I'm almost speechless! I had no idea what to expect. Once I arrived at the race site. I couldn't believe how many people and different companies where there! 20,000 people registered! Now I'm not sure if those 20,000 actually showed up AND raced but it was jam packed! I don't know if I mentioned this before but this was a corporate race. Meaning a team based race. However there where a lot of individuals out there, so I didn't feel alone! I arrived at the site an hour early before the race just in case I got lost and also to have enough time to get situated! Anyhow before the race even started there where poeple running (Trying to figure out what they are so hyped up about) I'm assuming they where warming up! Now since this really was a team race it was a self timed race so no time chips! However thanks to my trusty Garmin Forerunner, I was able to keep up with my own time!
My firs intentions was just to do the race like I have been doing in my training at home. However when I was at the starting line something came over me. I decided to test myself and see how far I could go without stopping. My inital plan was to stop at 2 miles. I couldn't! For some reason my body wouldn't let me stop, my mind wouldn't let me stop! So you know what I kept going! I kept saying that I wasn't going to push myself to hard cause I might be doing too much too soon, but again I COULDN'T STOP! I don't know what was going on through my head. Please know that I wouldn't have been ashamed to stop, because a lot of people did take walk breaks. However I think seeing all the other runners around me pushed me to keep going!
So I'm proud to say that I ran, hold up I mean I jogged the whole race NON-STOP! The whole 3.1 miles! Isn't that amazing? I think that is awesome for me being a non-runner my entire life up until now. So is it safe to call myself a runner now?
First Mile 10:39 Second Mile 11:26 Third Mile 11:59 The last .1 of mile 1:24 ( I shaved off 2 min and 20 second from my personal record of 1 mile which was 13 min! ) Anyhow average speed 5.3, average pace was 11:24 Time Finished 35:00 min!
One thing that I was not expecting was bridges (hills) there was 2 of them! Elevations of up to 1000 ft! Don't know it your suppose to run up them or not but I did and they kicked my butt, but then I kicked them right back! Overall the race was pretty good we actually started on time! I was well hydrated before the race however I noticed that my mouth and throat kept getting dry. So I did make one water stop, the water washot and horrible ( only complaint) but it did what it was supposed to do! My legs felt like rubber bands after the race is that normal? After the race they provided everyone with bottled water, apples, bananas, oranges, and oatmeal cookies! Those cookies where tempting but I grab the fruits only! (Go Me!)
I had a really good time and would do this race again in a heart beat! However next year I might sign up with a team! Well thats my take on my first 5K I can't wait to do another one!
P.S. I added more pics of the race in my photo albums!
I don't think I looked that bad but I know my legs sure feel that way!
God must have heard my prayers! Because I don't have to go into work tomorrow. Usually thats a bad thing but considering what I just went through! ( explained in previous post)That is a great thing! I was so happy to hear form them and I told them not to bother calling me even if something did come up! That is one of the benefits of working for a staffing agency, you can work when YOU want to, and your not obligated to anything!
Anyhow just wanted to share that! Since I don't have to work tomorrow I will try to blog about my first 5K experience later on ! I'm so blown away!
Never will I do so much in one day and then have to go to work in the morning!
Let me explain!
7am got up and got the kids ready for school!
8am Dropped them off
8:15 went to post office to mail a few more invitations
8:30 went to my school to see an advisor and register for summer school! (Wondering how am I going to fit all of this into my already busy life!)
10 went to party city to purchase decorations for my son's b-day party. (Walked out of there broke!) and still need a few things ( pinata )
11 ( yes I spent a whole hour in the store maybe longer) Anyhow I went to Target to purchase something for me to run in (yes my race was today!) SPent about another whole hour in this store!)
12 pm Went to Sam's club to purchase a few items
12 30 went to WInn-Dixie to pick up whatever else I needed that Sam's didn't carry.
1pm on Made it back home
130 pm on my way back out the door went to inlaws house to take care of a few things
2:45 pm on my way to pick up my support sytem for my race ( my aunt)
3:30 picking up the kids from day care, went to get gas!
4:00 pm dropped them off at grandmothers house
4:30 out the door and on way to race!
I will talk more about the race when I recover maybe on the weekend or on Monday! Just know that I did awesome and had an awesome time!
8:30 pm picked up kids and then dropped Aunt at home!
9:00 chilled over there for a little while cause my cousin was in from out of town!
10pm finally made it home and very tempted to call into work! Got my lunch ready and kids things ready for school and bed. Me too, but I'm still not there! because
1045 Blogging like I have nothing else to do!
ANyhow as you can imagine I am pooped! I'm surprised I'm still standing! I need to get to bed because I need to go to work tomorrow.
