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I’m moving back to Blogger under a different name. I’m hoping you will still find me and follow along there. I’m trying hard to get all of my posts from here moved there, so please be patient while I make this change.

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No posts yet but I promise pictures and posts soon as well as a race recap from my 8th half marathon yesterday!!

This was suppose to be posted over the weekend but that didn’t happen. So, here I go with my recap of last week’s workouts. After 2 weeks of snow and ice storms I was happy to be back to a full week of stellar training. I missed a couple of workouts due to snow and ice. And as you know my one race for January was cancelled. Winter weather isn’t a huge deal to me until it interferes with my running and workouts! I’ll be glad when spring is upon us and the threat of snow and ice is long gone.
Here’s a recap of my week:

Monday – 5 easy miles (47:37) w/core work
I did this run solo on the local greenway. Then went inside my gym to get my core work done.

Tuesday – 2 mi warmup, 12x200m repeats, 2 mi cool down plus core/flex drills.
This was my regular Tuesday morning speed work w/the KE group. My set pace for my repeats was to be no more than a minute and I managed to keep all 12 repeats at right at :58.

Wednesday – 5 easy miles (47:09)
I opted to get these miles hammered out on the work tready since I just wanted to be home and didn’t have anything else on my schedule.

Thursday – Scheduled rest/or Xtrain
I purchased a couple of Bob Harper’s dvds. I chose to do Totally Ripped Core for about 30 minutes just to have some kind of burn for the day.

Friday – 5 easy miles (47:01)
The schedule called for 2 mi warm up, 3×1 mi repeats, 2 mi cool down. However, due to potential snow our KE practice was cancelled. So, the option was to do an easy run or go some place to get the speedwork in on our own. I SUCK at self motivation when it comes to speed work, so I opted to go easy with the 5 miler.

Saturday – 8 miles easy (1:17)
This was a training run w/the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon training group. I was about 5 minutes late but got there just as the group was leaving. Luckily, I was able to jump out of the car and take off running. It took me just a few minutes to get warmed up and find my groove. I only had 8 miles and most everyone there was doing around 14. The course was the back half of the Knoxville Marathon. I was unfamiliar with that area since I had only ever ran that portion once and that was at the marathon in 2012. So, at the 3.5 mile mark and the water stop I stopped to see if I could get directions back. Thankfully some of the folks were only doing about 7 miles and they had a course map! score. It was very very cold on Saturday and I only noticed at the end of my run when my hair had formed icicles.

Overall I am pleased with how this past week went. Full training and really I only missed a short 2 miles on my plan. But I still managed to log a total of 31 miles for the week. I’m going into this current week well and am looking forward to a race coming up on Saturday.

How was your week last week? Did you get all your workouts in? Are you planning any races this month?

~ Wow. It has been a total of 9 days since I blogged. Whoa. I have said over and over daily that I need to sit down and blog. Thoughts come to me and I think, “hey, I should blog that now.” Ah, yeah, but you know what happens!? Brain shuts off and I forget. I’m going to start keeping a handwritten journal of sorts with my thoughts/ideas of stuff to get down. I AM going to do better, at least for me. I think blogging will help me in some way maybe to get closer to my goal.

~ I had that crazy calf thing that showed up not too long ago. I also haven’t posted an update on that in a while. It is SO much better and my running has resumed. I’ve been able to get back to speed work and more mileage. This (as you well know) makes me happy!

~ I had a race scheduled for this past Saturday. A 10 miler that I had gotten pretty excited about. We had a goofy ice storm on Friday. Guess what got cancelled? Um, yeah. The race didn’t happen. What did happen though? A workout for all the KE athletes! I think my workout was just as good (great really) as the race would have been had it taken place. Nothing can quite beat a great workout, right!?

~ Have you seen the commercial for the device called a Goga? It’s some crazy piece of equipment you stand on and it shakes you like crazy. From what I gather it is suppose to make the weight, “melt right off.” Sounds too good to be true, huh!? Yeah, I haven’t done a single bit of research on it because the commercial alone is flat out ridiculous and quite frankly I still believe in a decent diet and lots of exercise! But hey, what do I know!? I’m just a girl who has found herself 90 lbs lighter than she was almost 5 years ago.

