Halfie...

The half marathon is coming up so quick! Oh my goodness! I actually am so nervous/excited. I am nervous, more just because it is social interaction. *cough* nerd.

I am excited to run though! Hopefully this will boost my speed!

I had a dream the other night that I finished the Half-marathon at 2:04:58 (2 hours 4 minutes 58 seconds). But in my dream I realized I forgot to wear the tracker anklet (so they know your exact time). So I was disqualified.

I always thought that it would take me about 2:20 - 2:30 to finish it. But I realized that my pace will probably put me at 2:08. I have to run 9 seconds a mile faster to reach 2:04. Amazing right? So I might be able to do it!

But I keep forgetting, I shouldn't make a time goal my first time around! I just should make the goal to finish the half-marathon! I am just so excited!

But in all honesty. I will probably finish anywhere in between 2:08-2:18.

Compared to the (only 61) runners last year, that would put me in 26th-48th in the race. So not last. Not first. But whatever. I'm EXCITED!

In other news, my mom is making me stay at her friend's house during this time in Ottawa. I want a hotel. I said I'd pay for it. My mom STILL doesn't want that. Mom, you can go visit your friend but I don't want to.

Anyways, thats it for now!

Toodles.

Fitness stuff I want

I need new running shoes. I got bored and decided to look around at different shoes, then I decided to make a blog out of it.

Nike Free Run Shoes
I want to try them on before I get them but theres a lot of hype about them. Plus I am going to need a new pair of runners soon!

http://www.footlocker.com/product/model:175880/sku:10643002/nike-free-run-+-3-womens/black/grey/?cm=GLOBAL%20SEARCH%3A%20KEYWORD%20SEARCH#sku=10643004

Vibram Five Finger shoes
Yes, they look ridiculous. But yes, I REALLY want them. Yes, I am willing to be made fun of for wearing them. Runners are built up like that. You are GUARANTEED to be yelled at while running, especially after 7pm. The other day one guy literally yelled "I wanna see that ass naked" at me. I don't think he was as straight to the point as I was hoping. Sarcasm.

Either the Treksport ones

or the Spyridon LS ones

I'm too lazy to look now. But I am going to get a new pair of runners, and some of those type of shoes, soon. Hopefully!

I'm not an Athlete + Why I run

Today on my run I remembered something...

As a kid I never considered myself athletic. Even now I don't. Now I just say that I am active, because really... what sports can I play? (Cricket Noise)

But as a kid I played softball and eventually basketball. I gave up on basketball in grade 7 when I didn't make Harry J's team. :(

But I briefly remembered something else. Once as a kid I decided to be healthy... randomly. Allow me to explain. I decided one day that I would fill up my Heart and Stroke foundation water bottle, and grab my jump rope and my bicycle and I would spend quote "All day" outside exercising. I was probably 7. Also, I probably lasted 20 minutes before I gave up/my mom made me stop.

Right before I left Lyndhurst in grade 5 I decided "I would do everything". Meaning clubs. So what did I do? I signed up for choir. I signed up for cross country. What happened? I fucking moved to Belleville.

Why do these things happen to me?

The other day I told myself that I probably would've never started running if I never moved to Belleville. But now I am remembering cross country. Would I have given it up if I lost, like I did with Basketball? Or would I have continued like I said I would have? I actually don't know. I probably would've given up, but if I didn't that statement I said about moving to Belleville isn't true.

Oh. You know what? I don't think I have ever explained WHY I started running. Oooh. Thats awkward... well I sort of have.

Back in November 2011 is when I finally decided to "start running". Trust me, I sucked. I barely could run for 3 minutes straight. I felt so happy when I ran without stopping to a song... I think it was Katy Perry.

But the reason I started THEN was because I wanted to start exercising more.

Then as I said before, I started running even more in February 2012 when I joined the gym. This time was because I wanted more cardio, so I decided to start running for cardio.

