Major news on the home front...my dog had emergency surgery on sunday so i have lost my go to running partner...not to mention i have more stress...anyways so i'm having to figure out what its like to run with out her...lets just say it sucks.
anyways so i didn't run tuesday cause i was taking care of her...so i ran my tuesday run on wednesday...i ran the springwater trail...by myself...and because my dog poked a hole in my pepper spray a couple weeks ago i was without dog and without pepper spray...and was so sure i was going to be attacked and killed while i was on the trail...to my surprise i made it...and i'm still alive!
so friday operation no overheating was in full effect again because we were going to run 8 miles...and after reading that i could be getting nauseous from not having enough sugar or salt in my system i made my dog sitting cousin go to the store and buy me sour patch kids...they are my new trick...and they are officially the best running supplement! so it was pourrrrrrrring saturday morning but my friend (going forward referred to as "Kate") and i completed our first 4 mile run with no problemo...we had some sour patch kids at the halfway point and wouldn't you know it we killed our second 4 mile run...its the sour patch kids i'm sure of it...i could have sprinted in...but i didn't want leave kate in the dust ;) haha yeah right.
then...when i got home and got in the shower...things went downhill...i found the little plastic piece that holds a sale tag to underwear embedded in my back from wearing new underwear...owwwww....and then found out my wet shirt had rubbed the skin on my collarbone raw...oh and the seams on my sports bra had rubbed a small hole on each of my sides....owwww...
but moral of the story is that we made it 8 f-miles and we are majorly bad ass peeps...watch out for us...we will run you over if you're in our way!
oh and the other moral of the story is that O-Town ROCKS!!! I've been listening to O-Town and NSync all afternoon and it just makes me sooooo happy :)
ttyl red rockstars!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Operation no overheating
I'm currently computer-less so this is going to be short and will prob have autotext issues cause I'm in my phone...
Last Saturday we ran 5 miles and I almost died...I over heated and could not function for the rest of the day...I didn't eat enough Friday night and Saturday morning and I didn't drink enough water...so basically major fail
Monday it rained...I hate u rain when I have to run!
Tuesday was suppose to be the hill run so crazy me I decided to take me friend on a run up to the chart house...we made it to the top without walking which was sooo exciting...butttttt....it was freaking pouring out...we were drenched! My socks were so wet that they started rubbing on my right heal and I didn't realize it until later that night my heal was bleeding and my sock turned red and the back of.my new.shoes are stained with blood...sooo lame!
Thursday was the tempo and I ran my normal path but the dang hill.at oaks bottom was during the 10 minutes of faster running...and my dog decided she wanted to.Chase.every dang bird on that hill...let's just.say it was hard...
Yesterday operation no overheating was in full affect...not sure if its affect or effect but who.cares...anyways Thursday I drank 40 oz of water and 40 on Friday...thats A LOT for me...Friday I had two cups of pasta for dinner and Saturday morn I had toast with peanut butter and a grapefruit...I also wore a water belt with nuun and water...oh and I had a shot blok...gross...but I was prepared...my friend and I did amazing 5 out of the six miles...I got nauseous during the last mile and so we walked a little...my hands got sooo cold again during the last mile...but I made it...so next week its 8 miles...so operation no overheating will be in full e/a ffect again and I am going to bring gloves to see if that helps my hands at the end of the run
Peace out...until next time!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Dear rain...
