The earliest...

but still not as early as wish. I started my run at 6.30. I woke up 5:50 a record, but it takes me too long to be ready. Still I was a little nervous about going early, am I afraid of darkness? Yes some. But surprisingly the area was pretty crowded well not as expected to be empty.
I could felt the benefits of running wit out the sun still. It was just the sunrise so only during the fourth mile I felt the sun on my skin but it was very soft, around 7.15.
I ran 4 miles and felt great. Again I had to report that there has been no pain at all as in other runs when as I mentioned before at the end of the run my feet, shints or heel were hurting. I am still wondering if it comes from the kickboxing and its fast moves which is giving me stronger joints.
Practicing it still needs some advice, like not doing it very strong or to try to hit extending the 100% of the joint, only over the 95%.
The air was humid but I am wondering if the pedometer is failing since it is always marking 15 minutes miles. My speed was good, maybe not good enough for 11 minutes per mile, but not 15. Should I buy a Garmin do they work better?
The heart rate ha been on 150 average. The humid air made my suck some, but I could handle to keep going. The thing is that running outside is my favorite place.

Not accurate

Today's run was good, now after it the great state of accomplishment remains. Specially because it seemed that I was not going to do it for the first three miles. I started at 7.30 at the beach after a 10 minutes walk. I ran about 1.5 and then the way back, but while on the run I was sucking. It was windy and sunny but still I thought (again) that I could handle to do it. Over the finish of the third mile I just thought of myself like the biggest looser ever!! I was trying to run 10 miles and was giving up over the third mile... Well I went in to the hotel's road and after half mile more I stopped and watched the pedometer: 3.5 miles in 65 minutes... Almost at the point of giving up I realized I was close to the gym so I decided suddenly to go there to see if maybe luckily I could find the tread mile available. (It is usually taken, there's only one working at the moment)
It was!!!! So I step on it and because the gym has a wonderful air conditioned I started to send oxygen to my lungs, and muscles while running, something that doesn't really happens while I'm outside with the moisture.
4 miles 43.23 wonderful run. It seems that running outside only, this weeks, had really made me stronger. The speed was set in 5.5 mile per hour.
(Stop after the fourth mile because it doesn't work well and stops on the 52 minute)
Then I immediately start over and made 3 miles 32. 45. The great part is that I didn't feel any pain at all. Normally when I am over the eight mile my heel, shins or knees start hurting, I just switch muscles or decrease speed and it goes better, but not this time. Over the last mile I was feeling tired but drinking water helped a lot.
The not accurate thing is that my pedometer said: 9.15 miles at the end. Of course is not a good one, I should change some of its settings. I trust the treadmill better than it, so the total today 10.5 miles 141'.
It looks much better if I say: 7 miles 76'08''. Something in to 11 minutes per mile. But indoors only. I know, the first miles at the beach were more than 20 minutes each.

A school for runners

This is the idea that came to me while the training session with my group. The session went pretty quick, so I just choose to tell them to go outside and start a short jog. It was nice, now their destiny is in my hands, if I make it tright they could become in to runners... wouldn't it be wonderfull??
For the first time I ran in the dark, my friend the sun wasn't there... I didn't missed him at all. The area there is quiet and safe to run, besides if we are a group, it helps... will see how it goes, nobody is a runner, -well maybe potentially- you become into.

Session at the gym

This morning I felt that my body completely needed the gym workout... besides yesterday the kickboxing session was hard because of the hot weather, as usual. We just made about 40 minutes cardio, we were sucking!! The group is with dominican women, they have good energy.
I wanted to train legs but I'd better do it on satuday since tomorrow I want to go for a long run. The work out was nice, shoulders, back, chest and abs. I felt with so much energy!!

It is what gives you kick boxing. Because of the fast moves your energy goes faster... still the first sessions you need go easy and not to work hard to avoid injury specially if you are always taking care of you feet and knees for running.

This is one of the roads in the hotel, it is nice. I am starting to learn from the guys in the internet that running is about watching the stars and waking up early in the morning, in that way I won't suffer and won't be complaining about the sun.

