I am so crafty. I made this baby tonight for $20. Yay I finally have a real medal hanger for my half marathon and warrior dash medals!
GPOY I LIKE DOING COMPARISON PHOTOS
So here we go: On the left we have my finishing photo from the 2011 AZ Rock ‘n’ Roll 1/2 Marathon, weighing in at about 162lbs. On the right we have my finishing photo from the 2012 AZ Rock ‘n Roll 1/2 Marathon, weighing in at about 148lbs. These were taken Jan 16, 2011 and Jan 15, 2012 respectively, so there is basically exactly one year between them. It is amazing how much less red, tired and puffy my face and chest looks… and the armpit fat seems to be significantly less noticeable, too. Win!
WOD: RUNNING
Did a nice little recovery run today. 4.75 miles in about 50 minutes. My legs are still a little sore from the half marathon on Sunday.
Total Fitocracy Points: 464
I can’t wait to shift my focus to strength training next week. Yay for some serious squats in my future!
IMPROVEMENTS - NSV!
So, the AZ Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon was on Sunday. My friends and I decided that since it was the last one we would be able to do for awhile that we would take it easy and really enjoy the run and the beautiful AZ course. We ran the first 7 miles and then we did intervals of walking for 2 or 3 minutes then running a mile, repeated for the rest of the race. We finished with a time of 2:23:35.
One year ago when we ran this same event, our very first half marathon ever, we ran the entire way without walking and felt like we were going to die afterwards. We finished with a time of 2:24:32.
Where is the progress? Well, this year, we WALKED part of it, had so much fun talking and goofing off and we felt great afterward… and we STILL beat last year’s time by a minute! Yay improvements!
Did the AZ Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon this morning. Got the Double Down in the Desert medal for having run Las Vegas in December and then this one 6 weeks after. :)
AZ ROCK ‘N ROLL HALF MARATHON
Is this weekend. I haven’t put as much time into preparation for this one as I have in the past because I have been focusing more on strength training. My friend’s knee has been bothering him lately anyways, so we are going to take it easy with this one and just run it for fun - not trying to beat any PRs or anything. It should be a good time though. :)
Finally got my Triple Crown medal in the mail! It is for running 3 Rock n Roll marathon series races in one calendar year. I will have one more coming for my fourth race too. :)
Hahaha, good advice, Barney. I will remember this when I run my next 1/2 in 3 weeks or so.
(Source: so-raven)
GPOY YEAR END EDITION
I did a little comparison today since it is the end of the year. On the left is my least favorite picture ever… I remember crying the day that a friend posted it to Facebook. On the right is the most current picture I have of myself. I feel like I don’t even look like the same person.
In 2009 I was sad, lazy and had a poor diet. Now, I am generally in good spirits, lift weights, run half marathons and have a significantly better diet. Oh, the difference 2 years and some effort can make. :)
GPOY LAS VEGAS HALF MARATHON FINISHER’S PHOTO
Dressing up like a boss to hit the strip and I am wearing my medal ALL NIGHT. :)
My glow in the dark medal! My time was 2:04:47. I hit new PRs for 5k, 10k, 10mi and 1/2 marathon. I will post them all later.
Yay! Race starts at 5:30.
The view of the strip from the Tropicana!
I AM IN LAS VEGAS
And it is cold as hell! I miss beautiful AZ weather already. Anyways, I am staying in The Excalibur and I am super excited for the 1/2 marathon tomorrow!!
