PHM 2015-In Pursuit of Cupcakes While Running in Glass Slippers

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Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful moms on this thread!!! Hope everyone is sweet to you today

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TAMMIE!!!!!! I hope you have an awesome day!!!

 

[cupcakegoddess13]

I am using my time from my 10K. So if you are using yours we would be in the same corral! I would love to run with you!

Awesome! I'm hoping to do one more 10k in Nov. to (hopefully) lower my time a little, but my goal is 1:20 so we'd still be together if I can hit that.

 

[acwinsett]

Happy Mothers Day, everyone!!! Hope you're all being appropriately spoiled!

I wanted to post the Workout Plan sheet for the week:

Click here to download

I didn't do everything that I wanted to do this week workout-wise, but I am making a little progress.

This week I rocked at:

• Stretching every morning
• Push ups every morning
• Completing 3 run/walk workouts (11.5 miles total)
• Averaging more than 10,000 steps per day
• Signing up for the St. Jude Half Marathon in December

I'm frustrated that my IT band continues to aggravate me, and progress is painfully slow, but I did get my runs in this week, although at pace slower than dial-up internet:

• Monday, 3.5 miles / 14'30" pace (had to walk the last 3/4 mile)
• Thursday, 3.5 miles / 13'46" pace (I was excited because I was able to complete what I set out to do)
• Saturday, 4.5 miles / 14'20" pace (Had to walk the last 1 1/4 mile - so lame!)

I could improve on the following:

• Committing to 3 strength training workouts. I have had the hardest time making it over to the gym.
• Getting at least 10,000 steps every single day this week (there were two days last week less than 10,000 steps although my average was higher than 10,000)
• Tracking my nutrition in Fitbit

The plan for the week is similar to last week:

• Stretching - every morning for 5 minutes
• Push Ups - week 2 of my push up app (27 - 29 push ups a day)
• Running - Monday and Thursday 3.5 miles / Saturday 4.5 miles (Training for a 4 mile race on May 23rd - all I want to do is finish without injury - under 55 minutes would be brilliant)
• Strength Training - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

Spent the day prepping breakfast and lunch this week. I really need to track my nutrition in Fitbit. I was doing so well when I was doing that.

Hope you all have a GREAT week! Happy training!

 

[acwinsett]

Etsy Link

 

[AJollyHoliday]

Went through my planner today & figured out my marathon training plan. Seeing those 20+ mile runs are scaring the daylights out of me!! I am doing a hybrid plan of Galloway & Higden. I wanted to bump up my mileage a little bit during the week & will be following a 4 day run week with 2 rest days & 1 cross training day. I will do strength training 2 days during the week when I have shorter runs (Tues/Thurs). I am starting training with this new schedule this next week.

I completely know what you mean, when I started training for my first marathon I never dreamed I could run more than 20 miles. But the key is each week you build and build and you do it! it is so amazing to first time you train because you can tell yourself that each week you are going further than you have ever gone before and that is just plain awesome! I am going to do a mix of Galloway and maybe Higden/Yassos or something.

Thanks everyone for the 10k pixie dust! I finished in 1:23:52 which was under my goal of 1:25 so I'm thrilled! It was a good race and I really don't think it could have gone any better. I did it!

That is an awesome time! Congratulations!

Well, I survived and I didn't finish last! My goal was to finish in 40 minutes or under...I crossed the finish line at 40 minutes 18 seconds, but my chip time was 40 minutes 4 seconds. I was so close! Here is a horrifying, red faced, just past the finish line picture with my boys:

Thanks for all the encouragement ladies! This was a big deal for me

You were definitely not last and even if you were, who cares! Look at the model you are setting for your boys, that it doesn't matter where you finish, finishing is winning!

I had my Ragnar this weekend and it will be my last for awhile. I am trying to remember to take the week off from running or P90X because I need to make sure i don't get my glutes all tight again (it really is a problem to have be tight a$$ed ). But I was very happy with my training and felt very strong. My first leg was 9.8 miles and I did it in an 8:52 pace. The next leg was 5.2 miles (at 1 in the morning) and I did it in an 8:53 pace. My last leg at 10:30 AM was 6.3 miles and I did it in an 8:55 pace, so pretty steady . I kept saying to my partner, lets run this leg slower, but we didn't really and just felt great. I am so exhausted though, we only got about 3 hrs of sleep from Friday to Saturday. I have a massage on Thursday to help keep my glutes in check. Then back to training for my half marathon on June 8th which should be fine and fun.

