Dear Diary,
Today, I received a letter! It said:
"Dear Laurel,
I want you to run at least four times a week for four weeks in a row. If you can do that, for at least 30 minutes a session, I will buy you a running skirt. Promise."
A running skirt!? Who would buy me a running skirt if I actually RAN?!
Oh. It was me.
Well I want one! So if it motivates me, I'm going to get it! Run Run Run!
By the way, I went on a run on Monday. That doesn't really COUNT for this week, but it killed me. I mean, BROKE me off. And it was slow. And it was only like, two miles. But I'm not used to running on hills! Oh well, this is my chance to learn something and shine. (Ha. Ha.)
Anyways, a new running journey for me to start. I know, I know, I haven't stuck to a plan yet.
But maybe this time it'll be different. =)
8.8.07
5.7.07
Last PFT: 3 miles, 38:22
Ouch.
Well, they put me on platoon remedial, which is sorta what I WAS on, except now I report to my plt commander daily on my PT status. Next week I'm going to try to kill myself with running. (Its even better than killing yourself with kindness, despite what you may have heard).
I want to see if drinking enough water and pushin myself super hard for a week, added to my new eating habits (I refuse to call it a diet, since I don't really want to lose weight so much as eat healthier... South Beachin it, baby!) will bring my PFT score up by a lot. I mean, I've been trying, but there's not a doubt that I could try harder... maybe.
So wish me luck this week. Not sure if I'll post updates, since no one really reads this, and with good reason as I never update it. But I'll try.
Well, they put me on platoon remedial, which is sorta what I WAS on, except now I report to my plt commander daily on my PT status. Next week I'm going to try to kill myself with running. (Its even better than killing yourself with kindness, despite what you may have heard).
I want to see if drinking enough water and pushin myself super hard for a week, added to my new eating habits (I refuse to call it a diet, since I don't really want to lose weight so much as eat healthier... South Beachin it, baby!) will bring my PFT score up by a lot. I mean, I've been trying, but there's not a doubt that I could try harder... maybe.
So wish me luck this week. Not sure if I'll post updates, since no one really reads this, and with good reason as I never update it. But I'll try.
19.5.07
TD 6: 36:17
Ran on the PFT track tonight. I think I was well-hydrated... when I peed right beforehand it was near to clear, so I think that was well enough.
Didn't want to run, as you can imagine... what with my strong hatred of the runningness. John all but dragged me out there. What I discovered while running is that no matter what, if the person I'm running with tries to motivate or encourage me, I hate them a little bit. ESPECIALLY the ones who can run circles around me, literally, while I run three miles. I just do. I hated Corey, I hated Dustin, and dear God did I hate John tonight. He's not so great at dealing with me moody, and I get super bitchy while running, so the poor kid had to listen to me cursing at his back most of the time. I think he got really angry at the end!
I am okay with my run time... its 17:30 out, and then 18:37 back. More'n a minute lost, but that is over a mile and a half, so not too shabby. What really sucks is that I started feeling that pain in my right shoulder again, the one I was feeling before Exodus and everytime I ran with Corey? The one that made my shoulder feel like it was going to fall off? Yeah, that one. I don't like to complain too much, but it makes me angry that I can't just celebrate beating the 12:30 mile because everytime I do my arm wants to remove itself.
Going to add one hundred crunches a night to my workout. Just for getting ready for the PFT, as I remember, the crunches I did in my rack in bootcamp were pretty much the only preparation I gave myself, and I kicked crunch-ass. No timer, just one hundred crunches.
In addition to the other ab workout.
Didn't want to run, as you can imagine... what with my strong hatred of the runningness. John all but dragged me out there. What I discovered while running is that no matter what, if the person I'm running with tries to motivate or encourage me, I hate them a little bit. ESPECIALLY the ones who can run circles around me, literally, while I run three miles. I just do. I hated Corey, I hated Dustin, and dear God did I hate John tonight. He's not so great at dealing with me moody, and I get super bitchy while running, so the poor kid had to listen to me cursing at his back most of the time. I think he got really angry at the end!
