I have really been trying lately. I have been hitting the gym extra hard and trying to keep my eating in check. The scale is being a biotch right now, but I am feeling better and I am proud of myself.
I am having these visions of going back to school at the end of August under 200 pounds for the first time in my adult life. I am going to make it happen, I have to.
Just signed up for my THIRD half marathon (holy moly, how did that happen!). The magic date is September 23. Let the training begin!
Read more... On Monday we found out that a student that graduated from our school three years ago died in a horrific car accident on Sunday morning. She was only 20. She was driving and her and her companion were not wearing a seatbelt and alcohol was probably a factor. This saddens me beyond anything. I never taught her, but when I heard her name I knew who she was right away. The funeral will be next week. Please keep her parents and family in your prayers. IF you do not wear a seatbelt when you drive please stop that shit. If you drink and drive please stop that shit too.
RIP Vanessa.
Of me at the end of the Spartan race!
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| I look so happy, no one would know what I had just been through! |
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| Happier times at the beginning of the race before I knew what was what. |
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| Is that smoke a BBQ? No my friends that is the fire pit that I had to jump over! |
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| I wore my Obama shirt -->YES YOU CAN was my motto.
We walked around and saw a few of the obstacles that would wait for us at the end of the race.
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| I call this the Spider Man, we had to climb up one side and down the other. See that rowing machine in the corner? We then had to do 15 rows. Men did 20 |
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| Yes, that is barb wire. Yes, it IS connected to a battery. Yes, there was a charge through it. I touched it and thought I was crazy to get a shock until I looked at this picture after. |
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| Wall of death. Just remember this name I will take about this later. |
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| Who said Disney is the happiest place on Earth? That would be the FINISH LINE!
We started the race at 2 pm. The first obstacle was to jump over this:
Yes that is fire. We then were hosed down by someone with a giant hose. We then began our trail run in the woods. At one point we were running up hill for so long I thought I was going to heaven. I didn't have a watch, but I heard the 2:30 pm heat starting so I knew that we had been running for half an hour. We continued up hill and all I could tell myself was to put one foot in front of the other. My surroundings were so lush, I thought I was on the set of the Hunger Games. Finally, things began to go downhill, but I think this was worse because it was so steep. A man behind me slipped and I had to grab his wrist. For a bit we were looking out for each other until he passed me. There were rocks and it was so slippery, there was mud, tree roots. Finally, when I was out of the woods I thought the worse was over. We had a task to do. There was a sack attached to a rope with a bar. you had to hold the bar in both hands above your head and roll the string around the bar until the bag reached the bar. Not too bad. Then we had to lift a sand bag on our shoulders and run though a small course.
Then it was back in the forest, the were small ravines to jump over and then came hell on Earth. I had to crawl under barb wire in mud for about 200 meters. My whole body was wrapped in mud. My hands, arms, legs, covered in mud. My shirt got caught, my hair got caught. Many guys had no shirt on so they were bleeding, cuts on their backs. There were rocks in the mud as well as branches, my shins are all bruised . People were losing their shoes in the mud. I saw a girl crying, her friends had to carry her out with help from an EMT. It was hard, all I could do was tell myself that I can do this. People must have seen the anguish on my face, because they kept telling me not to give up as they crawled by. I had to stop numerous times. I really did not think I could make it. Finally it was over at then there was a pool of water. I tried to step in the pool to get out and I sank to the bottom, water to my chest. The pool was all different depths. After struggling for a few minutes I was finally out.
Next there was a balance beam, if you feel of twice you had to do 30 burpees. Trina, I know you hate cheaters and I apologize and all I could think of is you, but I feel twice and did 10 burpees waited a few minutes to let the crowds pass (I figured it was fair) and continued. I don't think I would have made it if I had done 30. We then had to cross half of a river crawling on barrels, after barrel number three I feel in the river and had to walk through the water. To be honest it was freezing, but it felt so good and washed off some of the mud. I then ran a bit and was met with a rope ladder to climb. I tried and knew that I could not do it. I had to do another 30 burpees. This is when the title comes in, I was so thirsty, they said that there would water stations but there were none. I swear that I have never been this thirsty in my life. If a man had approached me at this point with a jug of ice cold water and asked for a bj (forgive my profanity, but I just want to get it across how thirty I was), I would have done it (these are the things I was thinking of, what is wrong with me????). Anyways, there were some older people watching the race on the side and I walked up to them and
We then had a 6 foot wall to scale and a few things to jump over. There was a cement cylinder to lift and carry around a circle. A plastic tube to crawl through (when I first looked at it I SWEAR that I wasn't going to fit in it). The spider man climb, I was signing on the way down (spider man, spider man, does whatever a spider can). I had to row, crawl under the electrified fence and then I was faced with last obstacle the wall of death (see pic above). I got to the top of the wall, but I could not get over and I slide back down. I took a deep breath was given some water and tried again. Same thing I was hanging on for dear life but I could not get over. I tried to positive self talk but I couldn't I was defeated. I tried one more time, but this time my friend was cheering for me along with other in the crowd. I tried, my mind was telling my body to go, but my body refused. I slide back down and I almost burst out crying. I couldn't believe I was going to let this get to me. I could not do it any more. I gave it one more and I knew that I could not do it. Crys says that you need to know when you have to walk away. This was my time. I walked to the finish. Almost 2 and a half hours later. I am proud of myself that I did it. But I am NEVER doing that again.
P.S They said that this was a 5k, I REALLY wish I was wearing my Garmin because there is no way that it. was. I overheard someone during the race say that we were at 7.5 K and we weren't done yet.... |
Hello Monday. We meet again. I had a great weekend. On Friday, I took a friend out to dinner for her 30th birthday. We used to work together, so I miss her dearly. It was great to catch up and it really was like old times. The dinner made me realise how much I miss having her at work. I am happy with the food choices that I made and I am getting better at realizing that it really doesn't matter what I order to eat, I am there to enjoy the company. I didn't have a drink and opted for a chicken salad and shared a dessert and an appetizer.
Saturday, I volunteered at a race and like I said in a previous post I was the sweeper for the 10K race (this meant that I walked behind the last people in the race). We took 2 hours to finish the 10K my legs were jello by the end and it was pouring rain, my hands were so cold at one point that I thought they were going to fall off.
The hot yoga studio that I sometimes go to was celebrating their one year anniversary so some of us went to class that afternoon. I hadn't done hot yoga in awhile so I was a bit rusty, but it made me realize that I really miss the practice and this summer I am going to make an effort to attend class more often. The two friends I brought had never done hot yoga before (one of them had never even done yoga before, she wasn't too crazy about it). The other really liked it and said she would do it again.
Sunday was a chillax day.
Next weekend is the Spartan Race!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!
I hope that everyone had a great weekend! I am contemplating running the Army Half Marathon at the end of September....
Have a Great Day!
I stepped on this scale today and say 226.8, yeah me. I am hoping that on June 10 when I post me weight I will be out of the 220s. I am going to have to leave my gym. I am really sad about this because I love the classes and the towel service (who knew that getting unlimited towels would be such a joy), but since I am moving, it is just not in the budget. The good news is that the gym that I am looking at has a pool and offers aqua fitness classes which is a plus.
My favorite hot yoga studio is celebrating its one year anniversary so tomorrow they are offereing 5$ classes all day. Woo Hooo! I have rounded up a few friends and we are all going to head to the class tomorrow afternoon. I am excited!
Have a great weekend!
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