 

[debrapagliasotti]

Well, I survived and I didn't finish last! My goal was to finish in 40 minutes or under...I crossed the finish line at 40 minutes 18 seconds, but my chip time was 40 minutes 4 seconds. I was so close! Here is a horrifying, red faced, just past the finish line picture with my boys:



Thanks for all the encouragement ladies! This was a big deal for me

Great job! You were SOOO close to under 40 min! You will get it next time!

• Stretching every morning
• Push ups every morning
• Completing 3 run/walk workouts (11.5 miles total)
• Averaging more than 10,000 steps per day
• Signing up for the St. Jude Half Marathon in December

I'm frustrated that my IT band continues to aggravate me, and progress is painfully slow, but I did get my runs in this week, although at pace slower than dial-up internet:

• Monday, 3.5 miles / 14'30" pace (had to walk the last 3/4 mile)
• Thursday, 3.5 miles / 13'46" pace (I was excited because I was able to complete what I set out to do)
• Saturday, 4.5 miles / 14'20" pace (Had to walk the last 1 1/4 mile - so lame!)

I could improve on the following:

• Committing to 3 strength training workouts. I have had the hardest time making it over to the gym.
• Getting at least 10,000 steps every single day this week (there were two days last week less than 10,000 steps although my average was higher than 10,000)
• Tracking my nutrition in Fitbit

The plan for the week is similar to last week:

• Stretching - every morning for 5 minutes
• Push Ups - week 2 of my push up app (27 - 29 push ups a day)
• Running - Monday and Thursday 3.5 miles / Saturday 4.5 miles (Training for a 4 mile race on May 23rd - all I want to do is finish without injury - under 55 minutes would be brilliant)
• Strength Training - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

Spent the day prepping breakfast and lunch this week. I really need to track my nutrition in Fitbit. I was doing so well when I was doing that.

Hope you all have a GREAT week! Happy training!

You will do great this week in training! I hate my ITB many days too

I completely know what you mean, when I started training for my first marathon I never dreamed I could run more than 20 miles. But the key is each week you build and build and you do it! it is so amazing to first time you train because you can tell yourself that each week you are going further than you have ever gone before and that is just plain awesome! I am going to do a mix of Galloway and maybe Higden/Yassos or something.

The best part about training for my first half marathon was knowing I was going further each long run. I know the long runs are vital to success. I can't let myself get lazy on this marathon training!

I had my Ragnar this weekend and it will be my last for awhile. I am trying to remember to take the week off from running or P90X because I need to make sure i don't get my glutes all tight again (it really is a problem to have be tight a$$ed ). But I was very happy with my training and felt very strong. My first leg was 9.8 miles and I did it in an 8:52 pace. The next leg was 5.2 miles (at 1 in the morning) and I did it in an 8:53 pace. My last leg at 10:30 AM was 6.3 miles and I did it in an 8:55 pace, so pretty steady . I kept saying to my partner, lets run this leg slower, but we didn't really and just felt great. I am so exhausted though, we only got about 3 hrs of sleep from Friday to Saturday. I have a massage on Thursday to help keep my glutes in check. Then back to training for my half marathon on June 8th which should be fine and fun.

I have Ragnar in just under a month. I am excited to do my first one, but the whole sleep thing has me worried.

 

[STILLWISHING]

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[MaMa3Princess]

Happy Mothers Day, everyone!!! Hope you're all being appropriately spoiled!

I wanted to post the Workout Plan sheet for the week:

Click here to download

I didn't do everything that I wanted to do this week workout-wise, but I am making a little progress.

This week I rocked at:

• Stretching every morning
• Push ups every morning
• Completing 3 run/walk workouts (11.5 miles total)
• Averaging more than 10,000 steps per day
• Signing up for the St. Jude Half Marathon in December

I'm frustrated that my IT band continues to aggravate me, and progress is painfully slow, but I did get my runs in this week, although at pace slower than dial-up internet:

• Monday, 3.5 miles / 14'30" pace (had to walk the last 3/4 mile)
• Thursday, 3.5 miles / 13'46" pace (I was excited because I was able to complete what I set out to do)
• Saturday, 4.5 miles / 14'20" pace (Had to walk the last 1 1/4 mile - so lame!)

