Supporting Love Without Boundaries

Join me as I share my trials and tribulations as a new runner. What started off as a goal to run a half-marathon (when I could barely run 3 miles) to raise money for Love Without Boundaries quickly became a way of life. I encourage you to follow along, laugh with me, and learn from my mistakes. Overall, just realize that I'm not out to win any races, but my goal is self-improvement. In the last 2 years I've lost 50 lbs and reclaimed my LOVE for life! And if I can do it, so can YOU!


Sunday, February 19, 2012

In the last two weeks...

...a lot has happened.

On the day of my last post, my birthday, my husband got sick, and I mean ill in bed and couldn't get up for 3 days kind of sick. We ended up in the ER on the third night because he was dehydrated. So my running stalled a bit as I worked, ran kids around, and cared for him. But I did pick it back up over the weekend and I was getting back on track. Monday was a great 5.5 mile run...I'm getting there, slowly but surely!

I had a good 4 mile untimed run on Wednesday, and then the weather took quite a turn. Now I will run in the cold. I will run in the rain. I will also run in the dark. I'll even run in any 2 of those 3 scenarios. But I will NOT run in all three of those conditions--uh uh, no way, not happening. So Thursday night I settled for 60 minutes on the elliptical and spent some quality time with my 10 year old daughter catching up on American Idol.

And then Friday, it was wedding time! I was a bridesmaid in a wedding on Saturday, so Friday night was rehearsal, and Saturday I spent all day with the bride and the wedding party. The bride was my wonderful teaching partner, and this is her first marriage. She married a wonderful man of God, and we are all so happy for her! And oh I wish I had a picture to put on here...I did not look like myself at all. It was really fun to get all dressed up for a day!

But at 8pm, I called Dan, and Ty had a fever...back to reality.

So today, I got to run again, and I was nervous. I decided to run 4 miles, but try to beat any previous times I had, and sure enough, I did it! That was very cool. I am hoping to get 6 miles in tomorrow...we shall see.

OH! The most important thing! I got new shoes! My knees were giving me fits, so I went to South Sound Running in Olympia and got some amazing new shoes. They are worth every penny. The first time I ran in them I wasn't liking them so well, but the second time, I loved them, and so did my knees.

So yes, I'm back, and I'm not giving up! Life slows a bit this week, so I'm hoping to get a good week of running in.
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