Self-control 101

Tonight after a light supper, my son had his swimming lesson and it was super nice weather outside so he asked for a caramel sundae from McDonalds.

So we went there.  And I actually bought only ONE. And even better, I didn't accept the few gooey bites that Ian offered me. *sigh*.

Pretty happy with myself. Kicking that nasty sugar binging habit is a hard one.

Here's Ian super satisfied with his delightful desert

Rain, rain, rain

Tonight's run was great.   My last 4/2 run/walk interval. Next run will be 5/1.

I can really handle this, my body is adjusting SO good.

I had my music, so time really flew !!

Only thing is... Where do I need to sign up for nice weather ? I mean really.  Joke's over, kay ? 

Running Socks

Followed advice and bought myself 3 pairs of Asics running socks.  I love the support.  Never knew that socks could be so comfy and adapted.
However since the blister on my left foot is not healed, well you guessed it, my beautiful Asic sock was drenched with blood.  It's in the washer now and I used Stain-away stuff on it, hopefully it will vanish. If not then Ah well.

At the runner store I also bought myself some Adidas shorts (believe it or not I did not own a pair of sports shorts) and an Asics cami with built-in bra. Not that I have much to wobble around, but still, I felt the difference.  Bought on the liquidation rack so I spent even less than I would have at Zellers or WalMart.

Pouring rain for today's run.

Oh and my husband helped me figure out how to play music while using my couch-2-10k Blackberry application. It wasn't very complicated but his help helped. :-)  Something went wrong though coz I ran 1h00 with the same song looping over and over. lol. At least it was Rammstein so it didn't matter so much and I didn't dare take out my BB in the pouring rain, so I just went with the flow.
Figured it out when I got home.
So next run : Music variety !! I already can't wait to go ! Makes a world of difference.
I have 3 Rammstein albums on there. Love their raw energy.

Legs are a bit sore.

Food for thought

I was thinking while running "I really need to watch what I eat".

When I started the journey at the very beginning I started to eat healthy (i.e. LOTS of fruits and veggies, no evening snack), then when I had to stop for 10 days to let knees heal, I fell off the wagon. And never jumped back on...

I did not loose one single pound these past 3 weeks so the math is quite simple here. Calorie intake = too high.
If I'm gonna do this, might as well do it right.
Food for thought !

I'm too sexy for my socks

Tonight my training partner went to his friend's house. Busy socialite that kid.
I, on the other hand, don't have a social life. So I focused on my training. Beats the hell out of staying at home cleaning or watching tv or Facebooking !
 I went back to the Lac des Nations to burn some rubber. 4 min running, 2 min walking. 10 times. Finished my training at the middle of the route, so had to walk back to car.Total distance this evening (including walking) = 10,5km.

Why is it that the first 15-20 min are always difficult ? Maybe I don't warm up long enough ? Anyways. The first stretch was so hard ! I was thinking The batteries on my BB must be dead ! Four minutes my ass !!! This feels like 10 !!! But 4 minutes it was... and, as usual, I reached my peak 20 minutes in.
It was pretty warm outside so I became lobster-faced.
Here's me looking annoyed with my own self for taking a pic while running

This is the Lac des Nations, so flags of different coutries hanging about on poles around the lake. I took time to stop by the Dutch flag for a high five ! Next to Sveeeden ! Yaaaa ! (Arnold accent even if he's not Swedish)

Oh and last, here is the surprise I got when I took off the runners. I say surprise coz I felt no blister pain ? Weird shit - let me mention that this is a pic of my heel + achilles tendon. Sock looks really weird with the grey heel all bunched up (hubby's socks, so too big).

(start music here)

I'm too sexy for my socks.

Best training buddy EVER

So last night I went running around the Lac des Nations, a 3,5km route around a lake in the town where I live. I ran around it twice.

3/2 run/walk interval again.

But the BEST part is that I found a training buddy. He is a cyclist and he is my son. We first went to his swimming lesson, then went training. It was end of the evening so it was dark when we finished and the view was awesome.

Beautiful weather with beautiful company for 7km. Who could ask for more ?

I had 10 min left on my training plan so I could have done 8km but Ian was tired, complaining that his bum hurt from the bike seat.

We are going again Friday.

Then the run/walk interval will increase from 3/2 to 4/2.

I can totally handle it.

Last night my right shins were giving me a hard time but 30 min in, they were better.  Iced them up good when we got home and I'm fine today.

Is it a bird ? Is it a plane ?

No it's a gazelle !

I can not even BEGIN to say how stoked I am with myself. :-)

I ran last night, and it went so well. Ran 1 hour@ 3min/2min run/walk intervals. Total of approx. 9km.

Today, NO pain. AT-ALL.

None whatsoever.

Woot woot !!!