Atholton 5k

I did it!! I ran my 5k on Sunday, and I kicked some butt! It was just shy of a true 5k, but it totally still counts. AND I did it in under 35 minutes! Okay, by two seconds (34:58) but it still counts. This was the fastest thus far I've been able to run a 5k. Yea!

Just got this in my email from dailymile.com ... I ran over 11 miles last week! Yea...feeling good. I have plans to go run another 3 or so miles today. Maybe a bit less, maybe a bit more, depends on how my knees and feet feel. But I am PUMPED.

Also, I trained for a total of 2:51 last week...my first triathlon took just minutes longer than that, just shy of 3 hours. This year, my goal will be to do it within 2:30. Boo-yah.

Hey Sarah, awesome training last week!

Your Training for 02/28/2011 - 03/06/2011

Miles:	11.31	Comments:	3
Time:	02:51	Motivations:	0
Calories:	2697	Among Friends:	6
Workouts:	5

It's rainy and cloudy outside today, and perfect weather for napping and watching movies all day. Seriously, all I wanted to do was lay under the covers, snuggle with my kitties and be a slug. It took me awhile to get out of the house and get to the gym, but I'm glad that I did! Today, I ran for 10 minutes straight! This is seriously awesome in my book. I've not done that since high school, when I was super heavy into sports year round and in the best shape of my life.

You know what else is awesome? In just under a month, I have doubled the mileage I am covering in a run. (By run, I mean a run/walk combination.) Last month, on 2/11 I did a 1.5 mile run. Today, I did a 3.32 mile run. This just boggles my mind. AND the run segments don't feel nearly as much like a slow torturous death like they used to. They are still hard towards the end for sure, but less like death, more like torture light. And really the first few sets of jogging feel 600 times easier now than they did a few weeks ago. Apparently they are telling the truth when they say if you stick with it, it will get easier.

Today I did the first 8 running minutes of my working in my new Vibram FiveFingers (VFF) Bikila LS! Totally different way of running and feeling, and I loved it. My legs were feeling a bit heavy and sluggish from my workout + busy day yesterday, so I was a bit nervous. I focused on foot placement, landing placement, and keeping my feet and legs soft and light. I really wanted to run the whole thing in my VFFs, but I did that once before and was so incredibly sore for many days after. I did have some small amount of foot twinge, and I wasn't sure if it was because of the VFFs or because I'm still so new to running and my feet are still adjusting.

Thus far, my legs feel fine, as do my feet. Whatever twinges I felt are gone now. Tomorrow is an off day for me, but I'm actually looking forward to running on Sunday and seeing what I can do. Since I've been running in the morning, thus far I've been doing all treadmill workouts. I might try running outside on Sunday - we will see what the weather is like, and how much motivation I need to HTFU.

Sweet Sweaty Victory

So I had a great workout this morning. I actually ran a 5k this morning on the treadmill! It may have taken me 45 minutes to do it, but dammit it still counts. AND I ran for my longest duration yet - 8 minutes! Sweet victory I was beyond happy with this. I was also gross and sweaty by this point, but who cares? It's not like I'm trying to pick up anyone at the gym. (Although WHY do all the hot people come work out by me? Is it because my bright pink, sweaty self makes them look better?) Except for you, hot nice treadmill guy - you can come run by me anytime. ;)

Emotions are running high over here, as I'm packing up things for my roommate to take back to my ex this weekend. It makes me sad, and thoughtful, and wistful. Le sigh. It is incredibly hard to NOT eat the entire tub of home made vanilla buttercream frosting that I have on the counter (next to the burnt cupcakes). I admit, I had a spoonful only. ... Okay I had two, but that was IT. AND I logged it in my Lose It! app on my phone, so it is accounted for. Boo-yah, Buddha belly.