The last two runs have been pretty darn good.
Friday was my first Friday and the start of the long weekend. After a teleconference with the Philippines, Maddie and I were out the door and running.
When we run by ourselves, we run a bit of a different route that allows Maddie to be off-leash for small stretches. This is good for both of us as it allows each of us to run at our own pace or, as in Maddie's case, chase that squirrel up the tree. We run past softball fields and ponds, through Carrolls Woods Park and experience a few hills.
Unbeknownst to me, part of our route was being used for a school race, so we were running into groups of young, energetic kids for about half a mile. They make it look so effortless. I hate them. Not really, I just felt my age - a lot.
We ran 5 miles with an average pace of 11:22 min/mile. Looking at my records from a year ago, that's almost the exact same pace. This was kind of discouraging, but I shouldn't let it be. At least I haven't slowed down!!
Today's run saw us out the door at 5 a.m. It's REALLY dark at 5 a.m. so I opted for the route we usually run with Sue & Josie as it's pretty well lit. I had a plan based on an idea my daughter gave me. I would run 10 minutes, walk 1. This went really well, but for a small change - I ran the first two miles without stopping then walked 1 minute. I worked this routine for the entire 5.75 mile route and averaged a 10:42 min/mile. Looking at my stats on mapmyrun.com, I really did keep it fairly tight for time.
I think I'm running very close to my donation miles but I've got about $750 dollars to make my goal. I'd sure appreciate the extra motivation and LLS would appreciate the donation.
In 2012, 300 LLS-supported research projects represented a total commitment of nearly $236 million around the world. Nearly $2.4 million is allocated right here in Minnesota! That's pretty impressive!
To make a donation - please go to http://pages.lightthenight.org/mn/TwinCt1212/reneehedstrom
Oh and I'm still looking for some tune suggestions! Leave a note with a song suggestion and why you think it'd be a good tune for running.
Thanks a bunch!!
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Can't slow down
Life has a way of moving into fast forward and time slips by so quickly. Seconds to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days - well, you get the idea. Somehow I got caught up in the whirlwind that is my life and when I stopped moving for just a moment, I discovered that it's 6 weeks until Light the Night! SIX WEEKS!
When I set my goal, I determined that I would have run 400 miles to make my goal of $2,000. It didn't seem that outrageous a feat at the time. Thus far, I've run 45 sponsored miles and 67 unsponsored miles. I've now got six weeks to run 288 miles! That's 57 more 5 mile runs - 57 more $50.00 sponsors needed or
ONE REALLY BIG SPONSOR!
You can't blame me for putting it out there! I do have a half-marathon coming up on August 28. There's still time to get a name printed on my running shirt!
The past few runs have been fun even if challenging. Running Buddy and I tried running back to back days this past week and let me tell you, that just didn't go well. Our legs were tired from our efforts the day before and someone forgot to bring her rescue inhaler along. Ok, I didn't really forget. I've gotten kind of cocky lately with my inhaler and I left it at home. A few months ago, I would need to use it somewhere around mile 3, but it'd been getting to be less and less of an issue, so I stopped bringing it along.
Monday was a warmer day, humid and we ran later in the day. I think the combination of the tired legs, the humidity and the allergens in the air made it harder for me overall. I'm embarrassed to share that our time was close to 13 min/miles. My chest hurt and I couldn't do my deep calming breathing. I hate that feeling.
Whine, whine, whine.
I have to come back to the reason why I'm doing this.
I'm running for my teammate who lost his daughter to leukemia in February and another who lost her son 3 years ago this month.
I'm running for Kent who lost his mother two years ago to lymphoma.
I'm running for Mike, recently diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia.
I'm running for Cole, Charlotte, Noah, Heidi and Jon, who have all fought the battle and WON!
I'm a strong, healthy woman, blessed with a wonderful husband, great kids and even more amazing grandkids.
I want it to stay that way
and so I run.
When I set my goal, I determined that I would have run 400 miles to make my goal of $2,000. It didn't seem that outrageous a feat at the time. Thus far, I've run 45 sponsored miles and 67 unsponsored miles. I've now got six weeks to run 288 miles! That's 57 more 5 mile runs - 57 more $50.00 sponsors needed or
ONE REALLY BIG SPONSOR!
You can't blame me for putting it out there! I do have a half-marathon coming up on August 28. There's still time to get a name printed on my running shirt!
The past few runs have been fun even if challenging. Running Buddy and I tried running back to back days this past week and let me tell you, that just didn't go well. Our legs were tired from our efforts the day before and someone forgot to bring her rescue inhaler along. Ok, I didn't really forget. I've gotten kind of cocky lately with my inhaler and I left it at home. A few months ago, I would need to use it somewhere around mile 3, but it'd been getting to be less and less of an issue, so I stopped bringing it along.
