Running

Well, after reading a discussion on my new "favorite website to spend a whole lot of hours perusing", Runners World, I have decided to begin posting the miles I run and all that fun stuff on here. That way, all you non-believers can see just how well I'm doing at this whole "running" thing! Here goes...

After a miserable two weeks of running where I couldn't get past a mile without getting a stitch, I had a miraculous breakthrough last Tuesday - I ran the entire distance of a 5k race without stopping once! I've never been able to run that far in my life - I have never been a good runner, except for those couple of years when I was eleven/twelve where I ran the 800m in school. Anywho, since last Tuesday I've been on a roll (even though I've been slack and have only run twice since then). The following Thursday I ran 3.38miles (for you Aussies, that's almost 5.5kms). And then, yesterday I ran a whopping 4 miles!! That's 6.43km! Holy cow! I was so darn excited and proud that I could do something like that. I even upped my speed a little, knocking 30 seconds off my mile/minute time. At this rate I'll be flying when it comes time for our 5k race in April. SWEET!! I'm even considering signing up for the Army Ten Miler in October - we'll see how training goes.

On a completely different note, Joe and Anne arrive today! WOOHOO! I'm excited - it will be a really fun week. I only hope they don't freeze! The forecast is calling for some snow while they're here - it probably won't be much at all but still, it will be fun for them to be here when it snows. I'm thinking we may have to go shopping for some coats as soon as they hop off the plane....