Dear rain I love u...I really do but I would rather share my world with u on Wednesday Friday and Sundays...other than the rain...today was ten times better than Saturday...I have high hopes for this upcoming Saturdays 6 miles...just need to make it through my hill run tomorrow.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
could it get worse???
uh...i didn't want to run today...to complain a little...my shoulders hurt...1. i worked out too hard at dragonboat practice yesterday 2. since i pitched my whole life my shoulders ache periodically when i run 3. I wear something half of the population doesn't have to wear...a bra...if you don't know what that is...it has straps that go over your shoulders...so point is today was my lucky day and my shoulders hurt...and i wasn't running fast enough for my dog...so...she was pulling my arm...no bueno...in summary it wasn't the best run of my life...oh and it wasn't raining when i started running so just like an idiot i didn't wear a hat or a vest...and of course...it poured after i got started...fml.
one thing happened today that has NEVER happened before...i was crossing a major intersection and as soon as i got to the other side...i froze...there was a rat...i literally stopped in my tracks and pointed and screamed...my dog didn't even notice the nasty rat...it looked at me and just sauntered off into the bushes...no big deal...nothing...SO NASTY. once it went into the bushes i started running again...the only thing that tops that as the nastiest thing that has ever happened to me while running is when my dog started eating something and as was habit i yelled no and swiped my hand in her mouth to get out whatever she was eating...just to find out is was someone or somethings poop...so...i had squished super soft green poop on my hand...with...no grass or weeds to get it all removed...i smelled the poop the whole way home....that was nasty...but this rat...was pretty nasty too. I have never seen a rat in plain daylight kickin it on the sidewalk.
sooo...moral is i'm not really feeling like a red rockstar today but hopefully i can get my swag back by saturday morn.
one thing happened today that has NEVER happened before...i was crossing a major intersection and as soon as i got to the other side...i froze...there was a rat...i literally stopped in my tracks and pointed and screamed...my dog didn't even notice the nasty rat...it looked at me and just sauntered off into the bushes...no big deal...nothing...SO NASTY. once it went into the bushes i started running again...the only thing that tops that as the nastiest thing that has ever happened to me while running is when my dog started eating something and as was habit i yelled no and swiped my hand in her mouth to get out whatever she was eating...just to find out is was someone or somethings poop...so...i had squished super soft green poop on my hand...with...no grass or weeds to get it all removed...i smelled the poop the whole way home....that was nasty...but this rat...was pretty nasty too. I have never seen a rat in plain daylight kickin it on the sidewalk.
sooo...moral is i'm not really feeling like a red rockstar today but hopefully i can get my swag back by saturday morn.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
me and my friend...we are bad ass!
day two of blogging and i'm not exactly sure what a blogger is suppose to say on their second post...but since i'm not really a blogger and i don't really like to be like other people i'm gonna go out on a whim and give you two super sentimental notes for the day...
1. my "new" friend (cause i only have two friends...one new one old) and i made plans to complete our 35 minutes of running after work...so we went down to the locker room and put on our super cool running outfits...me black tights and a neon vest...her black tights and a vest...as we leave my friend says something about being worried about being seen by someone we work with...i remind her...we are super bad ass people in our outfits...i turn into a gangster and kick up the volume on how bad ass we are...and how people are totally jealous that they are not in skin tight clothing and looking super portland...cause we are...and anyone who wears tights are bad ass...for sure! (my friend reminded me later that she was wearing full bottom underwear...which...with tights is not bad ass...so she was only 98% bad ass today) but our kick ass run made up for her 2% shortfall :)
and 2. the second super sentimental note for the day...we ran the waterfront circle...hawthorne to steel to hawthorne...and a little more to make sure we ran all 35 minutes...anyways that waterfront circle has been haunting me ever since i got mono and lost my bad ass-ness...that little uphill to the south of the path on the water...that uphill to the hawthorne bride on the east side of the river...the bridge...yeah its at a slight uphill too...and then last that uphill to get to the riverplace stores...the 15 mile benchmark was the last time i completed those hills...and don't think i haven't tried since then...and today...in my super bad ass outfit...i f-ing killed those hills...thank you thank you!
oh and ps...my "old" friend...she is bad ass too...in a i can kick your ass on a biology lab test cause i'm super smart and super cool kind of bad ass and in a i can work construction and wear bling kind of bad ass! love you friend!
