1hr of running + 1hr of gym = OH YEAH

HI. I rock.

Today I woke up and headed to my local coffee shop;) to daydream and email and check tumblr and write letters and read my Bible. Totally an amwesome “ME” time. Then I headed to…… the trails!

Before I started my run I spotted my ex-boyfriend with one of his friends (little did I know at that point in time that he wasn’t gonna be the only “out of the blue” thing I was gonna be seeing this morning).

I waved effusively (yeah, we’re friends) and then I just started my run. Run up and down little trail mountains… run, run, run. Then at mile 1.5ish I spotted LIONEL!!! Last summer I blogged about this one cute turtle I found on the trail once… and I named him Lionel. I saw him today again! (almost a year later!). Kept running with a huge smile on my face, hit the turn-around point at 2.5 and ran back.

I was approaching the park when OMG SNAKE! A couple of weeks ago I spotted a snake, but it was half of its body out from like a bush and it wasn’t moving… but this one WAS MOVING, across the trail. I jumped over it and freaked out. Stopped. Turned around and walked back to watch it do its sliding thing.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING! haha. Then I drove to Mother’s Market to get soy milk, Boca burgers and chick’n strips;) LAWL.

THEN, I went to the GYM!
I did a speed workout. 4 x 400m. and 1 x 800m at pace 7:30min/mi and 7:00min/mi. Then I proceeded to do arms and core.

TOTAL MILEAGE: 7.5

Came home, took a shower, ate and left the house to get my sister and drive her places. Now I’m home again. I’m about to have some coffee with toast YUM! And then I’ll call it a day.

If all of my days were like today, I’d have a killer body in no time.
  

7.8 run

Yeah. I almost walked.

I didn’t mean for it to be that long. I was planning a 5-7 run and today was not the best day to run 7.8 under the sun. At the end of the run I was very dehydrated and dizzy, and I still don’t know how I drove home because I don’t remember driving hahaha……. :/ I just remember sitting in my car, outside my house wondering how I got there. BUT ANYWAY, I made it alive (both the run and the drive home).

I ended up eating pasta and separating as much of the turkey as I could from it. I added some broccoli to add greens and later on I just had a cup of coffee with some toast and then an apple. I should be good to go now… go to bed that is.

Tomorrow I am hoping to do a speed workout on the treadmill at 6AM…HA, we’ll see. And arms and core are also tomorrow. Now, I am just gonna go to bed and try to sleep.

Hope everyone had a good Monday:)

5.0 miles in 42:00 minutes. Mhmmm.

So I ran today:)
And it was great, and I was fast, and I was energized!

It went something like this:
1.0mi warmup @ 9:00min/mi
400m @ 8:00min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
400m @ 7:50min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
400m @ 7:40min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
800m @ 7:50min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
800m @ 7:40min/mi
400m @ 9:00min/mi (recovery)
1.0mi cool down @ 9:00-8:40 min/mi
TOTAL: 5.0 miles in 42:00mins.

Then I did my core/abs workout and worked on my arms as well. I had an awesome time, seriously. I am glad I got to get my run done as a speed session and now I am mentally prepared for tomorrow’s 6.0 mile run!

Now I am having some of this…
Yogi tea:) “Stomach Ease” to help me digest my dinner (steak with potatoes and rice). And also, my sister and I are now watching Friends and hanging out. Later on I am gonna… do some arms and plan my meals and read running articles! haha

Hope everyone is doing great!
It’s ALMOST Friday:)

Rainy weather

It is rainy in SoCal.

Today I have planned a 4-miler on the trail. This trail isn’t bad (at all), it’s pretty flat all the way through. This fact got me thinking about my need to find hilly trails. I know a couple, and honestly, anything around the place I live in is hilly (except formytrail). I could easily do a hilly workout today but I had a speed session yesterday and therefore I should do a recovery run this afternoon. Choices, choices.

Today I also have to do arms. After the workout I’m having dinner and then heading out to theCoffee Beanwith my sister to get homework done. I will probably just order regular coffee or just drink my water or buy chocolate milk… No clue yet. All I know is that I believe I am officially in “Running Mode” which is amazing and awesome and supercool:)

Hopefully I have a good day… although I am already at school and realized that I forgot my pencil case at home:/ which means I am stuck here at the library for another 2 hours without a pen or pencil. BUT mygreatattitude will turn that around;) haha…………

Morning run (7.0 miles)

This morning I got up at 7:30AM and immediately headed out the door for the 7 miler I had prepared.
I didn’t eat anything because I wanted it to be a slow and steady run. And it was! I did not breathe hard at any moment, my pace was about 10:00min/mi and so NO I was not jogging.
The only “bad” thing about this run was that I don’t like to go slow… so it was a constant battle with my mind. I would have to remind myself to remain calm and not worry about the people that were passing me (GRR.). But overall it was a lovely run.

This afternoon I ran about a mile with my sister. She’s getting better everyday. Can’t wait to run 10+ miles with her in a couple of months<3

So… I need to do 6.0 miles of something close to a tempo/speed type of run. To the treadmill! Wish me luck:)

Killing the treadmill and how I can sing while I run at an 8:00min/mi pace

So tonight I was about to just stay home and eat and go to sleep.

BUT… I ran.
teehee

I jumped on the treadmill and I was feeling rather powerful since I had endured 5 hours of studying for tonight’s Bio exam, so I thought..”what is 3.0 miles!” RIGHT? Right! So I ran at 9:00 pace, then 8:30 then kept 8:00 for the last 2 miles and a half. HECK YES… and not only that, I was also singing along to Paramore as they blasted on my ears… so that is PROOF that I can push myself even harder. I’m such a lazy butt sometimes. Today my sister told me proudly that she ran 11 minutes and even bumped up speed the last minute or so.

AWESOME!
So proud:’)

Now my back is killing me for sitting down all day long.
Oh OHH I was also thinking that I might want to start posting about my life…like my face… should I? I have noticed that most of the blogs I love the most is those where the author puts herself or himself out there for the public… it just makes it more real, you know… idk, thoughts?

6.0 mile fail, and 3.0 mile instead….

GOSH.
Everything I post is related to how much I’m sucking at keeping up with my running. This morning I was supposed to get on the treadmill at 5:45AM and run until 6:45 and then get ready to take my sis to school and get myself ready for school as well. Well THAT did not happen as planned. I woke up at 6:20AM instead and just settled for a 30 minute run. BLAH.
It felt great and whatnot, and I am totally awake now and enjoying a tall pike place at my favorite place;) But I truly needed to get my stuff done earlier.
Tomorrow I am doing the usual 3.5mi and 10 mins with the sis.
Better days will come I promise.

BTW, I keep checking my dashboard to read more about this girl’s awesomeness due to her marathon debut at NY!