Chi-Chi-Chia

Oh hi, yes it is I your loveable runner... Sorry for my absence the last couple of weeks. I had been posting my mileage on FB and kind of give my energy to one or the other and did not give it to my blog.
I woke up to about 7 inches of snow it is beautiful and intimidating. The challenge of this 30 Day 5K is gearing up and finding safe places to run. The ice and snow are like little land mines. However, I am well geared with yak trax so I am going to give those a go today. I am in full battle mode with a head cold, my theory is a day rest then back to running, I have maintained my health with this so far.
So, here are the stats from the last two weeks...

October 31st-November 6th

Total Mileage 19.8

November 7th-November 13th

Total Mileage 20.8

Days missed 3, I did make up the difference with good ol' long runs, however after doing my total I was .7 short and made that up this week.

I talked about taking a scoop of chia seeds everyday this month, I have missed 2 of those days. Chia is a seed that ancienct Aztec civilizations used and South American/Mexican cultures still cultivate and use today. I first read about it in Born to Run and got curious. I ordered my first bottle from vitacost.com and LOVE the results. I have more energy, my body is recovering from workouts faster and I just add it to my lunch smoothie. It is a SUPER food full of Omega 3s!! It is excellent for you digestive system and most of your immune system lays within your intestinal tract so the cleaner it is the cleaner you are. (I am not qualified to give anyone advice on their diet, this is just what works for me.)

Goal this week

1. Turkey Trot 5k with Riley

2. Run 21 miles

3. Finish Jayne Eyre by December1st!!

3. Fiber fiber fiber, with the holidays coming I want to cleanse as much as possible

While we are on the subject, my mom started getting her colonoscopies early. It was a good thing to, as she would not be with us today had she not. At each one they have found pre-cancerous polyps. What does this mean to me? Look if you're reading this chances are you are atleast 29 going on 30 maybe a few younger and a few older, my point is we should all be mature enough to talk intestinal tracts. I started taking a fiber supplement about a year ago, I take 2 TBSP a day that equates to 12 tsps which equals 84 grams of fiber/day. That's a lot of fiber. Basically I use it as my mid day snack. My cholesterol is down, my weight is down, my skin is better, and it satiates me until dinner. I will start my colonoscopies around age 40 and hopefully this will help. Not to mention it wards off other nasties like diverticulitis, hemmroids, etc... You get the idea  It's all about balance and finding what works for you, and fiber works for me :D

Cheers until next week! Happy running, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

30 Day 5k

Drum roll please...
The 300 mark has been annihilated!
Last Thursday my friend took Ethan for the day to play with her little one which left the day open for me. I have been in the kitchen non stop for about 2 or 3 weeks and had put cleaning on the back burner. A rarity in my world. So I deep cleaned all 3 bathrooms and hit the road. I was only planning on 6 miles, but the weather was so beautiful and "Miles from Nowhere" came on and I figured that with my road mileage and a trail thrown in I would have exactly 7.7 miles in, for the 7 years we have missed Nate and Bryan. It was a glorious run. Everything fell into place. However, I will give in to buying a can of mace, too many loose dogs and it is just a good idea.
So in one run I broke 300 miles!
Another big milestone Miss O and I ran the Pumpkin Fun Run 5k and raised food for the local food bank. I loved doing it with her. She wasn't 100% she has been fighting the bug that has gotten the rest of us, but she did it! I told her Sunday that I was sorry we ran it, I should have made her rest, and she looked at me with her big sick blue eyes and said "but it was fun, I wouldn't have wanted to miss it." Happy faces!

Total mileage for the week: 12.6

Total mileage for the year: 303.55

I also upped my circuit training with a Boot Camp DVD, holy cow! I was screaming in that one! I watched the Biggest Loser while I ironed Wednesday and followed it with the workout. The theme was a quote from Bob "Your fat is your fuel." So whilst I tortured myself with ridiculous amount of triceps things for lack of the term, I was yelling "My fat is my fuel." There isn't much left but trust me it could get me through a weekend in the woods :)

So on to this week, first of all, Happy 11/1/11! I have decided to take my friend Danny's idea from last month and do it this month, so for 30 days I plan on running a 5k. 30day5k! We'll see, I am going to be in Philipsburg this month, and you should see the calender I just filled out for the kids, crazy! I hope I can manage it... wouldn't it be cool to get to 400 miles by December? That's not all, I am in really experimental mood today, so I decided since I ordered all my stuff for it, here is my plan...

1. Run the 5k a Day

2. Do the NOPOO method, no shampoo for 30 days just baking soda and apple cider vinegar

3. The oil face wash, Castor oil/olive oil/tea tree oil

4. I am not going to color my hair until December, it could get ugly!

5. Have a scoop of Chia everyday, more on this subject next week...

6. Read Jane Eyre, I completely spaced my BBC reading challenge for the last 2 months!

I almost forgot my favorite goal accomplished this week! Eat some apple pie... Cheers until next week!!