I know at the first of the year i said i didn't expect this blog thing to last long but i didn't even make it a month! That's sad! I totally forgot i had it until i was changing my avatar on Twitter and saw that i had my blog listed in my profile.
The bad thing is i really do enjoy blogging and looking back over past entries years later. I definitely don't take enough pictures and i have a horrible memory so how else am i going to remember stuff when i'm 90??
Other than this blog, another thing that has fallen to the waste side is my diet. I gained back half the weight i lost and have totally stopped eating healthy all together. So maybe when i start this blog up again, i will pick back up with my healthy eating.
On a good note, one thing I have not given up on, is my running. I completed that half-marathon last April like a champ! Devon was right there with me the whole way too! A year ago i would have thought you were crazy if you had said i could run 13.1 miles but we absolutely did it and i'm ready for another! I don't think Devon would agree though... haha. Currently i run 3-4 miles twice a week and i want to get in the habit of running three times a week but I have a busy life so fitting in 3 runs is haaaaaard. I am very glad i started running though, it helps me de-stress which i really need with my job. But that is a story for another day...
Anyways, it is late so i'm going to keep this short. Oddly, I just had a strong urge to blog so i got out of bed and had to write something. Now that it is out of my system, see you in 6 months! (i kid, i kid!) We've got lots of catching up to do, you're not getting off that easily! ;)
Good Night!
//Stacy//
[Edit: Originally posted on Wordpress]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Jumping My First Hurdle
It’s only been a week and i’ve already had my first challenge with one of my resolutions... and i kicked its tail!! Woo!
This past Saturday, Devon and I were suppose to start the training schedule but we chose not to go due to this ridiculous weather that Knoxville has been getting lately. However, if I have learned anything about runners it is that they are more persistent about running than the postal service is about delivering mail! So i knew i had to run even if it wasn’t with the group. I just couldn’t delay the very first run of my training. It would feel like a bad omen for the whole thing so i told myself i had to run 4 miles that day. I just had to.
I haven’t even had my treadmill for a month and I have already found myself thankful for having it repeatedly. On this almost training-disaster day i found myself, once again, thankful for having a treadmill as I was able to complete my run on schedule. BUT even better than that I pushed myself to 5 miles instead of 4!!
I had ran 3.5 miles on Christmas Eve and it almost killed me. I know that for the half-marathon I am going to have to decrease my pace if i ever hope to survive it so I decided to drop my pace from 5.5 to 5.2 for this 4 mile run. Just a minor change but it really made a huge difference. When I run on a treadmill I have to change the display or i find myself just staring at the distance. I was listening to music so I had given myself a goal of X number of songs and decided I would check the distance after the last song finished. When I finally checked the display it was at 3.4. I was feeling pretty good so i upped the speed to 5.5 and decided i would check it again after 3 songs. Just so happens that one of the songs was a really long Death Cab for Cutie song but i told myself 3 songs and would not let myself check it before then. I can be stubborn sometimes. [that might be an understatement] After the retardedly long songs i was at 4.4! I couldn’t stop there and just going .10 more to 4.5 seemed retarded so i set my sights on 5 and as previously stated I can be stubborn when i set a goal for myself so to 5 miles i ran and it was glorious, grand, and unbelievably gratifying! [believe it or not i did not use three “g” words on purpose, haha]. I haven’t ran 5 miles since my Junior year of high school and a year ago I wasn't sure i would ever run it again.
The very next day Devon pushed herself and ran 5 miles too! I don’t think either of us knew we had it in us. I definitely believe in pushing myself but never expected a 1.5 improvement.
I think you will surprise yourself more times than not if you give yourself the opportunity. Go ahead, give it a try. When you are done I’ll be here to tell you “I told you so”. :)
//Stacy//
[Edit: Originally posted on Wordpress]
This past Saturday, Devon and I were suppose to start the training schedule but we chose not to go due to this ridiculous weather that Knoxville has been getting lately. However, if I have learned anything about runners it is that they are more persistent about running than the postal service is about delivering mail! So i knew i had to run even if it wasn’t with the group. I just couldn’t delay the very first run of my training. It would feel like a bad omen for the whole thing so i told myself i had to run 4 miles that day. I just had to.
I haven’t even had my treadmill for a month and I have already found myself thankful for having it repeatedly. On this almost training-disaster day i found myself, once again, thankful for having a treadmill as I was able to complete my run on schedule. BUT even better than that I pushed myself to 5 miles instead of 4!!
I had ran 3.5 miles on Christmas Eve and it almost killed me. I know that for the half-marathon I am going to have to decrease my pace if i ever hope to survive it so I decided to drop my pace from 5.5 to 5.2 for this 4 mile run. Just a minor change but it really made a huge difference. When I run on a treadmill I have to change the display or i find myself just staring at the distance. I was listening to music so I had given myself a goal of X number of songs and decided I would check the distance after the last song finished. When I finally checked the display it was at 3.4. I was feeling pretty good so i upped the speed to 5.5 and decided i would check it again after 3 songs. Just so happens that one of the songs was a really long Death Cab for Cutie song but i told myself 3 songs and would not let myself check it before then. I can be stubborn sometimes. [that might be an understatement] After the retardedly long songs i was at 4.4! I couldn’t stop there and just going .10 more to 4.5 seemed retarded so i set my sights on 5 and as previously stated I can be stubborn when i set a goal for myself so to 5 miles i ran and it was glorious, grand, and unbelievably gratifying! [believe it or not i did not use three “g” words on purpose, haha]. I haven’t ran 5 miles since my Junior year of high school and a year ago I wasn't sure i would ever run it again.
The very next day Devon pushed herself and ran 5 miles too! I don’t think either of us knew we had it in us. I definitely believe in pushing myself but never expected a 1.5 improvement.
I think you will surprise yourself more times than not if you give yourself the opportunity. Go ahead, give it a try. When you are done I’ll be here to tell you “I told you so”. :)
//Stacy//
[Edit: Originally posted on Wordpress]
Monday, January 10, 2011
Resolution: Complete a Half-Marathon (13.1 miles)
I think this one is pretty self explanatory. I have been running a lot lately and have completed two 5Ks without any problem. It is time to step it to Big Dog level! okay... maybe not Big Dog because that would be a full marathon... so how about Medium Dog level?
At this point I am not concerned with speed, i just want to finish without passing out and, by the end, have ran the majority of it. The most I have ever ran at one time is 5 miles. 13.1 miles is incredibly intimidating but luckily I have 2 “team mates” for this journey. Devon, my running buddy and Mat, my “unofficial coach”. Devon and I are both new at running and are stumbling through this adventure together while Mat is a far more advanced runner that i met through Toastmasters [the site looks cheesy but it is actually a really good club] so he gets to put up with all my 500 beginner questions. Luckily he has lots of patience. Ha!
Any other runners out there?
//Stacy//
[Edit: Originally posted on Wordpress]
[Game plan]
Covenant Health and The Knoxville Track Club have a FREE training program for their Marathon/Half-Marathon in April. So Devon and I are participating in that. The training includes a run every weekend at a pre-designated place. That will keep us increasing our distance at a good pace and teach us new trails! Also, I have already signed up for the Half-Marathon in April so if I give up i will just be throwing money away so there’s a little extra motivation even if i have to walk the whole thing! But I guarantee that wont happen.
//Stacy//
[Edit: Originally posted on Wordpress]
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