My First Half Marathon....

IS IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS!!!!!

10 Mile Race

So I was not ready for the amount of hills that course presented me. Had a weird numbing(like pins and needles) in my left foot...felt like leg was peg leg but still had mobility..anyone know wha causes this? Almost wanted to give up at mile 4 but I kept pushing...my goal was 1:50 or under but no big deal. I am just glad I finished it. I know my half marathon in Disney will be a lot more FLAT. I guess it was good to get the hills in there though. I ran 11:12 minute miles finishing in 1:52:07

BBH Run Club

I started a running club at my work that starts on March 1 2010...so far we have 33 runners of all abilities. I have had multiple emails thanking me for starting something like this. I am super excited :)

11 MILES!!

I did it....I finally got to 11...well over 11 :)

I finally have the confidence that the 2 extra miles will be purely mental. I broke the 2 hours of running non stop mark...so whats another 20 mins??

T minus 16 days!!!!!

It's Official!

I got my Bib number for my Half Marathon...I will proudly be running with number 3139!

PR 5K and 10K!!!

Yesterday I ran the Super Sunday 10K in Boston. This race was also a 5K. The 10K was 2 loops instead of 1. First off it was a sunny day around 15-18 degrees with 20 m/h winds....not the best running conditions. I ran the race with my friend Derly. She is a fellow WW girl and avid runner. We told ourselves that we could do this and there would be no stopping. Mentally it was very hard to get to the finish line and know that for the 5Kers it was over and we had another 3.1 miles to go. Somehow we managed to pull through the wind block and finished breaking my 5K and 10K record. I ran my first in October. You can check out that experience here. My 5k time was 30:50 and my 10K time was 1:02:38. I don't know how I managed to do that but I did and I am super happy. I have a 10Miler in 2 weeks! I dont expect to run that as fast but I will use it as my last big run before my first Half Marathon 2 weeks later!!!

Success on the Treadmill: 5 Miles

In the past month or so I had eaten dinner and then tried to run on the treadmill...I was lucky if I got a mile or more in. Ive been running in 10 Degree weather which has also been a struggle. On tuesdays I usually do a 5 mile run with a run club. Last night I had dinner plans so it was quicker to skip the club and go to the gym. I challanged myself to run 5 miles on the treadmill because I havent run that far since September when i first decided that I could infact run a 10K if I could do 5 miles. Anyway I did it! It was hard because I used to love running on treadmills and hated to run outside because it was so much harder. Very few people can train for races indoors so I took the challenge to become  a real runner and I began my journey outdoors. The more I got used to it, the more I began to hate treadmills because your legs feel like theyre going so fast and spinning out control. For my speed I started off at 5.4 and worked my way up to 6.2 by the last mile...I finished in 53 minutues 10:38 pace which isnt bad considering ive been running a minute slower or more per mile outside in the cold. Treadmill I don't hate you so much anymore!

Ugh Not getting any better

I only did 7.22 this weekend. My goal was 11.1. The weather was below zero wind chills and my hip muscles/IT band were cramping. I did a walk run combo again which is not typical for me. I have one month left and realistically I am not going to get to 13 before the race but I feel confident that I will get through it to the finish. I hope that it doesnt snow this weekend so that I can run the Super Sunday 10K.