The Rundown, Week 2

Sunday, June 3 - Yesterday, I thought it'd be brilliant for us to walk to the local crafts festival at a park that is not too far from our house.  We left at 2 (in the heat of the day) and called my mom at 5:30 to come get us and take us home.  Sometimes it's good to feel like a teenager again.  Because we hiked a zillion miles on top of my C25K workout, I went easy today and just did the mile loop.  I made myself do the every other driveway bit.  I'm certain that I still look ridiculous while running, but I'm not looking as ridiculous for as long.

Monday, June 4 - I bought the clinical strength Secret.  I need this like you don't even want to imagine.

Tuesday, June 5 - Wait - WHAT?  How did Tuesday sneak on by without my noticing??  Probably because I was so busy pimping my The View Video.  Check it out!

Wednesday, June 6 - Somehow tonight I did the C25K week 1 day 2.  I really thought I was farther along than this.  What do I know? Tonight is The Dad's birthday - get registered for the giveaway today.

Thursday, June 7 - There was no organized running today.  BUT, while at the softball fields, I did dash from field 8 to field 2 (it's a lot farther apart than it sounds) when Daughter 1 got stung by a wasp.  Then we dashed back.  Then I dashed from field 8 to field 2 to take Daughter 1 to play with another team.  Then I dashed back.  Then I dashed from field 8 to field 2 with Daughter 2 in tow to watch Daughter 1.  While it wasn't running, it was dashing and I think I'll let that count for today.

Friday, June 8 -  A very, VERY tiny part of me misses school so that I could have some rhyme and rhythm to my schedule.  That part is small, but it's still here...Next week Imma hafta figure this schedule out.

Don't forget to register for The Dad's Birthday Giveaway!

The Rundown, Week 1, for realz this time

The enemy

Sunday, May 27 - I downloaded the C25K app and then my phone locked up, so I went with my standard every-other-driveway approach.  It worked well until a little over halfway done, I had to pass a parked car and then another car was quickly approaching, so I felt sandwiched in and cut back toward the curb before I was actually passed the parked car and took myself out with it's back bumper.  But I didn't fall.  As I righted myself, I stepped on a sugar gum ball and twisted my ankle.  But I didn't fall.  I was so relieved at not falling or getting hit by a car that I almost pee'd my pants.  So, I cut my route short and headed back toward home (because my bladder is about as strong as a broken rubber band) and raced toward home.  Good news:  I ran most of the way back home which is to say that's the most I've ever run.  Bad news:  I'm gonna need to do a LOT of kegel exercises between now and September 30.

Monday, May 28 - I totally stalked my BFF Rachael and found her at the OTHER Fleet Feet store. She sold me a sports bra.  The first bra was akin to a straight jacket.  For a measly B-cup, I was requiring a whole lot of spandex.  Daughter 2 pointed out that the first bra actually showed my nipplets.  "No one wants to see your nipplets when you run.  Probably no one wants to even see you run." I told her it wasn't  a topless run; she said it didn't matter.  Rachael hooked me up with a kindler, gentler, black sports bra that hides my nipplets.  I think I'm all set.  Also, Daughter 2 doesn't get to watch me run anymore.

Tuesday, May 29 - Today was one of those days.  'Nuff said.

Wednesday, May 30 - I caved to peer pressure and did the first workout of the Couch to 5K app.  I cooled down with some yoga.  And by "yoga" I mean I stood in the neighbor's sprinkler and cried.

Thursday, May 31 - When it storms and I have to "sleep" with one of The Daughters, you can bet your sweet patootie that I will NOT be sleeping.  I've been off all day long and did nothing.  I'd like to apologize for that, but I'm too tired to think of the words.

Friday, June 1 - I should have run today.  Instead I woke up at 3 in the AM and wrote.  Then I went back to bed at 8:00 when I started getting weird.  Then I woke up at 11:00 and went grocery shopping.  When my kids have to eat a spoon full of baking soda for breakfast, it's time to shop.  Then The Dad proposed an impromptu date night and then I crashed in bed. (Not because of the date night, though.)  I shall run tomorrow.

Saturday, June 2 - I woke up at 8.  On a Saturday.  I know!  Completely out of character.  I did my C25K workout and confirm that I cannot run prettily. (It's a word.)

Running Porn

There are many reasons I'm not a porn star.  The main reason is that I do not want to see myself in that position those positions.  It's not that I don't enjoy those porn-like positions with my own husband in our own bedroom, which is not hard-wired with video equipment, by the by.  But, I have no desire to look at myself in that situation those situations.  Funny thing:  I have the same feelings about my running.

