Running Fun

I was tagged by Chloe so here goes!!!

1. Best Run EVER: 
Tough one as there are too many to chose from... I would have to say all of my 400 m hurdling races from the junior olympics all the way up to the college level... I think the 400 m hurdles is one of the hardest and most fun races in track and field.

2. Three Words that Describe my Running:Forefoot, relaxed, light

3. My Go-to Running Outfit:
Anything lululemon and bootie shorts. With the volume I've been doing lately texture is everything to me. I have chafage everywhere and try to keep it to a minimum. With Tri Slide and lululemon I am good to go! And of course my rev3 kit!



4. Quirky habits while running: 
I hate hate hate when I'm doing a heart rate based long slow workout and somebody that looks super slow passes me. It totally eats me up inside. I do suck it up however and stick to the plan.

5. Morning, midday, evening: 
In the summer - as early as possible. Running in the summer is like torture. If you don't get it done in the early am you might as well forget it because unless you have a portable IV, it probably will not happen.

6. I won’t run outside when it’s: a hurricane or when the ground is covered in snow.

7. Worst injury — how I got over it: 
Not really from running but it kept me from running for a very very LONG TIME: multiple pelvis fractures (snowboarding off of big table tops in Park City, UT) and subsequent ORIF.  

4 months later I was back to it! The come back journey was the best part for sure. As a DPT student, I did most of my own rehab.

8. I felt most like a badass mother runner when: 
I do track workouts (especially 200 meter 400 meter repeats). I love everything about the track including the smell of rubber and I love flying around the curves. With training for an 140.6, my training program has been sans track workouts and I think I am going through withdraw. The closest thing I get to do now is maybe mile repeats~ ouchies.

9. Next Race is: Ironman Florida. 

10: Potential Running goal for 2013:
Stick to the short stuff, lots of Rev3 events, and start to enjoy training again. With 2--140.6 distances in one year and with taking everything way too seriously, I have started to lose some passion. As for running specific goals, I would like to break a 1:30 in a half marathon and to break 19 minutes in a 5k! And more importantly restore balance and strength by doing some cross fit :)

I'm tagging Alisa and Kim S.

Re-wind

I'm back for good this time! Where do I even start? I guess I will start off with where I have been.... With nightmare triathlon a few weeks back, overwhelming- PT board- studying, getting horribly sick, taking a mini vacation, oh -and starting a new job... I put triathlon on the back burner temporarily. This could very easily turn into a novel so I'll provide you with the cliff notes version.

The Heatwave triathlon that I did a few weeks ago in Mississippi went horribly wrong. I was burnt out both mentally and physically.... Racing 4 out of 6 weeks will do that. My head wasn't in it at ALL and the 100 degree temperatures were just hell-ish. The swim was so hot that it was suffocating. Simply put: it was just UGLY. After the race, I forced myself to step back a little and re-evaluate some things.

After the race I did a quick orientation at my new job and then jetted off to North Carolina for one last vacation. It would be the first time my little bro and sister and I would be all together in I think 5 years. It was a nice break before heading back to work although there was no break in the rigorous studying. The trip was perfect, amazing, fun, and beautiful. I did:

a little running...

lots of studying...

a little surfing...

and of course for anyone who knows my mom: a family photo shoot lol....

After that it was back to real life for me:

Starting a new job is never easy. I can say looking back that studying for my boards and starting a new job before I passed was an extremely dumb idea. To add to the challenge, after my first day on the job I came down with the worst imaginable virus/cold.... . Regardless of my poor judgement call, hard work and lots of prayer pulled me through. Last Tuesday I passed my national physical therapy boards and am officially a licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy! Three plus years of hard studying, tears, and constant struggles have all paid off!

Thank you to my family and friends for encouraging me all the way! I'm excited to start this next chapter of my life.... For now it's back to work and yes back to triathlon.