I am more now than ever convinced I am a runner. How do I know this? Well, after my first half marathon, that was not all the way down hill like my friend told me it was, a 20 mph head wind, glutes and quads that were, I swear on real FIRE, the burning pain was so BAD, a completly dismal finishing time, I am talking like so bad I barely made the sweeper bus, and all I can think about is, I can not wait till the next race. I loved every single minute of that race and believe there were so many minutes! But I freakin' loved it!
I ran with one of my best friends, Kelly. We ran together the whole way. We crossed the finish line together. Our hubbys were there too cheering us on! Waiting with open arms and congratualtory praises! It was AWESOME!!!!
My sisters came down to watch me and surprised me by bringing my mom. My brother in law made matching t-shirts that had my picture on it and it read "Run Robbie, Run" I was overwhelmed with joy.
My lower half hurt so bad the whole afternoon but by morning, believe it or not, I felt great. No aches, no pains, nothing. My body can do this! I successfully trained and conditioned my body to endure running 13.1 miles. I am confident I can finish faster and I already signed up for a July half marathon to find this out. I learned ALOT from this first half and I will take all that I learned and apply those lessons for my next race.
I am so blessed to have the family and friends that I do and they all make me feel like I can do anything I set my mind to. They are such great people! I am lucky they are all in my little corner!
I will keep running and I will keep having fun doing it!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Get My Game Face On!
24 hours from now I will have or almost have run my 1st half marathon. I am getting more anxious about it. My excitement is slowly being replaced by fear. I am trying really hard to just being excited! After all I have worked really hard to condition my body for this. I think I have done well.
I have had the craziest dreams every night this week. I dreamed Monday that I forgot my running shoes, Tuesday morning I packed the shoes 1st!!!! Tuesday I dreamed I didn't eat a good breakfast and didn't have the energy to run. Wednesday the dream was that I missed the bus to the starting line which if that happens you don't get to race. Last night was the funniest though, I dreamed that I didn't put my un wanted items in the bag they provide you and then they pick the bags up and deliver them to the finish line, so the whole race I had to run with my purse and heavy coat. And I forgot my number bib and had to go back and find it. So in my dream I am running frantically with my big purse trying to get my bib in time. CRAZY!!!! And funny!
I will be running with one of most favorite friends and running together in such a beautiful place, Moab. With my husband and sisters waiting for me at the finish line, I couldn't ask for anything better.
I glad I took a moment to blog because now I am EXCITED all over again. I can do this. I have followed an excellent training guide and have built my body up to run this. I am a happy little runner today and will be tomorrow too!
I have had the craziest dreams every night this week. I dreamed Monday that I forgot my running shoes, Tuesday morning I packed the shoes 1st!!!! Tuesday I dreamed I didn't eat a good breakfast and didn't have the energy to run. Wednesday the dream was that I missed the bus to the starting line which if that happens you don't get to race. Last night was the funniest though, I dreamed that I didn't put my un wanted items in the bag they provide you and then they pick the bags up and deliver them to the finish line, so the whole race I had to run with my purse and heavy coat. And I forgot my number bib and had to go back and find it. So in my dream I am running frantically with my big purse trying to get my bib in time. CRAZY!!!! And funny!
I will be running with one of most favorite friends and running together in such a beautiful place, Moab. With my husband and sisters waiting for me at the finish line, I couldn't ask for anything better.
I glad I took a moment to blog because now I am EXCITED all over again. I can do this. I have followed an excellent training guide and have built my body up to run this. I am a happy little runner today and will be tomorrow too!
Monday, March 14, 2011
My Bright Light....Dave
Yesterday was my last long run before Saturdays race, yep, its this Saturday, just 6 days away. 12 miles was the scheduled training run. I ran 13. Only because of my WONDERFUL and AMAZING husband, Dave. Just when I think it's not possible to love that man anymore than I do, he goes and does something so great for me. Here is what he did.
Sunday was my running day and 12 miles would be the most I have ever run before. I was really apprehensive about the run. Yes, the weather was beautiful and I was feeling great, physically, but mentally, Iwas a basket case. I knew I would be at least 2 and 1/2 hours. How could I possibly do this? I forced myself out the door and went to my running trail. A third of the way into my run Dave showed up on the trail on his bike and rode beside me the whole way. He was telling me how proud he was of me, how strong I was and he was so impressed by my strength and determination. At mile 9 when I wanted to stop, he was so encouraging and just kept cheering me on. At mile 10 when I was starting to have a FULL BLOWN melt down he said to me "Hey, runners don't cry, and babe you're a RUNNER!" At mile 11 when I was ready to cry once more because the wind was getting even stronger and making me so tired I yelled out loud "please for 20 minutes, could you just not blow!" Dave made me laugh out loud because he said, "Now, that is something you will never hear me say."
