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New Blog: Transition!

 

Good morning!

This has been a long anticipated transition.  I had been using my previous blog, From Here to There, for some time, but the name no longer fit this season in my life since I’m no longer moving around or figuring out my place in life.  I lost interest and stopped blogging over the past month or so.  I became a vegetarian back in January and so my “dead” blog (Yes, No Bologna did exist once before) has been revived and is now what you see today!  I’ll keep From Here to There up for another week or so, but if you enjoy reading my previous blog, then you’ll want to make sure you follow along here so you don’t miss anything when the transition is complete!

Yesterday morning I went on a good run.  It was more intervals than anything because I was pretty sore in my butt & calves.  I’m starting to notice that I sweat more and I’ve heard that people who are in better shape sweat a whole lot, so I’m hoping that’s the case and not single-handedly because it’s June in Mississippi!

sweat-run

sweaty-runNick came into town for the weekend, after my run, we all went to eat mexican for Father’s Day.  It was delicious, per usual!  I got my typical rice w/ sauteed veggies & cheese dip.  After lunch we needed to pick up my dad’s gift and settled on a gardening hat & mockingbird feeder for his garden.  He loved it and hung up the feeder right away!  My sisters were also in town this weekend, so we played some Phase 10 and ate up some watermelon – which is quite possibly my all time favorite summer snack!

watermelon

 We are also saying “See ya real soon!” {in my best Mickey voice} to Nick’s brother and sister-in-law as they move on to Florida!!  While we went to Disney back in May, we picked up our baby gifts.  We finally gave them those yesterday and they LOVED them, of course!  Baby has his very first signature book and the softest, cutest little baby Mickey rattle!

disney-gift

 The love I have for these people is unreal!  So blessed to have them in my life! Also, that fuschia top is my fave!  I got it through Stitch Fix (affiliate link!)

Nick and I also went to see 22 Jump Street and it was HILARIOUS!  I was skeptical, but I laughed throughout the whole thing and loved it!! 

Now I’m off to work, but hope y’all have a great Monday!

  • Have you seen 22 Jump Street Yet?  Did you love it or hate it?
  • What’s your favorite summertime snack?

 

Blessed by a change in perspective and I’d like to #payitforward

I just got back from a beautiful bike ride.  I love days like this.  I get off a little early, I come home and watch Grey’s Anatomy, then I hop on my bike to complete the 11 mile loop.  It was purely beautiful.  Not too hot, not too cold, not too sunny, not too cloudy.  I thought I’d take a second to update y’all on my Tour de Cure race coming up next weekend!

Training:
It’s been going well.  As you know, I didn’t quite train very well this first part of the year.  It really dawned on me how close the race was in early April, so I started riding my bike more.  At that point, I knew I wasn’t going to survive 50 miles though, so I knocked myself down a slot to the 25 mile race.  I was bummed, but sometimes you just have to do it.  In all honesty, I wanted to just flat out quit right there.  I didn’t, thanks to lots of encouragement!  The hills on the 11 mile loop have been KILLING me, but they’ve also been making me stronger.  I noticed a change in my exhaustion level at the end of the hills today and I’m thankful for that.

