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.