BMI: 24.6
Today is my birthday!! And therefore my weekend was full of delicious food and booze and I am not ashamed of my weight at the end of it. On Friday I met some friends for drinks and pizza, and I might have overindulged in the drinking part (my friends are bad, but oh so very fun, influences)! On Saturday I had brunch with an out-of-town friend, and then Cam took me to the aquarium!! After that we found ice cream and went out for dinner. It was a lovely day and we walked around for 2 hours! Which is basically all the working out I have done since Tuesday.
I wasn't trying to be lazy this week, but my shin splints had been bothering me since my Tuesday run and I had a 10K race on Sunday!!! Which I am proud to say I ran in 55:13!!! That is a 5 minute improvement over last year! It must have been all that "carb loading" I did on Friday and Saturday. My goal had been to run it in 55 minutes but I honestly did not think I was going to hit that and I had adjusted my goal to under an hour. However, Sunday was a perfect run day and the course is mostly downhill so I flew like the wind :)
The medals were little paddles as the run supports Camp Ooch |
I felt really good on this run. My shin splits were gone (the best cure for those is rest!) and after a bit of a rough first km with stiff thighs, I felt like I was just flying down the road. I had to take two short walking breaks in the second half, but that was fine by me. I knew that I was pushing myself to get a good time and needed a minute now and then to get my body rested-up if I wanted to maintain my pace.
Now I need to take a couple of days off (perhaps celebrate one more day of birthday with some more junk food), and then I am going to get back into my running and my diet!! I still have my 15K run in August to get ready for. My goal for that one is 1:30, which will be tough but I am feeling confident.
Today's Pump It Up Song:
David Guetta & Alesso ft. Tegan and Sara: Every Chance We Get We Run
Happy Birthday! And congratulations on the run!!
ReplyDeleteSerious congrats on your run, that is a really awesome time! You are a speedy minx.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
That's amazing. Congrats and happy birthday! Hope your day is great!
ReplyDeleteWhoo! That's a great time! Gah! I miss running...
ReplyDeleteAnd, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday and hope the "fairies" were good to you!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Casey!!!! I hope you get spoiled and that those Homesense/Canadian Tire gift cards come rolling in!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!! And I think the hard work is paying off as you look fantastic in that photo!!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday and congrats on your race time! My friend saw Flashdance a little while ago and said it was amazing :)
ReplyDeletexx Ani @ The Ani Project
Happy birthday to you and congratulations on the great run! I have been following your blog for a while, and I enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the run and Happy Birthday!!! xo Sheila
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