So many running gadgets what to use to see how far I've run. When I first started running I would drive along in the car reading the odometer so I would know what 5 km or 10 km. Then I went on to using a pedometer to see far I was walking. After that I got an iPhone and with millions and millions of apps to choose from. The one I used last year was Map My Run.... It was a good app but was missing some features that wish it had. I used to have to run three different apps at the same time.
Towards the end of the year, a friend and I bought a Garmin watch which will now give me intervals, timing, lap runs. This brings me to today where I used both the watch and my pedometer. I found that my watch was the same as driving around in my car. I thought it would be fun to see how many steps I take when I run. It told me that I took over 5000 steps but only 2.5 km. Just a little bit of a difference. Guess I will go back to my high tech devices. Maybe one day they will make an all in one device.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
Where did those musles come from?
As I got up this morning after my first run yesterday, I felt not too bad, no soreness. That was until I put my feet on the floor and tried to stand up. My quads were crying "you want us to do what?" I did get up walking, stretching them out as I got ready for work. Putting on makup as I stand on one leg holding my other foot at my waist. An hour later sitting at my desk my back started to seize up. Just from my shoulder blades to my waist. Who knew you needed those muscles to run. Maybe that is why I always see runners with good posture? The one thing this has made me realize is that along with the mental toughness, your muscles need to be strong and not just the ones in your legs. What to do? I got a trainer....
Okay, it's not like I just called one out of the phone book. H and I have been "seeing" each other on and off since last year when I started to dream about running Dopey. She has been there for the highs and the lows by my diet and exercise. I think she loves when I come and say to her I have not done anything since I saw you two weeks ago but I have hit every fast food restaurant from in a 300 km radius or my personal favorite french fry bicept curls. She pushes me like no one else can.....and yes she YELLS at me when I quit at 13 out of a 15 rep exercise. So today I went for a 30 minute visit. There were pull ups, push ups and jump squats and the occasional if you want a rest you have to do it faster.... then I think she takes pitty on me and lets me have a break every 5 rounds.
So now as I watch Kitchen Nightmares I will be rolling my legs over my orange log as I call it. It is suppost to be like a massage for my muscles but when I hit that sore spot, I just want to cry
Okay, it's not like I just called one out of the phone book. H and I have been "seeing" each other on and off since last year when I started to dream about running Dopey. She has been there for the highs and the lows by my diet and exercise. I think she loves when I come and say to her I have not done anything since I saw you two weeks ago but I have hit every fast food restaurant from in a 300 km radius or my personal favorite french fry bicept curls. She pushes me like no one else can.....and yes she YELLS at me when I quit at 13 out of a 15 rep exercise. So today I went for a 30 minute visit. There were pull ups, push ups and jump squats and the occasional if you want a rest you have to do it faster.... then I think she takes pitty on me and lets me have a break every 5 rounds.
So now as I watch Kitchen Nightmares I will be rolling my legs over my orange log as I call it. It is suppost to be like a massage for my muscles but when I hit that sore spot, I just want to cry
Thursday, April 24, 2014
What time is it?
5:45 am my alarm goes off. The plan is to run in the morning before the day gets away from me and I can think of another excuse of why I can't run. Yawn, I'll just wait for the 6 am news. The news just said its is going to snow again (boo hoo) and it's raining. I'll just wait till this song ends. Oh the news is on again....Oh NO it's the 7 am news...No time to run before work.
I set out all my stuff to run when I get back from work so there are no excuses.....Socks, running pants, shirt jacket. Unfortunately, when I get home from work it has been raining all day and I don't really want to run but someone at work dared me to run in the rain (at least it has not started to snow yet). Where did I put all that outdoor running gear from last year. After looking for it for 30 minutes, I am out the door but the piles of winter outerwear and running clothes and equipment litters the floor. It's cold and wet and I try to avoid the puddles (I hate running in wet shoes). I will do a 5 km run a big loop so I can't just give up and go home...okay maybe not the whole 5 km but I do the 10:1 that the running room usually calls for. My goal for this run is to run the 10 minutes without falling over and wanting to die. The reason I don't like running after work is that my loop takes me past McDonalds & A&W and I usually smell fries....Luckily for me there is no smell of food cooking. Believe me there were times I wished I could run through the drive through. During my first 10, my calfs are burning and hurting within 3 minutes but I know if I keep going it will hurt less.
