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16 Nov, 2009

Turkey Trot 10k

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Races

So things seem to be working OK now, but I tried to log in earlier this morning (around 6:15) and neither the blogs nor the forum were working. I’ve been on blogspot for a while so I have a backup blog just in case. I’m kind of tired of being limited to these layouts, too. [...]

05 Nov, 2009

Thursday

Posted by: Fat Pants In: ChaLEAN Extreme| Races

Wish it was Friday.
Burn Circuit 2 complete.
Today is 3 mile run plus Burn Circuit 3. It’s a lot, but I just want to get it out of the way.
Tomorrow will be intervals.
Saturday I can finally REST! As much as I can with getting our wood floors in.
The weather? OF COURSE it is supposed to be [...]

23 Oct, 2009

Happy Friday!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Races| Weigh in

It’s Friday AND pay day… always a good combination.
I’m down to 158! A good thing. I have 20 POUNDS until goal! *faints*
I pulled out a pair of size 8 dress pants that have been sitting in my closet for probably 5 years now. The last time I remember wearing them was when I was 22 [...]

14 Oct, 2009

Am I really doing this?

Posted by: Fat Pants In: 30 Day Challenge| Races| Running is my life

Last night was great. I looked up the nutritional information for the chips and saw a serving was 12 chips so I told myself I could have that. I think I had five, total. Probably because I was blabbing too much to pay attention to food! I stuck with my original plan - grilled chicken [...]

12 Oct, 2009

Weekend recap

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Races

Friday - met DH to see “Couple’s Retreat” which we probably should have saved for Netflix. Like I feared, all of the funny parts were shown on the previews, but oh well. It was good to do something different! Then we went shopping for a long-sleeved moisture wicking shirt for me and running tights for [...]

06 Oct, 2009

…and that’s why I run

Posted by: Fat Pants In: 30 Day Challenge| Races| Running is my life

…because it’s much cheaper than therapy. Ha!
I was really stressed yesterday, so after dinner I cleaned up and put on my cold weather gear, stepped outside, promptly went back inside and declared I would be running at the gym. My husband encouraged me to at least try out my new tights, so I reluctantly went [...]

14 Sep, 2009

Post race

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Races

I’ve felt a lot of things over the past 24 hours. Most of all…disappointment! Yeah, I know.
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best run of my life, the race was probably a 1 or 2. I started out way too fast… tired out very quickly on the hill and had [...]

11 Sep, 2009

It’s only the beginning

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Races| Weigh in

Official weigh in: 164.6 (hey! I lost a pound this week after all!)
I have been so emotional yesterday and again today. For one, I live in a military town (5 bases here) and we just had a bunch of soldiers come home. It was so cool to see buses of soldiers with police escorts. Everyone [...]

13 May, 2009

It’s starting to feel real

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Races

Registration for my city’s Race for the Cure 5k begins THIS FRIDAY!
I don’t know why, but I got a little emotional when I realized when registration starts. The race has just been this far off goal in mind that most people laughed at our silently doubted whenever I told them I would do it this [...]



Inspirational Quotes

"People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason… to find out who we really are." - George Sheehan

"Have a dream, make a plan, go for it." - Zoe Koplowitz, Achilles Track Club member with multiple sclerosis

"I focused on reminding myself I was running my race and not trying to keep pace with somebody. It's about your journey—not everybody else's journey." - Jennifer Beals on her first road race

"Even after all these years, running continues to amaze me. Mostly in its ability to clarify - to make things OK and bring you back down to earth, even when things are insane. Especially when things are insane." - Mark Remy