Cinderelly cinderelly!

SCHOOL'S OUT... but not for the summer yet.. but it is out for EASTER!  5 more weeks and then I will really be singing this song by Alice Cooper! :)

*WORKOUTS*

Wednesday - I took on Jillian Michaels and survived 35 minutes with her this time.  I will finish this 45 minute video some day!  This is before the workout... I am trying to look intense and ready with my gatorade.

And then this is after :)

Yeah, so I cancelled it all out with some smore's dessert pizza from Papa Murphy's.... It was well worth it. :)

Thursday - RUN DAY and a RACE DAY!  I ran my virtual 5K, The Jelly Bean and PR'ed.  I will do a full race report later.

Ran it in 30:08 with an average pace of 9:43!  So excited that my pace is getting faster.  Maybe someday I will have these 7:00 and 8:00 paces that I see all over bloggy land.  All that 10K training has paid off.  So close to my goal of getting a sub-30 min 5K!  See a short report here on DailyMile.

Fabulous Friday - And today is my rest day... ah I love Fridays.  Especially the ones that I don't have to go to work on.  It is a rest day for working out, but not a complete lazy day.  This is what I have planned for my day.

Spring cleaning... yipee!  I am gonna go all cinderella on this house.  When I get in the zone with my cleaning, you better look out.   I love to clean/organize when I am off work for some reason.  I am ready to get started on this cleaning, so hopefully it will be done by the time the hubby gets off.  

The rest of my weekend plans are to just relax and spend time with my family.  I am just going to be prayerful  and remember what this Easter weekend is really all about.  

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As you may know, I am a beginner runner and started running in November 2010.  It has seriously become my hobby if you can't tell. ;) I wanted to end this blog with some pics of my accomplishments in running so far.  It's nice motivation to keep going when you look back at how far you have come, and what accomplishments you have made.  

My bling!

 

 

The pink medal - My first 5K, Ashley St. Romain, February 5, 2011 - Won 1st place in my age group.

The black and white medal - Finisher medal from my first 10K, Run to the Cross, April 16, 2011

The first place medal - Won first place in my age group at the Run to the Cross 10K!

Me with the first place medal from my first 10K.

You can do  A N Y T H I N G  you put your mind to.  You just have to believe in yourself.  Most of the times when you fail it is because you think you can't do it.  But I am telling you that you CAN.  You can! You can! YOU CAN!!!! The only thing holding you back is you.  Believe and you will succeed. I am proof of this.

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What are your plans for this weekend?

- I am cleaning this monstrosity we call our home and relaxing with my family.  I will be going for a run, too, of course. ;)  And I will spend Easter being prayerful and looking back at what Jesus did for me.

What are some of your accomplishments, be it in running, work, or life in general???

- I turned my life completely around by becoming healthy and fit.  I have won a couple of medals and running and improved my own PR's each and every time.  I have never been successful in my fitness, so this is a big accomplishment for me.

Race Recap: My first 10K and Donnie's first 5K !!

This past Saturday I competed in my first 10K and I had a blast!  It feels so great that I am getting up there in my mileage and I am just that much closer to doing my first marathon.  This race was also Donnie's first 5K!  So excited for him!

My Race Recap

So our morning started bright and early of course... Here we are after we've had our breakfast (waffle with peanut butter and a cup of coffee) and we are dressed with our gear ready. Note my new garmin on my wrist!

This was my first time getting to use my new Garmin.  Can't you see the excitement?

We headed out to church where the race started and ended.  We got our bag with some freebies and our race bibs.

Dad came to cheer me on!

I warmed up a little in the parking lot.  Dad got a nice picture of this.  I don't have any pictures of me just running, so here is the first one!

So the race began! Donnie and I stuck together for the first mile, which was fun.  I ran it a little under 10:00 pace, so I slowed down a bit because I had to conserve my energy for these hills I had been hearing about.  Mile 2 and 3 I stayed around a 10:00 pace, and it felt good.  I wasn't tired at all.  And then came the hills.  Mile 4, 5, and 6 were mostly big long hills.  It slowed me down to a 10:20 - 10:30 pace.  I took my GU Energy Gel at mile 4, which helped me out a lot.  After one big hill, I saw the mile 6 sign and I couldn't have been happier.  I sprinted it out to the finish line and found out my time was 1:02:14!!!!! That is an average pace of 10:02 for 6.2 miles!!

I had beat my time from a training run!!  And my hubby finished his 5K in 35:25. So proud of him because he didn't even train that much!

We took some more pictures with my mom, stepdad, brother, and sister...  They were at the finish line cheering us on!

So we waited around for the awards ceremony just to see how we did.  Donnie won 2nd place in his age group for the 5K!!!! The medals were in these cute little Easter eggs.  How original!

We had to wait what seemed like forever for the 10K female winners... and then I hear my name called for 3rd place in the 20-24 age group.... but I'm 25!  So I tell them that, and they are like well just take this and we will figure it out in a minute... So here I am with my little 3rd place egg, all smiles anyways. 

So we go up there after all the names were called to figure out what happened.  And we found out that I actually won 1st place in MY age group 25-29!  So I got my rightfully earned egg/1st place medal!!!!

YAY!  First place in my age group AGAIN!  I have only done 2 races and have won 1st place in my age group both times.  I don't see this happening too many more times.

