Roxymama's 5k to Marathon, Time to Collect Another Castle

[Ariel484]

You're cool too!

Aw shucks

 

[FFigawi]

I actually thought about tagging him to get him to contribute to the peer pressure, but now you did it for me!!

Did someone say @roxymama is running Dopey? Best news I've heard all day!

 

[roxymama]

And now I'll get you all to change the subject by distracting you with this Stromboli that I made!




Not the healthiest thing ever but it is vegetarian!

 

[Ariel484]

Blue Apron, right? That looks awesome!

 

[roxymama]

Yep. Their dough is either a pain to work with or really good. This one turned out yummy!

 

[roxymama]

Long Run #1 is in the books!


So I only hit my goal pace of 10:52 fairly close on mile 4, but I can attest it was due to me trying to find it and yo yo-ing a lot during my run. It's the age old "easy to know slow, easy to know fast, hard to differentiate between slower medium and faster medium"
BUT I did have a very pleasant nice run in a windy 43 degrees and was a happy camper and feel good. I will get better at hitting my pace the more I practice at it and especially the longer the runs get.
I think my route was very flat too (only 3 ft elevation) so next week I'm gonna head towards the more hilly area near me.
It was 62!!! out yesterday but I was at a birthday party for my kiddos bestie and that's always more important than my Run. Plus we watched Hook and that's such a good movie! and it has a red haired Tink (edit to say I miss my auburn hair...dark brown is nice but I'm going back to dark red next salon visit)

So I missed the gooood weather but my legs didn't mind the extra day post tempo run to rest.

Week #1 and done. Big hurdle. Kinda cool that my first real training plan was for a 4.9 mile race and today I did 5 miles on week 1. High five to myself (which is really hard because I'm holding my phone)

Ps I wore a crazy outfit combo that made my husband go "woah" when I stepped out of my room. Wish I'd have taken a pic of his face. ALL the patterns!!!!

 

[Ariel484]

Yay for a good week 1 and yay for allll the patterns!!

 

[roxymama]

Tink Training Week #2: My Wings Aren't quite used to this yet
I was feeling pretty great and strong and awesome and then we walked to the blackhawks game last night about a mile and on the way back to our car I was like "hmmmm...this is a feeling I seem to remember...this feels like Sore Roxy"
And then this morning I woke up and I'm definitely feeling that "I've been taking it easy for a month and now I've done work" soreness that is so much fun.
It's honestly not that bad, but its definitely there reminding me that I'm training again.
At least I know from every other training cycle that it's normal for me and once my wheels become more oiled that it'll go away. But I will milk it for as much couch potato-ing as possible tonight while watching my brain decelerator show.

So here's my Week #2 Plan!

Monday: The Bachelor (team Rachel & Vanessa)
Tuesday: 3 miles @ EA
Thursday: 2 mi WU, 2 mi Tempo, 2 mi CD = 6 miles total
Sunday: 6 miles @ LR

Pretty similar to last week with an added mile on the Long Run. So I can do that! Hopefully this time with less long distance walking to hockey games afterwards. Our nice weather is going in a downward spiral back into the high 20's this weekend, but at least it should be sunny on Sunday. I guess we will see.

PS: I stayed up last night fascinated by that "marathon investigation" website where they try to catch cheaters. I don't know why it intrigued me so much. Maybe because I just am not that type of person to take the short cut. That if I suck during a race or I'm not having a good go at it, I just trudge on and own it. That there is no race I'd be willing to cheat my way into qualifying for...because why? I hardly have the guts to sign up for races that are a bit "over my skis" that don't even need qualifications...so to try to get into one the wrong way...I just don't get it. I've seen one blatant case of course cutting by two teenage girls who were actually running at a pretty solid clip ahead of me and didn't seem to be struggling at all. But they were laughing and giggling so I chalked it up to the equivalent of kids shop lifting in the mall. I just was never that kind of kid. Oh well...I'm still weirdly fascinated by the psychology behind it.

 

[Ariel484]

PS: I stayed up last night fascinated by that "marathon investigation" website where they try to catch cheaters. I don't know why it intrigued me so much. Maybe because I just am not that type of person to take the short cut. That if I suck during a race or I'm not having a good go at it, I just trudge on and own it. That there is no race I'd be willing to cheat my way into qualifying for...because why? I hardly have the guts to sign up for races that are a bit "over my skis" that don't even need qualifications...so to try to get into one the wrong way...I just don't get it. I've seen one blatant case of course cutting by two teenage girls who were actually running at a pretty solid clip ahead of me and didn't seem to be struggling at all. But they were laughing and giggling so I chalked it up to the equivalent of kids shop lifting in the mall. I just was never that kind of kid. Oh well...I'm still weirdly fascinated by the psychology behind it.

Agree. I just don't understand deciding to actually do it and then somehow justifying it. It never occurred to me that people do this until I heard about that website a little over a year ago.

People are weird. Also, great job getting back to it!!

 

[roxymama]

Agree. I just don't understand deciding to actually do it and then somehow justifying it. It never occurred to me that people do this until I heard about that website a little over a year ago.

People are weird. Also, great job getting back to it!!

I totally forgot to mention a very important thing that happened this weekend. My daughter was given pink fairy wings at a birthday party and when I got home I put them on (because of course I did) and ran around my house like a spaz....and I didn't like 'em Womp womp! They strangely made me feel like a very very large person with teeny tiny kid wings on when I caught a glance in the mirror. I thought I'd like wearing wings to Tink but now I'm not so sure. Maybe these were just too small but they made me feel hefty...like that Chris Farley skit "big guy in a little jacket." Maybe I'll give them another go with my actual race shirt at some point. But now I may be leaning towards team-no wings. TBD

 

[ZellyB]

Way to go Tink in Training!!! Yeah, count me in on the not understanding the whole cheating thing. It's bizarre.

