Sunday, August 28, 2011
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If I could keep a good consistent pace I would be ok. As I was running I could hear someone right behind me. Started thinking again "What if she passes, I'm going to let my whole team down" I started to shut down at that point. The team we were racing to be 3rd passed me and at that point I felt defeated. My team drove by and could see I was burning out. One of them jumped out of the car and started running with me. Leslie kept yelling at me to push forward. Its not that I couldn't it was because I had already given up mentally. I pushed forward not happily but I did. I finally made it to transition and I felt horrible. "We weren't going to place because of me." At the last leg one of our stronger runners was going to have to make my time up. As we went towards the finish line we could see her running through the neighborhood and she did it. She passed the team we had been competing with for 3rd. She came through the finish line a little over 4 hours. We were so excited to place. One of our team mates went to the timing desk to get our time and it said that we placed 1st in woman's division. We were all so shocked. The whole time we thought we were competing for 3rd. Love my team!!!
What I ultimately learned from this experience is personal affirmations are powerful. The positive ones and the negative ones. I let my thoughts control my run and ended up having one of the worse runs ever. I don't just think that the personal affirmations in running are important but in our daily lives as we tackle those everyday problems. Think positive even in negative situations and they will turn out positive. It always goes back to that saying "If you say you can't your right"
What I ultimately learned from this experience is personal affirmations are powerful. The positive ones and the negative ones. I let my thoughts control my run and ended up having one of the worse runs ever. I don't just think that the personal affirmations in running are important but in our daily lives as we tackle those everyday problems. Think positive even in negative situations and they will turn out positive. It always goes back to that saying "If you say you can't your right"
Cedar Express 31 Miles Relay
I have to label this experience as TOTALLY MENTAL
This was the first relay that I have ever participated in. In my head I thought it would be way easier than running a 1/2 marathon because I was only expected to run two 3 mile legs. We decided as a team that it would be extra sweet if we could place 1st 2nd or 3rd. Out of the 10 legs I was to run leg 3 and 7. As it came my time to run my first leg (which I thought would be pretty easy because half was running down the canyon and the other half was a gradual up hill.) I notices 4 other girls leave the transition spot before I did so I knew we were behind. I started down the canyon with my first girl insight and the thoughts started creeping in my mind "What if I can't pass her" "My team is depending on me" I'm not strong enough" "I'm letting my whole team down" I notices that with my thoughts brought panic and I started to hyperventilate I needed to regain my focus. I started to say positive affirmations and continued forward. I ended up passing the girl in front of me as we started climbing the 1 mile hill. The farther we got up the hill and the more tired I got those negative thoughts came creeping in again. I started to lose focus and had to regain it because I knew if I could just make it to transition we would be ok. As the race went on we passed this team we thought we were racing for 3rd place and they would pass us. It was really close. As my 2nd leg came up I noticed we were still in front of this team but not by much. I caught the tag and took off running. I knew this was going to be a hard leg it was all up hill and the sun was hot at this point. Go to home button and read the rest. continue.. still new to blogging haven't completely figured it all out yet!
This was the first relay that I have ever participated in. In my head I thought it would be way easier than running a 1/2 marathon because I was only expected to run two 3 mile legs. We decided as a team that it would be extra sweet if we could place 1st 2nd or 3rd. Out of the 10 legs I was to run leg 3 and 7. As it came my time to run my first leg (which I thought would be pretty easy because half was running down the canyon and the other half was a gradual up hill.) I notices 4 other girls leave the transition spot before I did so I knew we were behind. I started down the canyon with my first girl insight and the thoughts started creeping in my mind "What if I can't pass her" "My team is depending on me" I'm not strong enough" "I'm letting my whole team down" I notices that with my thoughts brought panic and I started to hyperventilate I needed to regain my focus. I started to say positive affirmations and continued forward. I ended up passing the girl in front of me as we started climbing the 1 mile hill. The farther we got up the hill and the more tired I got those negative thoughts came creeping in again. I started to lose focus and had to regain it because I knew if I could just make it to transition we would be ok. As the race went on we passed this team we thought we were racing for 3rd place and they would pass us. It was really close. As my 2nd leg came up I noticed we were still in front of this team but not by much. I caught the tag and took off running. I knew this was going to be a hard leg it was all up hill and the sun was hot at this point. Go to home button and read the rest. continue.. still new to blogging haven't completely figured it all out yet!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Training 8/23
Training Tip of the Day- Have you ever decided that exercising just to lose weight isn't motivation enough! In the past I have found myself getting bored real fast of the continual exercise programs I would do over and over to lose weight. When I started running 1 1/2 years ago I realized that I needed to have more of a reason to exercise. I decided to make my self a work out goal. I signed up for my first 5k. This gave me motivation enough to step on that treadmill everyday because I knew I didn't want to bomb this run. I ran my first race 5 weeks later and became hooked to running races ever since. I felt so accomplished when I was done. I actually finished something I started and I realized with hard work comes great benefits. I now run because of the next big race. Losing weight is just an added bonus. Do I love every time I run? NO!! But I do love how I feel every time I cross that finish line.
