Tonight… 3 miles run.  We’re leaving in 30 minutes (The Little Garmin and I).

I already did 20 push-ups, 20 sit ups, and 20 squats.

I should do an experiment:  combine what I learned from Roadrunners + BHIP and see where that leads me (probably nowhere).

OK… ENOUGH NEGATIVITY…

Have courage….

UPDATE:  These are the numbers after my run

3 miles

12:43

time:  38:09

Too fast.  I need to be going at aerobic pace which should put me at a 14 minutes/mile.
Hijole.

LA Marathon XXVI

March 20, 2011

Ms .GG # 14462

Clock Time:  6:06:19

Chip Time: 5:51:04

Overall Place:  13892 / 19902

Gender Place:  4599 / 7839

Division Place:  687 / 1023

Age Grade:  39.3%  (I still don’t get what this percentage means)

Pace:  13:23.6

 He’ll be my inspiration this year.  He ran one marathon in 11 hrs.  So, if he can do it, I can do it too!!!

I’m not sure how I will do since I haven’t trained for a marathon.  However, for the past two months I have been working out with the Health Improvement Program aka BHIP!!!  It’s been a great two months.  I’ve gained muscle and lost a few inches  Despite the hard workouts I feel full of energy.  The 5:15 class if my joy, and the highlight of my day.  Everyday I wonder what the coaches have stored for us.  I have given it all I have during workout.  I can do pushups and squats now.  I am not skilled with the bar weights, but I cant’ be good at everything.  I do hope that BHIP helps me with my second marathon.

Five days later and I feel better than when I started.  I’ve decided to record my new adventure here, in addition to what is an attempt at training for a marathon- on my own and less than 3 months to go.  It sounds like suicide; especially when you’ve gained 10 lbs and is out-of-shape.  But, I have faith

Happy Thanksgiving!

!Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias!

I must say that it wasn’t a remarkable run.  For one, I forgot my knee straps in hot pink.  Luckily, my knees were not in pain, but my lower legs were.  Another catastrophe is that I pushed a button in the Little Garmin thinking that I had reseted it, but I didn’t.  So, after about 10 minutes I almost had a heart attack when I noticed something wrong.  It said I had already run an hour, but it had only been 10 minutes.  It took me a while to figure out what had happened.  I just don’t know where my mind is these days.  After noticing the “problem” I reseted the watch and I kept going.

Suddenly, from a distance, I saw a cat!  I couldn’t tell if it was my friend the White Cat, so I approached it, and surprise!  It was my friend the White Cat!  So, I played with it for a few minutes.  It’s funny how it runs with me for about a block but not further.  I also felt like those dog owners who run with their dogs (well, I pretended that the White Cat was a dog).  Then, we each said good bye and went our separate ways.

Image courtesy of catclipart.net

Anyhow, seeing the cat made my day.  It’s funny because the first time I saw the White Cat, I was feeling rather depressed like I am today.  Could it possible be a sign?  Who knows…

The numbers split in half:

4:20 miles

53:37 minutes

12:47 pace

AND

0:91 miles

10:49 minutes

11:56 pace

I’m not even going to attempt to get an average.  That would just give me a permanent headache.

November 1st:

4 miles

53:31 minutes

13:20 pace

I was going to write that I went that slow because I’m suppose to be training at an aerobic pace, BUT, I was actually having some real bad pain on my right leg.  *sigh*sigh.

The rest of the week turned out to be too hot.  So I stayed indoors.