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2017 Honolulu Marathon

I am officially a marathoner! I never imagined myself even saying that.   This is the first thing I told myself after I crossed the finish line, got some Gatorade and water and looked down at the medal.  I held back my tears, but I was so proud of myself!!! Now fast forward to couple days ago. THURSDAY I celebrated my accomplishments for completing the 808 Race Hawaii Bioastin Marathon Readiness Series by participating in the 808 Race Hawaii's celebratory dinner.  During the last race I was able to chat with a friend who told me he lost 50 pounds and has done the marathon for 5 years.  He said after the race series if you attend the 808 Hawaii race dinner you get a medal. I told myself it would be awesome to get a medal so I decided to sign up for the free dinner. So I went stag, but to see the other racers, I actually enjoyed the company of like minds.   I am grateful I signed up and did this race series.  If it wasn't for 808 Race Hawaii, I may have not

Running Room Val Nolasco 1/2 Marathon

I spent my Veteran's Day weekend doing the Running Room Val Nolasco 1/2 Marathon.  This race was 5/5 races from the 808 Race Hawaii 2017  BioAstin Marathon Readiness Series.  Before doing the Readiness Series, I have never ran more than 8 miles.   My last race I felt like I had failed miserably, but at least for this half marathon I knew I could run 11-13 miles.  The last couple weeks before this race I worked on my pace.   I am a slow runner, but wanted to work on some intervals to be a little faster.   Since I returned to work, long runs during the week was harder to do after work.  I stuck with long runs for the weekends. Celebrated my fiance and I anniversary this week so I was definitely carb loading... Yes my weight has been up since I started running.  I am upset I haven't lost weight (previously in the past I lost 20 pounds just running alone), but the hanger/rungry is real and I have used running as a good excuse to eat... Friday night we dropped my daughter off a

Family hike day: Makapu’u Lighthouse

Me and my fiancé use to go hiking before we had our daughter. I’ve missed hiking and have been itching to get back into it. It has been awhile. This was our first family hike. We tried to go to couple other places before we came to Makapu’u Point Lighthouse Trail. The other places on the windward side was a fail. It was a raining day, but the view of Rabbit Island and the Lighthouse was nice. No whales yet. It was nice to get out and do something as a family. This hike is very family/children friendly because of the paved road. They have improved it since last time we were here . This time around no stroller. My daughter walked while I attempt to run!

HMSA 30 K

It was my daughter’s birthday the week before the HMSA 30 k.  This race was 4/5 races from the 808 Race Hawaii 2017  BioAstin Marathon Readiness Series.  I have been on vacation so I was able to run 2x during my vacation before the run.  Trying to increase my mid week runs to 4-8 Miles.  On a normal work week I only do 2 Miles.  With over a month more before the marathon I should be doing 20 Miles a week! Friday I ran 11 Miles then I picked up my packet at the HMSA building in Honolulu.  The next day we celebrated my daughter birthday at the Aloun Farm's Pumpkin Patch and came back to my house for lunch,  pumpkin decorating and cupcake.  I was being careful with pigging out because I’ve been gaining some weight.  Running has made me more hangry/rungry!  I’ve used the excuse to eat and run.  I look/feel lean but the weight is up!   I didn't drink any liquor during the party.  I made sure to drink lots of water!     I called the party quits by 7pm so I could prep for m

Autosource 25 K

I did the Autosource 25 K which was a 15 mile race on 10/1/2017.  This was 3/5 races from the 808 Race Hawaii 2017  BioAstin Marathon Readiness Series. I was scared to do this race.  My fiancé' cousin's girlfriend did this race and injured her knee.  She told me the course was mostly hills and after her knee injury it took her a long time to recover.  I did not train for hills.  I did do some runs before the race.  So I was a bit prepared. The day before the race we walked around Chinatown.  Was that a good idea?  I carb load with manapua, pork hash, donuts, nam khao and beef jerky.  I picked up my packet at Autosource then headed home.  After being home for a short while, we went back into town to my friend’s birthday party at Dave and Buster.  We stayed out late playing games.  We didn't get back home till 11pm.  I went to sleep right away but woke up late at 4am.  I did something different.  I used skort, compression socks, cooling towel, brought raisin and fruit

Runner's HI 20 K

On Labor day weekend I did the Runner's HI 20 K which was a 12 mile race.  This was 2/5 races from the 808 Race Hawaii 2017  BioAstin Marathon Readiness Series.   The days before this run I did not train at all.  The weekend before the work week I did not do my long run.  Work has been stressful training new staff and overtime.   I had no time to run.  Not a good sign... I picked up my packet at Runner's HI on Saturday.  I use to live in Aiea but never had a reason to go into the shop.  It's a very small shop with running shoes and running gear to the left and kayaking supplies to the right.  The staff running the packet pick up were the same people that was at Boca Hawaii.  After leaving the shop I went to the mall with my daughter.  We carb load with cookies and for dinner I ate pizza.  I am so distracted with Game of Thrones.  I just started watching this TV series and could binge watch it all day and night, but I got ready for race.  This time I plan to use my new

