second time ten miles...

It was very good. I started earlier, because I didn't trained at the gym, last week I trained biceps and abs before. It took me about 40 minutes which I saved today, I'll train the abs tomorrow. So, the day wasn't cloudy but with some clouds which covered the sun from time to time. All that and that I took each half hour gatorade or power gel, made it very easy. Well in some points I felt tired of course, but it was just for a few moments, I just turned or switch muscles and it was better.
I woke up at 3 am with a throat pain, that made me feel scared of running today. I took some medicine and in the morninig, because I was fine, just ignored the matter. I took already some more.
I don't know if this is about running a little bit more, that my inmune system could be in risk. Anyway, many people is sick around here, even Abril was sick last week.
Taking glucosamine is helping me for shure with joints, they are perfect, and that was not happening last year when I was running even less.
I increased the heart rate, specially because the weather was better, as this I know the rate is increasing by the effort not for the sun. The AHR was 150 and the HHR was just for a cuple minutes 165.
As the KC marathon it appear that the distance was shorter today, for .5 mile, but I ran just the same as last week, ten times around the property. I should buy a better pedometer, do anyone could recomend a good brand??

about the gym and weight training

Today I trained biceps and triceps. Is a different pleasure than running, but perfect for a day of f on running. I never miss a session, just because I go to the gym directly after sending my daughter to school at seven am. I've plenty of energy for it, and just take it like one more of the "must to" list, like eating, or sleeping. It wasn't like this always, but from about six months to now when I improve nutrition it has improved my energy and enthusiasm a lot!! I remember me about a year ago when I left the public gym and started training in the private gym, asking myself if I was going or not, or if I felt like with energy or not... if maybe it was too late to start... and and. Then, after training I was tired to start running, but the funny thing was that as much tired I was I ended running better, I could almost fly from the sand....
Tomorrow I will go for ten miles starting at 7 am, finishing... sometime in the morning. But, after that I will reward myself going to the spa for a water massage... mmmmm!!
Thanks for reading and being around, I have find this place special because besides my husband who is following me, I have no one to talk about running, Thanks a lot!!!

weather report again??

ja! Today I choose to go to the tread mill and was cloudy, well it is still very humid air. I needed a chance to increase speed, but I have to face it, I am not fast at all. My best speed was developed today and I just could reach to run 10 minutes miles and I just ran 4 miles, as it has to be done today. Yes, only a 6 miles p/h. The worst thing is that it made that the shin pain started hitting me at the end. Fortunatelly it is gone now, but I will have to be very carefull on friday.
When I was there running as always when breathing becomes hard or I feel tired, I started thinking about the time I spend here, sitting in front of the computer, or how fast time flies. Also my thoughts were driving me to say this is not for me... but only about speed.
This is one of the kind of race I think people have to defeat every day, because most of us are normal, or is it just a excuse to avoid accepting that I am not good enough?? It sounds very traggic, I am not feeling bad at all, finally I will not run at any marathon ever... but my everyday race against... many things will go on!!
I will keep myself on the search, finding out how to become stronger, faster etc.

A turtle under the sun...

Yes, it is me... but sun stole me so much energy, that I had to walk a half mile of the seven miles I ran today... but still fine. Keeping this slow pace is doing it's part and I am still feeling great. I will continue like this, because is working. I've been injuried and had to stop running last year for about two weeks.
Refueling is important at the middle of the workout, I can feel it almost I can say over my muscles. I gives me inmediately energy. Maybe I started fast... but the first miles were harder than the first ones. The problem here is the sun... it absorbs so much energy.
Mind's power is incredible... the first miles I realized about the heat and even started feeling scared of forcing me a lot, but then my thoughts changed and they traveled to the blog, funny, but I was thinking about me like a turtle and writing about it... it was silly but funny and worked.
Maybe tomorrow I'd better go to the treadmill, but I love going out!!! Even with the sun.
And one more thing, I discovered today that the hotel's length is a mile if I run come and go, for running 10 miles is just 10 rounds.

25 miles week

With the 4 miles from yesterday I completed the 25 miles week, and it was pretty good, no great changes, like extremely tired or pain. I think I was running before about 15 miles, on june, then I was becoming lazy... well not much of available time. But now I feel really engaged.
The plan is running 7,4 rest 10 rest and 4, which completes 25 five miles a week.
Yesterday I wet to the beach. For the first time I mesured the distance and completing the 4 miles took me very long, I mean much longer than when I am on the road. It means that running out there 10 miles won't be that easy. I could take about 5 hours... that doesn't scare me, still is a very exiting idea to do. So, the next thing will be to measure the the distances needed in the hotel area. Here is not posible to run on the highway or street as you wish to call this crazy road. Also running on the beach is very very hot here. But the autum is starting and during the winter it becomes much better!!

