Should I or Shouldn't I

So I am thinking of trying to run some of the Pre course on the weekends.

On one hand it would probably be good for conditioning with all the hills and such and I wouldn't be in for such a shock on race day.

On the other hand. I'm scared that if I do horrible running that stretch that I'll get demoralized pretty quickly. I'm still only at 3 miles of running as my base and 5 weeks to raise that as much as I can.




Dear Prefontaine 10K: You and your Agony Hill scare the crap out of me still. :P

long time no post! but still out there running!

So long time no post! I have been a super slacker blogger, but still running! I'm in my THIRD cycle of Couch to 5K (this should show how slackery I can get, haha) and just finished Week 7 yesterday. One more week and I'm complete, and then next month I do Round 2 with the Prefontaine 10k. Woot! Figure I'll try to do some 4-5 mile runs on the weekends from now on so that 6.2 won't come as quite a shock, can't hurt!

I won some Mizuno Wave Rider 15's from Long Legs on the Loose that should be arriving any day now and am super excited to get them! I run in super cheapo Nike Initiator's I got for under $20 on clearance at JC Penney so I'm stoked to see if a pricier pair really do kick some running booty or if it's overpriced hype.

Also, I did my best time ever yesterday by swapping my regular rockmyrun running mix out for a Rammstein only mix. I thought that was funny! Might need to make a Rammstein playlist for the Pre ;)

Do I even deserve to be called a runner?

Even though I read the books, subscribe to the magazine and visit all the blogs, and even get out there and do my 12 minute mile pace, it feels like I'm an imposter when I say I like to "run" or I am going for a "run". Like I should be saying that I'm going jogging instead. Even Runkeeper feels like something to be used by the cheetah runners, and not certainly by me. I think I'm in a speed funk. I don't want to push too hard when I'm THISCLOSE to finishing C25K V2.0, so I keep at a pace I know that I can hold vs. pushing even harder and not reaching my goal. One more week of C25K and then speedwork is my next goal. I want to have a 10 minute mile pace again.

Swingset Sweepstakes

https://www.swingsetsonline.com/backyard-ideas/backyard-blog/playsets/January%202012/Double_the_Prize_Double_the_Fun_Sweepstakes

My kids would so totally adore this! They love to be outdoors and have fun climbing and swinging so this would be right up thier alley. Totally crossing my fingers!

Would totally love to win this!