Boca Hawaii Norman Tamanaha 15 K

So Kevin, one of my neighbors who speeds walks the marathon asked me if I have been training for the marathon.  I honestly run/walk 2x a week but not long distances.  He warned me that since its getting closer to doomsday I need to work on my mileage.  OMG yes 26 miles, what was I thinking.   I looked at the my Runkeeper app and honestly I have only been running 1-2 miles.  I seriously need to train! To motivate me to run longer I added more races.  Call me crazy.  I signed up for 808 Race Hawaii 2017  BioAstin Marathon Readiness Series.   This is a set of 5 races leading up to the Honolulu Marathon.   I told myself why not.  Spending money on my health, enjoying the outdoors and running somewhere other than my home turf should be fun.  Yes, I am crazy. So the first race, was the Boca Hawaii Norman Tamanaha 15 K (9 miles).  I have ran 8 miles and hiked 16 miles before so I was confident I could do this.   I had less than 2 weeks before the first race and I did walked/run a littl

Fitish dreaming of food

So I've been through a crazy health journey.  From weighing 180s to losing 50 pounds and stalling out and now learning to manage stress better and maintaining the weight and lifestyle.  I would love to lose more weight but I can't... haha or maybe I can but not trying hard enough.  I was discourage due to restarting my blood pressure medications.  I tried to give up meat but realize I can't.  So I've come to realize you can still eat and enjoy life but in moderation. So here comes the food dreams.  When I turned 30 I had the best birthday lunch ever at Mitch's Fish Market .  We tried the chef special which was about $70 per person and included lobster sashimi, assorted sashimi, assorted sushi, baked seafood vanvan, lobster miso soup.  This place popped my seafood/sashimi/sushi cherry!  Ever since I tried this place my fiancé and I have been out a sashimi kick. My taste buds have change to appreciate different fish types, quality, cuts, decor/display, taste which o

Swimming with Sharks

  For my early birthday we swam with sharks!  Believe me this was not on my bucket list, but it was such a great experience.  I went with my sister in law and had a great time!  We booked our tour with One Ocean Diving.  This was a free swim in Haleiwa, North Shore, Oahu.  

Change

Change, evolve, adapt... Stress is the motivator for change.  I was diagnosed at 19 years old with hypertension.  So young to have this problem.  I was trying to get into nursing school at that time and started taking medications to help manage this problem.  After my complicated pregnancy, I change my eating habits, started exercising and was able lose weight which help decrease my blood pressure.   I had permission from my doctors to stop my medication.  These past few months I've been going through a lot of work related stress.  In October the doctor said I had to restart medication because my blood pressure was high again.   This made me upset because I had maintain my 50 pound weight loss so I couldn't understand why my healthy lifestyle was no longer helping me management my blood pressure. Stress?  Genetics?   I had lost motivation in my health.  I am still working out and eating healthy but a little bit of me feels like giving up... but my original reason for ge

2017 Great Aloha Run and Honolulu Marathon sign up

I did another round (8 miles) of the the Great Aloha run with my daughter.   This is my 5 year doing the GAR!  I did not trained as much as I like.  I normally do training after holiday to get rid of the holiday fat.  It was fun to get out and do it, but I told myself I need to keep up with running this year to help my maintained my weight.  I have not been working out as much as I like too. Because of my goals to run more I decided to keep motivated by signing up for the Honolulu Marathon.  Yes call me crazy!  Can I actually do this 26 mile run?  Well I did a 16 mile hike once.   Why not 😝😝

Hello 2017

My insurance offers a free gym membership that starts this year, 2017.  UFC is not part of my insurance's approved gyms.  So I discontinued my UFC membership.  I was paying about $90 a month and not making use of the ultimate membership.  The only reason why I like to go was because the gym was close to my work. Right around the time I decided to stop my UFC membership, I had an ankle injury.  I haven't been in the gym since October.  Then I went to Disneyland with my family, enjoyed the holidays, my family and I got sick, and indulge during the birthdays of my fiance and mom.  My workouts and eating were wack!  I gained almost 12 pounds.  I was at my lowest weight at 128 and went up to 142 pounds 😢 After my mom's birthday I told myself lets get serious now.  I signed up for 24 Hour Fitness.  I paid $200 initiation fee, which is not too bad because I do not need to pay a monthly fee.  The nice part of my insurance is if you work out 45 times in a year you get y