25 miles week

Yesterday running of 4 miles, completed this first 25 mile week, I feel very happy. Yesterday for the first time, I took the distance and the time and there is a very big difference in time, between running on the beach and running on the road... well one of the things is that it was very very hot, even though it wasn't sunny from about 4... so it took me very long to complete the 4 miles. Anyway I can't resist running on the beach it is such a nice thing that I don't want to loose any chance of going. The problem is that for completing the ten miles there... well it might take about 5 hours. or more... jajajaja.
The fresh days are just in time to arrive, now thay I understand a little more of all it, I can see the big diference between running in this warm weather and running with fresh air... I don't understand how some people are able to run outside. I wish I could be stronger.

More to remember

The feeling that running 10 miles left me is still of happines it should be because of all the endorphines it has produced. Lots of energy and now pain. Of course it is important to remark that it was a slow pace, about 60-70% average HR, but it work in order to feel good today. Also I want to say that the breathing rate was very regular I mean not forced at all during the last 4 miles. Thanks of course that I was at the gym with fresh air, but still some times when I go for only 45 minutes -yes, at a higher pace - I have to breath deeper and stronger. So I will enjoy slow paces for long runs.

Sooo nice feeling right now!!!!!

Well, yes I made it... very very slow mark but I was there feeling good. At 8 am after biceps and abs trainning day my feelings were disappointing me some because of the sun, it was such a sunny day, yes beautiful but fir running ten miles not that ideal.... I just said whay would whappen to all those the real runners in a day like this? well of course nothing will stop the so go a head. And that was it! I choosed of couse the side of the hotel where the shadow is until over 10, the air was very humid, I didn't noted when it rained last night but the road was still wet and with this sun!! But suddendly I don't know from where, but fresh air was arriving to my face and lungs!! Some sun on my skin, but nice... I was there 'till the mile 6 and then reach the gym to see if I could reach the trail, I don't konw if this is fake, but I finished there the other 4 miles and the feeling of acomplishment is great.
Because the pace was soft I feel no pain as when I ran the 10km race, so with this kind of trainning at least I am discovering the feeling of acomplishement without the normal heel pain, which was coming and going from time to time...
After I finish a sense of sadness came, maybe because this was a very lonely morining, but after a bath, a nap and reading some blogs, now I am feeling great!!!

New client

A good day for a new client, it took us the whole morninig, but is fine, she is pretty close to me, so I really want to follow her and to acomplish as much as possible, a great challenge.
I saw her face struggling a couple times, it made me remember when I was begining, but I always can tell it was never as hard as it was for me, or maybe is because I always complain a lot?? Yes I think that is happening.
Ok, now I will focus on me!! Tomorrow's challenge, is making me nervous, and the weather is not helping, I think I better start.... I am trying to avoid to train as it should be tomorrow, biceps and abs, but no, I will do it right from the beggining.
Today I trained legs and that was it. It will be like this on thursdays, now I will have to it right!!
Sleeping well thanks to my medicine, but finally it is important to have the right rest.

Good in 4

With this sun, implossible to run outside, and I don't have enough time in the afternoon. So I went to the trail, it was fine, it's been some time since I haven't run in such a pace rate, it was nice, never going faster than 140 HR. No pian at all even though yesterday I was feeling both heels in pain.
After about an hour, now my heels hurt. But I am not tired... is exciting to think about friday when I will go for 10 miles!! I am planning what to use, to wear, to take, and praying for a cloudy day!!!
One of the things I will not forget is my camara, for shure I won't go running the whole time, this will be more like an adventure!!! I' ask some one to take me a picture... for me.

7 mile first time

The day was cloudy and windy... perfect!! It was calling me, so I went and get trough the hotel then the beach and reach the new hotel called magestic... then after keep on track and until over farther than the Breezes I had only run for almost two miles. I took the way back, the sun was coming out and I didn't wanted it to reach me. I ran to the gym, there fortunatelly I found the track available and I completed 4 more miles. It was interesting feeling pain over my feet bones, but as I was going on they were gone.
The incredible part is feeling perfect after that, it is what gives you energy, well at least you need some months to start feeling defenitely it worth it!!!
I write in english even thoughit is not my native language, but it is to try to reach runners from all over the word.
This is the incredible and blessed place where I live, running is amazing in this shore.

A way to improve and get engage

As an idea from runners magazine I'm starting this blogg, where I' keep track my way through wich will be one day my first marathon... if I win the race against... getting to the exactly place where to run it... who knows maybe with this I could find someone interested on planning an event like that here in Bavaro in the Dominican Republic where we live, right now.
I'll also try to find real women trying to improve their running and workouts with out more instructors than books, magazines and of course, the internet.
Writing will be a nice therapy, we'll see from today to the next year what happens, is a nice adventure.
Tomorrow I will start the workout proposed on runners magazine, yes, for me it was a great issue with good ideas for new engaged runners as I consider myself.
We'll see how is the weather tomorrow, the beach is still very hot even during early in the morning, still to keep track on the milage, maybe the track is better...
As you see the scenery is perfect!!!!!