Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Runner's Log: April 2013

Another Record Month!  AND I'm {knock on wood...cross my fingers...} injury free.  It's been an April full of firsts ~ longest RUN EVER {13.5}  ~ most mileage EVER {107.5} ~ decided to RUN A FULL MARATHON {WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?}
I've been watching these inspiring people {Mike, Jackie, Brynn} train for the Cleveland Marathon...and I want to do it to.  {I REPEAT...WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?}  I will sign up for the first Lake County marathon to be held in October.  The 20 week training starts May 27.
So, before I type a running log again...I will have run my second half, signed up for my first full & started training.  I will also have a senior who will be done with school, a classroom full of boxes awaiting transport to the new middle school & only a few days left of school.  As April was a month of firsts...May will be a month of change.  I will survive.

April's totals:
107.5 miles for the month 
347.5 miles for the year
0 biking miles for the month
112 biking miles for the year
131.5 miles in my black, pink & blue Asics ~ the left one is muddy thanks to a drive trying to kill me and a mud puddle I had to step in.  But, being black...you can't really tell that it is muddy.

My WEIGHT
:  According the the LOSE IT! app, I weigh 131 pounds.  According to the scale this morning, I have no idea.  It was 133 yesterday...and I decided NOT to count my calories any more.  It was an obsession...one I need to be away from for the next few weeks.  I need to eat some carbs over the next two weeks before the race.  I need to learn to eat healthy stuff when I'm hungry because it's the right thing to do...not because of the number of calories.  I was obsessed & it wasn't good.  I will continue to fit into my new size 6 pants (seriously...they make pants bigger these days) and I will continue to eat healthy.  And I'm going to train for a marathon.

Some interesting facts:
Longest run this month: 13.5 miles!!!!!!!

Favorite place to run this month: ?!?  I really liked the loop of River road to Bates...until the dog almost attacked.  I'm serious.  If that truck hadn't driven by, I think I would have been eaten.  I haven't been back there since & I don't have a new favorite place yet.
# of bags of Candy Cane Kisses left in my cabinet: I still haven't looked so I still think it's three. 
# of books I read this month: Four!  Wow.  The last one was finished within minutes of being taken off my kindle {slight hyperbole}
Monthly mileage record: 107.5 ~ April 2013.  Two record months in a row!
Highest mileage ever-at-one-time:  13.5  Sunday, April 6, 2013


PR's:
5K: 22:45 (Rabbit Run 10/30/11~ but I think it was a short course)
10K: 52:02 (Cleveland 5/15/11)
10-miler: 1:21:29 (Hermes Cleveland 10-miler 4/28/12)
half-marathon: 1:55:04 (Cleveland 5/16/10)
marathon: 3:50:05 (Akron relay {team run} 9/24/11)

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