First, I apologize for not updating in what seems like forever. I was hit with horrible allergies 2 weeks ago and it took me out for most of the past 2 weeks - to the point I wasn't even working out because I couldn't breathe or sleep. I thought it was the flu but thankfully I was wrong.
So to play catch up, things have been super busy with work on top of everything else! Never ends in my field but that's why I love it. : )
Keeping up with my miles was very difficult while I was sick and I can't lie - I did fail at times. I had to skip a zumba class and 2 yoga classes due to work and illness. Depressing but I'm sure my body appreciated the time off.
To try to work with both of our busy schedules, my running partner and I have been doing the occasional morning run. I have to admit, I'm not a morning person. I hate waking up before 8am but nothing is more magical than seeing this when you hit the top of a hard hill (ours is 3 to 6 miles in depending on what route we run).
As I'm sure you can imagine, it's even more beautiful in person. My iPhone did not do the sunrise justice! To me, there is nothing more beautiful than coming to the end of your run and seeing such a wonderful sight - it always makes me want to push just a little bit harder and that's usually needed at the end of a run.
I was nervous during my sick time because we had a very important upcoming race on Saturday - the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and I was actually running for someone! The race was something my running partner had worked on the advertisements for so she really wanted to run it as our first race of the "new year." I am lucky in the sense that no one close to me has ever had to fight any type of cancer (with the exception of a non-blood uncle) so I wanted to be able to run for someone during the race.
As it turned out, my co-worker's mother had been diagnosed before which is why she is so passionate about the cause. She asked if I'd run for her mother and I was honored. My co-worker is a huge scrapbooker so she took a wonderful photo of us with the creation she made of my bib.
Can you see the HUGE rings under my eyes... that was a few days before the race when I still felt like crap and hadn't been on meds yet. Now I feel and look much, much better thanfully!
Here's a close-up of her creation. Can you tell she likes pink?
She said our male co-worker made all the spirals so I'll include his photo too as a "thanks" for the entirely too much pink I wore (not a fan of the color).
The race itself was amazing and I'm so glad I was able to be a part of it. There were so many people - easily the largest race I had ever been to before. I almost felt like it was giving me a taste of what to expect at the Route 66 Half Marathon in a little over 2 months.
My running partner and I have both decided to have fun at the half marathon - we are planning on tutu's or something along those lines so we stand out and hopefully (finally!) get photos taken while we are running.
The race course was a good one - not too many hills and the hills we did have were not nearly as steep as what we've been doing on our training runs lately so it was pretty easy. I shot off as soon as I heard the gun and crossed the finish line at 28:48. That's my 3rd best time yet so I was very happy. I did an average 5:46 km and an average 9:17 mile. The system messed up with groups so they said they'd have those stats to us by the end of the week. Can't wait to see where I stand with those.
My running group ran 3 miles to the race, ran the race and then ran 4 miles back to get their 10 miles in. I was on duty that week and received a 3:30am call that morning so I only did the race - I didn't want to push myself and then have an accident/injury.
Before the race....
After I got home...
The shirts this year are super cute as well - looking forward to adding it to the collection I've been growing since I started racing in Tulsa.
Now just looking forward to the next few races before our half - Oktoberfest Lederhosen 4 mile race, the Tulsa Run 15k and maybe a quick 5k somewhere in there as well. I love this time of year!! : )
So to play catch up, things have been super busy with work on top of everything else! Never ends in my field but that's why I love it. : )
Keeping up with my miles was very difficult while I was sick and I can't lie - I did fail at times. I had to skip a zumba class and 2 yoga classes due to work and illness. Depressing but I'm sure my body appreciated the time off.
To try to work with both of our busy schedules, my running partner and I have been doing the occasional morning run. I have to admit, I'm not a morning person. I hate waking up before 8am but nothing is more magical than seeing this when you hit the top of a hard hill (ours is 3 to 6 miles in depending on what route we run).
As I'm sure you can imagine, it's even more beautiful in person. My iPhone did not do the sunrise justice! To me, there is nothing more beautiful than coming to the end of your run and seeing such a wonderful sight - it always makes me want to push just a little bit harder and that's usually needed at the end of a run.
I was nervous during my sick time because we had a very important upcoming race on Saturday - the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and I was actually running for someone! The race was something my running partner had worked on the advertisements for so she really wanted to run it as our first race of the "new year." I am lucky in the sense that no one close to me has ever had to fight any type of cancer (with the exception of a non-blood uncle) so I wanted to be able to run for someone during the race.
As it turned out, my co-worker's mother had been diagnosed before which is why she is so passionate about the cause. She asked if I'd run for her mother and I was honored. My co-worker is a huge scrapbooker so she took a wonderful photo of us with the creation she made of my bib.
Can you see the HUGE rings under my eyes... that was a few days before the race when I still felt like crap and hadn't been on meds yet. Now I feel and look much, much better thanfully!
Here's a close-up of her creation. Can you tell she likes pink?
She said our male co-worker made all the spirals so I'll include his photo too as a "thanks" for the entirely too much pink I wore (not a fan of the color).
The race itself was amazing and I'm so glad I was able to be a part of it. There were so many people - easily the largest race I had ever been to before. I almost felt like it was giving me a taste of what to expect at the Route 66 Half Marathon in a little over 2 months.
My running partner and I have both decided to have fun at the half marathon - we are planning on tutu's or something along those lines so we stand out and hopefully (finally!) get photos taken while we are running.
The race course was a good one - not too many hills and the hills we did have were not nearly as steep as what we've been doing on our training runs lately so it was pretty easy. I shot off as soon as I heard the gun and crossed the finish line at 28:48. That's my 3rd best time yet so I was very happy. I did an average 5:46 km and an average 9:17 mile. The system messed up with groups so they said they'd have those stats to us by the end of the week. Can't wait to see where I stand with those.
My running group ran 3 miles to the race, ran the race and then ran 4 miles back to get their 10 miles in. I was on duty that week and received a 3:30am call that morning so I only did the race - I didn't want to push myself and then have an accident/injury.
Before the race....
After I got home...
The shirts this year are super cute as well - looking forward to adding it to the collection I've been growing since I started racing in Tulsa.
Now just looking forward to the next few races before our half - Oktoberfest Lederhosen 4 mile race, the Tulsa Run 15k and maybe a quick 5k somewhere in there as well. I love this time of year!! : )
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