Heather's Training - Week 13

Training Day #34 - August 16, 2010

Wow, I can’t even describe what I’m feeling right now. Pretty much anger and disgust at myself. I don’t know what my deal is lately, but I can’t seem to find the energy to pick my nose, let alone run for 3 miles. So, pretty much, I don’t really want to talk about it. It wasn’t my worst time, but it wasn’t my best. I finished, barely. I mean seriously, I barely made it a mile before I thought I was going to die. Ridiculous. Better luck next time I guess. My sister and I are going to try to run together this weekend, so I’m hoping she’ll give me the motivation I’m needing.

Side note: Bought a pedometer. But, I clearly didn’t set my stride properly, b/c after the treadmill said 3.12 miles, my pedometer said 1.85 miles. Hmmm. I guess I shouldn’t have tried to run through the house to measure my stride. Clearly, that was an incorrect measurement.

Training Day #35 - August 21, 2010

Um, so yeah, crazy busy week this week. Not a single day available for a run, unless I wanted to go around 9:30 at night. I’m not really a fan of that. I intended to go last night when I got home from work, but I was rocking the beginnings of a migraine all day, so I was not a happy camper. (I have never experienced a migraine in my life, so this was a new experience for me. And one I was not fond of.)

Today I headed back to the homestead for a family reunion tomorrow. Steph and I agreed that we should try the race route once before the big day to see what we’re up against and decide if we’ll be able to run together. Neither one of us wants to slow the other down, but it would be nice to cross the finish line together.

I headed to Columbia in the late afternoon, arriving around 4. The sun was shining brightly, but there was a fairly decent breeze that kept it from being unbearable. Steph and I set out on the course and bam, right ahead, a giant hill. WTF. Lovely. We decided to warm up using the hill for a walk and at the top kicked in our run.

My sister had warned me about the Stephanie Shuffle, but I didn’t believe it to be true. She has a few inches on me and her nickname growing up was Legs for crying out loud. I figured she was over exaggerating and we’d keep up with each other nicely. About 35 steps later and she was no longer at my side. 35 after that and I couldn’t hear her behind me anymore. We ran until the next intersection to turn at, and I had to wait a few seconds before she caught up with me.

Nope. Not going to be able to run together. She runs just fine, she just doesn’t cover as much ground as I do. ;-) We continued with a walk, run, walk, run, walk run until the end of our route. And I have to say there is a bit more of an incline on some of the streets than I had hoped for. But, that’s part of the challenge, right? I guess I’ll just need to add some inclines to my treadmill runs in the next month (ha, that’s funny).

Despite our chatting and walk segments, we still finished in 40 minutes. Not bad. I think we’ll be just fine. I just need to get us some brightly colored hats or something so we’ll be able to pick each other out in the crowd.

Love you sis, and I think your Shuffle is cute. :)

Side note: We’re running on Mizzou’s campus and kids were back for school starting on Monday. Dear lord, when did these college kids get so young?! We passed dozens of kids out and about and I swear they looked 15. Good grief, I’m getting old!