If running is not your thing then try making another goal. Biking a certain milage, swimming a certain distance, walking or running for so many min. It doesn't have to be a workout goal but just something that would motivate you enough to stick with it!
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If running is not your thing then try making another goal. Biking a certain milage, swimming a certain distance, walking or running for so many min. It doesn't have to be a workout goal but just something that would motivate you enough to stick with it!
Please feel free to share on facebook or leave comments
Monday, August 22, 2011
Eating Clean 8/22
Oh Gosh I wish this would come a little more easliy for me than what it does. I loooooove food! It's never a good idea for me to start eating clean on Mondays. I am a very emotional eater and because I know I have to go to work the next day I have all sorts of anxiety every monday! I have had 3 clean meals today, its my snacks that I kind of went crazy on.
Meal 1- Weight Control Oatmeal and banana
Meal 2- You don't want to know
Meal3- turkey sanwich and carrotts
Meal4- You don't want to know
Meal5- Turkey Taco salad.
I promise to do better tomorrow
Meal 1- Weight Control Oatmeal and banana
Meal 2- You don't want to know
Meal3- turkey sanwich and carrotts
Meal4- You don't want to know
Meal5- Turkey Taco salad.
I promise to do better tomorrow
Training 8/22
Exercise Tip of the Day- "GUILT" Its such an ugly word but something moms struggle with all the time. When it comes to exercise or taking care of our selves we would rather not, so we don't have to feel it. I am a working mother so the time that I'm not working I had always felt needed to be spent with my family. Well guess what? That's how I gained 30lbs in 3 months. I also realized how tired I was all of the time. I was short with my kids when they were causing problems all because I didn't feel good and didn't feel good about myself. I wasn't the kind of mom that my children deserved. I decided to take the guilt out and do it no matter what. It was amazing to me to see that my example of taking the time to exercise was starting to rub off on my kids. My 10 year old started a running group with 4 other boys in the neighborhood. My 6 year old was asking to lift weights with me and my 2 year old would try and do sit-ups. What wonderful examples we can be to our children just by taking the time to do something to make up feel better. If we don't take the time to take care of ourselves how on earth are we suppose to take care of our families.
My Training- I am getting so excited for the Cedar City Express 31 mile relay on Sat. This will be my first relay ever. Each leg is about 2.5-3.5 miles. You have 5 people on your team and each team member runs 2 legs. My team got together and drove the relay route. Holy Smokes! The route consists of running down the canyon, running on city streets, on dirt, up and down steep steep hills. Its going to be really challenging but so much fun.
Mon- run 5 miles with hills
Tues-run 5 miles work back & stomach
Wed- run 5 miles work upper body
REST FOR RACE ON SAT.
My Training- I am getting so excited for the Cedar City Express 31 mile relay on Sat. This will be my first relay ever. Each leg is about 2.5-3.5 miles. You have 5 people on your team and each team member runs 2 legs. My team got together and drove the relay route. Holy Smokes! The route consists of running down the canyon, running on city streets, on dirt, up and down steep steep hills. Its going to be really challenging but so much fun.
