Our last training run before Everest!

Tonight will be our last chance to get in a run before we all head down to Orlando to conquer Everest and the Yeti! It's exciting to know we'll all be part of this event together. I have total vacation rabies, and am probably driving everyone mad with my incessant chatter. Wheeeeeeee!

In 48 hours, we'll be picking up our registration packets! Yeah!

So I fell. But I got back on that pony.

We tried a new route yesterday and I don't know why that always throws me off a little but it does, but I do think that it's important to challenge ourselves to new terrain. Unfortunately yesterday I fell. I felt so clumsy and embarrassed that I was glad nobody actually saw it. I think I wasn't used to the uneven and hilly terrain and I wasn't able to see when my toe caught a snag on the sidewalk.

I even scraped my nose and chin. Which, I admit, scared me a little but as soon as I realized I was okay aside from scrapes, I decided to run back as much as I could. There was one hill that I had to walk it was SO steep.

But that was all good because I have fallen and gotten up and I'm okay so at least that fear seal has been broken. :)

New route!

So, I went to Stone Mountain early Saturday morning to run with our friend Courtney. It's a longer run than we usually do - almost 5 miles versus the regular 2.5. It's hillier. But what a great run! The views are lovely, there are tons of people out, all there for the same reason, and it's just a lovely way to start a morning, that's for sure!
We should consider a group run there some weekend. Good training for the Princess Half Marathon in March.

Of course, I got home and promptly went back to bed. :p

Run ye bilgerats!

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day Mateys!

Go Team Go!

Last night Halfmoth, Surly, SuperHFunk and her man, and I were rocking the running last night. I can't believe that our 5K is next weekend. This is my first 5K. Ever. And it will also involve an obstacle course and a scavanger hunt. I hope I'm up to it. But it will be great having a bunch of us there to support one another even if we are competing as teams.

Last night I was able to run the full 30 minutes again and actually got to a "zone" for the latter half of it.

Weeeeeeeeeee!

Get it together, ladies!

So, Heather and I never seem to both have a good run at the same time. When she's having a good one, I'm dragging legs that feel like lead. When I'm buzzing along, she's hating it. We don't know why we can't manage to sync up. One day, perhaps we will solve this puzzle.

Last night was a case where I had a surprisingly enjoyable jog. It was something of a relief, as I haven't been terribly consistent lately and have been worried about being race ready for Everest.

Now if only I could keep from feeling sore and rickety the next day...

So very alone tonight...

\;^)

I have a running hangover.

Last night's run was extra rough somehow. Legs felt heavy, harder to breathe than usual --  just not right. Heather and I both got really fatigued and had to walk for a couple of minutes towards the end.

This morning, I totally overslept, and now I feel like I was out carousing all night. My eyes are achey, I have a headache and I just feel generally sore and drained of energy.

What gives, running? I thought you loved me!

Getting Expedition Everest Excited

I am so excited to be participating with friends in the Expedition Everest Challenge at the end of the month. I wanted to thank Surlygirlie, Halfmoth, SuperHFunk, and Satan for instigating, organizing, supporting and doing this. I never thought I would be able to say I was running a 5K. I still think it's weird to say that I run for 30 min 3 times a week. So when I think, well, I'll never be a hardcore runner, I have to remind myself that I never saw myself being a runner. At all. Especially not in my 40s.

I feel like even though I'm tired after a run, I have more energy during the day.
I feel like I am challenging myself to push beyond my own "I can't" thinking.

Most importantly, for me, running has helped me address body issues. Having struggled with an anxiety disorder most of my life, running has helped me confront the fear I have of not being able to breathe. I don't know if that makes sense, but I think runners learn to deal with pain and with fatigue, and with breathe control; all those things are issues for me during panic attacks. I feel fatigued, in pain, and I feel like I can't breathe. This helps me learn that these are not dangerous physical symptoms and that I can control them.

So I just wanted to say thankyou to my friends!

Catching back up!

Well, after my Wednesday sickie run, where I had to walk after 16.5 minutes, and then managed to run a bit more at the end, last night I made it the whole 30 minutes!

I had been kinda concerned that I wouldn't get back up to speed in time for Everest, but now I'm reassured. Yay!

Still waiting for that magical time when 30 minutes go by like a breeze with no struggle at all, though...

Dunder Mifflin Fun Run T-shirt

I don't know if anyone here is a fan of "The Office" on NBC...  The original BBC version starring Ricky Gervais is to me -- as is his way of comedy -- mostly uncomfortably painful and sometimes funny, while the Americanized version (with Gervais as Exec. Prod.) is mostly very funny with Steve Carell usually providing the [fewer] cringe-worthy moments.

Anyway, in one episode:

Michael hosts a Fun Run for the Scranton Business Park. A freak accident leads him to believe the office is cursed, and he questions his employees' religious beliefs. The office relationships are also explored, with Pam and Jim's new romance and Dwight and Angela's continuing relationship.

And at NBC's website is the shirt!

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/detail.php?p=42382

Take up the cause and spread the word, with Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run For The Cure T-Shirt.

Semi-Terrified

I haven't run in over a week (DragonCon).
I have some sort of plague. The usual boring symptoms: sore throat, mild fever, congestion. It's just a cold, really, but I am a wuss of the highest degree.

Anyhoo, I'm gonna try running tonight. I am not really counting on having much endurance, but we have a race in 3.5 weeks and I want to be ready. Besides, I'm hoping a good bit of exertion will clear out some snot. Huzzah!