Stronger, Tougher, Faster, Smaller

Okay, I'm starting again.  I haven't run in a while and I can feel every extra pound.  It was slow and hard today, but you got to start somewhere, I know it won't take me too long to feel better when I go out.  And on the bright side I have put in my notice at work so "NO MORE GRAVES"  I know some people can do that and run and be just fine, but not me because I never get to sleep more than 3/4 hours when I am done because of my kids.

Here is my biggest loser starting: 202lbs and watch them start to go away. 

I know it's not a lot but I never run after a grave, but I had to work again tonight so my logic was get up and run a little and hopefully wake up out of my sleep deprived stupor.  I did one mile and at a good pace for me 11:30, I was working hard but not overdoing it.  I think it worked I am doing okay!

It was interrupted though to stop sword fights and such.

First I don't normally sleep that much but all I got the day before was a 1hr nap and a 2hr nap after working my 12hr grave. Needless to say I was too tired to move, so no exercise. But today I did better! I tried to leave my husband with 5 kids (3 extras from the neighbors)to go and do my run. I knew he would let me if I was going for a run. I averaged just over 13min/mile not too bad for starting but had to take a break at 1 mile to stretch my shins, they were getting tight. Since I ran outside I had no sword fights and no toys being chucked under my feet on the treadmill(apparently that's really fun to watch as stuff comes flying off the back) Just ask my two year old. Plus I couldn't help but sing out loud to P!nk, u and ur hand. "I'm not hear for your entertainment, you don't really want to mess with me tonight!"

Going for consistency today.  We are going to be in the car quite a bit today so I knew if I was going to do anything I had to get up and do it.  Did you know I haven't been up before 8am in who knows how long?  I did one mile, first half was a 12m place while I kept bumping up for the second and finished in 11:29.  Woohoo.  Now I just need to get down to a consistent 10 min pace, it will come in time and with the weight loss.

Did my first spin class for an hour.  Did you know that they don't have airconditioning in gyms in small town California.  We had fans but no a/c it was probably upper 80's in there.  Yuck, I'm not used to that yet since it's still so cold in Utah.  We had a great time and it was taught by my sister in law.   Kicked my butt, literaly, my bum was so sore from the seat.

We ran along Hwy 88 in Pine Grove, CA today.  Big downhill to start slight up hill, then slight down to the turnaround, we came back up and then went up Mt. Zion's.  Oh my, talk about Emigration, but without the turns, I walked up it, Chris ran but it still hurt.  My calves were killing me from spin, I felt better if I stayed on my toes.  And we had a nice sprint up the last hill to my parents house.  good job, now I just got to stay out of those fudge/marshmellow creme covered mint brownies.

Okay,  I've been slacking, but I am starting again.  I have run out of excuses.  Saturday was technically my last day but I ended up going in last night just to help out the new guy.  So for now and forever more I am done with graves.  That was so hard, I would eat all night long and then be in the mind set that I still got to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  I know it wasn't helping anything and I know that getting regular sleep will help also.

I kicked off my start with an exercise video. (Jillian Michaels from biggest loser of course) yuck, it wasn't easy.  But I am starting.  My goal is 30 days straight of video mixed with running.  I need to lose at least 10lbs before ogden half marathon.

My weigh in days will be Saturday. 

Chris got up extra early this morning so he could be back from biking in time for me to run some before the kids got up.  Isn't that sweet? Isn't that irritating?  I am not a morning person but I really really needed it.

I got 2.5 miles in before he had to go to work.  I am doing okay and even averaged a 12:30 today.  I am nowhere ready for ogden half but I think that I'll be able to get myself somewhere close to ready for the distance before it comes.  I just won't be doing any pr's but  at least I won't kill myself. 

Did the Jillian workout again, this time I did not eat 2 hrs before hand and hence was able to avoid the digestive pyrotechnics that I so enjoyed last time I attempted it.  Tomorrow I will run, or jog because that what I do, but I'm working on that whole speed thing.

I got 1.5 miles in on the treadmill before a sibling dispute interrupted it all, it's not a lot but I am feeling better about myself and I am noticing I have a lot less bloated feeling.  

I have been consistent this week and want to keep it up.  Gotta get those miles up before Portland :) 

I averaged about a 13:20 for the whole thing and that includes a quarter mile warm up/down, at a 17min pace.  The fourth mile was most definitely the hardest.  We ran from our house down through lake park in west valley.  It goes past verizon, and discover, and has some good rolling hills.  Mile 4 has the longest uphills and I sprinted up three during that mile reaching speed of 9:40 mpm pace by the time I hit the top.

Weight: -3 lbs total so far 

Chris had the day off and we biked together as a family.  He was hauling the kids in the trailer and it just about evened us out!  Yes, I'm more competition on my bike I guess then on my feet.

We hit speeds of over 18mph, and hit 7-11 for slurpees at mile 9(mine was crystal light).  It was actually a lot of fun and I don't ever remember enjoying a bike ride like that. 

I went through Lake Park again today, this is the course for the Westfest 5k.  I averaged a 12:30 pace but I would really like to learn to keep a steady pace.  This was a lot of up and down speed.  Would walk for a minute, then start to pick it up, then I'd look at my watch and it would say something like 10:20, YIKES! So I would try to slow down, then it would happen again.  So I end up walking more than I would like and running too fast to maintain.

I'm also having a problem with my feet going numb.  It doesn't take much walking for it to go away but they are consistently going numb, almost my whole foot, and I don't like it? Any suggestions?  I'm thinking about my weight gain last year that maybe my shoes are too small now?

Oh on the weight thing -5lbs so far............ 

I got some new shoes yesterday and did two miles on the treadmill with them.  I think my shoes were too small.  I knew they weren't the greatest but I was just trying to make them do.  My shoes disappeared after st. george last year and I was hoping they would reappear.

I got in two miles, mile one at12min, mile 2 in 11:35.  After that I did 25 min of circuit training with Jillian.  And the sweat keeps pouring................16 days until Ogden half!