Mon- run 5 miles with hills
Tues-run 5 miles work back & stomach
Wed- run 5 miles work upper body
REST FOR RACE ON SAT.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Eating Clean 8/18
I hate the word DIET. The word DIET seems like such a temporary word. EATING CLEAN seems like a life long plan.
The eating plan we came up with consisted of 5-6 small meals a day, eating every 3-4 hours! (Eating every 3-4 hours is important.) Each meal had a Protein, Carb, with 2 of those meals a extra vegetable.
Meal 1- 7:00 a.m Breakfast Burrito 2 egg white with whatever veggies you want and a dash of low fat cheese on a wheat tortilla or wheat bread
Meal 2- 10:30 a.m. low fat string cheese and an apple
Meal 3- 1:30 p.m. Tuna fish sandwich on whole wheat bread with a cucumber.
Meal 4- 4:30 p.m. Protein Shake (I had to learn to love these. I really love them now)
Meal 5- 7:30 p.m Marinated lemon pepper chicken, brown rice, and grean beens
Meal 6- If you wake up earlier than what I do you can stick another protein shake in there somewhere
I notice if I make a plan for the week and have all of the things I need in my fridge for that week its easier for me to stick with my eating plan. I do have to say eating clean is a constant battle for me. I still have bad days and sometimes bad weeks.
I really recommend getting the Body for Life book by Bill Phillips
The eating plan we came up with consisted of 5-6 small meals a day, eating every 3-4 hours! (Eating every 3-4 hours is important.) Each meal had a Protein, Carb, with 2 of those meals a extra vegetable.
Meal 1- 7:00 a.m Breakfast Burrito 2 egg white with whatever veggies you want and a dash of low fat cheese on a wheat tortilla or wheat bread
Meal 2- 10:30 a.m. low fat string cheese and an apple
Meal 3- 1:30 p.m. Tuna fish sandwich on whole wheat bread with a cucumber.
Meal 4- 4:30 p.m. Protein Shake (I had to learn to love these. I really love them now)
Meal 5- 7:30 p.m Marinated lemon pepper chicken, brown rice, and grean beens
Meal 6- If you wake up earlier than what I do you can stick another protein shake in there somewhere
I notice if I make a plan for the week and have all of the things I need in my fridge for that week its easier for me to stick with my eating plan. I do have to say eating clean is a constant battle for me. I still have bad days and sometimes bad weeks.
I really recommend getting the Body for Life book by Bill Phillips
Beginning Part2
As I was making my game plan to lose weight I started to feel overwhelmed, and when I feel overwhelmed I usually quit! I really didn't know about what was good for you to eat. I didn't know where to start as far as exercise went. I decided to call up a lady in my neighborhood who I knew just lost a lot of weight and was a winner on Body for Life. (She had to know what shes doing cause it worked for her.)
The day I went and met with her was the day I got some of the best advice ever. As I was kind of going over what I thought was a great eating clean plan, she said "Your over thinking this. KEEP IT SIMPLE." I thought, "what? keep it simple" I thought eating clean and exercise was suppose to be hard and confusing. I thought you were suppose to have 20,000 ingredients in every meal with one of those being tofu. Who knew all it takes is to "KEEP IT SIMPLE" I will post in the eating clean section a run down of the eating clean plan we came up with. If you are familiar with Body for Life that is what I based it on. To be continued.....
The day I went and met with her was the day I got some of the best advice ever. As I was kind of going over what I thought was a great eating clean plan, she said "Your over thinking this. KEEP IT SIMPLE." I thought, "what? keep it simple" I thought eating clean and exercise was suppose to be hard and confusing. I thought you were suppose to have 20,000 ingredients in every meal with one of those being tofu. Who knew all it takes is to "KEEP IT SIMPLE" I will post in the eating clean section a run down of the eating clean plan we came up with. If you are familiar with Body for Life that is what I based it on. To be continued.....
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Training 8/17
August 17th
Exercise Tip- I was watching Good Things Utah today and they were talking about if investing in more expensive shoes for running is the right thing to do! I always ask myself that question when I am standing in the shoe store looking at the many shoe selections and find myself trying to lean towards the less expensive ones.
