Commence Operation: Marathon Bridesmaid.
5 miles!
July 27, 2011 By 4 Comments
Ohemgee. Tonight I had the most amazing run EVAR. Well, as amazing as it can be to run around in circles. I was dreading this run ALL DAY. When I got home from work, I even considered bailing on the run all together. Then I started thinking about how close I am to my 100mi goal. That was enough to guilt me into heading to the Pettit to run laps. It was very cold in there tonight, perfect running weather (indoors ha).
I went with the intention of doing 3 miles and calling it quits. But I got into a groove in the first half mile. I was in the zone. Left. Right. Left. Right. So after the first mile I decided I would go for 4 miles tonight.
As I approached 3mi, I realized I hadn’t yet seen my favorite Pettit walker – the #shakeweightlady*. Seriously, I love her. I was getting worried that I hadn’t yet seen her and told myself that I’d quit at 4 unless I saw her. If I saw her I would go for 5mi. Even thought the farthest I’ve ever ran without walking was 3.5 mi and that was on Saturday.
As I approached the 14th lap, guess who I saw?
The #shakeweightlady, wearing 80s floral hammer pants. I kid you not. It was a sign if I’ve ever seen one. So I powered on and rocked out 5 miles, doing negative splits for the last 2 laps. Fuck yeah.
Achievement, unlocked.
See also: long run for the week, complete.
* Background on #shakeweightlady: I see her just about EVERY time I run at the Pettit on a weeknight. She wears shape ups and carries not one, but two shakeweights as she walks around the track. Sometimes she holds them up above her head and shakes them. She kind of dresses like a trashy homeless person from the 80s. Lately, her attire of choice has included “juicy” sweats plus a tea-length stonewashed denim jacket. She has also upgraded from the women’s shakeweight to the men’s version. Here are a couple of pictures from when I saw her in April:
Ready to dance with dirt
June 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Next weekend, I’m headed to Devil’s Lake for Dances with Dirt. My friends are running the marathon, but I’m doing the 10k. I did my last trail training run on Thursday and am confident I will rock it!
It was wet, muddy, slippery, etc and so forth. But I did 6 miles, faster than I’ve ever done on the trails. Woohoo! I saw countless squirrels and chipmunks and three deer, including an 8pt buck. Only fell once, and took care of that in the first half mile, so I had it over and done with and didn’t need to worry about that anymore.
Oh, and a mosquito flew INTO MY MOUTH. Disgusting.
I really enjoyed myself and was SO happy I brought a change of clothes. Driving home in my water logged shoes and clothes would have been a disaster.
Mama & Papa Kant join the 5k club
April 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
Today was my parents very first 5k! When I started running last year, I think part of the “getting active” bug wore off on them. This winter, they asked if we could do a 5k walk sometime this spring, and of course I jumped at the chance to do it!
Lining up before the race
I was their pacer 
and I could tell that the first mile I took a little too fast so I slowed it down a li’l for the last 2. I’m so proud of my parents! I hope they catch the bug and do more 5ks soon! I know it won’t be running, but I’m happy to get them out there!
After the 5k! We Did It!
This race will always hold a special place in my heart – last year, the very first race I did was the Brown Deer Run. Now it’s my parents’ first 5k as well. YAY!
Oh, and a bunch of my coworkers came out and did the race too. They all ran or ran/walked so I caught up with them after the race for bloody marys. Don’t judge.
The Real Milwaukee/FOX6/Sara's Friends Gang
9.23, eat my shit.
April 24, 2011 By 4 Comments
This is the farthest (and fastest) I’ve ever ran all by myself! My average pace was RIGHT on my goal for the half marathon in 2 weeks, so I’m pretty happy about that.
Today I started with a walk to warm up then went to a 5/3 run/walk interval. I was able to keep up with that interval pretty well until the 5th or 6th mile. Then it got more difficult. I let myself walk for like 5 or 6 minutes then I went back to a run/walk interval, but the intervals were more like 3-5/3. I never let myself walk for more than about 3 min, but I let myself stop walking after 3 a number of times. But, the last mile or two I picked up the pace and made up the time I lost in miles 6-7.
This was HARD. But I did it. I thought I was going to die. The wind was ridiculous. Only for a short while was it a tailwind for me… much of the run I was running against it or it was coming from the sides. I think I tweeted around mile 7 something like “running uphill against the wind? Fuck you very much” cuz that’s how I felt. LOL.
I got home and did a good 20 min of stretching. I plan to foam roll and use the stick tonight, as well as relax, ice my knee and enjoy the hell out of these compression socks.
I’m also going to enjoy some Easter candy, cuz, hell, I just burned 1800 calories.
I couldn’t get up. seriously.
