Back Into Jogging!

After taking a long enough break from jogging, I have decided that from now on, I'm continuing my program. I have taken this decision today after running a slow 4km. It was hot outside but my hip didn't hurt as much as it used to and everything was good. I really feel like after all that time off, it has taken the time to heal enough to let me go on. After my run today, I really didn't feel so much pain and it never once almost made me stop from running. But, there is another thing that happened to me yesterday that was pretty bad. Yesterday morning, my friend and I decided to go to the beach in Montreal. Almost all day, I had this HUGE head ache and I would almost hallucinate at some points. It was really horrible. I thought it was maybe because it was too hot or I hadn't eaten enough but it was impossible. I had eaten very well all day and had drinken 2 big bottles of water, at least. When I came back home, I slept in the car the whole way throught. I also slept from 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. when I got back home. I didn't even eat all of my supper, which is rare, and went back to bed at 10:00 P.M., hoping it would all be gone tomorrow. The thing is, it was really stressing me out because I had never had this much of a head ache before and I was wondering if I had brain cancer or something. In the morning, I woke-up and it was already not as bad but I still didn't feel as I usually do. Around 3:00 P.M., after lying on the couch not doing anything, I finally felt good enough to go run outside. I didn't have so much of a head ache during my run and for right now it's not so bad either but I still don't feel 100%. I just hope it goes away and never comes back because I really don't like feeling this way, not being able to do anything. It's also really scary not knowing what's going on inside your body.

Half-Marathon!...By Bike

Saturday, July 28th, my sister and I biked 21.1km. I'm really proud of us! What makes me even happier is that I did it with my sister. Since my sister is more of an artist and me more of an athlete, I would have never imagined us both doing it together. We even completed it in 55:43s which in my opinion is pretty good! Especially since we have both never done as much biking at once. As I mentioned earlier in another post, I don't like biking at all. But, having my sister with me made it much more entertaining since we could talk and laugh! Speaking of laughter, I have the perfect example. At the end of the race, when there was about 300m left until 21.1km, our time was up to 54:40s about. We absolutely wanted to finish under 55 minutes so we started going extremely fast. We were going so fast that when it came time to turn on the bicycle path, we were still in full speed. I stopped so quickly to turn that I almost fell off my bike! I hadn't heard my sister say that we could just continue and take another path. So as of then, we are both on completely opposite paths, LAUGHING so hard and the worst part is, I was alone so people would just stare at me probably wondering what was wrong with me. We ended up doing 21.1km in 55:43s, as I mentioned above. Boy was it a great way to end the race! Overall, it might not have been very hard or exhausting but was better than doing nothing.

Plan B

Well hello! It has been 5 days since I haven't uploaded anything on my blog! So today, I have plenty of things to say. First off, Saturday, I ran 3km with my dad, AND FINISHED IT! Yes, maybe we weren't going very fast and yes, it did start hurting a little bit at the end but hey, I'm just happy to see that things are going in a better direction. The other thing that I feel I should inform of is that I kind of fainted because of a heatstroke on Monday. The funny thing is, it happened after I biked for about 14km. Like, what the hell? I can RUN 14km without fainting so biking that shouldn't have been so hard. The whole story goes like this: My friend, Virginie, lives in St-Hubert. We wanted to go shopping together that day around 1:00 P.M. and I had absolutely no way to get there except by bike. It was about 12:20 A.M. when I left and I hadn't eaten or drank a thing all day. It was also about 35 degrees outside and there were no trees for shade on the bicycle path. I arrived at her house around 12:45 A.M. You realize that's insanely fast, right? When Virginie came to my house after that, it took her 1 hour...I think I went too fast. So to continue my story, as I reach her house and get off my bike, I started to feel a little dizzy. I'm guessing it's normal after pedalling like a maniac for 25 minutes so I ignore it. I come in the house, ask for a glass of water and after that I can't remember a thing. I wake up 5 minutes later, I hear someone say, "call 9-1-1!". I'm soaking wet from head to toe, lying on her kitchen floor with the whole family starring at me. What the hell just happened, I was thinking to myself. It had never fainted before so it was really confusing. After eating some food and drinking some juice, I felt much better. We still did go shopping afterwards even if I had an intense head ache; I mean, anything for shopping, right? But I am very thankful to have been rescued by Virginie and her family. I mean, what would have happened if I would have fainted on the biking path? Now I know it's very important to eat and drink before a physical activity because I seriously don't want that to happen to me ever again, it's not cool. Haha, get it? And now today, I did 10km of biking around Chambly. I have to say, I actually really hate biking. But I am willing to make an effort because I'm never giving up!

