The final day of the three day weekend is here. Yesterday turned out to be a great day overall but the run was a little on the not so fun part of it. My cousin's grad party turned out great and we had an amazing meal with great company. All her friends were able to come and join in on the festivities and I finally got to meet her boyfriend of a couple months. After the party was when I decided to get my run in for the day. I did it along the banks of the canal by my house and it felt like I had lead weights attached to my ankles so I stopped it at 3 miles since I am trying to keep the running going while preventing any injuries on my body. The wind has also been in full swing these last few days so I am hoping for it to die down here sometime soon! After I finished my run, I went bowling with my cousin, her husband, my mom, and my aunt...oh man lets just say we are not the best bowlers on the planet haha. My cousin-in-law, Casey, did pretty good both rounds and my aunt, Caroline, did pretty well also but everyone else not so good. But we had a great time which is all that really matters.
So far today it has been extremely nice outside, the wind is a little less fierce which is making the day look very promising! :) Today's run will be a short one of 1 mile since I don't want to overdo it for the upcoming weekend, I'm doing the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey. I started out this morning by going to swim practice, which I haven't been to in a couple months and really haven't had a great workout in about 4 months so it felt awesome to be back in the water! I love coming home and being able to go back to my old swim team and swim for the best coach ever, Ervin Zador. He has been like a grandpa to me and is always there for me if I need him. In the next few minutes I will be going out for my run for the day. Then later its party time again and I will be heading out to another cousin's house to celebrate their birthdays. So we get delicious food again today and I get another great day with my family!
Tiffany
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Great run
So yesterday I was only planning on doing a short 3 or 4 miles to end the week with but as I was running, it just felt so good that I had to continue going and ended up running 6.3 miles doubling what I originally intended on. Luckily I'm not feeling any pain in the hips or the shins :) I realized yesterday how much I truly missed running at home rather than in a giant city. I chose to run through the orchards yesterday which was amazingly beautiful and so peaceful with no one around you but the sound of the wind blowing through the trees and the crunching of the sticks under my feet. Later today I will probably do around 3 to 4 miles and this time not going over the intended mileage! But before that will be happening, I have my cousin's graduation party to go to. She is finally graduating from good old high school and will be attending Chico State in the fall! Congrats Kristi!! We are going to be having a fantastic meal as her grad party, my uncle is fixing up some BBQed tri-tip, some baked beans, a pasta salad, then my mom is bringing over her taco salad...yum yum!! Today is going to be a great day :) I hope every one else is enjoying their memorial day weekend and hopefully your weather is a little warmer than our's here
Tiffany
Tiffany
Saturday, May 28, 2011
A year long journey
Hey everyone,
I am new to this so bare with me :)
On Tuesday night I was reading Runner's World magazine and I came across an article about someone who made their New Year's resolution to run every day for the whole entire year. I became inspired after that article and decided I am going to do the same thing but obviously starting a few months after January 1st. So even though I made this decision on Wednesday, May 25, my year started on Monday May 23! Then I texted my friend Liz, who is also apart of this blog, and got her to join me in the journey. She will begin her running on June 1st as it is her final day at Disney, so she is leaving one journey to begin another! We have decided to put aside $1 for every mile that we run and at the end of this running adventure we are going to put all that money towards a charity. As of right now we have not decided which charity or charities we are going to donate to. Hopefully that decision will be made in the next few days! Also we have decided that as long as 1 mile is run for a single day that it will count as a run, just as long as we are out there getting in some mileage. I am also using this to hopefully help me prevent myself from injury because since I have started being a runner, I have had my fair share of injuries that have prevented me from running for months at a time and from doing multiple races. I'm hoping that since I am going to be using this in order to help me slowly build up on my mileage that it will get my bones, legs, and hips used to the impact that running has on our bodies. I hope you all enjoy reading about our year long running adventure and maybe inspire some of you to join along with us!
Tiffany
I am new to this so bare with me :)
On Tuesday night I was reading Runner's World magazine and I came across an article about someone who made their New Year's resolution to run every day for the whole entire year. I became inspired after that article and decided I am going to do the same thing but obviously starting a few months after January 1st. So even though I made this decision on Wednesday, May 25, my year started on Monday May 23! Then I texted my friend Liz, who is also apart of this blog, and got her to join me in the journey. She will begin her running on June 1st as it is her final day at Disney, so she is leaving one journey to begin another! We have decided to put aside $1 for every mile that we run and at the end of this running adventure we are going to put all that money towards a charity. As of right now we have not decided which charity or charities we are going to donate to. Hopefully that decision will be made in the next few days! Also we have decided that as long as 1 mile is run for a single day that it will count as a run, just as long as we are out there getting in some mileage. I am also using this to hopefully help me prevent myself from injury because since I have started being a runner, I have had my fair share of injuries that have prevented me from running for months at a time and from doing multiple races. I'm hoping that since I am going to be using this in order to help me slowly build up on my mileage that it will get my bones, legs, and hips used to the impact that running has on our bodies. I hope you all enjoy reading about our year long running adventure and maybe inspire some of you to join along with us!
Tiffany
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