We went and got our FREE massages, which were AHHH-MAZING.  I will definitely be visiting those girls again :) Before we left, we got a quick shot of us together with our eggs/medals.

Overall it was a great race and I cannot wait for my next race!  I knew I was hooked to running already, but I am loving it more and more after each race.  I just get such an awesome "high" from it.  But running is a good thing to get addicted to, right???? ;)



After the race, we continued to have an awesome weekend filled with FOOD!  We had to recover you know.  We went to the new Chinese buffet in town.  It was so good and had chocolate fondue.  Mmmmm....  



And then Sunday we went to see Rio.  SUCH A SWEET MOVIE!  I am such a kid, I know.  But seriously, I loved the movie and even got a little teary-eyed.  During the movie I enjoyed some more chocolate in the form of chocolate covered coffee beans... my new (to me at least) favorite chocolate creation.

And THEN we tried out another new place, Papa Murphy's Pizza.  I was excited about this place because they have this deLITE crust that is lower in calories and fat.  You can't beat that.  We had coupons, so me, Donnie, and my BFF got our own pizzas.  I am going to be eating pizza for days.  It was a great weekend for sure!

I skipped out on my workout today, but I will pick it up tomorrow with my best friend Jillian Michaels.  I plan to work more with the weights and cut back my running just a little bit.  We will see how this goes.

I'm ready for a normal week at work.  But it's not that normal because it is a four day week.  I'm okay with that.  





And I don't want to forget to say congrats to all that ran the Boston Marathon today!!!  I am so impressed with the times that I have read about already.

First BIG purchase for running!

So I finally ordered one of these babies...

I am SOOOOOOOOOO excited!!  I have been wanting one for so long and saw that it was on sale today with FREE shipping, so I couldn't pass it up.  The hubby and I will just have to live off sandwiches for the rest of the week.  :)

I had a GREAT weekend!  Got to hang with my bestie all weekend.  We did a lot of damage as always :)  First we had some yummy Orange Leaf yogurt.  I love love love this place.  I cannot wait until they build one closer to my house.  This time I got red velvet yogurt with some festive Easter m&m's and chocolate chips.  Heaven in a cup.

And then we went shopping.  I got some running shorts and some more jeans.  I am happy to say I am down another size!!!  I cannot believe that I am way out of the double digits.  I think the last time I was out of the double digits I was in 4th grade. 

Today I went fishing with the guys.  And I caught 3 fish.  Donnie didn't catch any.  Poor baby.  I guess fishing is just in my blood.  Both my dad and grandpa are like hardcore fisher men.  Dad used to do a lot more than he does now.  He set out nets and everything.  I don't get to go that often, but when I do I always have good luck!

That's me and my man :)  Oh and I forgot to report about his game Friday.  They lost again, BUT it was very close and a VERY good game.  I am still proud and I don't care if they win or not, he is out there doing something and being active.  Here are some pictures from the game....

The bestie and I :)

 

 

 

 

 

Me and Mom!

Donnie's back haha.. He's number 22!

Did my long run Saturday and it was HOTT.  I am going to have to get up early for my weekend runs from now on.  It was a killer 5 miles.  The heat slowed me down a little bit, but I made it in about 54 minutes.  I am soooo excited about the 10K next weekend.  Maybe my new garmin will be in by then!!

Have a great week!!

What was one of your first big purchases for running/fitness??

-A Garmin Forerunner 405!!!!

What outdoors activities do you like to do other than running?

- Fishing and swimming for sure.  I love being  by the water.  I think I was a fish in my past life.

SparkPeople Virtual 5K!

 I have a lot to blog about, but it's late and wanted to do my recap really quick on my virtual race today.  I did my SparkPeople Virtual 5K today and set a new PR!!

 

RACE: SparkPeople Virtual 5K

WHERE:  Glenwood Track in WM

TIME: 30:23! *PR*

AVG PACE: 9:46 (And a pace under 10:00?!?  So excited!) 

WEATHER:  Sunny

GEAR:  Tank, capri workout pants, gatorade, ipod

HOW IT WENT:  The first mile I went too strong and regretted it during my 2nd mile..my sinuses started acting up and I was getting tired too soon.  (And  the people mowing around the track didn't help either.  Grass was flying everywhere and I inhaled a good bit! EEK!) I had to stop once to tie my shoes... NEVER happens... and one short water stop.  I was surprised that I made it in 30:23 when it was all over and done.  The 3rd mile was tough, but I kept up my pace.  After it was over, I went and hacked up my lungs.  Thanks mowing crew at the Wellness Center! :)

And so close to my goal of 30:00!  Maybe the next one will be that or right under? :)

So excited about this run today... I think I am going to hit up some zumba tomorrow.  I am not doing great with my April goal of doing my Jillian video.  I am avoiding it at all costs it seems!  I just have such weak arms and core!  I need some motivation PLEASE!!  Oh, and then I look at those bat-wings and THAT muffin top... hee hee! 

Wanted to end tonight with a picture of some of my faves... The little baby is my little friend, Maddox :) and the girl on the right is my sweet sister :)  I frickin' love these kids!

Every time Maddox sees me he says "Bo, I can play with your feet?"  (They call me Bo, short for Kimbo.)  He has some obsession with feet and it is too funny! He will take off my socks and just start rubbing them... I don't know if I would touch those runner's feet little man!  Ha ha!