The Run Down, Week 1 again

Sunday, May 20 - Today I had urethra spasms that wore me out.  Too much info?  I will run again.  This week.  This is MY week.

Monday, May 21 - This may be my week, but today is not my day.  I did not take a Lortab.  I did take 8 ibuprofen.  Baby steps, my friends.

Tuesday, May 22 - I made Daughter 2 take the dogs out BEFORE I went out, which meant she was too tired to actually finish the whole mile with me.  I, however, finished a mile - running every other driveway - in 19 minutes.  I cooled down with some yoga.  And maybe some savage yelling.  Maybe.

Wednesday, May 23 - I did my same route in 17 minutes.  That's good, right?  I also did the route with my headphones hanging down from my ears and NOT plugged into my phone.  That's not so good, right?  I wondered why my thoughts were so loud...

Thursday, May 24 - Today was my last day of the school year.  I came home and crashed on the couch.    It doesn't matter how great of a school year I've had, I find myself completely and utterly drained once I check out for the summer.  I'll get my runs in this weekend.

a little taste of my imagination.
Source

Friday, May 25 - The Dad and I were properly fitted for shoes. (More on that tomorrow.)  This involved running on a treadmill and a video camera.  It was almost a deal-breaker for me.  I got great shoes, however, and planned a cool walk to break them in.  But we didn't get to The Dad's folks' house until after dark, and they live out in the middle of nowhere, and visions of snakes and skunks and ax murderers ran rampant through my brain.  So, while my imagination ran wild, I did not.  Saturday, I'll run.  Definitely Saturday.

The Run Down, Week 1

Sunday, May 13 - It's Mother's Day and what a better day to start training for Hot Mamas Run in September.  I do not run.  Freddy, Jason and Michael Meyers could be chasing me with a machete, a hatchet and a chainsaw, respectively, and I wouldn't run.  But, my friend Mari said, "Hey!  Let's train for this and run this together." I was high on Italian dressing from Zios and said, "Sure!"  So, here I am on Mother's Day, running.  I went on a half-mile loop in my neighborhood and it took me, two daughters, and two dogs 12 minutes to complete the loop.  We ran every other driveway-to-driveway.  I was knocked clean on my butt by our big lab, J.J., and I yelled at both dogs and one daughter to stop chasing rabbits through the neighbors' yards. At the end of our loop, Daughter 1 said, "I'm proud of you, Momma.  It doesn't matter what you look like to me."  That's encouraging.

Guess when I got these shoes?
The summer after Daughter 2 was born.
She's 8.

I learned three things:  1. I shouldn't attempt serious training/running with two dogs and/or two daughters. 2.  I need new shoes and my B-cups need a sports bra. (Who knew?) and 3.  I can still run.

Monday, May 14  - Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a kidney stone.  Within that day, the pain went away.  Today, it came back with a vengence.  Then, the stone blocked my pee inside of me - after I had drunk about a gallon of water.  I spent the day in the emergency room.  The first half of my stay I begged for a cath.  Having to pee and not being able to pee is nothing short of multiple levels of miserable.  If I could have gotten my hands on a drinking straw, I'd have cathed my own damn self.  True Story.  I go see the urologist tomorrow, and he'll most likely be removing said kidney stone.  I'll probably give him Daughter 1 out of gratitude, and then maybe on Wednesday, I'll be back to training again. 

I'm off to google at-home cath videos on youtube.

Tuesday, May 15 - Best sleep of my life today as my new BFF Dr. P, an urologist, dug a kidney stone out of my tube that carries my urine out of my body.  He left, however, a stint in his place.  Now, I have to pee all the time, but I CAN!  I can PEE!  My stent comes out Friday, and I will return to training on Saturday. I will not be performing self-caths.

Wednesday, May 16 - Stents suck.  Lortabs, not so much.

Thursday, May 17 - I went to work today.  I got caught up on my grading and only got up off my butt once to dash to the bathroom.  It was not an easy dash, and I may have even whimpered.  Again, stents suck.

Friday, May 18 - Just when I think I have no humility left, the nurse comes along and pulls what little remains right from my woowoo.  I thought it was my intestines.  Apparently stents are L O N G and are removed by pulling a string, while one stands naked in front of a nurse you've just met.  No dinner.  No dancing.  No flowers... just a little (big) tug and the stent is out.  But, to keep me completely miserable, I now have a spastic reaction in my bladder and kidneys and urethra.  I've never wanted to be able to run so much in all my life.    WHA--??  Surely, that's not the lortab talking...