Here is a little something I painted in an Alla Prima class at the Art League. It was a really fun little class and everyone took home a completed or near completed piece. Great fun for the price. $45 gets you supplies, 3 hours of instruction, pizza, wine, and brownies….what more could a person ask for?
Then I proceeded to wolf down a peanut buttered banana and part of a bran muffin before watching the awards. Pics are not up from the race but possibly post some later. Ta Ta and have a great weekend.
My heart wasn’t in it but I managed to get out there and do Week 3 Day 3 of OHR. Believe it or not my time was even slower than yesterday. 30 min and only 2.09 miles. I swear I was running! LOL My Endomondo App read 30:34 for time and 14:37 for Average Speed. Could be because I had a high carb diet today. That always puts my mood and my energy level in a serious slump. I’ve already planned to have a more balance diet tomorrow.
Next week, my fourth week of OHR, they are finally mixing things up. Day 1 is 30 min, day 2 is 29 min (odd), and day 3 is 35. That will be my longest time should I happen to make it that far.
My new shoes were once again awesome. No problems with them at all. As I’ve mentioned before I walk before and after my run times so I figure if I was going to have any problems with these shoes it would have shown during these first 2 days so I am very happy with my purchase. Did I mention I got this pair on sale as well? Under 40 bucks!
Only 2 mosquito bites that I’m aware of today, not bad for sunset in swampland. I hate to use bug spray because of how toxic it so I tried rubbing a dryer sheet over my exposed skin and it seemed to help. Who knows, it may have more toxins than deet but at least I smelled a little better.
I can not believe that I have not blogged since December of ‘09’. I even managed to get my first Follower during that time. Thank you Feather Snail for being the first!
I have so many interests and they tend to vary. For instance I haven’t done much painting or crafting this year so I have not blogged. Well now that just doesn’t seem right. So I’m changing the blog a bit to include some of my other interests as well. Never fear art is a mainstay of my life and there will surely be artistic items to blog about along the way.
The inspiration for today’s blog is my new tennis shoes. You see, back in June I decided that I was going to take my then, 71 pound overweight body, and start the C25K (Couch to 5K) program. 9 weeks of what I though would be pure hell. Turns out only the first 5 weeks were hell, the rest were just really pushin’ it.
I am now officially what they term as a C25K Graduate. However I think the proper name of the program should be Couch to 30 minutes because at the end of the program, depending on many factors (mine being weight) you may not be running a 5K in the allotted 30 minutes.
As of today I am, according to my own standards, 65 pounds overweight and I’m still running my 30 minutes a few times a week. I’ve moved on to a new program called the One Hour Runner or more affectionately know as OHR. Who knows maybe I’ll finally get to that 5K distance because I’m certainly not anywhere near it as of yet. I am on week 3 day 2 of OHR. I’m going to spill it right now and confess that I may not make it to the end. My conviction isn’t as strong as it was for the C25K and I’m not sure if I even want to run for an hour or not.
I usually run on a treadmill at the gym as the dew point and the heat are higher than my body can deal with but today was a bit cooler out so I ran outside. Other than a few mosquitos’s the size of quarters and some misdirected love bugs it wasn’t too bad. I walk for a bit then do my 30 minutes of running and the walk a bit more.
Now don’t make fun of me because I can only run 2.2 miles in 30 minutes. I realize that some people can walk that fast and others wouldn’t even consider that running. Maybe they would call it jogging I say…jogging schmogging. If both feet are off the ground at the same time, I’m running. Besides, it’s all my body can take at this point in time and I’m proud of what I’ve done. I may get faster and I may not but speed is not the issue. That’s a whole other blog.
Back to why I decided to blog today, my shoes. I had a pair of these before but I decided, because they were on clearance, to try the Addidas SuperNova’s. They were also highly recommended for heavier runners but they didn’t work for me. I ended up with blisters from both pairs. Yes I bought two pairs they were ½ price and then another 50% off that so I got them for $20 each. Even though I had planned on running in them…they are still worth it for kickin’ around or working out on days when I do other things besides run. Anyway here are my new awesome shoes! The Adidas Cushion Response 18.
I ran in them today and they wore like an old friend.
Here is the link for C25K: http://c25k.com/
Here is the link for OHR: http://mindplunge.com/c25k/one-hour-runner.html
