Holy Sweatshirts!

It was 87* when I got off work today...at 4pm. I headed to a near by trail that is only a 1 mile loop. I'm starting to realize that I cannot do loops. I just can't do it. It's so redundant it drives me crazy, running in circles is not for me. I can't make myself generate any amount of mileage running in circles, especially on a 1 mile loops. 

So i'm running, and running in the opposite direction is a group of 6; the kid was on a bike in the front of the pack. Then comes a guy in some ridiculous looking hat, a sweatshirt & shorts.. behind him is another guy decked out in a sweatshirt & sweatpants... everyone in this group had either sweatpants or a sweatshirt on.. Did I miss the memo that sweatshirts/pants some how make you run better/faster? I mean really? I was dying and I had on spandex shorts & my dri-fit shirt from Gasparilla... Sweats? In 87 degree heat..hell freakin' no!!!  & They were not the only ones. I saw another girl & guy decked out.. the guy had on a hoodie and he had the hood over his head..

Needless to say my run was mildly unsuccessful.. I could only manage 2 miles on the loop; it was miserable. It was hot & boring.

Sadly I work 10.5hr days Friday & Saturday, and that leaves no time for a run. I'm hoping to get a good run in on Sunday!

I fell off the wagon....

and I can't seem to get back on. My motivation for running & working out in general is zilch. I mean, I want to run.. but i can not find the time. Last night is a good example. I got off work at 4 so I could go for a run & then go to Lowes/home depot w/ my Hubs to pick out tile for our new house (exciting, right?)... so this is what actually happened.. got off at 4, we decided to meet at home depot first since its right here near my work & we wouldn't have to make a trip back over since we were already here... well hubs doesn't get off till later so i'm sitting in the parking lot thinking how am i going to get a run in when we aren't even going to get this party started till 5.... we look in home depot, call my dad to ask for a price range, he tells us to go to lowes, he gets a discount at lowes.. FINE! ... we go to lowes- Do you know how challenging it is to pick tile? good grief! .. finally we leave lowes @ 630. well damn. I can't go run now, it will be 8 before I get home and even later till we eat dinner... so i don't go.. do i work out when i get home? no. i cook dinner then sit my ass on the couch. uggghhhhhh.... this is why i have gained 8lbs in the last month & a half. sick!


I'm horrible @ time management. ughhhhh. I need to read time management for dummies apparently. I seriously can not figure out how to fit everything into one day. It's impossible. My school has totally taken a back seat, which is not good at all. I'm always talking about how I need to do school and then I never do. uhm, not wise, since i'm paying for it, and i'm going to end up paying MORE for it because i'm absolutely not going to finish in time. I almost feel like I should have never started this school.. if i'd have known then what I know now, I wouldn't have. Had I known we would be building a house, and i'd be working a jillion hours I wouldn't have taken on this certificate program. I can't keep up; which is incredibly frustrating. I know I need to call the school, but i'm so worried they are going to scold me. I don't even know if they "have" to let me finish.. gosh I hope so.









::runs to school website to research this::

Meet some of my Fam!

I haven't done much health & fitness related lately; I "ran" on Tuesday.. but it was more of a walk, run, explore kinda day. My friend's knees were bothering her, and we went in a new area that we weren't familiar with.. which was not wise. I plan on running Sunday morning..hopefully..somewhere. I am going over to our new house so I need to find a trail before I go over there..

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I love Thursdays. It usually means there is only one day till the weekend.. It means Bones is on & it means Grey's Anatomy  is on.. Sadly tonight is a re-run on Grey's. But it is a new Bones!

But tonight was an extra special Thursday!! My sister came down & brought my niece and nephew! All day I was anticipating this. I seriously was so antsy  to get out of work!

I made dinner, chicken & yellow rice. I looove Chicken & Yellow Rice. It's super easy & super tasty!! Mm mm mm! My niece & nephew also like it, so that's a bonus!  It was really good to catch up with my sister, I don't get to see any of my sisters very often; hardly at all really.  We took my doggies for a walk, which was quite hilarious. Aidyn was in his stroller but he really wanted to walk Diva. I wish I had my camera, he was so cute. After our walk we came back to the house & had dessert, which was Popsicles..ha ha =)

 Sissy & Bubba.  Aidyn is so cute he says "Sissy! Where's Sissy!? Sissy!"  It's the cutest thing ever!!

Aidyn was upset because my sister took his popsicle away. He punished himself by taking himself to the dog crates! haha ha!

Not a good pictures, but this is our Pittie Wyatt.. He is not a big fan of kids, but he did really well w/ Kailyn & Aidyn today. He is not aggressive towards them, but he is scared of them.  I don't know what happened but all of the sudden the last time the kids came over he didn't want to be anywhere near them?

We never left the kids & Wyatt unattended, so they didn't do anything to him.. I think it has to do w/ our neighbor kids. They are always running at him when I take the dogs out  & they are always screaming and loud. I don't think he really likes it.

Awww I'm such a sweet baby! Give me a treat!

