Category: Slacker

Mid Week Musings 11

I know it’s Thursday but it’s the halfway point of a short week that’s midweek right?

The fans are gone! The silence is glorious, it really is. Now we don’t have hot water as they start the repairs but small victories right? 😛

I drove home on auto pilot. Which I am sure happens to all of us at some point but I drove the scenic route home. A portion of which is essentially a speed limit free roller coaster of a road you drive for 14 miles. Not the road to go on autopilot on. Instead of watching the hairpins, I was contemplating life. I’m feel like I am sliding into a funk and I can’t seem to swerve away. I have a couple posts I am sitting on but not sure about sharing yet.

The Chimney Fire is 100% contained!! Woo hoo! Thank you firefighters!!! Though I will miss seeing you all around town. 😉

I was so small! Also thoughts for another post

I thought about driving to Ventura this weekend to run a 5K. Just because I really like the medal. But I decided that wasn’t exactly fiscally responsible. Boo. Then Timehop showed me pics from the Ventura half in 2014. Just rub it in Dino.

Instead of racing, it’s that time again- Avocado Margarita Festival!! The format has changed a bit so I am only volunteering for a few hours one day. What will I do with the rest of my time??? Well, run of course. 🙂

Someone found my blog last week by searching “gastroparesis pants”. I get that. I may not have talked about my asshat stomach in awhile but it’s still an asshat. I actually have my quarterly appointment with my gastro next week. I think I’ve run out of diets to try. Grr.

While I am looking forward to fall weather, the sun is setting so much quicker already. I will have to make the transition to the treadmill sooner than I would like if I want my runs to be longer than 4 miles. Or I need to get hella’ fast. Hmmm.

Oh- I won 25 bucks on a scratcher ticket! I’ve never done that before! I was stoked.

I am reading a book where the main character’s name is Fallon. Mind trip! It’s kind of odd.

Remember when I said I randomly gave myself bangs? Apparently I should have done it sooner- customers keep complimenting me. Which makes me wonder- did I look that bad before??!? I am also very blonde right now (summer sun!) and one customer told an employee that I look so much better au naturel and should stop dying my hair dark. Say what? You keep those thoughts to yourself! Haha, she doesn’t know I was looking at hair dye the other day. A purple shade was really speaking to me. 😛 Too bad work wouldn’t approve.

Thanks for letting me ramble!

Share something random?

Ever dye your hair? Would you have said that?

What are you reading?

Fri- Yay! Thoughts

The weekend is almost here, woot woot! I am so ready. How about you?

How I will feel at closing time on Friday

My brain has been all a-jumble this week so I figured I would just ramble on a bit. Join me for a stroll?

So you know how some people celebrate races by treating themselves to all kinds of food? I thought I would be one of those people. I mean I already have a messed up relationship with food- reward/comfort but that’s another story- but that’s not what panned out. Instead I seem to have gone through a 3 week period of impulse purchases. Oops!!! New shoes, new shorts, the transition towel, a 26.2 sticker for my car, a new planner and a little something else that I can’t wait to share. To bad the projected time frame for delivery is 8-12 weeks. Boo.

I’m still in that weird spot of wanting to grow my hair but hating where it’s at right now. I’ve been thinking it might be time to dye it again. So I took a pair of scissors to it over the weekend. I now have bangs. And they went a little 80’s on Wednesday. Oops.

We’re doing a Biggest Loser type contest at work. I figured a little motivation wouldn’t hurt right? Oh man, I am losing so badly. And I broke my scale. Not sure how I am weighing in tomorrow. Yikes!

And I thought the Soberanes fire was bad- the Chimney Fire while smaller is a lot closer and burning like crazy. The air is full of smoke. Town is full of firefighters. The smoke is a little insane at times, my lungs are very cranky. Serious thank you to all the firefighters.

