Swimming #4 & Running # 51

"Chlorine is my perfume" - Author Unknown

Blog world this is my gym pool - aka my BFF.  I <3 swimming. like <3 <3 <3. I've beed bad though and totally neglected my BFF lately. Well umm not lately - more like for the past 5 months. I'm not sure what happened. I did apologize and said I'd be back next week.

Now lets see - swimming, I took lessons when I was a baby (living in FL you gotta put your kids through swim classes early since there are pools, or lakes and water everywhere). We had a pool growing up and were always going to the beach or a water park or a pool but I didnt start swimming competitively until High School and it was so much fun!

I wish I could remember some drills from HS, eventhough back then they were complete torture. haha.  Tonight though I put myself through torture, my body will thank me tomorrow. 500 yard freestyle warm up, 250 kick, 250 pull, 100 yard sprints 5 times, 250 kick and 250 pull to total 2,000 yards. Holy cow!! I was in the pool for roughly 55 mins - so probably a little slow but hey its been 5 months.

Once I finished that I somehow still had some energy so to the treadmill I went. I only had 15 mins to run (had to pick up the hubby from work - and he works a half - 3/4 of a mile away from home! yep I'm a good wife only because it was late/dark out and the first thing he said when he got in the car was 'you smell like chlorine!' hahah - love it). A little disappointed I couldnt go for a longer run but then again I have to remember I just swam 1.14 miles so be happy you are running.

Results of Run #51
Distance: 1.60 miles
Time: 15:00
Pace: 9:22 / mile

January 2011 Summary

So January started a new year and though I had better mileage than December, I could do better. I'm excited for 2011 since I have a bunch of goals and I really hope to accomplish them all. I've already broken 2 PR's and really hope I can make new ones by December. 

I'm at a loss for words - mostly because I'm tired and need to go study so here's the overview and to February 2011 being a great month!

38.64 miles in January
Biking: 17.13 miles
Running: 14.55 miles
Elliptical: 4.31 miles
Walking: 2.65 miles

Run # 50

"The real purpose of running isn't to win a race. It's to test the limits of the human heart" - Bill Bowerman

Its Party time up in here today!!

 

Thus the reason for 2 of my PR badges!



So the other day when I attempted to run when I was sick, I said that because Run # 50 was coming up that had to be something good to post about. Now when I said good I only had good in mind, not anything great or spectacular. (did I spell that right? oh well)

I spent the morning studying for the CPA exam and then Brett said lets go for a run its a really nice day out. I wanted to go run but the legs are sore so I wasnt expecting a lot out of them today. So we headed down to the lake and wow its a gorgeous day out. Its not chilly, its not dreadful hot, there is a tiny breeze - if it could be like this all year I'd take it.

So I told B that we'd run the square and the lake and we'd go the opposite way so we'd be able to do our slap hand thing when we saw eachother. Well I never saw him so I figured he was behind me (which he likes to do to 'motivate' me and it works some of the time).  I really really really didnt want to look at the garmin while running but I cheated and peeked and umm since when do I run 'fast'??? To my surprise I went with it and my legs werent hurting and I wasnt out of breath and cramping so I kept it up. When I hit a mile I didnt want to look just in case my pace slowed and I kept running - the 1/4 mile after the 1 mile mark is so hard - I know i just ran a mile in a quick time and was keeping pace - so I wanted to see what I could do but my mind was breaking and running was getting hard. I screwed up by looking at the garmin and saw I was running around 830 - umm omg! Then it sets in - if I keep this up I can break my 2M PR so suck it up!

Its so hard to not look at the garmin once you start (well for me it is). I kinda knew where the 2M point would be so with about a 1/4 mile left I just pushed and got there and to really mess with my head / aching body kept going just to show myself I can do it. Because I was a decent amount away from where I started, i started walking, reset the garmin then jogged the rest back before looking at the time for the potential 2 mile PR.

You are reading history right here....I know I know youre dying to know...so here it is

Results of Run #50

Distance: 2.03 miles

Time: 18:08

Pace: 8:55 / mile

M1 - 9:04

M2 - 8:48  - New 1 M Personal record!!

Total 2 Mile = 17:52! Holy cow!!!

