last night I ran 5 Miles! its funny, because i got out of work, and I was like "wow, i ONLY have to run 5 today!" its funny how it all becomes relative after a while. I did it in 58 minutes, which is a really really good time for me. last week i ran 3 miles in an hour, so this is quite an improvement. I didnt even really feel winded after, which ( Read more... )

Alex and I ran this morning about 2 and half miles or so. Since we both missed a few practices, we are hoping to run this weekend in our neighborhood. The thought of waking up at 5:30am does not make me want to go run 16 miles. But that will be the case next week. I'M SO NERVOUS!!!!! Thanks for helping me reach my fundraising goal! but dont stop ( Read more... )

Hey Y'all. Thanks for checking up on me! Last night, I skipped a 3 mile run to do a 3 mile hike with irving. It definitely got my blood pumping. i could feel that it worked different muscles, so it was a good workout. We were both breathing hard! But i'm excited to run tonight again. I'm going downtown to run with the Nike Club. I'm so addicted to ( Read more... )

So, Alex and I ran 14 miles with our group today. 14 horrendous miles... at Porter Ranch.. which has more hills than all of San Francisco i think! Hee hee.. We took our time and actually Walked up the hills, because we were getting too worn out from running them. (poor us, right!) We were the last two to finish... hahaha we are proud that we did it ( Read more... )

Last night, I ran 4.5 miles with Nike. I love running with Nike... everytime I go, i get free socks. You cant beat it. Usually they are really nice Dri-Fit white ones.. but yesterday, I got bright purple Dri-Fit ones. They totally rock. I love them. I run slow, and usually i finish and all the food is gone (you get free food too!) so yesterday, i ( Read more... )

Wow. I seriously can't remember a time i've been more proud! I ran 13 miles on saturday in just under 3 hours. I took a little Immodium AD before the run, and my tummy, muscles and lungs all feel fantastic. I kept up my 3:1 run/walk pace the whole time. Alex and I stuck together and we did it! She's the best running partner ever. we talk the whole ( Read more... )

I just spent about a week up in Northern California with Irving and his family. His sister, EJ, is also training to run the San Francisco Marathon with me. She is training in Chicago, but when we were on vacation, we took advantage of the time and ran together! We woke up early on Sunday morning and just ran.. for over 7 miles! There was a nice ( Read more... )

Hey everyone...

Last night, I ran 4 miles at Balboa Park. It was great because we are starting to get some new people from the Winter Team running with us. Its not as hot as it usually is anymore. Actually, it even begins to get dark a lot sooner now too. You really notice it when you're used to running in the heat, thats for sure. I even noticed ( Read more... )

Hi everyone... so i'm writing this after I ran 12 miles on Saturday. I finished that in 2 hours and 45 minutes. so at that pace, that means that i could finish the actual marathon in about 6 and a half hours. Thats pretty slow, but since its my first one, i'm not going to be too concerned about the time, all i want to do is finish!!! So on saturday ( Read more... )

I ran 10 miles on Saturday. And afterwards, i didnt even feel winded! It felt great. I ran with Alex. We kept up our pace of "run 3 minutes, walk 1 minute" for the entire time. Of course, we took the occasional 2 minute walk break to enjoy our popsickles! It was really hot out, so those were a nice little treat. We had some candy around mile 3 and ( Read more... )