That much needed laugh got to mile 12. I don't even care how crass his funny comment was. His smart ass comment did the trick and Dave got to mile 13. It took 3 hours, longer than I had hoped for,but I finished. I didn't stop.
Dave has been so encouraging and supportive through this whole training thing. He is,without a doubt, my brightest light.
I found out the other day my sisters are driving the 4 hour drive to Moab to be there for me at the finishing line. Can you believe this? I am just feelin' the love from all of my family and my friends. I sometimes post on Facebook proud moments for me with my training, even my FB buddies offer words of support and encouragement.
I feel so blessed to be lucky enough to have all of these wonderful and loving people in my corner and in my life. I can never say my thanks enough!
No matter the out come of Saturdays race, I feel like I have already won, and won BIG!
Sunday was my running day and 12 miles would be the most I have ever run before. I was really apprehensive about the run. Yes, the weather was beautiful and I was feeling great, physically, but mentally, Iwas a basket case. I knew I would be at least 2 and 1/2 hours. How could I possibly do this? I forced myself out the door and went to my running trail. A third of the way into my run Dave showed up on the trail on his bike and rode beside me the whole way. He was telling me how proud he was of me, how strong I was and he was so impressed by my strength and determination. At mile 9 when I wanted to stop, he was so encouraging and just kept cheering me on. At mile 10 when I was starting to have a FULL BLOWN melt down he said to me "Hey, runners don't cry, and babe you're a RUNNER!" At mile 11 when I was ready to cry once more because the wind was getting even stronger and making me so tired I yelled out loud "please for 20 minutes, could you just not blow!" Dave made me laugh out loud because he said, "Now, that is something you will never hear me say."
That much needed laugh got to mile 12. I don't even care how crass his funny comment was. His smart ass comment did the trick and Dave got to mile 13. It took 3 hours, longer than I had hoped for,but I finished. I didn't stop.
Dave has been so encouraging and supportive through this whole training thing. He is,without a doubt, my brightest light.
I found out the other day my sisters are driving the 4 hour drive to Moab to be there for me at the finishing line. Can you believe this? I am just feelin' the love from all of my family and my friends. I sometimes post on Facebook proud moments for me with my training, even my FB buddies offer words of support and encouragement.
I feel so blessed to be lucky enough to have all of these wonderful and loving people in my corner and in my life. I can never say my thanks enough!
No matter the out come of Saturdays race, I feel like I have already won, and won BIG!
Friday, March 11, 2011
10 miles...check.
Oh my goodness!!!! I did it! I ran 10 miles today and I feel GREAT!!!! Well, except for my glutes, they are SORE! But I still feel super great and super proud and well, just all around super! My time was about the same as all my other runs so that makes me feel good. It's all coming together. The race is 7 days away, I still want to get 2 more 10 mile runs in, I think that would be the smart thing. My glutes and legs are pretty sore. Just a tired sore no injury, so as long as I feel good Sunday I will be at it again!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
I'm baack!
Mantra: I AM doing this
Well it's been almost 2 weeks since I have been able to run. I caught the most horrible upper respiratory infection from my darling yet germ infested son. It kicked my ass! We went to Mexico also for our vaccation and the plan was to get 3 moderate runs in. I was actually very much looking forward to the morning beach runs. I even packed my running gear! But, too sick to run. I am all better now. Which is good because the race in next Saturday. Oh my GOSH , in 9 days the BIG event is upon me. (insert squeal here) I don't even know if that is a squeal of delight, fear, or a moderate combonation of both! I haven't even run more that 8 miles. I am 2 weeks off my schedule.
I did have an amazing run yesterday morning, ran my best time ever. 7 miles in less than 75 minutes. I am running 10 tomorrow. I know I can do it. I just do! This isn't my ego talking either, it's just me having faith in myself and in knowing that I have conditioned my body to run this half marathon. I feel really super good.
I will imediately post all details about tomorrows 10 mile run.
Here is to tomorrow!!
Well it's been almost 2 weeks since I have been able to run. I caught the most horrible upper respiratory infection from my darling yet germ infested son. It kicked my ass! We went to Mexico also for our vaccation and the plan was to get 3 moderate runs in. I was actually very much looking forward to the morning beach runs. I even packed my running gear! But, too sick to run. I am all better now. Which is good because the race in next Saturday. Oh my GOSH , in 9 days the BIG event is upon me. (insert squeal here) I don't even know if that is a squeal of delight, fear, or a moderate combonation of both! I haven't even run more that 8 miles. I am 2 weeks off my schedule.
I did have an amazing run yesterday morning, ran my best time ever. 7 miles in less than 75 minutes. I am running 10 tomorrow. I know I can do it. I just do! This isn't my ego talking either, it's just me having faith in myself and in knowing that I have conditioned my body to run this half marathon. I feel really super good.
I will imediately post all details about tomorrows 10 mile run.
Here is to tomorrow!!
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