tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56619086856828959652024-03-14T03:31:27.177-04:00Jedi MamaSearching for the forceJedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.comBlogger568125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-30240622761822952072017-02-01T11:57:00.002-05:002017-02-01T11:58:35.057-05:00Starting from scratchI know. It's been a while. I'm not going to bother "catching up" or filling in the gaps. It's just been too long.
It's a new month, new year, so I'm starting from scratch.
My word this year is Consistency. I'm not training for anything right now, but I want to make sure that I am consistent in my running, my biking, my strength exercises, my water-intake, and pretty much everything. I'm a Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-50734848958658829312016-04-01T10:08:00.000-04:002016-04-07T15:06:50.115-04:00New adventuresThis is not a running post. I know this isn't exactly a running blog, but I feel compelled to say that because it's been all running for a while.
I'm doing new things.
About a month and a half ago, my wonderful friend Felice (The happy Runner and Essentially Happy Living) messaged me to let me know one of her friends was looking for people to sell Usborne children's Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-77621742896713820132016-02-05T14:18:00.000-05:002016-02-05T14:18:01.352-05:00Surgery is still sucky, but the Princess is notI mentioned in my last post that I would be having some minor surgery. I've apparently had an umbilical hernia for the last 3 1/2 years. Oopsies. Because small hernias can lead to big problems in grown ups, they tend to operate rather than wait and see, so I agreed to have it taken care of now rather than later.
Last week, Thursday, was the day of the surgery. It has kicked my ass. I thought Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-43635776810814130692016-01-04T14:20:00.000-05:002016-01-04T14:20:20.037-05:00Looking back and forward... and upI haven't been blogging much. I also haven't been running all that much. I took a nice long break after the last half-marathon. I continued to run, but felt no guilt at skipping runs to meet a friend for a hot beverage or to do my Christmas shopping or to simply avoid the cold. As such my stats fell WAY down (this is the first year I didn't go up in my yearly stats too).
2015 Running stats
Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-49659664212979613882015-11-18T09:43:00.000-05:002015-11-18T09:43:41.646-05:00If you buy a running picture, you'll probably want it framed
I never buy race pics. I usually have someone with me who's taking pictures and after spending money on races and running clothes and gear I usually can't justify spending money on pictures. But how often do you cross a finish line holding hands with one of your best friends? So after Wineglass, Jen and I decided to order one of the pics and split the cost.
And then I started Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-68085157653689551272015-11-09T14:54:00.000-05:002015-11-09T14:54:37.303-05:00Mondays or how time works differently with kidsThis is not a running post. I have a few of those on the back burner, but today I need to just mind-dump. It's been a long time since I've done that here. I've been caught up lately in the "busy" trap & thinking there's not enough time to get everything done. I reread my There's Totally Enough Time post and that helped me a bit, but I was thinking about it more today when at 1 pm I felt like Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-59935019847233452512015-10-05T12:24:00.000-04:002015-10-05T12:24:10.895-04:00Catching Up
Seriously nice bling
It's been a while.
First things first. The stats.
August
Total 103.4 miles
Running: 91.3 miles
Biking: 12.1 miles
Cross Training: probably none
Races: 1
September
Total 76.2 miles
Running: 76.2
Biking: 0
Cross Training: Ha
Races: 0
August was a great month. I ran a lot. Vader and I raced a 5K together again and I broke my PR again. 27:05. Second in my age Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-20465284553854669102015-08-08T16:27:00.000-04:002015-08-08T16:27:29.826-04:00July statsI know it's already August 8, but it's been busy busy busy here. Also, blogging requires stillness and I have not been very still as of late. But that's another blog post.
My birthday month is over and it was a pretty good one. I had some great runs and some crappy runs but I had ZERO TREADMILL runs so it was awesome. My speedwork is coming along, I continue to hate tempo runs, and my Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-28011824719299588442015-07-09T09:00:00.000-04:002015-07-09T09:00:02.102-04:00June stats
Stats
Total Mileage: 68.3 miles
Running: 55.9
Biking: 12.4
Cross training: 4
Races: 0
Running-wise June was ok. I started training for my next half-marathon. It's the toughest training plan I have ever done-- faster speedwork, tempo runs, faster long runs. There will be no stroller runs this time around. Vader has been working a lot of early days which means he's getting home early Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-9447402150469480402015-07-08T10:30:00.000-04:002015-07-08T10:52:17.022-04:00This is 40I meant to do so many posts over the last month but nothing has quite been how I planned it. I'm going to try to prevent writing a novel here, so to be very brief:
In early June, within two days Chewie broke both of her arms-- her left wrist and then her upper right arm (proximal humerus). She has a cast on the wrist and a sling on the right arm. We hoped to get rid of them both last week but Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-13125771178224814632015-06-01T15:49:00.000-04:002015-06-01T15:49:19.066-04:00Defining momentsMay was a really good month.
First, there was that PR-breaking 5K. Then that PR-breaking Half Marathon. I took a week off from running and then the kids and I did the second Wildcats marathon at school. SkyWalker ran on his own and although the Princess started out with me she eventually ran ahead too. I had to stay with Chewie and motivate her to keep running when she stopped to walk every two Jedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-32131236457707272812015-05-26T14:18:00.002-04:002015-05-26T14:18:42.689-04:00Garmin Forerunner 220 review
Not a picture from today.
