30 DAY CHALLENGE : 3 MILE EVERY DAY!

Starting TODAY! 30 days of sticking to a 3 mile every day no matter what!   I am thinking this is the inspiration I might need, so here it goes. We start today and in about a hour I will start my first 3 mile at the park.

Its hot so it will be a great run. I will be posting through the 30 days challenge. 

I am not a happy camper. It seems that for every four / five day of consistent training comes the meltdown of letting go.  I believe I am doing plenty taking into consideration that I work over 40 hours a week, that I have a husband that also work and that is a priority in my life, that I have to young sons under 5 and that I live in a home with 9 other people (we are in the process of moving to Houston and we sold our house and are currently living with my Mother-in-law and sister-in-law and on top I try to put my work out on top. But is hard, I am tired (exhausted), I don’t like been away from my kids after I finish work or they come back from school and after waking up at 3:30 am to get my work done by 2 pm well, is overwhelming.

What makes me happy? Running!, yes is a great escape to clear the mind, body and soul. But on what time? As I try hard to figure this one out, I am keeping myself motivated. I failed to do the half marathon in October here in New Orleans, but I am determined to do the Houston one in January.

Can we have more hours on a day? I urgently need some more!

Keep on running, keep on moving…

Oct 17^th, 2011.

Room for Improvement...

        

Me!

Does Speed matter?

I am a slow runner… I am not ashamed, but not happy or proud either. Whenever I am below the 10 m/minute range I feel as is somebody is chasing me and I am running for my life, which is tiring and not fun. I can sprint, but just for one minute top four, more than that and nope, is not fun.

But I do want to run faster, so I am trying different approaches, following some advises from experienced runners and hopefully I will get there.  

 My goal right now is to keep a 45 minutes run at a pace that is less than 10:30… so far I am at 10:22 but hey, is less than 10:30 right?

Here we go again... inspired.

SHHH…HALF-MARATHON TRAINING IN PROGRESS….

Well I started, for the third time and some say third is the charm, my Half-Marathon training.  I don’t have any scheduled Half-Marathon, but I am doing it anyway. There are several beginning next year that are close by so that’s is my motivation.

I started Monday with a 2 mile run, Tuesday with cross training (weights) and Wednesday with a 3 mile run. Both runs where done around the neighborhood and will try to keep it this way for 4 and below. More than 4 mile run will be done at the park.

So how is it going? Great!!! Yesterday run was great, I did I new route which is further from my house, but it was a nice change of scenery. Truly enjoyed. Today I am running 3 more! And I am thinking… levy?

So, so far I have:

Monday: 2 mil run ( I did 2.5)

Tuesday: Cross Training (45 min at the gym)

Wednesday: 3 mil run (I did 3.69)

Back and hopefully to stay!

Many things have changed since the last time I posted.

1. We sold our house
2. I am officially working from home (still trying to figure out if this is a good thing)
3. My youngest son, Andrew, turned 1 year old
4. I drop 5 lbs

Regarding  my running there a few issues that I am still working on, I guess once you start making 20 to 30 miles a week, a few things we come to the surface:

First, I started having a pain in my calf that just kept getting worse and worse, to the point that walking was a chore and going up and down the stairs was a real agony.  I kept on running, and it will hurt so bad the first few strikes, but 5 or 10 minutes later I was able to get the pace and keep it. The pain obviously returning a the moment I would stop for cooling down. My husband is a Physical Therapy Assistant which can be a blessing, but he considers running a dangerous sport that can deteriorate your joints, so to have an injury because of running comes with the “I told you so”, but at the end and under his insistence I kept on a 3 mile top and every other day or so.

Dear husband say you may strained your muscle, but I kept thinking no, is something with my running so I did research and research and finally hit me… I am an OVERPRONATOR. With this in mind and bought a pair of running shoes with more stability, a Brook pair (vs the Nike I was using) and got some insoles  for extra comfort.  The result? Yeah, that is what it was. I am running better than ever, and even though I get sore on the same leg, at least the horrible pain is gone and I am actually enjoying my me moment (running). Oh… Brook running shoes rule!

So, now that my life has more or less stabilized more, and my routine is slowly but surely coming along, I am back on my blog and continue to write about my running progress.