Somewhere around March/April/May ish I started running outside. I really don't remember when. Probably April. But THEN I started running because it was a goal. A goal inspired by, as I have said before.... ShayCarl on youtube. As you may know, he lost a lot of weight and has now ran 1 half marathon and 2 full marathons. Before he ran his first marathon this year (The LA Marathon) I decided I wanted to run a marathon someday.

And you know the rest.

But basically right now the reason I am running is for cardio and because I don't want to embarass the shit out of myself at the Halfie. Which is in.... 21 days?! WHAT. HOLY SHIT. That is 3 weeks.

The most I have run is 11.5 miles. The halfie is 13.1 miles. I told myself that I know I can run it as long as I have run at least 10 miles. I am still hoping to run 15 miles before the halfie though.

Tata for now ;)

Putting down the straightener and picking up the weights

Slowly but surely I am not giving a shit about what I look like.

Well, Makeup and hair wise. I'm just like. THROW SOME SHIT ON MAH FACE AND PUT MY HAIR UP in less than 3 minutes.

I straightened my hair for the first time since I got it cut a few days ago.

But I noticed that this all sort of aligns with the fact that I workout so much now. Whats the point of makeup if I am going to sweat it off and clog my pores in 2 hours?

Back in Grade 10 if you told me this I would probably slap you. I religiously straightened my hair and did my makeup. I spent like an hour. I'm not even kidding you. Well, half of that time was probably dancing to whatever music I was listening to... but...

I don't know.

I just don't care.

This is a short blog.

Awks.

Best Run Ever

This will hopefully be brief and take me less than 5 minutes to write.

This is the story of my attempt to run 12 miles today.

The story starts yesterday.

On August 2nd I awoke and realized "I am supposed to run 4 miles today. Thats easy.". So I got up, and started running. I decided to try not eating before my run, because I know that if I run immediately after I eat, sometimes I feel like I may throw up. Anyways, this long-story short, I ran like 3.1 miles, and got EXHAUSTED and went home. I figured it was a short run, and I need a break anyways. I went to the gym later that day and did abs and a little more cardio.

Yesterday I was aware of how tired I was, and have been especially lately. I remembered "Oh shit, I have to run 12 miles tomorrow."

 So I made sure to go to sleep to get at least 7 hours of sleep. I went to bed at 11:15 expecting to get up at 6:15/6:30ish.

 I did this.

 I woke up around 6:20. I got up, ate food, got all my running gear on. I turned the olympics on to watch them while I quickly ate some breakfast. Then I looked at the time and it was 7am. So I realized "its time to run". But I was too tired. I was extremely tired. I kept weighing out the pros and cons of whether or not I should run, and then decided "No. I need to rest." I took all my running gear off and sat on the couch to watch the olympics.

I fell asleep around 7:15 on the couch (EVEN AFTER having some energy booster stuff). I woke up at 9:00 to my mom asking me "Are you coming to Wal Mart with me?" So I said yes, and got ready and went to wal mart. I went to the gym and did deltoids and back and a tiny bit of cardio.

At the gym I decided maybe I will work up the energy throughout the day to go for a Run tonight. But I decided even if I was too tired, I would just ride my bike briefly to get in a little cardio. I figured I would run the 12 miles either tonight, Saturday night, or Sunday morning.

Well tonight rolled around and I decided to do it. I put on my running gear. I decided not to run with my iPod, only for the 3rd time ever. I grabbed my phone which I knew would die halfway through my run and my mom would get pissed. I left.

It was the best run ever. I watched the sun go down over, then it got dark. The temperature was perfect. Just enough for me to wear cool-clothing and sweat a little, without dying of dehydration quickly. I easily ran the first 5 miles. Then I took a short 1 minute walk. Then I ran easily to 7.5 miles. Then I told my mom where I was and told her where I was going, when I would be home, and that my phone would die. I easily ran once again to 8.69 miles. Then my phone died. I got to... I am guessing around 9-9.5ish miles and then I started getting tired. I was almost home, but for the last bit I had to do a run/walk thing like I usually do.

