Marathon Training (Tours De Fleurs 10K)

Ok.. so everything is going splendidly!! Chris and I got up on early Saturday morning (I can't believe I actually go him out of bed that early)and headed over to the Dallas Arboritum to the Tours De Fleurs 10K & 20K race. There must have been 3000 people there. It was sooo crowded. The horn sounded at 7:30am and we were off.

I pretty much stayed at a good pace the entire way. I wasn't there to try to win or anything.. just to train and have a good time. About 1/2 way through the race the hills started.. WOW. I had not trained on any hills at this point b/c there really are none in Frisco. Along with the hills started the cramps in my side. OUCH. I was really hurting and wanted to walk a little, but then I looked up and read the guy running in front of me's shirt. It said: "Pain is just weakness, leaving the body".... Man... I was like... ok weakness.. be gone!! So I kept going and enduring the pain (which went away a few min. later). Go me. When I finished Chris was standing at the finish line taking my picture. Unfortunatly it came out blurry. I think the website should have some photo's though.. they were taking pics the entire way (about every 200m).

After the race we went and ate breakfast at The Origional Pancake House.

Here are my official results:

In my age group(25 - 29), I came in: 16th out of 174
Overall I came in: 262 out of 1122
My finishing time was: 55:45 (min/sec)
I averaged: 8:46 min. mile

Run Forest Run!!!

Last week did not rank on the top of my list for my training schedule. I only got to jog on 2 days last week and lift weights once. The days that I did run (which were Wensday and Thursday) I did very well and realized that I am getting faster. On Thursday when I ran I added 1/4th of a mile on to my longest weekeday route and ran it in the same time I had been running it the previouse times that I timed myself. I ROCK!! I'm running a 10K race on Saturday and am really excited about that.

Sorry I didn't have much to write this time, but not really too much to tell. I'm sure I'll have plenty to say about my 1st race...so stay tuned!!

and again....

Bday Pics Continued...

Pics from Chris's 30th Bday!!

Hey everyone. Sorry these are so late getting here.. but here are some pics from Chris's 30th Bday weekend!!



I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped make this wknd possibe & also to all of you who came in from out of town to support Chris on his big day! It meant so much to him and he had a blast.

Marathon Training update

9/2 (2miles): Didn't get my long jog in this Saturday b/c I worked so late on Friday night there was no way I was getting up. Bummer. I did jog on Suday though. Only 2 miles in the after noon. It was super hot. I thought..better 2 miles than no miles at all.

9/3 - 9/6 (5,4,5 miles): Okay.. so this week as been top knoch!! Woke up early Monday and put in 5 miles in 42 minutes.. go me! Then on Wed. I couln't get out of bed. I ran that evening around 7pm. It was still kind of hot. I had eaten dinner an hour before so I got some stomach cramps; this caused me to walk a little ways. I got in 4 miles and I'm not sure of the time b/c I didn't turn on my ipod correctly and it didn't record it. This morning was awesome. I got up early and ran another 5 miles in 42 minutes. My knees were slightly sore after this morning's job. I popped 2 Advil and that took care of that.

The past two weeks I have been running more miles during the week than it says im supposed to on my schedule. I'm pretty stoked about this. The weekend runs have been about right on target though. I think this weekend I will try and go over the 6 miles that the schedule has down for me.

I am so proud of myself for sticking with this! Go Me!!

Bruce Springsteen

Okay.. so I just have to go off on a little tangent about how STOKED I am about Bruce Springsteen's 2007/2008 tour. OMG... I seriously cannot wait to go to his concert. I just downloaded his new single this week, "Radio Nowhere". If you have not listened to it yet you must drop everything you are doing and go listen to it right now. It is simply amazing. Really. Even you young people will like it. I swear. I know.. I know.. I'm like the only 25 year old on the planet who even thinks that good Ol' Bruce is the coolest guy ever... but ya know.. that's me.

Anyway, I will be attending the concert in 2008, so if any of you folks want to join me let me know (although I'll be surprised if I have any takers). If not Chris is going to be forced to endure it with a smile on his face! :-)

Givers & Takers

It has come to my attention in the last year or so that the people who are supposed to love you the most are the ones that do the most damage. It seems like no matter how hard you try and no matter how much you give.. to some people it is just not enough.. or basically just goes unnoticed. The affection seems to go to those who deserve it least.