3km and on vacation

Today the girls woke up at 6am UGH, so I got up.  Seriously 3 time zones doesn’t seem like much but my body is wrecked.  Yesterday I was joking with friends about running and one said that she ran like Pheobe from the TV show Friends and I said that so do I occasionally.  Today was one of those days.  At least that’s how I felt.

But I finally decided to go after about 3 hours, a couple cups of tea and a protein shake.  So I put on my shoes and away I went. I think around 2 miles, at least it was 12 mins out and 12 back,

View from the path:

Rob said to go out and turn left.  I did and the path immediately stopped.  I thought Rob wouldn’t send me out to run on the road so I kept going and found the path a little farther up.

Welcome to Oakland, the land of hills.  It’s even worse than at home.  It’s crazy.  At least I had a down hill to start, of course that meant an uphill home.

Not much to see but the hills around Catherine’s new digs are beautiful.  It was also great to run when I wasn’t sweating before I started running.  It was a loverly 70 degrees.

The Music:

Got my run mix back!

• Sing – My Chemical Romance
• Ours – The Bravery
• Somebody to Love – Glee
• Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
• Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters – Elton John
• 18 Wheeler – Pink
• Paparazzi – Lady GaGa
• Only Girl - Rihanna

July 12, 2011 - Feeling Hot Hot Hot

Well today we leave on vacation and yes I got up and went for a run. Holy cow it’s muggy out. 

Now the great about running is that no matter how many time you run the same run it’s never the same run.  Especially when it’s 85 out at 7am.  It’s suppose to get to 101 today.  Good thing we are heading to California to cool off!

View from the path:

Well today we mostly thinking about all the things that need to get done, mostly what to pack for the girls b/c god forbid I forget something precious!

The Music:

• Loser Like Me
• Faithfully
• She’s Not There
• Total Eclipse of the Heart
• Somewhere Only We Know
• Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
• Somebody to Love

My plan is to continue to run in Oakland, we’ll see if it happens won’t we!

July 11th, 3km!

One more day until vacation and my plan is to run today and tomorrow before I get on the plane.

So for today…check!

View from the path:

Not so much of a view but more of a pondering.  Today I was thinking of my friend Kim from Recipes To Run On and her latest blog.  She reveals her current pause in exercise due to an unknown injury and her taking stalk in the other things!  It made me a little introspective about my past challenges with running and that being able to run at present without pain is a blessing and shouldn’t be taken for granted.  I mean we all try to be good to ourselves with diet and exercise but as we get older (ugh) it gets a little harder.  It’s not as easy as it use to be.

So today I think of Kim and wish her well and am thankful for everything in my life, especially these faces:

The Music:

• Proud Mary
• Breakthrough – Lemonade Mouth
• Keep Holding On
• Hey, Soul Sister
• Hello, Goodbye
• And the Crowd Goes – Lemonade Mouth
• I Want to Hold Your Hand

5km baby!!! yes with the hill :)

First off I’d like to define humidity.  According to Wikipedia it is a term for the amount of water vapor in the air, according to me it’s the most difficult weather to run in.  I’d rather run in the rain and that’s saying a lot since I’m so the fair weather fan! 

As I was lying in bed this morning the guy on the radio said it was 76 out.  I thought I gotta go because that’s beautiful for running.  As I got outside it wasn’t bad but as I proceeded on my run it got soupy fast.  Now although I hate running in humidity I had it in my brain I was going to run 5km and that’s what I was going to do.  I started therefore I finish.

To be honest, although I was dripping as I ran, it wasn’t a bad run at all.  I came prepared this morning and ran with water.  I took my first water break just before the first up hill and then after the second hill.  It really was like running through thick wet air.

5km accomplished in about 33 minutes and I’ll take it!

I then came home and took Dartagnan for a walk.  He was so happy!

View from the path:

It’s amazing to me that no one around here runs in the early morning.  I would think that the best time.  I only see runners mid-day.  Crazy people.

The Music:
I didn’t put my run mix on yet but that’s ok because I’ve been rewatching season two of Glee this week.  There’s nothing on tv these days.  So I kept what was on the iPod and put it on shuffle.  The songs were for me today and by that I mean they were good singable tunes!

• She’s Not There
• Dream On
• Only The Good Die Young
• Hey, Soul Sister (this was great for the hill)
• Stronger (that’s how I felt at the top of the hill)
• Bad Romance
• No Air
• One

the walk:

• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Forget You
• More, Than a Band (Lemonade Mouth)
• Lean On Me
• Halo/Walking on Sunshine

Body Step today…it’s been a while

Well today I went back to the gym and did a Body Step class.  On a plus I didn’t fall off the step.  It’s been two weeks since I did this class and wow I felt it.  Even with the running, it’s a different type of workout.

But I made it through!  I was purple, but I did it.

View from the Step:

Well this class is a fun class.  Normally Shannon teaches but she’s on holidays this week.  We had another great teacher for whose name I can’t remember.  But I got there right at 9:30am and the right side of the gym was full and where my step was, I was alone.  Let me explain because it wasn’t my fault.  We had two ladies join the class a month or two ago that were off beat and when you are behind them it’s hard to stay on beat.  So with every new class the participants migrated to the other side.  Now they don’t come to class and still everyone is on the other side.

The music was all about the diva’s today.  There was no speed step track today. We did two party tracks.

Happy July 4th! 3km run this morning

With all the baking recently I had to force myself out of bed this morning and go for a run. I dragged Rob’s sorry ass out of bed too!  He really didn’t want to go but then neither did I.  But we went.

We ran the 3km loop and although it was really hot, it didn’t seem as hard.  I remembered to bring water and promptly at the 10 minute out mark I told Rob I had to stop and needed water.  That was without being told it was 10 minutes.  Lots and lots of training.

So the run wasn’t bad and there was a nice breeze.  However, when we started on the final stretch home the breeze was directly in our faces.  Why is that????? no matter where I run in the world, why does the wind always have to blow into my face on the home stretch :)

View from the Path:

Just me and Rob!

No music today.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Not quite 5km…went well until it went bad :(

Rob is training for a marathon so have been in his routine for a couple months now.  Today he was running 5km and asked me if I wanted to go.  I said no, but went anyway.  I mean it’s my third run and may have been a little overly optimistic.  But we got up and went, good little runners!

I do love running with Rob, it’s a lot of fun.  Usually.  The last time we ran was in October when the tables were turned. I was the one in running shape and he was just getting back into it.  The difference is Rob likes to tell me “when I started…” or just “when I…” which is meant to be supportive but doesn’t quite feel like that when you feel like you’re going to fall down.  I actually got mad at him this morning because I needed water and started to get cold.  I knew I had to stop and then he told me it was just mental.  I lost it!  Probably over reacted but …

View from the path:

So this 5km has the most evil hill on the planet. On the plus side, I ran it completely but then had to stop.

It’s Canada day and the Canadian Geese were out.  They were out yesterday too.  At least today they didn’t try to run me out into traffic.  They were being patriotic!  LOL

No music today, it’s just rude to run with it when running with someone else, however today I could have used it!

Just in case you’d like to see my Dartagnan!  He again was not pleased with being left behind but alas, it’s for his health.  Miss my running partner!