I feel like I blew it but I’m not really sure what happened. As I detailed yesterday, I put in a disappointing performance in the Great Aloha Run after running sub 12 minute miles in races since December. I’m still not really sure what happened. While many others have given their opinions on the overly […]
One of the two largest running events in Hawai’i (along with the Honolulu Marathon) is the Great Aloha Run. Over 20,000 runners, walkers, and stroller companions enter this event every year–this is the third straight year I’ve done the event, and given my success training (at least up until my Oakland trip) and my times […]
I’m not perfect, but I’m trying to be closer to it. It’s a tough road and one of the reasons why I tell people who are on diets to not be too hard on themselves. We’re all our worst critics. I wish I spent more time walking away from potato chips at work than I […]
One of the things that comes through my mind regularly is that I have to get my workout for the day or week done–I just have to. I guess this is called discipline, which I’ve written about before. There’s no difference in my mind between a disciplined and undisciplined workout–it’s just that I get it […]
There are many, many ways to fall off the workout and diet wagon. For me, traveling was one of them. I’m not much for traveling. I don’t like flying–I believe coach class was meant for size four women, and I’m definitely not a size four woman. And I’m certainly not one for cold, and for […]
I left way too early on Wednesday morning for Oakland (7:15 am) which meant I needed to be at Honolulu Airport about 5 am! So much for a Wednesday morning workout–or anything resembling it until that evening until at the fitness center at the hotel. They had treadmills, weights, elipticals, and stationary bikes. I haven’t […]
A few days ago, before I left for Oakland on business, I blogged about how I had All the Makings of a Less Than Stellar Race going on. Turns out I was correct. My race on Sunday was less than stellar. That said, it wasn’t awful. I must keep my eyes on the two most […]
While Tweeting up with some of the local folks this weekend, one of them said they wanted to donate to my Livestrong Challenge effort but didn’t really understand it. So I figured I’d blog about it to try to give them a better idea of what I’m doing. Let’s see how this works in the […]
I’m tired and sore but I had a fine time and I learned more about myself, even if I didn’t reach my speed goal. Today was the 8K, the second of three races in the Great Aloha Run Readiness Series. In addition to a nice shirt, I ran myself up and down a hill and […]
I’m committed now. I’m definitely going to Philadelphia for the Livestrong Challenge, and I’ll be doing both the 10K run (which, quite frankly, I’m not worried about) and the century (which, quite frankly, I am worried about). And as I said the other day, I have been just blown away by the generosity of the […]