I haven't updated on my successful training! Training for what? I don't know, but training none-the-less. And what better way to train than to train and enjoy a hot guy while your at it. Funny. There's a good looking guy at the gym that I've spied for the last little bit that we like to call Gym Boy...and turns out my normal 3 mile runs turn into 4 miles or 3 miles and then some biking! ha Good times. Anyways, here's the latest.
Each week I've been able to accomplish the drawn out plan to a tee. Well, I tend to run a little bit more than the schedules calls for throughout the week, but the long runs have been great. Two weeks ago I ran the longest run yet of 9 miles. Yes it took me 1 hour 45 minutes, but I mean crap. It's nine freaking miles. I started off strong, I ran 4.5 miles without stopping, but decided my body should take a rest and get some hydration. After that it was kind of down hill. I have an issue with maintaining hydration. I feel like I drink enough, and if I drink too much I'll puke, so I need to find a balance somehow. Around mile 6 I got the chills and every time I stopped to walk for a minute (literally a minute) they would come back to haunt me. But I finished like I said and was quite proud of myself. And as a little side note, I decided to run on an empty stomach which I am learning is probably not the best thing.
Last Saturday I was to drop my long run to 7 miles which compared to 9 miles was a piece of cake. I ran the 7 in 76 minutes which I felt was a fairly descent pace and didn't get the chills...as much. I did eat breakfast (although I had cereal with milk that had expired 8 days prior) and I tried to obey what my friends and sister told me to do and stop to sip on water at least every 2 miles. I got the chills, yes, but not as bad as I did the week before.
This Saturday I'm supposed to jump back up to 8 miles but I don't think I'll be able to run this weekend seeing as I will be out of commission persay, but I will surely run 8 the following weekend! And as far as what I'm training for, my roommate wants me to run in the Salt Lake Half Marathon which is some time in April, but we'll see. As of right now, I say no.
It's amazing how much I've enjoyed running now that I know and can run fairly descent distances. I know I have a lot to work on, especially my pace, but I do feel like I've accomplished something. :)
March 30, 2009
Twisted twisted state
About a month ago or maybe longer or maybe it's just felt like it's gone on for a long time, I was going through a tough time. I felt the weight of many friends' problems and I couldn't do anything about it but be there to comfort and provide solace. It was/is really hard for me cause I take my friends burdens as my own and end up feeling hopeless and inadequate when I can't fully help the situation they find themselves in (not saying that any of my friends are dealing with overly dramatic problems...just every day life situations that provide discomfort to their aura). It was and continues to be a hard thing for me to come to grips with. I don't know how to manage my feelings and allow myself to separate myself from their problems; meaning I see them saddened and I feel their pain. I hope that makes sense.
Anyways, around this time my dear visiting teacher came over and we were discussing some things and low and behold my dreams came up. As many of you know (most of my close friends surely know) I have some crazy crazy bizarre unexplainable dreams involving me and others...and animals. Yes, it's true. I have my fair share...who am I kidding, the majority of my dreams involve an animal in some sort of way. Whether they are on the way side just chillin' or I'm interacting with them, they are present and at times take on human characteristics. I have you know, I did not realize this until my wonderful roommate pointed this out and as I look back on my dreams, it's true. Animals are present in 95% of my dreams. Quite interesting. Regardless, my VT and I were talking and she felt I should write down my dreams. I found out through Facebook or maybe even this Dashboard that my friend is doing a dream blog and since I've been meaning to write them down in some way anyways, why not publish them for everyone to see.
Soooooo, here goes nothing. Starting today I have a new blog....now you can see how utterly twisted my amazing brain is. And please feel free to add incite to any of them, cause lets be honest, I can't figure it out on my own! :) Hope you enjoy the mind of b-diddy...asleep.
http://meinrem.blogspot.com/
Anyways, around this time my dear visiting teacher came over and we were discussing some things and low and behold my dreams came up. As many of you know (most of my close friends surely know) I have some crazy crazy bizarre unexplainable dreams involving me and others...and animals. Yes, it's true. I have my fair share...who am I kidding, the majority of my dreams involve an animal in some sort of way. Whether they are on the way side just chillin' or I'm interacting with them, they are present and at times take on human characteristics. I have you know, I did not realize this until my wonderful roommate pointed this out and as I look back on my dreams, it's true. Animals are present in 95% of my dreams. Quite interesting. Regardless, my VT and I were talking and she felt I should write down my dreams. I found out through Facebook or maybe even this Dashboard that my friend is doing a dream blog and since I've been meaning to write them down in some way anyways, why not publish them for everyone to see.