Monday was a warmer day, humid and we ran later in the day. I think the combination of the tired legs, the humidity and the allergens in the air made it harder for me overall. I'm embarrassed to share that our time was close to 13 min/miles. My chest hurt and I couldn't do my deep calming breathing. I hate that feeling.
Whine, whine, whine.
I have to come back to the reason why I'm doing this.
I'm running for my teammate who lost his daughter to leukemia in February and another who lost her son 3 years ago this month.
I'm running for Kent who lost his mother two years ago to lymphoma.
I'm running for Mike, recently diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia.
I'm running for Cole, Charlotte, Noah, Heidi and Jon, who have all fought the battle and WON!
I'm a strong, healthy woman, blessed with a wonderful husband, great kids and even more amazing grandkids.
I want it to stay that way
and so I run.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
I'm still here~
But barely!
It's been a rough few weeks since I last posted. The sweltering humidity and heat or is it the sweltering heat and humidity has been the cause of much consternation.
I don't do heat and humidity well. Just thinking about the combination seems to cause my pores to open and gallons of sweat to exude from my body at an unbelievable rate. Imagine if you can what running 5 or 6 miles in weather with a 115 degree heat index can do. I know I wrote about this before but I can't emphasize enought that it was ugly, people, just ugly. Carl looked at me when I came in and wondered if I'd run through the neighborhood water sprinkers. (I had but only to cool my legs and our Maddie dog off.) I couldn't have been wetter standing in the shower. The best part of it is that this run was a 5 mile run on a Sunday morning that started at 6:00 a.m. 6:00 A.M.!!
Am I the only one who thinks that is insane??
Oh - wait, you probably think I was insane for even attempting to run 5 miles in that kind of weather.
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results* - then you'd right because I not only did that run, but I did another 5 mile run under the same conditions two days later, another after that again and a six mile run after that!
I am a sweat bucket. I can easily lose 3-4 pounds after a run in these conditions. Not really the way I want to be losing weight. I end up feeling weak and tired - generally, just miserable all over. Being a woman of a certain age, I think my personal summers contribute something to my ability to sweat. The only time I don't really feel them is when I'm running. Hey! I just found a real positive to running!!
I went back to the fitness center in our neighborhood and used the DT (dreaded treadmill) and found that even being in an air conditioned room doesn't do a thing to inhibit the sweat glands in their performance. It does, as I've mentioned before, inhibit my spitting, but only so far as I spit into a rag rather than on the floor. I only did 2.5 miles before calling it quits there due to time constraints not physical conditions.
With the 6 mile run, I was running with my tunes and my fuel belt with a mixture of Gatorade's new G2 series Perform and water. I was hoping this watered down drink wouldn't have the same effect on my stomach as GU, but hope wasn't enough. I think my neighbors are really impressed by my sprinting home. If only they knew. Not so impressive. Sharts... definitely not a girl's best friend.
This morning, Running Buddy and I hit it again. She's back from vacation and the weather was a gift from God! 64 degrees, 59 degree dew point. Yes, yes, yes! And a nice breeze. Even more Yes! Yes! Yes! It was wonderful for our 4.5 mile run.
Thanks to all my fabulous donors: Kate, Erin, Cha, Helga, Sue, Arlene & Larry. Kate actually pushed me to run 10 miles! Yay!
Today was the Light the Night Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to provide information and recruit walkers for the Walk, September 25. I'm very excited to say that we were able to get 24 people signed up to be part of the Thomson Reuters team.
One of our new team members is a father who just lost his daughter in February to leukemia. Those are the hard moments. I watched as he strongly put his name down on the sign up sheet and admired him as he encouraged his friends to do the same. I wondered if I would have the ability to be so controlled were it my daughter. Teammate Cindy is the stepmother of Jenna, the author behind The Redhead Report, who is currently fighting the good fight. Another team member lost his mother two years ago this month and yet another is a survivor. These people have a personal interest. They know the "story of leukemia" even better than I do.
It's humbling.
And so I run.
Runs since last blog post:
07/23 - 5.07 miles 12:27 min/mile
7/24 - 2.61 miles 11:05 min/mile (run with my Carolina boy Tim)
07/29 - 6.02 miles 11:17 min/mile - followed by a 4.5 mile bike ride.
08/01 - 2.65 miles 12:04 min/mile (Dreaded Treadmill)
08/03 - 4.59 miles 11:51 min/mile (Running Buddy)
*attributed to Albert Einstein
It's been a rough few weeks since I last posted. The sweltering humidity and heat or is it the sweltering heat and humidity has been the cause of much consternation.
