Random Thoughts Thursday XXXIV
By kilax, February 28, 2013 6:50 am
- I’m proud of myself. In the past week I have met two unaccomplished 2012 running goals – a 5K PR and a 200 mile month (a new monthly distance record for me!). Do you keep going for a goal you set even if you don’t meet the “deadline”? I wasn’t expecting to meet these goals so it was a nice surprise!
- I am an awesome snister. NOT. My snister is having her FIRST wedding dress search this Saturday in Kansas City, and I have to miss it (flights were too $$$). My mom and two grandmas are going to be there and everything! Don’t worry, Christina! I will be there for the important stuff – cake testing!
Hey, that kind of rhymed!
- Do you think running outside helps build your sense of cardinal direction? I sure think it does! I like to go on a lot of “exploratory” runs, so I make a point of paying attention to which direction I am going, so I know where I am (Okay, I also pay attention so I know when the wind will be at my back. If ever!). I’ve noticed it just comes naturally now, to note this when I am running, or whenever I am outside.
- Thanks for your sincere and thoughtful comments on my post yesterday. I am very hesitant to talk (or read) about weight loss. Your comments reassured me it’s okay to, from time to time. And it felt better to know some people could relate. And just writing about it made it better! I was warm enough last night and slept until my alarm went off!
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Holy cow! You set a monthly distance record in the shortest month!? You weren’t kidding when you said you’ve been running more lately.
I’m sure you thought my comment on yesterday’s post was the most sincere and thoughtful… oops. 😉
It was still sincere… lol 🙂
What Kandi said! Monthly PDR in the shortest month = ROCKSTAR. I’d like to think my “YOU CAN DOOO EEETTTTT” helped a little 🙂
I’d like to think my running outside would help with my sense of direction, but after 3 years I still have NONE so it’s a no go for me. Would have been an awesome side benefit though!
Ha ha. Bobbi, your “YOU CAN DOOOO EEEETTT” was a huge motivator! I was like, “Well… if Bobbi thinks I can…” because I didn’t tell anyone else.
Ha ha! And yes. I thought about you with that. And how you sometimes get a little… off track on your runs 😉
Nice PDR in February, no less! I totally think running has improved my spatial sense. I used to have a terrible sense of direction, and running is what taught me “good sense of direction” just means “actually thinking about where you’re turning and re-locating yourself on a the map after every turn.”
Thank you!
Yes – sense of direction, too!
I love exploring on my runs. My sense of direction is already pretty good, but I think it helps me get my bearings in a new area. But I think if I had a poor sense of direction I wouldn’t explore as much for fear of getting lost.
Ahh, good point. Some people may avoid it if they have that fear!
200 mile month! One of my goals, too!
I thought about emailing you this am when I got up to run to see if you wanted to run virtual together again 😉
Have you gotten close to the goal? I think I got to 191 last year.
That foto of you and your snis in matching outfit it totes adorbs! 🙂
Holy moly! 200 miles in 28 days is crazy!!! That’s an avg of 7.14 miles a day. You ran double what I did in February!!!! And that 5k PR is amazing- you’re on fire 🙂
Personally I’d like to hear more about your weight loss/ changes in food but we can chat offline.
Aww, thanks! Love the lingo. Ha ha hahahaha.
Thank you! I didn’t think of the 7.14 break down! Fun! I did notice I only took 5 days off from running. Oopsie.
Yes! Let’s chat offline. Basically… I work out a lot and eat less. Okay, less junk. SO SAD!!! I miss my junk food. JK. Not that much 😉
Wow, nice job on both of those goals! This makes me think I should consider setting a mileage goal one of these months (I’m just above 40 for Feb, woo?). I try to make my goals open-ended enough that they either don’t really have a deadline, or it can be extended and not really bother me. Maybe I’m not good at goals?
And it’s interesting that you slept better after venting about your concerns yesterday – see, talking about things helps!
