Love Satruday mornings, its the only day that I am gauranteed a run. I ran 4 miles today with alot of walking breaks. I could have ran a flat 3 but I decided to push myself and ran a hilly 4. My time was horrible so we won't mention although if i am going to look back at this I can only get better so my it was 59.06 min. Horrible. But i did do ALOT of walking. Next time I do the 4 miles no more walking. I am going to back to flat threes then push myself again next weekend.

What a difference it is to run BEFORE going home after work. I have a hard time getting myself out the door after work so I decided to take most advice and bring my clothes to work. It was so much easier. I did a two mile run around the lake by my work. my time was 21:21 I think thats faster than I normally would run 2 miles (must have been the wind pushing me). My legs felt very healthy, however, my lungs not so much. I had a hard time breathing but it will subside as I stregthen my lungs. Trust me it does get easier. On that note I am looking forward to tonights run!

For the new year just like most people, I made a resolution. But unlike most its not the "typical" eat better, lose _____ pounds, dress better or whatever most people want to change about themselves. My goal is to run in a half marathon. I have ran in a couple but was never fully prepared to run the full distance due to injury or trying to prove myself to others. This time I will train properly and run the whole way in the half of my choosing.

I have ran a couple of times since I made this a goal and I am right on track. I went out this morning I did 2 miles, (if I rememeber correctly it was about an 11 min mile). I went around a lake by my house and watching the sun rise over the water is so peaceful. There were alot of people out at that time and each person I passed had a smile on their face. As if they are happy to be out there and that there isn't a care in the world, OR maybe that was just me. When I run there isn't a problem in the world, of course that all changes once my feet stop shuffeling the asphalt. But for that 22 minn Nothing in the world seems to make a difference to me.

Have a great running weekend see you on Monday!

I went out last night. I had a tiring day yesterday and didn't feel like going. I had to go since that is what runners do, they run when they don't feel that hot, they run when they are injured, they run when they are on top of the world, they run when the weather is horrible and they run....fill in the blank...... So I went out. I ran for 20 min. Things were achy. my legs didnt' want to cooperate, my lungs were burning, and I just wanted to get back home. But I did it, and I can't wait to do it again on saturday.

I USE to be a RUNNER. That is a sad statement. It didn't occur to me that I am just a lazy bum. I just assume I was still a runner even though I haven't ran for 13 months. Last night I decided that in the morning I was going for a run, about 3 miles. I slept in my running garb so I could just jump out of bed and start running. It worked. I got to the park by my house, and I took off. I didn't think I should take things slow, I just figured I am a runner so I can do my normal 10 min pace. BOY was I WRONG. I did 2 miles. Out of the two miles I ran for 1.5. I am going to re-condition my self to become a runner once again. I don't ever want to say I USE to BE a RUNNER again.

Once you stop running it is the hardest thing to get started again. I am fine once I get out the door but getting out the door is the hardest thing. I was going to go the gym and run on the BORING t.m. but my brother decided to call and get me out. We only ran 3 miles since thats what the training schedual called for. The cool air was litteraly blowing throug my hair. My hair thing came undone and my tailbone length hair was blowing everywhere and making me very frusterated, kept tying that in a knot as well. other than that the run felt nice and very refreshing.

Wow it's hard to believe that I haven't written since November. Where did the time go? Ok, my updated progress. I didn't run in the full OC Marathon however, I did complete the 1/2 After that I took time off and decided not to run to make sure my leg is healed. Last week I got an email from my running group letting us know that they are starting training for the Rock n Roll. That got my intrest peaked.

Today was the first day of training for the RnR marathon. My training takes place over in CDM (for those in So. Cal). Today we ran 3.0 miles. My legs had no idea what to do on the second half. But I told them that they better get use to running this early becuase from now on, every saturday we will be adding an extra mile for the next 26 weeks.

I plan on writing in my blog either after my runs or the day after. I will try not to have a long space in between.

Have fun running and looking forward to reading your posts!