5K Week 3!

Week 3 of 5K training:

Phew, that went by in a blur!

Last week we had our family vacation at a semi-distant state campground along the St. Lawrence river.  It is just far enough that the kids get antsy on the car ride and it feels like we are "away" and on vacation without taking much time to get there.

Tom and I also spent the entire week sick. It was and still is some sort of cold that made us both not enjoy the week very much and I skipped a workout on Tuesday because I was so weak and dizzy.

So... The conclusion of Week 2 was a long run of 2 miles:

We were at camp and I ended at the beach after dark and stripped down to my two piece that I had on under my running gear and took a nice cool dip all by myself.  

Ahhhhhhh

Week 3 Tuesday I did not run :(

Thursday I did not run either :( but I did run on Friday (still at camp).  I did another 2 miles.

Saturday we went home from camping and I was soooo tired and my sinuses were throbbing.  I pretty much emptied the camper, did laundry, and took a nap.  No cross training there :(

Sunday I looked at the actual training program and realized that I hadn't remembered it correctly and I only had to do a 2 mile long run (so last Saturday I did a long run that should have been 1.75 instead of 2.  Ooops!)  Anyway yippee because I still felt crappy but convinced myself that I could do 2 miles and out I went. 

And, yes, I love this neon yellow shirt... hahaha

I survived!  Hot!  Tired!  But I am so happy that I'm trying to stick with this.  Great job me! I'm currently doing everything I can to keep this cold from sticking in my sinuses and becoming an infection... uuuuuggggghhhh!  I had a sinus infection a couple years ago and now EVERY time I get a cold my sinuses just decide they had better get all clogged up and stay that way for a month or more :(  For the last three days I've been thinking it could go either way... Still hoping I can pull out of this without a trip to the doctor's office!

On to week 4!  Thanks for reading!

Week #2 of 5K training

This is going to be a super fast post because we're packing to go camping for a week, but here is my past week.

Tuesday:
1.75 miles

It feels so good to get back out running again.  My body just goes right into it's stride!

Thursday:
1.75 miles

It was so humid that I was sweating just from getting my running gear on.  I also then proceeded to sweat for about 2 hours after the run.  SO GLAD I RAN!

Friday:
Rest :)

Saturday: 
Chose cross train and will do the "long" run on Sunday.  I went swimming and paddle boarding!  I have wanted to try paddle boarding for a long time.  This morning my back and hips are sore and I'm pretty sure it's the combination of swimming and paddling. 

It was also our 11th wedding anniversary!  Awwwww  We had a great day together with the kids at grandpa's house.

I also have a cold. Booooooooo! :(

Hopefully it goes away quickly!

That's about it for now.  Thanks for reading and enjoy your 4th of July!

#running #blogmom #backontrack #getfit

2017 (The year of no blogging)

BTW I looked back in MapMyRun (the running app I use to record my runs) and looked to see how many times/miles I ran last year despite never blogging in the year 2017.

So here here are my stats from last year:

Nothing too exciting because I was just floundering around, but 21 workouts that I tracked and a total of almost 50 miles for the year.  :)

You know what?  I'm going to post all of the past years so we can get a big picture here...

Here is 2016: 31 workouts, 78.9 miles :) [no goals or races we moved houses and I got a job at the end of August]

Here is 2015: 24 workouts, 44.4 miles :) [pregnancy followed by childbirth on August 9th] 

Look! I tried to get back to running after having little baby.  I remember that I had a lot of pain in the front of my pubic bone as it knit back together after childbirth.  I also get a bit psycho about having a little itty bitty baby and leaving baby and breastfeeding all the time so I'm not surprised that I didn't run very much.

Here is 2014: 166 workouts, 684.2 miles!!! [lots of goals and races] 

Here is 2013: 89 workouts, 311.7 miles [the year I became mamaK and embarked on this crazy trip as a runner and blogger after postpartum depression with my second child, my job ending and moving "home" in the fall of 2012] 

Big hug to me :) I get off track, things change in my life, but I keep finding my way back home to #running.

Thank you everyone for supporting me on this crazy adventure!