1. my "new" friend (cause i only have two friends...one new one old) and i made plans to complete our 35 minutes of running after work...so we went down to the locker room and put on our super cool running outfits...me black tights and a neon vest...her black tights and a vest...as we leave my friend says something about being worried about being seen by someone we work with...i remind her...we are super bad ass people in our outfits...i turn into a gangster and kick up the volume on how bad ass we are...and how people are totally jealous that they are not in skin tight clothing and looking super portland...cause we are...and anyone who wears tights are bad ass...for sure! (my friend reminded me later that she was wearing full bottom underwear...which...with tights is not bad ass...so she was only 98% bad ass today) but our kick ass run made up for her 2% shortfall :)
and 2. the second super sentimental note for the day...we ran the waterfront circle...hawthorne to steel to hawthorne...and a little more to make sure we ran all 35 minutes...anyways that waterfront circle has been haunting me ever since i got mono and lost my bad ass-ness...that little uphill to the south of the path on the water...that uphill to the hawthorne bride on the east side of the river...the bridge...yeah its at a slight uphill too...and then last that uphill to get to the riverplace stores...the 15 mile benchmark was the last time i completed those hills...and don't think i haven't tried since then...and today...in my super bad ass outfit...i f-ing killed those hills...thank you thank you!
oh and ps...my "old" friend...she is bad ass too...in a i can kick your ass on a biology lab test cause i'm super smart and super cool kind of bad ass and in a i can work construction and wear bling kind of bad ass! love you friend!
Monday, March 12, 2012
How I became the Red Rockstar!
Soooo i'm going out on a limb here and starting a blog...just a little about me and why i am about to attempt this blog...
A little about me...i am first...not a writer...therefore i can't spell (BS in accounting...not english) and i write how i talk...my grammer sucks...hopefully you can handle it.
Why i'm doing this...well 1. cause i'm crazy and 2. it's a long story...so grab a pepsi...or my fav a margarita, on the rocks, no salt!
I have played competitive softball my whole life...well until i was 22 and graduated college and i didn't have 8 people following me around ready to play softball when i was...so i decided i needed a competitive outlet...and i was diagnosed with a thyroid issues and was told to lose 40 pounds...enter running.
I started running to lose the weight the doctor told me to lose. lets go back and say before this, there would have been no one in the whole world who would have labeled me a runner...i would complain about running from the dugout to the fence and back...i hated running...but i had to lose 40 pounds...so i started running...first on the treadmill and then outside...soon i was running everyday...at least 5 miles a day.
i started talking to friends about how i missed the feeling of competition and they start suggesting i should run in races...i said no...i'm too slow...i'm gonna be last...but then some boy (now would be called some lame ass boy) who was trying to hit on me...he told me his hood to coast team needed a runner and asked if i would do it. I said sure...and after running my first hood to coast in 2008 i was bit by the running bug
so...that christmas i was sitting around board googling running information and ran across portland fit...and from then on i decided i was going to run a MARATHON...i was super excited it was all i could think or talk about...so i joined portland fit and start running in races and training for the 2009 portland marathon...
running running running...one saturday i ran one of the portland fit's (p. fit in my world) bench marks...15 miles...it was AMAZING...that was a saturday...that monday i barely made it to the bus stop trying to get to work and then I almost fainted at the printer...i decided to call the dr....went in that day...gave some blood and found out i had mono...fml.
laid up in bed forever and became out of shape and weak....for the next 2 years every time i tried to start running something got in the way...work...bad foot...too much expectations of myself...and mostly my mind....but i have always wanted to get back into running...on a whim i signed up for the 1st rock and roll half...on the day registration opened...cause i'm cheap (it was half off) and i thought it might be the push i needed.
enter 2012...new year, newly single, new dog, new friend,and a future race haunting me...time for change...so my old friend and my new friend started weight watchers...and after some convincing i decided to join...cause i gained the 40 pounds i lost.. and i thought it could help me get back into running...my new friend was running and my puppy was starting to be able to run a mile so i started to run...just a mile...then i told my new friend about portland fit and how cool it was and how cool i used to be...when i was running...she was excited...i was really wanting to try to run again...so we signed up.