I am on Olympic overload. There I said it. Can I have normal tv back? I miss the news. The news at 11 was my sign to go to bed, now I am all confused.I’ve been dvr’ing it and fast forwarding through a lot. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the dumb way NBC is airing things. And some of the announcers are driving me bonkers. #watchonmute

Instead of the Olympics, I’ve watched a lot of Bones. It’s surprising how much I remember.

Stickers on cars- yay or nay?

Your thoughts on the Olympics?

Any plans this weekend?

Recovery Week 2

I hadn’t really planned on another recovery week but well life right?

I was feeling very out of it all week. I had troubles speaking and couldn’t seem to remember anything. With working last Saturday and then the company picnic on Sunday, it just felt like the longest week ever. I was just so tired and so ready for the weekend. That said, this will not be a very long recap. 😛

Monday- Rest I got a phone call Sunday evening from an employee calling sick. With another one on vacation I knew the day was going to be straight chaos so I left all my running gear at home assuming work would run late. And I was right. I wasn’t completely lazy though, I managed to clean my car after getting home that evening. I am embarrassed at the state that it was in.

Tuesday- Rest Same situation as Monday. However I also had a meeting in another town in the AM and I had the brilliant idea to wear heels for the first time in a month. Oh my word, blisters suck. Ouch! I did make it home in time for #bibchat though. I took advantage of a discount being offered and finally ordered myself the fancy transition towel I had been eyeing on the Orange Mud site for a year. Monday’s car cleaning also aided in me finally clicking buy.

Wednesday-Rest I can’t remember why though. I know I took my gear to work but didn’t run. Hmmm. I ate pizza though. 🍕🍕🍕

Thursday- 4.5 miles Fully staffed for the win! I taped up my blister and ran in home town. It was a little warmer than I would have liked and I started out super cautious thanks to the blister but it turned out to be a pretty good run. I have my watch set on 5 min run/ 2 min walk intervals, I am trying that these first few weeks post marathon. The first mile was super slow due to more walking and mile 4 somehow came in at 9:40. Ummm, oops? I think my new playlist may have been a little too inspiring. I felt pretty good at the end of this run though.

Friday- Rest So damn tired, is it the weekend yet? We also started a Biggest Loser type bet at work and the scale really pissed me off this morning.

Saturday- Rest. I planned on running, I was aiming for an 8 mile mid to long run and had been looking forward to it all week. I could not get out of bed. I stayed in bed past 3 alarms and could not get moving. When I finally did get moving, I was moving like a snail. Ok, running probably wasn’t the best idea. So instead I headed down to SLO for some errands. That included a stop at the Running Warehouse for some new kicks-

Sunday-8 miles. I was still tired when my alarm went off but not like Saturday. That said, I didn’t get started on this run until 9. That was stupid. I only took my handheld with 23 ounces of water- rookie move #2. Miles 1-4 weren’t bad. I was feeling tired but overall ok. Miles 5-8 were a hot mess. I was overheating, slowing down and having troubles with my asthma. I couldn’t smell smoke in the air but a huge wild fire broke out nearby Saturday night and I figured that could be affecting me. My mother met me at the halfway point, well that was the plan, I was so slow I didn’t catch up to her until mile 7. Oops. I just kept telling myself get to my car, get to my car. It felt like forever but finally I was done.

I was glad to have completed the run but things went south in the afternoon. I started to feeling very not right. I couldn’t regulate my body temp and I was burning up. I took the coldest shower possible and was chugging water. I was coughing a little more than normal and couldn’t focus on anything- which is why this post is also a day late. I texted my boss to let her know that I wasn’t doing so great. For me to text my boss, things are bad. At last check, I had 220+ hours of sick time available. Which is now 8 less because I did not make it to work on Monday.

I am feeling a tiny bit better and hoping that it was just too much sun/heat on top of being overly tired that kicked my ass. It was in the 90’s when I finished on Sunday which shouldn’t feel like a lot considering I live in Central CA but it’s better than the alternative. That coworker that had been out at the beginning of the week? Pneumonia. So yeah, I am hoping for too much heat.

