Quick Running Update

Ran tuesday & wednesday. Took yesterday off but spent 2+hrs painting scenery for the play + another 1-2hrs rehearsing so I figure that counts for something. Did not run today but did do a little bit of riding. Definitely plan on hitting the trail around Capital Lake tomo for a jog if the weather is nice.

No Amelia updates. Should probably set myself the goal of writing 5k on that this weekend. x.x

HEY HEY Look at me!

Look at me I went running! Ok, walk/jogging, but the point is today is monday and I dragged my tired, still!sore (went riding on Friday for the first time in like a bazillion yrs talk about OUCH this weekend, god I'm out of shape) ass out of the house and hit the road in my running shoes. Clocked 3.2km (or about 2 miles) averaging the epically slow pace of 6km/hr lols. Still I am proud of myself.

Tomorrow I plan to do an easy 30min walk and 15min of weight lifting.

I also bought some fresh fruits and veggies and a couple Odwalla bars to help scale back the amount of frozen burrito meals I've been having. Baby steps are still steps.

I'm tentatively planning to run a 5k in Spokane either end of September (hah! yeah I dont feel too confident about being ready in 7 weeks but we'll see) or middle of October (more likely though harder to find a close enough race). My goal this fall is to get my butt trained up so I can enroll in either a beginner sport class (like Futball) or weight lifting class at the UREC during spring semester and do a series of longer fun races throughtout the winter/spring (tentatively, I'd like to run a City Half Marathon next summer. I think that's feasible, maybe even a full marathon next Fall if I stay focused? We'll see.)

I've got a good idea what I want to get as a tattoo (a Sapphic fragment in the original Greek if I can find scans of the original papyrus or pot shards) but I've told myself I'm not allowed to get it until I run a 1/2 marathon (If I run a full marathon I'm going to get my motorcycle endorsement :D Yes I have to shamelessly motivate myself like that).


In writing news... well there really hasn't been any writing since my last post (what ten days ago? WOOPS). I wrote about 85 words last week. I've been rather discouraged though after talking to Meagan about why I'm discouraged I feel... not necessarily motivated but like I should suck up my insecurities anyways and get back to work.

I've been distracting myself from writing by tentatively working on my first Fanvid for Whedonland over on LJ >.> IDEK It's fun and diverting.

I'll leave you with some Editors

Used to be a running blog...

While it's very true that I need to start running again, this cyclical cold/flu crap continues to kick my ass. Therefore, in the spirit of social networking and being productive I'm going to get back to blogging about non-fandom writing muses, goals, plans, etc. And when I'm over this latest round of the sinus revolt I'll endeavor to start up my running regime.

Goals for July '11/August '11 (accounting for lets say 55 days before fall semester starts):

• restart yoga home practice 3/4 days a week
• train for a 5k (8/10 weeks)
• eat more vegetables and cut back on sugar intake (excluding tea)
• write ≈ 85k word draft of Red Inside
• start outline for NaNoWriMo (The Victor/Ayn Marriage)
• Take 5 or 10 credits from sps

Perhaps a bit much but not insurmountable. My goal must be to conquer this lazy gaming-nurtured attitude.

This is kellianne, this is kellianne's plan to be decisive.

Dedication

I never thought that of the three of us, I'd be the one to stick with this whole running thing but it seems I am. It's a little daunting thinking about driving up to seattle by myself to run, by myself, but I'm at an impasse and I'm certainly not going to let other people hold me back. Because if there is one thing all this training has told me, I'm pretty damn capable and I don't even need other people encouraging me or rewards or anything. It's personal. It's for me. And if that means I gotta go it alone I guess that's that.

Not to say I'm not disappointed or sad because yeah, all those things are true too but what can you do about it?

On the running trail.

There is something extremely excapist about running. I can do it, and for half an hour I don't have to think about work or school or doing homework or when I'll find the time to sleep and get everything done in between. All I have to think about it, are my shoulders relaxed? How is my pace? How far? How many repeats left?

