Today I ran another 5K race, this one was completely different from any of the other races I have done:
Saturday was my birthday mani and pedi party. It was really fantastic, one of my friend's who told me that she couldn't come because of a work trip, ended up coming because they cancelled her trip. I love surprises. Everyone loved the food, the mango salad was a HIT! I was a little mad at the salon because the basically kicked us out. The owner tells me that her partner had surgery and is in the hospital and she has to go meet him. So we had to leave early so she could close. Question #1: You had my number why didn't you call me and I would have cancelled (this would have sucked, but I would have done it). Question #2 You didn't have a few extra minutes to do MY manicure? It was MY birthday *sigh*. We didn't have time to eat dessert, so we had to move to my house.
The cake was delicious
Just finished running the 5K and I must admit that I am disappointed in my time.
I am running my third 5K tomorrow. I am aiming for a time of 31 minutes, the race is in my area, so I am used to the terrain. Thankfully there are no hills in this race. Wish me luck! Next race is on Sunday (I am a machine, I KNOW!). Starting to look at my September calender and start to sign up for races, so far I have one on Sept.11.
I start my 10K clinic next week, I am doing it with the Running Room again, the clinic is 10 weeks and it will prep me to run the 10K. I like the Running R can you believe that only a few months ago, I had never really run and now I am going to start training for a 10K. Our goal race for this clinic will be at the beginning of Nov., but I am going to try and run a 10K before, so that I can see what I am in for. I like to be prepared.
Could the next step be a half marathon? The thought blows my mind. What about a marathon? 46K....Whoa, Whoa...One thing race at a time.
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Today I ran my second 5K. This one used chip timing. Chip timing for those who do not know, is a plastic device that is placed on your shoe, that records your time as your cross the finish line. This race was a bit different than the last one, as in the people in this race were hardcore runners and there were so many more people in the race (at least 150). This race was really hard for a number of reasons. We ran over an overpass and there was a hill at the end. When I train on my own, there are no hills and if there is one it is not that steep. The weather was not that great, it was about 22 degrees C and it was drizzling. Nevertheless, I finished with a time of.......
The scale is going in the wrong direction and it is getting on my nerves. I really need to get my act together. I will not be having this, it is not acceptable, on any level. I can't seem to get back into the swing of things, what is wrong with me? I have worked really hard to get here, but I cannot seem to saw no to treats. Chips and salsa, candies, desserts, they keep calling my name. It is hard also knowing that my birthday is coming up. Last year I did not have a birthday cake and I think that I will do the same this year. Cake is my weakness and if it is there I feel like I must eat it all. I refuse to let my hard word go into the garbage. I have my eyes on attaining my goal weight by Feb/March for Trinidad. 40 pounds in 6 months is very doable. I am scared because I am going back to work soon and it is very hard for me to stay on track at work because there are so many temptations,but I am going to give 150% in the next few months. I want this more than anything and I know that I can do it.
Now that I have that off my chest, any of you who have lost weight maybe you can relate to this. Do you have friends, who now that you have lost weight, make comments that you find semi inappropriate? For example, when I showed my friend Caribana pics, she made it seem as if I looked better than she expected. Maybe I am just looking into this too much....
Tomorrow is my second 5K race and I am as ready as I could be, this time around I feel as if I did not train as hard as for the first one, so we will have to see how I do time wise.
I ran my 8K yesterday, it took alot of self pushing, but it really wasn't as bad as the 5K the day before. I felt much better. The only thing was after the run I felt very nauseous, does this happen to anyone else after a long run?
On a happier note, I have motivated some of my friends to try running. They say that I have motivated them to try a run walk for 20 minutes. I am happy that I have this effect on people.
I know that my eating has not been on point, but everyday is a new day and I aim to do my best.
Happy Saturday!
With another 5K a little over 2 weeks away, it is time to buckle down and start to train with avengence. I am going to Toronto for Caribana and I plan on keeping up with my running and my friends are aware of this. The hotel we are staying at has a gym and when I am at my friends place her building also has one, as well as a running room close by. I plan on attending the free clinics on the Sunday and Wed. that I am there.
Here is my new schedule that I am following, my goal for this race is to do it in 35 minutes or less.