I could improve on the following:

• Committing to 3 strength training workouts. I have had the hardest time making it over to the gym.
• Getting at least 10,000 steps every single day this week (there were two days last week less than 10,000 steps although my average was higher than 10,000)
• Tracking my nutrition in Fitbit

The plan for the week is similar to last week:

• Stretching - every morning for 5 minutes
• Push Ups - week 2 of my push up app (27 - 29 push ups a day)
• Running - Monday and Thursday 3.5 miles / Saturday 4.5 miles (Training for a 4 mile race on May 23rd - all I want to do is finish without injury - under 55 minutes would be brilliant)
• Strength Training - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

Spent the day prepping breakfast and lunch this week. I really need to track my nutrition in Fitbit. I was doing so well when I was doing that.

Hope you all have a GREAT week! Happy training!

Happy Training to you!! I these sheets! It helps me to see my workout everyday!!!

You had a fab week last week. You have some really nice goals

 

[AJollyHoliday]

I have Ragnar in just under a month. I am excited to do my first one, but the whole sleep thing has me worried.

What Ragnar are you doing? The sleep thing is not a big deal when you are going through it. The adrenaline and fun of it all makes it a non-issue. It wasn't until I got home and sat down that it really hit. I am feeling better after a few nights of rest. It is certainly an experience and one I am happy I have done, but the one we do and the way our teams run it, it was just getting costly. I wanted to save my $$ for Disney runs! Plus my friend has some big challenges in mind for us for 2015, meaning she wants to run a 50k with me, when you have already run 26.2 miles, what's 5 more miles? Training should be interesting!

 

[momabaarjo]

Sunday Stats
Tammie’s Training
April 27-May 11​

April 28-May 3 Total Miles: 14.28 miles
April Total Miles: 41.23 miles

May 4-May 10 Total Miles:
May Total Miles: 16.64 miles

Monday, April 28 (Walk/2.16 mi/15:16 mm pace)-After a week of resting, icing and stretching I decided to try again. My shins were tight but not too bothersome. Still debating whether I should try some intervals tomorrow

Aren’t they so cute…​

Tuesday, April 29 (Nothing)-I had planned to get out there and try some intervals tonight to test out my shins…so did not happen thanks to yet another 50-60 mph day of wind whipping up the dust into a storm. I am beginning to understand what my grandmother went through in the 30s.

Wednesday, April 30 (Walk/2.24/15:52 mm pace)-As you can tell from the pace I had some issues, of course I forgot to wear my compression sleeves under my dress pants. Today was a different park as I had a meeting and walked during my lunch hour…look at the wind still blowing.

Look at the fountain…the water is all falling on 1 side thanks to the wind. ​

Thursday, May 1 (Walk/2.16/15:14 mm pace)-Yay look at that walking pace, guess you could tell no really issues with the shins today! Another meeting, another lunch hour spent walking. I had planned to get a run in tonight, but instead we had a choir concert for Ab. Beginning to wonder if I will ever finish the 5K program…

Reminds me of one of my favorite Epcot Rides…Living with the Land.​

Friday, May 2 (Walk/3.7 miles/16:13 mm pace)-Not a great pace today walking, as I was very distracted. Applying for a new job and I was running interview questions through my mind…but look at the distance.

Bottoms Up Donald!​

Saturday, May 3 (Interval/4.02 miles/14:27 mm pace)-I am not sure that I intended to interval today, nor did I plan on 4 miles…it just happened. The first 2 miles were really tough 2 miles walking with shin issues (maybe I over did it the day before). After 2 miles the shins let off of the pain and I decided to try out some interval running…and I ended up doing another 2 miles with splits in the 13’s.

I probably would have continued doing a little more, but I need to have a visit with…​

Sunday, May 4 (off)

Monday, May 5 (Walk/2.02 miles/16:57 mm pace)-I hate even posting this pace today. I could not find any compression socks this morning…so I opted for just a pair of socks that slipped in my shoes something bad. It was also disgusting hot outside even at lunch, near 95!

Reminds me of my grandmother’s garden...​

Tuesday, May 6 (Walk 2.5 miles/16:27 mm pace)-The stupid socks caused more problems than just slipping yesterday…shin splints today. When will this ever go away? No interval training for me tonight.

Love this…​

Wednesday, May 7 (None)-Dang wind, please be enough already!
Thursday, May 8 (Walk/2.24 miles/16:17 mm pace)-No shins today during my walk but my ankles were heavy…these issues have to be the shoes. No interval tonight, band concert.

