Documentary update:
This past week I traveled to Wisconsin to meet and film my Ragnar team captain, Rik for our documentary. This whole documentary process has been overwhelmingly awesome on so many levels, I cannot even begin to tell you. Rik and his wife, Cynthia are fantastic people as has been everyone on the team, we've met.
While in Wisconsin, Rik was competing in a 5K called "Race for the Bacon" where the top 100 finishers got something better than bling… they got bacon. Yes. Bacon. The race shirts were so cute that it had me regretting not signing up myself! The best part of all? Rik placed third in his age group and set a PR. Rock. On.
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| Bacon and the cutest race tee EVER. (Rik center) |
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| looking super yoga-y aside from wearing running sneakers |
Psst: If you have no idea of the film project of which I speak, you can read this post to learn more about it.
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I wear short-shorts:
Since beginning running, I've stuck to long black pants with the occasional capri thrown in. I, even now, just am not a fan of my legs. Yesterday, however, I took a huge leap. I did it. I bit the bullet and bought myself a pair of running shorts.
Yes, my legs which haven't seen light since 1989 are still pale and bumpy with cellulite but you know what? F. That. I earned those g-damn shorts. I am a runner and I'm sick of sweating to death. I am over feeling bad about my legs and body. Those legs have carried me over a thousand miles and they put up with carrying 100 pounds of excess weight and now they are strong. They don't deserve to be treated poorly and sweat all summer so I'm freeing them with these green Nike shorts…
At least in theory. I'll let you know if I chicken out of actually wearing them in public.
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The Leo in me:
I've been running and definitely working on speed. Have been pretty pleased with some of my runs of late. Today, I had a good running experience. I had 6 miles on the training schedule. My first few miles were slow/average - which was OK with me. Kind of. That park attracts some heavy duty good runners, so, much of the time I was getting passed. I don't know why but it still irks me to get passed - even on a training run and even when it's by someone who is clearly half my age and has been running track since birth.
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| getting cranky! stop passing me! |
The guy caught up to me as I was cooling down and said, "Thanks a lot! You make me look bad!" He said it with a smile so I know that he was at least half kidding. :-) I know it's wrong but I did take a wee bit of pride in finally not being the one passed!
BOOBS:
And then another guy passed me as I was cooling down and said "good run out there today - have a great day. You earned it." People never really chat at the park so I kinda enjoyed those interactions… until I looked down to realize I had two gigantic sweat circles - directly over my boobs. Lovely. Couldn't be more attractive or better placed if I tried. Fab. It was pretty mortifying. Like I had drawn two big circles around my boobies - A huge magnifying glass of obscenity. Right on my chest. Awesomeness.
Oh well. Runner problems….
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Still dealing with the food stuff. Have had some good days and some days that are still a little iffy in the tummy. Just need a few weeks to see how that will all pan out - keep ya posted!
How are you doing?
XO
Jen
8 comments:
Yay for running shorts!!!! After losing 80+ lbs. it took me a few years to put a pair of shorts on. Now, it isn't pretty, especially when you see professional race pics and all that skin is a few paces behing you, but golly, they just feel so much better and cooler! AND with the built in undies, you don't have to worry about wedgies!!!! ;) Glad to hear your trip to WI was fun and that the documentary is going well. -Jessica H.
Thanks Jessica! :-)
I am over hating my body. Truth is, nobody probably friggen cares anyway and I work to hard to sweat to death on every run. I'm gonna give it a shot.
Know the sweat circles all too well! If you wear a dark shirt you get the sweat circles. If you wear a light shirt, the sweat makes it see-through. Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
Rock the short shorts! I know how you feel, though: Self-consciousness can halt almost anything, even the best of ideas (and the most comfortable of running clothes). As someone who actually gets heckled pretty often when I'm running (and largely attributes it to my short-shorts... and my compression leg sleeves, too, which are bright pink), I say you just have to own it. Who cares what you look like? You'll probably be running so fast in these you'll be a blur anyway. ;-)
Glad to hear so much is coming together on the documentary, and I can't wait to see it.
Also: I hope your tum gives you a break soon. Must be frustrating!
Hey! It could be worse. I once saw my race photos from a 13.1. Headlights ON--high beams, in fact, the ENTIRE race. Mortified.
Love the bacon race! I would definitely sign up for that one. yum!
I also love the new shorts. I'm right there with you. I've only worn longer black [slimming, right?] shorts. My SIL bought me a pair of NEON yellow shorts and my first thought was 'no way Jose am I putting neon on this big ol' butt.'
But then I wore them and really liked them and just like you said screw it. Anyone who doesn't like my dimply legs doesn't have to look at them.
Wear those shorts with pride! You are a rockstar!!
Wear the shorts, flaunt the sweaty boobs and remove your shoes during yoga.....that is all!
Keep up the great work....RUNNER!
WOW, congrats on a super speedy mile!!
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