During my second 10, I don't do so bad, especially since it is mostly down hill. Oh but turn the corner and up the hill I go...I try to remember that Running is 90% mental and 10% physical. My friends message to me during my first time running keeps looping in my head....Don't stop on a hill or you will never make it up to the top. I actually made it up to the top with some energy to spare and think maybe you should run up Safeway hill. No lets not be to crazy just finish your loop. I managed to run 5 km in 36:47. Not bad for a starter run since my watch tells me my fastest 5 km since last summer was 32:22.
Can't wait to see if I can move in the morning....It may have to be a cross training yoga day
I set out all my stuff to run when I get back from work so there are no excuses.....Socks, running pants, shirt jacket. Unfortunately, when I get home from work it has been raining all day and I don't really want to run but someone at work dared me to run in the rain (at least it has not started to snow yet). Where did I put all that outdoor running gear from last year. After looking for it for 30 minutes, I am out the door but the piles of winter outerwear and running clothes and equipment litters the floor. It's cold and wet and I try to avoid the puddles (I hate running in wet shoes). I will do a 5 km run a big loop so I can't just give up and go home...okay maybe not the whole 5 km but I do the 10:1 that the running room usually calls for. My goal for this run is to run the 10 minutes without falling over and wanting to die. The reason I don't like running after work is that my loop takes me past McDonalds & A&W and I usually smell fries....Luckily for me there is no smell of food cooking. Believe me there were times I wished I could run through the drive through. During my first 10, my calfs are burning and hurting within 3 minutes but I know if I keep going it will hurt less.
During my second 10, I don't do so bad, especially since it is mostly down hill. Oh but turn the corner and up the hill I go...I try to remember that Running is 90% mental and 10% physical. My friends message to me during my first time running keeps looping in my head....Don't stop on a hill or you will never make it up to the top. I actually made it up to the top with some energy to spare and think maybe you should run up Safeway hill. No lets not be to crazy just finish your loop. I managed to run 5 km in 36:47. Not bad for a starter run since my watch tells me my fastest 5 km since last summer was 32:22.
Can't wait to see if I can move in the morning....It may have to be a cross training yoga day
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
What's today's excuse?
As I sit on my couch in front of a picture window watching the neighbourhood children playing outside in the warm sunshine I wonder what is today's excuse for not running. Last year 2013 started with a bang....after years of talking about running a marathon and going to Disney to run the Goofy race a friend finally said are you going to do it or are you just all talk. Oh no...Not Me..... I am a put up or shut it kind of girl....the one always up for the dare as long as no one got hurt....the ice is just off the lake and I dare you to jump in (March). So I said lets do it.
Training started that January with 3 half marathons and one marathon race with a big finale to run Goofy in January 2014....I can tell you stories from those runs but Goofy was not going to be. Oh if you think that was the end of Disney run it's not...there is a bigger race call the Dopey one which I WILL be running in 2016 (as long as I can get registered).
After finishing my scheduled races in 2013, I started to get busy with work and travel again. So came the excuses: I worked all day, I just need a break; If I go for a run, I have to have a shower and then go out for dinner.; The day's are getting shorter, I don't want to run in the dark; The treadmill is being used so I will come back later (which I never did); It's Winter....too cold maybe tomorrow. You name it I probably thought of it.
So as I start to write this blog about wanting to Run Boston, one of the most popular, "elite" races in the world, what is my excuse for not getting my running shoes on to start training. I really can't think of one so this is the start of my training to get ready to Run Boston by the time I am 40.
So no excuses. If you read one on this blog, Call me on it. Dare me to run......
Training started that January with 3 half marathons and one marathon race with a big finale to run Goofy in January 2014....I can tell you stories from those runs but Goofy was not going to be. Oh if you think that was the end of Disney run it's not...there is a bigger race call the Dopey one which I WILL be running in 2016 (as long as I can get registered).
After finishing my scheduled races in 2013, I started to get busy with work and travel again. So came the excuses: I worked all day, I just need a break; If I go for a run, I have to have a shower and then go out for dinner.; The day's are getting shorter, I don't want to run in the dark; The treadmill is being used so I will come back later (which I never did); It's Winter....too cold maybe tomorrow. You name it I probably thought of it.
So as I start to write this blog about wanting to Run Boston, one of the most popular, "elite" races in the world, what is my excuse for not getting my running shoes on to start training. I really can't think of one so this is the start of my training to get ready to Run Boston by the time I am 40.
So no excuses. If you read one on this blog, Call me on it. Dare me to run......
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