But everything else was awesome. The only thing was, I misunderstood part of my path, and somehow accidentally skipped .5 of a mile. So I only ran 11.5 miles.

But that is still the furthest I have ever ran. And the best run ever. not the fastest. But I zoned out so easily.

And that is the most boring story you have ever read.

In one of those moods

I have these moods in which it feels like running is the world to me.

Right now I am in one of these moods.

ASDHFKJAWEHREWURNAC.

So yeah.

Running isn't easy. I am a normal runner until about 70-80% through my run. Then I get weird. I start getting angry. Or weird. Like singing out loud. Or making weird faces. Or doing weird dances. Or making weird strides. This only happens if my run is longer than 6-7 miles though.

Oh. I finally "ran" 10 miles.

When I go for runs, I never JUST straight run. I need to take walking breaks. I think the longest I have ever run is about 3 miles in a row. That was during one of my most "zoned out" runs ever. It was down by zwicks, around the time waterfront was on. It was fairly early in the morning, so I was looking at a lot of the things being set up and such. Also there was a 2k 5k 10k that day part of the heart and stroke foundation. It was starting at 10am. I was probably around there around 9am. So I took advantage of the signs that showed me their path. And ran it. Yeah. I'm pretty cool.

But that wasn't my 10 miler.

My 10 miler... I was fine. Until 8.08 miles. Then I was like going crazy. It was hot as hell. Which was my main problem. It was 35 degrees celsius at that point. I started out at 24 degrees. But I was just like dying from the heat. I wasn't dehydrated. I had already had a lot of water at that point.

At 8.48 miles I said to myself "I must keep running until (certain bush that I recognize on my run) or else (insert person who is close to me's name) will die.". Yes. This is how I push myself. I am not even kidding you. I get scared shitless and run like hell. I know its not real. But I am scared it could be. So I run. I did it too. At that point I got to about 9.20 miles. From then to the 10 miles I sort of walked/jogged.

But I still did it. Under 2 hours. Which was my goal. People have ran half-marathons heck, maybe even full marathons, faster than my time.

But I alway remember: There will always be slower runners than me, and faster runners than me. I should only be concerned about myself and be proud of the fact that I did 10 miles in under 2 hours.

In heat.

Am I boring you yet?

Tomorrow I am just doing a 4 miler. As I think I posted before, I have a running schedule. Except for the fact that I am doing my Wednesday as my Monday. So each day follows (Thursday is tuesday, friday is wednesday, etc). So basically I have every Wednesday and Saturday off from running, and some other odd days.

Tomorrow is 4 miles. The next day is 12. 12 Fucking miles. What the actual.

I am getting up to run at like 5am or 6am that day. I swear it. I will not be hot and dying.

I want to run in the rain. It looks like fun, as long as I am not wearing something that sucks if I get wet. Like something that will cause me a rash or absorbs the water and holds onto it.

Besides running, today I did Bi's and Tri's at the Gym. Tomorrow I am doing... back and butt? No. That can't be right. Yes. Yes it is. Okayyyy. Then.. Friday I am running 12 miles. And I need to go to the gym. I might run the 12 miles in the morning and hit the gym in the afternoon. So that way I won't be dying at the gym. I will do... legs? OH GOD. WHY. WHY ME. WHY ARE LEGS ON THE DAY I RUN 12 MILES!?!?!?! Ahhhh.

I usually group my muscles I work on into 2 different types. Legs I always do all parts of legs, quads, calves etc for one gym sesh.

Here are the things I do :
- All parts of my Legs
- Deltoids/Shoulders
- Chest
- Abs + Core
- Back
- Butt
- Biceps
- Triceps
- Forearms

That seems about it.. right? I don't know.
OH WAIT. I need to do abs. Maybe I'll do Abs on Friday...

Saturday I am not doing the gym. I am not sure if I have a run on Sunday. Oh wait. Yes I will. Hmm. We'll see.

I am actually going for a walk right now.

So yeah. Bye.
Thanks for listening to my rambling. Reading. Not listening. If you can currently hear me talking I suggest you go see a doctor or something.