I am okay with my run time... its 17:30 out, and then 18:37 back. More'n a minute lost, but that is over a mile and a half, so not too shabby. What really sucks is that I started feeling that pain in my right shoulder again, the one I was feeling before Exodus and everytime I ran with Corey? The one that made my shoulder feel like it was going to fall off? Yeah, that one. I don't like to complain too much, but it makes me angry that I can't just celebrate beating the 12:30 mile because everytime I do my arm wants to remove itself.
Going to add one hundred crunches a night to my workout. Just for getting ready for the PFT, as I remember, the crunches I did in my rack in bootcamp were pretty much the only preparation I gave myself, and I kicked crunch-ass. No timer, just one hundred crunches.
In addition to the other ab workout.
TD 5... no running.
So I didnt go running today. But I did receive these beautiful flowers from my husband. They're because I died, twice, after running, and you're supposed to send flowers to a funeral... I think this is only the second bouquet of flowers he's sent me in our entire marriage. :P
I did my abs workout, and I hydrated, and I ate in plenty of time to have my food settle before I ran... I got dressed to run, and then realised that I was only looking at the world through one eye because the other one was watering so much. Now, I want to be in shape and ready to run my PFT, but I do NOT want to run when my eye is already saying, HEY! SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!
So I didn't run. Going to run on the actual PFT course tomorrow night though, assuming my eye hasn't gone haywire in the meantime.
I did try that visualisation technique, by the way. The one where you picture yourself running, starting out running, in the middle of the run, ending the run, hearing the times that you want to hear called out. It was kinda boring, but I practiced my breathing while I did that, so maybe that at least will help.
18.5.07
TD 4
So I stretched today, like I do before and after my run, because on Wednesday my legs were really sore before I ran... so I'm hoping that continual stretching helps it out some.
I also did my ab workout. I was doing it according to the book, as Dustin's instructions said, but I paid extra close attention to my technique today. Of course, the book says you're supposed to pay attention to the muscles that are doing the action, but... *shrugs* All I know is that I need to hydrate tomorrow big time, and buy some more bananas since they were finished off last night. I'm still only running three miles, but I'd like it to hurt less each time I run it... so if I'm hydrated, maybe that will help. :)
On another sidenote... I bought a few shirts the other night, and I decided to give up my girlish dreams of a size small, and bought them all in mediums.
I got home and I was SWIMMING in them. A medium? What? Well, for the first time in my life, I think, I was also shopping in the "misses" department, and apparently a small is a 6-8. Oh. So I returned them and bought smalls, and they fit me very nicely.
Hee!
I also did my ab workout. I was doing it according to the book, as Dustin's instructions said, but I paid extra close attention to my technique today. Of course, the book says you're supposed to pay attention to the muscles that are doing the action, but... *shrugs* All I know is that I need to hydrate tomorrow big time, and buy some more bananas since they were finished off last night. I'm still only running three miles, but I'd like it to hurt less each time I run it... so if I'm hydrated, maybe that will help. :)
On another sidenote... I bought a few shirts the other night, and I decided to give up my girlish dreams of a size small, and bought them all in mediums.
I got home and I was SWIMMING in them. A medium? What? Well, for the first time in my life, I think, I was also shopping in the "misses" department, and apparently a small is a 6-8. Oh. So I returned them and bought smalls, and they fit me very nicely.
Hee!
16.5.07
TD 3: 3857
So I ran again today. Upon John's suggestion I tried eating half a banana before I ran, and found myself much less crampy, which was nice, but I felt the bile rising in my throat. I also tried two different techniques while I was running (well, three, but one doesnt really count). The first was regulating my breathing. In through the nose for four breaths, out through the mouth for four breaths. It worked really well for the first mile... then I felt like I wasn't getting enough air in. I was probably just fooling myself, though.
The second technique is the one which doesnt really count, during which I curse out my running partner and the sidewalks and the street lights that werent lit and the cars and the hills. This was especially prevalent when I hit 25 minutes and I was still at least a mile from home.
