I did it! I mean WE did it!

Today I ran my first 5K. My little sister ran by my side and the hubs who has been rehabbing his knees ran with us for the first part and then ran the 10K on his own (alpha male show off).

The race went through the beautiful town of Wheaton. The weather was hot & humid and by the end of the race I was nothing but itchy and sticky but ... we did it.

My goal is to continue running and to make it to the Indy Mini. I have no desire to run an entire Marathon but I think the goal of getting there could help me make the healthy lifestyle changes that will help to make me live longer, stronger and healthier. It may also help to keep the hubs motivated.  

334 days till next year's Mini.

Weekend Festivites

Wow this weekend is going to be a doozy!

• Tonight we'll be going back to look at a house we liked with our pseudo inspector, grandpa.
• Tomorrow morning we have the race for the animals - a 5k for the sis and I and the 10K for the hubs.
• Tomorrow night a Bachlorette party with friends I haven't seen in awhile.
• Sunday a bridal shower for one of my DG babies and close friends
• Sunday night working the Blackhawks vs Flyers at the United Center

Can you say insane? At least it won't take me very long to do my hair, infact it used to take me 45 minutes to blow dry my hair, I'm now down to 15 minutes! Yay hair cut.

Today a Lazy Friday, Tomorrow a 5K

Looks like I better rest up today because the 5K for the animals is already tomorrow! Where did the time go? I can tell you that it certainly didn't go to the 13 weeks of training that I talked about here. However, for the past 2.5 weeks I have been forcing myself to run outside every other day. I think there were 2 days that I was forced to hit the gym due to weather. Overall, I am at the point that I just have to do it - Nike running style. Meanwhile the hubs has had some knee problems and just started running this week and he's planning on knocking out the 10K with no training. I think I married an alpha male. 

Anyone have any running tips?

Remember that 5K?

Weeks ago I talked about running my first 5K. I started the training and it was going well until about the 3rd week. Work got busy, the weather got worse and running seemed impossible. In the past 2 weeks I have managed to get outside for a light run at least 2 times a week but that isn't the 3 times a week that I really need. So now I am faced with this awesome 5K run coming up on June 5 and I am terrified. I googled some 3 week running programs and didn't come up with too much. Looks like this may be the best I can do:

Week 1: Mon: 5km easy run, Wed: 5km faster run, Sat: long easy run for an hour, take it very easy.

Week 2: Mon: 5km easy run, Wed: 5km faster run, Sat: long easy run for an hour, take it very easy.

Week 3 : Mon: 5km fast run, Wed: 5km easy run, Sat: Race

Since my 3 week milestone doesn't actually start until next Monday I am hoping to get 2 more "easy" runs in this week and then I'll really push myself next week. Any one have any advise or tricks to share with me? I would normally ask the hubs to run and push me but his nurse sister just diagnosed him with Patellar Tendonitis so that puts him on the sofa icing his knee rather than running. I wonder if my little track star sister is going to want to do any training with me?

Who Said Runing was Fun?

Remember when I talked about all my running ambitions here? Well it's been 3 weeks and I am struggling. I was doing awesome the first 2 weeks but then March Madness happened and a crazy work schedule which basically means - eating poorly, sleeping little, and running less. Oh and did I mention that I hate running? Combine all of the above and I am not doing so good.

However, I have paid my dues for the Cosley Run for the Animals and I am determined to make this 5K my first race ever. SO now that I have paid I need to make this thing happen.


PS I signed my little sister up to run the 5k with me and I signed the hubs up for the 10K, cheers to a better running filled week.

Run & Help?!

As the weather warms up, our mailbox starts to fill up with letters and emails about helping various nonprofit organizations. For a young couple who doesn't have a lot of money to spare, there is a great way to help raise money while maintaining health and wellness.

I have told myself for a long time that I wanted to get into shape and run in a race, any sort of race. I have watched my husband sign up the week of his first 5K and he dominated the race. He was encouraged by my little sister who was running a race for Jack (you can read more by clicking here).



He makes it look so easy, and how pretty do all the leaves look?

Months later my hubs decided to run a 10k on a spure of a moment with one of my besties and his best man. The cause? To save the animals! My hubs ran with my bestie while his best man ran with his wife. They all did so great and watching them through out the race is nothing but inspiring. Watching friends and family run has really encouraged me.



So, as the weather warms up and charities start sending more race info I've decided that I better get to training. I found this 15 week course by Jeff Galloway and I think I am going to give it a shot. I have made one minor adjustment, on Wednesdays I will be doing yoga instead of walking or crosstraining. After the first few weeks I am bump it up to yoga and walking or cross training but I figured something is better than nothing for now. So here's my plan:



After my first training workout tomorrow, I will offically be signing up for my first race in June, this one for the local animals! Wish me luck. Oh and if you have any tips, please share with me!