Pre-5k Itch

Ok, I am scheduled to run again tomorrow and I don't know if I will survive it. LOL. The other day, instead of running I decided to go for ice cream with my step-son. I had strawberry cheesecake. Yum. Then we headed down the beach on our way home and cool off a bit.

Well, we are battling "heat wave" here so I'm hoping that it will not be too hot and humid tomorrow. Yesterday, I went for my regular 3-mile run and boy, I thought I would die right there on the road. It was so hot and the breeze was like the air coming out from the dryer's vent.

I should have went down the river instead. But I know it will not cool me off either. The entire planet felt like a huge outdoor sauna. It was indeed not the smartest decision I made yesterday. So now I just stayed home the whole day drinking gallons of ice-cold water and planning to carbo-load a little later. Thinking of Chinese again. hayyyy

Tomorrow will be my 3rd 5k race and just like the first two, I have no expectations. I just want to run and have fun. I will not look for anybody unassuming to run with to spare myself from the humiliation. I still not over the last experience I had with that awesome old lady during my 2nd 5k in Gray last May. This time, I will be running with Heather, my step-daughter. I am just so glad that finally I will run with somebody I know and will not feel so alone.

And tomorrow... after the race - Heather and I are planning to go shopping for - yes, SHOES!

Win-Win Situation

I am in stiletto mode nowadays. However, that is not the reason why I have not been seriously back in training mode.

But there are several reasons why I run or shall I say "why I should run". As if someone is really asking or interested in knowing what those reasons are. But I will share with you the reasons why, anyways. And for that you have no choice. LOL

Reason 1. I bought 3 new pairs of VS bathing suits online. They're on sale so I went crazy not realizing that those bathing suit look better on pictures... on that particular model... and on that particular body. So there you go... I got the shipment and I tried it on. I didn't like it. I was like totally in, "that's-what-you-get-for-being-cheap kinda mode"... but I do know the reason why it didn't look good on me. And I am not going to answer that question. PERIOD!

Reason 2. When I signed up for my first Walk, I realized that with your registration fee, you get free t-shirt [when you pre-register], a lot of freebies like water bottles, bottles with water, pedometer, bookmarks, bags with sponsor's name on it, coupons, etc. and food. Yes, you get free breakfast of donuts, bagels, coffee, bananas and snack after the race. So the question is, will I really lose weight here after the race? BIG QUESTION MARK!

Reason 3. Then, since most of the races are for a "cause"... I believe that I am helping a good cause. I am being a good citizen! EXCLAMATION POINT!

Well, I have not really started training again for my next 5K for varied reasons. One is that I am working part-time as Ed Tech in the school where I am assigned as the Site Leader of the Kids Out Enrichment Program of the YMCA. Although I could still go for a 30 minutes run around the track on my way home since I only work for 2 hours... my mind and stomach are always debating if I should run or not. And my stomach always wins.

At hindsight, maybe the best title for this post should be - WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN Situations! What do you think?

Test Run

I am not an athlete so this is not an athlete's blog. Though I wish it was.

This is just my "online Running Log or bLog" to keep track of my running progress. Though I doubt it, if I could keep it up. [I got 7 other blogs that I can hardly manage. So good luck on this one. LOL]

I am not a "runner-runner" but I started running just a couple of months back. For some reasons, I enjoy it and I can't believe that I can actually do it. Though not too fast to keep up with the top 1000 finishers. [I guess.]

Well, it all started with a "walk". I started walking... then brisk-walking... next thing I know, I was running - on treadmill, then outdoors [and even in my dreams]. I love it. I enjoy it. And I fancy about it. Though my body is always sore after the work-out [and the long nap].

So, it could be more appropriate to say that I am a walker - thus, the WALK away Diva - is an alternative blog title, if not the more fitted one because... I mostly walk when I go for a run. But hey... I am a believer not just a dreamer, so I will try my best to out-run myself in terms of my presumed physical and psychological limitations.

WARNING:
This is a disturbing blog and I am a disturbing blogger/runner/walker/dreamer. I will blog about "running" even if I am not a runner but a "walker". And I will blog about it out of faith because I am not just a dreamer but a "believer". I will write about it even if I would be the last one to cross the finish line. I will brag about the races that I plan to join and pray that I would finish them so I would really have something to brag about. And I will post photos and write-ups of the races I joined and hope to cross many finish lines and won't get tired of both running and writing.

I am a blogger[slash]runner[slash]walker[slash]dreamer so I would blog about my experiences and progress, struggles and frustrations, successes and failures, joys and pains - of running [and walking and resting too].

So bear with me, as I pick up the pace.