Such a pretty green!​

Friday, May 9 (None)-No time today to get out at lunch, so many reports to file and yet another kids activity to attend in the evening.
Saturday, May 10 (None)-Up and early headed to Dallas for a funeral…no time to interval.

 

[momabaarjo]

So sorry that I have been AWOL from my own PTR as well as DIS in general. I promise that tonight I will get caught up on everything.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

So sorry that I have been AWOL from my own PTR as well as DIS in general. I promise that tonight I will get caught up on everything.

Tammie, there's enough of us chatting all over YOUR PTR that it just keeps going, even when you are busy and AWOL! Missing you! BTW, I can't see any of your photos in the above post???

 

[MaMa3Princess]

So sorry that I have been AWOL from my own PTR as well as DIS in general. I promise that tonight I will get caught up on everything.

Tammie, you really are allowed to have a life!! I am missing my cupcake, though.

 

[debrapagliasotti]

What Ragnar are you doing? The sleep thing is not a big deal when you are going through it. The adrenaline and fun of it all makes it a non-issue. It wasn't until I got home and sat down that it really hit. I am feeling better after a few nights of rest. It is certainly an experience and one I am happy I have done, but the one we do and the way our teams run it, it was just getting costly. I wanted to save my $$ for Disney runs! Plus my friend has some big challenges in mind for us for 2015, meaning she wants to run a 50k with me, when you have already run 26.2 miles, what's 5 more miles? Training should be interesting!

I am doing Ragnar Madison to Chicago. I am runner 3. I sure hope that the adrenaline keeps me going!! There are so many other races I want to do, that I think this may be a "one & done" for Ragnar. I have a great group of ladies on my team though.

A 50K...you go girl!! I am looking at a 25K for Oct. I figure it will fit in somewhere with marathon training.

Good luck!

So sorry that I have been AWOL from my own PTR as well as DIS in general. I promise that tonight I will get caught up on everything.

We have missed you over here, but I know you have been busy, busy, busy.

I cant see any of the pics in your training post either.

 

[debrapagliasotti]

Color Me Rad 5K recap, May 10, 2014

On Saturday my daughter Harper & I did Color Me Rad 5K. She was very excited about this, I wasn't really feeling it, but was excited to spend some mother/daughter time together. Harper wanted us to have matching outfits, so other than our shoes, we completely matched.



We were signed up for the 930am wave. We parked & got to the race a few minutes before the first wave was set to go. We headed up to the DJ stage area & managed to catch an orange color bomb, so we had fun throwing the color on each other.

Another wave went a few minutes after the first. I noticed there was no announcement of what wave times were lining up & people were just getting in line & going whenever. We went over to the line up area. Another group of people went about 920am, then we went about 932am. Again, no mentions of getting people to line up for the correct waves, nor any mentions as to what time was lining up.

We got pelted with blue powder as we were crossing the start line. Eventually we were pelted with yellow, purple, blue & finally pink at the finish. We were given a color bomb just before we got to the finish...green for me, turquoise for Harper.

There were a lot of walkers, which is fine...just NOT ok when a group of 5 or 6 walkers take over the entire path. There were a lot of little kids who were unhappy about the distance & were moving slowly. Harper & I tried to go around them when we could. Harper wanted to run a little of the race, so I let her be the lead & decide when we would run. We stopped & took pictures & moved slowly through the color zones. From my guess we finished in about an hour.





Harper wants to do this again next year & I am happy to do that as it will mean more mother/daughter time.

We got pretty nice race t-shirts, sunglasses, a RAD tattoo, 2 RAD stickers & 1 color bomb each as part of our registration. There was 1 water stop about halfway through the race. Post race there was water & chocolate milk.

 

[momabaarjo]

Tammie, there's enough of us chatting all over YOUR PTR that it just keeps going, even when you are busy and AWOL! Missing you! BTW, I can't see any of your photos in the above post???

Tammie, you really are allowed to have a life!! I am missing my cupcake, though.

LOL...you cant see the pictures cause I forgot to add them...and couldn't from my work computer! I bet I had you wondering...LOL

I have been thinking of you ladies...here's the proof....



My dh about died when I had to stop and take this picture...I told him he would not understand. I love this for our motto..."Live Deliciously!"

 

[momabaarjo]

Now to catch up with you lovely cupcakes...

