Yesterday I went for a brisk run through the island and up 4th north. Yes. UP 4th NORTH. From the bottom to the top, and it was unbelievably challenging. But I did it, even if I was gasping for air by the end. I probably did 8 min miles, which is pretty fast considering I am slow.

On a sidenote: Sideaches apparently can be alleviated by:
1) Breathing more through your stomach
2) Exhaling on your left foot (70% of people exhale with the right foot) This helps because there is not as much stretching on the diaphragm on the left side as the right- the organs that your right side holds are heavier.
3) Expirimenting with liquids/solids consumed before a run.

I'm SO BACK!

After about a month of no running.


I need to get back.

set my ipod for 14 miles-- a very unrealistic goal.


I ran/walk a total of 4 miles.


almost an hour.


my mom was there walking in the park too so i didn't want to take 4 hours to finish my slow recovery from not running.


either case, injuries avoided and feel good that even with this slow run I will finish in 6 hours. -

I am set to finish a marathon!

well

I've done 3 runs since the last post, and all were nothing worthy of marathon training. All consisted probably of about 3-4 miles, and I am having a hard time staying motivated to run long distances. But there is hope, if I continue to run maybe it'll get easier. Also, I might split them up- do some in the morning, some after work at night. We will see?
Cortni

Parlez-vous francais?

Wow. I have found my distraction in running. I set off for 5 miles today (I know, my schedule is all messed up, I'm just trying to go with the flow...) As I commenced, I turned my ipod to "Speak French, with Michel Thomas", my new french-learning tutorial on cd. I went through 1 1/2 disks, and was completely able to finish my run with no probleme.

C'est Magnificent! Exceptionale!

..Encore in 2 days.

June 11

Still running a bit behind (har har.. joke.. "running")

Went for a seven mile run today that was supposed to be on july 9th. I did fairly well, I ran in South Jordan from 9800 South to 7800 South, then back again. It was a pretty good run and I wasn't too tired. But those dang sideaches! I have no idea why I get them or how to get rid of them. By mile 6 I was in a lot of pain and had to continually walk/run the last mile. Those sideaches drive me nuts. Hips are better though, and though my pace is still pretty slow, I can keep going for a long time now. Man alive, I never thought I'd be running 7 miles in one sitting.

I am always reminded of why I don't run in the sun. Sometimes I'll never get around to running because I convince myself that I'll do it when the sun goes down.

That usually doesn't happen.

So today I took off for a 5 miler at around 5:30. All was going well until the halfway point, where I suddenly felt my left hip get a bit funny. It was pretty sore, so I stopped and took a little rest on a grass hill in the shade. Man alive, I was so hot! It was hard to finish the run, but I did and tried to strech my hip really good. We'll see come tomorrow just how bad of shape it's in...

well..

It's come Tuesday now, and I haven't done my 6-8 run for sunday yet...

I might be putting myself in serious trouble for this marathon.