I promise I will be back to talk about my first 5K! It was very fun! Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to share my pain I mean my very busy day. Now I'm kicking myself in the but for saying that I will work tomorrow knowing darn well that I wouldn't want to! Oh well I'll live! Take CAre!
sorry for all the mis-spelled words don't feel like correcting them!
I've been a mad busy woman! I have so much on my plate right now! I've been working, paying bills,all the cooking, and cleaning the house, exericsing, taking care of the kids getting them ready for day care, picking them up from day care, and then getting them ready for bed to do it all over again! Besides that I have been planning for my son's b-day party which is the following weekend! I've also been studying and about to start summer school. Thats if I could meet up with an advisor before then.
Anyhow I feel like I'm about to have a break down any minute! Although I'm not single it sure does feel like it when my DH is at work. I really don't like this but I should be used to it by now. I guess before it was easier because I only had one kid. Oh well I just ask God to give me strength and energy to keep going. I need to suck it up because there are woman out there who do this everyday and then some!
I really need to sit back and just exhale!
Anyhow I almost decided not to exercise due to the fact that I have been so busy. I didn't wake up at 5 am like I had planned which put my exercise on hold. Thankfully I had leftovers from yesterday and didn't have to cook dinner tonight! I'm glad I got that workout in because as usual I felt great afterwards! I did Turbo Jam 20 min workout and Turbo Jam Turbo Sculpt.40 min. I felt it was necesary to do some weight trainingg exercises this week because last week I only did cardio! Anyhow it's late as usual I need to get to bed so I can be refreshed for my day!
Until next time much love!
P.S. I'll try to catch up on blogs as soon as I get a chance!
I feel so bloated right now I feel like I can float away!
I think its time to buy a new battery or a new scale. Tell me what you think as I tell you my experience with the scale this morning and every other weigh in I encounter.
Okay so this morning when I stepped on the scale is said 200.5 then dropped down to 199.5. I was like there is no way that I gained 5 pounds in 1 week! So since I don't have a reset button (or don't know where its located) I took the battery out and reinserted it and step on the scale again. At that point it read 193.5, I was shocked! Could it be I have managed to lose 2 pounds even when TOM is here? No because I step on the scale and then it went to 194.5. At that point I was like what the heck is wrong with this scale? So I said I'l try one more time and guess what the number changed again resting on 195.5! At this point I was like whatever. I'll just go with this number. I'd rather be wrong at a higher number than be wrong at a lower number. So I guess my weight stayed the same this week which actually isn't so bad considering TOM stank behind is here! Being that everytime I step on the scale I get a different number, and then finally the last 5 times the number stays the same do you think I should get a new scale? I think I'll try a new battery first and see what happens next week before I spend that kind of money on a decent scale, again.
Anyhow I got my run on this morning and all I can say is whoa!
My first intention was to run at a local park and not the other park I usually run at because it is too far to go, just to go running. The only reason I used to go to that park because it was near my WW"s meeting. Anyhow after I dropped the kids off I realized I left my HRM at home so I just decided to run around the neighborhood, hoping that anyone wouldn't point, stare or laugh at me! I don't think I got any of that. So I think I finally got over my fear of running in my own neighborhood. Anyhow the sun basically kicked my butt today and left me with a tan! I ran/walked for 40 min (ran 4 min/ walked 1min). Including a 5 min warm up and 5 min cool down total of 50 min! I covered 3.56 miles. I'm pretty nervous for the rest of the week and the remainder of the training program I start running for 5 min at a time then walking for 1 min. I sure hope I'm able to manage. I think I can I think I can!
Okay I'm off to kick my heels up and find some ice and Alieve cause my legs are on fire and one of my joints hurt!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and I hope that you all have a great week!
First I want to thank all of my EP friends for wishing me happy b-day!
To be honest my birthday was nothing what I thought it would be. My DH had to work so that made me down already. Plus I didn't have a sitter for the kids. So what did I do? I cleaned my house! I honestly didn't feel like doing nothing! Some would have taken this opportunity to splurge on this day but I stayed on plan with my eating. However I almost didn't exercise yesterday just because I didn't want to. But around 8pm I talked my self into it and did my running thing! I ran for 4 min/ walked 1 min for a total of 40 min! And I'm so glad I did inspite of how I was feeling.
Oh well I guess I shouldn't complain. I lived to see another year. I look at it as every year that I get older I get smarter! Anyhow when DH comes back we plan to celebrate then. The only thing is I'm worried because he is so not the creative type and never knows what to do. I'm always the spontaneous one and the romantic one. Even when I tell him what I would like and he still doesn't pick up on my clues. Like when I wnated to go to the JAy Z concert. I told him several times beofe the tickets where on sale, do you think he bought any? No! okay I'm getting mad just thinking about it. I'm a big fan of Jay Z and that is my 2nd opportunity that I missed to see him so you can imaginge how pissed I am. I have learned that I just have to take charge. But Sometimes I like for my man to be in charge you know? Isn't that how it should be? Oh well I married him so I can't complain.
