Thursday, September 27, 2012

Flabby Farmwife Trains For 5K: Ten Days Left Until The Big Day!

Greetings from the land of temperature swings,


mood swings,



















auger swings


































and yard swings.




















Just as fall was cooling down, it heated back up to 90 degrees, and then back to the 30's again.  We've begun harvest, and with a strange twist of events, the corn was ready before the soybeans. The combines and grain cart are rolling (except for some breakdowns) and the kids are enjoying these last few weeks with no snow and bitter wind so the swing set in the backyard has been as busy as ever.

This also means is that I am having to re-balance my entire schedule (and life in general) to accommodate harvest and had to figure out some new ways to squeeze in running.

However, I am STILL running!  I have to say that I'm pretty proud of myself for having stuck with any sort of athletic activity consistently for over a month.  This is a new record for me.

I set another new record last week too.

I forgot my phone when I went into the YMCA.  Which meant no Couch to 5K app.

So I winged it, and decided to push myself to run/walk a whole 5K (3.1 miles) just had to see if I could do it.

By golly, I DID IT!!! It took me 47 minutes, but I DID IT!

So for the next week, I'm going to "just keep running" (as I'm sure "Dory" would tell me)...

Dory from Finding Nemo

And I'm going to keep fueling up with delicious and nutritious beef...


(I didn't make this salad, some great folks at a restaurant did, but boy was it GOOD!)
 
 
 

My family likes this new exercise routine so much, even the farm cats want to go running :)

Looking forward to seeing some old friends and making some new ones on October 6th at the Beefin' It Up- Fuel For the Finish 5K!

 

 
Thanks for stopping by! - Sarah :)

3 comments:

  1. Keep it up, Sarah! Keep running, but don't forget to let your body rest. I scale back my mileage in the week leading up to the race. It's a strategy called "tapering."

    I look forward to seeing you in Mandan and running the big race!

    Daren

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  2. So when are you going to fill in all your readers on the race results? :)

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