Dear Body

Dear Body,

I'm really sorry about this week. Work sucked...a lot. Especially yesterday and today. I'm EXTREMELY sorry you went 24 hours without a meal. That was terrible. I'm also VERY sorry that you didn't get to workout as much as you wanted or needed. I will make it up to you, I promise. Lisa apologizes for destroying your right Achilles tendon with the cart last night too. Neosporin will help heal that right up. Enjoy the ice bucket, Powerade, and relaxing tonight. I promise you a great yoga and core workout tomorrow, and probably some shoveling to build up your arms. I love you, and will make you strong!

Love,
Sarah

5K "test"?

Well, after a long day at work I knew it was time for a good run. It's time to start working on speed now that I know I can put the time/miles in. The treadmills at LA Fitness have a 5k "loop," so I figured I'd give it a shot.

I was good and stretched out my legs (still sore from Monday's long run), and did a warm up. I am really bad about doing warm ups, so I think I should get bonus points for that. I took my last gulp of water and had my iPod set to a good song to set the pace. I pushed the "5k Loop" button, entered my weight and set it to start at 6.0. Excellent. After 30 seconds of getting used to the beast I pushed up to 6.3 just to get a stride down and felt great. After a half mile...my shoe was untied. How my double knot came undone, I have no idea. So, I pressed the "pause" button...which ends up being a prolonged stop button because there is no way to get started again. So, I had to start again after retying my shoe and checking the other. *sighs* I was less excited and pumped up this time. But I started it over, this time at 6.3. I was up to 6.5 by 2 minutes in. I felt really good running. Still a little tight from Monday, but that was expected. I did find out that time passes slower on a treadmill than on the roads...By the end of the 5k I was rocking an 8.0 (for the last .2 miles). I felt awesome. My breathing was still fairly relaxed, my heart wasn't exploding out of my chest and my legs didn't totally hate me.

Overall I wish my split had been faster, but I'll get it down for next time for sure! I've iced my feet/ankles and now I'm onto the mission of hydrating. Good night!

PS- Thank you for all the support of my friends reading this blog and commenting on my Daily Mile workouts. I really appreciate it!

My Accountability

Okay, here's the deal. Next year I'm going to run my first marathon. I haven't picked which one yet because I'm hoping to score a sweet job/internship not too long after new years, and that will help me narrow down the races I can run. The first one will be in the spring, and I'll probably run another one in the fall.

This blog will be my accountability to my training. Yes, paying for the race and having it set in stone helps, but there's nothing like an accountability partner to make things happen. I plan on finding a Front Runners club in the city I move to so I have people to entertain me during the long runs later in the training.

I'll write about how my training is going, nutrition, asthma, and everything else running. I love it and see so many benefits to it, and I hope to share those feelings with you. Maybe I'll help inspire you to give running a chance too!

My official training will kick off in the new year. Right now I'm pre-training so that my lungs don't go into shock, and so that my left ankle doesn't get angry with me again. One thing I've learned from 10 years of running is that you've got to work yourself into it, you can't just start running six miles out of now where.

Here we go! Happy running!