But how much to spend, exactly? Experts recommend starting at $80. Sneakers priced at $80 and above are considered "performance running" and generally last between 400-500 miles. Less expensive shoes could last just as many miles, but you'll likely develop some pain and may spend much more money repairing your body down the road. You really can't put a price on your health. Saving $40 to $50 on a running shoe is not going to make sense in the long run when you have to have a $15,000 knee surgery.
I guess its time for me to invest in some new running shoes.
Exercise Tip- I was watching Good Things Utah today and they were talking about if investing in more expensive shoes for running is the right thing to do! I always ask myself that question when I am standing in the shoe store looking at the many shoe selections and find myself trying to lean towards the less expensive ones.
But how much to spend, exactly? Experts recommend starting at $80. Sneakers priced at $80 and above are considered "performance running" and generally last between 400-500 miles. Less expensive shoes could last just as many miles, but you'll likely develop some pain and may spend much more money repairing your body down the road. You really can't put a price on your health. Saving $40 to $50 on a running shoe is not going to make sense in the long run when you have to have a $15,000 knee surgery.
I guess its time for me to invest in some new running shoes.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Training
August 16th
Exercise Tip- I still remember the first time I stepped on the treadmill and couldn't even run 2 min without feeling like I was going to die! I realized I needed to start small and make realistic goals. There is a time and a place for all things and it may not be the time for you to run 5 days a week. You can start out by just taking little steps. Run a min Walk a min and repeat. Before you know it you'll be running miles with no problems.
My Training today- The schedule that I am following tells me that I should run 5 miles today. Its always hard to put on my running shoes at 8:30 at night and run that distance. I'm feeling sleepy and worn out from all of the daily activities. I would rather sit on the couch and watch Teen Mom. But do you know what?....I do it anyway! I ran with my trusty running friend Leslie. We did a 5 mile route that we do all of the time. I was feeling really good till the last mile and then my legs started to feel sluggish and I started to shuffle my feet. I dug in and finished the run. Feeling great that I decided not to skip this run.
Exercise Tip- I still remember the first time I stepped on the treadmill and couldn't even run 2 min without feeling like I was going to die! I realized I needed to start small and make realistic goals. There is a time and a place for all things and it may not be the time for you to run 5 days a week. You can start out by just taking little steps. Run a min Walk a min and repeat. Before you know it you'll be running miles with no problems.
My Training today- The schedule that I am following tells me that I should run 5 miles today. Its always hard to put on my running shoes at 8:30 at night and run that distance. I'm feeling sleepy and worn out from all of the daily activities. I would rather sit on the couch and watch Teen Mom. But do you know what?....I do it anyway! I ran with my trusty running friend Leslie. We did a 5 mile route that we do all of the time. I was feeling really good till the last mile and then my legs started to feel sluggish and I started to shuffle my feet. I dug in and finished the run. Feeling great that I decided not to skip this run.
The Beginning!
I have found in my year 1/2 of running I have ran into many questions and many self doubts as I have gone through this journey. My journey still continues as I strive to work towards my running goals, work, take care of 3 kids, keep up on the house and the many other things that get in our way everyday. January of 2010 was the year I turned 30 (oh no not 30). At that time I felt like I was at my lowest point with myself. I hated how I looked I hated how I felt and in turn I found myself being very judgmental towards others, very unhappy, and short with my family and friends. I was spiraling out of control. At that moment I knew I needed to take matters into my own hands. As I sat there trying to figure out how I was going to get out of this funk the self doubt started creeping in. "Do you know how many times you started a diet and didn't finish." "Do you know how many different workout videos you've purchased and have never done them." "Do you know how much money you have spent on gym memberships and never gone." I stopped for a moment and said out loud. "I can do this!" Instantly I flushed those negative thoughts and continued to plan. To be continued......
Training
Everyone knows that the key to success in most things is practice. Running is the same - in order to get very far, and be successful it's neccessary to train. I will be posting ideas of my own training here on the blog as well as listing what races I'm working towards.
Diet
One of the sections I hope to keep up on for this blog is a place where I can list things I'm eating, foods that are good for training, possibly recipes and other things that have helped me with my diet.
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