And, sorry the wings didn't work out. Although thinking about Chris Farley in that skit made me smile!

 

[FFigawi]

PS: I stayed up last night fascinated by that "marathon investigation" website where they try to catch cheaters. I don't know why it intrigued me so much. Maybe because I just am not that type of person to take the short cut. That if I suck during a race or I'm not having a good go at it, I just trudge on and own it. That there is no race I'd be willing to cheat my way into qualifying for...because why? I hardly have the guts to sign up for races that are a bit "over my skis" that don't even need qualifications...so to try to get into one the wrong way...I just don't get it. I've seen one blatant case of course cutting by two teenage girls who were actually running at a pretty solid clip ahead of me and didn't seem to be struggling at all. But they were laughing and giggling so I chalked it up to the equivalent of kids shop lifting in the mall. I just was never that kind of kid. Oh well...I'm still weirdly fascinated by the psychology behind it.

The lengths some people go through to cheat is quite impressive. Sad, but impressive. I'm amazed at the planning several of them did in order to find the right course without a mat in just the right place to allow them to cut or cheat without being noticed during the race. I'm also surprised how many of them figured they'd never get caught, especially high profile ones like the guy running across the US. He had to know people were going to examine his data and keep track of his results. What is truly sad, though, is how many of the cheaters won't admit it when they've been busted. The woman in Canada who cheated her way to the IM 70.3 Worlds still insists she did nothing wrong even in the face of the proof against her.

 

[disneydaydreamer33]

Thanks for the Chris Farley reference! And that stromboli looks DELICIOUS!

 

[roxymama]

And now for something completely different.

My hubby and I got a babysitter for this weekend and so we are going to be doing something totally new for us.
We are taking St. Louis Shag lessons from two dancers that are coming in town from St. Louis that we saw dancing last year on our mini-road trip. Here is a youtube of them doing their thing.

We've competed against them in the way past with Lindy Hop and Swing dancing (like over 6 years ago), but Shag is relatively new to us (we took one informal beginner class this summer.)
So my hope is that A) I can keep up (run training should help at least a little with that) and B) that we have a lot of fun.
There is a Battle of the Bands Sat. night which I honestly know very little about, but that it will be good music to practice to. I can't believe we are going out dancing again and I'm super excited but cautiously nervous about my ability. If I flub anything, I'll just plaster a grin on my face and keep on going, right. Or have five martinis at the bar. That, too.

I guess, wish us luck being "young at heart" I'll take pics (or video if I'm really brave.)

And something totally, really, unrelated....
I was watching Hook last week and LOVING IT and reminiscing about my worn out VHS and my coveted McDonald toys and then lo and behold a package arrives for me last night.

My kiddo modeling my new circa 1991 Happy Meal Toys from ebay. (Looks like they didn't really gain much value, haha) Pardon our mess.

(yes, I'm wearing holiday baking leggings, don't judge me)

Have you ever seen a more 90's neon mermaid in your life?

So that is my way off topic update!

Also, I have a tempo run tonight....yay?

 

[roxymama]

In an effort to be transparent, my tempo run has been post-poned to this evening. My own fault, not a schedule issue. I am a bit more sore than I anticipated after my first 1.5 weeks of training and I'm being a bit of a scaredy cat about it. I may have a few "phantom" ouches that seem to come and go. So tonight I will get on my treadmill (or outside, but probably indoors) and during my 2 mile warm-up I will hopefully realize that I am "fine."
This ever happen to people? The week one soreness? I'm thinking it being winter I maybe am sitting around too much on the non-running days and not moving around enough after my runs. During the spring/summer I am outside non-stop with my kiddo. Maybe it's time to get walking around the house, etc to loosen up these old bones or just be better about stretching for more than two seconds? My paces feel totally fine while running, I'm just more stiff etc afterwards than usual.

Just wanted to be honest with everyone and myself. Time to get back on the horse tonight!

Yell at me freely to go run today...I don't mind.

I made mickey waffles last night for the kiddo and they came out a little darker than my intended "golden." They still tasted good. And were super not-nutritious. At least I only ate two.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

I'm a new training journal follower, so better late than never right?

Those Mickey waffles look amazing... I have been craving waffles or pancakes with blueberry or raspberry syrup... maybe this weekend

I defintiely get phantom pains.. basically all of the time. Good luck with your tempo run!

 

[roxymama]

I'm a new training journal follower, so better late than never right?

Those Mickey waffles look amazing... I have been craving waffles or pancakes with blueberry or raspberry syrup... maybe this weekend

I defintiely get phantom pains.. basically all of the time. Good luck with your tempo run!

Thanks for reading! The waffles were very much a pancake/waffle hybrid instead of a true waffle. Blueberry syrup sounds amazing...and now I'm kicking myself because I have actual blueberries in my fridge right now. Why didn't I think of that????

 

[run.minnie.miles]

Thanks for reading! The waffles were very much a pancake/waffle hybrid instead of a true waffle. Blueberry syrup sounds amazing...and now I'm kicking myself because I have actual blueberries in my fridge right now. Why didn't I think of that????

Mickey waffles are the best! My mom has an older mickey waffle maker that we had as kids and I remember them being the perfect waffle/pancake combo... I need to do a little waffle maker googling now..

 

[croach]

 

[roxymama]

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YAAAASSSS! I just need to add wings. To be fair these wings I put on were like made for a baby...a very small baby. Possibly an actual fairy.