There are lots of running blogs out there. When I first decided to learn to run, I read lots and lots of them and they were helpful. Reading the blogs helped me get motivated to run, taught me what things I need to do before running (buy a good bra, get fitted for shoes, etc) and generally learn how to…
Tag: 10k
10k race recaps
Fastest run 2-4 miles to date
Fastest run! Today was my regular Sunday run at Memorial Park with my friend Shelley. The weather was brisk but a good temperature for a run (around 50 degrees). Cold enough for a long sleeved shirt layer at the beginning but once I warmed up, I took off the long sleeved shirt and just ran in my short sleeved shirt…
12 Nov 2017: One year later…déjà vu
I can’t believe its been a year since I last posted on this blog. Life has certainly gotten away from me. In March I took up Yoga and have been going around 3x week since then. It was challenging at first but I’m slowly getting used to it and I’m definitely more flexible now. I can do a decent headstand…
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…
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…
22 Jun 2016: New goals to the end of the year
Now that I’ve run the Tinkerbell 10k and the NYRR mini-10k, I do not have any new races on the horizon. That got me thinking about new running goals. Certainly I would like to learn how to run faster and longer without stopping. The hard part is how do I do that? Almost everything that I’ve read says that I…
11 Jun 2016: NYRR Mini 10k race recap
My sister signed up for a conference in NYC and we decided to combine that with a girl’s weekend. So I got a crazy idea in my head that it would be fun to run a race while I was there. When I started researching options, I found the NYRR Mini-10K race which is run in Central Park. Package pickup…
6/4/2016: Heights 5k Race recap
Rain, rain go away….come again another day! It was wet and rainy on Saturday morning for the Heights “Run the BLVD” 5k! I arrived around 6:45am just in time to be in the photos taken by Coach Joan of our 9 to 5 group. Even with the bad weather, there was 20 of us! Much of the core group and…
21 May 2016: I’m baaaccckkk….
I went to my Luke’s Locker training class today and I ran for the first time since the Tinkerbell 10k. It was hot, the hills were tough, I sweated gallons — but I did it! We did an interesting workout called the “cloverleaf”. We walked/jogged over to where Waugh crosses over Memorial, by way of Buffalo Bayou. Waiting on the…
15 May 2016: 8 days later and I haven’t run a single step!
The Tinkerbell 10k was 8 days ago. While I had intended to take a few days off from training, as of today I have not run a single step. I was hit hard by a sinus infection/cold a few days after the 10k and I’m still recuperating. I’m coughing, my ears are filled with fluid and I’m generally really really…