My attempt to train today was an abysmal failure.
I think it had something to do with the lack of protein in my diet as well as lack of consistent, restorative sleep.
I tried. I really did. I made it about 3/4 of a mile before everything screamed, "stop!" So I did.
It just wasn't there today.
The walk home was pretty, though, with all the snow on the trees.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
It wasn't pretty
I did it.
I ran my two miles today.
The first half mile I was all stiff and uneven. The snow was coming down, the wind was blowing and I was pushing the stroller.
At one point, I was running right into the wind, the stroller was catching it all. Littles was getting snow blown all over him. He was covered in it but not to worry, I had him all bundled up. The only part that was visible was his forehead.
Ran two, walked a third.
29 days and counting.
I ran my two miles today.
The first half mile I was all stiff and uneven. The snow was coming down, the wind was blowing and I was pushing the stroller.
At one point, I was running right into the wind, the stroller was catching it all. Littles was getting snow blown all over him. He was covered in it but not to worry, I had him all bundled up. The only part that was visible was his forehead.
Ran two, walked a third.
29 days and counting.
Been Awhile
Its been awhile since I posted last...my apologies.
There hasn't been much to write about. The biggest story going on is the weather in this part of the country. Earlier this week we had a bit of a warm up... if you consider 40 degrees a warm up. Much of the snow melted; many of the huge piles were reduced down significantly. We actually saw the concrete of the driveway for a day.
I did manage to get in a few more miles of running. On Sunday, the 21st, I ran a mile again but this time I was pushing my baby in my B*O*B stroller, which added an element of difficulty. I was buoyed, though, by my MP3 player for which I finally got headphones that work. Having little tiny ears, earbud headphones don't work really well. I need the ones that get shoved into the ear canal. I finally purchased some as I was very low on funds for a while and have determined that the tempo of some songs can help you go that little bit farther.
I rested on Monday and ran again on Tuesday, this time pushing past my normal mile marker and clocked in 1.2 miles but without the baby. Not a huge gain but a gain nonetheless. After that, its been snowing again. Considerably. Since last night around 11pm, we've managed to accumulate another 9 inches of snow. The wind has picked up as well, gusts over 30mph. Heavy snowfall, high winds...makes me want to get outside to run. It actually kinda does. That wasn't sarcasm.
I haven't run since Tuesday. I should push myself to hit the treadmill in the basement. I'm kinda not into running on the treadmill but if I'm serious about this race in March, then I better get my training in one way or another...baby or no baby, snow or no snow.
I have 29 days left to train for a 5K.
There hasn't been much to write about. The biggest story going on is the weather in this part of the country. Earlier this week we had a bit of a warm up... if you consider 40 degrees a warm up. Much of the snow melted; many of the huge piles were reduced down significantly. We actually saw the concrete of the driveway for a day.
I did manage to get in a few more miles of running. On Sunday, the 21st, I ran a mile again but this time I was pushing my baby in my B*O*B stroller, which added an element of difficulty. I was buoyed, though, by my MP3 player for which I finally got headphones that work. Having little tiny ears, earbud headphones don't work really well. I need the ones that get shoved into the ear canal. I finally purchased some as I was very low on funds for a while and have determined that the tempo of some songs can help you go that little bit farther.
I rested on Monday and ran again on Tuesday, this time pushing past my normal mile marker and clocked in 1.2 miles but without the baby. Not a huge gain but a gain nonetheless. After that, its been snowing again. Considerably. Since last night around 11pm, we've managed to accumulate another 9 inches of snow. The wind has picked up as well, gusts over 30mph. Heavy snowfall, high winds...makes me want to get outside to run. It actually kinda does. That wasn't sarcasm.
I haven't run since Tuesday. I should push myself to hit the treadmill in the basement. I'm kinda not into running on the treadmill but if I'm serious about this race in March, then I better get my training in one way or another...baby or no baby, snow or no snow.