I'm DIVA! & boy am I a diva! I boss my brother Wyatt around; i'm the boss around the house, trust me. I love to chew on everything.. especially socks & mom and dad's bed comforter. So far i've chewed 3 of the 4 corners off. I'm so sweet! I love to be held & give kisses. I also love kids! I'm a sweet sweet baby!



Well that is all for tonight.

Official 10k Stats.

The results were posted and I'm pretty excited!

official time is -- 52:05
pace-- 8:25
overall woman--  4th
overall race --16th
Age Group -- 2nd 

WOoHooO!

Cypress Gdns Run for the Cure 10k- Race Report!

I raced in my first 10k today! I had a good time. I got up at 4:45, ate some cereal- note to self: don't eat cereal before a race. Uh milk and running.. should have been a no brainer, right? 

I got to the race site around 6:15 to pick up my packet and get my time chip. It wasn't a big race so there wasn't a long line for packets or chips. I met up with my friend and we just hung around till race time @ 7am.

The gun went off and so did I. We ran around downtown Winter Haven first, then we looped back around and got on the bike trail that runs through town (the same trail that I saw some kids w/ a gun on a few months back). 

I felt pretty good for the whole race. My shins didn't bother me at all, and I was thankful for that. They've been bothering me around miles 1 & 2. 

I set three goals for this race. Come in under 1:00:00, come in under 55:00, come in under 50:00 . I met two of my three goals.  My chip time was 52:05!!!! I was ecstatic! That is about 6 minutes faster than any of my training 6mi runs!! 

I got 2nd in my AG, which they classified as 19-29, that is a huge age range! All the races I've run in have been 25-29, which is what i was expecting. I think had it been broken down like that I would have been 1st, the girl that came in 1st appeared to be quite a few years younger then me, and i'm 25. But HEY! I'm SUPER stoked for the 2nd in my AG! I'm not sure if our times will be posted anywhere, but last year's are so i'm going to keep checking for the rest of my stats. I'm curious as to what over all place I came in.  Mitzi from http://apinayspennies.blogspot.com/    said she saw me run by and I was in the top 10 or 15, which is SUPER exciting! I think there were maybe 100 runners or so, not a big race. 

Here is a break down of my miles:

1- 8:17
2- 8:21
3- 8:19
4- 8:25
5- 8:26
6- 8:25

My only complaint about the whole race was the "water station"... which was at the turn around point... I don't generally drink water on runs less then 6 mi, but i was looking forward to some at the turn around.. except the water was sitting on the ground in tiny cups.. uhm? i just kept running. I didn't want to stop bend down ... maybe I'm lazy, but I didn't want to break my pace that much.. oh well. 

6mi +me = Happy runner!

I got another 6 miles in yesterday! That makes me happy! I've been wanting/needing to get my mileage back so badly. Who cares if I have to drive 30 minutes in the opposite direction of my house to get to a good trail. It's worth it. I started out kinda slow, actually the first 4 miles were pretty slow. Then around mile 4 I decided I wasn't going to look at my watch I was just going to run. So i turned my music up and ran. I started to focus on an object in front of me, i'd focus on it till I was right up on it then change my focus to some other object. This actually worked really well for me. I was singing in my head just running running running. My pace went from 9:45, to 8:34-8:45, which is actually a comfortable pace for me when I get going. I find that looking at my watch slows me down, I think I get nervous about my pace. I don't want to run to hard because I want to be able to run my whole run- I don't like have to stop & walk. I realize sometimes you just have to stop & walk but I don't like it. 

Dinner last night was delish. I had some chicken sausages that I cooked up in a pan w/ a little olive oil. I cooked some sweet potatoes in the oven (oh sweet heaven I love sweet potatoes) & I made up some rice pilaf.. None of it really "went" together, but it was darn good anyways. 

Happy Friday! I'm so glad it's Friday!  

phew, glad that's over.

Yesterday I did my run as I planned; 6 mi in the sweltering Florida heat, boy that was fun! I think the thermometer in my car said 85*, there was a little breeze but it didn't help. It was "okay" in the shaded parts of the trail, and when the clouds would cover but when that sun was bearing down it was almost unbearable. I had to stop and walk several times. I couldn't get my breathing right and i was just struggling all over the place. This is my first long after work run in quite a while.  After yesterdays run I am certain I need a treadmill. I can't imagine starting half marathon training in July.

I have my first 10k on Saturday, slightly nervous about that.

Someone asked me what my goals were and I realized I didn't have any. So I made three goals.

1. finish in 1:00
2. finish in 55:00
3. finish in 50:00

The 3rd I think is slightly unrealistic. To finish in that time would mean i'd have to run a 8:03 mile & with my lack of running lately I don't see that happening, but WTH I can hope for the best , right?

I'm trying to improve my eating but I'm not having a lot of success. I wish I could get on a normal schedule, but my work schedule is so hectic and abnormal it makes it hard to schedule anything. gr. Only a few more months of this.

I just can't find enough hours in the day to complete all the things I need to complete. I already get up at 5am, and some nights don't get home till 730pm. I still have to do homework & make dinner.
How do you manage your work schedule & work out schedule?