oh yeah.

and. im not brave enough to post my weight just yet. we'll see how i feel next time.

This is Me

Oh hey, I'm a girl. I haven't written on this thing yet, partly cuz I have been a little afraid to. And partly because I wasn't ready to. However. I think I am now. So I have been training for the hurricane half that I will be running with Susie. Nervous? Absolutely. Here is a little update. I have not run in the last year and a half, due to medical reasons and recovering from complications due to pregnancy. I decided to do a half marathon as one of my new years resolutions along with changing a few things in my life. So far I have been doing pretty well with all of the goals. Except I have had a really hard time giving up all sweets (cookies to be exact) So I have only lost about 5 pounds since I have started, but I feel pretty good about that. To tell ya the truth Im not doing this to lose weight necessarily (that is just a perk) but it will be nice not to have to carry around any extra that I dont have to for the race. I started running the second week of January and was pretty nervous I wouldnt be ready by april 30. However I am able to run a good 7 -8 miles running an average of ten minute miles, I know- thats not very fast but whatever. I'm happy with it. The last two weeks have been really hard for me because my knee has been giving me some pretty bad trouble. So I went in to my rheumatologist for a follow up- he happens to also be a sports med doctor-so I asked him about my knee and he gave me a brace. Apparently my knee cap is loose and I need to keep it in place and strengthen my hams.... so this week i have been training on an elliptical- it has been pretty interesting. I like it a lot and the pain in my knee is gone. However I am excited to be able to run outside once the blasted weather gets bareable enough to be able to do so. This month I have made another goal to not eat any sweets and see how it affects me and my runs and energy levels. I feel so much better when I dont eat that crap- but I have had a really hard time not. So now is the real test of my self control. I'll keep ya posted. Sorry this is kinda random. but the next post will be better.

Hurricane Half

Okay so getting ready to sign up for this and there is a myriad of emotions running through me. I am scared, excited, extremely nervous (the whole butterfly thing) and tired just thinking about it. This is such an amazing thing for me to even be considering. I never ran a mile without stopping my entire life before September of last year so heck yes I'm scared of running 13. But I am excited to not only have a race under my belt but to keep heading in the right direction toward a healthy lifestyle.