Most people put out their goals in the first of the year, I'm a bit late.
1. Visit New York City- I'm only 115 miles away right now, this is a chance in a lifetime.
2. Run a Marathon-I'm signed up for Chicago.
3. PR! I want to explore different distances and hopefully PR.
4. Read more! I want to read for me and not school.
5. Get to know the Bible better- It has been awhile since my college classes..
6. Film a Work-out Wednesday- I know I can do this but it something I have always wanted to do.
7. Travel- What better time then now? I want to atleast make it to Savannah, GA, Brevard, NC and the West Coast.
8. Learn to really cook- I know how to bake but I want to learn how to really cook and well.
9. Develop my writing- I want to write more often and develop my tone.
10. Become better with a video camera- I want to learn angles and editing.
11. Graduate and find out what I am doing afterwards-Whether that is job or Grad. School.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Treadmill trouble
I had my first experience with a real amount of snow this weekend (6.1 inches, not as much as Philadelphia but still quite a bit more then I am use to seeing as a Tennessee native). I could have run outside on Saturday, I am for sure but I did not want to chance. The news had me scared that I would slip, fall and then die a painful long horrible freezing death in a ditch. All that would identify me would be my road id (no, I don’t get paid to promote this).
So I decided to check out my apartments fitness center. I wrapped up in far too many layers of clothes, put on my fake UGG boots and sloshed to center. The center is this tiny room with two treadmills, a stationary bike, a couple of weight machines and elliptical. I felt like the whole time the woman on the elliptical was drafting off of me like in an 800 meters race it was so close. There were about 4 people in the small space and all seemed intently focused on the television that was turned to Animal planet.
I started the treadmill and as usual it starts off at a ridiculously slow pace (crawling for water in the Sahara pace). I bumped up to about 8:00 pace with the intention of bumping the pace up every 5-10 minutes depending on how I felt. 8:00 just felt slow. So I changed again thinking 7:30 would do. I stayed on that for about 5 more minutes before bumping again. Then that felt miserably slow. So I decided not to focus on the pace but rather just what the speed felt natural.
Needless to say, when I finished my run and reviewed the facts, I had run 6 miles at the average speed of 6:10 pace with the last mile at 5:00. If this is the truth, I need to enter some races and maybe find myself an elite coach. I know this has to be far from the truth, I venture to say I most likely closer to 7:00 min pace and maybe 5.5 miles.
I do not know whether to be upset about knowing the right numbers or happy that I actually made it through a treadmill run without worrying about pace.
So I decided to check out my apartments fitness center. I wrapped up in far too many layers of clothes, put on my fake UGG boots and sloshed to center. The center is this tiny room with two treadmills, a stationary bike, a couple of weight machines and elliptical. I felt like the whole time the woman on the elliptical was drafting off of me like in an 800 meters race it was so close. There were about 4 people in the small space and all seemed intently focused on the television that was turned to Animal planet.
I started the treadmill and as usual it starts off at a ridiculously slow pace (crawling for water in the Sahara pace). I bumped up to about 8:00 pace with the intention of bumping the pace up every 5-10 minutes depending on how I felt. 8:00 just felt slow. So I changed again thinking 7:30 would do. I stayed on that for about 5 more minutes before bumping again. Then that felt miserably slow. So I decided not to focus on the pace but rather just what the speed felt natural.
Needless to say, when I finished my run and reviewed the facts, I had run 6 miles at the average speed of 6:10 pace with the last mile at 5:00. If this is the truth, I need to enter some races and maybe find myself an elite coach. I know this has to be far from the truth, I venture to say I most likely closer to 7:00 min pace and maybe 5.5 miles.
I do not know whether to be upset about knowing the right numbers or happy that I actually made it through a treadmill run without worrying about pace.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
A long trip
So I am here in Emmaus, PA. I start Monday for Runner's World. I have posted pictures from my 12 hour trip below in a video. I hope to have my apartment done along with taking some pictures of the town tomorrow.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
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