Saturday, May 16th, I ran my first race since December. With everything that has been going on with mom, my running has been horrible. It was last on my list and I took a few weeks off. Getting back was the hardest thing to do. The end of April is when I said enough is enough, and I went back strong. It was tough, and still is. My speed is nowhere close to where it was last year, but I know with dedication and training I'll get right back.
My race was humid/muggy, so I figured I'd have trouble. About .5 miles into the race, I hear my name. My friend Marty wasn't running the race, but was there to support me. He's super fast, and decided he would pace me. Goal #1 was to finish, #2 finish under 30 minutes, #3 my secret goal was to come in around 25-26 minutes. I wound up holding a steady 8:37 pace, which brought me through the finish line @ 26:44. He says I could have went faster because I had too much energy at the end, but part of me was nervous. I was so glad he was there for me and helped me along. It was very hard not having mom there, but I did it and I'm running for her. I'm hoping to improve each of my future races this year!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
My New Hairdo
Well I decided I needed something new so I cut my hair! A lot more than it looks, BUT I'm actually going shorter. 
Besides that, same old stuff. I start teaching my new class tonight. It's a mix of Zumba, abs, and toning. I'm so excited! Well I'll check in tomorrow :).
Besides that, same old stuff. I start teaching my new class tonight. It's a mix of Zumba, abs, and toning. I'm so excited! Well I'll check in tomorrow :).Wednesday, May 6, 2009
a bad wednesday :(
Well it's just been a "bad" day. The weather is crappy, and I'm just having a sad day. I went to class and went to pull in a parking spot and clearly thought I had more room than I did. I tapped the car next to me. Not one scratch on their car. But my car has huge scratches marks and a gash on the right passenger bumper. I was so upset and it looks so bad :(. I hardly hit them and had my foot on the brake so I wasn't going fast. I guess it was the way it hit ugh!
Anyways, let's see nothing else exciting. I missed my run today because it was pouring and I was busy with school. I have to teach tonight which should be fun. I leave in a month for vacation and still need these 10 pounds gone. I can't take it anymore, it's so hard!
Well that's about it for today's update.
Anyways, let's see nothing else exciting. I missed my run today because it was pouring and I was busy with school. I have to teach tonight which should be fun. I leave in a month for vacation and still need these 10 pounds gone. I can't take it anymore, it's so hard!
Well that's about it for today's update.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
first weekend of may
Wow it's been so long since I've updated this blog. I need to start updating more often. I have one week left of class, thank god! I have had enough. This semester was so tough and I had so much work. I can't wait for it to be over. I graduate with my associates in Business Administration next weekend, but I am not going to graduation. None of my friends are going and they make it so long! So we are all just going to dinner (my family). That should be fun. Then in the fall, off to Monmouth University I go. I am excited already, but so nervous it's ridiculous. I know I'll be fine once I adjust, but it's just the point of being a transfer student.
Well mom's petscan showed that her tumor shrunk A LOT! That's great news. They said they wouldn't be surprised if when they did the surgery, the tumor was dead. We are all nervous for the surgery, but we know it has to be done. I know it'll all go well, it's just the anticipation. We are looking at the surgery date to be May 27th. I am so mad because I'm going on a cruise from June 6-11. And now I really don't want to go and leave mom. He told her 7-8 days in the hospital and then 6 weeks of NO exercise :(. That gets me so upset! I can't wait for 2009 to just be over. It's been so long and tough already, and we have another 6 months ahead of us with mom's surgery and then her chemo. Only "good" thing that came out of this was that I seperated myself from friends. People who I thought were my friends, well they clearly weren't. If it weren't for my 2 best friends, Katie and Steph, I'm not sure what I'd do. No matter what, they are here for me and for whatever I need. Everyone else never even once asked me how my mom was throughout her entire treatments. Not that I needed sympathy but some "friends" that I was always there for and would drop everything and run everytime they needed me decided to be rude and never even say sorry to hear about mom or are you ok. Ugh just bothers me!
Anyway, I am back to running! I took a few weeks off and now getting back is crazy difficult, but I'm so determined. The distance is no problem, but getting my speed back is far from easy. I'm just going to keep pushing and hope for good results!
Well mom's petscan showed that her tumor shrunk A LOT! That's great news. They said they wouldn't be surprised if when they did the surgery, the tumor was dead. We are all nervous for the surgery, but we know it has to be done. I know it'll all go well, it's just the anticipation. We are looking at the surgery date to be May 27th. I am so mad because I'm going on a cruise from June 6-11. And now I really don't want to go and leave mom. He told her 7-8 days in the hospital and then 6 weeks of NO exercise :(. That gets me so upset! I can't wait for 2009 to just be over. It's been so long and tough already, and we have another 6 months ahead of us with mom's surgery and then her chemo. Only "good" thing that came out of this was that I seperated myself from friends. People who I thought were my friends, well they clearly weren't. If it weren't for my 2 best friends, Katie and Steph, I'm not sure what I'd do. No matter what, they are here for me and for whatever I need. Everyone else never even once asked me how my mom was throughout her entire treatments. Not that I needed sympathy but some "friends" that I was always there for and would drop everything and run everytime they needed me decided to be rude and never even say sorry to hear about mom or are you ok. Ugh just bothers me!
Anyway, I am back to running! I took a few weeks off and now getting back is crazy difficult, but I'm so determined. The distance is no problem, but getting my speed back is far from easy. I'm just going to keep pushing and hope for good results!
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