Most painful day yet

I did not run yesterday. I didn't do any strength training either. Instead, I woke up with intense pain and spent 30 minutes trying to drag myself upstairs to get help. As soon as I made it to the top of the stairs crawling, I was thankful to see Marissa in the kitchen. I had been screaming her name for the past half hour, trying to get her attention. But I was sure what felt like yelling for help, was only a groan barely making it past my lips. After attempting another to get Marissa to see me, she came running over. I think she was afraid to touch me because she ran outside to get my dad. My dad came in, and rolled me on my back so he could make sure it wasn't appendicitis. He called the doctor's office to see who was on call and then asked me if I wanted to change before going in. As if I cared what I looked like! I would have been fine going in naked if that meant I was relieved of the pain. But I did come up with two things I needed; a bra and deodorant. I guess those two things are important to me, even when I am not coherent enough to care about anything else. Rissa went to my room to get them and then my dad asked if I wanted a blessing. I am grateful that he was thinking about that and was able to help me out in that way. It was a great comfort to me. It was about then that I remembered that I didn't have insurance and that the pain I was feeling was probably due to a cyst rupturing. I have had one do that before and there isn't anything that the doctors could do for me besides drugging me up, so I opted to stay home and see what happened after taking some "Tylenol." Thankfully, the pill my dad gave me was a whole lot stronger than Tylenol and also knocked me out for a few hours. The soreness is still there, but it is mostly just an achey feeling now. Two days of pure laziness is what has happened. I guess that is what I needed. I will have to go running 5 miles before I leave to pick up Travis from the airport just so I don't feel so fat and lazy :)

Treadmill Day

Today I was wanting to watch a tv show and since it was windy, I decided to go on the treadmill with weights. It felt incredibly cleansing to sweat that much. Yeah, I know that is disgusting, but it's true :)

I'm learning

My day was kind of shot, so I didn't get my running in today. But one thing I learned from my last jog, was that I can't eat before i run. It makes me nauseous. Is that how you spell it? It looks funny...oh well. I tried eating a small breakfast of yogurt a couple hours before I ran, but it still made my stomach ache to run after eating. I'm still trying to find something that doesn't effect me like that. And I have been remembering to take Jocie's advice and drinking my whey protein shake after I run. I add fresh fruit and a splash of orange juice, and it isn't too bad :P

Working in the Shoes

I am still trying to work in my shoes. It has been a year since I have had to do this, so I forgot how much I hate this process. My feet burn and ache, no matter what shoe I get. I remembered today why I used to go to a podiatrist :) Today I ran and walked around Dry Lake again but it burned! I'm hoping it doesn't take much longer to work them in.

My First Official 5K

After falling asleep around 2 this morning, and then waking up every 30 minutes afraid that I slept in, I woke up for the last time at 7. Got dressed and was leaving when I realized I couldn't find my iPod. Still can't actually. Kellie and I went down to register and I was starting to wonder about what I have signed up for. I was the only person there that had an ounce of extra fat and didn't have those cute running shorts. I missed the message about how any overweight people had to work the water station or route lol. Kellie and I kept joking around about coming in last, but at least we would finish, when a group of about 40 girls came. They had to have been around 8-12 years old. My prayers were answered! I eyed up my competition and realized these girls would probably kick my trash too ha ha. They were part of a group called, "Girls on the Run." I had a couple cousins in the mix, so we joked and talked with them until we started the Jig.

I was planning on running with Kellie, until she wanted to walk after going .2 miles. I asked her if it was okay if I kept going and she agreed. So I kept pace with a few of the little girls until they stopped. Then I was on my own for about a mile until a few ladies caught up to me. That only lasted until I sped up to another couple of little girls. We ran together until the end. I thought the end 1/2 mile would have been the most exhausting part, but with the sides of the road lined with people cheering you on, it was so easy to keep going and even push harder. It felt wonderful to run through the gates and know that I successfully finished my first official race :)

Three lessons learned from this race:

1) Don't wait until the morning of the race to find your iPod and get your playlist on there early!
2) FIND OUT YOUR OFFICIAL TIME!!
3) Take pictures during the race, so you have a better way to document the experience.

Hopefully I can fix my wrongs for the 10K next month :)

Playlist

I can't sleep and am thinking of all the songs I would put on my iPod if I could find the cord to download music to it. Most of the songs I keep thinking of are super corny and very random, but something about each one makes me want to move. :) Here's my playlist for future reference...

1) Metro Station; True to Me
2) Eric Church; Love Your Love the Most
3) Marvin Gaye; Let's Get it On
4) Zack Brown Band; Chicken Fried
5) Ne-Yo; Miss Independent
6) Boys Like Girls; Thunder
7) Nickelback; Gotta Be Somebody
8) Darius Rucker; Alright
9) Zack Brown Band; Whatever It Is
10) Enrique Iglesias; Escape

Oh, how I wish I could find my cord! This would be awesome for tomorrow!! Now I need to try to sleep again...

I have heard that you are supposed to rest the day before a race.... I'm not sure how much of a rest I need before a 3.5 mile race, but I am more than willing to give it a try :) Here is to pre-race day rest!