Calories

omg I googled the calories in the DQ Blizzard I had last night after the kids had soccer; Chocolate Xtreme small size had 650 calories!  Even if I didnt finish it, I still ate a lot of calories. I don't count calories but I certainly dont need extra ones!  Thank goodness that is a rare treat. LOL

Nutrition Facts


Serving Size (287g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 650 Calories from Fat 260
                                     % Daily Value*
Total Fat 29g                  45%
Saturated Fat16g            80%
Trans Fat0.5g
Cholesterol 50mg            17%
Sodium 370mg               15%
Total Carbohydrate 88g     29%
Dietary Fiber3g              12%
Sugars69g
Protein 12g                    0%
Vitamin A                     20%
Vitamin C                      0%
Calcium                        35%
Iron                              20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.Your daily values may be higher or lower
depending on your calorie needs:

Ticking off the Kilometers and the Pounds :)

Yay just updated my kilometer ticker at the bottom of the page....in the 8th month of the year Ive checked off over 950 kilometers!  My goal of 1500 for the year doesnt look so very bad! 

I am having a bad month tho...August is starting off SLOW! have done 49 km this month....and 26 of those were today!  Bad runner....i think that balance is off by a bit!  lol Something to work on for this month I guess!

Good newswise? Scale is settling and Im happy to say Ive reached the 30 pounds off mark!  I usually make the scale tell me this for a couple of weeks before I believe it has nothing to do with water retention/dehydration etc.  It can fluctuate so severely....in fact this morning on my long run I lost about 4 pounds....pretty much all sweat.  Its coming back on now lol as I guzzle water.  But Ive been looking at the same numbers for a couple of weeks now and Im determined to keep this off as well...no yoyoing for me anymore!  Its slow to come off because I dont make myself suffer to lose weight...but this way I figure it will stay off :):) We cannot train for a marathon and starve!  Healthy choices and healthy portions will do it for me :)

LSD 26 km

After the race on the weekend I took 2 days off (well not really, just didnt do any runs lol) Sunday was travelling day and Monday I played ball hockey and should have run but just didnt.
This morning I did the Sunday LSD of 26 km.  Im only 2 days off.  SIGH.  How am I going to get the rest of the runs in? I dunno.


So the route was just a big ol loop and I didnt really try to find loads of hills but I didnt avoid them either (this is Truro) It was pretty boring and Im glad I had some music.
Garmin screamed LOw Battery at me as soon as I turned it on but it lasted over 2.5 hours and got me to almost 24 km so I cant complain I suppose. I stopped when I figured 26 km had been reached and estimated a time.
Hips pained off and on.
Took some Gatorade and Jelly Beans at 7 km and had an Apple Cereal Bar at 14 km.  Took some money to get more water but didnt go get it; figured I had enough as temps were cooler and it was mostly cloudy. Wish I had gotten some as I got very thirsty in the last 10 km and finished the gatorade with 7 to go.  Sun started coming out at 18 km but remained mostly cloudy til I was almost done.  About 20 C with Humidex of about 26 I believe I heard. 
SIGH. I called Scott to come get me when I was done so I could avoid the climb up the hill to home. He brought water; good man. 
A little lay down and feeling much better now.  Not nearly as bad as the 27 km Greenspace run in SJ, not nearly as bad as the 22 km run at Shortts Lake last week. Thinking it might be the weather.

Now to reorganise the schedule for the rest of the week SIGH.

Digby Scallop Days 5 km Fun Run

We were in Digby this past weekend for the Digby Scallop Days so we decided to go to the Fun Run; It actually wasnt that easy, we were awake late the night before with a bonfire on the beach and accompanying beverages, had to be up early that morning because no one was registered, and it was hard to wake the kids. Holly wanted to go and run the run with Lane but she would not wake up and apparently did not wake for a few more hours after we left lol Taylor came to take photos and Leanne and Lane and I ran the 5 k run in 2 loops around Digby.

Lane modeling the nice (cotton) Tshirts for the run :) I like the basic colours :)

Before the run; it was getting warm and the route is pretty sunny :)

We go around a corner and then begin climbing the first of a few hills :)  It was a long, gradual hill. Did I mention long?

First km done in 5:25 minutes. Second in 10:38 (5:13 minutes for km 2.) 

Going through the start area to begin Lap #2

Just under 13 minutes there. 

Had a Downhill around 1.75 km but then up and down to the half way. Then we do the lap again.

3rd km was done in 16:21 (5:44 minutes; starting to lose a little time. Had some of the hill in it)

4rth km in 22:01 (5:40 minutes; more hill.)

Leanne and Lane coming to the midway point; they stopped as neither had trained for this event at all ;)Coming up to the finish I was trying hard to gain some ground on the woman in front of me but she had really long legs :) 

Going through the finish past the princesses :)  Finished the 5th km in 27:10 minutes (5:08 minutes) total Race 27:18 (30 m over ish) Its been ages since I have done a 5 km Race but this would be my best time.  I wonder how good it would have been if the route had been flat? ;)

The runners at the end.  I dont know what I was about to say here :)

There were lots of draw prizes at the end which we won none of, no age-group prizes for my age group apparently LOl but a lot of fun had and it was a nice way to see Digby on foot :):):)  Definitely have this on my list for next year!

