Race Day!

It was freezing Saturday morning, but my race went great!  My goal had been 35 min and here's my totals:

So yes, I was quite pleased with my results.  I know it's nothing incredible, but its definitely an improvement and accomplishment for me!  I felt great after the run.  So right now, weather permitting, I am planning on running the Turkey Tri in two weeks!

S-man & J-bug also ran a kids half-mile race.  They had a blast!

One of my best friends and her family came and raced as well.  As did my hubby!  He raced in the "cupcake" division.  You had to be just a little insane to do that.  He ran half the race, ate as many cupcakes as he could, then finish the race.  Every cupcake you ate was a two minute time deduction!  He managed to down 8 cupcakes!  It was a really fun day!

Today's Workout

Run:
1.8 miles 26:07 min

Horrible run today . . . between a bug flying in my mouth and another one 5 min later flying in my eye, my shoe coming untied, and a horrible side stitch . . . . hopefully race day will go much more smoothly!

Bike:
8.8 miles 39:29 min

Today's Workout

Always feel's like an INTENSE workout when I let Jillian kick my butt!  & 20min is all it takes, which is great when you're crazy busy like me. . .

I've got a choir concert and the high school that I'm helping out with tonight, so this is probably all the time I've got for my workout today.  Race in 6 days!

I've also started my own version of the Special K diet.  I really like their meal-replacer shakes, so I'm using those and a few of their other products.  My goal is to be down 8-10 pounds by Thanksgiving!

Pre-Race Run

Well in a week I'll be done with my 5k.  I'm still trying to decide if I should do the Triathlon that I wanted on November 5, the following week.  So I'm going to use my race next week to help me decide (and the weather of course . . . there is no way I'm biking and running if there is snow and ice on the ground).  I really wish running wasn't so hard for me.  It is my LEAST favorite workout and it is just hard for me.

I ran a full 5k today to pace myself and train.  It took me 35:33 with an average pace of 11:45/mile.  So my goal for next week is to complete the race in under 35 minutes.

Wish me luck!

Past Run's

I'd been so out of shape I hadn't even wanted to post these . . . but wanting to follow my improvement and new goals here are my past few runs:

Oct 10, 1.48 miles, 22:14
Oct 4 (GPS not working)
Oct 1, 1.84 miles 22:27
Sept 26, 1.94 miles, 24:13

I can't believe I'm running a 5K in a week and a half . . . I am NOWHERE near ready! But hopefully a major motivator!

Today's Workout:

Jillian's 30-day-shred Level 1

and

Biked on my old bike pulling the boys!

2.5 miles 18:32

Lacking Motivation

I don't know what the deal is, but I just lack the motivation to work out.  I love technology and there are so many fun ideas, blogs, social networks, television, that I feel like all my free time is sucked into screen time and I hate it! But I don't know how to break the habit.  Anyway, I found THIS site today that gave me some great ideas.

Exercise Motivation Secrets:

1) Find your "why"
My "why" is that I want to feel better about myself and the way I look
I want to be happier
I want to be healthier
I want to set a good example for my kids
2) Make a commitment 
"a commitment is the ability to carry out a worthy decision, even when the excitement of making that decision has passed."
3) Set daily, measurable, & realistic goals
I feel like I've done that . . . .
4) Keep track of your progress
5) Give objective feedback
6) Avoid the "all or nothing" mentality
This is my worst problem. . . I get SO down and hard on myself when I miss a workout that I've planned on . . . don't give up, just move on and start again immediately.
7) Be accountable
If you have a friend or a personal trainer or something to keep you accountable for your workouts you are more likely to keep working out and training. . . . again this is a huge problem for me. . . but something I'm trying to do with this blog.

Morning Workout's Rock! (please note the sarcasm)

6:30am . . . and I'm home from the track with my run already finished for today!  I am NOT a morning person:

But with it getting later in the year and dark so early in the evenings, my run just wasn't happening.  So I've made the goal (it only has to happen twice a week) to get out of bed and go run BEFORE work.

Day 1:

Feels great that my workout is already done. . . I underestimated the time it would take to get out of bed and get ready, and now am running late for work.

And found out that my GPS will NOT work on the indoor track.  My app told me I had run 7miles at a pace of 2minutes/mile.  Yeah Right!  But I did my interval training:  Run for 5 min; walk for 3 (repeat 3 times)