#running stuff

[didee-anne]

4th, and probably last 1/2 marathon is in the books!!

This one was memorable for a few reasons; first 1/2 I’ve ran without @sammiedeubs. She’s ran my prior 3 with me and she was very missed today. It was the first 1/2 marathon I’ve ran with Rory! He did this same 1/2 8 years ago so to come back and do it with him was awesome! It was my SIL’s first 1/2 and she did SO GREAT! Her and Joe, Rory’s brother, both ran ahead so we didn’t run with them but Rose came back and ran with me the last 10th of a mile across the finish line.

In spite of my lack of training the first 6 miles were really good! Ror and I were keeping a great pace and it felt really good, but after mile 6 my knee started aching. And then shortly after mile 10 I hit a freaking wall. My feet were bricks. It felt very similar to the transition between cycling and running during the mini triathlons I used to do. Anyway. Long story short I did not meet my 2.5 hour goal but I did meet my goal of coming in under 3 hours so I’m happy! 🥳🥳🥳

Like I said, this was probably my last 1/2 marathon. I’m not a runner. I can count on 1 hand the number of runs I’ve loved over the years so I think from now on I’m gonna stick to 10ks and 5ks.

[onefitmama]

First thing out of bed this morning I went for a 2 mile run before I could talk myself out of it and I didn’t start regretting it until the last quarter mile, so I’d say it went well!

As for the Rocktober challenge; still going strong! I’ve done 3 sets of pull-ups every day and my reps range from 3-5 pretty consistently. I’ll have to start doing more negatives instead of just the last rep if I wanna build up those numbers. Water intake is going good so far. On my worst day, yesterday, I still managed over 80oz so while it’s not 100 I’ll take anything over 75 lol

Still working on getting in the gym and lifting 4 days a week. I’ve been managing 2 but really would like to get it up to 4.

[didee-anne]

NAAAAAUR!

I’m 12 weeks out from my next half marathon which means I need to actually start training for it.

Idk why I do this to myself.

[didee-anne]

I reached my goal of squatting my body weight and a half today! 4 sets of 3 reps @ 185lbs!

I need to work on being consistent with my depth but I’m so happy with how it went considering this was the first time I’ve ever tried to squat that weight.

I don’t plan on increasing the weight for a bit and I’m not sure when or even _if_ I should look into a lifting belt when I do? Any advice on that would be appreciated.

Lifting is going really well right now but running has taken a back seat. I need to change that because my next half is in September and I’d like to PR it. I’m not fast by any means; I’m aiming for a 2:30 time but that sounds so daunting. It’ll be my fourth half marathon and Rory’s second and the first one we’ve done together so I’m really excited for it even though I don’t love running.

This kind of was all over the place but whatever.

[didee-anne]

Got in 3 miles with my love after church!

[didee-anne]

Today’s run royally sucked.

I wanted to throw in the towel less than half a mile into it. Walked a bunch but thanks to Ror I did all 5 miles. It’s runs like this that remind me why I don’t generally like running 😶‍🌫️ oh well. I did it and that’s what matters.

[didee-anne]

First run of my training plan! It was windy but the sun was shining. 🙌🏻 Put on my worship playlist and reminded myself that I ‘get’ to run, I don’t have to, and it felt pretty decent! I’m only running twice a week instead of three but I’m hoping if I stay consistent with the two then I’ll be ok. Fingers crossed!🤞🏻