Fairly Uneventful 10 km run

I reallllly need to consider getting out running earlier.  It seems no matter when I think I am going to go running, Im later and it gets hot SIGH.  I didnt get out today until almost 10 am and it was HOT.  Humidity in high 80's low 90's and it was about "feels like" 32 C.  HOT.  And I didnt take water and was thirsty by about 7 km.

BUT it's done and it wasnt bad; I missed a hill workout yesterday and did a route today with some hills in it.  It's not the same but I can't really catch up tomorrow; 5 km Race on Saturday in Digby :)  I might get a short run in tomorrow morning but Im not counting on it. 

10 km in 1:06:14 including a warm up and cool down and 4 significant hills at increased effort.  Took extra walk breaks because of the heat.  LOADS of hills.

Back to "serious" running

Or something to that effect.  Not that I take any of it very seriously. Today is an example of how easy it is to be derailed.

Yesterday I was totally on schedule, getting out in the morning to run my 6 km/4mi tempo run and doing it ok with hills and all, 40:18 minutes for 6.4 km.  km warm up and cool down and 4.4 km hard running.  It was good.
Came home VERY sweaty and nasty, lol and Taylor comes upstairs and says Washing Machine gone crazy and water all over the floor in the basement. Sure enough, there was water everywhere, but after attempting to sop it up, realised it wasnt stopping and investigated; hot water heater leaking from every corner.  Shut water off, mopping up and calling plumber, noticed black cat (16 year old black cat) was missing, but in the mess didnt really have a chance to fret; power went out so no lights in basement, clothesline fell down so clothes full of ants.  Yesterday was too much.

after a sleepless night, full of thunder and listening for a cat who has been missing for 2 nights by now, just didnt have it in me to go do my hills workout in the pouring rain and thunder left over. And as of right now, its still pouring and thundering half an hour ago. I would like to still go tonight but Im not holding out hope and in my exhausted state, I dont care.  Off the rails.  But Its still a good week!  Tomorrow I can do my hills workout.

Keeping on to the marathon...

2nd Annual Beer Mile

Ive never done a Beer Mile before. I'd only heard of such a thing. But our running club did one last year and had the second this year :)  And I kind of thought I would go, as it sounded like tonnes of fun :)  Thing was, I was doubtful I could drink 4 beers and run 4 laps of a quarter mile each. Let alone, do it quickly.  Either way, I showed up to do it with a couple of friends to "support" but not run.  It was awesome to have them there :)  Beer Miles are a worldwide thing, done with some loose rules and humerous results.  http://www.beermile.com/

At the start, this motley crew was brave and boastful. Ok some of them were. Some were quaking. I was quaking. I was seriously doubtful of being able to drink all that beer. That was a lot of beer. 
Note the 2 women.  Me and another.  Lavinia was a sport to make an attempt at this fun.  We were in support of each other lol us against the men!

The idea was when someone said go, we all opened a beer and started drinking. When we were finished it, we run a lap that was 400 meters around a grass field.  Wobbly footing made it even more fun.

Note the wig ;) I cannot believe he did the entire thing in that wig and glasses.  Funny.

First beer went down pretty easily; I started out by NOT guzzling the beer, thinking this could only end badly and I wanted to above all, finish the run. :)  So I had my drinks quickly, but in a controlled manner lol.

Finishing the first lap ;) it wasnt so bad although the footing can take some getting used to.  I do not run on grass as a rule; its recommended just not something I tend to do :)

More beer; Beer number two was easier, because I had already gotten one in and run a lap and I was like...I can do this.  Lavinia, due to her inability to burp, passed on a second beer and changed instead to running beside me, and later to girly drinks giving less beery burping.

Finishing second lap :) this one was fun because I was feeling dreamy and light and airy HEHEHE  And I do have great ability to burp, so I got rid of most of the burps by the first turn and got into running the laps ;)  While I was drinking my second beer or finishing my second lap, the guy (ROB) who won, finished his run in 7 minutes and 16 seconds.  Gee.

More Beer. See the fellows suffering behind me?  Im still happily drinking one mouthful at a time. No suffering. Im sure by now there had been one puke episode, not by me of course, Im still happily drinking.  These young fellows cannot hold their liquor.  LOL And neither can some of the older fellows.

I think this was starting my last lap but Im not sure. I got a little cramp after my third beer but it was nothing compared to some others and I just went right on drinking and running :):)  Another puke episode meant 2 fellows had to do some penalty laps ;)  I think my theory on taking time with the drink was good!  Somehow at this point Lavinia mentioned she thought I might be in third or fourth place. I couldnt believe that but looking around, there were a lot of guys still drinking and I was not!

On the last lap I passed 2 guys struggling along and finished strongly in 4rth place with a time of 16:57. WHICH IS GREAT! I showed well for the women!  And really, how many times am I going to be the first (only) woman and beat all those guys?  Apparently only when there is beer drinking involved. ;)

The finishers, no worse for wear :) The wig guy was second place :) imagine! And he says he doesnt run, just plays soccer.

Picking up my prize for first female!  lol a Tshirt!After the adults were finished being foolish, the kids had their first annual Juice Mile; (half mile) where they ran a lap, drank a large glass of watered down juice, and ran another lap.  Annika did both laps with Angeline and omg they were cute! They held hands a lot of the way and finished in second place!  CUTE!! 

It's nice to run something just for fun once in a while,  and although this year has had a few funny silly runs, this has to top them all!  we enjoyed some social time afterwards, and seriously this was not that hard.  I do think, having done it now, I could have done it faster and might next year.  Was being careful; might be more wreckless next year lol.