Sad to Say....and Some "Me" Thoughts.....

So, Addi got her 3rd, yes 3rd black eye in 4 years. She is ok, but Mike says she need to wear a helmet! I took pictures of it, because what's a mom to do?, and then I accidently ERASED them off the computer after I had already erased them off the camera. To say I felt sick is an understatement. It makes me sad to have erased any pictures of the kids accidently, especially pictures I had hoped to keep. Oh well, I literally have to talk to myself about not letting it get to me too much. Stinks....

Oh well......I was thinking of blogging about my training for either a half or whole marathon (haven't completely decided which one I am going to do). I know my runs are probably not too interesting to other people, but running is kind of my "thing" or hobby right now and I like to talk about it. So forgive me, if I start rambeling on about it. I was talking to my husband last night and was telling him that I have learned I really like to have a challenge or something I am working on in my life. Throughout my life it has been different things such as....my education, playing a particular role in a play, having a side business and now running races. I really LOVE having a feeling of accomplishment and achievement and I get to have that feeling after tackling and conquering a run. I LOVE that feeling!!!

I am planning on doing either a half or whole marathon on 3/20/2011 in Atlanta. My sister and brother-in-law are doing it too, and I also love that! I like when other people run with me or we are training for the same thing b/c then I have someone to talk to about it. I have plenty of time to train for the 1/2 and have done one before so know I could do it. I, of course, would want to set a new PR but feel pretty good about it. Then, I got the idea of why not just doing the whole schabang (did I spell that right?) and get it done!! Running a marathon is on my bucket list for sure! I have only 11 weeks to train (two of them I have already done so 9 left) so that makes my increase in mileage pretty drastic each week. The shortest marathon training schedule I could find was 12-16 weeks so I just tweaked it to fit 11 weeks. Not sure if that is the best idea, but I really am not shooting for any particular time for my first marathon just want to finish it!!! I know I run the risk for injury with "too much too fast" in running, but so far (knock on wood) I have yet to ever have an injury.

So, my plan is to go by the marathon training plan and "just see how it goes" and then make a decision. This week my long run was 8 miles and I must say it wasn't as bad as I thought. It took me 1 hr and 23 min so I averaged a little over a 10 min mile and I think that was b/c I had to walk through the snow patches so it slowed me down. But, I did NOT want to fall!!

I am feeling ok tonight so far (knees are a little sore on the stairs)...am sure I will be a little sore tomorrow. Tomorrow is my "off" day but will try to do some stretching. I am wondering about the compression leg sleeves and if anyone who may look at this blog has tried them and what they think? Have heard some pretty good things about them helping with post exercise soreness.

Eight miles done today and a great feeling of "I DID IT!"


If there are any other women, specifically mothers, who are runners too, I highly reccommend the book Run Like a Mother. It is full of practical advice for the novice runner up to the experienced runner and it is very down to earth and funny too! One of my favorites and after reading it made me realize that I can call myself a "runner", something I was always hesitant to do b/c I don't look like the women on the cover of Runner's World. I can now proudly say that I am a runner :)






Also, these other two runner sayings really apply to me right now and I can totally relate to them. I am blessed to have a great group of fellow running girlfriends! You know we like to run together when we ran last week in the snow and 21 degree temperatures. It was tough but we were able to pull out 4.5 miles. Love those girls! It definitely helps get my boodie out of bed when I know they are going to be waiting on me at 5:30 am! And then, of course, who doesn't love cake??? Or at least the icing!!!! :)