12.5 miles for the week. More than the week before, that’s a plus right?

How was your week?

Do you keep your car clean?

Last Marathon Thoughts & Moving On

Did I really run a marathon 2 weeks ago?! It’s been over a week and I am still not sure how I pulled it off. How did I go from the year of no goals to running a marathon?

I mean, there is a reason I call this blog “Slacker Runner”. I am lazy. Sleeping in on weekends and sitting in my comfy chair binge watching Netflix are kind of my things. I’m good at those things. But training for a marathon? Running that marathon? And not hating life during it? That’s not me.

And yet I did it. Training didn’t go like planned but I did ok. Panic attacks leading up to race day were rampant… so was the doubt. Yet, somehow it all went away race morning. I realize that I got really lucky. Incredibly lucky- 26 miles of hills and fog, under fueled by most people’s standards but never hit a wall. I also somehow managed to avoid chafing.

I was so afraid the marathon was going to break me. I feared that I would cross the finish line ( if I made it that far) and hate running. I felt that way after my first half- I took 3- 4 months off of running. Well, I ~~raced~~ ran a 10K after and it just made things worse. But that’s another story.

Instead I went a little crazy the other way. Last week, I was like “run all the races!!!!!”. This week, I’ve calmed down a little. 😛 But that doesn’t change what I did. Yeah… I have 3 half marathons in a 5 week time frame starting in October. Oops. I really should look at a calendar more often. There should be an app that inputs all your races into a calendar that will pop up with flashing lights shouting “slow your roll”. But it is what it is.

My hope is for 2 of the races to be run for fun and one to be a challenge. I think it’s time to push myself a little. Maybe to see what happens? I also really need to get back on track with healthier eating habits. While I made it through marathon training without gaining any weight, I sure didn’t lose any. I rationalized a few too many indulgences. There’s only so many times you can tell yourself that life is short, eat the pizza. 😛❤🍕

I am still sussing out how I am going to train over the next couple of months but I am looking forward to it. And I’ll leave you with a funny-

race_2167_photo_39772647 — Walk break or picture break?

Happy Friday!!!

Have any plans?

Did I go a little crazy or am I still normal?

Brain Dump-Marathon Edition

I’m freaking the frak out over here. Be warned- this will be disjointed and rambling.

What the hell was I thinking? I am a Slacker- slacker’s don’t run marathons!

I’ve been a hot mess for 2 weeks. Wednesday- I dropped a 5 gallon water jug on my foot. It was full. I was bitten by a spider. Lunch made me sick. Figured out later that the water bottle also bruised my lower stomach.

Thursday- I fell off my chair. The spider bite grew. I drew lines around it. I ate Burger King while waiting in the car wash line- it was glorious.

It’s not the miles that are freaking me out- not really.

Thanks to my Fitbit, I know that every time I think about the marathon, my pulse jumps.

Back to the freakout- it’s the fog. My last race kind of scared me. What the hell was I thinking running a race in a city that named the fog?!?!?! Damn Karl.

Why have I never bought a pair of blue compression socks? I have no idea what I am wearing. Running clothes are strewn everywhere.

This was the most solid training I have ever done but I don’t feel trained. 2 months of Hansons Marathon method training for a 4:30 and I felt pretty good. Then my shins threw a bitch fit. 2 months of doing what I could destroyed any confidence the first 2 months built.

What if I can’t finish? What if I fail? Do I consider that a failure? Do you consider that a failure? How do you tell people? Well, I really tried.

Or what if I push too far? What if I should quite but don’t? So many questions!

We’re stuck between 2 fires and have had an air quality alert for days. It’s not like my lungs are getting a break.

My legs hurt and I have a wierd phantom limp.

I miss my heals. And flip flops. I am so over living only in running shoes, flats and Vans.

And on and on. I think I just needed to vent.

Thanks for reading.😭😂😛😬