I've had the Garmin Forerunner 220 for a while now. I miss my Bia telling me I was a badass for running, but for the most part I love the forerunner. I had a Garmin 305 for a couple of years and the 220 is SO much nicer. Besides it being purple, which is my favorite color these days, it works so much better. My big problem with the 305 was finding the satelliteUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-76167495762366352172015-05-18T16:23:00.000-04:002015-05-18T16:23:02.025-04:00Believe, part deux
I didn't get a chance last week to write up my race goals for the Steel Rail Half Marathon. It was a really busy week-- I was a surprise guest reader in Chewie's class and the Princess turned 8. The Strong Running Mamas celebrated our 5 years together with a night out not wearing running clothes. So, just trust me when I tell you what my goals were (although I think I may have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-86638720841241235782015-05-06T08:00:00.000-04:002015-05-06T08:00:00.273-04:00Runner's Tea
Back in January I started seeing some tweets (there's that Twitter again) about something called Runner's Tea. I was immediately intrigued. I've read before that coffee can be great before a run (provided you're not dumping a bucket or sugar and milk in it which is what I would have to do to drink it) but I don't drink coffee. I've been a tea drinker for a couple of decades now. Ok, maybe aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-49517697313784356582015-05-05T12:28:00.001-04:002015-05-05T12:28:16.622-04:00April statsI'm still riding pretty high from Saturday's race. I had to tell Lauren Fleshman how I did because we're besties now and she replied and retweeted me. Such a perfect day. The best part though was having my family there and my kids seeing me get the medal.
April was a pretty good month. I was able to do some stroller runs, some decent long runs, good speedwork & I ran a race. I upped my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-70624004837084877322015-05-04T14:57:00.000-04:002015-05-04T14:57:57.019-04:00Strong Running MamaI started running 5 years ago. I really didn't know anything about running. I had no idea that when you first start out you make tremendous gains in a short amount of time without even really trying. I PR'd every race that I did--by minutes--and I thought that was the way it was. I had no idea that 5 years later I would have to work so hard and fight for SECONDS. But that's the way it is, you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-65406997305166813072015-04-29T10:04:00.000-04:002015-04-29T10:04:16.761-04:00Running goals
This weekend is my A-goal 5K race. It is also week 13 of my half-marathon training plan so I am supposed to do 8-10 miles. I have discovered that if I care about how I do at a race I am NOT one of those people who can run a few miles before and a few miles after. So I was going to do 8 yesterday to make up for missing it this weekend. I figured I'd do 5 miles of intervals on the treadmill Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-86919148640511809192015-04-27T14:37:00.002-04:002015-04-27T14:37:40.339-04:00About those 11 miles
I'll be reviewing this soon too!
My 12 mile run a couple of weekends ago was ok and I was able to do some of those miles with friends so that was good. But when I hit mile 8 I kind of petered out. My last few miles were much slower than the previous ones. I felt totally drained.
So, yesterday before I set out on my last double-digit run before the thirteener, I had some goals. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-1662913144588867082015-04-15T14:25:00.000-04:002015-04-15T14:25:57.603-04:00Twofer Tuesday
Tuesday's are my speedwork days. I am a creature of habit and I stick to things much better when they are part of a defined regular routine. I hemmed and hawed all day Monday about whether I should do my intervals on Tuesday since I had just run a race on Sunday. I decided if I felt ok I would do it and if not I could do an easy run and switch it to Thursday instead. But I am, like I said, a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-40284987741005455402015-04-13T14:32:00.000-04:002015-04-13T14:32:41.321-04:002015 Dodge the Deer
Damn straight
I didn't get a chance to write up my goals for this race so you'll just have to take my word for it when I tell you I did what I wanted to do.
Mostly.
We did NOT get there as early as I wanted to--again--so we scrambled for the kids race--again--with Chewie and LightRunner lining up just in time. It was LightRunner's first race and he loved it! He ran the 200 meters with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-2924743659434990792015-04-01T14:38:00.000-04:002015-04-01T14:38:41.183-04:00March stats & wrap-up
Guess where I had that kidney stone problem...
March could have been a bit better if I had not had that damn kidney stone problem. It cost me 14 running miles! Grrr. Overall I'm okay with it. I'm not a 100 mile a month girl. Running 3 times a week & biking twice is working out for me. I'm not quite sure what the proper terminology is for biking... I'm on a semi--recumbent bike. Is that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-31154781610326152592015-03-30T14:05:00.001-04:002015-03-30T14:05:44.779-04:00United Snails
I had to skip my long run this weekend (major bummer since it would have been my last with my Bia) because of pesky kidney stones. I was super bummed not only because it was going to be first double digit since the half-marathon, but because my United Snails team could have really used those miles.
I'm on Twitter. A lot. It's kind of perfect for the way my brain works. I follow lots of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-61715935627109548592015-03-26T14:23:00.002-04:002015-03-26T14:23:58.302-04:00The year of me
I got this as a gift years ago. It fit me then. Now that I've crossed out the NOT, it fits me now.
As I said last time, this has been an awesome year. I don't mean the last 3 months, I mean since September. When you have school age kids you tend to think of years as Sept-August.
LightRunner is not yet in preschool so there's no rush to get out the door. We get up when we want to, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-64911237829638613712015-03-25T20:34:00.000-04:002015-03-25T20:34:51.662-04:00It changes
I'm midway through my half-marathon training plan and things are going really well. I am loving this run-walk method for my weekend long runs, I'm having successful speedwork runs because I've taken a step back and not jumping into speeds that are too fast for me to do properly, I'm enjoying my biking days. I had planned on having one day of separate strength training but as I was driving to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-60120249004106669462015-03-23T14:32:00.000-04:002015-03-23T14:34:59.654-04:00My beloved Bia & unexpected choices
I'm trying to Suck It Up ButterCup, I swear.
I received an email on Friday that I honestly did not anticipate getting. My beloved Bia will stop working the way I want it to on April 3. It will continue to function as a GPS giving time, distance and pace. But if that was all I wanted I wouldn't have paid $230 for it two years ago. The watch doesn't store any information on it so I would lose Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4