You dont have to run fast to be a winner.

No miles today. This is a, 'hey guys, something snapped and I am ready to get serious' kind of post. 

 I am sick of slacking, sick of being slow and knowing that I can get faster. I remember in cross country and track in HS where I was so close to getting to my goals, it gets a little hard, and I give up. Well, I am tired of doing that. I want to run fast, I want to run consistantly. I want to run a Half marathon and Full Marathon ALLLL the way through and feel good at the end. Yeah, those are my goals. I had to write them now, while I am feeling passionate. =)

Tomorrow I will add them to the cool side bar

<---over there, that has my fun stuff.

 and I will reach them.

So, for starters....since I havent ran in FOREVER. I am going to go run 3 miles at a nice consistant pace tomorrow, so I dont feel like I died and not want to run on Thursday. Does that sound reasonable? Am I starting up okay?

So I ran the Spectrum 10K with my mother today. It was alot of fun. My weeks running was crappy, I did do cardio the other day with Ruth when we went biking, but today was it for running.

 A race was what I needed to get me kicked and excited for running. It was so much fun. My time was 1:15:23. Way slow, but I wasnt doing it for time, I was enjoying time with my mom. And in all actuality I dont know if I could have brought it in much faster and still feel good afterwards. 

 I felt fine most of the time. My chest got a little tight at the beginning, after going a ways though I felt my breathing ease and my muscles get completely warmed up. So over all it was great. It makes it want to go run another race sometime. =)

As for the places for the report above...I didnt look. tee hee. I was just enjoying finishing and running again. =) A good starting place perhaps???

So, I stayed up way late last night and decided I would just sleep in until right before I had to get up and start getting ready for work...which was at 11. I got off at 8 so there was no daylight to run in. =(    So I ran 3.25 miles on the treadmill. I dont like running on the treadmill. It kind of helps that Golds gym has the cinema room for running, so I watched fantastic 4 which was cool...but yeah...

I ran the 3 miles with some intervals. over all, half a mile of each mile I ran way fast. But over all, my time was slow. 47:07. That averages like 14 min miles or something.

 My muscles have been telling me all weekend since the race that I am more out of shape than I thought. heh heh. So, I felt my muscles quite a bit while running today.

 I will get back in shape though. because guess what....I'm gonna be AMAZING! =) It felt good to go running even if it was on the treadmill. =P

okay, check me out. I ran more today than yesterday...and it is only 3 minutes slower. =P I did the 4.39 miles in 50:53. When i hit the 3.25 I checked my time to see how it compared to yesterdays run and...I was at 40 or something like that, i think but yeah, I did better.

 here are the splits. mile 1- 10:33; 2- 12:37; 3-12:07; 4-11:22; and my .39-4:13

The first mile was down hill and flat. The second and part of the third were alllll up hill. =(  and then the rest of the third and the fourth were down hill and a flat. =)  So...I definitely went a bit fast on the first one looking at the other times. As far as how I felt, my right arch and knee were aching a bit. I think I might need to get new shoes. =D My quads complained but other than that...it was good. So, go me!

What a beautiful day it is! Running was so good. My body was a little tired...but...I kinda ran faster than I should have for just starting again. I was tempted oh so much by the beautiful weather, the slight breeze and the easy 3 mile coarse..thingy.. I found. Here are my splits.

1-11:24; 2-10:52; 3-10:54; .37-4:02

It was a great run. I feel good. My quads are still complaining a little. I am going to stretch good. And...I will have a little more self control and run slower so I get into shape without injury. =) Though, most of you could probably walk fast at my pace. heh...I will get faster. =) You just watch. But seriously though, I need to be breathing easier, so I need to slow down.

 I hope everyone elses runs are going fantastic!! XDXD

So, I got really really sick last weekend and week. I usually dont ever get sick, specially sick enough to call off work, and I ended up calling off of work. =(   But I am feeling better. I ate real healthy yesterday until my cousin said she had a rough day, so we bought some Ben and Jerrys...I felt way guilty afterwards cause I ate WAY more than I should. So we ran 1.8 miles for fun.

 I'll get back on track. I intend to get new shoes and inserts this week. =) and I will finally have a bike this weekend too. I plan to ride to school and work. =D