tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43628924354317669902011-10-08T17:35:12.505-07:00Laura McGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962767449429257201noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362892435431766990.post-58012559245481069552009-08-24T14:37:00.000-07:002009-08-24T14:46:33.129-07:00you have to say the title in a snotty british accent.<br />its from harry potter and the order of the phoenix.<br />okay i am a nerd.<br />anywho on to running.<br />i am doing okay. My last post stated that i would be running that night.<br />lets just say IT NEVER COOLED OFF<br />so i went the next day and took it a bit easier than i should have... im a weenie.<br />skipped Friday thinking i would go on Saturday..<br />yeah nope.<br />so i pushed my self today and ened up going at noon in HOT HOT weather and just kept going.<br />it was hot<br />i was sweaty<br />im sure i was stinky too<br />but i did it.<br />i ran a straight 25 minutes with a few 10 second breathers here adn there and one breake when my nephew called to tell me about 5 baby frogs at our grandmas lol<br />it was important had to listen.<br />i will take the truck out soon and see how far i actually ran. it was suppose to be 25 minutes wich is about 2.5 miles.<br />i will tell oyu now that im slow<br />SUPER SLOW<br />so its prolly just over a mile lol<br />im lame<br />but im running<br />that is what i keep telling myself.<br />im running<br />i can do this<br />just keep moving<br />my iowa<br />my iowa<br />*this is were i would be panting and wanting to die because of lack of oxegyn*<br />OH COME ON<br />MOVE IT<br />then i would be okay after that and keep going<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4362892435431766990-5801255924548106955?l=runningmyiowa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura McGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962767449429257201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362892435431766990.post-90358718534938496632009-08-19T09:26:00.000-07:002009-08-19T09:40:42.553-07:00so last week after i posted my first post i got sick.<br />havnt ran.<br />will run today.<br />i woke up this morning read to run... but its already hotter than hadies out and its only 9:45! seriously??<br />will do it tonight when it cools off :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4362892435431766990-9035871853493849663?l=runningmyiowa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura McGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962767449429257201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4362892435431766990.post-38293190944178524702009-08-10T13:04:00.000-07:002009-08-10T14:10:22.643-07:00So mostly just my family knows that i started to train to a 5k. I am following the program <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml">couch to 5k</a>, and im loving it. Its a 9 week program to take you from sitting on your butt to running/jogging a 5k. I am now on week 6 and my butt has been kicked but i love it.<br />There were a couple reasons to actually start this:<br /><br />-Logan is carpooling with a guy who lives out in Matlock too that drives into Shelton for the bus that takes them to the shipyard in Bremerton. He meets the guy a mile down the road and right now we have one good working car so I need to pick the car up.<br />-Im lazy and i really need to lose weight. not beating around the bush<br />-THE MAIN REASON and the whole explaniation to "my iowa" is that my dad just recently rode his bike in the <a href="http://ragbrai.com/">RAGBRAI</a>, its a bike race from west border of Iowa to the east border of Iowa and it went from Sunday to Saturday and they rode like 70 miles or something like that a day. If my Dad who has shoulder and knee problems and is not a well, sorry Dad, spring chicken, can do this why can't I do a simple 5k?<br /><br />Now im only 23 years old and I'm over weight, out of shape and this is not something i want for Kason or future children. I started the program last summer and then quiet in week 4. not this time. I am already one day into week 6 and still going.<br />I am registering for my first 5k on September 13th called the <a href="http://banktobay.com/">Bank to Bay</a> and im super excited for it. I know im not going to be the first one to finish, the most athletic one there, the fastest or anything like that, but i will finish and i will be proud of what i have accomplished.<br /><br />My Dad knows that i am running but he doesnt know the real reason, and well Dad now you do, I am doing this because you have inspired me. You are such a wonderful and amazing example for doing something you wanted to do. You wanted to go and do this ride for a while and you trained your butt on, rain or shine, and you did it!!!<br /><br />I want to acomplish this goal. When i run across that finish line it will be for two reasons: to prove to myself that i can do anything i set my mind to, and to show my father that is an amazing example and I appericate everything he does.<br /><br />When i jog and my legs are burning, my lungs are empty, my face is hot, and my feet feel like they may fall off I look out at the mountain range that surrounds my country home and yell "THIS IS MY IOWA" and guess what?<br />I continue.<br />I keep running.<br />I keep moving.<br />I keep on keepin on.<br />I continue to make a better life for myself and those around me.<br />Thank you Dad for being amazing and showing my that i can do anything i put my mind to.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4362892435431766990-3829319094417852470?l=runningmyiowa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura McGeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962767449429257201noreply@blogger.com2