It’s too bad you couldn’t make it to go dress shopping with your sis this weekend, but there are SO MANY wedding things that you can be there for! I appreciated help with food/cake tasting more than anything else. And my brother didn’t make it out for dress shopping either. Oh, is that not the same? 🙂
Thank you! And congrats on your 40! That is great, especially with resting more last week. What kind of goal do you think you’d like to set for mileage? I am not good at goals either… hence meeting these a year later! I think that is okay though 😉
LOL, re: your brother not making it! It’s similar! He’s your only sibling! 🙂 We had friends help us with the food tasting too. 🙂
Oh, I was kidding about that – my brother was happy to be a bridesmaid, but drew the line at…. doing anything at all with the planning 🙂 But he and his lady friend did take me on a little trip last summer to celebrate! So, maybe you could do something special for your sis too!
I’m not sure if my sense of direction is any better from running outside but I feel like I know the city better than people who don’t run. You become a lot more familiar with street names and intersections when you’re out running than when you’re driving!
Congrats on the mileage in February! Are you increasing your mileage for any particular reason or do you just feel really good?
Yes! LOL! This reminds me that a goal I only told Steven about last year was to learn the names of the streets in our hood while running. I never did!
Thank you! No particular reason, just stupidly running a lot. I say stupidly because I have no reason to. I am only signed up for half marathons this year but I JUST LOVE TO RUN!!! LOL. You get it, rigth? 😉
WooHoo! I love your first sentence. Way to go on spanking such a cold, dreary month!
Wow things have changed since I got married. Wedding dress selection was nowhere near the production it seems to be today. Now cake selection is a different story!
Aww, thank you!
Ooo! You should tell us about your wedding! 🙂
When I first moved to Chicago I learned the streets solely by running them! It’s the best way to get to know a new place!
I love that you and your sis have matching sweaters! Congrats on the 200 mile month! I am sadly having a terrible distance this month, so i maybe i will take a page out of your book for March! 🙂
I only run outside, and I have basically no sense of direction. But to be fair, I’m completely useless in that area in general. I have no sense of distance either. I can run 5k every day, but without a Garmin or something to tell me it was 5k, I actually wouldn’t know.
Wow! 200 miles in one month. No wonder you PRed at the 5K. I feel kind of like I’m phoning in my marathon training but maybe I’m still starry-eyed from 2011 and thinking “oh, it’ll be fine…” Yeah, I hope I don’t regret that!
Running outside hasn’t really helped with my sense of direction but it does help me know where things are in the neighborhood. I see way more things on my runs than I would in a car. However, it also skews what I think are decent distances to walk. I’ll think, “Oh, that’s only 10 minutes away.” Yeah, when I’m RUNNING!
I don’t think you are phoning it in at all. You run 3x a week and strength train! What more do you need?!
I have found a lot of things around me that way too!
LOL re: how long things take when running. In my mind, 1 mile = 10 mins! Ha ha!
You ran 200 miles in FEB!!! Holy Cow girl! That is awesome! I love to explore on my runs and I am getting better with telling N, W, E, and S. I used to never be able to tell which direction I am going but recently I have been paying attention to the weather and the wind so that when I go outside, I noticed the wind from the West and try to run north to south instead to avoid it!
200 mile month and a new 5k PR- you are on FIRE!
That is an AMAZING record you have run this month!!!! A serious goal achieved – wow! I also like to mix my scenery up a bit when I run but often end up running the same routes – it can get boring!
You’re an awesome sister, I’m sure of it!!! And I’m sure she understands! And the guy between you two, is that her fiancé? (just kidding, just kidding, I had to do it…)
I like to run with the wind behind me. I try to do that whenever possible, so if that helps with my cardinal direction, then YES!
I love to run in the wind…said no one ever!
Ha ha ha ha! That is Brutus! Her fiance is cropped off to her left 😉
LOL! Yes. No one EVER said that. It’s been windy here these past two weeks. There?
It’s ALWAYS windy here. We kind of live in a valley between the Blue Ridge Mountains, so it’s windy every single day! I don’t notice it much until my mom tell us about it when she visits. She says, “is it ever NOT windy here?”
awesome job!
200 miles in a month is insane! Awesome job, girlie!! And I love that you have a calendar where you write your mileage. I’m going to start doing that too, right now I just try to keep it in my head, and that doesn’t work so well! 🙂
Oh gosh. It doesn’t work well for me either, when I try to track it there! I have this calendar I write on by my desk and use a google doc too, so I know the math is right 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
Your monthly mileage AND your 5k PR is awesome!!! That picture of you and your sister cracks me up!! It looks like y’all have such a good time together!! I have no sense of direction at all- none!
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