Okay enough of my soap box I had to vent. Now for the reason of my title of this post.
TOM has entered the building! 4 days EARLY!! Why now? Why a day before my weigh in? You can imagine how nervous and pissed I am! Oh well I guess I'll take the good with the bad! So basically I'm not looking forward to stepping on the scale tomorrow! Maybe I'll be surpirsed!
As for the diet that I recently experiemeented with which was to omit rice, bread, pasta and potatoes. I don't think it affected my weight at all! (It seems like I went through all that for nothing, lol) I did another sneak peek on the scale today and there was NO big difference at all! Am I being impatient? Should I try another week? I don't know. So it seems as long as I'm staying within my calories it doesn't matter what I eat. So I'm back to eating those type foods however I will just set limits and not over do it! Well wish me luck for my weigh in tomorrow. I need all the skinny vibes I can get!
Does anyone know if that is possible? If you do please let me know! LOL
Just kidding!
Okay so I have come to the realization that I won't be 185 by my birthday. ( Saturday) Which really sucks, because I think I should have been this weight a while ago. I was planning on partying like a rock star in a nice sexy outfit! Anyhow I'm over it! At least I'm not too far off!
I had set a goal to have at least lost 25 pounds( halfway goal) which is now 27.5 (due to a gain) by my birthday way back in December. I'm okay about it because during this journey I have had so many ups and downs. More ups than downs. But I didn't let that discourage me. I kept hanging in there. I was trying new things(diets) but at least I didn't give up! And I'm glad that I didn't because I think I finally found something that works!
Which is basically cutiing back on calories, exercising more, and WRITING EVERYTHING I eat. I have been keeping up with what I eat at Calorie King (Awesome site by the way). It has really helped me to see what I have been putting in my body rather it be healthy or not, and lets me know what I need to work on. I think counting calories is an awesome and easy way to lose weight! Ever since I have been counting calories and journaling what my intake is, I have been consistent with my weight loss every week! ( knocking on wood) It might not be significant amount of weight loss but it's enough for me and plus all those points here and there add up. This time really feels different I feel like I have met my match. As long as I stay focused, determined and consistent. I will be well on my way at losing these extra pounds!
If I was at 185 and had a party I think I would want to wear something similar to this!
Okay I might be pushing it but a girl can dream, right? I think this dress is banging and so are the shoes!
Well it's late and as usual I'm still up! Gotta Go,
Ok so another one of my goals was to run ,my first 5K before the end of this month! However due to procrastination and fear. I waited to the lsat minute to find a race. Well I found one only to find out that it's been cancelled. I was pissed when I found out. I finally had build enough courage to call and sign up for the race only to find out the number is not working!
I just new I was going to meet my goal it was suppose to be a birthday present to myself! (My birthday is Saturday by the way. I can't believe I'm getting old) Now is the time where I will tell people that I'm 21 for the rest of my life! Lol
Anyhow so now what do I do? do I give up? keep procrastinating, no. I find another race and I register pronto! Thats exactly what I did! I have officialy signed up for the Miami Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run (5K). You can find out more info about the race here > mercedesbenzcorporaterun.com/index.php
Anyhow I'm pretty excited about the race and the course.The race will be held in the evening. Majority of the race is going to be in downtown Miami so this should be interesting. Now that I have gotten the hard part out of the way. Now all I have to do is show up! Lol I also need to figure out what to wear? I know it's not that serious but I'm crazy like that. I want to look cute for my first race. Lol
Anyhow I already have another race (Twlight 5K) in mind it is in early June and it's also another evening race. Which I think is good because it is always hot down here!
Although I didn't get to run my first 5K before the end of April kind of turn out in a good deal because before I wouldn't have had any support. For this upcoming race I will have my aunt and possibly more people cheering me on!
Well I gotta go get my run on. Ididn't want to wake up again this morning, so I had to wait until I got off work! Better late than never right?
Until next time much love!