July 22: 7K (4.3 miles)
July 23: 4K speed
July 24: 4K
July 25: Running Room
July 26: Running Room
July 27: 8K (5 miles)
July 28: Running Room
July 29: 4K speed
July 30: 5K
July 31: Parade (I will be Palancing/Dancing my butt off)
Aug 1: Running Room (30 Wellington East), if this doesn't work out 4K speed
Aug 2: 8K
Aug 3: 4K speed
Aug 4: Running Room (4984 Yonge St) if this doesn't work 4K
Aug 5: 5K
Aug 6: 8K
Aug. 7: REST
Aug. 8: RACE!
I am sure you really don't care how many kms I run a day, but the reason I lay this all out, is if for any reason I forget what I am suppose to do when, I can go online, reference this post and I will have all the info at the types of my fingers.
I do all of these using the 10/1 method, I run for 10 minutes and then I walk at a brisk pace for 1 minute, until I am done my distance, this is what works best for me. On the days that say "speed",I am increasing my speed during my 10 minutes runs for a minute to a sprint.
I am hoping that this will work!
I have signed up for my second 5K, it will be on Aug.8. The goal is to beat my previous time of 37:37, I am aiming for 35 minutes and I really feel like I can do it. I was reading an article that said for every half pound you lose you can increase your running time by a few seconds, it may not sound like much but shaving 2 minutes off of a 10K time is a big deal.
In a little over two weeks I will be wearing this:
I went to a work get together and it came up that I ran a 5K last Saturday, everyone was so impressed. I am still on cloud 99 from the experience, that I have done some research and there are 4 possible 5Ks that I can do in August. Guess what? Goal 1: I am going to try and do them all. The next goal will be to have a better time at each race. First race is August 8. This is the one that I am going to focus on for now. I am starting my training (I never really stopped),with this race in mind, with a goal of 35 minutes (baby steps). I am keeping the training to the treadmill (not really a fan of this),but the weather outside has to cool down before I venture out to running 30 minutes + in this heat, I was cleaning the car today and had to fun inside because I felt sick,imagine running! Like I said in a previous post I want to bring my time down to 30 minutes. Hopefully, next week will be cooler and I can go back to training outside.
The 10K clinic ( I know I can't believe it either) begins Aug. 24 and I am so down. I still cannot believe how far I have come!
QUESTION: Does anyone have advice on how to improve my race time? Thank you in advance.
So can you help me build my chest? Yes! These are the words anyone would love to hear. A guy friend of mine asked me this today. I was more than willing to show him a few moves to improve his already banging body (Chest flyes, chest press).
I wore shorts to the gym today, because it was so hot and I realized that I need to tone up my thighs, any suggestions? They need to be a bit tighter...
This is the second day of a heat wave 40 C (100 F), it is suppose to last until Friday. I am going to skip Jillian today because I have a headache. But tomorrow I will begin Level 3 and finish this bad boy girl. Because of this heat I have been running on the treadmill inside, but tomorrow I will run outside with the Running Room, yikes!
I have lined up a few more 5K to do in the upcoming months, there are none in the area in July, but August-Oct there are a few. I will keep you posted and hopefully I can improve my time with each race.
I can genuinely say this was one of my proudest moments, it is almost up there with the day I got my university degree. Yesterday, I got up around 6:45, because I was so excited. I had a mango for breakfast and headed out to the race area. This is me before the race.
TADA! This is the new layout of my blog that I won in the contest! I am so happy with how everything turned out. My blog looks beautiful!
The 5K walk was yesterday, so was the convocation at my school. I ducked out early so that I could be on time, but traffic was a mofo, so I got there 20 minutes late. Everyone had left, so I looked on the map to try to find them, said hand drawn map on a white board was a piece of crap, so I walked to a gas station looked at a REAL map, got a good idea of where I was suppose to go and began to walk. Found the group and continued with them. I was a little disappointed in myself that I was late and could not genuinely say I walked 5K. The route was very loopy and it did not give me a better idea of how far 5K really was. This is why I feel like this was a semi fail. I was convinced that this walk would give me a good idea of what I was getting myself into, nope, not at all.
I had the worst dream last night and it scared the crap out of me. I was on my way to a 5K (not the one that I am doing next week another one) I show up at 9 am and there is a lady there who looks like she in charge. I ask her where everyone is, she says the race started at 6:30 am and I am very late. She asks if I have ran a 5 K before, I say no. She laughs and says what makes me think I can run one. She then proceeds to tear down everything from my outfit to my lack of water bottle. I woke up divested and questioning if I can really do this. I am sure this is my sub conscious, questioning my 5K choice. I woke up and looked at my "I must be on Crack Schedule" and began to revamp:
Old Schedule:
"MissHaneefa's, I Must Be Smoking Crack" 5K Training Schedule
June 21-45 mins cycling
June 22- 1 min jog 4 min run for 20 min
June 23- 5K walk (10 min jog/10 min walk in the morning)
June 24- 5 min jog 3 min walk x 3
June 25-2 min jog 1 min walk for 40 mins
June 26- 12 min jog 12min walk
June 27- 8 min jog 1 min walk x 2
June 28- 15 min jog
June 29- 2 min jog 1 min walk for 40 min
June 30- 20 min jog
July 1-25 min jog
July 2-REST
July 3- RACE DAY!
