Today at my Saturday training class, we ran the dreaded Depelchin hill. I don’t know why I hate this workout so much! I know that many runners train on hills, partly because there are many towns that have hills…but its so flat here in Houston. I have a hard enough time running on flats so when I add…
30 Oct 2016: Memorial Park again with Shelley
Today I ran with Shelley for the second time. This time it was just a little bit cooler and I was able to make it around the park only stopping twice. Basically I ran 1 mile, walked a bit, ran the second mile, walked a bit and then ran the third mile. We completed our lap in just over 36…
29 Oct 2016 – Sprints
Today we ran 200m sprints at our Saturday session. And Coach Joan really pushed me. I decided to use my watch and measure the distances and pace to see what I can do. Here are my stats from today: Pace Speed Sprint 1 10:24 5.77 Sprint 2 11:04 5.42 Sprint 3 10:13 5.87 Sprint 4 10:46 5.56 Sprint…
22 Oct 2016: One year anniversary celebration!
Just one year ago I started my running adventure. On 21 Oct 2015, I bought my new running shoes and took my first run. I alternated 15 seconds of running with 1 minute of walking. I don’t actually know how far that I went, but my workout was 34 minutes using the Zombies 5k app. Now 1 year later, I’ve…
16 Oct 2016: Ten mile weekend!
Today I ran with my friend Shelley at Memorial Park. I have never run with her before and frankly, I’m lucky that she wanted to run with me. Shelley completed the Heights 5k run this summer in just less than 30 minutes, while my time was over 40 minutes! But she said that she didn’t mind running slowly and we…
15 Oct 2016: Good day for a run
Today was a good day for a run! My friend Kathryn was at our training session so it was fun to catch up! We ran along the Bayou and were told to run 20 minutes out and 20 minutes back. I thought we’d run as far as the Dog Park which is near Montrose, but we ended up going much…
8 October 2016: No run – only FUN!
I took the weekend off this weekend and didn’t run. We took the Darling Daughter to Belize and had an amazing time. So instead of blogging about running I’m just posting a few inspirational photos! We took the Darling Daughter to Belize and had an amazing time. So instead of blogging about running I’m just going to post a few…
1 Oct 2016: Train to Trot new session at Luke’s
The new session – “Train to Trot” started today at Luke’s Locker. We have some new people onboard and everyone seems really nice. Joan gave her intro speech and the “oldies” (all of us who have been in Joan’s group for ages) kept Joan on her toes! I think that she’s used to us but hopefully it made the new…
26 Sep 2016: I’m baacckkk!!
I can’t believe its been over a month since I’ve posted. My life has undergone some changes lately. My hubby and I now have a 16-year old girl (we call her DD for darling daughter) living with us for the year. She has changed our lives and routine completely but in a good way! Our DD is from Germany and…
23 August 2016: Better than I thought
Saturday’s workout with Luke’s Locker was a long slow run. Not long if you’re a marathoner or a half-marathoner, but long for someone like me, who doesn’t like running in the heat and had to practically drag myself out of bed! Only 6 people out of the 30+ runners in our current session showed up for the run. We ran…