Mrs Dawsondn - I'm so impressed with your 11 min mile. Congrats. I'm a big believer in having a sweet treat once in a while--keeps a person sane. But there are lots of healthy, or maybe I should say nutrient dense, ways to get carbs too, so it's all a matter of balance. As far as coffee goes, there may be a slight performance enhancing effect of caffeine, so it isn't necessarily bad for a runner without other health issues, but my guess is that the truth is probably that runners are very much like the general population and are just feeding an addiction. Now where is my cup?
Ellenw, sounds like you had a great workout this morning. Feels great when that happens doesn't it?
Leanne, congrats on your 10K time. Have fun with hill training.
Spanky, when I started running I was convinced that everyone was staring at me. Now I just don't much care. You won't be intimidated for long--soon you will feel powerful!
Well, all my goals just fell apart this week. It hit 110F here and I just hid. Didn't even do a nice step video in the A/C. I did attempt to ride my bike on my indoor trainer, but a) my hip bones are now too wide for my saddle and it was very painful, and b) the baby is in the way and I coudn't bend over properly to reach the handlebars. Didn't last 15 min. I had a nice big crying fit about it! I'd like to say I'm going to do better this week, but it's going to continue to be 100+ and I have to travel for business the 2nd half of the week and these days it is going to be enough of a challenge just to survive that.
I'm basically going to have to start over from scratch after the baby comes! I'm determined to do that, but so glad I have you guys for inspiration. I was there not long ago, and I'll be there again soon! Sometimes I read the Runner's World preggo thread on their forums, but I have a hard time relating to people who've just graduated from XS to S clothing, whine about how size M running shorts make them look fat in their 2nd trimester, have reduced their mileage only down to 20 mi/week in their 3rd, and their slow jogging PG times are still better than my PRs. Happy for them, and yeah, jealous, but it is so far outside the realm of my experience it just isn't helpful.
Everybody have a great run today! Run an extra couple yards for me--I'm now basically running vicariously through you.
Anne
very good... I've been running for a year and a half...
But seriously I am soooo happy yall really I am! When i felt like giving up I just kept telling myself, it's just one foot in front of the other you can do this.
