Wednesday, August 3, 2011

you snooze you lose!

This morning I woke up, looked at the clock, and to my horror it read 5:03.  Major FML moment right there.  In case you are new to the blog, 8 is early for me, so 5 was unbearable.  I tried and tried to go back to sleep but just couldn't.  I contemplated going for my morning run early to beat the sun, but had no motivation to do so.  So, I just laid in bed a read.  Boring, I know. 

Then after two hours of laying around, I decided I needed to actually get up and not be a complete lazy butt and get my run in.  I headed to my usual spot not feeling too good about it.  For some reason my stomach was turning.  My money's on the fact that I didn't eat as good as I could have yesterday, but it still didn't stop my tummy from hurting. 

I did my normal .75 mile warm up walk in 11 minutes, so I improved today, then told myself I'd do 3 minutes running and 1 minute walking since I was having GI issues.  I ran, and I ran, and I ran.  Keep in mind I was still moving like the turtle I am and the bikers passing me would probably tell me it was a job, but I was running.  I felt sooooo good and once I looked down and saw that I had gone more than 2.5 miles, I knew I couldn't stop.

I have not ran 3 miles consecutively since my April half marathon.  Although I do walk/run everyday, it is more of walking and not running.  I'm slowly working my way up to where I can actually run an entire marathon and not worry about my time.  After running the entire way back to my car, I looked at my watch to see that I had ran 4 miles even without stopping.  Go. Freaking. Me.  Yeah!

4 straight miles equals one happy girl.

 At about mile 3, my GI issues hit me pretty hard and I was contemplating stopping, but pressed on.  Although I know it was the way I fueled yesterday, the hot sun didn't help either.  I should have gone this morning when I woke up early since it NEVER happens.  I guess if you snooze, you do lose.  But the sun gave me this awesome booby sweat!

Sweat-tastic!

All this leads me to an even bigger question.  What is your definition of running?  I am more of a run/walker yet I still sometimes beat people who run the whole entire time.  Is it more of an accomplishment to run an ENTIRE marathon and do it slow, or run/walk the whole thing and have  a really good clock time?  I don't think there really is an answer.  I'd be happy with ever getting a sub 4 hour marathon, but I'd also be super happy if I ran an entire marathon.  Your thoughts on this?

Note to self: Chocolate milk is the best thing ever after a good run!

Happy hump day!


5 comments:

  1. Yay booby sweat! And woohoo, rock on! Great job on that run. SO proud of you!
    You know my thoughts on running. Just do it. Make no excuses. That's all I have to say. :)
    I still cannot do chocolate milk. I can't do milk at all unless it's in ice cream or a milk shake or wait, coffee. The only one of those 3 I could even stomach post run is the coffee but who wants that when it's a bazillion degrees outside!?
    Love you, miss you!

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  2. Way to go!! Rock that sweat! You earned it! haha

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  3. I think that anyway that gets your from point A to B and provides you with a good workout is how accomplishments should be measured!

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  4. Okay, I need to get me some chocolate milk for my post runs. I love that stuff!!

    WaHOO!!!! Congrats on such an AWESOME run!! You are Ah-Ma-Zing!! So proud of you.

    My thoughts on marathon running? I say that if you get to a point where you can actually sign up, be part of a marathon and actually FINISH, then you are a HERO and a ROCKSTAR in my book! It doesn't matter if you run the whole thing or run/walk. You are doing it and that is what counts! Someday I hope to get there with ya!

    Have a great day!

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  5. so true about the chocolate milk!!! YUM! i am So pumped for your run! you totally rocked it and pushed through the GI stuff...awesome!

    with the running the whole thing vs the run/walk...i think it is totally a preference. for me...once I walk I have no motivation to keep going. in the summer I do walk through water stations and also in longer races I do as well. on training runs I stop to eat my GU and take a water break but for the most part I try to stay steady...but I honestly think you can be "fast" at either...its just which ever works best for you!

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