AM vs PM workouts

I am by nature more a morning person. I enjoy getting my workouts in before I start my day. I like the solitude of clearing my head before the day starts.

 I used to be able to do that which was fantastic but when I started my current position my hours changed a bit and it was really practical to wake up so early...plus I was really feeling it around 2 or 3 PM when I swear if I put my head on my desk I was just fall right to sleep. 

I have been in my position just over a year now so I am thinking I am going to push my start time back a bit so that I can run four days in the AM and do boot camp. That also means my runs will go from road runs to treadmill runs since Alice has an abundance of stray animals that I do not want to be chased by. Plus I heard that there is a coyote that likes to go to he park early in the morning so I think avoiding the park while it is dark is a good idea! The heat and humidity are making my afternoon runs and workouts right now something that I just do not look forward to and they are much harder. Lucky for me where I work I am not required to be in business casual therefore pulled back hair and no make up are ok! Bonus! And a total time saver. 

With my training really kicking into high gear come July I really want to make sure I am able to get it in all my mileage and cross training. What do you enjoy....mornings or afternoons? Why? 

Now we don't have kids yet so I am sure all this will change when that happens! 

Flood Relief Hiatus

I know I resurrected this blog and haven't posted anything in a while but in the great state of Texas everything south of Dallas is in a state of emergency. I have been diligently working on collecting items for the flood victims in my husband's college town of San Marcos. We are working to collect items for 38 families of Travis Elementary School. 

Next week I will be back to training! 

Goal Races for the Year

Once I make it public there is no going back right?

So here it goes.....The plan for the rest of the year!

August 15 is the 15K trail run in Corpus Christi at the Oso Creek Park. Dash 4 Cash will be my first trail run and longest non road run. So far it seems we will have a pretty good group getting together to run this one so having the encouragement should make it much easier. I ran Warrior Dash over a year ago solo; I finished but it would have been way more fun with friends. 

September is the Spa Girl Tri at the Lost Pines JW Marriott. So far we have a group of ten girls who are starting to train for this one. it is a 300 meter swim through the lazy river, 2 mile run, and 10 mile bike ride. I was a varsity swimmer until senior year of high school so the swim doesn't freak me out aw much as the 10 mile bike ride! Thank goodness a friend of mine Melissa who I swam with as a kid, her family owns a bike shop! Britton's Bikes in San Antonio is the place to go if you need anything for road cycling. 

July actually starts the official training plan for my goal of running (maybe a little walking) my first 1/2 marathon in December. Carrera Races hosts a training series for the Rock N Roll in December so I figured that would be a good long training plan with help along the way. The Gusto Series is 5 races held on a Sunday July through November, gearing you up for the 1/2 or the full. I plan on registering for the 5K, 8K, 10K, 12K, and then 10 miler. Three weeks later is the 1/2.  

This is going to make me mentally tough if I plan on completing everything as planned. I have been logging everything in my running journal and setting out my plans on a calendar. I am looking forward to the challenge and becoming a better run on the flip side.

Beach To Bay 2015

 This was my third Beach to Bay Relay to participate in and I have run a different leg each time. This year I took the 4th leg...the base leg. It runs through the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.

Becky had our shirts made and I love them! This is the back. The front says WTF!

We ran in honor of a guy named Christopher Harlan who our first leg runner served with in Afghanistan. He was a machine gunner and a purple heart recipient but he took his own life. I researched how often that happens and the numbers are so high. According to the stats, 22 soldiers take their own life each day. If you want to help stop that you can go to stopsoldiersuicide.org  and donate. 

Waiting in line with Becky for the bus to her leg. The sweet girl that took this picture actually just found me in Instagram so that was pretty cool! Unfortunately she is headed back to California this summer otherwise I might have had a new running buddy! But I have heard the bay area is nice and maybe I will just have to find a run out there to do!

My race day outfit! I pulled out the flag capris that I usually wear on the 4 on the 4th run since I was running on base. I tried to say thank to every military person who was working our run on the base. I got pretty close to accomplishing that. 

Chute selfie! Finished my 4.83 miles...not as fast as I wanted but the humidity had to be in the 80 something percent. Overall we finished with a 4:33 times for the relay. 626th place overall out of 2046 teams. In our division of odds and ends we placed 225th. 

Until next year Beach to Bay!