Shame on me... :(

Well... after 18000 runner took Barcelona, me among them, I didn't go for a run again until yesterday... 9 days, that's how long it took... not good... also, an extremely high anxiety week -sigh.

I think a couple of things could have caused my lack of motivation and my extreme tiredness. On the one side, maybe I'm doing too many races... I only started running last September and have been doing 10ks like there's no tomorrow... I was tired, then again, I see it only as normal... then... the "news" at work, those being that I was taken on the job with a condition and that is that I have a teaching degree in 3 years... but that wasn't like that at all. In any case they ask for the degree in 2 years. It's a 4 year degree so... they've also said not to worry as long as I get going but... I think that made it all "tumble"... I have been pigging like crazy and not moving so the result is obvious :(

Anyway... got out yesterday... and... what a great feeling! I loved it and I didn't even feel tired... it was lovely, perfect temperature, noone about... it felt great! I wasn't fast but finished with a HR of 150 so I was happy with that. My next 10K is in only 3 days... I don't know what will happen but I'm going... running by the sea can't be missed! :)

Something that's bothering me is that while at work today (nothing while training or after yesterday) I felt this "pain" on my leg, between the ankle and the leg on the front/outside of the leg. It bothers when I lift my toes. I decided to take today off (also, only had 5 hours sleep last night so...) hoping it'll go away. I'll see how I feel in the am, but can't wait for my next run. Plan is to run tomorrow and Friday. Rest Saturday to be ready for my 10K on Sunday!

Then, a 9.1k is on Sunday next week, with kiddie's race, most kids at my children's school will be running. Should be lots of fun! Rest the other weekend and a 13K on the 23rd with most of the runners my PT trains... should be nice meeting them! Then an 11K on May 30th and a 10K on June 6th... a 9K on June 13th... mabye a bit too much... I don't know but I so want to run a half and a full... I know, I know... I need time but... I have to study and I will but... I AIN'T GIVING UP RUNNING!!!! Also need to lose 20+lbs... can I do it???? Gotta love that question, LOL!

Time to "grow up" for me... I need to be in control, I need (I really do, more than anything else) to control my eating. I can do it. It only depends on me... I'm a winner, not a loser... I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!!!!

18.000 runners take Barcelona

I think that sums it all! What a GREAT race! Awesome, amazing, superb, perfect, positive, unbelievable, gorgeous, huge, massive... loved it! It wasn't my best day for running... I felt heavy and clumsy but the atmosphere was amazing! The best organization ever... so many runners... no problems... simply perfect! I did the 10K in 1:04:27... not bad for me! My bib number was 13821 and that's the position (is that a coincidence or what?) I finished in!

A wonderful race... doing it again for sure next year! When I crossed the start line, the clock had way gone 8 minutes! Imagine how BIG it was... a great experience... never run alone and wasn't in the last page of the race results, LOL!

Onto the next one!

Off to Barcelona!!!!!

Cursa dels Bombers tomorrow in Barcelona, so hoping to leave in an hour at the most (that will be 12pm) to be there for lunch! Going to the runner's fair in the afternoon to get our shirts and bibs! A family weekend due to my running... can't get much better!!!!

1:04:19

Well... that's what my stop watch says! That's how long it took me to run my 10K today... a new PR by 2 full minutes!!!! Amazing... weather was good, but too good... I was sweating at K1 already... sunny and hot... don't know what I'll be doing in Summer!

The race was great, the atmosphere was wonderful, so many known people! The organization was OUTSTANDING... loved it! The volunteers, the way traffic was held... I give them full marks! The only thing was that the water station was at around K 6.5 and that was a bit "late" for me, other than that it was perfect!

So, another 10K under the belt, next one is next Sunday in Barcelona... a race I've wanted to do for over 4 years and it finally seems to be happening!!! I'm a bit "worried" about the time... I can't keep getting better and better but I will try my best... it's like people are expecting me to get faster each race... at the pace I run now it's sort of "easy" (although there's nothing easy in running...) since I'm so slow but it will get to a point when that won't be like that. Still, what's important to me is that I had fun, I did "suffer" a bit since I pushed but loved it... so worth it!

Had hubby and my 2 boys at K9... what a boost that gave me! It was great seing them. The effort hubby made to get both kids (and himself, LOL) up and dressed deserves a medal!

Paula run the kid's race, 1.2K in 7:08... I'm so proud! She loved it and can't wait for her next race, a 500m on May 9th!

Life is good!

So nervous...

Racing in the am... oh my... haven't trained all week due to nagging on my knee. Doc says it's nothing but I'm nervous... also PT is expecting me to do a PB again... so much pressure, LOL! Also, the race is here at home. Oh well... I'll do my best, as usual!

Why? Why? Why?

Ok, so last run/trot/walk was on Monday with Paula along the bike path. No workout since then. Yesterday was first day back at work, got home and had to take Jan to the docs. He had a temperature. Got home with both kids, Pol screaming to the top of his lungs, fair enough his dinner and bedtime were gone. Needless to say, I was pooped so I didn't get out there. Tonight I had to take Jan back to the ER, got home at 10pm... no comment.

But my why, why, why is about me and my weight... Why is it that everytime someone says to me something like "oh, my! What have you done to lose so much weight?" or "you look great" or "you've lost soooooooooo much, how did you do it?" or "you'll have to tell me how you've done that", etc, why do I start binging like crazy????? It's been soooooooooooo hard to lose the weight (I'm not done yet) and everytime (it's not the first time I lose weight, unfortunately) someone realizes and lets me know I just start eating like there's no tomorrow. What the heck is wrong with me??? Ugh... I hate myself!

3 nice runs in a row!

So, I've been running on the bike path for 3 days in a row now, all 3 days getting to the nearby town of Quart on it and loving it. Yesterday and Wednesday were slower runs and I felt a bit "upset" but thanks to my DM friends I learnt I had to look at the full picture other than just the pace and the truth is that the runs felt great!

Plan called for 50 minutes yesterday, and 20 today + 5x5minutes progressing. The bike path was packed today! I was on my own yesterday and we almost needed traffic lights today, LOL! Between my warmup and cooldown walks and trots and the walking reps from the repeats I did another 5.5K to add to the 3.8k of the repeats and the 3k for the 20 minutes... quite a workout! Also did 13K yesterday altogether. Having a quiet day tomorrow!

Happy Easter!