3 mini cupcakes is not helping me get to my goal. :(

To work on these goals, I did hire a personal trainer for 10 sessions.  That will begin on the 16th.
I also signed up for Orange Theory.  A location is opening close to me.  I am pretty excited because for the money it seems like a good fit compared to a personal trainer.  I am committing to the 10 sessions I bought from the trainer tho.
I am also revisiting Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Eat to Live.  hmmm...

Funny.  3 years later....I have the same goals as my last post.
1.  Run a sub 2 half.
2.  Run 4:30 Full.
3.  Run sub 25 5K.
4.  *new*  lose 40 pounds.

So...how on earth am I going to accomplish these?  I think the first 3 will be the result of #4.  
I am sitting at all time high weight that I can't shake.  
I am currently training for the Chicago marathon...but minimally so except for long runs, mileage is not high.  
I have hired a personal trainer to help with strength.  I start with him on 9/16.  He has given me "homework" in the meantime.  

I will admit, I have low self-esteem with body image.  On the inside I feel like a runner, but my outside does not match my inside.  I am pushing a size 12/14.  I am slow due to weight.  I train hard but don't feel like I measure up sometimes.  I know I need to work on mental attitude...as John Joseph talks about with PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) but I just don't have it with my body.  Sounds like self-pity.  Maybe so.


So, how do I turn this around?  Not sure.  Maybe revisiting this blog and documenting with help keep my accountable.  Maybe paying the money for the trainer will help. 
But, here is a new day and a new post.  

The Boot

I have goals.  Should I post them?  Sure, why not?

1.  sub 2 half (again--ran a 1:57 in 2006?)
2.  25 min 5K
3.  4:30 marathon

To do that will take a load of work.  But I am getting ready for that.  I am working through some plantar fasciitis issues that I have dealt with for over a year.  Finally went to the dr and they put me in a boot at night and gave me month of Mobic.  2 days and I already feel some relief.  We shall see after tomorrow's long run.  I still am going to orthopedic massage/stretching.
A few other factors that I think will get me to my goals:
*lose weight (20 lbs is goal)
*hill repeats/track work
*mid-week longer run

I am running fairly consistently but its the same run every day.  Need to mix it up a bit.  I have been strength training and I can tell that helps by my times on the last two half marathons I have done.

Ready to start Chicago training in June...hopefully managing my PF.

Woot!!!

"the boot"

Since August...

I have run a marathon and a half marathon... Done zero blogging and hired a personal trainer.

I am back. With goals.

I signed up for this.

Woot! ChiTown... It was my first full(2002). 11 years ago this year!

I am going back and will be celebrating a little birthday that ends in zero. The first number is even and rhymes with s'more.

Tomorrow...

I will post what I have been up to the last MONTH!
Yowsers. Been while...I promise...it's nothing exciting.

long overdue post

So, the one person who reads this blog told me this week that I haven't posted in a while.  Sorry about that.  its been a busy week and my running has sucked this week.

I have been car shopping (no car to show for it yet), sofa shopping (I am waiting on it now to be delivered) and being lazy.  Oh and I got my teeth drilled on.  Yeah, that's the most fun!

I did get my hill repeats in this week on Monday.  I went and test drove a car an hour away on Tuesday.  Yesterday was the 4th and I just plain didn't run.  

And then, there's today.  Met my neighbor this morning at 6 am.  Got through a mile and I started bloating/cramping pretty bad in my lower stomach area.  So, I said, let's stop and walk just a sec.  Then we started running again and it got worse.  So, I told her to go on because it was hurting bad enough.  She said, do you want me to come get you when I get home?  I said, nah, I will be ok.  As soon as she started running, I yelled out, yes, come get me!  Well, 2 nano seconds later, it turned into GI issues.  I desperately was seeking a porta potty.  Nope, none to be found...so I walked a snail's pace.  I didn't know if I would make it.  Then, she shows up about a half mile from home.  Just in time.  

Ever have GI issues?  I have only had one or two and today reminded me that I don't like issues like that!  Needless to say, I didn't get my run in today.  

Training is just not going as planned right now.  Hope to get it back.