SuppleMama.com » Running http://www.supplemama.com Fitness, Nutrition & Weightloss Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:48:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Missed the Cleveland Rite-Aid Marathon http://www.supplemama.com/2010/05/missed-the-cleveland-rite-aid-marathon/ http://www.supplemama.com/2010/05/missed-the-cleveland-rite-aid-marathon/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 14:26:18 +0000 Trula http://www.supplemama.com/?p=388 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> So I missed the big Cleveland Rite-Aid Marathon. I initially planned to do the half-marathon, then realized shortly into training how woefully unprepared I was for that. Then I was going to do the 10k, figuring as I used to run that distance twice a week it would be no problem. Nope! a few training runs showed me just how out of shape I was for that. So I decided to do the 5k as that is only a little over 3 miles. I was all geared up to go…then overslept.

I’m thinking that subconsciously I didn’t really feel prepared for even a run that short. I don’t know. I just feel very disappointed in myself and like a total loser.

I am looking around for some other local runs I can do… I am sure there are a few coming up I can participate in.

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I’m going to run in the Cleveland Marathon 5k run on Saturday…planned to do the half-marathon, then the 10k, but I’m not really ready for either. Baby steps back into running, for me. A 5k run is only 3.1 miles, so it will be an ok run, not strenuous at all. I’m not ready for strenuous or stressful either physically or mentally. It starts at 7:30am this coming Saturday. I’ll be done at 8:10, LOL, that is seriously how slow I run these days. I was thinking then on Sunday maybe going down to watch the full, half, and 10k races, see how the runners in those are doing.

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]]> http://www.supplemama.com/2010/05/preparing-to-race/feed/ 0 Freudian Foot Issues http://www.supplemama.com/2009/06/freudian-foot-issues/ http://www.supplemama.com/2009/06/freudian-foot-issues/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:38:14 +0000 Trula http://www.supplemama.com/?p=300 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Sigh. I’m having foot issues again. This time I stubbed my right foot so badly it broke one of my toes clean in two. That was two weeks ago, I have another 2-4 weeks before it’s fully healed. I have to wear a boot brace and walk on crutches when I don’t wear it, in order to stay off the foot completely. It’s very tedious and tiring, and my toes hurts all the time. The doctor gave me a prescription for pain medications but they make me very drowsy and out of it so I don’t like to take them. The whole thing is aggravating my nerves. I’m really pissed with myself because last summer I sprained my left ankle really bad. What does it mean that I keep hurting my feet area?

I hope the doc clears me ok to run in the half-marathon in September…I really would like to do it. After that maybe I’ll stop running, because the more the I think on it the more I think that perhaps I really don’t like running and/or want to stop running…messing up my feet is an easy way out. But so is simply stopping my running habit. I feel like I know myself fairly well and I’m open to change, so this seems like a bizarre way for me to get myself to stop an activity. Maybe I’m over thinking it…the foot stuff could just all be pure accident and coincidence, nothing more.

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]]> http://www.supplemama.com/2009/06/freudian-foot-issues/feed/ 2 Endorphins http://www.supplemama.com/2009/04/endorphins/ http://www.supplemama.com/2009/04/endorphins/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:12:07 +0000 Trula http://www.supplemama.com/?p=283 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I have a love/hate relationship with exercise. I hate doing it, I hate starting it, but I LOVE the way it makes me feel. When I get that endorphin rush, it feels just like right after orgasm, that full, flushed, satisfied feeling of goodness and satiation. I just feel so good, and relaxed, and tingly, and calm. And it lasts for a long time! this feeling, for just hours and hours. Exercise really makes a huge difference in my day. In my life.

My favorite exercise is running, then yoga, then the elliptical machine. Today is a 5 mile run, tomorrow, 3 miles, then friday will hit the gym and do the elliptical. I’ve been doing yoga at home for years now but recently (as part of my getting over shyness plan) found a studio and signed up for classes, went to the first one yesterday. It was grand, the teacher is really nice and grounded and the other students were really welcoming and friendly. One of the women I talked to is also running in the Cleveland marathon this year, and it was nice to talk about running with someone who shares this enthusiasm.

How about you, what gets you going?

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]]> http://www.supplemama.com/2009/04/endorphins/feed/ 0 Marathon Mommy! http://www.supplemama.com/2009/02/marathon-mommy/ http://www.supplemama.com/2009/02/marathon-mommy/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:07:31 +0000 Trula http://www.supplemama.com/?p=250 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I just discovered Marathon Mommy, a blog about mothers who run marathons. I’m so excited to come across this blog, because as you know I’m a mama and I like to run and this year I’m doing the Cleveland Rite Aid marathon. The last post asked, Why do you run? Well I run because:

-it is fun
-it makes me feel good
-it makes me breathe deeper
-it releases stress
-it’s free
-it increases my metabolism
-it helps me lose weight
-it makes me think better; clearer

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