Running Update

I realized that I haven’t blogged about running for a while, and since the title of my blog is “running+life” (or is it life+running) I think I should probably do that from time to time.

Last weekend I was supposed to run 10 miles for my half marathon training plan (did I mentioned I started that Feb. 2?).  I’ve been kinda half-assing the plan on the weekends (ie. not completing my super long runs)…partially b/c yes, i still have an injury i have to watch but mostly because I’m lazy.  Needless to say, I did not complete my 10 miles. BUT this time it so wasn’t my fault. I was ready and rarin’  to go.

What happened was that my friend Kelly and I were going to go to Revenge of the Prom (see future blog post) and I didn’t know what time she wanted me over there to get ready. Anyway, I got up at 9 AM or so…ate breakfast…and then immidiately had stomach cramps. Fabulous. So I had to chillax till those went away because God only knows what happens if you run with stomach cramps (i’ll give you a hint…it’s not pretty).  Meanwhile, I went grocery shopping because I was all “oh I have plenty of time… prom isn’t til 8 PM!”

So at 2 PM Kelly calls and is all, “welllll you should probably be here around 4.” Mind you, I hadn’t a) ran or b) showered or c) finished packing all my prom attire.  I told her I’d be looking at more like… 5:30…maybe 6.  We had a pre-prom party we were going to (that I completely forgot about!) so I had to somehow squeeze in a 10-mile run.  I told Kelly I’d be there as soon as I could (because I had to do her hair and makeup too — just like real prom) and I’d try to run faster.

I decided 10 miles FAST wasn’t going to happen because I hadn’t ran 10 miles at a decent pace for about 2 weeks.  I tried for a 7-8 mile workout and went out the door.

Randomly, I ran into hills. Apparently Waveland in DM is called that for the hills…? or at least I’m going to assume that. MAN those totally sucked.  I was about ready to die. Somehow I made it home though…and in record time. I beat both my mile PR (as in the mile recorded on the iPod PR) and my 10K PR (again, on the iPod — this was about 1 min slower than my real PR…but that was for JUST a 10K and it was a race).

Woo hoo.  So this weekend I’m scheduled to run 15 miles…and it’s definitely going to rain/snow/hail/sleet/do-god-knows-what to make it impossible. YAY!!!!!

Also new on the running front, Kasey’s older brother, Cory, (not to be confused with my sister, Coree) signed up for the Chicago Marathon. I challenged him to a most miles over 3 or 4 months on nike+. Somehow, I’m kicking his butt. Not sure how b/c I’ve been sooo slacking (I do cross train twice weekly now instead, so not skipping workouts).

AND I bought Kasey an iPod nano for Valentine’s day (went way over budget, but he bought me a wii fit, which I should probably blog about at some point) and a nike+ with the appropriate gear. He’d been wanting to get back into running but didn’t really have time…so I thought this could be a motivator for him. I challenged him to a fastest mile competition since I knew he wouldn’t be putting up the miles I do anytime soon (if ever, really…  I wouldn’t expect that of anybody unless they were as crazy as me).

but…here’s my runs and challenges, yo.

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