Wednesday Hill Training - Week 14 -

8 km
45:07 mins
5:36 min/km
603 cals

I tried to get out of this run in my head so many times - even when I was running. You did 8 hills - that is enough - run home it is raining. I told myself I was going to run 9. I ran 9 Broughtons and there and back. I think people who live with their windows on that sidewalk must have thought I was crazy. Up and down and up and down.

The reason I left the house in the first place was because Emma and I ready set go ourselves out the door and into the rain... thanks FB - you are such a social connector. It was miserable. I was right. My hands were frozen on my run to the hill but find on the way back. I guess by then I was hot enough.. maybe even steaming???

I had an awful day at school - and tomorrow will be just as awful until it is done. I just thought of another thing I need to do before we go to our field trip tomorrow - burn CD's for each of the class dances. I am going to yoga tomorrow morning. My head is doing that same thing.. you should go to work early and get ahead.. but there will be no getting ahead... until it is over and there is nothing left to do.. there will just be more things to do... so.. yoga.. and find peace so I don't swear or freak out at kids tomorrow. My goal for tomorrow is to deal with the stress better than I did today. I will smile and be nice... and ask kids politely to leave me alone. hahaha!!

OK!! I hope your runs went awesome too!! Carrie out on the track around LSS with Amy and Ema.. out on the island somewhere!!

Tuesday 6km Tempo - Week 14

6 km
28:45 mins
4:46 min/km
452 cals

I didn't think I was running that fast today but I was!! At the end "she" said I had made a new personal best record for the mile. I am going to look it up and now and see where I am at... hold on :-) I think it says my fastest mile is 6.59 minutes. I remember when I thought an 8minute mile was good... I am a minute faster now!! yay!!

I ran down the alley to the sea wall, to English Bay and back. I was trying to run fast but when I got to the spot where I was really slow with Carrie... I felt like I slowed a bit. I have some negativity in that area. I should try a different route next time. I imagined her cute little backside just easing on down the path with ease until she was out of sight.. and me struggling and cursing in my head and thirsting in my muscles. yuck! I will never do that again. The pain in my tummy was awful and the pain in my muscles the next was even worse. Everything hurt.

Live and learn.. and in my case.. learn and learn and learn!!

Hopefully this last lesson will last until the end of the marathon!!! haha!!

BTW - the fastest mile ever: 3 minutes 43.13 seconds by Moroccan runner Hicham El Guerrouj

Sunday 18km with Carrie - Week 14

19.2 km
1:52:53 mins
5:53 min/km
1441 cals

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Carrie helped me with to return my water belt and get a new one. She made me try it on in the store and test it out. AND.. I like it... it works!! YAY!! Take three was a success! For the run I did what Katherine suggested and I put in a gel (orange vanilla) and water and shook it up. It tasted like orange vanilla water. YUM! I was so dehydrated though that I drank that whole bottle and I filled up at English Bay - with help from Carrie cause the stream of water was not helping me at all... and I drank all that too. I also had some jelly beans! yum!! 

Anywho - Today is Tuesday and this run was Sunday. Carrie ran with me.. and she kicked my but. We went to lunch after and the bottom of my ice tea glass fell out and the whole fresh drink spilled all over me just to remind me to quit being such a dork. Or.. at least that is how I interpreted it. 



 

9am Hot Yoges with Ayumi :)

WOW! I am still hot and I just showered. I am sitting in my towel on my bed... breathing. hahaha! That was a great morning class. I was pretty crunchy and my legs were pretty tired. My front of my left hip is hurting. I hurt it originally in Moe's class doing switch splits ... a long time ago. Then last night I felt it pull a bit. I will ice it today. I was thinking maybe I should head back to the laser. Then I was thinking why does WCB suck so much? It would be great if they paid for the laser.. it would be great if I paid them every month and they actually did something for me. I guess I better get on that. Maybe find someone that has done it before and see how they got it to work for them.

You know what I was thinking about the whole class... how awesome last night was! I still feel so privileged that I got to go to Katherine's class. I was also thinking about my stupid water bottle. I don't think I have ever thought about something so gay so much in my life. Then I thought, at least I am not thinking about how fat I am. I actually like my 35... almost 36 year old body!! I rock! I mean there are the obvious things.. I wish I wasn't such an ogre.. but for me.. I am me.. and I am happy with me. YAY!!!

K.. getting dressed now.. sweating has stopped!! LATER!!

9pm 1 hour hot yoga at Y - with Katherine!!

Wow! So, I got to take a class at the Y studio on Homer street by my house. I feel so privileged that I got to be Katherine's guest. YAY! It was a great class. I needed that. I was losing it today. I had too much work and I just kept trucking. I needed to run and I needed to yoga.. and it felt so good even though my thighs were killing me from my speed training.

An hour was the perfect length. We did some poses that were new to me. There was ohming and I am an ohmer now so whatever. I am open to the ohm.

I am POOPEd.. now.. so I may write more tomorrow.

GOOD NIGHT AND HAPPY LONG WEEKEND!!

Thursday 6km Speed!! - Week 13 - Katherine's yoga talk :)

6 km
29:10 mins
4:50 min/km
453 cals

WOW!! What a great evening! I went to run club. We ran first. We ran to the C wall by Caderos to do speed training. We ran as fast as we could down the C wall and then jogged back five times. I was the first girl and third. It felt awesome and it was fun. I love pushing myself.

After training we had my favourite yoga teacher give a talk and a demonstration on yoga! YAY!! She made me feel cool like I knew she would. That is the the coolest I have ever felt in run club. AND!!! I went to her 9pm yoga class with her.. at Y Yoga by Shoppers on Homer.

Her advice on the water belt is to take it back and just get the one bottle one put a gel in it with water... and shake it up! I am going to do that. I hate my water belt! (Maybe I can get my mom to take it back.. I hate returning things!! and I have already returned this once.. to two different stores!!)

She also suggested training with Falcon ... Here it is
Something to look into for next year??? Maybe??

Wednesday 8km Tempo - Week 13 - Happy Birthday Sam!!

I just went to write it down and it disappeared!!Dammit!! 8km wasted in my virtual land.. my be all and end all for running. Dramatic! I am so overworked today... this last two weeks...

8km
with Carrie in Langley around her house and down to LSS track and back.