Mother, Run, Hike

Good Morning world! How is everybody doing today? I hope you are having a great week of training, summer and life. I'm linking up with  Holly and Tricia for the Weekly Wrap post. and Let me say, Happy Birthday to the Weekly Wrap! Also linking up with Wendy for the Running Treasure Hunt ! This week was a little exhausting! We did lots of stuff, and I'm still tired. Training Tuesday- 4 temp Miles Wednesday - Zumba with Denise, Speed work and track exercises 1.5 miles Thursday - 3 tempo miles Sunday - 10 Miles long run I was not in a good mood on Tuesday... and almost scrapped the whole running thing, but I shook it off and went for 4 miles in Camp Hill. Wednesday after Zumba, I accidentally was all pinked out before going for sprints and track exercises. Roger injured himself half way through our sprint work out, and we called it a night. I was 6 sprints short. Super early Thursday Morning run w...

Last week I skipped my training log, and did a Good Bye to Rita instead, after she passed away unexpectedly. Her passing had an effect on training for Roger, who had been with Rita for 13 years. So this week, trying to bounce back, and recover from the R 'n R DC Half Marathon. Monday- Rest day. Tuesday- Blue Man Day Wednesday - 1 hour of zumba, and 30 minute easy run Thursday - Rest Friday- 20 mile long run Saturday - Rest day Sunday - 6 mile progression run, 3 easy miles and 30 minutes of weights I hope everybody already knows this, but use this as a cautionary tale... tell your friends that you have a friend, who has a friend who this happened to....The Saturday of the Half Marathon, Roger and I used the portable toilets before starting the race. We waited a long time in line to use them. Race started at 7:30, but there were lots of corrals, leaving every 2 minutes. We were still in line when the first 5 corrals wer...

Marathon training is kicking my butt! my legs hurt right now, and I barely ran yesterday. Sunday January 17th 14 Miles, Half Marathon pace. I begrudgingly skipped Sunday Zumba for our super long run. This Is MY LONGEST RUN EVER! Monday January 18th Rest Day- Martin Luther King day, my son had off school, we donated a few bags of stuff to Goodwill. Tuesday January 19th Zumba with Susan Hip Hop with Denise 1 mile of sprints, with walks in between Wednesday January 20th Body Weights with Roger- 3 sets of each, Pull ups, push ups, shoulder press machine, pistol squats, Russian twist and V ups. - I know I complain, but without Roger's training, I would have never gotten better at running. 1 hour of Zumba with Denise Thursday January 21st Rest day Friday, January 22nd We skipped Weights to get groceries for the impending Blizzard. 8 mile easy run- I knew that with the incoming storm, there was a high possibility that we will 1. be staying home a...

Long, long ago, before I started doing zumba, before I started the running, while I was married and constantly stressed out, I used to have a long parade of negative thoughts running trough my inner monologue. I didn't realize this, or the effect this was having on my self esteem and my attitude towards everybody around me. When I started doing Zumba, I was at an all time low. Demoted from work, had been sick for 1 week, then my son had been sick, I had fallen while carrying my son and he had a huge bruise on his forehead... so my inner monologue was at a ultimate time high. The thoughts constantly on my mind were along the lines of " You are the worst mom ever, you are so fat, you are so stupid, you are useless". I was not fat, or overweight, but I was at my highest weight ever. After having my son and breastfeeding him for 8 months, my metabolism never re-adjusted to the amount of food I was eating. So I was constantly hungry, but not burning anything off. The saddest...