Monthly Archives: September 2011

Oh Snap, Literally

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Fix Me Please

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It finally happened. Garmin completely broke. Both sides ripped. So now I am safety pinning it closed and hope for the best. Sad smile

Godiva coffee Review

On the upside, I received two bags of Godiva Coffee as part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program.

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Caramel Pecan Bark is my favorite out of the two. The other flavor is Pumpkin Spice. I’m not a huge pumpkin fan and didn’t really enjoy this flavor.

Both flavors are really bitter and I’m more of a mocha girl than coffee.

Therefore, when I drink the Caramel Pecan Bark I usually add milk and chocolate syrup. I’ve been drinking it almost every morning this week. Delicious.

Definitely gets me through my long days of school that I have.

Breakfast Sandwiches

I also enjoy my coffee with these breakfast sandwiches I consume every morning. Alex started making them last week and now I started to make them for myself.

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These english muffins are a deal at Aldi. You get 6 for .99 and then I got a decent deal on some all Natural sausage patties with a coupon at Schnucks. You can’t see it on the sandwich because it’s on the bottom hah!

Louisville bound

Heading to Louisville for our 5k this weekend. Hopefully I can break or run close to 20:30.

I’m real excited because my parents are making the trip and it feels like forever since I’ve seen them!

Flash mob Proposal

Have you seen this flash mob proposal?

Setting the bar high for the guys huh? Good luck!

Q: Have you ever been in a flash mob? I think it would be awesome. I should have one at my future wedding. hah

Q: Have you tried Godiva coffee before?

Q: Can you miraculously fix my Garmin please?

 

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Childhood Obesity

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I saw this ad and I can’t help but think how powerful it is. Crisps = potato chips

Then I actually started reading this article

Some facts from it:

Half of the children in the United Kingdom consume 5 liters of cooking oil a year just from potato chips.

A 35g bag of potato chips contains 2 1/2 teaspoons of oil.

The amount of potato chips consumed in the UK is enough to fill a telephone box with every 43 seconds and an olympic size swimming pool every 14 hours.

Americans won’t be the only obese ones, as this article states that by 2020 it is thought that a 1/4 of UK children will be overweight.

I then found this picture

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The one fact that really shocked me was “chains such as Mcdonald’s and Burger King test their ground beef five to ten times more often than the USDA tests beef sent to schools”

How this affects me

Dieticians have many routes they can go when choosing a career. You can do anything from working with cafeteria food, working in a hospital, working with athletes, doing community work such as WIC etc. My main focus or emphasis is Sports. I want to be a Sports Dietitian. However, my next choices are leaning towards Pediatrics. I would love to help children who are obese or overweight. It would be life changing to help a child eat better and put more emphasis on physical activity when they are young than continue to gain weight and have a rougher time in the future to lose it.

“8 out of 10 children who are overweight at age 10-15 will be obese as an adult” from this infographic

What is the Current State of Obesity in America?

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Q: How do you portray childhood obesity?

Q: Which facts are the most frightening?

Q: Do you think we’ll have more countries joining America in obesity in the future?

Q: What do you think of the cooking oil ad?

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Some People Dream of Success

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Another successful workout this morning.

Mile Repeats

We have an 800m loop we do in a park here and it includes a huge hill on one side. As much as it sucks running up, the idea that we will never have a hill that awful in any race we run, is a bit reassuring.

Goal pace: 6:46

Splits went:

6:42, 6:40 and 6:48 (The first two I’m not exactly sure but they were both really close to 40)

I looked back at last year’s mile repeats and it’s a big difference

6:50, 6:58, 6:58, 6:45

This workout gives me hope for Louisville this weekend. I’m finally feeling good. My hips didn’t hurt at all today which is amazing. I’m shooting for a 20:30 or as close to that as I can get. Basically going balls to the wall and giving my all this weekend.

Another great thing…

Our Micro teacher always goes over the questions that almost everybody missed. From our exam there was 29 (yeah, hmmmm), and I felt awesome because I think out of the 29 that were up there, I only missed 4! So I’m kind of looking forward to seeing my Micro test now. However I am not excited to see my Anatomy test that I should see tomorrow as well. I know I did awful on that!

 

music

I wasn’t aware that Nate Ruess from the Format started some new music. But it was a great day when I found out!

I also found out there were two Weepies albums that I do not own.

Q: What music genre do you listen to?

Q: Where do you usually do your mile repeats?

Q: Do you ever think you did bad on a test but do good/vice versa? It happens all the time to me.

Not a Case of the Monday’s

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I just know today is going to be a great day. Why?

#1 Reason: Never Shout Never

Just saw on Spotify that Never Shout Never has a new cd out. BEST NEWS EVER!

#2 Reason: Maxing Out

I maxed out my bench press today with 95 pounds. That’s 82% of my body weight. At the end of season we hope to get 100%.

