This has been a crazy week. In fact, I’m not sure how it’s almost Friday as I type this. I just finished homework time with the younger kid and I swear my ears are bleeding. But, Friday it is, which means that the weekend is at hand. After, of course, one more bout of nasty weather here in Virginia. I’m just hoping they are all wrong and the precipitation is just cold rain. And, just for the record, I will be running indoors if it’s raining. BTDT on the cold rain and I’m really not up for more.
Today, I’m linking up for my usual Friday Five with Courtney, Mar, and Cynthia, but since their topic is spring and spring does not want to arrive, I’ve decided to join Marcia for five Friday Runfessions.
1. I am very particular about the underwear that I wear on long runs and in half marathons. They are Victoria Secret bikinis that have never chafed EVER or crept into places they should not go. At one point I had 7 pairs, but am now down to 3 pairs that are slowly disintegrating. I only wear them for running now and put them on right before I run. I’ve been unsuccessful in finding a replacement and commando is not an option, so I’m treating these babies like a precious jewel.
2. Want to know what part of my body did hurt after the back to back 18 mile run/13.1 race? My abs. Apparently the slacking I’ve been doing in ab work has totally caught up with me and I paid big time. I had a hard time sitting up on Monday from DOMS and was like “huh? I didn’t do any crunches or planks..” Yeah, that’s exactly the problem.
3. One of my favorite types of shorter run is the progressive run. I run mile 1 at an easy pace and then pick up the pace a bit with every mile. I tried to do that yesterday and at mile 3 I nearly puked on the front lawn of a local church. No, I hadn’t run that fast, I’d just eaten that much. Note to self: eat a light lunch if you plan to run right after.
4. Remember how I said my legs felt fine after the back to back runs? Well, on Wednesday night, I went to a “tailgate” party for Togorun at a local bar. Because the weather turned cold again (darn you, spring!), I wore boots instead of the cute flats I planned on. The boots had 3 inch heels. Now, back in the days of working in an office, I wore heels every.single.day and could have probably run in heels (yeah, like the crazy lady planning to run a marathon in heels) but I can’t do that now. I could feel those heels every step of the way during my run today. Super tight and sore calves. Ouch.
(Picture totally borrowed from MissZippy)
5. Until this past weekend, I had 10 lovely normal looking toenails. It’s been a long time since that was the case and I was really liking the thought of sandal weather with decent nails. Umm, nope, not anymore. I have one black toenail on each foot. Now it’s just a question of how long it will be before I have to “create” a toenail with nail polish…
Bonus: This past weekend I made the most amazing cake: Guinness cake with Godiva chocolate glaze. Unfortunately, it did not come out of the bundt pan well and I ended up with basically two chunks. That’s ok, I “glued” it together with glaze and pretended like it was supposed to have a glaze layer. But really, it tasted so good, appearance really did not matter.
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Do you have any runfessions from the last week? Got any underwear suggestions for me???
Ah the sore abs after running. That sucks! I think you should just see if you can get a deal at your pure barre. Or be like me and go so much that the package becomes really worth it. 🙂 my runfession: I’m really bad at stretching. Outside of pure barre I’m awful at it. But I do do my PT exercises!
I just don’t have the time to make it worthwhile (and with soccer and orchestra, don’t have the funds). I just need to be better about working out at home. I have plenty of options here.
I think the only runfession I have is that I’ve losf significant cardiovascular endurance over the last 6 weeks! I can’t believe 3 miles feels long.
I don’t have any underwear recommendations because I don’t wear them when I run. Scandalous!
I’d totally go commando except there are seams in the crotch of the shorts under my skirts and that scares me.
I wear the regular Victoria Secret bikinis. It sounds like they don’t make the one you like anymore. I’m lucky so far I haven’t chafed anywhere yet. Sorry to hear about your black toenails too.
Yeah, I got a couple of new pairs and they are good, but not as good. There’s a seam that scares me LOL.
Your Guinness cake sounds amazing. I would love a slice! Try Exofficio underwear. I bought them for traveling, but use them for running too and no chafing ever for me.
I used the Sweet Baby Jesus recipe that’s on my blog, but subbed in guinness. So good. I’ll def check out those undies!
