5K Ezeiza Extreme!

I ran my second cross-country & third 5K (for this year) on November 18th. Wow, man! Didn't I sweat!

I was wearing u$s150 running shoes - the well-known Reerun Reebok - and... I couldn't believe my eyes! I slipped and almost fell off a ridge!

But in the end, I got my medal. And I had to be rescued afterwards!

Who came to the rescue? A brave knight on a pale... whooops!, IN a white car! :)

Cross-country 4K

My first cross-country run! So much fun!

My 5K - SUCCESS!

I got there! Wooohooo!

Enrolled!

Enrolled in Nike's 5K - Woman's Race 2012! Wooohooo!

RUNNING TOMORROW!!!

TRAINING LIKE TNT (There's No Tomorrow)!

NIKE WOMEN'S RACE 2012 will take place in BA on Sunday, March 25th. I started training for this run on February 23rd - two months before it takes place. 

I'm absolutely certain that there's plenty of time to improve my endurance, my timing and my overall fitness condition.

I trained on Monday 23rd, Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th. I've taken two days off this week: Thursday 26th and Sunday 29th.

I've been indulging on sweet (sugary) stuff during the last few days. Holidays' relaxation! Something that will belong to the past (and remain there) starting tomorrow. I've already been to the supermarket and bought a box of oatmeal, as well as cherries, strawberries and apples. The idea is to start my day with a healthy, nutritious breakfast, and go to the Gym as soon as I've digested it. Anyway, I have to go to a different place tomorrow.

There's a 10K this Sunday. Of course I'm not ready to run a 10K yet. But I think it's going to be great!, for the sake of motivation, and for getting me going. 

The idea for this run is the following: run 5K, walk 3K, run another 2K. Yeah - I'll be giving it my all!

I AM STRONG AND I CAN DO THIS! WOOOHOOO! WATCH OUT, WORLD! THERE I GO!

Me, going into the Gym.

Me, at the Gym... training like TNT!!!!

TRAINING FOR NIKE'S 5K

MONDAY, JANUARY 20th.

MY TRAINING FOR NIKE'S 5K, THE RUN FOR WOMEN WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN BA IN MARCH 2012, HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED.

I'M GOING FOR IT - I WANT IT, I GET IT! WOOOHOOO!

3 days left...

... and it's so hard to know what to feel!

I'm totally in panic but also on autopilot.

The Perfect Trainer - B. M,

I came across B. M. via web. He had an ad on Facebook. First thing I did, I read about his qualifications. He was a PE teacher with a Post Grad in Sport Rehabilitation. Wow, that was impressive enough - but it didn't end there, he was also qualified in other areas... Massage, Nutrition, Hydrotherapy, Aromatherapy... And he called himself an "elite trainer" capable of leading clients to get "top class results". (Well, that was certainly attitude, wasn't it? How about his aptitude as a trainer?) Now I was really puzzled. Having nothing to lose, I decided to give him a ring.

First time I'd ever trained in a park. He used a medicine ball with me, suspension cables which he hanged from a tree, a coordination ladder, a set of cones to run describing figures of 8s, a boxing pad together with a pair of gloves, and a mat. We talked about my goals and my needs in general. He paid special attention to my injuries in the past, and to my present health and fitness conditions. First time I'd heard of a personal trainer doing that so seriously and responsibly. He seemed to be watching everything at the same time: my form, my movements, my speed, my level of endurance. And he asked me to give him feedback about how I was feeling all the time. At the end of the session, he made me stretch out thoroughly. 

I hired him. We trained 2-3 times a week. He used to have a program in his mind at the beginning of each session, which he would adjust conveniently according to his perceptions and to my own feedback while exercising. He always asked how I' was feeling before, during and after workouts. He also enquiried about how I was doing at home as regards nutrition and exercise on the days he didn't train me, and he was always reinforcing my knowledge on healthy habits. He answered all my questions accurately and honestly. He never challenged my beliefs; he made me feel he was there to help, not to antagonise or to show me he knew better.

During the time he worked for me, I lost 20 pounds -I saw 15 of these melt down after I had come to the as-strong-as-iron conclusion that I had reached my lowest possible weight, so I wouldn't be able to lose any more-, and I went from couch potato which could only run 3 blocks altogether, to wannabe runner who could run a 3K, then a 4K, then a 5K!

While training with him, I learned that at the end of the day, I can always forgive myself for all I couldn't do well, I can learn from the experience and I can see myself as a strong woman - I AM strong, and no matter what, I'll always be able to do something to improve.