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#3 Reason: Hashtags

I got Tweetdeck for Chrome and am now obsessed with hashtags. Sorry twitter friends, beware of swamped amounts of running talk because I have added columns of these groups

#runchat

#confessionsofarunner

#runnerds

#fitblog

#fitstudio

#4 Reason: Teal Converse

I’m wearing my brand new Teal Converse I got for $8 at Kohls the other day Smile 

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Too bad my phone quality is awful and you can’t see how bright they really are. I also promise I am wearing shorts Smile 

 

Now a present for you all. Ever looking for music to workout to? Look no farther.

the answer: Run Hundred

Chris from Run Hundred emailed me and provided me a list of the top 10 workout songs for the month. He compiles a top 10 for each month taken from votes on RunHundred.com

My favorite part of the lists are the BPM (beats per minute) of each song. I certainly know fast songs get me pumped up to run and I notice faster times.

Also, their website provides a sound clip of each of the songs.

The top 10 for this month are:

  • Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – Give Me Everything (Sidney Samson Remix) – 129 BPM
  • Nicki Minaj – Super Bass – 128 BPM
  • Switchfoot – Dark Horses – 83 BPM
  • Gym Class Heroes & Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts – 90 BPM
  • Lady GaGa – Edge Of Glory (Bare Noize Remix) – 140 BPM
  • Pitbull & Marc Anthony – Rain Over Me – 128 BPM
  • Nadia Ali, Alex Kenji & Starkillers – Pressure (Alesso Radio Edit) – 129 BPM
  • T.I. & B.o.B. – We Don’t Get Down Like Y’all – 92 BPM
  • LMFAO, GoonRock & Lauren Bennett – Party Rock Anthem (Russ Chimes Remix) – 129 BPM
  • Alexandra Stan – Mr. Saxobeat – 129 BPM

 

Chris stated this about RunHundred “Visitors can browse the song selections there by genre, tempo, and era-to find the music that best fits with their particular workout routine.”

If you want to check out more about RunHundred, you can visit their website, twitter, or facebook.

 

Q: What are your favorite hashtags on twitter?

Q: What are your favorite workout songs right now? I’m kind of obsessed with Jason Derulo’s “It Girl” song.

Q: Have you ever maxed out on bench press?

Q: Do you use Spotify? You probably should! haha

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My Sunday Has Been Spent Well

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This is what my Sunday has consisted of. I was good and got most of my homework done this morning and then went to the gym to do my workout around 12. Then I got my email from Pottermore saying it was time to play! YAY!

But now I have gotten through book one and book two is not up yet on Pottermore. Sad smile And the wizardry dueling is under maintenance so all I can do now is go back and reread things and do potions.

I guess that’s a sign to start on my other homework due later this week.

 

We went to Carbondale this weekend but we did a workout instead of racing.

It had rained about 2 inches the night before and the course was practically flooded/extremely muddy.

I have a few pictures taken by other people from the meet.

Here is some of Carbondale’s team to show what some of the course looked like

Let me tell you, that wasn’t even the worst part of the course.

Then we have some post racing pictures of our team!

You can see our muddy legs. We took a picture of our legs after the race but it’s not posted yet.

The goal for me and my workout was 7:10 pace for the first two miles and then the last mile as hard as I could go.

It ended up being 22:40 for 3.1 miles which is 7:17 pace for the whole thing. The mud and water weighed our trainers down and was really heavy. My shoes were getting stuck in the mud and I was slipping. It was a fun race but not very successful haha! My last mile was not very fast but the effort was there.

We race at Louisville this coming weekend and I am racing for my life. This will determine if I get to travel to the rest of the races. I am really hoping to PR and Louisville will be the course to do it at, if conditions are good.

 

Q: Have you ever ran in mud/swamp lands?

Q: Are you playing Pottermore? Let’s be friends if you are, tell me your username Smile 

Q: How’s your Sunday been!?

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Pros and Cons of Racing

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We raced a new course this weekend in Edwardsville. Our first 5k of the season! WAHOO!

Cons

The footing was a bit awful. Lots of ditches and some clumpy grass.

Long side hill that was awkward and hurt the ankles in the second mile

Concrete! We had to run over three large plots of concrete during this run and I could just feel my spikes poking my feet. So painful.

Not a lot of slower girls around my times so I was running with a couple of girls the whole time.

Pros

Weather was wonderful

Got to wear my bunhuggers

Had one of my teammates right by my side for almost 3 miles of the run

We got first!!

Our girls ran amazing and a lot of them PR’d!

I was only 20 seconds off my PR from last year in cross.

I ran a 21:30 which I was pleased with since I’ve been having some setbacks with my hips and knees.

We’re missing a few girls here haha

Tuesday’s workout was 5 x 1200m with a jogging recovery ~3 min – 3.5 minutes

Goal time: 5:08

splits went:

  • 5:01
  • 4:56
  • 5:02
  • 5:04
  • 4:59

Then I did 3 miles worth of warmup and cool down to total 7 miles for the workout.