I’m a huge fan of the Road Runner Sports brand underwear. I have four pairs that I wear only for running and have never had any problems with them.
Ooh, I’ll have to check those out! I’m thinking sports underwear is probably the way to go.
#2. Amazing, isn’t it? I had sore abs after my hard 5K effort last weekend (don’t typically have that issue after workouts, even the hard ones). I felt like I’ve been honoring my strength workouts….maybe I need to incorporate “plank a day” into my running streak. And haha on #1 – tried and true is great until the faves get discontinued. Frustrating!
I feel like I’m constantly falling in love with something and then having it discontinued. I think I must have weird tastes and no one else likes the things I do LOL.
I have yet to find a pair of underwear that don’t creep up…in everyday and on the run. Right now I’m wearing C9 (black of course) bikinis under my tights. They have a thong but I can’t imagine running in a thong.
I have had toenail problems as well. Well lack of. I actually painted where it should be and no one knew…so sneaky..haha.
Love the runfessions, I’ll have to check this linkup out sometime! I think I’m slacking on my core lately…now I’m motivated!
I wear those from VS too, though they changed the design a little bit. They’re still good for me though, but I have been thinking about getting sports underwear just for running.
So I went to Victoria’s secret’s website after you mentioned them, they have a panty sale right now. 7/$27! That’s only $4 a pair. I may have to shell out a little money this week. 🙂
Ha! I know. I was thinking about ordering a bunch to try out.
I am so tempted to buy myself some also!
I guess that this is sort of a ‘runfession.’ For about 5 years of running, I thought of myself as the ‘injury immune’ runner, until I had some sort of foot injury last year. Boom. I had to take running off for 9 weeks. That was humbling, but good.
I went for years without injury and then a poor shoe choice sent me down a bad road for a while…
Great post! I wear lululemon undies all the time, I tend to go commando when I run, too hot, too much risk lol My runfession …. I am still having to jump off and catch my breath on the treadmill even though I am not pushing that hard. I think its all in my head!
I’m too scared of the seams in my skirts LOL
I’ve made a guiness cake before and it was SO good!
I run in the thin nike pro boy shorts-I can’t wear anything else or chafing is unbearable.
Commando is not an option for me either-no ma’am.
Runfession-when I run past the high school boys at the bus stop-I find it so amusing that they try to get me to stop to talk to them….do they not know I could be their mama!!
Ha! I’ll have to check out those undies. So not a fan of chafing…
Were either of those runs that resulted in sore abs windy? My entire upper body was so beat up after the wind at NYCM. I too am a non-commando girl. Athleta makes some rundies (my word not theirs) I like. Not sure if they still do. I’ve hoarded a stash. Thanks for linking up and happy spring! Hope the weather starts cooperating pronto!
I wear some old Barely There panties and I only have 2 left…I feel your pain. I’ve also have the Nike Pro boy shorts and they feel OK (no chafing) but I can feel them. That bothers me! I don’t want to be aware of my undies. Most of my runs are progressive. I’m still asleep during mile 1.
hmm I never wear underwear when I run bc I am afraid of chafing. Interesting chat for a future run 🙂
That’s too funny about the underwear. For some reason, basic boycotts from Target are the ones that work best from me. I’m so fancy LOL. I’ve tried a few different brands of “performance” undies and they all irritate me.
Going to be honest, there’s no underwear that I will wear under my running shorts, but I am very particular about what shorts I wear. They must be adidas, preferably black and a size bigger than normal. I guess we all get used to what we like.
Yeah underwear is tricky! I have never gone commando for a race and honestly it would just feel weird.
Thanks For the tip on the underwear. I’ve just been wearing whatever comes to hand and let’s say I paid for it after the RnR DC half.
Hahahah, I am also very particular about my underwear when running! I’ve had some painful chafing experiences that have taught me you have to be careful 😉 and that cake sounds yummy! As long as it tastes good, it’s a success in my book.
There’s nothing like a favorite pair of underwear! I think all of my running shorts have built in liners/underwear, so I don’t wear anything under them.
Isn’t it amazing how quickly our feet and legs “forget” about wearing heels, and then rebel at the mere thought if it?