What will june bring?

Yes its a two post kind of day. Please read my awesome time at Zooma Annapolis HERE

Now lets talk about June. The half marathon did exactly what I hoped it would do... it re-energized me. I now have a month until marathon training starts. The first week of July my long run will be 8 miles so I cannot slack in the running department but at the same time I want to focus on a few other things in June aswell. Here is the schedule I came up with....

When it says work that means I work - duh :) but just fyi thats from 8am until 8pm.
Weights will include a full body workout based on my biggest loser book - love that weight workout!
Spin is spin, early spin is spinning before work and showering at the gym.
The runs will just be enjoyable paced running - but I will try to do some speed drills at the end of each one.
And the newest addition - SWIM.

I have been wanting to work in swimming for FOREVER. Im not a swimmer - I need some major practice. And I feel very uncomfortable with the etiquette of lanes, timing ect. But hopefully by putting it in twice a week it will work itself out :)

I will also get my eating under control. I will focus on fresh ingredients. I will log my food. I got this!

Zooma Annapolis half marathon report...

Sorry Im the idiot that forgot my camera so you will have to wait until they put out official pics and/or I get some pics from Nicole.

Today was my first half marathon post baby. I have been shocked so far this year how well my races have gone. I PR'd in a 5k and a 10k already this year. I have a horrible memory and while I dont think my chip time for Baltimore 2010 was even remotely right - I guess per that chip I PR'd in the half marathon distance as well!!! My goal was to finish by 2:30. I made sure to stay ahead of the 2:30 pacer group just incase I needed to stop to pee or something. I finished at 2:22 :)

Had a GREAT weekend too - decided to go down the night before with my best friend Rach. We went for some super yummy Thai food and awesome drinks, walked around, got icecream and were in bed by 9 pm. hehe.

Ok my thoughts - good and bad.

The bad...
1. I HATED the ending... it was in the grass and UP hill for the finish.
2. I prefer a race that has alot of spectators, music, ect.
3. I was surprised to see quite a few young men running this race. Unless they were running in honor of their mom or something, I personally dont want to see men running an all female race.
4. I was hoping for more hoopla... funny shirts, boas, ect... it was a pretty serious race.
5. I wish so many people didnt run with ear plugs in their ears. There wasnt any chatter... thats normally my favorite thing about this distance.
6. The expo sucked - it was too far away from downtown annapolis so I couldnt walk there, it was super small and had nothing cool or new to see in the way of female running.

The AWESOME -
1. It was an extremely well put together race. The stops were were they said they would be. The people that ran it were VERY nice. Love that they had gu.
2. Annapolis is just a beautiful setting or the run.
3. The hills... yes this is going in the awesome catagory. I didnt look at the topagraphy until the day before. I was NOT prepared for hills. OMG the hills were INSANE... but it goes in the awesome catagory because I ran up every damn one of them! woohoo!!!
4. Love my little run necklace... I was expecting slightly nicer but I really like it.
5. Great shirt.
6. I got to meet the gals from "Train like a mother" - they rock!
7. Since it was an all girl run - sort of - I didnt feel guilty about leaving my kids and husband at home and heading down there the night before with a friend. Had a BLAST!
8. Running with Nicole again was awesome - knew I missed it but not sure until today HOW MUCH I missed it!
9. I ROCKED!!! I am so proud of me!

It was what I needed to help get the love of running to come back. It was asleep somewhere and didnt come back immediately post baby. Cant wait until the next one!

Updated - I lied... here are a few pics of Nicole and I before, during and after the race.

I have sucked....

I have sucked lately.

I havent journaled my food. I have barely drank any water. I havent worked out in almost a week.

Im sabataging myself. I do this alot. I deserve way better than how I treat myself.

Im worth it. Im worth being healthy and happy. Im worth the time.


Having said all of that - its time to put myself first again. Today I leave for Annapolis for a girls weekend. Tomorrow I run the Zooma Half Marathon... I love an all girl run! Im a bit worried since my foot is acting up but I will do my best and enjoy the moment.