this stark revelation is of course an emotional breakdown ( blame a boy) . So now I am doing the only thing I know how to do. I am taking my emotions to the pavement and working on a new PR. I signed up for the next race possible and set a healthy PR.
My official goal: To run the Good Life Half Marathon in 2hrs or less!
Wish me good luck :)
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