I have 29 days left to train for a 5K.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Stalled
This head cold is keeping me from the road. All I want to do right now is breathe through my nose. That would be really great.
The weather isn't getting better. We're being told my local meteorologists that we may not see above freezing temps until well into March. Eek. I gotta get over this cold and get my training in.
Then, I think, after I get back on track and get this first 5K under my belt, I may look into starting P90X. First though, I need to address my food issues and what I'm eating. I eat way too much butter.
The weather isn't getting better. We're being told my local meteorologists that we may not see above freezing temps until well into March. Eek. I gotta get over this cold and get my training in.
Then, I think, after I get back on track and get this first 5K under my belt, I may look into starting P90X. First though, I need to address my food issues and what I'm eating. I eat way too much butter.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Stymed Again!
Nothing is sore anymore. My legs and calves feel pretty good but now I have a head cold, sore throat and general malaise...
I would really like to go outside and run but I do not want to get more sick than I already am.
The weather forecast doesn't look good: temps below freezing until March-ish.
More and more snow everyday. We're up to 8.5 inches on the ground right now with big, fat, fluffy flakes falling right now...
I would really like to go outside and run but I do not want to get more sick than I already am.
The weather forecast doesn't look good: temps below freezing until March-ish.
More and more snow everyday. We're up to 8.5 inches on the ground right now with big, fat, fluffy flakes falling right now...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Serious Soreness
That Monday run, the 15 minute one...well, I was experimenting with a method of running called the Pose (r) method. You can check it out here. Now, I was just thinking about the basics: forward leaning, land on the forefoot, let gravity help, stay off the heels...
I knew my calves would be sore but...ow. Sore. Sore. Sore. My quads, nothing. Its all in my calves.
Yesterday I had a bit of a time stretching upright to get out of bed. Today is a bit better.
I am behind on my training schedule and I really don't want to push to April for the race but in the 1-1/2 weeks I've been on a plan, I've only gotten two days out on the street. The weather has been either feet of snow, below freezing temps or both. I don't have the gear (I think) to run in this weather and I'm not sure I want to risk a cold to try.
Monday was beautiful so I convinced my aunt to stroll with my son while I did my run. It was only 14 degrees outside so we made sure that Littles was all bundled up.
He could barely see above the scarf but that B*O*B stroller I have is amazing, it will go through anything: the sand on the beach in Santa Monica or seven inches of snow in Cleveland.
We got 4.5 inches of snow yesterday and are expecting another 3 or so inches today. The street hasn't been plowed. I would like to run and I never thought I'd hear myself say that but now, since I can run, I want to run and I CAN'T! Curse you, Mother Nature! :-)
I knew my calves would be sore but...ow. Sore. Sore. Sore. My quads, nothing. Its all in my calves.
Yesterday I had a bit of a time stretching upright to get out of bed. Today is a bit better.
I am behind on my training schedule and I really don't want to push to April for the race but in the 1-1/2 weeks I've been on a plan, I've only gotten two days out on the street. The weather has been either feet of snow, below freezing temps or both. I don't have the gear (I think) to run in this weather and I'm not sure I want to risk a cold to try.
Monday was beautiful so I convinced my aunt to stroll with my son while I did my run. It was only 14 degrees outside so we made sure that Littles was all bundled up.
He could barely see above the scarf but that B*O*B stroller I have is amazing, it will go through anything: the sand on the beach in Santa Monica or seven inches of snow in Cleveland.
We got 4.5 inches of snow yesterday and are expecting another 3 or so inches today. The street hasn't been plowed. I would like to run and I never thought I'd hear myself say that but now, since I can run, I want to run and I CAN'T! Curse you, Mother Nature! :-)
Monday, February 8, 2010
12 Degrees
Its 12 degrees today. Sunshine is the forecast with 10" more of snow coming tomorrow and Wednesday. Looks like I'm going to have to figure out how to run on that ancient treadmill that's in my A/U's basement. The thing scares me a little. The tread band is only about 18" wide and the screen doesn't work, only the speed dial works. It gets turned on by plugging in this little plastic key. There's also a Weider multi-function workout machine down there. Its mostly being used as a clothes rack.