The third technique I tried was positive thinking. Again, with the positive thinking. I tried at first just keeping a smile on my face. That didn't seem too effective. After that, I moved on to pleasant things around me: there are these really nice smelling flowery bushes along the sidewalk, and while I've walked on the sidewalk from time to time I don't remember smelling them so much. It was lovely. Then I enjoyed the moonlight, because its so much better on my eyes than day light or street lights.
Then, I confess, I reverted to cursing. But the last part is up hill!!! *pouts*
I did run the last, oh, say, fifty feet, though... and by run I mean sprint.
By the way, I probably should NOT go to a bar with Sue before I run. Next time, note to self, drink after or NOT AT ALL.
I was thinking about yesterday's post, and how I was thinking of getting a jogging stroller so I could take Lillie on runs, and I gotta say, I think I lose my mind on days that I'm not running to think that I would enjoy that.
Plus side: today was a no-abs-workout day. YAY! Back to the grindstone tomorrow!
The second technique is the one which doesnt really count, during which I curse out my running partner and the sidewalks and the street lights that werent lit and the cars and the hills. This was especially prevalent when I hit 25 minutes and I was still at least a mile from home.
The third technique I tried was positive thinking. Again, with the positive thinking. I tried at first just keeping a smile on my face. That didn't seem too effective. After that, I moved on to pleasant things around me: there are these really nice smelling flowery bushes along the sidewalk, and while I've walked on the sidewalk from time to time I don't remember smelling them so much. It was lovely. Then I enjoyed the moonlight, because its so much better on my eyes than day light or street lights.
Then, I confess, I reverted to cursing. But the last part is up hill!!! *pouts*
I did run the last, oh, say, fifty feet, though... and by run I mean sprint.
By the way, I probably should NOT go to a bar with Sue before I run. Next time, note to self, drink after or NOT AT ALL.
I was thinking about yesterday's post, and how I was thinking of getting a jogging stroller so I could take Lillie on runs, and I gotta say, I think I lose my mind on days that I'm not running to think that I would enjoy that.
Plus side: today was a no-abs-workout day. YAY! Back to the grindstone tomorrow!
TD 2
Didn't run today. Talked with Dustin and he and I decided (since he was the only one I really asked and I liked his plan) that I would run 3-4 times a week max, since I'm so out of shape now. By out of shape I mean out of running... I'm not in that bad of shape.
I was going to run today anyways, but I ate dinner late, and when I was going to go running, my food was stuck in my stomach so firmly that I thought otherwise about the running. Which is fine! I just need to go running tomorrow then! It doesn't really matter, as long as I try. :)
I'm working on this positive attitude thing. My whole break off from my previous training partner was a blast, by the way, as he and I just don't see eye to eye, but that's okay. I'm going to be a better person. I already was.
I did my abs work out today. I feel like an idiot, following this plan from the beginning, as it starts with like, ten crunches, ten oblique crunches on each side, and ten leg lifts. Thats all. But I'm determined to do it right, so I guess I will start correctly, and start small. Baby steps!
Speaking of which... I need to buy a new stroller for Lillie, since I need to buy her a new car seat, and I think that I'm going to buy her a running/jogging stroller. That'll be nice, once I get in the habit of running again. Quality time with my baby girl!
I was going to run today anyways, but I ate dinner late, and when I was going to go running, my food was stuck in my stomach so firmly that I thought otherwise about the running. Which is fine! I just need to go running tomorrow then! It doesn't really matter, as long as I try. :)
I'm working on this positive attitude thing. My whole break off from my previous training partner was a blast, by the way, as he and I just don't see eye to eye, but that's okay. I'm going to be a better person. I already was.
I did my abs work out today. I feel like an idiot, following this plan from the beginning, as it starts with like, ten crunches, ten oblique crunches on each side, and ten leg lifts. Thats all. But I'm determined to do it right, so I guess I will start correctly, and start small. Baby steps!
Speaking of which... I need to buy a new stroller for Lillie, since I need to buy her a new car seat, and I think that I'm going to buy her a running/jogging stroller. That'll be nice, once I get in the habit of running again. Quality time with my baby girl!
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