Later that day I ran another 2 miles as a secondary run in 18:11.

Total mileage = 9 miles

 

Today is a sad day…my garmin strap broke Sad smile I can still wear it but one side hangs open. Hopefully they can help me out with it and get it fixed!

We race in Carbondale this weekend! I cannot wait until we start having our overnight trips to Louisville, Evansville and Kentucky!

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Like A Boss

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Honestly my mind is in race mode. I have 4 tests all before Wednesday next week but all I can think about is running. All I’ve been doing is working hard on bettering myself for this race. I need to be healthy and I need to work like a boss. It’s my time and I need to show what I’m made of. After Friday my mind can return to school.

Yesterday was a 7 miler and today was a 6 miler but after 3 miles we had 6 x 80m striders and then finished up the rest of our run.

(should really say dietitian…since nutritionist means nothing hah)

SO CUTE!

Q: Are you racing this weekend?

Q: Do you ever get in workout/race mode and can’t think about anything else?

Q: Does running ever take #1 spot in your priorities? Mine does when it’s allowed, but when school gets hectic and busy then it takes #1. But when it dies down, running is #1

Things That Make Today Great!

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Today is just such a great day already. Here’s what has made it so good:

1. Completing a great workout

Let’s just compare last year with this year and you’ll see why today is such a good day.

Last year

6 x 800m with 400m jog between

  • 3:30
  • 3:31
  • 3:35
  • ?
  • 3:37
  • 3:35

Average ~ 3:34 = 7:08 pace/mile

This year

6 x 800m with 400m jog between

  • 3:27
  • 3:20
  • 3:20
  • 3:19
  • 3:25
  • 3:19

Average ~ 3:21 = 6:42 pace/mile

Yes that’s a huge difference.

This pumps me up because my hips and nerves are still tender but they are doing SO MUCH BETTER than the past few weeks. So there is hope! Get the bad health out of the way early in the season so I can rock the part that matters.

 

2. Watching episodes of Will & Grace in the morning.

Especially this episode. “Just Jack” cracks me up EVERYTIME! I love it!

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This one is also good:

 

3. 96 minutes of commercial free radio was on when I was taking my shower. I love listening to music while in the shower.

4. I only have one class today because my Tuesday schedule is awesome

5. I took a very cold ice bath which was delicious.

6. I have feathers in my hair.

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Things that haven’t been too awesome so far today:

1. I spilt milk on the floor and my leg.

2. I have an anatomy quiz.

 

But that won’t hinder my day!!

Q: How’s your day going?

Q: Do you love Will & Grace? Will & Grace and Friends are both shows that I will never get tired of watching. They are just so funny.

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It’s a Great Week Ahead, I Can Feel It!

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Let’s just say that I have had the best couple of days with training and am getting super pumped for our race this friday!

Last week of running:

  • Monday: Off day
  • Tuesday: Tempo day
    1.5 mile warm up
    4 mile tempo (goal pace 7:18): actual splits 7:28 – 7:35 – 7:47 – 7:48
    1 mile tempo (goal pace 6:41): actual 7:02
    1 mile cool down
    = 7.5 miles total and a bad day
  • Wednesday: Cross Training
    Bike and elliptical for an equivalent of 7 miles of running
  • Thursday: 6 mile run in 50:20 (8:23 pace)
  • Friday: Hill Workout
    1.5 warm up
    Our hill workout is a place we call the “backyard” its basically a 950m loop and you go hard for 600m and recover on the 350m left.
    We hammered the 3rd and 4th loop.
    3.56 miles in 28:37 (8:02 pace)
    2 mile cool down
    = 7.06 miles
  • Saturday: Cross Training
    Elliptical for 45 minutes = 5 mile running
  • Sunday: 8 mile Long run
    8 miles in 1:05:50 (8:13 pace)

Total miles for the week: 40.56

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One thing I wish I still had some of…Click Protein Drink

If you haven’t tried it, you should because it is delicious. Not only is it a protein drink, it has caffeine in it to get you through the day!

I’m having withdrawals already.

Q: Have you tried Click Protein Drink?

Q: How was your week of training?

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Inspiration Post

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On another note: running and I have always had a love hate relationship.

I love it, it hates me.

It always tries to find some way to destroy me, but yet I’ll never break up with it, SO THERE! Smile

We possibly found out why my hips have been hurting all day/everyday and also my knee.

Hello, sciatic nerves.

I get the pleasure of rolling my behind, both sides, on lovely softballs. Actually, it’s not even rolling, it’s firm pressing/sitting still while pain surges through my leg and I try not to cry.

Sound like fun?

 

Well it’s a blast. Smile 

I think I am going to try and always sleep on my stomach to possibly avoid tightness in my hips. I’m a pretty solid side/stomach sleeper. So I should become a solid stomach sleeper.

 

Q: What position do you sleep in?

Q: What’s your inspiration today?

Q: Have you ever had setbacks in your training?

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