The Training Blog of PAMELAJEAN

Hi everyone!!
It’s been a while since I have posted anything. Well, I am happy to report that I am officially a marathoner! Sept. 14 I completed the Maui full! It took me 7 1/2 hours and I got dizzy and felt sick to my stomach at mile 15, BUT, I completed it [...]

Okay, so reality may have hit me in the head like a flying saucer. September is really only 4 months away…not even and I am embarking on 26.2 miles. Something that 3 years ago I would have NEVER EVER done ….or even thought about that is. I don’t like to think about [...]

I am feeling motivated again! I did a local 5k race last night and it was my best 5k time so far…by 42 seconds, but still! And of course my best 5k time I’m sure isn’t too good compared to everyone else on this site. I’ve been doing the walk-run method for [...]

Hi everyone!! I don’t have much free time lately to get on this site, but it is sure great when I am able to! The running thing has started to click in my head … funny as that sounds, it is. I am starting to feel guilty on days I don’t get [...]

I’m happy I am improving I keep telling myself! It is such slow progress, but I keep reminding myself of where I have come from … AND where I intend to go with all of this! I need to eat better though and I’d probably have better results. I bought a headband [...]

Well — I’ve been unmotivated this past week since I did the 5k. I have been feeling sick and very tired. Have an earache that I have been treating. I know, excuses, excuses, excuses … and they all pretty much such! I am determined to get back in the swing of [...]

So I did a local 5k this weekend up and over a bridge. That may not sound like a big deal to a lot of you, but the inclines are still tough for me. I am training for the Maui full in September and the Denver half in October which both are hilly [...]

Last week was terrible…I didn’t do barely any training. Only one day and then I was having all of these self doubts that perhaps setting my sights for a full marathon is something I can’t do…maybe I should just stick with the half marathons I was telling myself. I trained this evening after [...]

Am I ever going to really be able to run? Or am I just going to going to “ralk” or “wun” … which is my combination of walking-running! I was worn out today but I so tried. I did the CCC (Crescent City Classic 10K) this weekend which is a local race [...]

Okay — so I am incredibly new to this running thing and feel like I am so slow! I am basically using the Galloway method …but still walk more than I run…or jog should I say. I just did the CCC (Crescent City Classic 10K in New Orleans) and had a goal time [...]