I might have to push my 3.1 mile run to April if I can't get out and get some actual road time. I'm sure running on the treadmill is okay but it doesn't include the wind, the sun or the terrain and just being outside.
Another reason I don't care much for Ohio in the winter, too much cabin fever.
I might have to push my 3.1 mile run to April if I can't get out and get some actual road time. I'm sure running on the treadmill is okay but it doesn't include the wind, the sun or the terrain and just being outside.
Another reason I don't care much for Ohio in the winter, too much cabin fever.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thwarted by Snow
My training plan said to run today for 15 minutes. I got the car stuck in the driveway so I doubt there will be any outdoor running today.
Northern Ohio received 6" or so and more is to come.
I will run another day.
Northern Ohio received 6" or so and more is to come.
I will run another day.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Mini Goal Achieved
Today my running plan stated that I was to run for 10 minutes. So, I ran thinking that I wouldn't make it ten minutes and I did! I was so happy with myself. I'm not sure how far that is, I ran from my A/U's place to Cedar Point Road to Aerospace Pkwy to Ruple... Maybe Google Maps can tell me.... It says its one mile exactly. Alright! One Mile!!!!
Hey, baby steps...
Hey, baby steps...
Monday, February 1, 2010
OMG. Shoes.
Shoe companies would have you think that you need special athletic shoes to run. I thought that all you really needed were feet and legs that were operational. Being in Northern Ohio during the winter, it would be advised to put on some sort of shoe before going outside to do anything and I have a pair of shoes that would work. Thing is, the pair is separated by 178 miles.
I packed quickly to move to Northern Ohio to live with family since they were offering help with my son so that I could get back to work. (I work online, which is awesome...) In my haste to get back to work, I hurriedly packed up the room where I had been staying. Under my bed, I had kicked my two pairs of shoes; one for tromping around in the yard, one for running or working out. I grabbed a pair of shoes and packed them in my duffel bag. The other pair went into a box bound for my storage unit.
A week after I arrived here at my aunt and uncle's house (A/U), I unpacked my shoes to go for a walk in the frigid 20 degree weather only to discover that I had grabbed one shoe from each pair and they were both the lefts. Curses.
A week after the week I arrived here I had a week long trip planned for Los Angeles, so off I went with no comfy shoes...because I left the key to the storage unit in Cleveland as I headed to Columbus to get on my flight. Its a long story about why I was flying out of Columbus if I was living in Cleveland. My mother asked my aunt to send the key to her so that I could get my shoe upon my return from Los Angeles. Perfect!
I get back from LA and saddle up to go to the storage unit. I get there and the big metal gate is broken. Now, I can get out of my car and walk through the gate that was propped open enough to get a person through but not a car. The problem with this is that I have my child in the car and I do not feel comfortable parking it, leaving it running for him to have heat and walk to my storage unit which would be out of sight of the car. I couldn't take him with me, it was only 12 degrees outside and my unit isn't heated. I didn't know exactly where the shoe was in storage and it could have taken quite a while for me to find it. Also, calling the number for the management company of the facility resulted in a constant busy signal. (Who gets a busy signal these days?) As it turns out, I reached the manager after I made it back to Cleveland, someone slid down the driveway that was covered with ice and broke the gate. The new gate would be there in two days. I was already gone...with no shoe. Curses.