Back

Some sad at the begining of the week for blogging, but not for running. I've been on it as usual... well running four miles on tuesday and wednesday. Again the moisture is doing its part.
I skept the gym this week in order to be fresh for the kickboxing class. It is been nice!! There are about 12 women there to train. It is four days a week, so two days on the kick and the other two it is a weight training program with some tools I gave them as the ball, bands, dumbells. This kept me some busy too.
The news from Mexico are really bad. People with problems to get food, water and the basic services...

Long, yes but walk not run

Well I am not completely dissapointed, at least they were 10 miles. The first mile was a shame. The stuggle I had to make was incredible, breading was hard... grrrr. So it was when I had to start walking. The sand was very soft and hard to run at. I just continued, I needed to be there. There was sun, but it was also windy, that's why I continued, but still I think that didn't fix anything. The first miles I felt like I had to pull my heart... but the sun was again taking away my energy... again the complaining blog against the sun.
Cancun, cancun, cancun, in this moments exactly, being batter.

Very emotional week

Well first I missed my run on tuesday. I choose to run in the afternoon, but I had to go some places and finally missed it. GRRRR. That's why I always try to go in the morning, but something whappens always with kids.
Yesterday, I was very excited thinking about a class I am starting on monday. At my daughther's school they ask me to give the class and I am nervous because that is not what I do specially. I can train people, but never had taught a class. Still I will do it. I used to practice kick boxing and I love it.
While I started running yesterday I was thinking about what steps to do how to tell them, all those things... the funny thing is that I felt how my heart was beating stronger but not because of the running but the excitment. It helped me to run faster. Anyway I finished with only four miles breathing strongly. The air was still very thick and humid, the rains from the last days are being evaporated now with the sun.
More emotions come from the new hurracaine. Wilma is going to Cancun where our family live. In fact some of them were traveling on friday to come to visit us. Now the airport is closed until who knows when.
The worst hurracaine on the season and in the whole history known of the Atlantic....
I practiced today the class, I will practice it again in the afternoon.
Tomorrow a long run.

No races

I talked to my sister yesterday. She lives in Mexico city. The thing is that now there are so many racing events there... I am so jealous. Nothing of that happens here. There is no marathon there anyway. Well how come if there are no runners here! I know there should be but not many believe me.
This is one of the roads in the hotel, is a lovely place to stay at.
Today's work out, legs and abs. They were great, specially because my mood wasn't very good today but as soon as I concentrated on my workout everything improved.
Still raining... the 21th hurracaine of the seson started fortunatelly not on us.

Running is special

The earliest I can wake up with out struggle is 6.30, then it takes me about half an hour to be ready to leave. I started walking about seven. It was nicely cloudy so I decided to go to the beach, both the tides came up I there was no beach today, I mean the sand was so humid and extremely soft, besides a wet feelling in the air. I went back to the hotel and started my 4 miles, 20 minutes warm up.
The first mile was hard, the humid air didn't aloud me to bread normally. Over the second mile it became easier, so during the third I was feeling just great. Unfortunatelly today was only a 4 miles run, but still it leaves me with a special sensation about wanting more.
While running I found myself so good that I think it is the best state of being...

cj has tagged me in the latest fun 'get to know your fellow bloggers' chain game.
Here are the rules:
1. Go into your archives.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the fifth sentence (or the closest one to it)
4. Post the text of your sentence in your blog along with these rules.
5. Tag five other people.

I just have 25 post only so I choose random this:
Thursday september 22.
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??
Today I saw her face stuggling again, but not because she was working out exactly...
I think there is not enough time to re- read our thoughts, and it was interesting to read mine, speccially the first ones... it is funny how you can say things here.