Edited @ 9pm to add:
I finally got my run/walk in. It was tough as usual but I got through! As of now I'm in my week 8 of training. (THe program is 10 weeks long and on that last day your suppose to run a 5K) Anyhow right now my intervals consist of running 4 min and walking 1 for a total of 7-8 sets depending on what day it is. Next week I'm up to running 5 min and walking 1 min from 7- 8 sets. I must say I'm a little nervous about that one! I think I can hang, I hope I can hang. Anyhow usually after the training ends your suppose to run a race but my training will still be going on. I plan to continue on with it and see what I feel like doing after the program is finished. I still don't think I'm ready to run non stop( although I wish I was) we shall see, we shall see, Okay gotta go tuck the kids in bed and then tuck myself. I had a long day and I deserve this special treat of going to bed early. Take Care,
From me posting so early you can tell that I didn't go to work, again. I'm starting to think that signing up for a staffing agency was a mistake. I thought the hospitals would always be in need. Well due to certain circumstances I can only work morning shifts and as of now I'm only cleared to work in one hospital. I'm waiting for my finger prints to come back so I can be cleared to work at the others(They really need to get a move on that!) Anyhow I only signed up because they pay better and we could use the extra money to start saving, but oh well all I can do is wait!
Now today is usually my weight training day but I just didn't feel like doing that and plus I didn't want to wake up ealry the sleep was too good. I think I'm getting bored with my workouts. So I decided to go bike riding instead. Which I think is good because it will confuse my body from what its used to. When I do go riding I usually ride on the trails at this nice park with my DH but today I decided to ride around the neightborhood!
My usuall exercise time is 60 min so I rode 64 mins! I biked 9.5 miles! Burning a total of 650 cals! (my Polar HR monitor says I burned more but I rather claim I burned less than to be over on my cals). Anyhow that was a great workout! I had fun while working out which doesn't happen often! The weather was nice the sun was and it was a nice cool breeze. I really want to incorporate this into my workouts at least once a week or once every two weeks! As you can imagine my legs are sore! I'm still comtiplating about doing my Turbo Sculpt DVD. So I can get in a upper body workout (I think I need one). I don't know I guess it depends on how I feel later on today! I also got in my cruches and pushups! But as of now I'm done with my workout for today! Well I'm off to catch up on other blogs so take care.
I lost another 1.5 pounds! So I'm down to 195.5. (GO V, GO, V ) Sorry I got carried away cheering myself on!
As I slowly stepped on the scale this morning the final numbers came in at 195.5! I couldn't believe my eyes. (Is this true? Is this thing working right?) I guess I was expecting bad news. So you know I got on the scale 25 more times to confirm that was indeed the correct number!
I also decided to start measuring my body fat as of way of measuring my loss. I recently purchased a fat loss monitor by Omron. It's really neat. So as of now my body fat is 35.8% .( According to some charts I before I started my weight loss journey I ws at 42%) Don't know how accurate those are so thats why I got an actual monitor! It's a good way to tell if you did have a gain on the scale you can tell if it was fat or muscle! My goal is to get below 25% and maybe even 20%. I shall see.
Today I didn't get called in for work! So I was looking forward to running. I had to stop by my school to take care of a few more things before I get started. I noticed that the school had a trail but it was very small. I could see the whole path in one view. So I knew I would have to repeat it several times. Wasn't looking forward to that and plus I didn't feel comfortable running around a bunch of students! Lol Maybe next time.
So I went to my favorite park. The sun was out and it was kicking my a$$! However I managed to get through. The workout went by pretty quickly. It was harder to run. But it was easier to complete due to the scenery. It made the time go by so much quicker. I managed to get in 2.5 miles in 36 min( not including the warm-up or cool down). I ran 4 min and walked 2 min to recover for a set of 6 intervals and a 5 min warmup and 5 min cool down (Total 46 min!). It was an okay run. I could have done better. But it has been a couple of weeks since I last ran outside!
As for my eating I actually stopped eating all those high carb foods yesterday I wanted to see I could handle it and I think I can. I have also realized that it is almost imposible for me to plan a whole week in advance. So my goal is to plan 2 to 3 days in advance. I have already planned up until half of Wed. Well its way past time for my snack just wanted to blog first. I hope everyone has a great week.
okay I'm getting mad just thinking about it. I'm a big fan of Jay Z and that is my 2nd opportunity that I missed to see him so you can imaginge how pissed I am. I have learned that I just have to take charge. But Sometimes I like for my man to be in charge you know? Isn't that how it should be? Oh well I married him so I can't complain.
( Saturday) Which really sucks, because I think I should have been this weight a while ago. I was planning on partying like a rock star in a nice sexy outfit! Anyhow I'm over it! At least I'm not too far off!
and walking 1 min from 7- 8 sets. I must say I'm a little nervous about that one! I think I can hang, I hope I can hang. Anyhow usually after the training ends your suppose to run a race but my training will still be going on. I plan to continue on with it and see what I feel like doing after the program is finished. I still don't think I'm ready to run non stop( although I wish I was) we shall see, we shall see, Okay gotta go tuck the kids in bed and then tuck myself. I had a long day and I deserve this special treat of going to bed early. Take Care,
(Is this true? Is this thing working right?) I guess I was expecting bad news. So you know I got on the scale 25 more times to confirm that was indeed the correct number!