~ Ok, I think that is about it for this Tuesday. My alarm clock went off at 4:03am this morning and I had a tough workout. Body needs sleep! I hope you all are well. Thank you thank you thank y ou for continuing to support my journey and read/comment here on the blog. If you have topics you’d like me to discuss or write on, please let me know! I promise to be actively blogging again, regularly.

Since I have procrastinated like crazy getting this post up I am just going to share a few high lights from the trip with you in the form of pictures. First let me say that I ran with an amazing team. I know most of these people because we run together regularly. I was excited when they asked me to fill a spot on their Ragnar FL Keys team.

So here are a few of the high lights from the trip.

First there was this…

Then there was this..

I did some of this…

but very little of this…

we planked…

and planked…

 

and planked..

 

and planked some more…

We got medals..

and celebrated…

and relaxed…

went sight seeing..

Watched the sun rise…

and set…

and planked with a past President…

 

and enjoyed putting our toes in the ocean..

Most of all we had a ton of FUN! Stay tuned (this week even) for more.

 

The holidays are over. My vacation/runcation are over. A new year has began (14 days ago to be exact!). It’s time to step things up and get serious about this journey.

I started this weight loss and running thing 5 years ago! 5 years ago I decided enough was enough. I decided to get serious about losing the 100 lbs I had hanging onto my body. I weighed in at 248 lbs (that’s the highest I ever care to remember, I’m sure at one point it was more). I was gross.

5 years in July I wobbled my way across the finish line of a 5k with a friend. It was hard. I was gross. 5 years ago I looked like this…

I’m currently 86 (darn those 4 lbs I gained over the year) pounds lighter. I still have a long long way to go to meet my goal.
2012, while it had a ton of ups and great moments, was tough in the aspect of weight loss for me. I’ve found myself struggling since my marathon (lowest weight that day of 153). Of course I have had people remind me that I spend 4 months on the injured list but honestly it’s no excuse to let a few lbs creep back on but it did happen. I haven’t stressed over it a lot but it definitely has been on my mind and I do NOT like it. My clothes fit fine but I feel slightly squishier than I prefer at this time of year. It’s just been really hard for me to focus on the weight loss since I got my running coach because when I hear him say, “GO eat,” after a run I usually do just that and honestly it isn’t always the best of choices when I do. Oops. That stops now.

I’m happy to report that I am 100% back on track and ready to get the last 18 lbs off my body once and for all. I have a feeling with dedication, determination and little fire under my butt I can make 2013 my year for making the goal mine. It isn’t always going to be easy. Nothing about this journey I have been on has been easy in the 5 years I have been doing it. Nothing worth working for is going to be easy, right!?

I wrote this for me as much as I am writing it for anyone reading it. I’m motivated and want you to be as well. Your goal for the year doesn’t have to be weight loss. Your goal can be fitness, weight loss or just over all health. What I am here to tell you is that all you have to do is find that fire and believe you can. You don’t have to make big changes right away. Start small and move on to the big. One small step at a time will lead you to BIG success down the road. Realize that it won’t be easy but it will be worth it.

YOU ARE WORTH IT!

and if that doesn’t motivate you. Here is a current picture of me at 86 lbs lost following 5 years of running and healthy living.

Anything is possible!

Just a quick post to say hello 2013 to all of you! I hope your new year has started off with a great bang! We celebrated with great friends and are now packing to head out to Florida to run Ragnar Relay Keys. We leave in the morning for the drive down and will be meeting our friends before heading to Miami. Race starts Friday morning and we’ll run from Miami to Key West! Cannot wait for the adventure to begin. I hope this finds you all well! I’ll post more about the holidays and my 2013 goals as well as a 2012 recap post race! Thanks for hanging in there with me friends. The journey wouldn’t be as great without you!