I ran my second to last long run before Donna today. I was scheduled to run 13 miles. I'm training to 14 miles this time around, hoping I have a PR in me. I sort of blew it with my fueling this morning and waited too long between when I drank my GenUCan and when I started running. Oops. I hit a wall around mile 9 and had to change my intervals from 2:1 to 1:1 to get the last 4 miles done. It wasn't my best training run but I know why and I won't repeat that mistake on race day.
I could not stop at 13 miles. I had to go to 13.1 to make it a half marathon. Actually, I went to 13.15 to make sure I was really covered. I'm pretty sure everyone else would do the same thing, right?
Disney 2016
Friday, January 24, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Donating Hair
A few years ago, Caitlyn donated her hair to Locks of Love. Immediately after she cut the pony tail off and sent it in, she told me she was going to grow her hair back out to donate it again. Somewhere along the way, I told her I would join her and we would donate our hair together so for the last year or so, we have been waiting for our hair to be long enough to donate the 10" pony tail.
We finally reached the length we need to donate our hair. She was anxious to get hers cut as soon as possible where I am not. Not because I don't want to donate my hair but because I need to be able to put my hair in a pony tail to run Donna next month. I can't run a race with my hair flying in my face with the wind.
I tried to talk her in to waiting till after next month so we could cut our hair together but she was just too impatient and couldn't wait. After weeks and weeks of begging, I finally gave in and made the appointment.
She cut off an 11" pony tail.
So there you have it. She cut her hair without me.
My turn is coming. After Donna.
We finally reached the length we need to donate our hair. She was anxious to get hers cut as soon as possible where I am not. Not because I don't want to donate my hair but because I need to be able to put my hair in a pony tail to run Donna next month. I can't run a race with my hair flying in my face with the wind.
She cut off an 11" pony tail.
So there you have it. She cut her hair without me.
My turn is coming. After Donna.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Updates
I'm a bad blogger. Life has been so busy, this blog has taken a back seat.
Christmas was just nuts for me. Work was super busy and Christmas shopping was excruciating this year. I had no idea what to get anyone and all of the shopping always falls on me. I hate the pressure it creates and it really ruins the season for me. I feel like I really missed out on celebrating the real reason for Christmas this year. I'm going to do better next year.
On Christmas Eve, Mark started not feeling well. Turns out he had kidney stones. Over the course of 2 weeks, he was in and out of the hospital a couple times (both resulted in being admitted overnight), he had an outpatient lithotripsy (to blast the stone that was too large to pass into passable pieces), had two stints put in and removed and two inpatient laser lithotripsy surgeries. It was a rough two weeks. I'm happy to report that he is much better now. That boy needs to learn to drink more water.
As if dealing with Mark's kidney stones wasn't enough, during that same period of time, Bradley slipped on some ice and dislocated his shoulder. This resulted in an emergency room visit, his shoulder in a sling, a follow-up visit with an orthopedic doctor, a fracture somewhere in the shoulder socket and 6 weeks of physical therapy.
Yeah, 2014 is promising to be an expensive one.
There are some good things to update also. First, training for the Donna Half Marathon is going great! Well, it's going great for me. Poor Mark hasn't run for ages. Between his kidney stones and all of the traveling he is doing, he hasn't run at all. I've already trained up to 12 miles and there are only 2 more long runs to go (a 13 & 14 miler). Time to pray we stay healthy for the next 5 weeks. I'm getting really excited for our trip. Excited to see friends, excited to run the race and excited to spend a couple days at Disney after the race.
I got my blood work results and everything looks great. Even my thyroid. My mammogram also came back normal. All good news. I still have blood in my urine which concerns the doctor so I need to follow up with a urologist. After reading up on it, I'm not super concerned. Apparently it is common for long distance runners. I need to make that appointment soon though. I also need to see a dermatologist to have a mole on my leg removed.
I am still going strong with My Fitness Pal & the fitbit. Since I started trying to lose weight (last September) I have lost 17 lbs. The good news is, I've lost weight that I really needed to lose. The bad news is I get discouraged so easily. It is coming off so slowly and it gets frustrating. I'm not giving up though, even though it is a slower journey than I anticipated or want.
Well, that's all the update I have in me for now.
Christmas was just nuts for me. Work was super busy and Christmas shopping was excruciating this year. I had no idea what to get anyone and all of the shopping always falls on me. I hate the pressure it creates and it really ruins the season for me. I feel like I really missed out on celebrating the real reason for Christmas this year. I'm going to do better next year.
On Christmas Eve, Mark started not feeling well. Turns out he had kidney stones. Over the course of 2 weeks, he was in and out of the hospital a couple times (both resulted in being admitted overnight), he had an outpatient lithotripsy (to blast the stone that was too large to pass into passable pieces), had two stints put in and removed and two inpatient laser lithotripsy surgeries. It was a rough two weeks. I'm happy to report that he is much better now. That boy needs to learn to drink more water.
As if dealing with Mark's kidney stones wasn't enough, during that same period of time, Bradley slipped on some ice and dislocated his shoulder. This resulted in an emergency room visit, his shoulder in a sling, a follow-up visit with an orthopedic doctor, a fracture somewhere in the shoulder socket and 6 weeks of physical therapy.
Yeah, 2014 is promising to be an expensive one.
There are some good things to update also. First, training for the Donna Half Marathon is going great! Well, it's going great for me. Poor Mark hasn't run for ages. Between his kidney stones and all of the traveling he is doing, he hasn't run at all. I've already trained up to 12 miles and there are only 2 more long runs to go (a 13 & 14 miler). Time to pray we stay healthy for the next 5 weeks. I'm getting really excited for our trip. Excited to see friends, excited to run the race and excited to spend a couple days at Disney after the race.
I got my blood work results and everything looks great. Even my thyroid. My mammogram also came back normal. All good news. I still have blood in my urine which concerns the doctor so I need to follow up with a urologist. After reading up on it, I'm not super concerned. Apparently it is common for long distance runners. I need to make that appointment soon though. I also need to see a dermatologist to have a mole on my leg removed.
I am still going strong with My Fitness Pal & the fitbit. Since I started trying to lose weight (last September) I have lost 17 lbs. The good news is, I've lost weight that I really needed to lose. The bad news is I get discouraged so easily. It is coming off so slowly and it gets frustrating. I'm not giving up though, even though it is a slower journey than I anticipated or want.
Well, that's all the update I have in me for now.
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