Lovingeire-I so love your Unbirthday cake! And extremely jealous that you had a movie night...we just cant seem to all sit down together and have one lately. Great pace improvement!

Karen-So how were the boozy cupcakes? Thank you for the mother's day wishes...I hope you had a great day. Mine was spent driving back from Dallas...

Buffy-Love the cupcake journal you found!

Debra-I am so glad I have FB to keep up with you sometimes. I love your report from OKCity 1/2. I can't believe that they stopped for McDonald's...guess that gives me permission to stop in at BW Bakery, right?
You and Harper looked like you had so much fun together...I have been tossing around the Color Run next month with Ab...but still dealing with the shins and so unmotivated right now to run...I should not say that I want to get out there but just cant!

Gina-You are going to be our official cheerleader! I love your ideas for motivation Monday. Post away cupcake. Yay for getting to run outside! It would be so cool to have a slumber party in the castle...so I have been entering! That blackout cupcake looks amazing...

JennyLou-Great job on your 10K...that is exactly where I hope to be time wise when I get one in!

Samantha-I so hear you about the 3 S keeping you busy...I have just about had it being overbooked every night of the week. I am sorry I was not hear to wish you good luck on your first 5K...but you rocked it! Congrats...I have the same worries and fears every time I am in a race...

Amy-Hope you are feeling better and are out there running away!

Dis_Yoda- for yucky cupcakes...but hey what do you expect from an airport that you cant get the state drink at...Dr. Pepper

Andreah-I love your run planner...downloaded it and going to use it this week. And those wrappers are so stinkin cute!

 

[momabaarjo]

Now to update you on my where abouts for the last few weeks... I have been a little distracted lately...I open up the PTR sometimes and read...but just have not made it a point to respond. I go through these withdrawl phases from time to time...so be warned...I always snap out of it. What is on my mind? Well a few weeks ago my "DREAM" job with my school district opened up. It was open a few years ago, I applied and like usual they hired the high school person. Well this time around they have decided to split the position into Elementary and High School and make 2 positions...I am more than qualified for the job...in fact there are only 2 others that are on the same knowledge level as I am (1 is not applying and I am not sure about the other...if she applies she will get it because she is a "Smoozer"). I have had a really hard time deciding whether to apply or not...I don't want to live with the regret of what if should I not apply but at the same time my district has a knack for hiring people who don't have the skill sets for jobs and I dont want to be bitter when they hire sometime like that. So what to do? I have tried talking with God but apparently I still can't hear him...I did end up putting my application in and the posting closes today...should hear about an interview next week...which I am trying to prepare for. I don't interview well...another stress With the April and May comes my other 2 busiest times of the year (August and September are my other 2) with work. It is paperwork, paperwork, paperwork for me at the moment. Plus trying to tie up lose ends before school lets out and plan for the fall. I am not sure if I am coming or going some days. My "TO GET DONE" list is a mile long... The kids are just as busy and every evening it seems that we are double booked with events and are having to divide and conquer Jeff going with 1 child and me with the other...and someone else being drug along. Between awards ceremonies, programs, track, tennis, scouting and birthdays I am wiped out! But on an exciting note...last Friday night they got to dance for Governor Rick Perry at a private fundraising event...(spend the weekend playing cowboy with governor outside in the wild west of one of Texas State Parks).

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I cannot tell you how impressed I ended up being with the Governor. He made it a point to talk to each dancer and it was not small talk after the show. He asked them about themselves and what their dreams were and goals. He spent lots of time with each one of them...took a million pictures and invited the kids and families to eat with him...it was an amazing experience. The kids were star struck and so were the parents. As far as running...ugh, don't even want to go there because things are not better and I don't want to sound like I am constantly whining. We did not make it to the run store in Dallas this weekend...and I am pretty certain that the shoes are a lot of my issues. I think I will just go back to our local run store and talk to them...sure wish they had a computer gait analysis. I keep resting and doing everything else but I cant seem to get rid of the shin splints. I am frustrated and tired of dealing with this...why cant this be easy for me...easy in terms of just being able to do what my heart wants to do...I am going to try to start getting in the pool as soon as things calm down and do some running and some swimming in the water...there are a couple of races I wanted to do in the next month...but putting them all on hold.

 

[EcbLovesMickey]

Good luck with the job. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

I hear you about busy. We seem to be double booked every day of the week!

I hope the running store can get you some answers. I am in the same boat and have been feeling sorry for myself but decided to just do as much as I can.