What does finals, a windy race, and chin hair have in common? They were all life experiences that I've had over the past 15 days that I've failed to keep my blog updated. At the first of December, I went into a perpetual state of hibernation until finals were complete on December 10. I was sighted a couple times in public by friends, but other than that I had my head in the books. The verdict is still out as to how I did since grades are not released until this Thursday, but I felt very good. I prepared as well as I could and put the maximum amount of effort into all of my tests.
Since studying took precendent for a week and half, I didn't get too many training runs in. I did manage to go out for a couple "stress relieving" runs which were great and helped me start getting acclimated to running in colder temperatures. The week "off" ended being very beneficial as I ran a 1:36 in my tune race yesterday at the Dallas White Rock Half Marathon. Now, if you double that time, I would miss Boston by two minutes. But with all things considered (i.e. 10-15 head winds), I thought I ran a very good race. I took it out slow and was able to run negative splits coming in. In fact, I passed 20 people over the last 3 miles of the race and was only passed by 4 people. Looking at my run as a whole, I was very pleased but realize there is still a LOT of work yet to be done.
Who's ready for the ride?
(Ohhh...I almost forgot. You may want to know what chin hair has to do with anything. Well, I went to Dallas last week to have lunch with a couple friends. After lunch, I boarded the train back to Fort Worth when I looked over (to my horror) to find a woman plucking the her friend's chin hair. Gross!! Seriously, did that really have to be done on public transportation?)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
On the Road Again....
TRAINING UPDATE:
Aside from last week's victorious Turkey Trot, I took the week off and rested my bum right ankle. Thankfully my training plan calls for two week builds and then one week recovery so I took full advantage of my "recovery" week.
Today begins week four of my 10 week journey to qualify for the Boston Marathon. It's already been an interesting ride with several highs and one really low low. But I'm going to persevere to the end and continue running the race. In two weeks, I will have my first test here in Dallas with the White Rock Half Marathon. It will be my first true race environment since I completed the Kansas Half Ironman in June. I'm excited about getting out there and competing but I have to keep reminding myself that it is only "dress rehearsal" for the real deal in January.
Tonight I was scheduled for a light run of less than 30 minutes. With the temps in the 40s it was a great opportunity to start acclimating to and running in colder weather. It was also a blast too. Call my crazy, but I absolutely feel like I can conquer the world when I go out on a run. I got a chance to talk myself through all of my upcoming finals, see Venus and Jupiter line up alongside the moon, and take a stroll through the neighborhood and see everyone's Christmas lights.
Aside from last week's victorious Turkey Trot, I took the week off and rested my bum right ankle. Thankfully my training plan calls for two week builds and then one week recovery so I took full advantage of my "recovery" week.
Today begins week four of my 10 week journey to qualify for the Boston Marathon. It's already been an interesting ride with several highs and one really low low. But I'm going to persevere to the end and continue running the race. In two weeks, I will have my first test here in Dallas with the White Rock Half Marathon. It will be my first true race environment since I completed the Kansas Half Ironman in June. I'm excited about getting out there and competing but I have to keep reminding myself that it is only "dress rehearsal" for the real deal in January.
Tonight I was scheduled for a light run of less than 30 minutes. With the temps in the 40s it was a great opportunity to start acclimating to and running in colder weather. It was also a blast too. Call my crazy, but I absolutely feel like I can conquer the world when I go out on a run. I got a chance to talk myself through all of my upcoming finals, see Venus and Jupiter line up alongside the moon, and take a stroll through the neighborhood and see everyone's Christmas lights.
As I like to say, "it was pure goodness."
It was good to be "back in the ballgame" tonight. I'm looking forward to sharing the next 6 weeks with you as I get ready for Houston.
It Happened!
I told you that it would happen and today, it did. Embarrassing beyond belief. I realized today that at 27 years of age, I still cannot get myself dressed. To my horror, I looked down this afternoon to find that I have been wearing my sweater backwards all day long. This includes trips to school and work and out in public in the DFW area. I've interacted with my teachers, co-workers, and bosses and no one was nice enough to point this out. I can only sit back and laugh really hard and now you can too.
I'm not sure if this is a redeeming event or not, but I hit the jackpot searching for my tacky Christmas sweater. I scored three sweaters in total -- all at 50% off. Who needs Black Friday?
More to come on the sweater purchases....I might even get brave and post some pictures.
I'm not sure if this is a redeeming event or not, but I hit the jackpot searching for my tacky Christmas sweater. I scored three sweaters in total -- all at 50% off. Who needs Black Friday?
More to come on the sweater purchases....I might even get brave and post some pictures.
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