peace + love + cupcakes
Oh yeah, I also am trying to lose weight with Weight Watchers & hope to one day be able to call myself a runner.
LivingSocial was having a deal for the See Jane Run Half Marathon which prompted me to look at cost for the 5K which is $55. Too steep for me. But Mary told me that the 5K was on sale through Zozi for $33. Champagne & chocolates? Sign me up!
While at the expo this weekend, I signed up for the Giant Race 5K in September. I originally wanted to sign up for the 10K but it was sold out. I was bummed and then I was amazed at myself that I was bummed that I couldn’t sign up for a 10K. What am I turning into? Whatever it is, I think I like it.
When I was filling out the form, it asked me to fill in a time for it and I put 45 minutes. Now my fastest 5K time (not counting the treadmill) has been 53:07 which was the Davis 5K in November. On the treadmill my fastest 5K time is 49:19. Why I chose 45 minutes is beyond me but the challenge has been set and I accept. If I can continue to lose weight and continue to work out, I am confident that I can reach that goal.
I also have other races coming up this summer which will keep me motivated to work out:
Do Life 5K in SF - July 10th
The Color Run in SF - July 14th
San Francisco Progressive Marathon - July 29th (my reward for reaching a 100 pound loss so I have yet to register).
July is going to be a busy month.
10k done! Now I eat pancakes.
Happy Sunday!
It’s here! It’s here!
My first race medal. Wheeeee!
Thank you so much to the ladies who set this up. I hope it becomes an annual race.
Someone who I follow on twitter posted a discount code for the SF Marathon in July. I clicked on the link because I was curious to the cost (it’s $125 for the full & $95 for the half) but then I saw a fee for a 5K & progressive marathon of $35. I’ve never heard of this before but it sounds pretty cool.
You basically have to run/walk 23.1 miles prior to race day and you keep track on a tracking sheet they provide. On race day, you participate in the 5K and provided you turn in a completed sheet, you get a progressive marathon medal & shirt. How cool is that? It’s more friendly to my budget and I know that it’s something that I can do.
The only bad thing is that it is the same day as the Color Run in SF which I wanted to participate in. I am 99% sure that I am going to the Vegas Color Run in February so if I would be ok missing the SF one.
Has anyone ever participated in a progressive marathon?
I took advantage of the early registration & signed up. Merry Christmas to me!
I signed up for the 16 minute run/walk corral. Right now my mile is at 17:30. That means I have 5 months to work on improving my time.
This is definitely a life list item that I am excited to cross off.
Signed up for my first 10K (EVER!!) in 2012.
I am scared/nervous/excited all at the same time.
I have signed up for my third official 5K & I am so looking forward to it. I hope that now that I have better shoes I will be able to beat my previous time.
Also, I may be signing up to walk for a 1/2 marathon in February 2012 (which coincides with the end of the half marathon training that I am following) & this 5K is part of the course. Whoa…. me signing up for a 1/2 marathon.
I’m so scared to even think about it but reading this quote from the Spartan Warrior makes me believe that I can do it.
You should be nervous about what lies ahead because you know it is going to push you to your limits. You’re going to be in pain. You’re going to hate doing some of it. You’re going to sweat. You’re going to grunt. You might scream and you might even cry. Hell, you might even get sick, but you know what? It’s worth it. Why? Because you’re better yourself. You’re going to be a better version of yourself before you did that workout. You’re better now than when you woke up this morning.
I won’t be making the decision to sign up until the end of November so I have some time to think about it. Part of me just wants to sign up to not dwell on the decision.
omigod
Today I got up at 5:45am & drove to Livermore to participate in the 8th Annual Grape Stomp Half Marathon/10k/5k race. My goal was to improve my 5k time from my previous timed race. I have no idea what my time was. I didn’t use my Runkeeper to track the time because I had no signal but once the race results are posted I will let you see if I beat my time. I was bummed because even though we pre-registered & selected our shirt sizes there were only medium & small left. Boo!
It was a rough race. There were hills (oh f*ck! was what I was thinking when I got there) and the race was part on grass & part unpaved rocky road. The course was shared with the runners coming back from their half marathon & 10k so at times the course was a bit jumbled. My feet started hurting & feeling numb towards the end of the race. That’s never happened before. I seriously just wanted to walk to my car & not finish. But I did finish but I don’t think I beat my time. Oh my god those hills!
After the race we walked around a bit and then had brunch. Had a kick ass Monte Cristo and I don’t even regret it. Since we were in an area where there area a lot of wineries, we stopped at two different ones to wine taste. I didn’t drink because I felt dehydrated so I just kept chugging on some water. Afterwards we went to Menchie’s and had some froyo. We don’t have Menchie’s near my house & I’ve heard about it on Twitter so I wanted to try it. It was good but I still think Pinkberry has the best froyo.
I had mentioned to my mom and her friends that I wanted to do a race per month and we decided to sign up for another one in November. Who knew it could be so addictive?
Edit: My official time was 57:05. My previous race I came in at 55:46. I’m pretty happy with that time since it was a rough day.