Kathleen's Adventures

I opted out of the hot pants today, but wore my new favorite hot pink sports bra and apparently it has the same speedy influence on my running as the hot pants. I ran my fastest mile ever today, by a good 40 seconds. I know you are all on the edge of your seat.... wait for it... wait for it... Mile 1: 7:25!!!!!!!!! Mile 2: 8:00 (ugh...) Mile 3: 8:06 (major ugh...) Mile .14: 1:04 Actually, those are all faster miles than I have ever run before! Total time: Well, I'm not exactly sure!! I stopped my watch at 24:34, once I realized I was past the "finish line." It wasn't chipped timed. 24:34 was for 3.14 miles. I'm trying to plug into motion based to get my exact time at 3.1, but I'm not there yet. Anyways, I think it is safe to call it a 24:30. Also, I have no idea what my time will show up as in the results because you cross the finish line, then line up in order of finish and wait for them to scan the bar code on your number. So I assume the ...

You know, if people hadn't sat around and told me that the AT&T half course is way harder than the 3M course and that it would be nearly impossible to better my 3M time at AT&T, I might not have had to nearly kill myself today to prove them wrong. Today I achieved PR #7 since September. This one rivaled the Houston Marathon in difficulty as the top 2 of my PR list. However, I think the hot pants pulled me through today. This race was pretty neat because the half and the full shared the same start line. I knew a handful of people aiming for 4:00 in the full, so that meant I could run with them for a while - definitely my first time to do so. I started off with my cousin Scott and his friend Charlie. Greyhound was also close by at the start. I introduced him to Scott because they are both doing IMCDA in June. Less than a mile or two into the race, I ran into Clea and we stuck together until mile 6 or 7. It was great to catch up with her and talk about many Sunmarts to c...

What do they have in common? They both require me to "act the part" when wearing/using them. As I sit here and hear the weather roaring outside, I'm laughing a bit because the storm I prayed would come at or before 6pm (track practice time) is just arriving now. However, I did get my track workout in and I'm very glad I did. I feel great now. We were to do 2-4 sets of 600-400-600 repeats and I was very content only doing 2. But, I wore the hot pants to the track, so that meant I couldn't wuss out and had to at least do two full sets...not just jog a few laps and talk more than I ran. Had I not worn the hot pants, I could have called it quits after just one set, and claimed that I was still recovering from whatever. But, when wearing hot pants, you must do at least the minimum prescribed workout. Even better news is that Shellie talked me into doing a 3rd set when I had no intention of doing it. I was able to make all the intervals and feel great now. So, the next ...