Here is the elevation chart from my ride the other day.  I’m fairly certain that complete lack of elevation is when I pass over the Cosway (Reservoir).  The longest I’ve done up to this point is 16 miles.  The race is in New Orleans which is known for being FLAT.  I’m hoping these hills and the not so exceptional distance will even out when the hills subside on race day, but the distance increases.
I’m taking it pretty easy this last week, I’ll bike the loop 2-3 more times before race day and I’ll run in between.  I’ll probably take Thursday completely off to rest (with no rest days from here until then) and then do a light job on Friday to loosen my muscles up.
Fundraising:
I was really nervous about fundraising because at the start of April, I only had $37 raised.  I need at least $200 to race.  My goal originally when i was doing the 50 miles was to raise $1,000.  Clearly, I wasn’t so great with that goal, and just like I reduced my training goal, I reduced my fundraising goal so they were tough, but achievable.  I didn’t want to just raise the $200 to race, I wanted to raise a little more, so I went with $300.  Yeah, that’s a huge jump from $1,000, but remember that time I wanted to quit all together?
I am so blessed to say that I’ve raised $255 so far!  I only need $45 to reach my goal and my parents still plan on donating.  I have no doubt that I’ll reach my goal of $300, but if I was able to give more than that to help create research and possibly a cure for diabetes, then I would be thrilled!  It’s not too late to donate!  If you’re interested in giving ANY amount… and I mean that seriously, I will appreciate ANYTHING… even $1, then click the link below!
Last night at bible study I asked them to pray for my race and the remainder of my training as well as pray that I reach my fundraising goal because I’m still a little shy of the money I need to race.  They opened up their wallets right then and there and poured money out to me.  I got $33 just from them pulling out spare bills in their purse or wallet.  I was tremendously blessed by their love and support and grateful that I have a sweet group of women to study the bible with!
Overall, I’m tremendously blessed by this experience.  Literally a month ago I didn’t want to do it and I didn’t think it was possible for me to do.  Instead of quitting, I just adjusted my goals and worked hard toward those.  I’m so happy to say that I’ll be racing next weekend with confidence that I will in fact survive the race and I’ll have the money to donate to the American Cancer Society, and it’s more than I even needed!
Have you been blessed by just shifting perspective and not giving up?
If you’re raising money for a charity, race, or organization, send me the link to donate!  It may not be much, but I’d like to #payitforward
On another note:
What are your plans for the weekend?
Do you have any fun/exciting races to look forward to in the coming weeks?
Did you have a good week at work?
Just share a story with me, I want to connect with you!
Have a beautiful weekend y’all!

 

Perfect Time for Training!

Happy Friday!  I’m looking forward to a great weekend, hopefully you are too!! Here in Mississippi, the weather is FINALLY starting to warm up and I’m getting myself outside for some great runs.  I will admit though, it’s not exactly easy right now. Over the past few months, I’ve barely worked out…. ever since the worst race of my life, I’ve been completely unmotivated.  Luckily, as a vegetarian, I eat pretty healthy, so I haven’t gained a ton of weight, I’ve been pretty steady, but I’m ready to get my butt in gear and lose some of this extra weight I don’t want.

I personally prefer a good run outdoors.  This is why I’m so excited it’s finally warming up enough to thoroughly enjoy an outdoor run!  I thought it would be the PERFECT time to share with y’all a few training plans in case you’re looking to do a race in the coming weeks.  Hopefully this will inspire some of you who have been afraid to get out there run to just do it!  For others of you who have been there and done that, maybe you’re looking to amp up your next race to a half-marathon or full-marathon.  Or….. maybe you’re like me and want to get way out of your comfort zone and do a triathlon! *kudos to you, by the way!*

When it comes to a good training plan, I look for a few different things:
– Easy to read.  Maybe that’s lame, but I like to look at an appealing schedule.  Not one that is difficult to understand, looks crowded and junky, and doesn’t get me excited about the program.
– Lots of cross-training.  I don’t believe you can successfully train for a good race without a decent amount of cross-training involved.  You need to build up your strength to improve!
– The source.  It depends on who the source is as to whether or not I’ll use the plan.

I found a good plan for each type of race below, so you don’t have to go searching for your own.  Maybe all it’ll take is me just mentioning it to you to realize that yes… you should grab one of these training plans to get started on that workout routine for the summer!

5K Training Plan

10K Training Plan
10K Intermediate Training Plan

Half-Marathon Training Plan

Full-Marathon Training Plan

Triathlon Training Plan*
*Not a big fan of how this training plan is displayed because it doesn’t have lines dividing the sections, but I think this would have been a great training plan for my beginning tri that I did last year.

Happy Training friends!! Hopefully your weather is beginning to cooperate as well!! I’m off to Starkville this weekend, lots of relaxing and great friends in store for me!  They have Relay for Life this weekend too, so I’ll more than likely be out there for that!

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