I don't have many friends to tag, dgc has been already tag so I just tag Susan, runnersusan.blogspot

biceps and triceps

I went to the gym. I couldn't sleep well, but as soon as I started trainning, I felt better, I can sleep some more later. Next will be the sixth week, so the last for this program.
Biceps:
Hammer 15lb. 4-8
Incline Bench curl 12lb. 4-8
Curl Bench bb 12lb. 4-8
Triceps:
Bench dips 2-15
Dips roman chair 3-8
Prone kick back 10lb. 4-8
Bb ext lying 10lb. 3-10
ABS:
Med ball rotation 8lb. 20,30,40
Reverse crunch med ball 8lb. 20,25,30
Exercise-ball double crunch 8lb. 20,25,30

tomorrow I will go to the gym... I didn't go on thursday, and I can resignate not to train triceps and biceps until next thursday, that means 15 days with out it. Normally I don't go on saturdays but maybe it will be fine to start going since Luis is now having his day off on sunday, I can still go for a run early on sunday... ok, early every day, that's fine...
today: 8 miles, which is about 13 km.

Sun, sun, sun is back

Many people should be happy for that specilly tourist, but me running or trying to under it... hated it. For the first two miles I could handle to run but then on the third mile I had to walk. I was already on the way back and my Hr was still over 150, with out running. When I reach the hotel I couldn't catch my breath... I tried walking, drinking water, but couldn't recover... was it the sun or something else?? Who knows... my muscules weren't tired but still breathing was fast. This wasn't a real run, but still I was there for more than two hours.
I think it could have been the humid air, after so many days rainning, when the sun comes it evaporates all that rain water, but I didn't felt like it was so humid still there was some fresh air.
Well not all the days have to be perfect as the other two on the week.
Still it should be the complainer's blog or the excuses blog....

Runners high

I feel like that today for some moments it was incredible, I was there running like in heaven.
Today I went for four miles, with a very cloudy day, the thing is to start running with out rain. Finally it didn't rain while I was running. I felt just great running, I could run faster with out having to increase my heart rate, it is terrible to see how much energy the sun takes away. Is it the reason to avoid day light, CJ?
I didn't carry today my back pack golite. Maybe I should use it more often, now that I learn how important the hydratation is. Using it is more confortable because it is not necesary to stop to drink, and also drinking from the valve, makes it easier to swallow while running. How do you drink while running??

A perfect day!!!

Yes!! I made it!!! I went to the beach and ran there. The thing is that I planned reaching a place that seem too far from here a few months ago. I didn't go before, because of the weather and also it seem so far from where we are... of course now I know I wasn't that far, it is about 3.5 miles from here... I couldn't measure the distance, I am just calculating thinking that it takes me about 15 min per mile, and I was there at the beach for 1 hour and 45 min.
It is such a wonderful beach to run at... and I felt so blessed today because besides it was specially flat today... when the sand is soft and broken, the risk of stepping badly increases.
I used for the first time my golite for carrying water and it works so perfect, definitely I needed something like it!!! So an other great thing is that I don't have to stop for any reason, well I had to walk some but not for being extremely tired but because I wanted to slow down my heart rate.
Of course it was a cloudy day, but fresh, no rain... if I would planned it, who knows? well it just happened and now feel great!!!

Trainning at the gym

This morning I went to the gym and there trained leg and abs. While exercising, my shints started hurting, not a lot, but that, and the facts I read in a marathon trainer book, made me realized that this problems are about running a stronger pace as usual. I could increase the amount of walking as far as I keep on the slow pace. That happened during the first and second week, and I could handle to complete 25 miles a week. As I get that this third I just increased the heart rate and now these are the results.
Tomorrow I will go but as low as possible on those 7 miles... now I know what to avoid....

Now humid bones

Is how I feel them after a week with rain here. So, yesterday was off and today I woke up early for my scheduled 4 mile run at the beach, but first, it was tainning, so I decided to go to the gym. When I was there, and turn on the tread mill my ankle inmediately started hurting... that made me remember how last night my quads and a part or my left knee were hurting me too... so I just stop it again and went back here.
Well I feel bad, but I better stop for the moment.
My next run will be on tuesday I will go to the beach where I'll do seven miles. I will do it slowly anyway it could take me hours, because usually it takes me longer being at the beach. The uneven surface makes it dangerous to my legs. I used to run there always, but now I prefer to do it in the hotel because of the road. I am lucky to be able to run in the hotel -which is huge-, there is no road where to run outside. The highway has no sidewalks and there is no town where to run... not as in Australia...

