I run because I need an excuse to eat!

Yesterday, I was craving a candy bar, so I got one out of the snack machine. After I ate it, I knew I had to go and run because I needed to burn all those calories.

So I headed to the track after I left everyone eating. Ran 4 miles! The first 20 minutes were hard because it was so hot and humid. I kept telling myself "just 5 more minutes", that became my mantra. I got to 30 minutes, and the mantra changed to "I made it to 30 min, let's go for 40 min".
I started to feel really good after 30 minutes and so I stopped worrying about time, and focused on intervals. Started with 1.5 min intervals and went down to 1 min. After I got into the groove of things, I started going 2 minutes. By the time I stopped, I ran for 3 minutes without stopping and could have kept going another minute. I was so excited, it was a great workout.

I was so tired I crashed and hit the snooze one too many times this morning. Thankfully the kids slept all night, they've been doing that a lot lately and I'm hoping they'll stick with it from now on.

I'm looking forward to training tonight, I need to get new music on my iPod. It's amazing what a difference it makes to have some good music with me when I'm out by myself. I don't want to stop because I want to keep listening to the music. Those of you with kids know, listening to your music is a treat. At my house, we listen to kids' music more than we listen to anything else. lol

New month, new attitude

I'm hoping to begin this month with a bang, and keep up with my training the best I can.

I hate that I missed Saturday but was still sick. To make matters worse, Braden got the same bug I had, so we were both sick most of the day. bah. I have finally regained my energy and will get out and run tonight.

This month is going to be a busy one for sure! We have dance recital on the 16th, the twins are being christened on the 17th, Father's day on the 17th, Half marathon on the 23th, Chicago work trip on the 25th... I'm tired already just thinking about it.

But we are getting closer and closer to the big day, I think when the countdown clock hits the double digits I'm going to start panicking. lol

Keep on running, marathoners!

Not a good training week

The holiday on Monday just threw my whole week off. I didn't train on Monday, I didn't train on Tuesday. I did go on Wednesday and trained (even though there was so light right) for 30 minutes. Yesterday, I was in Hattiesburg all day long. It wasn't too hot but gosh, it was humid. I was sticky by the time I got home, and my hair looked like a poodle's.
By the time I got everyone fed, it was raining so I called it a day.

Woke up this morning with some sort of stomach bug. I'm not sure if it was something I ate, or a bug. Anyway, took 2 different types of medication, waited until they started working, and then headed to work. I have a slight headache, and I'm not feeling 100% today. I'm hoping I'll feel better by tomorrow morning, otherwise I'll have to forgo the run and do it Sunday alone. I don't want to do 11 miles alone. *sigh* So keep fingers crossed that I get my energy back by 4 AM tomorrow (that's what time I have to get up to make it by 6).

I need to get more gels too. My husband, the "energizer bunny", decided to see if the energy jelly beans actually worked. So he ate them. Ok, he does NOT need any help in the energy dept. I think he ended up going to bed sometime around 1 AM. nuff said.

I hope to see you in the morning.