Injured

Tuesday, two days after what seemed to be a total disaster, I decided to try and run a very slow 3km to see if I could run without feeling any pain. 1.50km into it, it really started to hurt again. I thought it would maybe go away but I officially stopped after 1.90km. What a complete failure, I thought. I had never been in a position where I literally had to stop running because my body wouldn't let me. I held back my tears and tried to convince myself that things would get back to normal sooner or later. I was hoping for sooner. Then, all of a sudden, it started raining like crazy! I hadn't walked 100m and I was already soaking wet from head to running shoes. To get home faster, I was convinced I could still run a little. I could just hear my mom's voice in the back of my mind saying, "if it hurts, stop". So again, I stopped and walked home. After resting for a whole week now, not doing very much, my dad asked me if I wanted to join him in his slow 3km. Scared to know if it would only get worst if I did, I nervously accepted the "challenge". It was actually not that bad. After maybe 2km, I hadn't felt any pain. But for the last kilometer, I knew that my hip hadn't come back completely to how it used to be. For now, I atleast know that's it's getting better and maybe in a few weeks I can run again, YAYYYY! I also have my aunt's bike which will help keeping my cardio. Shout out to her, thanks Anne ;)

Disapointed

When you try your best, but you don't succeed. When tears come streaming down your face. This pretty much describes my run this morninig. How could I have come this far and now feel like everything is falling apart? As usual, when we run long distances, my mom and I wake up earlier, take the time to eat, go back to sleep to then wake up 2 hours later for our run. 10km is what we had to run today. After 1km, I burst into tears and couldn't take one more step. My hip, where it connects with my leg hurt so badly. It had been hurting for about 2 weeks max, but each time I would tell myself that it didn't hurt enough to stop running. At that moment when I couldn't go on, a load of stress rushed into my body. I can't stop running because it's my project, because people are depending on me and just because I love to run and don't want to stop. What did reassure me was when my mom told me that I could run in another race such as Oka or Grandy. But I'm still kind of upset with this whole situation. As long as I can remember, I never ever gave up. I always endure everything and always push myself to my absolute limit. That scared me a little. For now, we'll see how it goes tomorrow. We also think it might be a good idea to change my shoes. I'll keep you posted on this whole situation!

Run In The Sun

Oufffff! Not easy running when it's 32 degrees outside. Good thing it was only a slow 4km. But, if you know me a little, you probably guessed that I didn't run it slowly. I just can't help it! To me, it felt like I was going really slowly when I was actually running at my tempo pace. I'll try to improve on that!

Eating Then Running = Bad Idea

After spending the day doing plenty of things and coming home too late, my mom and I decided to skip our jog, again. Yesterday, I didn't run either due to my right ankle. It was just better to take a break. Since we weren't running today, I ate a hamburger, 2 bananas, an apple and apple sauce. Then, my dad told me that he was going out for his run and that's what tempted me to go as well. But we all know how you feel when you run with a full tummy. Although it wasn't too pleasant, it was only a 3km and it wasn't so bad. I also finally met Olivier today! I will explain more in depth tomorrow how it was to meet him.

Fort de Chambly

Another long distance is done! We had quite a big group today. My mom, dad and dad's friend all woke up this morning to run 9km. At this point, it does feel like my cardio is getting stronger. The only problem I had today was my ankles started to hurt. I might have to try and run differently because I still have more than half of my program left to do and there's no way I'm stopping! Overall, running is really becoming a big part of my life and I just love it. It is definitely not the last time I'm doing a program for a half-marathon. And guess what? In 2 years, I can run a marathon, watch out ;)

Family Run

Always fun to have a slow 3km! It really allows me to take a break. My knee stills hurts a little so I think it's good that we took it slowly today. It's still a pleasure to have my parents by my side :)

Fast and Furious

I had to run a 4km tempo this morning. It had been really hard lately to wake up early to go run so this morning, I woke up on my own and went for my training afterwards. It was actually pretty hard since I have had at least 2 hours of physical activity for the past 5 days. A soccer tournament, soccer games with my team and replacing in another, long distances and the program, I felt a little tired. When it was done though, I was happy I had done it. I just hope pain in my knee will stop.

Run Girl Run

What a perfect morning to run! Once again, my mom and I ran together. Waking early a second time was hard. I really didn't feel like doing anything this morning. It also didn't help that we had a tempo 4km. But, after maybe 500m, my mom told me that we were running at 5:19 per km. I was thinking to myself like, really? I guess that after all I wasn't that tired! Overall it was a great run and as I've said before, it's always a great way to start off my day! Today, my mom also contacted Olivier's mom, the boy I am running for. We will be meeting on Thursday and I am looking forward to it.

Good Morning

After delaying my two runs this weekend due to my soccer tournament, my mom and I ran a 9km this morning. I think it was one of the best runs I've had so far. We woke up really early so that we wouldn't have to run in the heat. It kind of sucked having to wake up so early because I'm on vacation, but afterwards I felt really good for the rest of the day. When you start off your day with a run, you will most likely have a great day. What I like about long distances is that we get to go farther and see other places in Chambly. Like today, for example, we got to run past the Fort de Chambly and the Bassin. It's also always great to have my mom by my side!