happy thanksgiving.

thankful for.....
~ my family
~ friends
~ health
~ home
~ food
~ a job
~ being an american

happy thanksgiving.

pigskin classic.

i did another 5k this past saturday!! my friend talked me into doing the pigskin classic....a 5k held by a bar downtown on the osu/michigan game day. it was definitely a harder run than the last one.....hills, and cold, cold weather made it that way! the route started on w.6 (outside the blind pig, host bar)going up w. 6th, left on st. clair, down w.3 and around browns stadium, turning left onto erieside to burke airport, and then coming back again, ending where we started! never having done hills before i wasn't sure how i would do....didn't do too bad. the worst hill was the last one, going up w.3......i ran up the hill, by the time i got to the top i had to walk a bit so i didn't die. a lot of people walked it, so that made me feel better. i get so stubborn and i was mad i had to walk to "regroup", but oh well. at least it was a very short few second walk and i made it to the finish line! my time wasn't too off from the last race....this race i got 31:18. so not bad for the 2nd race, in the freezing cold and with my first hills!

style.

this has arrived. time to cozy up and page thru and dream, since $ is limited! love you jcrew.

5k result time.

just found the results page and my 5k time was 29.34. that is at least 5 minutes faster than the treadmill time i have done. not bad for my 2nd time doing that distance outside....and for my first 5k. yay me!

drumstick dash.

today i completed my first race......a 5k. i am not sure when i decided to do this, it was some point in the last week or so, but i guess i felt i needed to challenge myself, or set some sort of goal and attain it. hard to explain what i am thinking....i just wanted to do something bigger, or that i never dreamed i'd do. i mentioned doing this to no one b/c 1. it was kinda last minute....i didn't train for a 5 k the way you should, even though i can do the mileage on the treadmill, i only did it once outside (as noted in the previous post). 2. the weather was a big factor if i did it or not......no running for me in the cold and rain....yet. 3. i wasn't sure if i could make it all the way or not, seeing as i am just beginning to run outside, and only attempted this particular mileage just that one time, and probably too close to race day. but i did it. i didn't stop. it was hard though, but not as hard as i thought it'd be, and i think i was tired too. walking around a zoo yesterday didn't help me any, but i was determined to finish, and not stop and keel over, and the only other thing i wanted was to not be last. and i wasn't. i actually passed 3 people during the run. and my time was better than on the treadmill for that distance, which is good too. and that was a surprise to me. so i made it. i hope to be able to up the distance and possibly time, eventually. i gotta take my time with all this! addison got to come out for the race too, as she was staying over, and my mom was my driver today....and support. she did call aunt linda to come over and root me on, but not til after i started since i was a little nervous b/c of my fear of not making it thru. so i had a group to cheer me on, and i appreciated it. it is nice to feel this accomplishment, especially since i never thought i would ever even be a runner of any kind at all. it was a good experience! oh i almost forgot, there was also a race for dogs......and they were all so cute!!

3 miler outside.

according to this website i ran just a little over 3 miles today. outside. and i didn't die. big step for me. hope to keep this up, and even get further. i am learning to like running outside more than i did before, but it is still hard. this fall weather helps though, where it isn't overly hot or cold. perfect for me. hopefully this is the start in the right direction for longer outdoor runs!