Showing posts with label new runner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new runner. Show all posts
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Vacation This Week
I went on vacation this week in the mountains and I forgot my running sneakers. I didn't run but I hiked and walked and went tubing (which is work in some ways). This morning I am all in disarray because today is our big moving day. I can't find any clean clothes and we are preparing the house still for the movers arrival (lots of lifting). I like to think that because I am constantly moving, it is contributing to my physical well being but not doing alot for my mental. I will say this moving is taking a toll on me and maybe if I could conquer the stress of moving, it will help me with the mental aspect of running.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A Good Bra for Running
Started walking down the street and realized my boobies were all over the place. I forgot a my good bra.
A word about bras: I do not like the sports bras that make my boobies like one giant pancake - that's what they look like to me. It is not the look of the bra that concerns me but rather I feel like I can't breathe in them. They are made so tight so there is no movement that I can't breathe. Since running has a lot of breathing involved ;-) I don't want a sports bra. It fitted like a normal bra - no wire - snug but I could but not too tight. Hanes used to make an awesome sports bra but they discontinued them. I went in search of a new bra. So far I'm a fan of the Bali bra found at JCPenny's. It is often on sale, buy one get one free - comes out to about $15 a bra but I never think of my boobs while running in them. Granted I've only ran 2.5 miles total so far but I do use it for taekwondo and that's usually a 45 minute class. I hear you shouldn't wear cotton while running so I may need to do a little more research. I'll keep you updated.
OK, so I got my running bra on and I get near the end of my 5 minute warm up walk and the mp3 player dies. Ugh, I'm going to run it without it, luckily I have my stop watch. I run check my watch, 5 minutes, run, watch, 10 minutes, run, 15 minutes, ugh I'm dying, run, 18 minutes, 19 minutes, 20 minutes ... I'm walking for a couple of minutes, run a minute, walk a minute, run a minute. Done.
So I didn't quite make running the whole 25 minutes and I felt I couldn't run anymore, so I'm a bit nervous about running 3 hours. We'll see.
I got home, picked up the phone and thought, what the hell the phone is wet. I look at it. It's really wet. OOOOOoooooohhhhh, brain on delay, it's me, I'm dripping. The back of my shirt is soaked. I'll need a wicking shirt soon, it's getting hot out there. Beautiful thing .... I BROKE THE 12 MINUTE MARK!! WOO HOO!!
2.58 in 30 minutes
11.62 minutes per mile
A word about bras: I do not like the sports bras that make my boobies like one giant pancake - that's what they look like to me. It is not the look of the bra that concerns me but rather I feel like I can't breathe in them. They are made so tight so there is no movement that I can't breathe. Since running has a lot of breathing involved ;-) I don't want a sports bra. It fitted like a normal bra - no wire - snug but I could but not too tight. Hanes used to make an awesome sports bra but they discontinued them. I went in search of a new bra. So far I'm a fan of the Bali bra found at JCPenny's. It is often on sale, buy one get one free - comes out to about $15 a bra but I never think of my boobs while running in them. Granted I've only ran 2.5 miles total so far but I do use it for taekwondo and that's usually a 45 minute class. I hear you shouldn't wear cotton while running so I may need to do a little more research. I'll keep you updated.
OK, so I got my running bra on and I get near the end of my 5 minute warm up walk and the mp3 player dies. Ugh, I'm going to run it without it, luckily I have my stop watch. I run check my watch, 5 minutes, run, watch, 10 minutes, run, 15 minutes, ugh I'm dying, run, 18 minutes, 19 minutes, 20 minutes ... I'm walking for a couple of minutes, run a minute, walk a minute, run a minute. Done.
So I didn't quite make running the whole 25 minutes and I felt I couldn't run anymore, so I'm a bit nervous about running 3 hours. We'll see.
I got home, picked up the phone and thought, what the hell the phone is wet. I look at it. It's really wet. OOOOOoooooohhhhh, brain on delay, it's me, I'm dripping. The back of my shirt is soaked. I'll need a wicking shirt soon, it's getting hot out there. Beautiful thing .... I BROKE THE 12 MINUTE MARK!! WOO HOO!!
2.58 in 30 minutes
11.62 minutes per mile
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