Another week goes by and I realize that my baby's pediatrician's appointment is coming up, which is in Columbus. (Most of my life is in Columbus, I'm just squatting in Cleveland until I'm on my feet again. Another long story.) So, I plan a trip to C-bus to see the doc and get my damned shoe. Meanwhile, its been frigid and dangerously cold in Cleveland so I'm not missing much in the way of being outside... Off I go to C-bus, I've got things to put in storage, things to get out of storage including the shoe only to realize that I left the stupid lock key in Cleveland again. All I could say to myself was, "Really, Holly? Really?" Apparently, yes. Curses, again.
My mom, tired of the shoe drama, gives me a $20 gift certificate from DSW Shoes that she earned for being such a good customer and tells me to go buy a new pair of shoes. Okay. Twist my arm. Once back in Cleveland, Brookpark actually, I go over to DSW and head straight for the clearance racks. I find, in short order, a pair of cross trainers that are decent, no-frills, just enough to get the job done on sale for 30% off the lowest ticketed price which is $29.95. So, a $50 pair of shoes marked down to $29.95, 30% off of that would take them to just about $20 and change, after the coupon and tax, I owed $1.03 for a new pair of cross trainers. PERFECT!
I packed quickly to move to Northern Ohio to live with family since they were offering help with my son so that I could get back to work. (I work online, which is awesome...) In my haste to get back to work, I hurriedly packed up the room where I had been staying. Under my bed, I had kicked my two pairs of shoes; one for tromping around in the yard, one for running or working out. I grabbed a pair of shoes and packed them in my duffel bag. The other pair went into a box bound for my storage unit.
A week after I arrived here at my aunt and uncle's house (A/U), I unpacked my shoes to go for a walk in the frigid 20 degree weather only to discover that I had grabbed one shoe from each pair and they were both the lefts. Curses.
A week after the week I arrived here I had a week long trip planned for Los Angeles, so off I went with no comfy shoes...because I left the key to the storage unit in Cleveland as I headed to Columbus to get on my flight. Its a long story about why I was flying out of Columbus if I was living in Cleveland. My mother asked my aunt to send the key to her so that I could get my shoe upon my return from Los Angeles. Perfect!
I get back from LA and saddle up to go to the storage unit. I get there and the big metal gate is broken. Now, I can get out of my car and walk through the gate that was propped open enough to get a person through but not a car. The problem with this is that I have my child in the car and I do not feel comfortable parking it, leaving it running for him to have heat and walk to my storage unit which would be out of sight of the car. I couldn't take him with me, it was only 12 degrees outside and my unit isn't heated. I didn't know exactly where the shoe was in storage and it could have taken quite a while for me to find it. Also, calling the number for the management company of the facility resulted in a constant busy signal. (Who gets a busy signal these days?) As it turns out, I reached the manager after I made it back to Cleveland, someone slid down the driveway that was covered with ice and broke the gate. The new gate would be there in two days. I was already gone...with no shoe. Curses.
Another week goes by and I realize that my baby's pediatrician's appointment is coming up, which is in Columbus. (Most of my life is in Columbus, I'm just squatting in Cleveland until I'm on my feet again. Another long story.) So, I plan a trip to C-bus to see the doc and get my damned shoe. Meanwhile, its been frigid and dangerously cold in Cleveland so I'm not missing much in the way of being outside... Off I go to C-bus, I've got things to put in storage, things to get out of storage including the shoe only to realize that I left the stupid lock key in Cleveland again. All I could say to myself was, "Really, Holly? Really?" Apparently, yes. Curses, again.
My mom, tired of the shoe drama, gives me a $20 gift certificate from DSW Shoes that she earned for being such a good customer and tells me to go buy a new pair of shoes. Okay. Twist my arm. Once back in Cleveland, Brookpark actually, I go over to DSW and head straight for the clearance racks. I find, in short order, a pair of cross trainers that are decent, no-frills, just enough to get the job done on sale for 30% off the lowest ticketed price which is $29.95. So, a $50 pair of shoes marked down to $29.95, 30% off of that would take them to just about $20 and change, after the coupon and tax, I owed $1.03 for a new pair of cross trainers. PERFECT!
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