Routines and mind power

I couldn't complete my scheduled 10 miles today. When I was starting my eighth mile, I just stop, feeling that was enough for today, even though I had my energy drinks. Well is not a justification, but some things were happening today, as Abril waiting for me at home, because there was not school today. My mind was around that thinking about her with out having breakfast alone, and those things.
I think in my mind I just aloud myself to feel weak. I didn't think strong but weak...
When I stick to routines and something changes it makes changes inside me too.
Well still I ran seven miles outside, the days was nicely cloudy, even I had a little rain. I kept a slow pace, wich still I prefer to do outside, the air was some humid, but breathing was easy. At the beggining my inner metatarsal bones of the right foot, were hurting me, but as soon as I got warmer the pain was gone, then after if for any reason I had to slow down, the hurt was back.
Now it is gone, at least.

Short running

Today, thursday is a day off running, but I went to the gym. I had no energy, it was awful, I didn't sleep well, that is the reason, but as soon as I went on the excercises, the energy raised. Now I feel sleepy again, maybe I will take a nap latter before lunch.
The run yesterday was fine.
4 mile 6.0-6.5 pace, 38'47. Tomorrow abril is not going to school, but still I have to wait for Luis, he doesn't want to wake up earlier, and still he doesn't have to... but I will go as early as possible. I want to go outside, of course, but it depends, on the weather, it is still raining.... shuold I go to the treadmill??
I didn't use the head phones yesterday... this time I discover that music was just a noise disturbing my head and thoughts. I am more busy thinking about movements, speed, breathing, and the rest. I feel good about it.

Rainy tuesday...

Well, is not that bad, still we haven't had any hurricane or tropical storm. Also I can go to the gym. And I can watch more carefully about my progress. Today it was great!! I ran at 6 mile pace 7 miles. At the fifth mile I was just flying, feeling so good... even though I forgot my head phones today (at the beggining it seemed like a tragedy) I just thought that coming back at home just to get them was going to take too long, so I just decided to run just for running, then I rememeber how sometimes I've realized that in fact I am not listening to the music and I am thinking in some other things. That is nice, not having to rely on nothing else but running.

One of the things that I enjoy more is not feeling tired at all after the effort. It is incredible, don't you think?? I just remember myself years ago when I wasn't doing any excercise or effort at all and feeling so tired and with out energy!!
A remarkable thing is that I've been drinking carbs during the run, specially when I feel tired which is about every half hour, it helps sunch in an incredible way!! So, the race against .... is done today.

Rainy monday...

The weather is awful every body is complaining about it. We are so used to the radiation that the sun give us, that in days like this we are with out any energy at all. In fact this in not good at all for running, there is no air to breath, is pure water, 100% moisture.
Yesterday finally I had to go running. I took some medicine and felt much better and full with energy for going. I felt like a panter in a cage, so I went to the gym.
I ran 4 miles, wich is 6.6km in 39 minutes and the heart rate was aobut 155 which is about 80%of my MHR.
Today at the gym trained legs, I am not putting so much weight since I started running more.

for lulu

Hola Lulu, si vuelves a visitarme, por favor deja el link de tu blog, porque no puedo entrar en el... or translation, if you come back to visit me, please tell me how to get into your blog, I can't get into it. Gracias por la visita.

Day off

Anyway this was scheduled as it. I normally don't do any workout on saturday. My throat is dry, but I am fortunatelly fine!!! I'm just taking somthing for that.
Tomorrow I am supposed to be running 4 miles, but I don't think I will becuase Luis, my husband is taking his day off, finally after two weekend, and still he is only taking the afternoon, (un sundays I go to the beach in the afternoon) so well, maybe in some way it will be better to have some rest and not be exposed to any extreme temperature for some days... it means running again until tuesday, if I follow the schedule. I'll just go to the gym on monday.
Is incredible, years ago if I got sick yes it was bad, but I was never worried about it, now it is a tragedy, if I get sick, means not running.