**NEW**
"MissHaneefa's, I Must Be Smoking Crack" 5K Training Schedule
June 21-45 mins cycling Did a 40 min walk on the treadmill instead
June 22- 1 min jog 4 min run for 20 min
June 23- 5K walk (10 min jog/10 min walk in the morning)
June 24- 15 minute jog
June 25-2 min jog 1 min walk for 40 mins
June 26- 20 min jog
June 27- 5 min jog 1 min walk x 4
June 28- 25 min jog
June 29- 25 min jog
June 30- 20 min jog
July 1-20 min jog
July 2-REST
July 3- RACE DAY!
I overheard a lady at the walk yesterday, say that her first 5K took her 48 minutes to finish. Wow, I was hoping for under 40 but maybe that is the optimistic me (I googled it and it said the "average" person should take 30-40 mins). I really have two goals for this race:
Today at the Learn To Run clinic, we talked to about what clothing that we should wear to run, we talked about everything from bras and underwear (cotton is bad) to what to wear in the winter. I found a really nice Under Armour top that I think I am going to buy to wear for the 5 K race (I need to look good when they take me to the hospital I cross the finish line). We then went for our 20 minute run, 1 minute walk ,3 minute run. To be honest it really wasn't that bad. I found the transition from running 1 min to running 2 min alot harder that running from 2 to 3 minutes. Wednesday is our 5K Weight Watchers walk, the only problem is they are calling for thunder showers, uh oh.
I am sticking to my ridiculous schedule, I am really excited about the 5K run on July 3. I told my friend that the only thing is I do not want to come in last, he replied, "Someone has to." Everyone is a comedian. Today I did a 40 min walk on the treadmill instead of the 40 min cycle I stated in the One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest schedule. While I walked I watched some Cake Boss, Intervention even Last Comic Standing, it was great. I must admit that my feet are hurting a bit. I really think that it is time for new shoes.
When I think that I can shower and go to bed, no, no ,no, I have a date with Jillian. I think that I am going to meet her in the mornings from now on because it is too late to be out with her at night, she gets me all sweaty and then I can't sleep. Today is Day 7, I am almost done Level 1 , I really cannot believe it.
I have turned a new leaf in the relationship department, instead of saying I will never meet anyone, I am changing my tune, I wake up and say maybe today I will met someone. I still think I need a bit more time before I can believe it. My mom is always dropping little comments my favorite one is,"I wonder if WE will ever have a wedding..." Ah mother's you have to love them, but there are times when you just want to tape their mouth's shut.
Hope everyone enjoyed the longest day of the year!
That is what I realized today, time to get uber serious about this, I don't want to look like a fool wait a minute, that is not possible ;) I have made a "little" schedule from now until race day, I know, I know it looks super ambitious but that is the point, GO HARD OR GO HOME!
A lady at the running clinic saw me sign up for the 5 K and asked if I wasn't scared. I replied, "Of course, but what is the worse that can happen? I walk the whole way? Then in the next race, I can only do better!" She said that she would think about signing up too! Hahaha, I am converting people, I love it!
"MissHaneefa's, I Must Be Smoking Crack" 5K Training Schedule
June 21-45 mins cycling
June 22- 1 min jog 4 min run for 20 min
June 23- 5K walk (10 min jog/10 min walk in the morning)
June 24- 5 min jog 3 min walk x3
June 25-2 min jog 1 min walk for 40 mins
June 26- 12 min jog 12min walk
June 27- 8 min jog 1 min walk x 2
June 28- 15 min jog
June 29- 2 min jog 1 min walk for 40 min
June 30- 20 min jog
July 1-25 min jog
July 2-REST
July 3- RACE DAY!
Running everyday? No Rest? I know, I know, I am in it to win it. I will try and keep to this at least my heart is in the right place. Wish me luck!
30 Day Shred Day 6--Good, damn bicycles are hard again!
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