Jessica's Madness

Sunday, 13 July 2008

Hope Volleyball Tournament

July 12, 2008

Corporate Challenge Division

The McMillitants

We won our pool and went to the playoffs!

Wednesday, 9 July 2008

I missed yesterday's scheduled 4km run so I did it today. It was a short run but it was tough because I was fighting the wind. My body felt pretty heavy too; like it was harder to move my legs to carry myself along. Completed it in about 25 min. though. I've noticed my steps while running are really loud. Maybe that has something to do with being heavy. D, is there something about gravity or something changing that makes you feel heavier?

I know, I know...I'm not heavy. Geez, can't you take a joke!

Last Saturday, I took Connor to the temple for his first time. The youth went to the Montreal Temple to do baptisms for the dead. What a wonderful experience it was to see your child help do the Lord's work. Even the evening before the temple trip was wonderful. Aidan, Connor, and I sat on my bed and read from a children's book about what temples are and what kinds of ordinances happen inside the temple. I was pleasantly surprised at the conversation we had on it. It's moments like those that I want to cherish forever.

I'll post pictures of the temple trip as soon as I get a chance to get them off my camera.

Sunday, 6 July 2008

A shocking discovery

Ok so I was fooling around with gmap-pedometer.com a little to find out the distance between certain landmarks. I was shocked to find that the distance I ran today is the same distance from my home to church! That means today I could have run all the way to church! Holy crap!!! Here's another kicker. Today's 7.8km run was done in 52 min. That means I could run to church in about an hour. Now that makes me feel on top of the world! Mind you I'm a little shocked that church is only 8km away. I thought it would be a little farther than that.

Week 5, Sunday

Today's route was changed up a bit. I ran to Centrepointe (the next neighbourhood), ran to a path that cut through back to my neighbourhood, then ran around my whole neighbourhood. Sheldon and Connor rode their bikes along side. I was planning on running only 7.5 km. I planned out my route on gmap-pedometer.com. But since I was playing around with different routes, I couldn't remember if I had to run past my house and come around the back or not to finish the 7.5km. I thought, better safe than sorry and ran through the back route just in case. Turns out I didn't have to. I could have gone straight home. So I double checked on the online tool and the total distance today...drum roll please...7.8 km! (shoot, I was so close to 8km too)

I have to tell you the truth. It was a hard and crappy run. I was fine the first 10 min. but after that I felt like puking. Word to the wise...don't eat anything garlicky an hour and a half before you run. Everytime I felt a burp coming up I thought I was going to hurl. Plus when I did burb, it was disgustingly filled with garlic. Blegh!

On my training schedule I was supposed to run 9km but since the rain and long work hours got me off schedule, I thought it better to ease back into it.

Anyways, I did it!

Now I'm hitting the showers because boy do I stink!

Friday, 4 July 2008

Week 4, Friday

It's been a week and a half since my last run. This time my lack of running was due working long hours, not rain. I had the boys ride their bikes while I ran. We went to the library, eager to get the book I put on hold. We got there and realized it was closed. The boys were really disappointed. I was too. Anyways, I ran 4km today and there was some slight inclines to my route. I'll have to start proper hill training in a few weeks, I think. The Thanksgiving weekend run is not flat like the May race weekend. Overall this run was ok. I was struggling during the 3rd km though.