January 2012
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Update on the Knee
Went to the Ortho this morning to check out all my “gifts” from my fall. My elbow is fine, my palm is 100% healed, and my knee is a heaping painful pile of moose poop. Not only have I only just (after 15 days) started to form a scab it still comes off with any moisture. There is a pretty decent dent in my knee from the depth of the scrapes/burns. That folks is the good news. I am stuck...
I miss Running.
It has been 11 days since “the fall”. I have not been able to do anything. I feel like I am going mad. Not only that but I feel like I am just blowing up. Doctors appointment on Thursday to decide if I need an MRI
OUCH
4 Flippin days! That’s is how far I made it into 2012 with all my goals intact. I was only 2 kilometers from my weekly goal (which as a newbie is a measly 16k) and thunk! Suddenly on the 5th Anniversary of me arriving in France I am surrounded by French Fireman because I have attempted to completely meld my body with the pavement. Of course since I have cement like bones I did not break...
Week 8 Day 3 ROCKED
I am in a bit of shock. I am not even so sure what was different about this run but I managed in 45 minutes to go 5.2kilometers!!! I am so proud of myself. 35 minutes of running without stopping no matter how slow I felt like I was going :). Not a bad way to start 2012
December 2011
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Week 8 Day 2
Hello world,
So today I rocked out 4 kilometers in 40minutes. I would have gone just a bit longer but I seem to have something up with my leg. I have noticed that as I get further into this running thing when my body starts to get tired my left leg actually turns to lead. The weird thing about it is that I can feel is but it is almost like my brain is not sure there is even a leg. I felt like a...
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Maybe I can do this!
After yesterdays dismal run of only 15 minutes total I was raring to get back out there today. I was armed with a newish playlist and the goal of running for 28 minutes straight. And I DID IT! 3.98 kilometers in 38 minutes with a 9.35pace per kilometer. It was hard. And at the end I am almost positive that I could have been walking faster than I was running but I did not start walking. I stuck it...
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Only 23 left
Thats how many runs I have left before the 10K at the end of January. This puts me at needing to run a minimum of 4 times a week until then. Before today this was daunting. But guess what I did today? I for the first time in my life ran for 20 minutes without stopping.!!! I am so proud of myself. I know it was slow at only a 6kph but it was me and I did it! This was Week 7Day1 of my Couch...
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Treadmill running is weird
DP got me a gym membership for Chanukah and I went for the first time today since it is a bit cold outside. I finished Week 6 Day 3 of my Couch to 10K which had me running 15 minutes Walk 3 and then run for 5. This was a hard run. But I am not sure it was hard because of my level or because the treadmill is a bit boring. Granted its in a second story window so there is lots of people watching to...
ughh
I am riding the train of not feeling well at all. This of course is probably the same thing my son has been DESTROYING us with for the past week. Were talking fevers and diarrhea that you can literally smell through the closed bedroom door and down the hall way. NOT FUN. Mine is more of the cement head type with odorific gas (TMI). Hopefully I can get out and finish my runs for the week tomorrow...
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week 6 day 2
33 min and 3.09 kilos in the bag. I have to say it was not the greatest of runs. The whole time I felt like I had a mouth full of slimy spit. And about an hour after i got that annoying little tickle in the back of my throat. So it was off to the store to load up on some Orange Juice. But the thing is I still did it. And that is a huge success for me.
It is a bit hard to believe that in little...
Hail!?!?
All psyched to drop of the French Fry at HG and teach my English Class which was uber interesting. Only to experience a freakishly heavy hailstorm in the middle of it. Guess I have to scratch todays planned run :(. Starting to get a little worried about getting hooked on the runs. I need to start convincing DP that a gym membership is needed for a runner in Paris in winter :(.
whiney day
French Fry is sick/teething/generally feverish and not happy :(. This leaves us with a horrid almost 14 month old whiney attachment for the duration. Even sleep is sporadic. Which in turn throws off any productivity. I did however get out for a run. 3.69k in the bag and felt pretty darned good.
I am thinking of a very ambitious goal for 2012. I would like DP and I to run 2012 kilometers in 2012....
November 2011
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Right choice...right?
I went for my second run in my fancy new hot pink shoes. it feels really good to start something and make a goal. Speaking of goals Frartist and I are officially registered for our first 10K on January 29,2010.
On another exciting note scales claim I am down 2.3 kilos for a grand total of 80.7. Only 20ish to go.
April 2009
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