Back in the day i was fast...well faster than i am now...so i have to swallow some competitive pride and know as long as i'm running i'm doing good...no matter how slow i am...p. fit groups people by pace...i'm in the slow group...the red group....but as the red team leader says...i'm red and i'm proud...cause i'm f-ing running...hell yeah!
so if you have any pepsi left, bottom line is i have decided i should start this blog because i'm red and i'm f-ing proud and because i feel like my inner thoughts while i run are entertaining and i should chronicle my way through this adventure of getting back into running...for your and my reading pleasure...so enjoy and lets see if i can get back into the shape and run this half...and the half 3 weeks later ;)
A little about me...i am first...not a writer...therefore i can't spell (BS in accounting...not english) and i write how i talk...my grammer sucks...hopefully you can handle it.
Why i'm doing this...well 1. cause i'm crazy and 2. it's a long story...so grab a pepsi...or my fav a margarita, on the rocks, no salt!
I have played competitive softball my whole life...well until i was 22 and graduated college and i didn't have 8 people following me around ready to play softball when i was...so i decided i needed a competitive outlet...and i was diagnosed with a thyroid issues and was told to lose 40 pounds...enter running.
I started running to lose the weight the doctor told me to lose. lets go back and say before this, there would have been no one in the whole world who would have labeled me a runner...i would complain about running from the dugout to the fence and back...i hated running...but i had to lose 40 pounds...so i started running...first on the treadmill and then outside...soon i was running everyday...at least 5 miles a day.
i started talking to friends about how i missed the feeling of competition and they start suggesting i should run in races...i said no...i'm too slow...i'm gonna be last...but then some boy (now would be called some lame ass boy) who was trying to hit on me...he told me his hood to coast team needed a runner and asked if i would do it. I said sure...and after running my first hood to coast in 2008 i was bit by the running bug
so...that christmas i was sitting around board googling running information and ran across portland fit...and from then on i decided i was going to run a MARATHON...i was super excited it was all i could think or talk about...so i joined portland fit and start running in races and training for the 2009 portland marathon...
running running running...one saturday i ran one of the portland fit's (p. fit in my world) bench marks...15 miles...it was AMAZING...that was a saturday...that monday i barely made it to the bus stop trying to get to work and then I almost fainted at the printer...i decided to call the dr....went in that day...gave some blood and found out i had mono...fml.
laid up in bed forever and became out of shape and weak....for the next 2 years every time i tried to start running something got in the way...work...bad foot...too much expectations of myself...and mostly my mind....but i have always wanted to get back into running...on a whim i signed up for the 1st rock and roll half...on the day registration opened...cause i'm cheap (it was half off) and i thought it might be the push i needed.
enter 2012...new year, newly single, new dog, new friend,and a future race haunting me...time for change...so my old friend and my new friend started weight watchers...and after some convincing i decided to join...cause i gained the 40 pounds i lost.. and i thought it could help me get back into running...my new friend was running and my puppy was starting to be able to run a mile so i started to run...just a mile...then i told my new friend about portland fit and how cool it was and how cool i used to be...when i was running...she was excited...i was really wanting to try to run again...so we signed up.
Back in the day i was fast...well faster than i am now...so i have to swallow some competitive pride and know as long as i'm running i'm doing good...no matter how slow i am...p. fit groups people by pace...i'm in the slow group...the red group....but as the red team leader says...i'm red and i'm proud...cause i'm f-ing running...hell yeah!
so if you have any pepsi left, bottom line is i have decided i should start this blog because i'm red and i'm f-ing proud and because i feel like my inner thoughts while i run are entertaining and i should chronicle my way through this adventure of getting back into running...for your and my reading pleasure...so enjoy and lets see if i can get back into the shape and run this half...and the half 3 weeks later ;)
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