(and perhaps re-reading when i get self-conscious)
is going to happen or not.
is out of your control.
is not worse than being fat.
is fun to play with.
can be removed by a plastic surgeon.
will not ruin your life
is nicely hidden by most clothing.
is not the real reason your partner won't sleep with you.
will not keep you from finding a partner.
cannot be fixed by exercise.
is not the end of the world.
that is all.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
unmotivated. slacking. depressed?
My life is going pretty great right now.
I'm doing ok in my class, my boyfriend is a dream come true, my weight is pretty stable and I've never been healthier.
The last couple weeks I've just been dog-tired and pretty hard to motivate. I don't want to do ANYTHING at my job (and it's starting to get noticed, NOT GOOD), I can barely drag myself out to exercise and I complain to myself the whole time I do. Fake it til I make it feels a long way off.
Perhaps it's the post-half, post-trail race slump. I've got other small races planned, but nothing new and big ton conquer for a while, or maybe it's the fact that I'm freezing despite a space heater blowing at me all day. Maybe it's not enough sunlight? I don't know.
I feel guilty for complaining since people have REAL problems to contend with, but right now, i'm just out of it. Maybe I need to up my happy pills dose?
Anyway, maybe putting it out into the world will free me!
I'm doing ok in my class, my boyfriend is a dream come true, my weight is pretty stable and I've never been healthier.
The last couple weeks I've just been dog-tired and pretty hard to motivate. I don't want to do ANYTHING at my job (and it's starting to get noticed, NOT GOOD), I can barely drag myself out to exercise and I complain to myself the whole time I do. Fake it til I make it feels a long way off.
Perhaps it's the post-half, post-trail race slump. I've got other small races planned, but nothing new and big ton conquer for a while, or maybe it's the fact that I'm freezing despite a space heater blowing at me all day. Maybe it's not enough sunlight? I don't know.
I feel guilty for complaining since people have REAL problems to contend with, but right now, i'm just out of it. Maybe I need to up my happy pills dose?
Anyway, maybe putting it out into the world will free me!
Monday, November 1, 2010
fall running plans
Yup, the chill is really starting to hang in the air. My asthma gets to battle a new enemy - over the summer it was the high humidity, now it's the low humidity! Good times.
This fall I'm hoping to keep up the running as best I can. Having a partner that is learning to run is actually a big help. If I were on my own yesterday, I'm not sure I would have gotten off my butt, but he said "I can go for my usual, and you can do your long run". Well, that pinched my ego. I've been going for long runs on Sundays since we met - so it's what he expects. Can't wimp out on a nice day when we've got nothing else going on!
So, we changed into our gear and headed out. We ran the first mile together and then I split off to a longer route and he kept going on the 3 mile loop. I didn't really know what my plan was for the "long". I didn't have water, GU or my inhaler, so it was going to be less than 6. I whined in my head so much that I was going just do 3, but then I didn't like my whining, so I told myself I HAD to do 5 cuz I'm half-marathoner and it should be easy, even on a hard day.
That's right, I had to yell at myself. I called myself a whiney bitch. What kind of role model would I be to my partner if I just said "eh, i didn't FEEL like it"? So, 5 miles it was. Around 4 miles I found my groove, too. I may have found it just because I knew that I only had to do one more and my finish line was a pizza place where John was waiting for me. Whatever, I did it, and I was glad.
Days like these are why I keep my racing calendar stocked up. If I don't have a reason to keep it up, I might not. That scares the crap out of me! But having a race to prepare for - a new goal to reach, a new PR, a new distance - whatever it is, that really keeps me "honest" with my training.
On the horizon - perhaps a 5 miler on the 14th. A 5k turkey trot on the 25th, and a 5K Jingle run on 12/5. I believe we've also got a 5 miler on Jan 1. John will probably not be ready to run 5 miles straight by the 14th, but New Years he should be ready. Hopefully his 5K will be without stops on Thanksgiving too. Right now his stops are mostly for stretching though... so you can't help those if you cramp.
Our 2011 running goals are lofty, so I'm glad we've got some fun stuff planned to close out 2010. We've even got ourselves a team name and logo. I can't release the logo yet, but we are named Missile Toes - born out of our first "team" event, the Jingle 5K. We may or may not have actual Mistle Toe for that run!
This fall I'm hoping to keep up the running as best I can. Having a partner that is learning to run is actually a big help. If I were on my own yesterday, I'm not sure I would have gotten off my butt, but he said "I can go for my usual, and you can do your long run". Well, that pinched my ego. I've been going for long runs on Sundays since we met - so it's what he expects. Can't wimp out on a nice day when we've got nothing else going on!
So, we changed into our gear and headed out. We ran the first mile together and then I split off to a longer route and he kept going on the 3 mile loop. I didn't really know what my plan was for the "long". I didn't have water, GU or my inhaler, so it was going to be less than 6. I whined in my head so much that I was going just do 3, but then I didn't like my whining, so I told myself I HAD to do 5 cuz I'm half-marathoner and it should be easy, even on a hard day.
That's right, I had to yell at myself. I called myself a whiney bitch. What kind of role model would I be to my partner if I just said "eh, i didn't FEEL like it"? So, 5 miles it was. Around 4 miles I found my groove, too. I may have found it just because I knew that I only had to do one more and my finish line was a pizza place where John was waiting for me. Whatever, I did it, and I was glad.
Days like these are why I keep my racing calendar stocked up. If I don't have a reason to keep it up, I might not. That scares the crap out of me! But having a race to prepare for - a new goal to reach, a new PR, a new distance - whatever it is, that really keeps me "honest" with my training.
On the horizon - perhaps a 5 miler on the 14th. A 5k turkey trot on the 25th, and a 5K Jingle run on 12/5. I believe we've also got a 5 miler on Jan 1. John will probably not be ready to run 5 miles straight by the 14th, but New Years he should be ready. Hopefully his 5K will be without stops on Thanksgiving too. Right now his stops are mostly for stretching though... so you can't help those if you cramp.
Our 2011 running goals are lofty, so I'm glad we've got some fun stuff planned to close out 2010. We've even got ourselves a team name and logo. I can't release the logo yet, but we are named Missile Toes - born out of our first "team" event, the Jingle 5K. We may or may not have actual Mistle Toe for that run!
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