Today was one of my best running days of the last few months. I didn’t get started very early, but luckily it wasn’t too hot outside. I drove over to Memorial Park intending to take it easy and just get a 3 mile run in. I felt good when I started and figured that I would probably stop 1/2 way…
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5k race recaps
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…
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…
17 August 2016: Definitely still summer out there
Summers in Houston are not for the faint-hearted. We had a week of 100 degree days, 90+ percent humidity and generally miserably hot weather. Now the weather has turned to rain, rain and more rain. How is one supposed to keep running in this type of weather? The good news is that I’ve made it to the last 2 weeks…
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…
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…
28 May 2016: 4 miles today which makes 10 for the week!
This week I “wogged” 10 miles in high temperatures and high humidity. What is a “wog” you might ask? It’s a combination of walking and jogging. I laughed when I saw it in someone else’s blog and I think it’s very descriptive for slow runners like myself. But back to the heat and humidity that I experienced this week. I’ve…
5 May 2016: Tinkerbell 10k Day 1 – Packet pickup and Race Expo
The Tinkerbell half-marathon weekend is over and I’m exhausted. Lots of family time, seeing the parks and of course – the races. The next couple of posts will be a recap of all of our race related activities over the whole weekend. Day 1 (Thursday evening): After we checked into our non-Disney hotel (Hampton Inn & Suites, Garden Grove)…
26 April 2016: On the downhill slide…or is it a slippery slope?
After today, I only have 3 workouts to go. I am confident that I will be able to keep up with my sister for our 10k as I talked with her on Sunday. While my amazing sister’s training called for 5 miles on Friday and another 13 miles on Saturday (incredible!!!) — she said that her goal for Tinker Bell…