Melanie Does Life - being pregnant :-)
Most of the time I will blog stuff in english and german. This way my folks in Germany can read everything as well. Thanks for visiting! I hope to see you again soon...
Getting ready to run the “Shape up for Summer 5K”!
What are you doing on May 19th? There is a 5K run to support the Bloomingdale Library Survior and I would love to run it. But I am out of the country and can’t do it. Now I make some advertisement for the race and hope you can do it.
If you are in the area and have time - go run it. Check out the links below.
And yes, I know I posted the same thing a few weeks ago. Just a little reminder…
Here are some pictures from the Gutenberg half marathon in Mainz.
This picture shows me at the St. Wendel Team Marathon a week ago. One of my team mates took this pictures before they all joined me to run the last few hundred yards with me to the finish line.
And yes, I still own you the race recap for this race.
Yesterday I ran the Gutenberg half marathon in Mainz, Germany. A friend of mine wasn’t able to run it and she offered me her bib. I will post a long recap later but to make the story short: I had a HUGE PR.
I crossed the finish line in 2:59:55 - a sub-3 time and something I thought wasn’t possible yesterday until I hit mile 11.5. My 2-week-old PR from IronGirl was 3:10:53.
I know I still own you the race recap from last Sunday and it is still a work in progress. It will come. I promise.
Today I got the offer to run a half on Sunday. One of my friends is sick and had surgery today. She can’t run on Sunday and offered me her spot. I talked to the organizers - and I can change her entry to me if I pay a small fee before picking up the race bibs. Now I will run a half in Germany. That is one thing from my 101 things in 1001 days list. I am not happy that my friend is sick but I am happy I got this opportunity. I don’t plan on racing it - I will make it a fun thing and my goal will be to finish. If I get a new PR, I will be very happy but I doubt it. Not with my last half less than 2 weeks ago and the marathon relay just a few days ago.
Otherwise I am enjoying my time here in Germany. I spent lots of time with family and friends. Tonight I was at a birthday and tomorrow is another birthday celebration.
Now I have to go to bed (here it is already 1am) - my mom is going to wait for me at 9am for a 3 mile run.
We ran our marathon relay today. We finished in 4:37:51 and it was a fun thing to do. More about it later. I have to go outside since we are having a BBQ and everybody is waiting for me.
I ran the IronGirl half this morning and finished in 3:10:53. It was a tough course and I have no idea how I managed to get a PR. But I am happy about it. More about it later.
I finally remember that I took a picture of my IronGirl email to upload it here. It has all the important infos for the race in it. And I got my bib number too - 549. Just 8 more days until the race!
What are you doing on May 19th? There is a 5K run to support the Bloomingdale Library Survior and I would love to run it. But I am out of the country and can’t do it. Now I make some advertisement for the race and hope you can do it.
If you are in the area and have time - go run it. Check out the links below.
I can’t believe I just did this. I singed up for the Walt Disney World Marathon in January 2013. I am not sure what I was thinking when I pressed the “Pay Now” button…
Here’s the race recap from the Shamrock 10K I ran on Sunday. My parents are still in town and I am way behind on everything including blogging.
The race started at 8 am and I was feeling good. I just wanted to finish the race knowing that I will have a PR not matter what. It was my first 10K. There were - maybe - 200 people in the race and I feel back right after the start. Running within the last 10 spots. I didn’t care and continued my pace. It was a little fast but I tried to hold it.
Out on the course I saw all my running friends and the helped me a lot. This course is a 2 loop course and I knew I will see all of them again in loop number 2. After I finished the 1st loop I saw Sean and asked him to run with me at the end. I knew that I would be hurting and was happy to get every support I could. Even if it was just for the last .1 or .2 miles.
During the second loop I wasn’t looking at the distance. I just ran from friend A to friend B to friend C and so on. They all cheered on me and that helped a lot. I also picked up 2 runners during the first mile of loop 2 (mile 4 total). That made me push harder as well. I was so happy to see Sean at the end. His encouragement meant a lot and helped me to push through.
I finished with a time of 1:20:08 (chip time). I like that a lot. I though I would finish somewhere around 1:25 and this is a lot better. Afterwards I had a massage, some beer, water and pretzels. Nice chats with my friends. Overall a great time. Can’t wait to run this again next year.
In today’s 10K I ran a 1:20:08. That was nearly 5 min faster than I thought I would run. I am not sure how I managed to do it I don’t know. But I did it and that’s what’s counts. :-) it is also a PR since I never ran a 10K before.
Today I will run my first 10K race. It’s the Shamrock 10 and 5K and my running club is organizing them. I am ready to leave the house but my parents aren’t. I guess I have to wait a little longer. The 10K starts at 8am - so we have a little time.
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Heute werde ich mein erstes 10km Rennen laufen. Es ist der Shamrock 10 und 5K (Kleeblatt 10 und 5km) und mein Laufclub organisiert es. Ich bin fertig, das Haus zu verlassen aber meine Eltern noch nicht. Das 10k Rennen startet um 8 Uhr - wir haben also noch etwas Zeit.
Sorry it took me a few days to upload these pictures.
I ran with my parents and we had a great day. It was hot and humid and that made it hard for the runners. I am so glad with my time. I ran a 2:08:56 (chip time) and I am very happy with that. I thought I might be able to do a 2:10 or a 2:15 for the 15K. So a 2:08 is a great time for me, considering I my longest run was just 5 miles long.
I had a blast this weekend at Gasparilla. On Saturday I went out and ran the 15K. On Sunday I went out again to cheer on the others. Saturday was hot and humid, Sunday was cold and windy. I was very happy I did not have to run.