Later in the day (since I usually try to run before noon) I often find myself stuck at a table drinking coffee working on homework and wishing that I hadn't eaten in the last hour because I'd rather be out there hitting the road or biking or something, anything, just get me out of this tarea hell. (what's the spanish word for hell?)

The pace is steady all this week, 5run/1walk (5x). Not too difficult.

34 hrs at work next week THANK GOD. I'm just about out of money. If my parents hadn't insisted that they pay for half my gas I would not have been able to cover my credit card bill this month. I just haven't worked enough to cover that and my car payment. Yikes. Payday tomorrow though, yay!

And of course, by no money, I mean no money I allow myself to touch. It doesn't include investing money and tips but I'd really prefer not to dip into those. You know.

I have one final left tonight and then I'm finished with SPSCC summer quarter. The relief is almost palpable. I feel fairly confident that I will pull As in all my classes but there is always the potential that if I get a B or something on this spanish final it will pull my grade down. I don't really think so but it's better not to be cocky. I think if this wasn't summer, if we had had 3 more weeks with the material and therefore about an extra week practicing chapter 4 (which introduces all the irregular verbs) I would feel more confident but I just haven't worked with these words as much, it's harder to keep all their meanings straight in my head.

I always find myself updating at work. It's a good place to camp out and study for an hour before allowing my mind to wander. It's amazing, I'm marking my one year anniversary working here along with michelle and claire. Michelle calls it our birthday. Pretty amazing I've stayed here a whole year when I could only stomach two months at my last job.

So, over an hour writing in a blue exam book for teen films has decimated my thumb, ta for now.

Quick Post

About to run off to school but I haven't blogged in a few days so I thought I'd make a quick check-in.

Stayed on schedule for running. Starting week 2 with 2minRun/1minwalk repeats (about 30-45% harder than last weeks tempo runs) but it's all good.

Two weeks left of SPSCC, we're in the homestretch. I've got some ideas about cutting out a full quarter at SPS and transfering to Evergreen this winter, which means i could vie for a spot in the Rainforest Ecology program (which spends 3 week in Costa Rica, TO DIE FOR). We'll see how it goes. I have to finish up summer quarters at both schools first.

Swamped in classwork. I have a ton of Spanish EC to work on, 7 slides for a ceramics presentation, books and articles and movies to watch for both films and something else i'm missing I'm sure. BUT, I have tomorrow afternoon off which is a first so I think I'll take full advantage and get as much as I can done for this week.

Running to school now, chau!

Goals

I'm out of shape. I know it. So far this year I've been ok with it. But you know what? Careers in law enforcement are not made on out of shapeness.

Once upon a time I was in pretty good shape, could have flown through the FBI's phys ed test and was thinking about how I've always wanted to train for a Triathlon. Only I never got around to it. But I've been thinking about it more this summer, cause I'm really stagnating here, even if my job is semi-physical. I haul a backpack full of books all over campus and I'm exhausted.

So, after talking it out with some friends, I've decided it is time to start walking and running. I'm super busy but if I can't get my butt in gear 30min/6days/week then why the hell should I do anything? I've got a little plan scheduled out for the next 8 weeks to get me into basic running shape (goal is to be able to run 30min continuously with a fair amount of ease) by the end of September. 

After that I'm setting this down as a record of my tentative goal to look for a local 5K race in October, pump up the volume of training and aim for a 10K race in December/January, see about finding a 10Mile (though I think those are harder to find so we'll see) for Marchish with the ultimate goal being the Capital City Half Marathon next Mayish (if I can do this, I say full Marathon 2011!!!!).

Katie, if you read this, give me your thoughts. I'd really like to set these goals for races and checkpoints with you (and dragging meagan along despite her protests) if they sound like fun. And I figure we could cross train with biking/climbing/kayaking and maybe even some swimming during the winter?