March 26th

(Nick) Met up with Vanessa this afternoon to challenge her 5k record. It was alot colder and windier than I had expected it to be. She mapped a new course for us to try that ended up being pretty cool. She started off really well and by the first mile was at 9:40. At the 2.5 mark she was at a 9:50 but the course turned up hill into the wind and fatigue consumed her. Just a half mile away from her record. We walked it off and then jogged back the remaining two miles to the car.


(Nick) going to make an attempt to set a PR on my 5k and depending how I feel at the 3 mile mark possibly a 10k.

Current Record: 22:43

Well it was an extremely frustrating night. I'm very upset with myself. I started off way to fast and ran out of energy too early on. So I stopped and regrouped and gave it another try only to be too fatigued by the half mile mark. I was pissed off! At that moment I just wanted to give up running entirely. Instead of going home really upset I opted to run two laps and add another 6.5 miles to my day.

I've come to realize that me doing better in this next race isn't going to be dependent so much upon my training but upon my diet. I have no energy, no reserve what so ever to pull from and it's all because of my poor eating habits. It freaking frustrates the hell out of me that I can't even eat three meals a day like normal people. It's so dang discouraging.... I'm thinkin about looking into a diet coach or nutrition counselor or something of the sort that will keep me in check with my eating so I can continue to progress.

All in all a crappy night for running due to something as stupid as not eating enough.

(Vanessa)- Today's run was surprisingly hard. We set out again to do 3 miles I under 30 mins. I spent some time finding what i thought would be an ideal route, and I planned to not stop regardless of how bad it hurt and I couldn't even do that. Super disappointed. 2.25 miles hit and I was so done. I couldn't take the wind and I was so thirsty. Then I was just mad that I'd stopped. Running at a faster pace certainly takes a lot out of me. I know it's not out of reach, it's an easy goal. So it's so embarrassing. Will try again tomorrow.