Ran-bunctious!

The Biggest Loser

Despite all the drama and stupidity, I still find myself watching the Biggest Loser.  I get attached to people and wanting to cheer them on.  As far as the trainers go, I'm not always thrilled with Jillian's approach, but I think she knows her stuff and deep down really cares about the contestants.  The show likes to primarily focus on the gym drama and show the trainers screaming "Do more!"  and "Last Chance Workout!" but in a rare turn of events actual details of their workouts were given.  Jillian wanted the contestants to run for 5 mins at a 1% incline at 6mph.  They were giving up, like they sometimes do, and it made me wonder if I could do that.  So I got on my friends treadmill in Jeans, Sweater and stocking feet no less... and set it up to the proper settings.  Guess what?! I can... and well it was pretty easy.  So anyway, I'm in better shape than the obese which I suppose is nothing to brag about, but I thought it was sort of a relief.

Pacing a Half ?

I got picked! (or I was the only one who volunteered) to pace a half marathon.  I'm super excited and super freaked out all at the same time.  I will be pacing the 2:30 group for the Eau Claire Half on May 5th... remember last year when that was my goal and yes, I made it... but I sort-of wish I had a little more comfort room between my abilities and the pace I'm required to keep.  Also, I would love to hear anything about what you would recommend for this task.  I'm all ears right now.   

100 % Irish for a Day

So in actuality I'm about 6.25% Irish, but my name is Erin and it means Ireland... So of course I can endorse the spirit that encourages people to shout "Erin Go Bragh!" (or Ireland forever).  At any rate I ran a 5K called "100% Irish for a day".... it was horribly wet weather and there were literally path wide puddles to be dodged and dealt with.   It very crowded too, so in some ways that made it low pressure.  However, I still ran my second best stand alone 5K - 32:26, which to be fair is the time off my Garmin, as it was not a chip timed event.  The only slightly annoying thing is that I wasn't too far off of a PR, and it makes me wonder if it had been better weather conditions would I have gotten it.  Oh well, sort of a waste of time to speculate anyway.  There will be another race.