Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Jan 10th, 2012
My average time in the November 11 half marathon was 10.68 minutes per mile. Throughout my training, I found it much easier to add miles than to speed up. I also realized that I always required a relatively slow first two miles to warm up and feel good. Since then, I have only gotten out [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Nov 14th, 2011
[Insert mental image here; digital rights of race photos cost $40, and I haven't decided if I care enough yet. I looked FABULOUS in my purple chevron striped jersey and steel gray capris, I assure you, and ran with the grace and speed of a gazelle.] Almost exactly eight months to the day after my [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Oct 6th, 2011
One of my primary motivations for starting to run was to try to ward off the high blood pressure that has plagued/does plague every single member of my family once they hit 50. I doubted I could run my way out of all medical interventions, but I hoped I could at least cut down on [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Aug 31st, 2011
Present company excluded perhaps, they really are. It’s now been just shy of six months since I began to run–five months since I ran more than a single mile without stopping. Last Saturday I ran 8, next Saturday I’m scheduled for 9, and this week I’ve gone out twice at the hottest part of the [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Jul 20th, 2011
When I started running in March, my goal was to build endurance and meet some new friends. That part was clear and relatively easy to achieve. As spring arrived and the days got warmer, I started to realize that running might also force me to confront some body image issues. The going here is slower, [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Jun 29th, 2011
Since May, I’ve been wondering where my running is headed. I’ve now decided that it’s heading to the Louisville Sports Commission half marathon on November 12. Depending on the day or hour, my feelings about this range from “Heck yeah!” to “What have I done?” What Have I Done? Last week, because of Simon’s illness, [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Jun 13th, 2011
Yes, triumph. It was not that I packed running clothes for my vacation last week and actually used them. That was a new leaf for me, for sure, but not a triumph. It was not that Saturday I went out and ran 6 miles while feeling the effects of plane travel and the mild dehydration [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on May 26th, 2011
It’s twelve days now since my first ever 5K (3.1 miles), and I’ve run an additional 22 miles and counting. I’ve switched now from the No Boundaries Tuesday and Thursday group that met at Fleet Feet to the regular Monday and Wednesday fun run group. This experience has proven to be simultaneously humbling, confidence building, [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on May 15th, 2011
Don’t blame me for the spelling of “Throo”; I’m just the messenger. Saturday was graduation day for my Spring 2011 No Boundaries Couch to 5K training program, a 5K through Louisville’s zoo and the neighborhood immediately surrounding it. We lucked out weather wise, getting neither the hot and humid weather of the day preceding nor [...]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Apr 28th, 2011
The dawn of my decision to run went something like this: “Hm. You are forty (one) and beginning to have skinny-fat legs. What are you going to do about that? Yup, yup, there’s no use denying it; you are going to have to work out. But how? Back to the gym? No. You never go, [...]