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Rain Rain Go Away

Sunday Cross Train:

I missed my Sunday cross train of 30-60 minutes last night.  I got all suited up and right when I was about to go out (even though it had been rainy and raining off and on all day) it started to downpour.  I emptied the dishwasher and still pouring.  I waited for over an hour and finally gave up on the idea at about 8 PM.  I kid you not once I gave up it stopped raining, but by then I was so deflated that I didn't even try to go.  I was just going to go for a walk and I probably should have put my clothes back on and went.  Sigh

OK lets learn from this:  If the weather is poor, like it was today, I need to start planning my workout in the beginning of the day and go when it looks nice while working my other tasks around my workout, NOT waiting until the end of the day and then missing my opportunity to run because the weather is uncooperative in the time I left myself.  OR I could have just gone for a walk in the rain... or on the treadmill in the basement... But I really wasn't feeling either of those options. :(

Saturday Long Run:

I'm proud to report that my long run did happen!

It felt really good and I was thinking about how 1.5 miles for a long run is going to seem like such a treat when my long runs get actually LONG.

(btw I know this is the same outfit I wore on Thursday and, yes, it is clean!)

So that's it for now!  Happy Monday everyone and thanks for reading!

#running #backontrack #longrun #goals #getfit #blogmom

Reading Writing and #Running

Another short 1.5 mile run performed on Thursday!

Nice run on the first day of summer!

So slow, but done!

One quick note about my training:  When I was running before the area that we lived in was almost completely flat.  We now live in a pretty hilly area.  If I go one way from our house I go directly downhill for a quarter of a mile (and then have to run back up that hill at the very end of my runs), if I go the other way within the first half mile there are two hills.  I'm hoping that this will make me a stronger runner but it is absolute torture.  hahaha

Other than the short run on Thursday I have been reading the "Racing Weight" book.  So far I'm working on increasing the "quality" of my diet.  I'm pretty sure I would be completely embarrassed to show you what I have eaten daily for the past year.  I've fallen into the pit of chips and chocolate, and more beers and wine than I needed to enjoy.  The result is that I'm carrying around 15 pounds more than I EVER let myself carry and 25 more than my typical "goal".  After Jeremy I got down "easily" to under my typical goal.  After Darren it took longer, but I made it briefly to my goal, but then gained about 8 pounds while I was training for my marathon (I guess this is a rookie nutrition mistake).  Since having Andrea I have "tried" and not really actually tried to get there and have only made it to within 10 pounds.  She is almost 3!  Yikes.  

I think "Racing Weight" is a great book because it is based on scientific experiments and does a nice job of explaining things in detail.  One thing that I thought was important for me is that he says that as people gain weight as they age their goal weight changes.  This is pertinent to me because lately I've been like, maybe my goal isn't really realistic (now that I'm a sluggy mom) and I should set the bar a bit heavier, but I guess we shouldn't do that.  So instead I'm going to need to beat my bum into shape and still try to get to my original goal.  Uggggghhhhh 25 pounds away.  

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

#goals #running #getfit #training

#swimbikemom

I know this is "juvenile"? but OMG the #swimbikemom wrote a comment on my tweet about reading her book!!! 

And if I wasn't so excited I would have taken a screen shot from my phone app instead of taking a photo of my tweet on the computer screen, but Agghh!!

Woot woot! :)

Good Ol' Hal Higdon. My Training Rock.

Diving In

Last week I performed a couple of "test" runs to see if my ankle is in fact healed enough for running.  I'm not technically "cleared" by my doctor to run, but before we realized I had a healing complication my Doc told me how to "test" my ankle for running.

Basically:  Run 5 minutes, wait 24 hours... pain or swelling?  

     If NO, then run 10 minutes, wait 24 hours... pain or swelling?

     If NO, just keep trying a little bit more and waiting at least 24 hours to observe the reaction in my ankle.

My test runs caused NO pain or swelling.  In fact, I think it feels better since I started lightly running.  YES!!!

So of course my next step is to get a training plan in place and get a race under my belt.  I am particularly keen to do this so that when the fall semester starts back up hopefully I will keep at my training and not get completely engulfed by my job and give up again.

The very first time I signed up to run a 5K, back when I was a grad student at the University at Buffalo I found the "Novice 5K" training plan that Hal Higdon had at his web site online.  Since then I have used his plans to complete numerous 5Ks, a 15K, a half marathon and a marathon.  They have never let me down!

It's time to get back out onto the road and get my running base started, so back out comes the Novice 5K training program!  And just my luck, the first true training run starts on a Tuesday so I didn't miss one! HAHAHA

His training programs can be accessed here.

Here's my 5K Novice training program:

1.5 miles in the books!  I'm training for a race again (now I just need to find a race)!!!

I put my RoadID back on!  Now to find my heart rate monitor... Hmmmmm 

Thanks for reading! :)

#bloggingmom #halhigdon #running #goals #RoadID

MamaK is trying to blog with bowling ball baby on her lap... :P