Daily, Running

First trail run

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First off I want to mention that I love my new friends.They’re there when you have a bad day, take you out for a bit of shopping, chit chatting and all around make me feel SO good. I heart you T!!!!!!!!!!

Okay so since last night, I wanted to talk about my first trail run ever! How exciting huh? Last week when I went to run with my regular running group one of the women I run with told me about another group that does trail runs on Tuesday’s. Well I went to the parking lot meet up and chatted with my running partner. The group was massive, and literally about 40-45 people were in attendance. I didn’t introduce myself immediately, because everyone else was in their own little 5-people circles, chatting to all their regular running buddies.

I was told that they run all year round and they always split up into a 5k, 7k, and 9k run. Most of the people ended up doing a 9k in the forest. Whereas when it was time to split — nobody wanted to do the 5k. Scratch that, none of the people who KNEW THE WAY wanted to do the 5k….So, 7k it was. Longest run I have ever ran. Definitely the longest length of time as well. We were in the “bush” for 58 minutes. Mind you, we stopped every 7-9 minutes as there were tons of forks-in-the-road, and had to wait for the slower groups to catch up. Towards the end, I was hanging at the back of the pack and never did get much of a break when we hit a fork.

It was intense. My breathing was completely normal — mainly because I didn’t know when we’d be done, so I couldn’t exactly panic at the sight of the finish line. Everything was up and down, zig and zaggy. Super fun and it seemed somewhat of a fast pace. Which I didn’t mind because the air in the forest was much easier to breathe than the heavy humidity.

Today? The lower part of my hip muscles/butt are a smidge sore. Nothing too too bad though.

I’ll definitely be going next week, and bringing Running buddy #1, and maybe #2 as well — if he can make it! Hope you can D! :)

Hope you’re all having a good night, see you in the a.m. with a fashion post!

PS: Longer runs = new blisters? Is this normal? I posted it on twitter, and yes I wear socks when I run. But they’re only basic ones. Do I need to invest in some fancy socks? Anyone?

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Missing in action

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I’m a really organized person when it comes to certain things. Mainly my clothing. However, I’m a bit bitter about the fact that certain things have been slowly going missing from my wardrobe.  I do laundry, I set a timer on the oven and before it even dings I go downstairs to catch it before it ends.

I’m not saying this has all gone missing from the laundry room because I clearly don’t remember when I had it last, nor do I remember mis-placing these items anywhere else. I have NO Idea where they are. I’m a bit anxious over it too, like I said I am quite organize with my clothes and they only have certain spots as to where they go in the bedroom! AGRGH

  • Pink/white Striped Hollister hoody. (See a photo here). It was my go-to hoody because it was the only zipup I had for ages. It was SO comfortable.
  • Abercrombie hoody (I haven’t seen this one in a LONG time — like a year or more. I never wore it outside of the house but I let my cousin borrow it in Newfoundland years [like 2003!] ago. Which was obviously returned. It used to be hanging in the closet, and now it’s not. View it here. Maybe I gave it away to good will lol. I doubt I would have though..wtf)
  • Jeans from Jacob (my favorite work pants that are kinda like jeans — view them here)
  • Towels! (wtf…how did I lose my towels. One of them had bleach stains too! The other one was a nice butter yellow color that I had, it was SO nice too. I only buy bath sheets which are larger than bath towels and two are missing. They’re expensive!)

How does this happen!? :(

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Sunny Saturday

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Yesterday (and today really) was such a gorg day. I decided to be productive early in the morning and take Alfie on a 6km walk around one huge block. We covered a lot of ground, but I thought we walked more than that. Mainly because we went for a “stroll”, and it took an hour and a half.

Then later on I decided to try and conquer another kilometer on my runs and do an out and back 3k..

(Pre-run, nobody gets to see the purple faced post-run)

I did do the 6k, and I didn’t do my 10 and 1’s because at minute 9 I stopped at a light for however many seconds, and minute 18 I decided to take the whole two sets of lights and catch my breath, not moving forward at all. So that killed my time a bunch for sure, and I did the 6k in 37:00 even. A bit disappointed when I found out it was a 10 minute mile 6:20/km, but that’s what happens in the heat. The heat slows you down. Then I remembered to myself that not ever run has to be perfect, not every run has to be for distance. You just go, and relax and feel good on those runs and just make the distance. Seriously thought I was speeding through it though… lol

That called for a lot of relaxation.

He was pooped!

I’m not used to going 12k on foot in the matter of an afternoon, that’s what cars are for right?

So I sat on the deck with my pile of magazines that I haven’t gotten to read since May, and just read all but two! Such a fun night.

My running buddy and our “Running buddy #2” — the second one needs a better nickname, are actually out on a run right now. Conveniently running the trail behind my apartment. I declined as I had just woken up not too long ago and was thinking I should meet them half way because they too were doing an out and back. But I decided to skip on it today, but reminded myself not to feel guilty as I just ran last night.

Do you feel guilty if you “miss” a workout? You shouldn’t! I know I’d just miss the hilarious chats that they’d be talking about on the run, heehe!!

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