Soooooo, here goes nothing. Starting today I have a new blog....now you can see how utterly twisted my amazing brain is. And please feel free to add incite to any of them, cause lets be honest, I can't figure it out on my own! :) Hope you enjoy the mind of b-diddy...asleep.
http://meinrem.blogspot.com/
March 5, 2009
Senses
Our brains are amazing. I am sitting here surfing the internet listening to one of my mixed iTunes playlists and a Faith Hill song came on and brought back a waive of memories of when I first moved here. I bought this Faith Hill CD (on my quest to start liking country music) and listened to it constantly. It brought back a feeling of happiness, sadness, triumph, and anxiety. And how easily it came. Within the first ten seconds of the song, I was taken back 3 years. I was working for Fidelity Investments as a temp. commuting to work from Cedar Hills every day. I had just moved out here to Utah and was learning how to survive on my own, and on top of that I had to drive in the snow for the first time in my life (scary business for a Floridian). Wow...those were the days, and how life has changed since. It's strange cause it's not every song that I get taken aback by; maybe it's just those that didn't really impact me per-say at the time but were a part of my life when I needed the comfort of good music?!
It's not only songs that do this, it's smells too. It's hard to come across a smell of the past but from time to time it happens and holy flashback. It's kind of a neat experience cause I think you tend to forget things that don't seem very important in the long run, but at the time was a struggle...me moving to Utah and starting a life out here was, at the time, a very hard thing to do, but now that I'm established and have had a blessed life for the past 3 years, the beginning didn't seem all that hard...but it was and I'm glad I have senses to remember those moments and feelings! :)
...although some times they are indeed unwanted 'flashbacks'. Like a song that reminds you of good times with a guy that broke your heart or the smell of blood mixed with the cleaning agent you used to clean surgery tables at your first job at a vet's office. ha But overall they are welcomed thoughts which I enjoy dearly!
As I'm sitting here thinking about this, I'm feeling like this isn't really the case for sight?! I think you see so much everyday that it's hard to remember seeing something and then seeing that exact same thing to bring back those same emotions you had originally...I think it happens rarelier (not a word, but it's my blog and I can do what I want) and I hope that made sense (made sense...funny! ha). Perhaps the visual sensed flashbacks are more prominent in dreams and not during hours of being awake. Yeah.
Anywho...Happy Sensing-
It's not only songs that do this, it's smells too. It's hard to come across a smell of the past but from time to time it happens and holy flashback. It's kind of a neat experience cause I think you tend to forget things that don't seem very important in the long run, but at the time was a struggle...me moving to Utah and starting a life out here was, at the time, a very hard thing to do, but now that I'm established and have had a blessed life for the past 3 years, the beginning didn't seem all that hard...but it was and I'm glad I have senses to remember those moments and feelings! :)
...although some times they are indeed unwanted 'flashbacks'. Like a song that reminds you of good times with a guy that broke your heart or the smell of blood mixed with the cleaning agent you used to clean surgery tables at your first job at a vet's office. ha But overall they are welcomed thoughts which I enjoy dearly!
As I'm sitting here thinking about this, I'm feeling like this isn't really the case for sight?! I think you see so much everyday that it's hard to remember seeing something and then seeing that exact same thing to bring back those same emotions you had originally...I think it happens rarelier (not a word, but it's my blog and I can do what I want) and I hope that made sense (made sense...funny! ha). Perhaps the visual sensed flashbacks are more prominent in dreams and not during hours of being awake. Yeah.
Anywho...Happy Sensing-
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