I don't do heat and humidity well. Just thinking about the combination seems to cause my pores to open and gallons of sweat to exude from my body at an unbelievable rate. Imagine if you can what running 5 or 6 miles in weather with a 115 degree heat index can do. I know I wrote about this before but I can't emphasize enought that it was ugly, people, just ugly. Carl looked at me when I came in and wondered if I'd run through the neighborhood water sprinkers. (I had but only to cool my legs and our Maddie dog off.) I couldn't have been wetter standing in the shower. The best part of it is that this run was a 5 mile run on a Sunday morning that started at 6:00 a.m. 6:00 A.M.!!
Am I the only one who thinks that is insane??
Oh - wait, you probably think I was insane for even attempting to run 5 miles in that kind of weather.
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results* - then you'd right because I not only did that run, but I did another 5 mile run under the same conditions two days later, another after that again and a six mile run after that!
I am a sweat bucket. I can easily lose 3-4 pounds after a run in these conditions. Not really the way I want to be losing weight. I end up feeling weak and tired - generally, just miserable all over. Being a woman of a certain age, I think my personal summers contribute something to my ability to sweat. The only time I don't really feel them is when I'm running. Hey! I just found a real positive to running!!
I went back to the fitness center in our neighborhood and used the DT (dreaded treadmill) and found that even being in an air conditioned room doesn't do a thing to inhibit the sweat glands in their performance. It does, as I've mentioned before, inhibit my spitting, but only so far as I spit into a rag rather than on the floor. I only did 2.5 miles before calling it quits there due to time constraints not physical conditions.
With the 6 mile run, I was running with my tunes and my fuel belt with a mixture of Gatorade's new G2 series Perform and water. I was hoping this watered down drink wouldn't have the same effect on my stomach as GU, but hope wasn't enough. I think my neighbors are really impressed by my sprinting home. If only they knew. Not so impressive. Sharts... definitely not a girl's best friend.
This morning, Running Buddy and I hit it again. She's back from vacation and the weather was a gift from God! 64 degrees, 59 degree dew point. Yes, yes, yes! And a nice breeze. Even more Yes! Yes! Yes! It was wonderful for our 4.5 mile run.
Thanks to all my fabulous donors: Kate, Erin, Cha, Helga, Sue, Arlene & Larry. Kate actually pushed me to run 10 miles! Yay!
Today was the Light the Night Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to provide information and recruit walkers for the Walk, September 25. I'm very excited to say that we were able to get 24 people signed up to be part of the Thomson Reuters team.
One of our new team members is a father who just lost his daughter in February to leukemia. Those are the hard moments. I watched as he strongly put his name down on the sign up sheet and admired him as he encouraged his friends to do the same. I wondered if I would have the ability to be so controlled were it my daughter. Teammate Cindy is the stepmother of Jenna, the author behind The Redhead Report, who is currently fighting the good fight. Another team member lost his mother two years ago this month and yet another is a survivor. These people have a personal interest. They know the "story of leukemia" even better than I do.
It's humbling.
And so I run.
Runs since last blog post:
07/23 - 5.07 miles 12:27 min/mile
7/24 - 2.61 miles 11:05 min/mile (run with my Carolina boy Tim)
07/29 - 6.02 miles 11:17 min/mile - followed by a 4.5 mile bike ride.
08/01 - 2.65 miles 12:04 min/mile (Dreaded Treadmill)
08/03 - 4.59 miles 11:51 min/mile (Running Buddy)
*attributed to Albert Einstein
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Welcome!
Welcome to my blog! It's great to have you be a part of my training as I prepare to run my third half-marathon!
First, some background...
I'm not really a runner. I'm too lazy and undisciplined to be a real runner. I started running one year ago in May and I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for running partner, my husband and my kids, I would have quit in June.
But -
I am passionate about the mission of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and in particular the yearly Light the Night Walk. This year, I am going to use running as part of my fundraising efforts towards my goal of $2,000.
You can follow my training progress on this site. I promise to be entirely candid and honest about the training - you will get to know the good, the bad and the ugly of training and leukemia and lymphoma.
My fundraising site is http://pages.lightthenight.org/mn/TwinCiti11/ReneeHedstrom
Thanks for joining me on this adventure.
First, some background...
I'm not really a runner. I'm too lazy and undisciplined to be a real runner. I started running one year ago in May and I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for running partner, my husband and my kids, I would have quit in June.
But -
I am passionate about the mission of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and in particular the yearly Light the Night Walk. This year, I am going to use running as part of my fundraising efforts towards my goal of $2,000.
You can follow my training progress on this site. I promise to be entirely candid and honest about the training - you will get to know the good, the bad and the ugly of training and leukemia and lymphoma.
My fundraising site is http://pages.lightthenight.org/mn/TwinCiti11/ReneeHedstrom
Thanks for joining me on this adventure.
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