Here's the info on what I did after walking some and catching my breath

Distance: .31

Time: 3:09

Pace: 10:19

Sick Run #2

Tonight was awesome! I sooo evened the score with the treadmill. I could have kicked its butt but I decided I'd play nice and just even the score. Butt kicking can come later.

I woke up this morning feeling 1000 times better- now I'm not 1000 times better but I'm close. So today when I got home it was back to the treadmill and the mission was to run longer than yesterday in # of minutes and to log at least 2 miles and beat yesterdays time. I started off slow, wanting to die, remembering how much the treadmill and I do not get along and then wham somehow my legs remembered how not to hurt and my brain decided to give me a chance and Ta DA a great run in the bag tonight on the treadmill of all places!!

I am excited I am excited - Fa la la la la.  - Kinda feels like that -->
Just have to keep this up!

Results of Sick Run #2
Distance: 2.20
Time: 21:06
Pace: 9:35 / mile

Sick Run #1

I'm not even counting this run tonight. I noticed my next run is #50 and because thats a fairly big number and kind of a milestone number, I have to run something good for that one.

So tonight will be sick run # 1 because after a little while ago its
Sickness - 1
Hollie - 0

went to the Dr today  and basically I'm really congested and need to keep on the sudafed to get rid of this guy. --->

So I figure lets give the treadmill a try - that way if I were to pass out, fall over etc, its in my building where people know where I live and not in some park.  So my goal was walk 5 mins, run 15 mins easy then walk 5 more. Well what actually happened was this......5 min walk, 11 min run, 3 min walk, 3 min 44 sec run. Round 2 will be happning tomorrow only because I feel like I've broken up some congestion in me (despite feeling like I was about to pass out after hitting the stop button).

While I was waiting for the elevator (and after noticing I hit the down button instead of up) I thought how crazy would someone think I was if I were to just lay down to rest / not pass out. Would security see me on the camera and come check on me? Would someone getting off and elevator freak out? haha - maybe a good april fools joke but Im not going to do this to anyone.

Results of Sick Run #1

Distance: 2.0 Miles

Time: 22:44

Pace: 11:22 / mile

I'm Sick and the weather sucks

The Sunshine State isnt so much Sunshine right now. And this storm my friends is moving east so Orlando is going to be covered in that red stuff in oh about an hour or 2. Going to be a fun night at home since I know the satellite will have issues with the rain and clouds. Might be a good thing since now the Biggest Loser cant distract me from my studying.

Right now this is what outside looks like....not tooo bad yet - its getting dark, its been drizzling - if I can get a good pic later I'll post a 'before' and 'after.

Oh and the sick part - I caught a cold, not sure how or when and i've lost my voice, Not completely but just enough to where I sound like a frog. I'm not usually into pity parties but today staying home from work feeling miserable I needed a pick me up so I baked brownies! YUM!! The ultimate get better feel better food. So I've not been able to do much since last week and its been killing me. So until then - its these crazy random updates :)

Its giveaway time

So I blog stalk skinny runner....who is skinny runner you ask? She's a gal over in California who runs and runs and runs and makes it look easy.

She has a great sense of humor and her blog is a ton of fun to read. Well today she posted about a giveaway for Yurbuds. If interested go check out her post (see below) and write a little comment about what headphones you currently use and then cross your fingers and hope you win.

http://skinnyrunner.com/2011/01/24/its-all-about-me/

2011 Goals

So I just realized I havent set any 2011 Goals.....well I have I just havent made them known, so to hold me to it, Here they are in no particular order (well #1 is #1 beacuse it has to be so I dont go broke)

#1 - CPA Exam - take and pass all 4 parts. This is not fun at all. I'd much rather have to run 4 marathons this year but to make that money I gotta take that test.

#2 - Run a Sub 29 minute 5K - Currently my world record 5K time is at 29:55 - If I can get a minute off this time I'm golden.

#3 - Run a 10K race - eeek! my stomach gets butterflies thinking about this (No I'm not doing the Toughest10K.com race - but me doing a 10K is going to be super tough mentally)

#4 -  Triathlon Season! I skipped it last year so this year I hope to complete 2-3 races

#5 - OUC 1/2 Marathon (OMG!! WHAT!) Yes I said 1/2 Marathon you read that right. The OUC 1/2 is in December so I have a full year to prep. I think I can get there.



So those are the goals and here I am because I hope to have this smile on my face once the year is over!