BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON HALF MARATHON 1:56 wahoooooooo!

My SUB 2 Hour Half Marathon

Click on view details to see all of my splits from mile 4 on and the details of the run. So fun but a HUGE challenge doing so much downhill with flat and uphill mixed in.

2 days 18 hours and 29 min

till Race time!  I just read over the complete Runners Guide for my Half Marathon on Saturday and I feel physically ill.  Sick to my stomach!!!  With a bad cough and the worry and time visiting my grandparents I didn’t get in a good long training run.  My longest run was 8 1/2 miles almost a month ago.  I have been clocking 24 miles each week for the past month so I shouldn’t be worried but I am NERVOUS about this race.  I think what worries me most is that I will be emotionally drained the day before the race with it being my Papaw’s Funeral and visiting family all day.  I ran my last half marathon completely on empty and wanted this one to be different.  I guess not.  I will go do my best and run my heart out.  I am not searching for a PR this time but just to simply celebrate my healthy strong body and the fact that I can run 13.1 miles without stopping and do it like a real runner.  It is still hard to think of myself as a runner but who else but a real runner runs 20 plus miles a week.  HMMMM, no one!!!

This is where I am running ! 

GORGEOUS!!!

One More Week of The 35 Day Program

Well, I haven’t followed the program very well.  I am running a lot more but the eating 1500 or less calories hasn’t been happening.  I have however lost 10 pounds but I should have lost more if I was really doing what I should have.  I still have an overwhelming draw to food.  It is my comfort for all negative type emotions.  I eat when I am not hungry just because it is there.  I wish I could just STOP IT and go back to eating just to nourish my body but for right now this is my struggle, my trial.  I will take it over so many other trials out there but I want to be rid of it!  One day at a time is the answer but I feel like I take 2 steps back for every step forward that I take.  Life has been throwing several curve balls lately that has created ripples through my daily schedule and plans.  For some reason food is my answer with dealing with it.  I will do better.  I won’t reach my 195 lb goal but my hope when Friday hits is that I am still down at 202 or less.

I thought I’d repost a few of my favorite motivational quotes today.

Real Life

I have been LOVING running!  Today we ran faster than we have in since last Fall.  We knocked 30 seconds off our normal average. Yeah US!  Although running is going great and the scale is cooperating there is more to my life than running and counting calories. 

My Papaw (grandfather) is dying any day now.  Next to my husband he is the Patriarch of the family.  When he passes on my husband is it.  I love him so much.  It is so hard seeing him suffer but today he is receiving morphine to keep him comfortable until he passes from this mortal existence into the next.

 

Today is my wonderful husband Dan’s Birthday.  I brought cake to work for him then took him to lunch at Tocanos.  I did really well making good choices at the Salad Bar and stopped eating when I was full.  This is us outside of the restaurant.  I am so blessed to have this incredible man love me and our children.  He is so kind and patient and a wonderful provider and protector. 

Then there are my 5 amazing children that are busy with lots of wonderful activities that keep me running.  I love every minute of it but sometimes with 5 kids and only one of me I get stretched pretty thin. 

35 Day Challenge Update

Today is Day 20.  I figure I should update you on how the challenge is going.  Well it’s going great.  I am not sticking to a food list or counting calories like I should but I am seeing results.  Running 6 days a week has made a difference.  I am right on schedule to be at 195 by the end of the 35 days. YAHOOOOO!  Here are a couple pictures from today so I can see my progress. So far 9 pound (4 pounds of water weight possibly) loss in 20 days. Just 7 pounds more to go!!!

Today I Loved Running

This morning I could have easily slept in, it is a holiday, but instead I actually got up extra early at 5:45am and quickly walked the neighborhood before meeting up with my running partner. I think we ran about 4 miles but I got 5 miles total for the morning.  The run was easy and effortless.  I had a lot on my mind to talk about so that made it go by quickly.  It was so nice for the run to feel so good!